First Call for Papers

SIMEX'2013
September 18-20, 2013
Organized by
The European Technology Institute
Co-Sponsored by
EUROSIS
See: http://www.eurosis.org/cms/?q=taxonomy/term/340

Aim

The aim of SIMEX is to bring simulation as a useful and cost saving tool closer to the non-simulation community by creating an event which is aimed at the engineering community at large. We are certain that by providing this sort of forum to expand hands-on knowledge and use of computer simulation to a larger audience, the simulation community as a whole will profit. SIMEX*, will be held every year in September in Brussels. The reason we chose Brussels, is the fact that Brussels is the seat of a myriad of international organizations and will thus provide an opportune window to show your simulation know-how. This event will be co-organized with a number of other professional societies, government agencies, international institutions et al.

Keynotes
Why Simulation is Important: An Engineer's Perspective
Chris Koh, Ph.D.
Director, PepsiCo Global R&D Fellow, PepsiCo Advanced Research
PepsiCo, Inc., Plano, USA

An easy-to-learn system for simulation of business problems
Ingolf Stahl
Stockholm School of Economics, Stockholm, Sweden

More Invited Talks to follow

The main and only focus of the event will be on simulation tools.
Comparative Overview

With the number of simulation tools on the market it is sometimes difficult first of all to know which tools are available and secondly to compare their strengths and weaknesses so you can acquire the right tool for the job. Therefore this track will concentrate on overviews of tools presently being used and comparing different tools in different applications and giving novice and non-users an insight in the direction they need to go when acquiring a simulation tool to solve their scientific or engineering problems.
Tools in development

Some tools, especially at universities are still in development and may or may not result in commercial tools at a later date. This track is dedicated to inform the simulation community of their existence and/or progress and to share new ideas in simulation tool development.
Tools created at university or research institutes

As more and more universities are creating tools for their own use and indirectly business use, this track showcases those tools, be they dedicated to solve specific problems or multi-facetted ones. All university tools presented in this track should be fully documented and supported.
Commercial tools

This track looks at the commercial tools now available on the market. These can be either topic specific or multi-facetted. These top of the range modelling tools can solve a myriad of simulation problems in the most varied of sectors. Presentations here are aimed at covering some or all of these.
Open Source Tools

With the advent of new powerful simulations scripting languages and the ubiquitous nature of the web, open source simulation tools have become a new force in simulation applications, opening the way for financial less-powerful organizations to harness the strength of these programs for their own simulation purposes. This track looks at the possibilities of using open source tools to solve modelling problems.
Conference Venue

The conference will be held at TheHotel in Brussels
http://www.thehotel-brussels.be/default-en.html

PAPER SUBMISSION TYPES
FULL PAPER (5 to 8 pages including abstract, conclusions, diagrams, references). During review, the submitted full paper can be accepted as a regular 5 page paper. If excellent, the full paper can be accepted by the program committee as an extended (8-page) paper.
EXTENDED ABSTRACT (at least five pages)
Participants may also submit a 5 page extended abstract for a regular (5 pages) or short (3 pages) paper or poster, which will be reviewed by the International Program Committee.
SHORT ABSTRACT (at least three/four pages)
Participants may also submit a 3-4 page abstract for a short paper or poster, which will be reviewed by the International Program Committee.

Each submission will be reviewed by at least three members of the International Program Committee. All accepted papers will be published in the SIMEX 2013 Conference Proceedings.

ONE PAGE ABSTRACTS ARE NOT ACCEPTED.

DEADLINES AND REQUIREMENTS
Send all submissions in an ELECTRONIC FORM ONLY in (zipped or unzipped) Microsoft Word format or PDF format (PREFERRED FORMAT) indicating the designated track and type of submission (full paper or an extended abstract) to EUROSIS ([log in to unmask]).

Please provide your name, affiliation, full mailing address, telephone/fax- number and Email address on all submissions as well. For submissions please put in the subject of your Email the following indications: SIMEX'2013 and designated track or USE the links on the THEMES page
http://www.eurosis.org/cms/index.php?q=node/2484
or USE the online contact form, available here:
http://www.eurosis.org/cms/index.php?q=node/2483

Only original papers, which have not been published elsewhere, will be accepted for publication.

All EUROSIS-ETI proceedings are indexed by THOMSON Reuters (ISI-Thomson) and IET (formally INSPEC)

IMPORTANT DEADLINES
EARLY BIRD SUBMISSION DEADLINE: April 30, 2013
SUBMISSION DEADLINE May 25, 2013
LATE PAPER SUBMISSION: June 10, 2013
Submit contributed full-papers (5 to 8 proceedings pages) not previously published. These submissions, when accepted will be published as regular or extended papers, depending on their quality.
Submit extended abstracts (5 abstract pages) or short papers (3 abstract pages), reports of industrial projects and summaries of posters. These submissions, when accepted will be published as regular, of up to 5 proceedings page papers.
Submit one -to -three page proposals to present tutorials, to organise and chair panel sessions or for extended workshops.
Submit abstracts for student and poster session.
June 30, 2013 Notification of Acceptance or Rejection.
August 15, 2013 Authors provide camera-ready manuscript.
September 18-20, 2013 Conference

OUTSTANDING PAPER AWARD
The 2013 SIMEX Conference Committee will select the Outstanding Paper of the Conference. The author of this paper will be awarded a free registration for a EUROSIS conference. Only papers SUBMITTED AS FULL PAPERS will be eligible for the Outstanding Paper Award.

LANGUAGE
The official conference language for all papers and presentations is English.

POSTER SESSION
The poster session only features work in progress. Next to the
actual poster presentation, these submissions also feature as
short papers in the Proceedings.

STUDENTS SESSION
This session is for students, who want to present their work in progress or part of their doctoral thesis as a paper. Student papers are denoted by the fact that only the name of the student appears on the paper as an author. They are published as short papers in the Proceedings.

DIVERSE ACTIVITIES
For demonstrations or video sessions, please contact Philippe Geril

REGISTRATION FEES
Authors
Registration Fees
Author

EUROSIS members

Other Participants
Pre-registration before August 15, 2013 EUR 500 EUR 500 EUR 555
Registration after August 15, 2013 Pre-registration required EUR 545 EUR 595

 

The above fees are applicable to those who wish to just present a paper.
Registration Fees
Author&Exhibitor

EUROSIS member&exhibitor

Participant&exhibitor
Pre-registration before August 15, 2013 EUR 1000 EUR 1000 EUR 1055
Registration after August 15, 2013 Pre-registration required EUR 1045 EUR 1095

The above fees are applicable to those who wish to present a paper and man an exhibit for 2 1/2 days
Registration Fees plus 1
Author&Exhibitor

EUROSIS member&exhibitor

Participant&exhibitor
Pre-registration before August 15, 2013 EUR 1250 EUR 1250 EUR 1300
Registration after August 15, 2013 Pre-registration required EUR 1295 EUR 1345

The above fees are applicable to those who wish to present a paper and have a second person from the same institute man an exhibit for 2 1/2 days

Student Fees

Students who are authors, pay a registration of EUR 370 . To qualify as a student author you need to send in together with your paper a copy of your student card. Student papers are only accepted as student papers if only the name of the student appears as author of the paper or in the case of multiple authors, all authors should be students.
Registration Fees Students
Author

EUROSIS members

Other Participants
Pre-registration before August 15, 2013 € 370 € 370 € 410
Registration after August 15, 2013 Pre-registration required € 390 € 430

Groups
Authors from the same institution or project can present several papers at the event and will qualify for a special discount as a group. (a group consists of at least 3 people). Discounted prices can be requested from Philippe Geril. Prices vary according to submission types and numbers.

The registration fee includes a copy of the Proceedings, lunches, conference dinner, get-together party, coffee breaks.

Exhibitors

Companies wishing to exhibit can find information on exhibit possibilities here
http://www.eurosis.org/cms/?q=taxonomy/term/235

REPLY CARD
First Name:
Surname:
Occupation and/or Title:
Affiliation:
Mailing Address
Zip code: City: Country.
Telephone: Fax:
E-Mail:
Yes, I intend to attend SIMEX'2013:
[ ] Presenting a paper, by submitting a full paper
[ ] Presenting a short paper (by submitting an extended abstract)
[ ] Participating in the industrial program
[ ] Proposing a panel discussion (please mention names of panelists)
[ ] Without presenting a paper
[ ] Proposing a workshop
[ ] Proposing a Tutorial
The provisional title of my paper / exhibited tool is:
With the following highlights:
The paper belongs to the category (please tick only one):
[ ] Comparative Overview
[ ] University Research Tools
[ ] Commercial Tools
[ ] Open Source Tools
[ ] Workshop
[ ] Poster Session
[ ] Tutorials
[ ] Exhibition

Other colleague(s) interested in the topics of the conference is/are:
Name:
Address:
Name:
Address:


Please email or fax this form immediately to: (fax: +32.59.255.339)
Philippe Geril, EUROSIS-ETI, European Simulation Office, Greenbridge Science Park, Ghent University - Ostend Campus, Wetenschapspark 1, Plassendale 1, B-8400 Ostend, Belgium, www.eurosis.org

SIMEX is a registered trademark of The European Technology Institute


CORRESPONDENCE ADDRESS
Philippe Geril
EUROSIS
European Simulation Office, Greenbridge Science Park,
Ghent University - Ostend Campus
Wetenschapspark 1, Plassendale 1, B-8400 Ostend, Belgium
Tel: +32 59 255.330
Fax: + 32 59.255.339
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