ICCCBE 2012, 27-29 June 2012, Moscow, Russia

Conference Aim
Following the success of previous conferences in New York 1981, Hangzhou 1985, Vancouver 1988, Tokyo 1991, Anaheim 1993, Berlin 1995, Seoul 1997, Stanford 2000, Taipei 2002, Weimar 2004, Montreal 2006, Beijing 2008 and Nottingham 2010 the 14th International conference on Computing in Civil and Building Engineering will be held in Moscow, Russian Federation. The ICCCBE conference series is a peer reviewed forum, which joins representatives of the international academic community and the Architecture/Engineering/Computing (A/E/C) industry to exchange their knowledge and experience of the application of computing, information and communication technology in civil and building engineering.
The aim of the conference in Moscow is to demonstrate and discuss the beneficial use of computers in civil and building engineering as well as to define problems of the A/E/C industry and their solutions by the means of computing, information and communication technologies.

Themes of the Conference

The conference invites original contributions on practical use cases and scientific investigations related to problems and solutions of using computing, information and communication technologies in civil and building engineering. The contributions are expected to represent the wide range of topics from fundamentals, theories and concepts to application of generalized technologies.
Suggested topics include, but are not limited to:
Advanced Computing in Civil, Building and Urban Engineering
Augmented and Virtual Reality for Civil and Building Engineering
Building Information Modeling, Industry Foundation Classes
Computer-Aided Design
Computer-Aided Construction and Management
Computer Supported Collaborative Design and Construction
Computing for Conceptual Design
Computational Mechanics
Computer Simulation for Civil and Building Engineering
Computer-based Structural Control
Computer-based Monitoring and Maintenance of Infrastructure
Computer-Aided Education and Training
Distributed Computing in Engineering
Decision Support Systems
Disaster Preparedness, Response and Recovery with IT
GIS for Civil, Building and Urban Engineering
Human Computer Interaction and Graphics
Intelligent Construction Site
Information Technologies and Energy Efficiency
Information Technologies and High-rise Building Engineering
Information Technologies and Underground Building Engineering
Information Technologies and Transport Engineering
Information Technologies and Building Renovation
Information Technologies and Ecology
Image Processing
Multi-Agents Systems
Product Modeling
Process Modeling
Smart Building and Smart City
Simulation and Wind Engineering
Simulation and Earthquake Engineering

Conference Venue and Date
The conference will be held at the President Hotel in Moscow
http://www.president-hotel.ru/index/lang/en
Reception:       26 June 2012
Sessions: 27 – 29 June 2012

Conference Organization
The International Society for Computing in Civil and Building Engineering (ISCCBE)
Moscow State University of Civil Engineering (National Research University), Russian Federation
With support of the Department for Urban Planning Policy and City Construction of the Moscow City Government

The Organizing Committee from ISCCBE


Abdalla, Jamal A.

American University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

Bachurina, Svetlana

Moscow City Government, Russia

Beucke, Karl E.

Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, Germany

Cheung, M. (Moe) S.

Hong Kong University of Science & Technology, Canada

Emkin, Leroy Z.

Georgia Institute of Technology, USA

Fruchter, Renate

Stanford University, USA

Heinisuo, Markku

Tampere University of Technology, Finland

Hsieh, Shang-Hsien “Patrik”

National Taiwan University, Taiwan

Koumousis, Vlasis K.

National Technical University of Athens, Greece

Kuang, J. S.

Hong Kong University of Science & Technology, China (Hong Kong)

Kwak, Hyo-Gyoung

Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology, Korea

Lukkunaprasit, Panitan

Chulalongkorn University, Tailand

Miles, John C.

Cardiff University, UK

Pahl, Peter Jan

Technical University of Berlin, Germany

Ren, Aizhu

Tsinghua University, China

Scheer, Sergio

Federal University of Paraná, Brazil

Smith, Ian F.C.

Ecole Polytechnique federale de Lausanne, Switzerland

Suto, Fukuzo

Tokyo Denki University, Japan

Swaddiwudhipong, Somsak

The National University of Singapore

Tizani, Walid

University of Nottingham, School of Civil Engineering, UK

Tsou, Jin Yeu

Chinese University of Hong Kong, China (Hong Kong)

Wada, Akira

Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan

Wang, Xiangyu

The University of Sydney, Australia


The Local Organizing Committee


Telichenko, Valery
Chairman

Moscow State University of Civil Engineering (National Research University)

Levkin, Sergey
Co-chairman

Moscow City Government

Egorychev, Oleg
Deputy-chairman

Moscow State University of Civil Engineering (National Research University)

Volkov, Andrey
General Secretary

Moscow State University of Civil Engineering (National Research University)

Bilchuk, Irina
Executing secretary

Moscow State University of Civil Engineering (National Research University)

Committee members:

 

Degtyarev, Sergey

Moscow City Government

Grin, Andrey

Moscow City Government

Khaikin, Vladimir

Moscow research institute for Typology and experimental planning

Bachurina, Svetlana

Moscow City Government

Malykha, Galina

Moscow State University of Civil Engineering (National Research University)

Galishnikova, Vera

People's Friendship University of Russia

Muminova, Svetlana

Moscow State University of Civil Engineering (National Research University)

The International Steering Committee and The International Scientific Committee are presented at the conference web-site.

Congerence Registration

Type of registration

Registration fee, USD

Period of registration

Notice

Standard registration

750,–

01.03.2012 – 26.06.2012

For authors of accepted papers and registrants without papers.

The fee includes admission to all conference sessions, publication and presentation of one paper, materials of the conference, coffee breaks, lunches, welcoming cocktail (Tuesday, 26.06.2012), guided Moscow tour (Wednesday,  27.06.2012), closing banquet (Friday, 29.06.2012).

Conference-only registration

650,–

01.03.2012 – 26.06.2012

For authors of accepted papers and registrants without papers.

The fee includes admission to all conference sessions, publication and presentation of one paper, materials of the conference, coffee breaks and lunches.

Reduced registration

375,–

01.03.2012 – 26.06.2012

For post-graduate students (confirmation of the status is obligatory).

The fee includes admission to all conference sessions, publication and presentation of one paper, materials of the conference, coffee breaks, lunches, welcoming cocktail (Tuesday, 26.06.2012), guided Moscow tour (Wednesday,  27.06.2012), closing banquet (Friday, 29.06.2012).

Reduced conference-only registration

325,–

01.03.2012 – 26.06.2012

For post-graduate students (confirmation of the status is obligatory), for already registered authors for every additional accepted paper, for co-authors of accepted papers.

The fee includes admission to all conference sessions, materials of the conference, coffee breaks, and lunches. For post-graduate students the fee includes the publication and presentation of one paper. For already registered authors the fee includes the publication and presentation of an additional paper.

Members of ISCCBE-BOD

375,–

01.03.2012 – 26.06.2012

For members of ISCCBE Board of Directors (for one country representative only).

The fee includes admission to all conference sessions, publication and presentation of one paper, materials of the conference, coffee breaks, lunches, welcoming cocktail (Tuesday, 26.06.2012),  guided Moscow tour (Wednesday,  27.06.2012), closing banquet (Friday, 29.06.2012).

Welcoming cocktail,  guided Moscow tour, closing banquet

100,–

01.03.2012 – 26.06.2012

For accompanying persons.

Additional excursion

50,–

01.03.2012 – 28.06.2012

Additional guided tour with visiting unique construction objects and architectural sights of Moscow (Saturday, 30.06.2012), duration 8 hours, including lunch.

Early registration

discount 10%

01.03.2012 – 15.03.2012

The discount applies to the registration fee of the selected type of registration.

Late registration

increase 20%

01.06.2012 – 26.06.2012

Increase applies to the registration fee of the selected type of registration.

The deadline of bank payment acceptance: 10.06.2012.
After the given date the registration fee can be paid by cash at the opening of conference.
Authors of accepted papers must pay registration fee until 31.03.2012, otherwise their papers can not be published.


Language
The official language of the conference is English.

Journal publication
Authors of papers, identified during the reviewing process of including original work that could form the basis of a journal publication, will be invited to submit papers for inclusion into professional journals of Russian Federation and the Commonwealth of Independent States.

Awards
The conference will make awards for: best student paper, best applied paper and best fundamental paper.

Abstract submission
Authors are invited to submit a plain text extended abstract through the Conference web site at: http://www.icccbe.ru. The abstract should present a concise statement of the scope, principal findings, and conclusions of the paper and must not exceed 3000 characters with gaps. Authors should fit their contributions under one of the conference themes and should also classify them under one or more of the list of topics.
Abstracts are requested by 15 September 2011. For a paper to be published in the proceedings at least one of the authors must register by March 31, 2012

Key deadlines
Abstract submission                                15 September 2011
Notification of review feedback              15 November 2011
Full paper and abstract submission                15 January 2012
Paper review feedback                  15 February 2012
Final paper submission                   1 March 2012
Early registration                             15 March 2012
Author registration                           31 March 2012
Presentation submission                 1 June 2012
Contacts
Email:  info@icccbe.ru
Web:  http://www.icccbe.ru
Tel.: +7 (499) 929.52.29
Fax: +7 (499) 929.52.29
Post:        Professor Dr. Sc. (Tech.) Volkov, Andrey A.
Moscow State University of Civil Engineering (MSUCE)
Jaroslavskoje Chausse 26
129337 Moscow
Russian Federation