About the Conference

The ICCCBE and the CIB W78's are the two most important truly international conference series on the theme of IT/Computing in Civil Engineering/Construction, which can be held all around the world.

In 2020, these two conferences will be jointly held in Brazil, organized by the University of São Paulo and co-organized by the Federal University of Paraná.

The conference will be hosted at the main campus of the University of São Paulo. USP is among the 300 best universities in the world and ranks #1 in Brazil. São Paulo is a vibrant city, home for 12 million people and known for its gastronomy and night life. It is also a hub to many other touristic destinations in Brazil, like Rio de Janeiro, Foz do Iguaçu, Pantanal, Amazon, Fortaleza, Salvador, Brasília, etc.

The Joint Conference ICCCBE and CIB W78 2020

The International Society for Computing in Civil and Building Engineering (ISCCBE) is the leading forum in the area of information technology in civil engineering.  ICCCBE is organized by the ISCCBE and is run bi-annually.  The conference will provide a unique opportunity for the professionals and researchers who are interested in computing in a wide range of civil and building engineering disciplines to come together. It is an event for learning, sharing and exchanging knowledge about the latest developments and research advances in this fast-paced field. It is the first time ICCCBE will be hosted in Latin America.

CIB (International Council for Research and Innovation in Building and Construction) was established in 1953 as an association whose objectives were to stimulate and facilitate international cooperation and information exchange between governmental research institutes in the building and construction sector, with an emphasis on those institutes engaged in technical fields of research. CIB W78 – Information Technology for Construction – is one of the largest and most active working commissions of CIB. The scope of W78’s work is broad in terms of the design, construction and occupancy of constructed facilities, but primarily it relates to the integration and communication of data, information and knowledge in the facility’s life cycle. Its conferences have 35 years of tradition and are run annually. It will be held in Brazil for the first time.

Venue

The joint conference venue is the International Diffusion Center of the University of São Paulo (USP) which in located at USP main campus in the city of Sao Paulo, Brazil. Conference runs from 2 to 4 June, 2020.

Topics

We welcome abstract and paper submissions from the academia and from industry in a wide range of applications of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) to Civil, Building, and Environmental Engineering, including, but not limited to:​

• Building Information Modelling
• IoT
• Smart Cities
• Artificial Intelligence
• Cyber-Physical Systems
• Big Data
• Blockchain
• Smart Contracts
• Product and Process Modelling
• Knowledge Modelling and Linked Data
• Integrated Process and Product Design
• 4D/nD Modelling
• Systems Engineering
• Data Acquisition, Analysis and Storage
• Data, Information and Knowledge Management
• Model Based Management Tools and Systems
• Mobile Computing
• Situation Awareness and Sensing Technologies
• Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality
• Visualization and Simulation Techniques
• Visual Pattern Recognition Technologies
• Managing IT Strategies
• Education in Construction Informatics
• Knowledge Transfer, Technology Dissemination and Standardization
• Research Methods in Construction Informatics
• Product Lifecycle Management
• Communication and Collaboration Technologies
• Automated Approaches in Construction
• IT Supported Architectural and Engineering Design
• Design and Decision Support Systems
• etc.

Abstract & Paper Submission

Abstracts should be submitted by September 30, 2019 at the conference paper management system (Easychair). 

The abstract length should be less than 400 words.

​Following abstract acceptance, a full original paper (between 6 and 10 pages), formatted according to the conference template (available soon), must be submitted for peer review.

Committes

 Organizing Committee

• Eduardo Toledo Santos (USP), Chair
• Sergio Scheer (UFPR), Co-chair
• Fabiano R. Corrêa (USP)
• Sergio Leal Ferreira (USP)
• Brenda C. C. Leite (USP)
• Cheng Liang-Yee (USP)
• Fernando A. Kurokawa (USP)
• João R. D. Petreche, (USP)

ISCCBE BoD Committee

• Jamal A. Abdalla
• Robert Amor
• Kok Keng Ang
• Karl Beucke
• Irina Bilchuk
• Manfred Breit
• Weng Tat Chan
• Symeon Christodoulou
• Nashwan Dawood
• Leroy Emkin
• Ian Flood
• Adel Francis
• Lei Hou
• Shang-Hsien Hsieh
• Raymond Issa
• Thomas Kang
• Shih-Chung Kang
• Jun Shang Kuang
• Sang-Ho Lee
• Xinzheng Lu
• Zhiliang Ma
• Koji Makanae
• Kristo Mela
• Edmond Miresco
• Peter Jan Pahl
• Uwe Rüppel
• Eduardo Toledo Santos
• Sergio Scheer
• Sebastian Skatulla
• Kay Smarsly
• Ian Smith
• Walid Tizani
• Jin Yeu Tsou
• Andrey A. Volkov
• Xiangyu Wang
• Nobuyoshi Yabuki

CIB W78 Coordinators

• Robert Amor
• Jakob Beetz

International Scientific Committee

• TBD

Contact

All questions about submissions should be emailed to icccbe-w78-2020@usp.br.