>===================================================================== > CALL FOR PAPERS > SIMULATION: PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE >===================================================================== > > 12th European Simulation Multiconference > > as part of the 50th Anniversary Celebrations > of the University of Manchester > The Home of Computing > > Manchester, United Kingdom > June 16-19, 1998 > > More info: http://hobbes.rug.ac.be/~scs >===================================================================== >Covering: >- Tools and Methodology >- Military Applications >- Biology, Medicine and Health Care >- AI and Robotics >- Education, McLeod Centres >- Multibody Systems >- Operations Research >- Analytical and Numerical Modelling Techniques >- The History of Simulation >- Student Papers, Partners for Projects Sessions and Tutorials > >Organised and Sponsored by The Society for Computer Simulation >Co-organised by: ASIM >Hosted by: The University of Manchester >Co-sponsor: The Institution of Electrical Engineers (IEE) >Co-sponsor: The British Computer Society (BCS) > >Cosponsored by: >CASS The Chinese Association for System Simulation >EuSC The European Simulation Council >EUROSIM Federation of European Simulation Societies (ASIM, AES, DBSS, > CROSSIM, CSSS, FRANCOSIM, HSS, ISCS, SIMS, SLOSIM, UKSIM) >JSST The Japanese Society for Simulation Technology >LSS The Latvian Simulation Society >PSS The Polish Simulation Society >TSS The Turkish Simulation Society > >COME AND JOIN SCS FOR A ONCE-IN-A LIFETIME EXPERIENCE DURING THE 50th >ANNIVERSARY OF THE WORLD'S FIRST STORED-PROGRAM COMPUTER > >===================================================================== >SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMME >===================================================================== >The 1998 SCS European Multiconference is structured around the following >nine major topics. A parallel track will be devoted to each of these >topics. The Conference Language is English. A more complete text is >available from our website: http://hobbes.rug.ac.be/~scs > >Contributions are invited in the following (and related areas): > >Simulation Tools and Methodology >================================ > * Advances in Modelling, Experimentation and Output Analysis > * Simulation Environments and Tools > * Simulator Development Environments > * Visual Modeling Tools > * Object Oriented System Design and Simulation > * Parallel and Distributed System Simulation > * Validation and Verification Techniques > >Simulators, Real-Time Simulation, Distributed Simulation, Military >================================================================== > * Real-time Simulation - Tools and Modelling Techniques > * Simulators - GUI, Advanced Modelling Tools > * Real-time Visualisation of the Simulation Results > * Massively Parallel Computing Techniques > * Distributed Simulation > * DoD High Level Architecture > * Military Applications of Simulation > >Simulation in Biology, Medicine and Health Care >=============================================== >Health Care Management: > * Strategic Management & Resource Planning in Health Care > * Operational Management in Health Care > * Decision Support in Health Care > * Disease Management and Emergency and Disaster Organization > * Case Studies: Success Stories and Failures >Hospital Logistics: > * Healthcare Networks > * Modelling of Clinical Environments > * Clinical Information Flows > * Patient Flows in Hospitals > * Wards Planning > * Drugs Inventory Management > * Logistics Flow > * Long and Short Time Tables of Personnel > * Utility and Case Analysis of Helicopter Usage > * Information and Surveillance Systems >Biological Simulations: > * Pharmacometric Modelling > * Physiological Simulations > >Simulation in AI and Robotics >============================= > * Sensor Simulation > * Simulation of Natural Environments > * Simulation of Agent-Environment Interaction /Intelligent Agents > * Neural Networks and Simulation > * Simulation of Collective Behaviour and Emergent Phenomena > * Simulation of Learning and Adaptation Processes > * Assessment Criteria and Assessment Methods for Simulators > * Quantitative and Qualitative Comparisons between Originals and > their Simulations > * Simulation of User-System Interaction > >Simulation in Education, McLeod Centres >======================================= > * Simulation for Schools e.g. Physical Phenomena in Physics, > Chemistry Biology and Applied Mathematics Undergraduate Courses > * Principles of Modelling and Simulation > * Applications of M&S in Every Discipline > * Simulation Based Teaching and Learning > * Fundamentals Teaching, Part Task and Full-Scope Training > Simulators > * Demonstration of New Technologies:( Fuzzy Systems, Neural > Networks, Genetic Algorithms) > * Simulation in Symbolic Computation and Markov Chain Modeling > * Educational Uses & Demonstrations of Network Simulations and > Network Based Simulation Projects > * Simulation Courses and Education at the McLeod Institutes > >Simulation in Multibody Systems >=============================== >General: > * FE-Methods and Modelling of Flexible Bodies > * Nonholonomic Systems and Geometrical Concepts in Multibody > Dynamics > * Numerical Aspects of Multibody Dynamics > * Optimization and Control of Mechanisms > * Articulated and Telescopic Multibody Systems > * Air, Land and Sea Multibody Systems Applications >Multibody Systems in Space > * Flexible Body Systems > * Orbital Injection, Satellite Injection, Rendezvous and Docking > of Spacecraft > * Simulation of Space Station Construction and Assembly > >Simulation in Operations Research >================================= >General: > * Model Identification and Validation > * Process Improvement and Metamodels > * Simulations of Operations in Business Processes > * OR Simulation Software > * Qualitative Simulation > * Fuzzy Simulation > * Heuristic Optimisation Algorithms > * Nonlinear Models >Applications: > * Manufacturing > * Scheduling, Resource Allocation and Materials Handling > * Transport and Logistics > * Simulation and OR in the Service Sector > * Simulation and OR in the Public Sector > >Analytical and Numerical Modelling Techniques >============================================= >Techniques and Algorithms: > * Stochastic Petri Net Models > * Queuing Systems and Network Models > * Markov Models > * Performance Optimization > * Stochastic Process Algebras > * Stochastic Precedence Graphs > * Bounds and Theoretical Properties > * Interconnection Networks >Evaluation Studies of Analytical and Numerical Modelling: > * Computer Systems > * Manufacturing Systems > * Workflow Management Systems > * Communication Systems (LANs and Distributed Systems, ATM Switches, > Mobile Radio,...) > * Workload modelling and Characterisation > * Operating Systems > * Client-Server Systems > * Multimedia Systems > * Measurements and Hybrid Techniques > * Software Performance >Software Tools for Analytical and Numerical Modelling > >History of Simulation >===================== >Session for Invited Papers only. Covers topics from the early days to >the current scene. > >Student Papers >============== > * Simulation Methodology, Tools and Environments > * Distributed Simulation in Design and Manufacturing > * Parallel and Distributed Simulation > * Object - Oriented design and modelling > * Visual Modelling and Animated Visualization of Simulation Results > * Software Frameworks for Simulated Environments > * Virtual Environments > >Partners for Projects Sessions >============================== >This particular session(s) will be organized by SCS to give potential >project teams or individuals the opportunity to present their >research in order to link up with fellow researchers for future research >projects. Those wishing to participate in this session need to send to >the SCS office, the title and short abstract about their research. > >===================================================================== >KEYNOTE AND INVITED SPEECHES >===================================================================== >The Keynote Presentation will be given by Bob Howe from Applied Dynamics >Inc. > >"Looking back to a period of 25 years simulation in Europe" >Eugene Kerckhoffs , Delft University of Technology, Delft, The >Netherlands and Ghislain Vansteenkiste, University of Ghent, Ghent, >Belgium > >"The History of SCS International" >Roy Crosbie, Calstate University Chico, Chico, USA > >Further invited talks will be given by > * Richard Fujimoto, Georgia Tech, USA > * Stephen J.Dodds, University of East London, London, UK > >===================================================================== >TUTORIALS >===================================================================== >"Field Programmable Digital Circuit Design and Simulation" >by D.P.F.Moeller and C. Siemers, University of Clausthal, Clausthal, >Germany >Further tutorials can be proposed. for selection by the conference >committee > >===================================================================== >VENDOR SESSIONS, DEMONSTRATIONS AND VIDEO PRESENTATIONS >===================================================================== >For demonstrations or video sessions, please contact SCS International >at the European Office. Special sessions well be set up for vendor >presentations in coordination with the scientific programme. > >===================================================================== >ORGANIZED MEETINGS >===================================================================== >User Group meetings for simulation languages and tools can be organised >on Monday. If you would like to arrange a meeting, please >contact the Conference Chairs. We will be happy to provide a meeting >room and other necessary equipment. > >===================================================================== >EXHIBITION >===================================================================== >Exhibition space is ideally situated at the entrance to the conference. >It also contains the conference registration desk and is the site for >all coffee breaks. The exhibition will have a special focus on the >hardware aspects of complex systems simulation. Because >of the character of the celebration, we particularly welcome those >companies that employ hardware especially suited for complex >calculations, such as vector and parallel computers, mini- >supercomputers, hardware accelerators for standard equipment, and >distributed computer systems. > > >===================================================================== >DEADLINES AND REQUIREMENTS >===================================================================== >Five copies of full papers (5 pages) or extended abstracts (3 pages) >should be submitted and sent in printed form or via E-mail (in >ASCII, rtf, LaTex or Postscript for Word and WP for Windows 95) (Please >zip large files and always uuencode or mime-encode your >submission) to > > Philippe Geril, SCS European Office, University of Ghent > Coupure Links 653, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium > Email: philippe.geril@rug.ac.be > >During review, the submitted full papers or extended abstracts, if >excellent, can be accepted by the programme committee, as either >an extended (8 pages) or a regular (5 pages) paper. Each submission will >be reviewed by at least three members of the International >Programme Committee. Participants may also submit a 1 page abstract for >a regular (5 pages) or short (3 pages) paper or a poster, >which will be reviewed by only 1 member of the International Programme >Committee. Submissions, written in English, must clearly >indicate the name, affiliation, address, phone number and email address >of the primary authors. They must clearly state what is new >and point out significant results. In case of multi-authors, one author >should be identified as the corresponding author for the paper. >Only original papers which have not previously been published elsewhere >will be accepted. > > January 30th 1998 Abstract and Paper Submission > March 10th 1998 Notification of Acceptance > May 5th 1998 Camera Ready Copies Submission > >Authors are expected to register early (at a reduced fee) and to attend >the conference at their own expense to present their accepted >papers. Without early registration and payment, the paper will not be >published in the Conference Proceedings. Each registration >covers only 1 paper. > >Registration Fees >===================================================================== > AUTHOR STUDENT(*) SCS/IEE/Euro Other > sim Member Partic. >===================================================================== >Pre-registration 18000 BF 10000 BF 18000 BF 20000 BF >before May 5th '98 315 GB 175 GBP 315 GBP 350 GBP > 450 ECU 250 ECU 450 ECU 500 ECU >===================================================================== >Registration after Pre-reg 12000 BF 20000 BF 22000 BF >May 5th, 1998 istration 210 GBP 350 GBP 385 GBP > Required 300 ECU 500 ECU 550 ECU >===================================================================== >(*) Papers eligible as Student Author Papers are: Only full time student >authors names are on the paper. Students may not also be >academics also doing Masters or PhD. > >Registration fees should preferably be paid in Belgian Francs or ECUs, >but can also be paid in the equivalent amount of US$, GBP, >and DM. Payment is also possible by Creditcard (VISA/Mastercard, >American Express, Diners). The registration fee includes >one printed and one CD copy of the Conference Proceedings, free >tutorial(s), coffeebreaks, the conference dinner, a ticket to the Halle >Orchestra, and all lunches for 4 days. > >===================================================================== >STATE-OF-THE-ART REVIEWS OR PANEL >===================================================================== >If you plan to a give state-of-the-art review or to organize a panel >discussion, then please contact the European Simulation Office. > >===================================================================== >OUTSTANDING PAPER AWARD >===================================================================== >The 1998 European Simulation Multiconference Committee will select among >the extended papers, the Outstanding Paper of the >Conference. The author of this paper will be awarded a free registration >for an SCS conference, and will be published on the SCS >web site. Only extended papers will be eligible for the Outstanding >Paper Award. > >===================================================================== >LANGUAGE >===================================================================== >The official conference and the language of accepted papers will be >English. > >===================================================================== >CORRESPONDENCE ADDRESS >===================================================================== >The Society for Computer Simulation International >c/o Philippe Geril, >University of Ghent, Coupure Links 653, >B-9000 Ghent, Belgium >Tel (Office): ++32 9 2337790, Fax: ++32 9 2234941 >email: philippe.geril@rug.ac.be > > >===================================================================== >THE 50th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION >===================================================================== >50th Anniversary Celebrations of the University of Manchester, The Home >of Computing ("Manchester Baby"). > >On June 21st 1948 the world's first stored program computer, the >"Manchester Baby", successfully ran its first program and the computer >age was born. The major scientists behind the project were: Professor >Sir Frederic Williams (1911-1977) and Professor Tom Kilburn (born 1921). >The last fifty years have seen a computer revolution with incredible >changes in the way we work, play and communicate. It all began in >Manchester! >To celebrate the golden anniversary of the birth of the "Baby" a replica >is being built which will be officially switched on during a week of >celebrations, starting June 15th 1998. During this week a diverse range >of events is planned, including international computer-oriented >conferences, a concert, school events, lectures and, of course, an >Official Birthday Party which will be celebrated at the Bridgewater Hall >Manchester on Wednesday June 17 1998. The magnificent programme of the >Official Birthday Party includes a talk of Professor Kilburn on the >events in Manchester in 1948 and 1949. >The 12th European Simulation Multiconference ESM'98 (organised by SCS in >cooperation with ASIM) is part of the programme of events in the above- >mentioned week of celebrations. Four days providing a range of themed >"tracks" in selected areas of computer simulation together with an >industrial exhibition. Topics cover the tools and methodologies of >simulation, and many specialist applications such as military, medical, >artificial intelligence, robotics and education. Because of the 50th >anniversary of the "Baby", a special invited session will be organised >on the history, trends and future perspectives of computer simulation. > >COME AND JOIN SCS FOR A ONCE-IN-A LIFETIME EXPERIENCE DURING THE 50th >ANNIVERSARY OF THE WORLD'S FIRST STORED PROGRAM COMPUTER > >BECAUSE OF THIS EVENT, THE SCS MULTICONFERENCE WILL LAST 4 DAYS INSTEAD >OF THREE AND WILL BE INTERRUPTED ON JUNE 17TH WHEN ALL OTHER CONFERENCES >CONVERGE IN THE AFTERNOON FOR A JOINT CELEBRATION OF THE OFFICIAL >BIRTHDAY. > > >===================================================================== >VENUE >===================================================================== >Manchester today is a city with energy and style, an international >multicultural centre for education, business, culture and sport. It >combines the Victorian architectural charm of the Town Hall and the >University Main Quadrangle with a zest for future design found >in its new buildings such as the international concert hall, national >sports arenas, banking and finance houses. In short it is a city >with one eye looking into the past while the other is discovering its >future. The University of Manchester, the venue for the 1998 >ESM, founded in 1851, as Owen's College, and constituted by Royal >Charter in 1903 as the Victoria University of Manchester, was >the first of England's great civic universities, and is today the >largest of those well-established universities. The University very much >reflects the nature of the city - a place with a fine tradition but >looking to the future. It has been involved in some of the major >advances in the last 150 years. The work leading to the splitting of the >atom was done here by Rutherford, the world's first >stored-program computer was invented here, the sciences of radio >astronomy, orthopaedic surgery and moon mapping were developed here. No >fewer than 20 Nobel Prize Winners between 1906 and 1993, are linked with >the University of Manchester. Today, the University of Manchester has >16.500 students, many of them from overseas, representing more than 100 >countries. It also and boasts the John Rylands University library, one >of the three major academic libraries in the nation. > >Manchester is very well served by its large international airport close >to the City, with a direct rail link to the City Centre. From >Manchester Piccadilly Station, the University and conference hotels can >easily be reached by bus or taxi. > > >===================================================================== >REPLY CARD >===================================================================== > >Surname: >First Name: >Occupation and/or Title: >Affiliation: >Mailing Address: > >Zipcode: >City: >Country: >Telephone: >Fax: >E-mail: > >Yes, I intend to attend the 1998 European Simulation Multiconference: >O Proposing a paper (by submitting an extended abstract or full pap) >O Proposing a short paper / poster (by submitting a 1-2 page short > paper proposal) >O Participating in a vendor session >O Proposing a panel discussion (please mention the names of the > intended panelists) >O Proposing a tutorial (please specify half day / full day and submit > a summary) >O Contributing to the exhibition >O Without presenting a paper > >The provisional title of my paper / exhibited tool is: > > > >With the following highlights: > > > >The paper belongs to the category (please tick one): >[ ] Simulation Tools and Methodology >[ ] Simulators, Real-Time Simulation, Distributed Simulation, HLA, > Military Simulation >[ ] Simulation in Biology, Medicine and Health Care >[ ] Simulation in AI and Robotics >[ ] Simulation in Education, McLeod Centres >[ ] Simulation in Multibody Systems >[ ] Simulation in Operations Research >[ ] Analytical and Numerical Modelling Techniques >[ ] Student Papers > >The paper will be submitted as a: >[ ] Full Paper (5-8 pages) >[ ] Extended abstract (3-4 pages) >[ ] Short Paper (1-2 pages) > >Please note that only full papers and extended abstracts can be accepted >to be worked out as regular papers in the proceedings. >Only a small percentage of full paper submissions will be considered for >an extended, 8 page paper. Submissions shorter than one >full page, will not be considered at all. > >If you would like to receive more information about SCS and its >activities, please tick the following box: >O YES, I would like to know more about SCS. >O NO, please remove me from your database. > >Please send or fax this card immediately to: >Philippe Geril, The Society for Computer Simulation International, >European Simulation Office, University of Ghent, >Coupure Links 653, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium >Phone: +32-9-2337790, Fax: +32-9-2234941 > >===================================================================== > > > >