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Introduction
This is the eighth in the CIVIL-COMP series of conferences concerned with the application of artificial intelligence to civil, structural and environmental engineering. The first Civil-Comp Conference was held in 1983. The conference will provide a forum for the presentation and dissemination of recent developments in the use of computers in civil, structural and environmental engineering. A major objective of the conference will be to link research and innovative ideas to engineering practice.

Short to medium length papers describing the application of artificial intelligence to civil, structural and environmental engineering projects will be particularly welcome. In addition, it is hoped that significant research and review papers on civil, structural and environmental engineering computational research topics will be presented.

Topics
The range of topics considered by the Conference will include: AI programming languages and systems tools - object-oriented programming - fuzzy logic - knowledge elicitation - knowledge representation - interfacing techniques - pattern recognition - intelligent databases - natural language processing - machine learning - reasoning under uncertainty - heuristic procedures - distributed architectures - genetic algorithms - risk analysis - neural networks - integration of KBS and hypermedia - case based design and reasoning - agent technologies - agent-based design - neural networks - reasoning - integrated design - conflict management - soft computing - virtual reality - decision support systems - java programming - barriers to the introduction of Knowledge Based Systems and Artificial Intelligence to Practice - Information needs of designers.

Typical areas of application in civil and structural engineering include: computer aided design - structural analysis and design - earthquake engineering - structural control: active and passive devices - civil engineering and construction management and project control - building engineering and design - intelligent and responsive structures - design codes and standards processing - constructability - design construction integration - integration with mathematical programming - geotechnical engineering: analysis and design - integrated engineering systems - multiple model representation - earthquake engineering - optimization - diagnosis - quality control and assessment - information systems - environmental engineering - cost estimating - quantity surveying - construction planning - data analysis - transport and traffic engineering - surveying - intelligent computer assisted learning - graphics - collaborative and concurrent engineering or design - education.

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

Further information for authors can be found on the submission page.

Conference Editorial Board
The members of the editorial board for this conference include: Professor M. Alshawi, UK; Professor C.J. Anumba, UK; Professor G. Aouad, UK; Professor T. Arciszewski, USA; Dr. J. Bai, Wales; Dr R. Beheshti, Netherlands; Dr A. Bjelanovic, Croatia; Professor F. Casciati, Italy; Professor W.T. Chan, Singapore; Dr K.W. Chau, Hong Kong; Professor S. Christodoulou, USA; Dr I.E.G. Davey-Wilson, UK; Professor W.P.S. Dias, Sri Lanka; Dr. I. Faraj, UK; Professor F. Farinha, Portugal; Professor I. Flood, USA; Prof. Hitoshi Furuta, Japan; Professor J.S. Gero, Australia; Professor A.T.C. Goh, Singapore; Professor A. Gupta, India; Professor V.K. Koumousis, Greece; Dr T.J. McCarthy, UK; Professor J.C. Miles, UK; Dr. S.T. Ng, Hong Kong; Professor A. Portela, Portugal; Dr M.Y. Rafiq, UK; Dr B Raphael, Switzerland; Professor I.S.M. Rowlinson, Hong Kong; Professor R.J. Scherer, Germany; Professor I.F.C. Smith, Switzerland; Dr S.Tanaka, Japan; Dr W. Tizani, UK; Professor C.P. Tsai, Taiwan; Professor Z. Turk, Slovenia; and Professor P.C.G. da S. Vellasco, England.

Conference Proceedings
The conference proceedings (camera ready format) which will be available on the first day of the conference will be published by Civil-Comp Press. A selection of 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.

Conference Programme
The conference opening lecture will be given at 18.00 on Tuesday 30th August 2005. The conference will close at 17.00 on Friday 2nd September 2005. The sessions will commence each day (Wednesday 31st August till Friday 2nd September) at 9.00 and finish at 17.30, except for Friday 2nd September when they will finish at 17.00.

Conference Venue
The venue for the conference is Hotel Villa Pamphili in Rome, Italy. The hotel is reachable by taxi from the International Airport. The Hotel is located in a quiet area of Italy's capital near Vatican City. All presentations, lunches and coffees will be at the hotel. For information on how to get to the venue, click here.

Accommodation
Accommodation is available at the Hotel Villa Pamphili. Bookings should be made directly with the hotel. Please contact: Hotel Villa Pamphili, Via delle Nocetta 105, 00164 Rome, Italy, Tel: +390 6 6602636, Fax: +390 6 6602645, Email: congressi@hotelvillapamphili.com. The booking form contains the special conference rates. It should be sent together with payment details to Hotel Villa Pamphili before 15/7/2005.