CSC 2011 - CSC2011 The Second International Conference on Soft Computing Technology in Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering

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Category CSC 2011

Deadline: December 01, 2010 | Date: September 06, 2011-September 09, 2011

Venue/Country: Crete, Greece

Updated: 2010-07-16 17:11:54 (GMT+9)

Call For Papers - CFP

The key areas of soft computing covered by this conference include, but are not limited to:

Neural networks

Fuzzy systems

Genetic algorithms

Ant colony optimization

Evolutionary methods

Simulated annealing

Harmony search

Cellular automata

Swarm intelligence

Bayesian networks

Chaos theory

Data mining

Expert systems

Support vector machines

Hybrid optimization algorithms

Predator-prey

Response surfaces

Polynomial chaos

Artificial immune systems and immune computing

Papers describing recent developments in the above techniques may be submitted to the conference.

Application Areas

Papers describing the application of the above techniques to all branches of civil, structural and environmental engineering may be presented at the conference. The areas of application include, but are not limited to:

advances in soft computing technology

artificial simulation applications

new trends in numerical methods and solution strategies

parallel and grid computing technologies

structural mechanics and design

mesh and grid generation

water engineering and hydraulics

structural computational mechanics

inverse structural engineering

multi-scale simulation and failure mechanics

stochastic mechanics, robustness and reliability

structural and multidisciplinary optimization

life-cycle cost analysis and performance-based design

structural dynamics and control

coupled and interaction problems

wave propagation and soil dynamics

structural earthquake and geotechnical engineering

computational geosciences, geostatistics and geoenvironmental engineering

damage analysis and vulnerability assessment

health monitoring and maintenance systems

repair and retrofit of structures and infrastructures

smart structures and materials

biomechanical mechanisms and structures

risk analysis and decision making

project management and operations research engineering

The conference runs concurrently with the The Thirteenth International Conference on Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering Computing. Participants may attend sessions from either conference.

Young Researcher Best Paper Competition

To encourage young researchers to attend the conference a 1000 Euro Young Researcher Best Paper Prize will be awarded to the best paper presented at the conference. To read the full terms and conditions of this competition, please click here.

Special Sessions

A number of special sessions will be organised at this Conference. Papers may be submitted directly to the Conference Editor or via the special session organisers if you wish to participate in their session. Over the coming months the list of special sessions will gradually grow. Please visit this page regularly to keep up to date. Please also note the important dates.

To be announced

Proposals for the organisation of a special session on your specialist topic including ten to sixteen papers and an optional special lecture are welcome. Proposals for special sessions may be sent to the conference editors via conf2011 AT civil-comp.com

Conference Editorial Board

The Conference Editors are Professor Yiannis Tsompanakis (Technical University of Crete, Greece) and Professor Barry H.V. Topping (Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK and University of Pécs, Hungary).

The members of the editorial board for this conference are to be announced.

Conference Proceedings

The conference proceedings which will be available on the first day of the conference will be published by Civil-Comp Press.

A selection of extended reviewed versions of the best papers will be published in special issues of Computers & Structures and Advances in Engineering Software. The procedure for submitting papers for these journal special issues will be available at the conference. (Only papers presented at the conference are eligible for special issue publication.)

Important Dates

Please take note of these important dates when planning your participation to this conference:

Abstract submission 1 December 2010

Full paper deadline as advised by the editor in your abstract acceptance email

Last day for author registrations 1 July 2011

Programme is released 15 August 2011

The conference 6-9 September 2011

Conference Venue

The venue for the conference is Minoa Palace Resort & Spa , Platanias, GR-73014 Chania, Crete, Greece. The Minoa Palace Resort & Spa is a luxury five-star beachside hotel, built within 35.000sqm. of maintained gardens. It is situated in the cosmopolitan area of Platanias, 12km west of the picturesque town of Chania and only 30min drive from Chania International Airport (Taxi fare 25-30 Euros). Buses are available to Chania town centre (approximately every 20 minutes in the day time at a cost of 3-4 Euros).

The hotel offers wireless internet access free of charge to all conference participants in the conference area. Wired internet access is available free of charge in the guest bedrooms.

All presentations, lunches and coffees will be at this location. For information on how to get to the venue, click here.

Accommodation

Accommodation is available at Minoa Palace Resort & Spa. Bookings should be made directly with the hotel. Special conference rates have been negotiated with the hotel if you use the special rate booking form available from this page. September is high season in Crete. Many hotels are fully booked during this period, it is therefore vital that you book your hotel room as soon as possible in 2011.