Prof. Tatsuoka will be celebrating his 60th birthday in March 2006. He retired from the University of Tokyo at the end of March 2004, following a 30-year distinguished career in teaching, research and professional service. During his tenure, he has published over 300 papers, graduated over 30 PhD and 25 MS students. Prof. Tatsuoka continues his research and teaching at the Tokyo University of Science.

A Symposium that honors his retirement from the University of Tokyo while celebrating his 60th birthday is planned by some of his former students, friends, research collaborators and colleagues. Thanks to the generosity of the University of Rome La Sapienza, the Symposium is made possible at this most beautiful and historical city of Rome. .All roads lead to Rome, hence the location will be most ideal for his friends and colleagues from different parts of the world to meet during this special occasion.

Paper Submission
The Symposium will focus on the recent developments in the stress-strain relationships and time-dependent behavior of geomaterials (soil and rock), which may be naturally or artificially produced and unbound or bound naturally and artificially, with a emphasis on soil testing and applications, including soil modeling, analysis and design.  Papers on other topics, such as reinforced soil and geotechnical case histories will also be covered. A special lecture will be given by Prof. Tatsuoka followed by several invited keynote lectures for the technical sessions.

A limited number of papers will be selected for oral or poster presentations upon careful review and recommendation by the Scientific Committee. The papers will be included in a special hard copy volume of publications together with several state-of-the-art papers.

Professionals interested in submitting papers (6 to10 pages, Letter or A4 size), are requested to send in an abstract by March 31, 2005.

Important Dates
March 31, 2005: abstract
June 30, 2005: notification of acceptance
December 31, 2005: full paper

Technical Tour
Italy, especially Rome, is full of well-known historical sites. A technical tour will be arranged after the Symposium. Details will be made available to interested participants.

Organizing Committee
Hoe I. Ling, Columbia University
Luigi Callisto, University of Rome .La Sapienza.
Junichi Koseki, University of Tokyo
Taro Uchimura, University of Tokyo

Local Hosting Committee
Luigi Callisto, University of Rome .La Sapienza.
Sebastiano Rampello, University of Rome .La Sapienza.
Filippo Santucci de Magistris, University of Napoli Federico II
Alessandro Flora, University of Napoli Federico II

Scientific Committee
Andrew Whittle, MIT (Chair)
A. Anandarajah, Johns Hopkins University
Ronaldo Borja, Stanford University
David Frost, Georgia Tech
Satoshi Goto, Yamanashi University, Japan
Marte S. Gutierrez, Virgina Tech
Sam C.-C.Huang, National Chi-Nan University, Taiwan
R. Lancellotta (Technical University of Turin)
Radoslaw L. Michalowski, University of Michigan
Yoshiyuki Mohri, NRIAE, Japan
Juan Pestana, University of California, Berkeley
S. Rampello (University of Messina)
M.S.A. Siddiquee, Bangladesh University of Technology
Kazuo Tani, Yokohama National University, Japan
Jonathan T.H. Wu, University of Colorado-Denver
Jerry A. Yamamuro, University of Delaware

Conference Advisor
Raimondo Betti, Columbia University

Registration (by invitation only)
Registration fee: 300 euros

Deadline: February 1, 2006

Location and Direction

Acknowledgments

Italian Geotechnical Society (AGI)

Trevi Corporation