Call for Papers

8th International Workshop of the European Group for Structural
Engineering
Applications of Artificial Intelligence (EG-SEA-AI)
(in association with the ASCE TCCIT)

20th - 22nd July 2001
Centre for Innovative Construction Engineering (CICE)
Department of Civil & Building Engineering
Loughborough University, UK

THEME:  'The Role of Intelligent Systems in Globalisation'

Summary:

Papers are invited from researchers and industry practitioners for the
8th
EG-SEA-AI Workshops, which is being held in conjunction with the
American
Society of Civil Engineers' Technical Council on Computing and
Information
Technology (TCCIT).  The workshop will be held following the 1st
International Conference on Innovation in AEC, which is scheduled for
18-20th July at Loughborough University, UK (visit
http://www.lboro.ac.uk/cice/aec for further details). It will address
the
role of intelligent systems in globalisation within the AEC sector and
papers that address this and related topics will be welcome.  There are
three types of papers that may be submitted:

# full papers (8-10 pages long; with 20 mins for presentation)
# short papers (4-5 pages long; with 10 mins for presentation)
# position papers (2 pages long highlighting ongoing work; not for
presentation).

Deadlines:

Full/Short Papers               15th March 2001
Notification of Acceptance      15th April 2001
Final Papers (All)              15th May 2001
Position Papers         15th May 2001 (no reviews, editing only)

Notes:

# All papers should be submitted by electronic means (in MS Word Format)

# The workshop proceedings will be published as an edited volume (with
an
ISBN number)
# Research Students are particularly welcome and may be eligible for
financial support. Requests for assistance should be directed to Dr
Lynne
Moore, EG-SEA-AI Chair ([log in to unmask]).
# The workshop will commence with a welcome reception on the evening of
Friday 20th July and end at 5pm on Sunday 22nd July.
# An exciting technical and social programme is planned for delegates
and
accompanying persons.

Scientific Committee Members:

Dr T Adams                              University of Wisconsin, USA
Prof C J Anumba (Chair)         Loughborough University, UK
Prof T Arciszewski                      George Mason University, USA
Prof J Bento                            IST, Portugal
Prof A Borkowski                        University of Warsaw, Poland
Dr R Fruchter                           CIFE, Stanford University, USA
Dr S Hartvig                            DTU, Denmark
Dr K Khozeimeh                  Smislova, Kehnemui & Associates, USA
Dr B Kumar                              University of Strathclyde, UK
Dr J Miles                              Cardiff University, UK
Dr C J Moore                            Cardiff University, UK
Dr P Salvaneschi                        ISMES, Italy
Prof I F C Smith                        EPFL, Switzerland
Dr O O Ugwu                             Loughborough University, UK

Contact Details:

All correspondence regarding the workshop should be addressed to:
Dr O O Ugwu, Department of Civil and Building Engineering, Loughborough
University, Loughborough, Leics, LE11 3TU, UK.  Email:
[log in to unmask], URL:
http://www.lboro.ac.uk/cice/eg-sea-ai/workshopindex.htm

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