First Call for Papers

SIMEX'2016
February 4-6, 2016
Organized by
The European Technology Institute
Co-Sponsored by
EUROSIS
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
See: http://www.eurosis.org/cms/?q=taxonomy/term/370

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 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.

The main and only focus of the event is on simulation tools and the hands-on experience of simulation tools. Therefore prospective authors are encouraged to envisage next to their presentation the tool presented in the paper for a hands-on demonstration or at least show extended videos of the tool in action. Each year will also highlight a specific software application field under the SIMJAM track.

This year will also feature the first Belgian Simulation
Meet & Greet under the auspices of the EUROSIS Advisory Board.
Themes
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-faceted. 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.
Cloud Based Tools

As many of our tools migrate to the cloud, simulation has also found its niche there in the field of collaborative engineering with tools such as Autodesk, GrabCad, Simscale, Cydesign, Ciespace and materials simulator Sentient. This track looks at the latest developments in the field.

SIMJAM and workshops

As this is a simulation tools hands-on event. Simulation Software companies and Simulation Open Source
The following software tools have already agreed to be part of the SIMJAM tutorial experience
SimJulia and the V-REP robot simulator in combination with the Matlab Robotics Toolbox (RTB)
More tools will be added in shortly
For the workshops, if you want to highlight a particular tool in a special track than please
contact Philippe Geril by the end of August.
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 2016 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'2016 and designated track or USE the links on the THEMES page
http://www.eurosis.org/cms/index.php?q=node/3195
or USE the online contact form, available here:
http://www.eurosis.org/cms/index.php?q=node/3194

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

EUROSIS-ETI proceedings are indexed by THOMSON Reuters (ISI-Thomson) and IET (formally INSPEC), SCOPUS and Engineering Village

IMPORTANT DEADLINES
EARLY BIRD SUBMISSION DEADLINE: September 30, 2015
SUBMISSION DEADLINE October 30, 2015
LATE PAPER SUBMISSION: November 15, 2015
NOTIFICATION OF ACCEPTANCE OR REJECTION: December 10, 2015
AUTHORS PROVIDE CAMERA-READY MANUSCRIPT: January 10, 2016
CONFERENCE: February 4-6, 2016

OUTSTANDING PAPER AWARD
The 2016 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 & SIMULATION MEET & GREET
For demonstrations or video sessions, please contact Philippe Geril
The event will also feature a simulation meet and greet of Belgian researchers
in the field of simulation, in order to exchange knowledge of current simulation
projects at their facilities under the auspices of the EUROSIS Board of Trustees

REGISTRATION FEES
Authors

Author fees
Registration Fees 	
Author
	
EUROSIS members
	
Other Participants
Pre-registration before January 10, 2016 	EUR 505 	EUR 505 	EUR 560
Registration after January 10, 2016 	Pre-registration required 	EUR 550 	EUR 600

Student Fees

Students who are authors, pay a registration of EUR 375 . 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 January 10, 2016 	€ 375 	€ 375 	€ 415
Registration after January 10, 2016 	Pre-registration required 	€ 395 	€ 435

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'2016:
[ ] 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
[ ] Wishing to exhibit
[ ] Taking part in the meet & greet
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
[ ] Tools under Development
[ ] University Research Tools
[ ] Commercial Tools
[ ] Open Source Tools
[ ] Cloud Based Tools
[ ] Workshop
[ ] Poster Session
[ ] Tutorials
[ ] Exhibition

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


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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