Scope of the Conference

Themes
The themes for this conference will include (but are not limited to):

Computational Methods for:

  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Computational Geomechanics
  • Computational Geo-Environmental Mechanics
  • Computational Biomechanics
  • Computer Modelling and Simulation
  • Rock Mechanics
  • Multi-Phase Problems
  • Multi-Physics Problems
  • Soil-Structure Interaction
  • Fluid-Structure Interaction
  • Biomechanical Engineering
  • Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems
  • Stochastic Mechanics
  • Fluid Transport Simulation and Modelling
  • Flow Simulation and Modelling
  • Computational Inertia Microfluidics
  • Telematics, Tele-maintenance, Tele-diagnosis
  • Inverse Problems
  • Thermal Problems
  • Automotive Applications
  • Crash, Impact and Contact: Analysis and Simulation
  • Geotechnical Problems
  • Soil-Structure Interaction
  • Multi-Scale Problems
  • Nanomechanics
  • Micromechanics
  • Mechanics of Granular Materials
  • Porous Media
  • Process Simulation
  • Wave Propagation
  • Environmental Engineering
  • Design and Manufacture
  • Materials Processing
  • Micro- and Nano- Scale Problems
  • Multibody Dynamics
  • Geophysics
  • Acoustics
  • Energy Systems
  • Renewable Energy Systems
  • Active and Passive Control
  • Heat Transfer Problems
  • Failure and Instability Modelling
  • Computational Sustainability and Environmental Engineering
  • Uncertainty Quantification
  • Data Assimilation

Computational Techniques including:

  • Data Mining
  • Evolutionary Algorithms
  • Evolutionary Processes
  • Computational Methods deriving their inspiration from Nature
  • Soft Computing Methods
  • Particle Methods
  • Meshless Methods
  • Genetic Algorithms and Neural Networks
  • Numerical and Computational Linear Algebra
  • Mathematical Modelling
  • Multi-Scale Modelling
  • Finite and Boundary Element Method
  • Adaptive Procedures
  • Probabilistic Methods
  • Multiscale modelling

Engineering Modelling, Simulation including Pre- and Post-Processing:

  • Domain Decomposition and Partitioning
  • Geometric Modelling
  • Mesh and Grid Generation
  • Model Verification
  • Pre- and Post- Processing
  • Quantification of Uncertainty in Simulations

Engineering Design, Optimization and Manufacture:

  • Computer Aided Design & Computer Aided Engineering
  • Computer Aided Manufacture
  • CAD/CAM Rapid Prototyping
  • Optimal Design
  • Optimization and Sensitivity Analysis
  • Additive Manufacturing
  • Swarm Intelligence Techniques
  • Machine Learning Algorithms
  • Surrogate Modelling
  • Reduced order methods
  • Adjoint methods
  • Methods for Optimal Control

Engineering Modelling, Information Systems, Management and Decision Making including:

  • Decision Making in Engineering Management
  • Construction Management and Control
  • Information Systems
  • Communications
  • Project Management
  • Agent-Based Models

Engineering Applications of Computational Technology including:

  • Computational Intelligence
  • Embedded High Performance Computing
  • Hardware and Software Developments for HPC
  • Virtual Reality and Virtual Environments
  • Virtual Prototyping
  • Visualisation and Graphics
  • Computational Steering
  • Parallel, Distributed and Cloud Processing
  • Use of High Performance Computer Architectures
  • Supercomputing
  • Distributed Computing and Networking
  • Artificial Intelligence and Knowledge-Based Systems
  • Virtual Environments
  • Virtual Humans
  • Data Mining

Software Development and Maintenance for Engineering Applications including:

  • Software Standards and Quality Control
  • Verification and Validation
  • Grid Computing
  • Object Oriented Methods
  • Solution Procedures for Large Scale Problems
  • Novel Software Tools and Development Environments
  • Algorithms for Vectorization and Parallelisation
  • Software Reliability
  • Digital Twin

Computational Engineering: Education and Training:

  • Course Development
  • On-line Training Systems