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Subject: Extended Deadline April 30, 2004: Abstract Submission "eDesign in Architecture"

Extended Deadline 

 April 30, 2004   

 

Call For Papers

 

eDesign in Architecture

 

ASCAAD’s First International Conference on Computer Aided Architectural Design

 

7-9 December 2004

KFUPM, Saudi Arabia

 

 http://www.ascaad.org/conference/2004

 

ASCAAD (Arab Society of Computer Aided Architectural Design)

 

In cooperation with

Architecture Department,

College of Environmental Design,

King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals

 

 

This is the first of an incoming series of international conferences for quality research in computer aided architectural design in the Arab Continent.  It provides opportunities for researchers in many fields that make up this interdisciplinary research area to share their ideas and contribution.

 

The process of architectural design aims to define a physical form that will achieve certain functional and behavioral objectives in a particular context.  The use of computers at various stages of the design process has implications for the way designing is carried out.  Research in CAAD especially electronic design (e-design) has the potential to significantly enhance both the architectural design process and its outcome and the architectural education.  The theme of the 2004 conference is “e-Design in Architecture”.  This captures the role of this conference as a forum of diverse range of information and computational methods broadly applied to design and architecture.

Topics of interest

Topics of interest include but are not limited to:

·       Computer mediated Collaborative Design in Architecture

·       Computational Models in Conceptual Design

·       Design Data Management

·       Design Decision Support Systems

·       Computational Models of Architectural Creativity

·       Electronic/Digital Architectural Education

·       Methods, Theories and Pedagogies of Electronic Design

·       Computer Models for the Built Environment

·       Using Computers for Environmental Quality (lighting, acoustics, thermal and air quality) in Buildings

·     Future Architecture with e-design

·     Generative Design Systems

·     Intelligent Agents in Design

·     Knowledge-based Design Systems

·     Tools and Integrated Systems in e-design

·     Virtual Architecture

·     Virtual Design Studios

·     Virtual Reality in Architecture

Important Dates

Extended Abstract submission deadline:             April 30, 2004

Abstract acceptance notification:                               May 15, 2004

Full paper submission:                                               August 1, 2004

Full paper acceptance:                                               September 1, 2004

Submission and Languages

All submissions should describe original and unpublished work. Two types of papers could be submitted: papers that describe well-developed or completed research and short papers that describe research in progress. Abstract submission must be in English with no more than 1000 words. However, full paper submission could be either in English or Arabic.  Submissions should be sent in  Word document format .

Correspondence

Abstract and full paper format and submission, Keynote speakers, registration, accommodation and further information are available at ASCAAD Website: http://www.ascaad.org/ Abstract and full paper submissions are required be done online at the ASCAAD homepage.  However, alternatively submissions may be sent via email to the Chair of Scientific Committee, Email: [log in to unmask].

Organization Committee

Conference Co-Chair:

   Dr. Jamal Al-Qawasmi, KFUPM, Saudi Arabia

Conference Co-Chair:

Dr. Thamer Al Rugaib, KFUPM, Saudi Arabia

Chair of Scientific Committee:

Dr. Rabee M. Reffat, Uni. Of Sydney, Australia.

Conference Manager:

Dr. Nabeel Koshak, Um Alqura Uni, Saudi Arabia

Conference Site Coordinator:

Dr. Abdulgader Amir, KFUPM, Saudi Arabia