Abstract：The studied problems in rock mechanics and rock engineering are abundant. Various new requirements are coming out frequently in real engineering problems，which cannot be solved using traditional methods. It has become a hot topic to use advanced ideas and techniques from other disciplines for reference to solve the difficult problems in rock mechanics and rock engineering. The application of models and methods in computational intelligence is beneficial to the solution of some problems in rock mechanics. Based on some problems in the current applications of artificial neural networks and genetic algorithms to rock mechanics，some advances and research status are briefly discussed and reviewed. The prospects of the applied research in rock mechanics and rock engineering using computational intelligent are also discussed.
