CALL FOR PAPERS

    International Conference on Simulation and Modeling Methodologies, 
            Technologies and Applications - SIMULTECH 2011

                   Website: http://www.simultech.org

                           July 29 - 31, 2011
                   Noordwijkerhout, The Netherlands 



In cooperation with SIGMAS and ACM-SIGSIM
Technically co-sponsored by Liophant Simulation, Simulation Team, SCS - The Society for Modeling & Simulation International and GDR-I3
Sponsored by INSTICC
INSTICC is Member of WfMC and OMG

  
Proceedings will be submitted for indexation by Thomson Reuters Conference Proceedings Citation Index, INSPEC, DBLP and EI


Dear Gustaf Neumann,

Let me kindly inform you that SIMULTECH 2011, to be held in Noordwijkerhout, The Netherlands (29 - 31 July, 2011) is now welcoming the submission of position papers whose deadline is scheduled to next April 27. 

A position paper presents an arguable opinion about an issue. The goal of a position paper is to convince the audience that your opinion is valid and worth listening to, without the need to present completed research work and/or validated results. It is, nevertheless, important to support your argument with evidence to ensure the validity of your claims. A position paper may be a short report and discussion of ideas, facts, situations, methods, procedures or results of scientific research (bibliographic, experimental, theoretical, or other) focused on one of the conference topic areas. The acceptance of a position paper is restricted to the categories of "short paper" or "poster", i.e. a position paper is not a candidate to acceptance as "full paper". CHWG

The SIMULTECH program will include a number of Keynote Lectures to be delivered by distinguished world-class researchers (http://www.simultech.org/keynote_speakers.asp), including those listed below.

Submitted papers will be subject to a double-blind review process. All accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings, under an ISBN reference, on paper and CD-ROM support. Additionally, a selection of the best papers of the conference will be published by Springer-Verlag, the best papers with clear contributions to discrete-event simulation will be invited to submit revised versions to the Journal of Simulation (http://www.palgrave-journals.com/jos/index.html) and a short list of papers presented at the conference will be selected for publication of extended and revised versions in JDMS (http://www.uk.sagepub.com/journals/Journal201959). 

All papers presented at the conference venue will be available at the SciTePress Digital Library (http://www.scitepress.org/DigitalLibrary/).

Best paper awards will be distributed during the conference closing session. Please check the website for further information (http://www.simultech.org/best_paper_awards.asp).

Please check further details at the SIMULTECH 2011 conference web site (http://www.simultech.org). There you will find detailed information about the conference structure and its main topic areas. This conference is co-located with ICINCO 2011 (8th International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics - http://www.icinco.org). Registration to SIMULTECH will enable free attendance to any sessions of ICINCO 2011 as a non-speaker.

Workshops and special sessions are also invited. If you wish to propose a workshop or a special session, for example based on the results of a specific research project, please send a proposal to the SIMULTECH secretariat. Workshop chairs and Special Session chairs will benefit from logistics support and other types of support, including secretariat and financial support, to facilitate the development of a valid idea.

Should you have any question or suggestions please don't hesitate to contact me.

Kind regards,
Joao Teixeira

SIMULTECH Secretariat
Av. D. Manuel I, 27A 2esq.
2910-595 Setubal, Portugal
Tel.: +351 265 520 184
Fax: +44 203 300 7549
Email: simultech.secretariat@insticc.org


SIMULTECH Website: http://www.simultech.org/


IMPORTANT DATES:
  Position Paper Submission: April 27, 2011
  Authors Notification (position papers): May 23, 2011
  Final Position Paper Submission and Registration: May 31, 2011

  Conference date: 29-31 July, 2011

  Location: Noordwijkerhout, The Netherlands


TOPIC AREAS:

AREA 1: METHODOLOGIES AND TECHNOLOGIES

  - Conceptual Modeling
  - Formal Modeling
  - Graph Transformations
  - Stochastic Modeling and Simulation
  - Dynamical Systems Models and Methods
  - Non-Linear Systems
  - Optimization Issues
  - Planning and Scheduling
  - Distributed Simulation
  - Real-Time Systems
  - Parallelization of Simulation
  - Discrete Simulation Environments
  - Complex Systems Modeling
  - Multiscale Simulation
  - Performance Analysis
  - Social Systems Simulation
  - Agent Based Modeling and Simulation
  - Collaborative Systems
  - Interoperability
  - Ontologies
  - Knowledge Based Decision Support
  - Virtual Reality and Graphical Simulations
  - Augmented Reality and Pervasive Systems
  - Synthetic Environments
  - Model-driven Simulation Engineering


AREA 2: APPLICATIONS AND TOOLS

  - Business Process Modeling and Simulation
  - Enterprise Resource Planning
  - Security/Emergency Response
  - Military and Defense
  - Construction Engineering and Project Management
  - Life Science Modeling and Simulation
  - Telecommunication Systems and Networks
  - Materials Modeling and Simulation
  - Mechanical Sciences: Fluid Dynamics, Solid Mechanics
  - Automotive Industry
  - Energy and Power Systems
  - Green Computing Systems
  - Ecological Modeling
  - Electronics Design and Manufacturing
  - Robotics and Automation
  - Industrial Processes
  - Service Value and Supply Chains
  - Logistics, Traffic and Transport Simulation
  - Chemical and Petroleum Engineering
  - Game Design, Game study, Game Theories
  - Simulation for Education and Training
  - Simulation Tools and Platforms
  - Petri Nets




KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:
Oleg Gusikhin, Ford Research & Adv. Engineering, U.S.A.
Simon Taylor, Brunel University, U.K.
Agostino Bruzzone, University of Genoa, Italy
Alexander Verbraeck, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands



CONFERENCE CHAIR:
Joaquim Filipe, Polytechnic Institute of Setubal / INSTICC, Portugal


PROGRAM CO-CHAIRS:
Nuno Pina, EST-Setubal / IPS, Portugal
Janusz Kacprzyk, Systems Research Institute - Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland


PROGRAM COMMITTEE:
Please check the program committee members list at http://www.simultech.org/program_committee.asp




SPECIAL SESSION

 - Special Session on Computationally Efficient Simulation-Driven Engineering Design Optimization and Modeling - SDDOM 2011  
   http://www.simultech.org/SDDOM.asp
   SPECIAL SESSION CO-CHAIRS: Slawomir Koziel and Leifur Leifsson, Reykjavik University, Iceland


IMPORTANT DATES
Regular Paper Submission: May 17, 2011
Authors Notification: June 2, 2011
Final Paper Submission and Registration: June 16, 2011




INTENSIVE COURSE

 - Characterization of Petroleum Fluids for Process / Reservoir Simulation and Modeling
   http://www.simultech.org/intensive_course.asp
   INSTRUCTOR: Prof. M. R. Riazi, Kuwait University, Kuwait


IMPORTANT DATES
Initial Registration: June 17, 2011
Final Confirmation and Payment Due: July 1, 2011

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