Established in 1952, The Society for Modeling & Simulation International (SCS) is a nonprofit, volunteer-driven corporation (dba Simulation Councils, Inc.) managed by a Board of Directors & a President's Council.   SCS is the only technical Society dedicated to advancing the use of modeling & simulation to solve real-world problems.  SCS is the principal technical society devoted to the advancement of simulation and allied computer arts in all fields. The purpose of SCS is to facilitate communication among professionals in the field of simulation. To this end, SCS organizes meetings of regional councils, sponsors and co-sponsors national and international conferences, and publishes the SIMULATION: Transactions of The Society for Modeling and Simulation International and the Modeling & Simulation Magazines.

The members of the Board of Directors, as well as the President & Senior Vice-President, are elected by the members of the society. Four Vice-Presidents representing the four major operational areas of the society (Conferences, Membership, Publications & Education) are selected by the President and confirmed by the Board of Directors.  The President also appoints a Secretary and a Treasurer. The Immediate Past President & the Executive Director also serve on the Executive Committee.

The members of the SCS are divided into Councils. These Councils are organized either by geographical area or by professional / technical interest area. Any Council may charter smaller groups called Chapters that represent a smaller geographical or technical area. See Formation and Administration of a Chapter for additional information.

The members of the Executive Committee and Board of Directors (Directors at Large) for the 2006-2008 biennium are listed here along with their affiliations & contact information.

SCS has a SCS Distinguished Lectureship Program, which is aimed at providing distinguished lecturers who are authorities in modeling and simulation theory, applications and related disciplines, to SCS regional and technical chapters and councils as well as to student chapters.

The society maintains an office in San Diego, CA, which is managed by the Executive Director. Meet the current SCS staff in San Diego.

Read the official ByLaws of The Society for Modeling and Simulation International.

For a history of SCS see our Formative and Controlling Documents and issues of our early newsletters.

     
Affiliations

• American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
• American Automatic Control Council (AACC)
• Association Français D'Intelligence
• Artificielle et des Systèmes de Simulation (AFIAS)
• Dutch Benelux Simulation Society (DBSS)
• Gesellschaft für informatik-Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Simulation (ASIM)
• Japan Society for Simulation Technology (JSST)
• The International Marine Simulator Forum (IMSF)
• The Italian Society for Computer Simulation (ISCS)
• EUROSIM
• Korean Society for Simulation (KSS)
• Chinese Association for System Simulation (CASS)
• Latvian Simulation Society (LSS)
• Polish Society for Computer Simulation (PTSK)