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.
SCS periodically presents special awards to distinguished Modeling & Simulation practitioners. The Awards and Recognition Committee (ARC) supports two categories of awards, with 3 awards in each category, as well as a Lifetime Achievement Award: the SCS Modeling & Simulation Hall of Fame. The current list of award recipients can be found here.
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)
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