Citation: Lagaros, N.D.; Plevris, V.
Artificial Intelligence (AI) Applied in
Civil Engineering. Appl. Sci. 2022, 12,
7595. https://doi.org/10.3390/
app12157595
Received: 5 June 2022
Accepted: 27 July 2022
Published: 28 July 2022
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Editorial
Artificial Intelligence (AI) Applied in Civil Engineering
Nikos D. Lagaros
1
and Vagelis Plevris
2,
*
1
Institute of Structural Analysis and Antiseismic Research, School of Civil Engineering, National Technical
University of Athens, Heroon Polytechneiou 9, 157 80 Zographou, Greece; nlagaros@central.ntua.gr
2
Department of Civil and Architectural Engineering, Qatar University, Doha P.O. Box 2713, Qatar
* Correspondence: vplevris@qu.edu.qa
1. Introduction
In recent years, artificial intelligence (AI) has drawn significant attention with respect
to its applications in several scientific fields, varying from big data handling to medical
diagnosis. The use of AI is already present in our daily lives with several uses, such as
personalized ads, virtual assistants, autonomous driving, etc. Not surprisingly, AI method-
ologies have found a wide range of uses and applications in engineering fields, including
civil and structural engineering [
1
,
2
], with impressive results [
3
–
5
]. Figure 1 shows the
research articles related to AI published in the field of civil engineering. In particular, these
are results from the Scopus database (www.scopus.com, obtained on 2 June 2022), using
the query “TITLE-ABS-KEY ((“artificial intelligence” or “AI”) and (“civil” or “structural” or
“transportation” or “geotechnical” or “hydraulic” or “environmental” or “construction” or “shm”
or “structural health”)) and PUBYEAR > 1999 and (LIMIT-TO (SUBJAREA, “ENGI”))”, which
returned 14,059 document results in total (for years from 2000 to 2022). The increase in
AI studies with great acceleration shows that the use of AI in civil engineering is gain-
ing momentum and will keep increasing in the coming years, bringing new innovations
and applications.
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Editorial
Artificial Intelligence (AI) Applied in Civil Engineering
Nikos D. Lagaros
1
and Vagelis Plevris
2,
*
1
Institute of Structural Analysis and Antiseismic Research, School of Civil Engineering, National Technical
University of Athens, Heroon Polytechneiou 9, 157 80 Zographou, Greece; nlagaros@central.ntua.gr
2
Department of Civil and Architectural Engineering, Qatar University, Doha P.O. Box 2713, Qatar
* Correspondence: vplevris@qu.edu.qa
1. Introduction
In recent years, artificial intelligence (AI) has drawn significant attention with respect
to its applications in several scientific fields, varying from big data handling to medical
diagnosis. The use of AI is already present in our daily lives with several uses, such as
personalized ads, virtual assistants, autonomous driving, etc. Not surprisingly, AI meth-
odologies have found a wide range of uses and applications in engineering fields, includ-
ing civil and structural engineering [1,2], with impressive results [3–5]. Figure 1 shows the
research articles related to AI published in the field of civil engineering. In particular,
these are results from the Scopus database (www.scopus.com) obtained on June 2, 2022,
using the query “TITLE-ABS-KEY ((“artificial intelligence” or “AI”) and (“civil” or “struc-
tural” or “transportation” or “geotechnical” or “hydraulic” or “environmental” or “construction”
or “shm” or “structural health”)) and PUBYEAR > 1999 and (LIMIT-TO (SUBJAREA,
“ENGI”))”, which returned 14,059 document results in total (for years from 2000 to 2022).
The increase in AI studies with great acceleration shows that the use of AI in civil engi-
neering is gaining momentum and will keep increasing in the coming years, bringing new
innovations and applications.
Figure 1. Published articles (in Scopus) using AI in civil engineering-related fields (2000–2021).
This research topic contains applications and recent advances of AI in civil engineer-
ing problems, promoting cross-fertilization between these scientific fields. In particular,
the focus is on hybrid studies and applications related to structural engineering, transpor-
tation engineering, geotechnical engineering, hydraulic engineering, environmental engi-
neering, coastal and ocean engineering, structural health monitoring, as well as construc-
tion management.
Citation: Lagaros, N.D.; Plevris, V.
Artificial Intelligence (AI) Applied in
Civil Engineering. Appl. Sci. 2022, 12,
x. https://doi.org/10.3390/xxxxx
Received: 5 June 2022
Accepted: 27 July 2022
Published: 28 July 2022
Publisher’s Note: MDPI stays neu-
tral with regard to jurisdictional
claims in published maps and institu-
tional affiliations.
Copyright: © 2022 by the authors. Li-
censee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.
This article is an open access article
distributed under the terms and con-
ditions of the Creative Commons At-
tribution (CC BY) license (https://cre-
ativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
Figure 1. Published articles (in Scopus) using AI in civil engineering-related fields (2000–2021).
This research topic contains applications and recent advances of AI in civil engi-
neering problems, promoting cross-fertilization between these scientific fields. In par-
ticular, the focus is on hybrid studies and applications related to structural engineering,
transportation engineering, geotechnical engineering, hydraulic engineering, environmen-
tal engineering, coastal and ocean engineering, structural health monitoring, as well as
construction management.
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