- ASCAAD
The Arab Society for Computer-Aided Architectural Design http://www.ascaad.org (short: ASCAAD) is a society active in the area of
computer-aided architectural design (CAAD ).History and mission of ASCAAD
The founding meeting of ASCAAD took place on the 16th of May, 2001 in [http://www.just.edu.jo/ Jordan University of Science and Technology (J.U.S.T)] .
ASCAAD is a society of those who teach and conduct research in computer-aided architectural design in schools of architecture in the Arab region. ASCAAD aims to facilitate communication and information exchange regarding the use of computers and information technology in architecture, planning and building science.
Membership
Membership of ASCAAD is available to architects, designers, educators and researchers. Membership is not restricted to any geographical region, however, the activities of ASCAAD are mainly carried out in the Arab region (West Asia, and North Africa). We accept members from all over the world. Anyone can register online via [http://ascaad.org/index.html ASCAAD website] .
Annual conference
ASCAAD organises an annual conference in one of the Universities or institutions in the Arab region [http://ascaad.org/site/english/conferences.html] . Papers are accepted in the conference after a blind review process. All accepted papers are published in the proceedings of the conference, and included in [http://cumincad.scix.net/ CUMINCAD] .
List of conferences
Sister organizations
There are five sister organisations around the world to provide a more accessible regional forum for discussion of computing and design. The major ones are:
* [http://www.acadia.org/ ACADIA] - Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture, since 1981
* [http://www.caadria.org/ CAADRIA] - The Association for Computer Aided Architectural Design in Asia, since 1996.
* [http://www.ecaade.org/ ECAADE] - The Association for Education and Research in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe, since 1982.
* [http://www.sigradi.org/ SigGraDi] - Sociedade Ibero-Americana de Gráfica Digital, since 1997.
* [http://www.caadfutures.org/ CAAD Futures] - Computer Aided Architectural Design Futures, since 1985.
* [http://cumincad.scix.net/ CUMINCAD] - The Cumulative Index of Computer Aided Architectural Design.
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