FYI, please note that probabilistic and interval methods are among the highlighted topics

From: Dr.M.V.Rama Rao [dr.mvrr(a)gmail.com]

please help in forwarding the attached call for papers to the members of Interval Computations mailing list Rama Rao

CALL FOR PAPERS SPECIAL TECHNICAL SESSIONS AT THE STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING WORLD CONGRESS (SEWC-2015), SINGAPORE

We would like to kindly invite you to contribute to our Technical sessions, which we organize and co-organize at the Structural Engineering World Congress (SEWC-2015) October 19-22, 2015, Singapore (http://sewc2015.org/)

We would be very pleased if you could accept this invitation and present a paper in one or more of our Technical Sessions. Please find the details of our Technical sessions at the end of this email and the descriptions attached.

Please indicate your interest in participating in the conference by sending a mail to dr.mvrr(a)gmail.com or suryapp(a)yahoo.com at the earliest.

Abstracts can be submitted online as per the instructions provided at http://sewc2015.org/abstract-submission/

Deadlines Abstract Submission: 16 March 2015 Abstract Acceptance by: 16 April 2015 Final Paper Submission: 16 July 2015

Please submit your abstract according to the instructions online through the conference webpage and, in addition, email a copy to us. Please accept our apologies if you receive this call for papers more than once through different channels.

Sincerely,

M. V. Rama Rao, Professor in Civil Engineering, Vasavi College of Engineering, Hyderabad, India Email: dr.mvrr(a)gmail.com

P. Surya Prakash President, Association of Consulting Civil Engineers (India) Email: suryapp(a)yahoo.com

DETAILS OF TECHNICAL SESSIONS

1. Structural Reliability

This technical session aims to aims to outline the latest developments of handling the issue of reliability in Structural engineering. Contributions are invited with emphasis on theory, numerical methods and applications of the following areas

a) Structural reliability

b) Non-deterministic methods of structural analysis (Probabilistic, fuzzy and interval approaches)

c) Any other research topics in the broader framework of the main theme of Structural Reliability

2. Advances in Structural Engineering

This technical session aims to aims to outline the latest developments in the field of Structural engineering. Contributions are invited with emphasis on theory, numerical methods and applications of the following areas

a) Computational Structural Mechanics (including application of neural networks, genetic algorithms and expert systems in Structural Analysis)

b) Innovations in materials and methods of construction

c) Any other research topics in the broader framework of the main theme of Structural Engineering

Dr.M.V.Rama Rao M.Tech,PhD,Postdoc(KU Leuven),FIE,FACCE(I),FICI,MISTE Professor,Department of Civil Engineering Vasavi College of Engineering, Hyderabad-500 031 INDIA

Formerly Postdoctoral Fellow, Departement Computerwetenschappen 200 a, Celestijnenlaan, Heverlee, B3001- Belgium