This Workshop represents a forum where experts from around the world discuss the latest advancements and breakthroughs in the field of civil structural health monitoring (SHM) and more broadly in the fields of smart materials and intelligent systems for civil engineering applications. The Workshop also fosters the discussion and identification of key and emerging challenges and opportunities in research, development, and field applications of SHM to civil structures and infrastructures. The CSHM-8 workshop is also intended to promote communication exchange and cross-fertilization among researchers and practitioners from all around the world sharing their expert knowledge in the field. The main theme of the Workshop is “Ageing structures and infrastructures in hazardous environment”; topics of special interest for CSHM-8 include but are not limited to :

• Innovative sensing solutions for SHM,
• Data-driven damage detection techniques,
• Nonlinear systems and analysis techniques,
• Influence of environmental and operational conditions,
• SHM in earthquake prone regions,
• Real world applications.