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Iran
2026

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Engineering and Technology

D-Index
91
Citations
32175
World Ranking
243
National Ranking
3

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Engineering and Technology in Iran Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Engineering and Technology in Iran Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Engineering and Technology in Iran Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Engineering and Technology in Iran Leader Award
  • 2003 - Fellow, The World Academy of Sciences
  • Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts
  • Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts
  • Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts

Overview

Ali Kaveh is affiliated with the Iran University of Science and Technology in Iran. Their research spans across the fields of Engineering and Computer Science, with a significant focus on Civil and Structural Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, and Computational Theory and Mathematics. They also have contributions in Building and Construction and Mechanical Engineering.

The main topics of Ali Kaveh's work include:

  • Topology Optimization in Engineering
  • Advanced Multi-Objective Optimization Algorithms
  • Metaheuristic Optimization Algorithms Research
  • Structural Health Monitoring Techniques
  • Structural Analysis and Optimization
  • Composite Structure Analysis and Optimization
  • Probabilistic and Robust Engineering Design

Ali Kaveh's recent research papers illustrate their focus on metaheuristic algorithms and structural engineering:

  • Efficient training of two ANNs using four meta-heuristic algorithms for predicting the FRP strength, 2023, published in Structures
  • Machine learning regression approaches for predicting the ultimate buckling load of variable-stiffness composite cylinders, 2021, published in Acta Mechanica
  • Water strider algorithm: A new metaheuristic and applications, 2020, published in Structures
  • Buckling resistance prediction of high-strength steel columns using Metaheuristic-trained Artificial Neural Networks, 2023, published in Structures
  • Stochastic paint optimizer: theory and application in civil engineering, 2020, published in Engineering With Computers

Frequent co-authors contributing to Ali Kaveh's research include:

  • Armin Dadras Eslamlou
  • Ataollah Zaerreza
  • Kiarash Biabani Hamedani
  • Hossein Yousefpoor
  • Seyed Milad Hosseini

Ali Kaveh publishes extensively in a range of scientific journals. Prominent publication venues associated with their work are:

  • Periodica Polytechnica Civil Engineering
  • Structures
  • Iranian Journal of Science and Technology Transactions of Civil Engineering
  • Engineering With Computers
  • Acta Mechanica

The scientist has authored multiple books published mainly by Springer Nature and Springer International Publishing. These works focus on artificial neural networks, metaheuristic optimization algorithms, and structural optimization:

  • Applications of Artificial Neural Networks and Machine Learning in Civil Engineering (2024)
  • Metaheuristic Optimization Algorithms in Civil Engineering: New Applications (2020)
  • Chaotic Meta-heuristic Algorithms for Optimal Design of Structures (2024)
  • Advanced Metaheuristic Algorithms and Their Applications in Structural Optimization (2022)
  • Swift Analysis of Civil Engineering Structures Using Graph Theory Methods (2020)
  • Structural Optimization Using Shuffled Shepherd Meta-Heuristic Algorithm (2023)

Ali Kaveh has been recognized through awards such as the Fellowship of The World Academy of Sciences awarded in 2003 and membership in the European Academy of Sciences and Arts.

Best Publications

  • A novel heuristic optimization method: charged system search

    A. Kaveh;S. Talatahari

  • A new meta-heuristic method: Ray Optimization

    A. Kaveh;M. Khayatazad

  • Colliding bodies optimization: A novel meta-heuristic method

    A. Kaveh;V.R. Mahdavi

  • A novel meta-heuristic optimization algorithm

    A. Kaveh;A. Dadras

  • Particle swarm optimizer, ant colony strategy and harmony search scheme hybridized for optimization of truss structures

    A. Kaveh;S. Talatahari

  • A new optimization method: Dolphin echolocation

    A. Kaveh;N. Farhoudi

  • Size optimization of space trusses using Big Bang-Big Crunch algorithm

    A. Kaveh;S. Talatahari

  • Efficient training of two ANNs using four meta-heuristic algorithms for predicting the FRP strength

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  • Water Evaporation Optimization

    A. Kaveh;T. Bakhshpoori

  • An improved ant colony optimization for constrained engineering design problems

    A. Kaveh;S. Talatahari

  • Optimum design of skeletal structures using imperialist competitive algorithm

    A. Kaveh;S. Talatahari

  • Structural Mechanics: Graph and Matrix Methods

    A. Kaveh

  • A particle swarm ant colony optimization for truss structures with discrete variables

    A. Kaveh;S. Talatahari

  • Applications of Metaheuristic Optimization Algorithms in Civil Engineering

    A. Kaveh

  • Sizing, geometry and topology optimization of trusses via force method and genetic algorithm

    H. Rahami;A. Kaveh;Y. Gholipour

  • Enhanced colliding bodies optimization for design problems with continuous and discrete variables

    A. Kaveh;M. Ilchi Ghazaan

  • OPTIMAL DESIGN OF SKELETAL STRUCTURES VIA THE CHARGED SYSTEM SEARCH ALGORITHM

    Ali Kaveh;Siamak Talatahari

  • Optimal structural analysis

    A. Kaveh

  • Machine learning regression approaches for predicting the ultimate buckling load of variable-stiffness composite cylinders

    A. Kaveh;A. Dadras Eslamlou;S. M. Javadi;N. Geran Malek

  • Enhanced whale optimization algorithm for sizing optimization of skeletal structures

    A. Kaveh;M. Ilchi Ghazaan

  • Advances in Metaheuristic Algorithms for Optimal Design of Structures

    Ali Kaveh

  • Corrigendum to: Particle swarm optimizer, ant colony strategy and harmony search scheme hybridized for optimization of truss structures

    A. Kaveh;S. Talatahari

Frequent Co-Authors

Siamak Talatahari
Siamak Talatahari University of Tabriz
Abbas Afshar
Abbas Afshar Iran University of Science and Technology
Ehsan Afshari
Ehsan Afshari University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Shahram Sarkani
Shahram Sarkani George Washington University
Hermann G. Matthies
Hermann G. Matthies Technische Universität Braunschweig
Giuseppe Gambolati
Giuseppe Gambolati University of Padua
Hessamaddin Arfaei
Hessamaddin Arfaei Sharif University of Technology
Dinar Camotim
Dinar Camotim Instituto Superior Técnico
Siu-Lai Chan
Siu-Lai Chan Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Afsaneh Safavi
Afsaneh Safavi Shiraz University

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