2.      Zona A, Barbato M and Conte JP (2008). “Nonlinear dynamic analysis of steel-concrete composite frame structures with full and partial shear connection under earthquake excitation.” Proceedings, 5^th European Conference on Steel & Composite Structures (EUROSTEEL 2008), September 3-5, 2008, Graz (Austria).
http://www.cee.lsu.edu/people/mbarbato/Publications/2008_Eurosteel2008_Zona-Barbato-Conte.pdf

3.   Barbato M, Gu Q. and Conte JP (2008). “Extension of the DP-RS-Sim hybrid method to time-variant structural reliability analysis.” American Institute of Physics Proceedings, 2008 Seismic Engineering International Conference (MERCEA’08), July 8-11, 2008, Messina (Italy)      
Available online in American Institute of Physics Proceedings, Vol. 1020, pp. 1693-1700, DOI:10.1063/1.2963800 (http://link.aip.org/link/?APCPCS/1020/1693/1)
http://www.cee.lsu.edu/people/mbarbato/Publications/2008_MERCEA2008_Barbato_Gu_Conte_P_T15_A_297.pdf

5.      Barbato M and Conte JP (2006). “Finite Element Structural Response Sensitivity and Reliability Analyses Using Smooth versus Non-Smooth Material Constitutive Models.” International Journal of Reliability and Safety, 1(1-2):3-39.
http://repositories.cdlib.org/postprints/2674/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1504/IJRS.2006.010688

6.   Zona A, Barbato M and Conte JP (2006). “Finite Element Response Sensitivity Analysis of Continuous Steel-Concrete Composite Girders.” Steel and Composite Structures, an International Journal, 6(3):183-202.
http://ceeserver2009/people/mbarbato/Publications/Zona_Barbato_Conte_SCS_2006.pdf

7.   Zona A, Barbato M and Conte JP (2005). “Finite Element Response Sensitivity Analysis of Steel-Concrete Composite Beams with Deformable Shear Connection.” Journal of Engineering Mechanics (ASCE), 131(11):1126-1139.
http://repositories.cdlib.org/postprints/2693/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9399(2005)131:11(1126) 

8.   Barbato M and Conte JP (2005). “Finite Element Response Sensitivity Analysis: a comparison between force-based and Displacement-Based Frame Element Models.” Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 194(12-16):1479-1512.
http://repositories.cdlib.org/postprints/2668/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cma.2004.04.011
(Selected among the ScienceDirect TOP25 Hottest Articles in Engineering, Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, for January-March 2005).
http://top25.sciencedirect.com/subject/mathematics/16/journal/computer-methods-in-applied-mechanics-and-engineering/00457825/archive/3/

9.   Conte JP, Barbato M and Spacone E (2004). “Finite Element Response Sensitivity Analysis using Force-Based Frame Models.” International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, 59(13):1781-1820.
http://repositories.cdlib.org/postprints/2878/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/nme.994

1. Tubaldi E., Barbato M and Dall'Asta A (2009). "Parametric Study of Continuous Steel-Concrete Composite Bridges Exhibiting Dual Load Path". Rep. No. CEE-07-2009, Dept of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Louisiana State university and A&M College (Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA).
   http://www.cee.lsu.edu/people/mbarbato/Publications/LSU_Report_7-2009_Tubaldi_Barbato_DallAsta.pdf
    
2. Zona A, Barbato M and Conte JP (2007). “Nonlinear Seismic Response Analysis of Steel-Concrete Composite Frames.” Rep. No. SSRP-07/11, Dept. of Structural Engineering, University of California at San Diego (La Jolla, California, USA).
    
3. Zona A, Barbato M and Conte JP (2006). “Finite Element Response Sensitivity Analysis of Steel-Concrete Composite Structures.” Rep. No. SSRP-04/02, Dept. of Structural Engineering, University of California at San Diego (La Jolla, California, USA).

1.      Zona A, Barbato M and Conte JP (2008). “Nonlinear dynamic analysis of steel-concrete composite frame structures with full and partial shear connection under earthquake excitation.” Proceedings, 5^th European Conference on Steel & Composite Structures (EUROSTEEL 2008), September 3-5, 2008, Graz (Austria).
http://www.cee.lsu.edu/people/mbarbato/Publications/2008_Eurosteel2008_Zona-Barbato-Conte.pdf

2.   Barbato M, Gu Q. and Conte JP (2008). “Extension of the DP-RS-Sim hybrid method to time-variant structural reliability analysis.” American Institute of Physics Proceedings, 2008 Seismic Engineering International Conference (MERCEA’08), July 8-11, 2008, Messina (Italy)      
Available online in American Institute of Physics Proceedings, Vol. 1020, pp. 1693-1700, DOI:10.1063/1.2963800 (http://link.aip.org/link/?APCPCS/1020/1693/1)
http://www.cee.lsu.edu/people/mbarbato/Publications/2008_MERCEA2008_Barbato_Gu_Conte_P_T15_A_297.pdf

3.      Zona A, Barbato M and Conte JP (2007). “Nonlinear dynamic analysis of steel-concrete composite frame structures under seismic ground motions.” Proceedings, 3^rd International Conference on Steel & Composite Structures (ICSCS’07), July 30-August 1, 2007, Manchester (England, UK).
http://www.cee.lsu.edu/people/mbarbato/Publications/2007_ICSCS2007_Zona-Barbato-Conte_739.pdf

4.   Barbato M and Conte JP (2007). “Extension of spectral characteristics to complex-valued random processes and applications in structural reliability.” Proceedings, 10^th International Conference on Applications of Statistics and Probability in Civil Engineering (ICASP10), August 1-3, 2007, Tokyo (Japan).
http://www.cee.lsu.edu/people/mbarbato/Publications/2007_ICASP10_Barbato_Conte.pdf

5.      Barbato M, Gu Q and Conte JP (2006). “Response sensitivity and probabilistic response analyses of reinforced concrete frame structures.” Proceedings, 8^th National Conference on Earthquake Engineering (8^th NCEE), April 18-22, 2006, San Francisco (California, USA).
http://www.cee.lsu.edu/people/mbarbato/Publications/2006_8NCEE_Barbato_Gu_Conte-001872.pdf

6.   Barbato M and Conte JP (2005). “Smooth versus non-smooth material constitutive models in gradient-based optimization for structural reliability analysis.” Proceedings, 9^th International Conference on Structural Safety and Reliability (9^th ICOSSAR), June 19-23, 2005, Rome (Italy).
http://www.cee.lsu.edu/people/mbarbato/Publications/2005_Icossar2005_Barbato_Conte_340.pdf

7.   Barbato M, Conte JP and Peng B-F (2004). “Response mean upcrossing rate for linear MDOF systems subjected to fully nonstationary earthquake ground motion model.” Proceedings, 13^th World Conference on Earth­quake Engineering (13^th WCEE), August 1-6, 2004, Vancouver (British Columbia, Canada).
http://www.cee.lsu.edu/people/mbarbato/Publications/2004_13wcee_Barbato_Conte_Peng-2977.pdf

8.   Zona A, Barbato M and Conte JP (2004). “Finite element response sensitivity analysis of continuous steel-concrete composite beams.” Proceedings, 2^nd International Conference on Steel & Composite Structures (ICSCS’04), September 2-4, 2004, Seoul (Korea).
http://www.cee.lsu.edu/people/mbarbato/Publications/2004_ICSCS2004_Zona_Barbato_Conte.pdf

9.   Monti G and Barbato M (2003). “Fiber-section FE of FRP-strengthened RC beam in flexure, shear and confinement.” Proceedings, 6^th International Symposium on Fibre-Reinforced Polymer (FRP) Reinforcement for Concrete Structures, July 8-10, 2003, National University of Singapore, Singapore (Singapore).
http://www.cee.lsu.edu/people/mbarbato/Publications/2003_FRPRCS-6-S126_Barbato_Monti.pdf

1.      Barbato M (2008). “Finite element response sensitivity, probabilistic response and reliability analyses of structural and geotechnical systems.” Proceedings (abstract), 4^th Conference of Italian Researchers, November 8, 2008, Houston, TX (USA).

2.   Zona A, Barbato M, Dall’Asta A, Dezi L (2008). “Response uncertainty evaluation of continuous steel-concrete girders designed with plastic theory.” Proceedings (abstract), VII Italian Workshop on Composite Structures, October 23-24, 2008, Benevento (Italy).

3.    Barbato M, Zona A and Conte JP (2008). “Simplified probabilistic response analysis of steel-concrete composite beams.” Proceedings (abstract), VII Italian Workshop on Composite Structures, October 23-24, 2008, Benevento (Italy).

4.    Barbato M, Gu Q and Conte JP (2008). “A new hybrid reliability analysis method: the Design Point - Response Surface – Simulation method.” Proceedings (full paper), 14th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering (14WCEE), October 12-17, 2008, Beijing (China).
http://www.cee.lsu.edu/people/mbarbato/Publications/2008_14WCEE_Barbato-Gu-Conte_14-0182.pdf

5.   Gu Q., Barbato M and Conte JP (2008). “A new sensitivity and reliability framework for structural and geotechnical systems.” Proceedings (full paper), 14th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering (14WCEE), October 12-17, 2008, Beijing (China).
http://www.cee.lsu.edu/people/mbarbato/Publications/2008_14WCEE_Gu-Barbato-Conte_14-0181.pdf

6.    Barbato M, Zona A and Conte JP (2008). “Probabilistic response analysis of steel-concrete composite structures.” Proceedings (abstract), First American Academy of Mechanics Conference (FirstAAM2008), June 17-20, 2008, New Orleans (LA, USA).

7.    Barbato M, Gu Q. and Conte JP (2008). “Recent advances in sensitivity, probabilistic response and reliability analysis of structural systems.” Proceedings (abstract), First American Academy of Mechanics Conference (FirstAAM2008), June 17-20, 2008, New Orleans (LA, USA).

8.    Barbato M (2008). “Accurate and efficient finite element modeling of FRP-strengthened reinforced concrete beams.” Proceedings (abstract), Inaugural International Conference of the Engineering Mechanics Institute (EM08), May 18-21, 2008, Minneapolis (MN, USA).

9.    Barbato M, Gu Q. and Conte JP (2008). “The Multidimensional Visualization in the Principal Planes method for time-invariant reliability analysis applications.” Proceedings (abstract),  Inaugural International Conference of the Engineering Mechanics Institute (EM08), May 18-21, 2008, Minneapolis (MN, USA).

10.  Barbato M, Gu Q. and Conte JP (2008). “A new hybrid method for structural reliability analysis: the Design Point - Response Surface - Simulation (DP-RS-Sim) method.” Proceedings (abstract), Inaugural International Conference of the Engineering Mechanics Institute (EM08), May 18-21, 2008, Minneapolis (MN, USA).

11.  Gu Q., Barbato M, and Conte JP (2008). “Finite element response sensitivity analysis for structural models using multi-point constraints.” Proceedings (abstract), Inaugural International Conference of the Engineering Mechanics Institute (EM08), May 18-21, 2008, Minneapolis (MN, USA).

12.  Conte JP, Barbato M and Gu Q (2007). “Finite element response sensitivity, probabilistic response and reliability analyses.” Proceedings (keynote paper), International Conference on Computational Methods in Structural Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering (COMPDYN 2007), June 13-16, 2007, Rethymno, (Crete, Greece).
http://www.cee.lsu.edu/people/mbarbato/Publications/2007_COMPDYN2007_Conte_Barbato_Gu_keynote.pdf

13. Barbato M and Conte JP (2007). “Simplified probabilistic dynamic response analysis of structural systems.” Proceedings (full-length paper), International Conference on Computational Methods in Structural Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering (COMPDYN 2007), June 13-16, 2007, Rethymno, (Crete, Greece).
http://www.cee.lsu.edu/people/mbarbato/Publications/2007_COMPDYN2007_Barbato_Conte.pdf

14.  Barbato M, Gu Q and Conte JP (2006). “Framework for finite element response sensitivity and reliability analyses of structural and geotechnical systems.” Proceedings (full-length paper), 1^st European Conference on Earthquake Engineering and Seismology (1^st ECEES), September 3-8, 2006, Geneva (Switzerland).
http://www.cee.lsu.edu/people/mbarbato/Publications/2006_ECEES2006_Barbato_Gu_Conte.pdf

15. Barbato M, Conte JP and Zona A (2006). “Response sensitivity analysis of frame structures using finite elements based on three-field mixed formulation.” Proceedings (abstract), 7^th World Congress on Computational Mechanics (7^th WCCM), July 16-22, 2006, Los Angeles (California, USA).

16.  Barbato M, Zona A and Conte JP (2004). “Nonlinear finite element response sensitivity analysis of steel-concrete composite beams.” Proceedings (full-length paper), 9^th ASCE EMD/SEI/GI/AD Joint Specialty Conference on Probabilistic Mechanics and Structural Reliability, July 26-28, 2004, Albuquerque (New Mexico, USA).
http://www.cee.lsu.edu/people/mbarbato/Publications/2004_9ASCE_PMSR_Barbato_Zona_Conte.pdf

17.  Conte JP, Barbato M and Spacone E (2004). “Force-based finite element response sensitivity Analysis of frame structures.” Proceedings (full-length paper), 17^th ASCE Engineering Mechanics Conference, June 13-16, 2004, University of Delaware, Newark (Delaware, USA).
http://www.cee.lsu.edu/people/mbarbato/Publications/2004_EM2004_Conte_Barbato_Spacone-196.pdf

18.  Barbato M, Monti G and Santinelli F (2003). “Fiber-section FE of FRP-strengthened RC beam for seismic analysis.” Proceedings (full-length paper), fib-Symposium Concrete Structures in Seismic Regions, May 6-9, 2003, Athens (Greece).
http://www.cee.lsu.edu/people/mbarbato/Publications/2003_fib2003_Barbato_Monti_Santinelli-272.pdf