ICCCBE-IX Preliminary Conference Schedule

April 3, 2002

April 4, 2002

April 5, 2002

Keynote Speakers:

Prof. Dr. John F. Abel

Affiliation: Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Cornell University

Abel joined the Cornell faculty in 1974, after four years of teaching civil engineering and architecture at Princeton University. He is a registered professional engineer and a member of several technical committees, journal editorial boards, and technical societies (including ASCE, ACI, and IABSE). Abel has served as a vice-president of the International Association of Shell and Spatial Structures (IASS) since 1991 and as editor-in-chief of the Journal of the IASS since 1995. He is the author or co-author of over 200 papers and reports, dealing mainly with computer-related topics in structural engineering.

Lecture title: "COMPUTER-AIDED INSTRUCTION IN CIVIL ENGINEERING - PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE"

Prof. Dr. Hojjat Adeli

Affiliation: Knowledge Engineering Lab, College of Engineering, The Ohio State University

Hojjat Adeli is Professor and Founder/Director of Knowledge Engineering Lab in the College of Engineering at The Ohio State University. He has authored about 350 research and scientific publications in various fields of computer science, engineering, and applied mathematics since 1976 when he received his Ph.D. from Stanford University. He is the Editor-in-Chief of the research journals Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering which he founded in 1986 and Integrated Computer-Aided Engineering which he founded in 1993. He has received numerous awards and honors including the 1998 Distinguished Scholar Award from The Ohio State University "in recognition of extraordinary accomplishment in research and scholarship". On September 29, 1998, he was awarded a United States patent for his neural dynamics optimization model (jointly with a former Ph.D. student). He has authored nine books including Machine Learning - Neural Networks, Genetic Algorithms, and Fuzzy Systems, Wiley, 1995, Neurocomputing for Design Automation, CRC Press, 1998, Distributed Computer-Aided Engineering for Analysis, Design, and Visualization, CRC Press, 1999, High-Performance Computing in Structural Engineering, CRC Press, 1999, Control, Optimization, and Smart Structures, Wiley, 2000, and Construction Scheduling, Cost Optimization, and Management - A New Model Based on Neurocomputing and Object Technologies, Spon Press, 2001.

Lecture title: WAVELETS AND INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS

Prof. Dr. Gerhard Schmitt

Affiliation: Architecture & Computer Aided Architectural Design, ETH Zurich

Gerhard Schmitt has been full Professor of Architecture and Computer Aided Architectural Design (CAAD) at the ETH Zurich since
1992 and Vice President of Planning since April 1, 1998.

Prof. Schmitt, who was born on October 13, 1953 in Mainz, studied architecture at the Technical University in Munich. On a scholarshipfrom the German Academic Exchange Service and the Cusanuswerk, he studied at U.C.L.A. and U.C. Berkeley for two years, obtaininga Master of Architecture in 1981. He earned his doctorate in 1983 under Prof. Friedrich Kurrent at the TU Munich with a dissertationon the topic of energy and architecture in relation to computer simulation as aid to decision-making in the design process. Following ayear of research and teaching at the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg, Canada, in 1984 he was named assistant professor, and in1987 associate professor, of architecture at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. A professor at the ETH since 1988,he initiated the development of systematic CAAD teaching and infrastructure. In his research he directs a National Science Foundationproject devoted to research artificial design of intelligence and computer aided communication for the creation of intelligent aids to design.In collaboration with industry and practice in the field, programs have been developed for teaching graphics and the simulation of newbuildings.

From 1989 to 1996 he directed the information technology commission of the ETH Zurich. After a period as guest professor at HarvardUniversity, he headed the ETH Department of Architecture from 1994-1996. He has been president of the Swiss Computer GraphicsAssociation since 1997.

Lecture title: "DESIGN AND ENGINEERING OF THE NEW UNIVERSITY SPACE"

Dr. Yen-Liang "Samuel" Yin
Affiliation: Ruentex Group

Dr. Yin is a PhD of Business Administration and now the CEO of Ruentex Group, Taiwan. He is also a certified professor by the Ministry of Education, teaching at Peking University, and the research fellow of Taiwan Research Institute. In addition to his academic achievement, Dr. Yin is as well renowned for his reputation in the engineering industry.

Dr. Shyh-Shiun "Willie" Lai
Affiliation: Ruentex Group

Willie Lai is the Chairman of Runhorn Pretech Egnineering, Co., Ltd., who acquired his PhD from University of California at Berkeley in 1985. Dr. Lai spent the 8 years after his graduation in the United States serving as senior engineer in Woodward-Clyde Consultants, San Francisco, and senior project manager in Orange County, California. Moreover, Dr. Lai is a registered engineer in California. With his wonderfully compiled experiences in the industry, Dr. Lai came back to Taiwan in 1993 and has been the president of Runhorn Pretech Engineering since 1999. His specialties includes: soil dynamics, earthquake engineering, structure system integration, innovation construction method of building and value engineering.

Lecture title: "FROM PRE-CASTING TO VERSATILE CONSTRUCTION METHOD IN BUILDING CONSTRUCTION AUTOMATION"

General Information:

--Climate--
Taipei has a subtropical climate, with an average temperature of 23.6 degrees Centigrade (74.5 degrees Fahrenheit). Spring is from March to May, average temperatures range between 21 and 24 degrees Centigrate(68~77 degrees Fahrenheit). Please check The Central Weather Beureau for current teperature, weather, humidity and Centigrade-Fahrenheit convertion.

--Currency--
The New Taiwan Dollar (NT$) is the currency used in Taiwan. Paper money is currently available in NT$50, NT$100, NT$500 and NT$1,000 bills. Coins are NT$1, NT$5, NT$10 and NT$50 denominations.
The current exchange rate for US to NT dollars is about 1:34.5. For the most up-to-date currency exchange rate, please try Currency Exchange Caculator

--Visa--
Those who hold passports from the United States, Canada, Britain, France, Germany, Belgium, Japan and Korea, will be eligible for ROC landing visa if their passports are good for at least 6 months before expiration. ROC landing visa are to be extended to 5 days for above contries. Other travelers should apply for the entrance visa issued by the ROC embassies or representative offices abroad.

--Electricity--
Voltage: 110V, 60Hz

--Tourist Information--

Taiwan Tourism Bureau

Traffic and Travel Information in Taipei City

The Preliminary Program Will Be Posted After All Full Papers Are Collected and Reviewed (February 2002).