Lucio Soibelman – Teaching experience and Selected Talks

 

Classes

 

2008-2009                        Carnegie Mellon University   Pittsburgh, PA

12-671: Special Topics: Fundamental Concepts  of Computing in Civil and Environmental Engineering  –Teacher

  The purpose of this course is to introduce students to the important concepts of computing related to civil and environmental engineering.  The course will briefly describe the form and operation of modern computational devices, the data structures and algorithms that are used in many of the computations that support CEE software applications, and explore the frontier of applying advanced computing in civil and environmental engineering.

 

2007-2011                        Carnegie Mellon University   Pittsburgh, PA

12-610: Special Topics: ICCM International Collaborative Construction Management  –Teacher

  This course is intended to provide a comprehensive overview of the life cycle of the facility development process and of relevant project management techniques. While primary emphasis is on the construction phase, the techniques and perspective apply to the other phases of the facility development process as well. Students learn not only how to develop construction estimates and schedules, but also, globalization issues, methods to work on multicultural teams, negotiation techniques, and methods to improve international collaboration enhanced by the use of Information Technology. Students work in international teams to collaborate from remote locations (USA, Turkey, Brazil, and Israel) via the Internet taking maximum advantage of information technology. Students also report on lessons learned on working with different cultures.

 

2005-2010                        Carnegie Mellon University   Pittsburgh, PA

12-741: Data Management –Teacher

  This is a class where the students are introduced to the basics of databases and database management systems as applied to engineering problems in general and civil engineering problems in specific and to data mining concepts and techniques and knowledge discovery in databases principles applied to engineering problems/data in general and civil engineering problems/data in specific. Students learn how to extract patterns representing knowledge implicitly stored in large civil engineering databases or other massive information repositories. The course lectures emphasizes on issues relating to the feasibility, usefulness, efficiency and scalability of techniques for the discovery of patterns hidden in engineering databases.

 

2006                                 Carnegie Mellon University   Pittsburgh, PA

12-705: Advanced Techniques for Project Management – Teacher

  This class is intended to provide a sampling of advanced techniques, concepts and research topics in project management. The course focus is a systems view of construction and its interactions with related activities.  The course is taught as a tutorial, with presentations by speakers and discussion classes led by students. Students have to research one or two topics of their choice, and give presentations and do a final presentation and a report. This format has the objective of enhancing the participants ability to research, organize, and communicate advanced material.

 

2006 – 2008 and 2010      Carnegie Mellon University   Pittsburgh, PA

12-744: AIS Systems Project Preparation Course – Teacher

  The intent of this course is (1) to prepare students for the project course 12-745 by exposing them to the following topics: technical communication; team-based problem solving, negotiation, and collaboration support technologies; individual and team ethics; library skills; readings/discussions relevant to the domain of project topic intended for 12-745 and (2) to design, estimate, plan, and specify the project that will be executed during the project course 12-745.

 

2006 - 2010                      Carnegie Mellon University   Pittsburgh, PA

12-745: AIS Systems Project Course – Teacher

  The iAdvanced Infrastructure Systems (AIS) program has been designed to equip civil engineering students with the skill-set required to approach conventional problems from nontraditional approaches.  The focus of the program is on teaching principles of computer science and information technology to allow engineers to efficiently acquire appropriate data and analyze the data to reveal trends and yield knowledge.  The AIS Project Course serves as an appropriate culmination of this pedagogical philosophy.  A real-world, industry driven problem is provided to students and the requirements are broadly defined.  In the first semester of the academic year, students analyze the problem and determine the scope of the project.  The design and implementation of the solution is then performed in the second semester of the academic year.  The goal of the course is to allow students to practically utilize the skills they have acquired from the instructional courses in the AIS program.

 

2005 and 2011                  Carnegie Mellon University   Pittsburgh, PA

12-271: Introduction to Computer Applications in Civil & Environmental Engineering – Teacher

  This class is an introduction to the use of computer-based applications in civil engineering, using generic tools such as spread-sheets, equation solvers and computer graphics. Discussion of the role of computer-based methods in civil engineering practice.

 

2005                                 Carnegie Mellon University   Pittsburgh, PA

12-742/48-742: Database Concepts in CAE – Teacher

  This is a class where students are introduced to databases and database management systems for Computer Aided Engineering (CAE). Topics include: the relational and object-oriented models; engineering data modeling issues; and the design of engineering data bases. Each student develops a prototype database application of his or her choice.

 

2005                                  Carnegie Mellon University   Pittsburgh, PA

12-738 Advanced Data Management & Analysis – Teacher

  This is a class where students are introduced to concepts and techniques of data mining learning how to automate the extraction of patterns that represent the knowledge implicitly stored in large databases, data warehouses, and other massive information repositories. The class is a comprehensive introduction to Computer Aided Engineering (CAE) data mining applications.

 

2001- 2004      University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign   Urbana, IL

CEE498CDP Collaborative Design Processes – Teacher

  This is a capstone design class where students learn methods of collaborative design in the AEC industry enhanced by the use o information technology. Students work in multi-disciplinary teams to collaborate from remote locations (UIUC-Urbana and UF-Gainesville) via the Internet on the design of a facility. Team members from structural engineering, architecture and construction management generate designs while experimenting with different work practices to take maximum advantage of information technology using commercially available software. Students also develop process designs for the integration of technology into the work of multi-disciplinary design teams.

 

2000- 2004      University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign   Urbana, IL

CEE495 Civil and Environmental Engineering Seminar – Construction Management – Teacher

  This class is a research seminar class with guest speakers and graduate students presentations.

 

1999- 2004      University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign   Urbana, IL

CEE498AID Artificial Intelligence in Design – Teacher

  This class is an introduction to the design theory and to Artificial Intelligence applications in design. It introduces AI, Distributed AI, Machine Learning, Neural Networks, Decision Tress, Case Based Reasoning, Genetic Algorithms, and Data Mining

 

1998 – 2003    University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign   Urbana, IL

CEE318 Construction Cost Analysis and Estimates – Teacher

  This class is an introduction to the application of scientific principles to costs and estimates of costs in construction engineering; concepts and statistical measurements of the factors involved in direct costs, general overhead costs, cost markups and profits; and the fundamentals of cost recording for construction cost accounts and cost controls.

 

2001-2003 Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul   POA, Brazil

New Information Technology Support for Construction Management – Teacher

  This class is a graduate one week 15 hours course offered once a year. It presents new information technology tools developed and being developed to support construction management. It introduces modeling, 4DCAD, data acquisition, sensors, laser scanners, wireless computing, data mining, knowledge generation, and simulation.

 

1996 - 1998  Massachusetts Institute of Technology         Cambridge, MA

1.432J Project Control - Teacher Assistant

  Lectured recitations for a graduate level project control course. This class looks at project control as the art and science of directing and coordinating human, equipment, material and financial resources through the life of a project, using modern management techniques and information technology systems to achieve predetermined objectives of scope, quality, budget, and schedule within the context of the natural, social and political environment in which the project is being developed. Supervised several group design projects, created the course package, and created and graded the problem sets

 

1994 - 1995  Massachusetts Institute of Technology         Cambridge, MA

1.12 Computer Models of Physical and Engineering Systems  - Teacher Assistant

  Lectured recitations for a undergraduate level modeling and programming course. This class adopted a top-down approach to study modeling: from conceptualization of the overall model to implementation of the model in C++. Supervised several group design projects, created the course package, and created and graded the problem sets

 

January, 1996 Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA

Instructor of the IAP Course  Introduction to C++

 

July-August, 1995    Escuela Politecnica del Ejercito    Quito, Ecuador

Teacher of the Course Strategic Planning for Construction Companies

 

July-August, 1994   Universidade Federal do RGS Porto Alegre, Brazil

Teacher of the Course Strategic Planning in Construction

 

 

Invited Talks and Keynote Presentations

 

Engineering Sustainability 2011: Innovation and the Triple Bottom Line Engineering Sustainability 2011: Innovation and the Triple Bottom Line, Invited Speaker, Enabling Energy-Aware Facilities April 12, 2011, Pittsburgh, PA.

 

SUNY Global Center – Center for Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) Conference, Keynote Speaker, Two Views of Globally Networked Learning at the Graduate Level: Civil Engineering and Doctoral Research, March 31 2011, New York, NY.

 

SINDUSCON-SP – Seminario BIM – Modelagem da Informacao na Construcao, BIM Process: Data integration and its benefits compared to traditional processes December 10, 2010, Sao Paulo, Brazil.

 

Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Advanced Infrastructure Systems, November 20, 2009, Hong Kong, China.

 

No Dig Conference: Trenchless Technologies in Asia Pacific – Hong Kong – 2009 – Keynote Speaker – Advanced Pipeline Systems Inspection and Monitoring Developments, November 19, 2009, Hong Kong, China.

 

8th International Conference on Construction Applications of Virtual Reality -  Keynote Speaker – Data Management, Visualization, and Knowledge Discovery for Advanced Infrastructure Systems, October, 20, 2008, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

 

2nd National ASBEA Conference – Sao Paulo – Brazil - Keynote Speaker – Building Information Modeling, October 10, 2008, Sao Paulo Brazil

 

Machine Learning/Google Seminar, Carnegie Mellon University, Data Management and Knowledge Discovery for Advanced Infrastructure Systems, Jan 28, 2008, Pittsburgh, PA

 

University College Cork, Ireland, Information Technology in Architecture, engineering, and Construction Workshop, Sensor Data-Driven Management of Infrastructure Systems, September 7, 2007, Cork, Ireland.

 

3 Encontro de Tecnologia de Informacao e Comunicacao na Construcao Civil, BIM – Presente e Futuro , Keynote Speaker, July 11, 2007, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.

 

Arup, Beyond BIM, the future of Advanced Building information Models,  March 27, 2007, New York, NY

 

ASCE – Northern New Jersey Chapter, From BIM to Proactive Project Control , March 27, 2007, Newark, NJ.

 

85th TRB Annual Meeting, Data Stewardship – Meeting the Challenges of Enterprise Data Management Workshop, Advanced Construction Data Management and Knowledge Discovery, January 22, 2006, Washington, DC

 

National Central University, Institute for Construction Engineering and Management, Advanced Construction Data Management and Knowledge Discovery October 20, 2005, Jung-li City, Taoyuan, Taiwan

 

National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Department of Construction Engineering, Advanced Construction Data Management and Knowledge Discovery, October 21, 2005, Taipei, Taiwan

 

National Taiwan University, Department of Civil Engineering, Division of Construction Engineering and Management, Advanced Construction Data Management and Knowledge Discovery, October 21, 2005, Taipei, Taiwan

 

National Chiao Tung University, Advanced Construction Data Management and Knowledge Discovery, October 20, 2005, Hsinchu, Taiwan.

 

CERIK – Construction & Economy Research Institute of Korea, Advanced Construction Data Management and Knowledge Discovery, October 19, 2005, Seoul, Korea.

 

 

University of Seoul, School, of Architecture and Architectural Engineering, Advanced Construction Data Management and Knowledge Discovery, October 18, 2005, Seoul, Korea.

 

 

The Contractor and Construction Manager Issues International Superconference, Invited Speaker, Beyond 4DCAD – Advanced Construction Data Management to Support Proactive Project Control and Knowledge Discovery May 20, 2005, London, UK.

 

TIC2005, Universidade de Sao Paulo (USP), Keynote Speaker, Advanced Construction Data Management to Support Proactive Project Control, April 8, 2005, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil

 

University of Rio Grande do Sul, Norie, Advanced Data Management for Construction Management Porto Alegre, RS, December, 2004

 

University of Sao Paulo, USP, SP, KDD, Text Mining, and Image Reasoning Research at the CKDD Group, Brazil, July 2003

 

Centro de Tecnologia de Edificacoes - CTE, SP – Brazil, New IT support for construction management, July 2003

 

IABSE Working Commission 6, Antwerp, Belgium Data Mining Applications in Civil Engineering, August 2003

 

University of Texas – Austin – Civil Engineering Department – UIUC Construction Management Program and the CKDD Group, February 28, 2003

 

University of California at Berkeley, Civil and Environmental Engineering Department – The CKDD Group at UIUC, Research and Developments, February 24, 2003

 

Stanford University, Civil and Environmental Engineering Department – The CKDD Group at UIUC, Research and Developments, February 21, 2003

 

Key speaker for the Seminario Tecnologia da Informacao e Comunicacao na Construcao Civil – Programa Construbusiness do Estado do Parana – Curitiba – PR – BrazilNovember 28, 2002.

 

UIUC Graduate School of Library and Information Science, Automated Classification and Integration of Text-Based Information in Construction, March 6, 2002

 

Key speaker for the II Simpsio Brasileiro de Gesto da Qualidade e Organizao do Trabalho no Ambiente Construdo and Sinduscon – CE - Fortaleza, CE – Brazil A/EC Industry and New Information Technollogy  Trends, September 4 and 6, 2001.

Sinduscon – SP – Brazil

A/EC Industry and New Information Technollogy Trends, August 8 2001.

 

Sinduscon – PR  and Universidade Federal do Parana – PR – Brazil

A/EC Industry and New Information Technollogy  Trends, August 9 2001

 

Sinduscon – RS – Brazil

A/EC Industry and New Information Technollogy  Trends, August 13 2001

 

PINI – SP - Brazil

New IT in Construction Management, December 14, 2000

 

Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul – Porto Alegre BrazilAdvanced Construction Management, December 22, 2000

 

Virginia Tech – Department of Civil Engineering – Blacksburg – Virginia The KDD Group, September 28, 2000

 

The GSLIS-2000 Clinic on ELECTRONIC COMMERCE IN THE INFORMATION INDUSTRIES - Technical Frontiers and Institutional Issues for Information Management Professionals – Urbana – IL - USA

Cross-Organizational Information Logistics, April 2-4, 2000, Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, USA

 

7 Simposium International de Ingeniaria Civil ITESM – Monterrey – Mexico               

Material Waste in the Construction Industry: Incidence and Control Monterrey, March 03, 2000, Monterrey, Mexico

 

Sinduscon – SP  - Brazil                                                                              

Extranets Applications in Project Management, January 17, 2000, So Paulo, Brazil