SECOND CALL FOR PAPERS MESM'2016 The 16th annual Middle Eastern Simulation and Modelling Conference Arab Open University http://www.aou.edu.jo/ Amman, jordan March 21-23, 2016 For latest information see: www.eurosis.org or http://www.eurosis.org/cms/?q=taxonomy/term/371 Dear Colleague, This is a reminder that the submission period for MESM'2016 starts NOVEMBER 20TH and ends DECEMBER 15TH for late submissions. KEYNOTES Intelligent Electrical Energy Distribution & Consumption: SMARTGRID Janos-Sebestyen Janosy, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Centre for Energy Research, Budapest, Hungary Wind Energy Mircea-Emil Stremtam, Sales Manager South Romania, National Instruments Numerical Modeling of Thin-Film Solar Cells: SCAPS software examples Samira Khelifi, Solar Cells group, University of Gent, (ELIS), Ghent, Belgium WORKSHOPS Understanding Complexity I: Simple Applications for Political Science and Policy Research & Theory Development Understanding Complexity II: A Simple Guide to Using & Developing Agent-Based Models for Research Registration for this course will be free and limited to 75 people The course will be organized by the Complex Systems Institute and the Journal on Policy & Complex Systems More info to follow soon Liz Johnson, Managing Editor of the Journal on Policy & Complex Systems and Prasun Bhattacharyya E-learning and Multimedia -TBC Jeanne Schreurs, Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium A quick reminder of the tracks for MESM'2016 [ ] Modelling Methodology and Optimization [ ] Modelling Tools, Development and Deployment [ ] Analysis Methodology and Systems Performance [ ] Simulation of Secure Networks and Communications [ ] Electronics Simulation [ ] Complex Systems Simulation [ ] Simulation of Digital Information and Image Processing [ ] Energy Systems Simulation [ ] Simulation in the Chemical and Petrochemical Industry [ ] Multimedia, Virtual Reality Systems and Knowledge Virtualization [ ] Decision Processing in Management and Knowledge Data Systems [ ] Image/Speech Processing [ ] Wireless/Mobile Communications [ ] Modelling and Simulation in Biomedical Systems and Biotechnology [ ] Modelling and Simulation for Industrial Applications and Systems [ ] Simulation in Logistics, Traffic, Transport and Harbour Simulation [ ] Web Based Information Simulation [ ] Simulation in Information Processing and Software Development [ ] Computational Cognition and Distance Learning [ ] Intelligent Agent Based Simulation [ ] Evolutionary Computation [ ] Simulation in Fuzzy Systems [ ] Neural Networks and Genetic Algorithms [ ] Simulation in the Built Environment [ ] Simulation in Archeology [ ] Simulation in Defense [ ] Simulation in the Arab World [ ] Poster Session [ ] Student Session [ ] Tutorials [ ] Exhibition Conference Committee Conference General Chair Prof. Dr Marwan Al-Akaidi, Vice-Rector Academic Affairs, AOU, Kuwait Local Chair Prof. Dr Mohammed Abu Qudais, Branch Director, AOU, Jordan Local Organizing Committee Prof. Ashraf Hussein Dr. Jehad Al-Saadi Dr. Khalid Tahat Dr. Bayan Abu Shawar Dr. Basela Hassan Dr. Hamayun Khan Dr. Ahmed Fadlallah Dr. Nouhad Amaneddine Dr. Hussein AbdelJaber Dr. Minimol Job Dr. Sherimon P.C International Programme Committee Modelling Methodology and Optimization Helge Hagenauer, Universitaet Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria Brian Hollocks, Bournemouth University, Bournemouth, United Kingdom Bjoern Johansson, Chalmers University of Technology, Goeteborg, Sweden Panajotis T. Katsaros, Aristotle University Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece Yan Luo, NIST, Gaithersburg, USA Dmitry Zaitsev, Odessa National Telecommunications Academy, Odessa, Ukraine Modelling Tools, Development and Deployment Helge Hagenauer, Universitaet Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria Brian Hollocks, Bournemouth University, Bournemouth, United Kingdom Bjoern Johansson, Chalmers University of Technology, Goeteborg, Sweden Panajotis T. Katsaros, Aristotle University Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece Yan Luo, NIST, Gaithersburg, USA Dmitry Zaitsev, Odessa National Telecommunications Academy, Odessa, Ukraine Analysis Methodology and Systems Performance Jairo R. Montoya-Torres, ENS des Mines de Saint-Etienne, Gardanne, France Simulation of Secure Networks and Communications; Autonomic and Autonomous systems Eugen Dedu, FEMTO-ST, Montbéliard, France Carlos Palau, UPV, Valencia, Spain Electronics Simulation Marwan Al-Akaidi, AOU, Kuwait Complex Systems Simulation Marta Pla Castells, Universidad de Valencia, Valencia, Spain Krzysztof Fujarewicz, Silesian University of Technology, Gliwice, Poland Jan Studzinski, Systems Research Institute of Polish Academy of Science, Warsaw, Poland Simulation of Digital Information and Image Processing Renate Sitte, Griffith University, Gold Coast Mail Centre, Australia Joao Manuel R. S. Tavares, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal Energy Systems Simulation Musleh B. AL-Otaibi, Alahmadi, Kuwait Janos Sebestyen Janosy, KFKI, Budapest, Hungary Patrick Waeger, EMPA, St. Gallen, Switzerland Simulation in the Chemical and Petrochemical Industry Ammar Al Khani, Espoo, Finland Diganta Bhusan Das, Loughborough University, Loughborough, United Kingdom Eugenio Ferreira, Universidade do Minho, Braga Portugal Mohammad Al-Nawafleh, Tafila Applied University College, Al-Balqa' Applied University, Tafila, Jordan Cornel Resteanu, Research Institute of Informatics, Bucharest, Romania M R Riazi, Kuwait University, Safat, Kuwait Multimedia; Virtual Reality Systems and Knowledge Virtualization Christos Bouras, University of Patras, Rion, Patras, Greece Zhisheng Huang, Vrije University Amsterdam, The Netherlands Peter Kvasnica, Alexander Dubcek University of Trencin, Trencin, Slovak Republic Marco Roccetti, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy Decision Processing in Management and Knowledge Data Systems Hadhoum Boukachour, Le Havre University, Le Havre, France Naoufel Cheikhrouhou, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland Joel Colloc, Le Havre University, Le Havre, France Jeanne Schreurs, Universiteit Hasselt, Diepenbeek, Belgium Christine Sybord, Lyon 2 Lumiere University, Lyon, France Behrouz Zarei, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran Image/Speech Processing Marwan Al-Akaidi, AOu, Kuwait Wireless/Mobile Communications Marwan Al-Akaidi, AOu, Kuwait Modelling and Simulation in Biomedical Systems and Biotechnology Manuel Alfonseca, Escuela Politecnica Superior, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain Igor Kvasnica, Regional Department for Environmental Issues of Trencin, Trencin, Slovak Republic Tomislav Pribanic, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia Modelling and Simulation for Industrial Applications and Systems Luis Felipe Acebes Arconada, Universidad de Valladolid, Valladolid, Spain Pascal Berruet, Universite Bretagne Sud, Lorient cedex, France A. Chatzinikolaou, Bosch Rexroth SA, Athens, Greece Olaf Diegel, Massey University, Albany Campus, North Shore Mail Centre, Auckland, New Zealand Sergej Kalaschnikow, VA TECH ELIN EBG Elektronik GmbH & Co, Vienna, Austria Markus Koch, C-LAB, Paderborn, Germany Habtom Mebrahtu, Anglia Polytechnica University, Chelmsford, United Kingdom Pascal Meyer, Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany Lars Moench, TU Ilmenau, Ilmenau, Germany Carlos E. Pereira, Universidad Federal do Rio Grande Do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil Caterina Rizzi, Universita degli Studi di Bergama, Dalmine, Italy Amir Shirkhodaie, Tennessee State University, Nashville, USA Hans Veeke, TU Delft, Delft, The Netherlands Ramiro Velazquez, Universite Paris 6 - CNRS, Fontenay aux Roses, France Joao de Silva Wellington, UFPE, Recife, Brazil Simulation in Logistics, Traffic, Transport and Harbour Simulation Isabel Garcia Gutierrez, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Leganes, Madrid, Spain Daniel Krajzewicz, GermanAerospace Centre, Berlin, Germany Herve Manier, Universite de Technologie de Belfort-Montbeliard (UTBM), Belfort Cedex, France Web Based Information Simulation Nouhad Amaneddine, AOU, Beirut, Lebanon Jorge Marx Gomez, Otto-von-Guericke-Universitaet Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany Alfonso Urquia, UNED, Madrid, Spain Simulation in Information Processing and Software Development Ismail Bouassida Rodriguez, LAAS-CNRS, Toulouse Cedex 04, France Jean-Claude Hochon, GFI Consulting, Toulouse, France Peter Lawrence, Deakin University, Bentleigh, Australia Azeddien Sllame, Tripoli University, Libya Computational Cognition and Distance Learning Jeanne Schreurs, Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, belgium Intelligent Agent Based Simulation TBA Evolutionary Computation, Simulation in Fuzzy Systems, Neural Networks and Genetic Algorithms Track Chair: Kifaya Qaddoum, Amman, Jordan Chrissanthi Angeli, Technological Education Institute of Piraeus, Athens, Greece Marie-Ange Manier, Universite de Technologie de Belfort-Montbeliard (UTBM), Belfort Cedex, France Viorel Nicolau, University of Galati, Galati, Romania Simulation in the Built Environment Bernadette O'Regan, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland Agustin Yague, Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, Madrid, Spain Simulation in Defense Philippe Geril, ETI Bvba, Ostend, Belgium Simulation in Archaeology Jean Yves Blaise, UMR CNRS/MCC 694 MAP, Marseille, France Anders Hast, University of Gavle, Gavle, Sweden Wolfgang Kreutzer, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand Marcos A Rodrigues, Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield , United Kingdom Simulation Projects in the Arab World Saleh Al-Jufout, Tafila Technical University, Tafila, Jordan Mohamed-Aly O.Louly, University of Technology, Troyes, France Regards Philippe - Philippe Geril EUROSIS -ETI European Simulation Office Greenbridge Science Park Ghent University - Ostend Campus Wetenschapspark 1 Plassendale 1 B-8400 Ostend Belgium Tel: OO32.59.255.330 Fax: OO32.59.255339 E-mail: [log in to unmask] E-mail: [log in to unmask] URL: http://www.eurosis.org