Hojjat Adeli is currently Professor of Civil and
Environmental Engineering and Geodetic Science and Lichtenstein
Professor in Infrastructure Engineering at The Ohio State
University. A contributor to 70 Different scholarly journals, he
has authored over 400 research and scientific publications in
diverse areas of engineering, computer science, and applied
mathematics since he received his PhD from Stanford University in
1976 at the age of 26. He has authored/co-authored nine pioneering
books. His recent books are: Machine Learning - Neural Networks,
Genetic, Algorithms, and Fuzzy Systems, John Wiley & Sons,
1995; Neurocomputing for Design Automation, CRC Press, 1998;
Distributed Computer-Aided Engineering, CRC Press, 1999; High
Performance computing in Structural Engineering, CRC Press, 1999;
and Control, Optimization and Smart Structures - High-Performance
bridges and Buildings of the Future, John Wiley & Sons, 1999.
He has also edited twelve books including Intelligent Information
Systems, IEEE computer Society, 1997. He is the Editor-in-Chiffon
two research journals: Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure
Engineering, which he founded in 1986, and Integrated
Computer-Aided Engineering, which he found in 1993. He has been a
Keynote/Plenary Lecturer at 53 International computing conference
held in 32 different countries. On September 29, 1998, he was
awarded a patent for a "Method and apparatus for efficient design
automation and optimization, and structures produced thereby
(United States Patent Number 5,815,394) (with a former PhD
Student). He is the recipient of numerous academic, research and
leadership awards, honors, and recognition. In 1998, he was awarded
the University Distinguished Scholar Award by the Ohio State
University ' 'in recognition of extraordinary accomplishment in
research and scholarship' and the Senate of the General Assembly of
State of Ohio passed a resolution honoring him as an ' Outstanding
Ohioan'. He is the quadruple winner of the Ohio State University
College of Engineering Lumley Outstanding Research Award. He has
been an organizer or a member of the
organization/Scientific/program committee of 245 conference held in
54 different countries. His research has been Sponsored by 20
different organizations, including government funding agencies such
as the National Science Foundation, US Air Force Dynamics
Laboratory, and US Army Construction Engineering Research
Laboratory, Fede3ral Highway Administration state funding agencies
such as the Ohio Department of transportation, Ohio Department of
Development, and the State of Ohio Research Challenge Program,
professional societies such as the American Iron and Steel
Institute and the American Institute of Steel construction, and
corporations such as Cray Research Inc., US Steel, and Bethlehem
Steel corporation.
Asim Karim is currently Assistant Professor of Computer
Science and Engineering at Lahore University of manageme4nt
Sciences (LUMS), Pakistan, He conducts research in diverse areas of
computer science and engineering including applied artificial
intelligence, intelligent data analysis and data mining,
intelligent transportation systems, and high-performance computing
His work has been published in 18 research articles in
international journals and conferences. He is also the co-author of
the book Construction Scheduling, Cost Optimization, and Management
- A New Model Based on Neurocomputing and Object Technologies
published by Spon Press in 2001. He received his BSc (with honors)
from the University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore,
Pakistan, in 1994 and his PhD from the Ohio State University in
2002.