17 October 2025
Alper Kanyilmaz was invited as a keynote speaker at the International Conference & Workshop on Seismic Design of Steel Structures and Retrofit (SDSR), organized by TUCSA and the European Convention for Constructional Steelwork (ECCS). His keynote, “Data-Driven Techniques in Seismic Design and Assessment,” presented how artificial intelligence and computational modeling can enhance His keynote, “Data-Driven Techniques in Seismic Design and Assessment,” presented how artificial intelligence and computational modeling can enhance the reliability, resilience, and life-cycle performance of steel and composite structures in seismic regions. The talk covered recent advances in machine learning applications for seismic vulnerability assessment, including automated classification of structural damage patterns, predictive models for post-earthquake residual capacity, and data-driven approaches to optimizing dissipative connection design. These methods offer the potential to move beyond conventional code-based procedures toward more efficient, performance-based strategies that account for the full life cycle of a structure (from initial design through service, retrofit, and eventual end-of-life decisions).the reliability, resilience, and life-cycle performance of steel and composite structures in seismic regions.
The conference featured two additional keynote speakers: Prof. Raffaele Landolfo from the University of Naples Federico II, who chairs the CEN/TC 250/SC 8 Seismic Design Committee, and Prof. Benjamin Schaefer from Johns Hopkins University’s Whiting School of Engineering, where he holds the Willard and Lillian Hackerman Professorship in Civil and Systems Engineering.
Further details are here.
