SCS Award Recipients

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 granting of an award typically begins with a nomination from the ARC. These awards will be considered on a regular basis by the ARC and will not necessarily be awarded each year.

• Contribution to the Profession Awards; The awards in this category are intended to recognize outstanding contributions to the science and technology of the modeling and simulation process.
  • Outstanding Professional Contribution Award
    • Criteria: The candidate will typically have contributed an innovative concept or product, or formulated creative insight, which has been embraced by some significant segment of the modeling and simulation community as evidenced by its widespread application in that community.
    • Frequency: As appropriate.
  • Distinguished Professional Achievement Award
    • Criteria: The candidate will typically have made a group of technical contributions to modeling and simulation activities that has been widely disseminated in the technical literature. As a consequence of these contributions, the candidate will have achieved a stature that is generally recognized as being of high caliber.
    • Frequency: Typically, at most one such award is given each year.
  • McLeod Founder's Award for Distinguished Service to the Profession
    • Criteria: This award typically recognizes a group of technical contributions which have been made by the candidate over a significant period of time; e.g., a decade or more. They clearly reflect a commitment by the candidate to nurturing a robust evolution of the profession. The significant nature of the contributions will be supported by their wide dissemination in the technical literature and their discernible impact on the manner in which some aspect of the modeling and simulation activity is carried out.
    • Frequency: Typically, at most one such award is given each 3 years.
        
• Service to the Society Awards; These awards are for outstanding service to the Society typically rendered while the candidate was a member of the Society.
  • Outstanding Service Award
    • Criteria: This award recognizes an outstanding to the Society by a member. Typical contributions by the candidate would be: leadership of a major conference which achieved substantial success for SCS, a major editorial contribution to one of the Society's regular publications, or establishment of a new and successful business area or program for the Society.
    • Frequency: As appropriate.
  • Distinguished Service Award
    • Criteria: This award recognizes distinguished service to the Society by a member at a level of dedication and achievement that is rarely demonstrated. The member will have made a series of significant contributions to the SCS over a 5 to 10 year period. typically the contributions will include some combination of the following: running a conference over several years and achieving growth in its prestige and success, significant editorial service to one of the regular publications of the Society, or noteworthy contributions as an executive officer in a variety of positions..
    • Frequency: Typically, at most one such award is given each year.
  • Presidential Award for Service to the Society
    • Criteria: This award recognizes unique long term service to the Society by a member. The candidate will typically have made a series of outstanding contributions over a 10 to 15 year period and exhibited leadership ability that has clearly resulted in a growth in the vitality of the Society. The candidate's decisions while in positions of responsibility have influenced the future of SCS. In addition to his/her demonstrated leadership ability, the candidate will typically have an acknowledged stature for technical achievement.
    • Frequency: Typically, at most one such award is given each 3 years.
        
• Lifetime Achievement Award
  • SCS Modeling & Simulation Hall of Fame
    • Criteria: The Modeling and Simulation Hall of Fame recognizes the outstanding visionary leadership and dedication to "increasing the effectiveness and broadening the application of simulation." Inductees, thoughts, words and energies have significantly impacted the use of simulation not only in the field, but also throughout the world.
    • Frequency: Typically, at most one such award is given each year.

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