SIMUTools 2017
10th International Conference on Simulation Tools and Techniques
http://simutools.org
11 - 13 September, 2017, Shenzhen, China
SCOPE
SIMUTools 2017 is the 10th edition of the annual International
Conference on Simulation Tools and Techniques. The conference focuses on
a broad range of research challenges in the field of simulation,
modeling and analysis, addressing current and future trends in
simulation techniques, models, practices and software. The conference is
dedicated to fostering interdisciplinary collaborative research in
these areas and across a wide spectrum of application domains.
Building on the success of the previous editions (2008-2016), this
year's edition will provide an exciting forum for interaction among
academic and industry researchers together with practitioners from both
the simulation community and the different user communities. The
conference will be held in Shenzhen, China's Silicon Valley.
CALL FOR PAPERS
The conference invites submissions on the topics below in all
application areas of simulation. Submissions in interdisciplinary areas
are especially encouraged (e.g. Smart Cities, Health, Environment,
Societal Challenges, Digital Humanities, Security, IT Infrastructure,
Manufacturing, Business). The conference also invites posters and
technical demonstrations that report on recent results, ongoing research
or industrial case studies in the area of simulation.
SIMUTools' general topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:
Simulation methods: discrete event, parallel and distributed
simulation, time synchronization, load balancing and migration, model
partitioning, hybrid simulation, simulation-interoperation,
multi-resolution and multi-scale simulation
Simulation techniques: service-oriented, agent-based, web-based, component-based, symbiotic simulation
Simulation software: environments, tools, libraries, and frameworks
Simulation performance: GPU-based simulation, simulation in the cloud, scalability, performance analysis
Modeling formalisms: DEVS, Petri Nets, process algebras, state charts, and others
Simulation verification, validation, accreditation, and
analysis: benchmark models, simulation-based verification, workflows,
simulation experiment design, and optimization
Simulation packages:widely used frameworks such as Modelica,
ns-2/3, OPNET, Qualnet, OMNET++, and other open source software for
modeling and simulation
CALL FOR WORKSHOPS
The conference invites proposals for one-day workshops that are to
be held in conjunction with the main conference and are intended to
complement the conference main track. Example topics of interest for
prospective workshops may address the use of simulation in a given
context (e.g., system production, software engineering, collaborative
environments, virtual reality, etc.) or in a given application domain
(e.g., healthcare, manufacturing, transportation, automotive, etc.), as
well as specific simulation tools and methodologies.
Prospective workshop organizers may combine these and other topics
into a coherent theme and set up a workshop proposal that includes the
following information:
Title of the proposed workshop (full name and short name)
Profile of workshop organizers (including affiliations, contact info and brief biography)
Theme of the workshop and topics of interest, and how these relate to the main conference
Tentative list of Program Committee members
Description of the submission and revision procedure
Preliminary Call for Papers
Expected number of accepted papers
Expected number of attendees
Estimated time schedules
Workshop proposals (max two pages) should be submitted to workshops@simutools.org by the deadline below.
Prospective workshop organizers may contact the workshop chair at
workshops@simutools.org for expression of interests and content
appropriateness at any time.
The organizers of accepted workshops will be responsible for:
building and updating the workshop web site
getting sponsorships (optional)
soliciting papers
coordinating reviews (at least three reviews per submission are required)
corresponding with the authors and the organizers of the main conference
adhering to the proceedings publication procedure and constraints
participating to the workshop (at least one organizer has to attend)
PUBLICATIONS
Papers must be written in English and must not exceed 10 pages.
Authors should submit papers via the SIMUTools conference website in PDF
format, complying with the ACM conference proceedings style.
Submitted papers must not have been submitted for review or published
(partially or completely) elsewhere. Every paper will be peer-reviewed
by at least three reviewers. Papers will be assessed based on
originality, correctness, relevance, and quality of writing. Short
papers of 4 to 6 pages describing work in progress can also be submitted
in the short paper category.
All presented papers in the conference will be published in the
proceedings of the conference and submitted to ACM Digital Library.
Proceedings are submitted for inclusion to the leading indexing
services: DBLP, Google Scholar, Thomson Scientific ISI Proceedings, EI
Elsevier Engineering Index, CrossRef, Scopus, as well as ICST's own EU
Digital Library (EUDL).
Authors of selected papers will be invited to submit extended versions of their papers to a special Journal Issue.
IMPORTANT DATES
Workshops Proposal Submission: March 15, 2017
Full Paper Submission: May 1, 2017
Short Paper, Poster and Demo: May 19, 2017
Notification and Registration opens: June 12, 2017
Camera-ready Submission July 10, 2017
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
General Chair: Georgios Theodoropoulos
Program Co-Chairs: Kalyan Perumalla, Lei Shu
Workshops, Tutorials and Demos Co-Chairs: Ibad Kureshi, Anthony Ventresque
Publicity Chairs: Li Yan, Mithun Mukherjee
Web Chair: Ibad Kureshi
Publications Chair: Elvis Liu
