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Seminar on SPATIAL MODELLING AND SOFT COMPUTING IN WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
Posted Date: 13 Feb 2008 Resource Type: Articles/Knowledge Sharing Category: General
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Posted By: Jose Mathew Member Level: Platinum
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UGC Sponsored TWO – DAY NATIONAL SEMINAR
on
SPATIAL MODELLING AND SOFT COMPUTING IN WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
(SSWRM 2008)
14th & 15th March 2008
ANNOUNCEMENT & CALL FOR PAPERS
Sponsored by
UNIVERSITY GRANTS COMMISSION
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
NEW DELHI.
Organized by
DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING
FACULTY OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY
ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY
ANNAMALAI NAGAR – 608 002
Directors
Dr. S. Poongothai N. Nagarajan
Organizing Institution
The Annamalai University was founded in the year 1929 by the benevolent and noble hearted philanthropist Dr.Rajah Sir Annamalai Chettiar of Chettinad who dedicated his life for its growth. His illustrious son Padma Bhusan Dr. Rajah Sir M.A.Muthiah Chettiar, the Founder Pro-Chancellor from 1948 to 1984 groomed the University elegantly and devoted his life for the noble cause.
Dr. M.A.M. Ramaswamy, the present Founder Pro-Chancellor, the distinguished son of Dr.Rajah Sir Muthiah Chettiar, is a philanthropist and patron of sports. Under his dynamic leadership, the University is making strides to become one of the frontline Universities in India. This University which had celebrated its Platinum Jubilee in the year 2004, has flourished into a premier, unitary and residential teaching University. The Annamalai University, located 2 km East of the temple town, Chidambaram, is spread in a serene environ of about one thousand acres. It has the Faculties of Arts, Science, Indian Languages, Engineering and Technology, Education, Fine Arts, Agriculture, Medicine and Dentistry, and in all, they comprise 48 departments of study. The University is accredited by NACC. The Faculty of Engineering and Technology was started in 1945 and offers courses in various branches under the nine departments. This faculty celebrated its Diamond Jubilee (FEAT–60) in the year 2005. It was the first time in Tamilnadu, the 94th Indian Science Congress was organized by this University from 3rd to 7th January 2007. The Department of Civil Engineering offers Under Graduate Programme in Civil Engineering, Post Graduate and Doctoral Programmes in Water Resources Engineering & Management and Environmental Engineering.
Preface
Water is a prime valuable natural resource. Both the natural and human systems are critically dependent on water. It is primary requirement not only for survival of human beings, but also for their socio-economic development and a healthy ecosystem. Ecological systems play a fundamental role in supporting life on Earth at all hierarchical scales. They form the life-support system without which economic activity would not be possible. There are many signs that the collective global economic activity is dramatically altering the self-repairing aspects of the global ecosystem. Our ability to change economic and ecological systems, and the rate of spread of the impacts of these changes, far exceed our ability to predict the full extent of these impacts. Protecting and preserving our natural life-support systems requires the ability to understand the direct and indirect effects of human activities over long periods of time and over large areas. Computer simulations and spatial modeling are now becoming important tools to investigate these interactions.
Analytical procedures, a set of procedures that simulates real-world conditions within a GIS using the spatial relationships of geographic features is known spatial modeling. The world of soft computing provides powerful tools for civil engineers to carry out various numerical simulation studies. Some of them are knowledge driven methods, such as Fuzzy Logic and Probabilistic Reasoning approaches. Others are data driven methods, like Artificial Neural Networks and Evolutionary Computing approaches. These methods independently, and in hybrid forms, have been successfully applied in the various fields of civil engineering.
Development of these models has been limited in the past since they require large amount of input data and the conceptual complexity involved in writing, debugging and calibrating very large simulation programs. These limitations have begun to erode with the increasing availability of remote sensing data and GIS systems to manipulate it, and the development of parallel computer systems. Although the importance of advances in the parallel processing field have been recognized in the field of spatial modeling, the conceptual complexity involved in building complex models in a distributed computational environment remains a major barrier to the utilization of these systems in the water resources management.
This seminar aims to bring together researchers, managers and other users who are interested in the application of spatial information technologies (e.g. GIS, remote sensing, GPS, field survey, etc.) and spatial datasets in water resource management. It will be a forum of exchange of ideas and information, as well as to foster collaboration and cooperation between professionals interested in this field.
Date and Venue
The seminar will be held during 14th and 15th March, 2008 in the Department of Civil Engineering, FEAT, Annamalai University.
Themes
The seminar invites research papers on the following themes:
* Quantitative and qualitative assessment of water resources
* Spatial modeling of surface and groundwater
* Soft computing for water resources and watershed management
* Hydrological parameter estimation and modelling
* Application of Remote Sensing, GPS and GIS
* Assessment and Management of Flood and Draught
* Soil and Water conservation techniques-Rainwater harvesting, Groundwater recharge
* Reviving and Rehabilitation of ponds, lakes and other inland water bodies
* Impact assessment and Role of NGOs in Watershed Management
* Inventory, mapping and monitoring of water resources
* Spatial data access and use
* Watershed Management-Socio Economic and Cultural models
* Soil erosion models and Reservoir sedimentation
* Current trends in GIS, Spatial modelling and soft computing
* Techniques for sustainable development – Wastewater treatment, Solid waste management, Modern trends in wastewater treatment system, Global warming, Climate changes.
Submission of Abstract and Paper
Authors are called upon to send TWO hard copies and a soft copy of the abstract and subsequently the paper in complete version on or before the dates specified. Authors can submit their abstracts online to the official email address: sswrm2008@yahoo.com .
The abstract should include a title page listing the title of the paper, name(s) of author(s), affiliation(s) and mailing address(es) including e-mail address of the author(s), and the author to whom the correspondence must be made.
Paper format : A4 with maximum of 8 pages, single space (including Tables and Figures)
Font Type : Times New Roman
Paper Title : Centre, Bold, Font Size 14
Authors name : Bold, Font Size 10
Affiliation : Bold, Font Size 9. Title Case
Abstract : 250 words followed by 5 key words, Font size 9, Arial Text
Text : Single column, Justified, Font size 10, 1½ line spacing
Subheading : Bold, Font size 12, Lower Case
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