PDF version of the Call for Papers

General Conference Chair:
William F. Waite
Phone: 256.922.0802
The AEgis Technologies Group

Program Chair:
David Cook
Phone: 505.881.5003
The AEgis Technologies Group

The Society for Modeling & Simulation International [SCS] 2008 Summer Computer Simulation Conference (SCSC'08) will convene in Edinburgh, Scotland – the 40th anniversary of this important annual conference. The SCSC’08 program will present technical sessions, invited speakers, tutorial and panel sessions. The multi-track, parallel breakout sessions feature peer-reviewed and invited technical papers covering the broad spectrum of M&S best practices, including Military M&S, Manufacturing, M&S Methodologies, Simulation Tools, M&S in Education, M&S in Healthcare and Bio-Informatics and many other topics.

The Program Agenda will focus on the following areas:

• Active Tracks and Sessions
  • Agent Directed Simulation
    • Tuncer Oren - Co-Chair
    • Dr. Levent Yilmaz - Co-Chair
  • Bioinformatics
    • Track Chair - Isaac Barjis
  • Computer Graphics for Simulation
    • Track Chair - John Richardson
      • Session 1 - General Computer Graphics for Simulation
      • Session 2 - Web3D for Simulation
      • Session 3 - Computational Grids for Simulation
      • Session 4 - 3-D Modeling and animation for Simulation
      • Session 5 - Art and Esthetics in Simulation
  • Design, Analysis, and Simulation of Distributed Systems 2008 (DASD)
    • Herwig Unger - General chair
    • Dietmar Tutsch - Program Co-Chair
    • Peter Kropf - Program Co-Chair
  • Emergency Simulation
    • Track Chair - Francesco Longo
    • Co-Chair - Chuck McLean
  • Towards a Common Infrastructure & Services
    • Mike Simpson - Session Chair
    • Mark Dumble
       
• Alternative Topics for Tracks and Sessions
  • Simulation Technology
    • Standards
    • VV&A
    • Conceptual Modeling
  • Simulation Workforce Development and Education
  • Simulation Business Practice and Economics
  • Simulation Applications in Areas of:
    • Aerospace
    • Climatology, Earth Sciences and Environmental Management
    • Education
    • Energy
    • Finance, Business, and Organizational Management
    • Health Care, Medical, and Pharma
    • Physical Science and Engineering
    • Social Science, Psychology, and Decision Theory
    • Transportation and Logistics
    • Novel uses for Modeling and Simulation
    • "Physic-Based Computational Technologies
  • M&S in Medical Education
  • Computer-Aided Geometry Design (CAGD)
     
• Tutorials and Workshops - 7 slots available
  • BOK Tutorial and Workshop
  • M&SNet-MISS Joint Directors Workshop
  • Economics of M&S Workshop (tentative)
  • Conceptual Modeling Workshop
  • SimSummit
  • SCS Executive Meeting

Paper Submission

Submission Procedures: For papers or tutorials, please submit a summary of 500 words max in electronics form to the SCS Conference Proceedings Management System web site for review by the program committee. The cover page should include the name of author(s), their affiliation including SCS membership; mailing address as well as the phone number, fax number, and e-mail address of the primary contact author. All the submitted abstracts will be reviewed by the International Program Committee, and they will be judged with respect to their quality, originality, and relevance. All the accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings after the advance registration of at least one of the authors.