The Proposal about Challenges to The Application of Language Models for Civil Engineering

Abstract

This report has been prepared as an activity report of the Working Group within the Structural Engineering Committee’s AI & Data Science Practice Research Subcommittee, which examined the use of language models. With the emergence of large-scale models such as LLMs and Omni models capable of handling images and data analysis, the investigation focused on the potential outcomes and challenges of applying these cutting-edge technologies to research and technological development in the civil engineering field. The examination was conducted by organizing papers submitted by members during the project period, and recommendations were provided based on approaches from other fields to address the identified challenges.