Conference Themes

DESIGN OPTIMIZATION AND INVERSE PROBLEMS:

• Acoustic
• Aerodynamics
• Chemistry and combustion
• Civil Engineering
• Design of Experiments
• Electrical Systems
• Electromagnetism
• Fluid Mechanics
• Geophysics
• Heat and Mass Transfer
• Imaging
• Materials processing
• Mechanical Engineering
• Meteorology
• Nuclear Engineering
• Planning
• Robotics
• Solid Mechanics
• Scheduling
• Tomography
• Vibrations and Structural Dynamics

BASIC NUMERICAL OPTIMIZATION TECHNIQUES:

• Shape Optimization
• Size Optimization
• Topology Optimization
• Mathematical Programming Algorithms
• MDO - Multidisciplinary Design Optimization
• Optimality Criteria Methods
• Genetic Algorithms
• Evolutionary Techniques
• Fuzzy Optimization
• Optimization with Approximate Models
• Response Surface Methods
• Metamodels and Surrogates in Optimization
• Artificial Intelligence and Neural Networks
• Multi-objective Optimization
• Global Optimization
• Decomposition Methods
• Concurrent Engineering
• Robust Design
• Reliability-Based Design Optimization
• Multi-scale Optimization
• Efficient Analysis and Reanalysis Techniques with Finite Elements Method
• Boundary Elements Method
• Finite Differences Method
• Finite Volume Method
• Meshless Methods
• Sensitivity Analysis
• Analytic and Semi-analytic Formulations
• Variational Formulation
• Automatic Differentiation
• Topological Derivatives and other techniques
• Linear Programming
• Nonlinear Programming
• Mixed Linear and Nonlinear Programming
• Integer Programming
• Stochastic Optimization
• Supply Chain Management

INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS:

• Aeronautical Industry
• Automotive Industry
• Bio - Mechanics Applications
• Chemical Processing Equipments
• Energy Generation and Transmission
• Machinery Optimization
• Micro-Mechanics Systems - MEMS
• Micro and Nano - Technologies
• Oil and Gas Industries
• Space Industry and other Industrial Applications