July 15-18, 2007

San Diego Marriot Mission Valley
San Diego, CA, USA

General Chair
Gabriel Wainer
Carleton University

Technical Program Chair
Hamid Vakilzadian
University of Nebraska–Lincoln

Program Co-Chairs

Andreas Tolk

Old Dominion University

Levent Yilmaz

Auburn University

Local Arrangements Chair
Richard MacDonald
Ram Labs (USA)

Exhibits
Steve Branch
SCS

Bill Waite, Aegis

Treasurer & Local Arrangement

Steve Branch
SCS

Student Activities Chairs

P. Kropf (University of Neuchatel)

Stephen Lombardi, Qi Liu. (Carleton University)

Awards Chair:
Mhamed Itmi, INSA Rouen

Sponsored by

The Society for Modeling and Simulation International
P.O. Box 17900
San Diego, CA 92177-7900
Tel: 858-277-3888
Fax: 858-277-3930
E-mail: scs@scs.org
http://www.scs.org/

in cooperation with
ACM/SIGSIM

Call For Papers

2007 Summer Computer Simulation Conference (SCSC'07)

“Moving Towards the Unified Simulation Approach”

SCSC’07 is focused on basic and applied research in modeling and simulation. Modeling and Simulation is a very critical area for supporting Research and Development as well as competitiveness worldwide; new technologies are enabling new use of M&S and increasing its impact in new areas; SCSC provides an International Forum for presenting the State of the Art in the International Simulation Community as well as the Effectiveness of Simulation Experiences in World Businesses. Several topical perspectives will serve to illuminate the evolution of the modeling and simulation community. The purpose of the conference is to provide a forum for researchers and governmental and industrial investigators to exchange ideas and discuss developments in this growing field.

All submissions will be reviewed based on the draft full paper and/or extended abstract. The best contributed paper will be given an award. A selected group of full papers will be published in the special issue of Simulation Journal (SCS).

The list of topics includes (but is not limited to):

M&S Methodologies

· Agent Directed Simulation

· Cellular Automata

· DEVS

· Distributed Interactive Simulation

· Experimental Design

· High Level Architecture

· Human Behavior Representation Techniques

· Human Factors

· Modeling and Simulation Languages

· Parallel and Distributed Modeling and Simulation

· Real Time Systems M&S Technology

· Simulation Life-Cycle Evolution

· Simulation Software Engineering

· System Dynamics Representation

· Verification, Validation, & Accreditation

· Virtual Reality

· Visualization, Graphics and Animation

· Web-based Architectures and Implementation

Industry & Business Practices

· Collaboration Environments

· Simulation-based Acquisition

· Economics of Modeling & Simulation

· Education of the Modeling & Simulation Professional

· Information Systems

· Infrastructure Planning & Design

· Influences of Communications & Media

· Logistics

· Management Science

· Process Engineering

· Scheduling

· Standards

M&S Applications

· Adaptive Systems

· Agriculture

· Artificial Life

· Artificial Neural Networks

· Bioinformatics

· Business

· Crowds and Evacuation

· Data Fusion

· Embedded Systems

· Emergency Management

· New Product Development

· Complexity, Complex Systems

· Ecological and Environmental Systems

· Electro-Mechanical Systems

· Electro-Optics

· Geophysical Systems

· Homeland Security

· Manufacturing

· Marine Applications

· Materials Modeling and Simulation

· Medical Imaging

· Military Systems

· Queueing Systems

· Real-Time Graphics

· Robotics and Autonomous Systems

· Security and Emergency Planning

· Synthetic Environment Representation

· System Dynamics

· Training Simulators

· Transportation and Traffic

Tracks & Workshops

Detailed information about Tracks and Workshops can be found HERE

Paper Submission Procedures

The conference committee will accept three types of papers submitted as a PDF file to the conference website (http://www.softconf.com/scs/SCSC07/) as listed below. Final version of all the papers MUST COMPLY with the SCS conference format. All the submitted papers will be peer reviewed with respect to their quality, originality and relevance. The authors of the accepted paper MUST register in advance for inclusion of their paper in the conference proceedings.

1. Full manuscript: 8 pages in final conference format. In addition to publication in the conference proceedings, they will be considered for best paper award and for possible inclusion in a Special Issue of the Simulation Journal (SCS). Full papers will be published both in hard copy and CD-ROM.

2. Work in Progress: Short papers up to 6 pages in final conference format.

3. Short Papers: Papers with industrial focus, military or government applications, and work-in-progress in abstract or short paper format.

Each paper must include the title, authors, affiliations, addresses, references and abstract for proper positioning in the conference. Only original papers, written in English, which have not been published previously elsewhere, will be accepted. Please indicate which conference topic is most appropriate. Notifications of acceptance status will be sent on April 15, 2007.

Please note that in case of acceptance, your final manuscript will need to be submitted electronically as a PDF file to the conference websiet by May 15, 2007 to guarantee inclusion in the conference CD and final program. Authors of accepted papers are expected to attend the conference, present their work to their peers, transfer copyright, and pay a conference registration fee at the time their camera-ready paper is submitted. All papers will be included in the conference proceedings and archived in both the SCS digital library and the ACM Digital Library; Full Papers will be also printed in hard copy.

Key Dates

Submission of Full Papers		February 28, 2007
Notification of Acceptance		April 15, 2007
Final Camera-Ready Submission and Early Registration		May 15, 2007

A PDF version of this Call for Papers is available here.

Tutorials

The organizing committee is seeking high quality tutorials in the areas related to one or more of the conference themes listed above.

Tutorial Proposal Submission

The proposal must contain:

	Title of the tutorial
	Name and affiliation of the presenter(s)
	A brief biography of the presenter(s) with evidence for research and teaching experience
	A short description of the tutorial (1-2 paragraphs)
	List of Topics
	Motivation (relevance to the conference themes)
	Target audience
	Duration (half-day minimum)

Note: all full day proposals will be treated as two separate ½ day tutorials and need to be structured into two clearly separate parts.

Proposal submissions should be e-mailed to the Tutorial or the Program Chair.

International Program Committee (Preliminary)

M. Al-Akaidi, MISS De Montfort University (UK).
V. Amico, UCF (USA).
S. Bandini, Universita di Milano-Bicocca (Italy).
I. Barjis, New York City College of Technology (USA).
F. Barros, University of Coimbra (Portugal).
M.-E. Bellemare, LSIS, (France).
L. Birta, University of Ottawa (Canada).
M. Brandolini, BRB Studio (Italy).
C .Briano, Liophant Simulation Club (Italy).
P. Broas, VTT (Finland).
A. G. Bruzzone, Liophant Simulation Club (Italy).
J. C. Cline, Case Western Reserve University (USA).
L. Correia. University of Lisbon, (Portugal).
P. Elfrey, NASA (USA).
S. Enrique, Electronic Arts Vancouver (Canada).
T. Ericsen, Office of Naval Research (USA).
E. Esselaar, DRDC, Directorate Armoured Vehicle Project Management (Canada).
C. Frydman, LSIS (France).
N. Giambiasi, LSIS (France).
T. Guasch, Politecnique University of Catalunya (Spain).
R. K. Guha, UCF (USA).
D. Hamilton, Auburn University (USA).
A. Hammad, Concordia University (Canada).
R. Huntsinger, Cal State Chico (USA).
M. Itmi, PSI-MISS, INSA Rouen (France).
A. Jávor, Budapest University of Technology and Economics (Hungary)
V. Kamat, University of Michigan (USA).
P. Kropf (University of Neuchatel, Switzerland).
F. Longo, University of Calabria (Italy).
S. Manzoni. Universita di Milano-Bicocca (Italy).
M. Massei, Liophant Simulation (Italy).
D. Moeller, Univ. of Hamburg (Germany).
P. Mosterman, The MathWorks, Inc. (USA).
G. Nicolescu, Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal (Canada).
T. Ören, University of Ottawa (Canada).
M. A. Piera, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona (Spain).
C. Roberts, Arizona State University (USA).
J. Rosen, Darthmouth College (USA).
S. Saetta, University of Perugia (Italy).
C. Santoni, LSIS (France);
H. Sarjoughian, Arizona State University (USA).
M. K. Traoré, Université Blaise Pascal (France).
A. Troccoli, NVIDIA Corp. (USA).
W. V. Tucker, Boeings Phantom Works (USA).
D. Tutsch (Technical University Berlin, Germany).
H. Unger (University of Hagen, Germany).
F. van Evert, PRI (Netherlands).
H. Vangheluwe, McGill University (Canada).
F. Vieira, Universidad de Campina Grande, (Brazil).
E. Williams, University of Michigan (USA).
I. Zwir, Howard Hughes Medical Institute (USA).

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