[agents] CFP - SIM @ SAC 2009

[Giuseppe Vizzari]

ACM SAC 2009 - CALL FOR PAPERS
Track: Advances in Computer Simulation (SIM)
(http://www.lintar.disco.unimib.it/SIM09)

The 24th Annual ACM Symposium on Applied Computing (SIGAPP)
March 8 - 12, 2009, Hilton Hawaiian Village Beach Resort & Spa
Waikiki Beach, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
(http://www.acm.org/conferences/sac/sac2009/)

Chairs:
Fabien Michel (fmichel [ at > leri.univ-reims.fr)
Giuseppe Vizzari (viz [at > disco.unimib.it)


Call For Papers

Scope and Aims

Computer simulation approaches have established as fundamental  
conceptual and practical instruments for the analysis of growingly  
complex systems, both for industry and business applications as well  
as in the scientific research context. Computational models and  
simulators are currently employed in the most different application  
areas, ranging from urban modeling and planning to logistics and  
production, from biology to social sciences. Consequently, the adopted  
modeling approaches and methodologies, as well as simulation project  
life-cycles, techniques for the evaluation and interpretation of  
simulation results are often very distant.

This track at ACM SAC aims to provide a forum for the discussion of  
results and relevant research advances on the topic of computer  
simulation, fostering thus interdisciplinary discussion and cross  
fertilization of the involved disciplines and application areas.  It  
is intended to facilitate the dissemination of theoretical advances in  
computer simulation, as well as a vehicle for discussions about  
methodologies, models, tools, in several application domains.

Content and Topics

The track will consider both reports on practical results of computer  
simulation experiences as well as recent research contributions.

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

     * Computational models for simulation (e.g. discrete event  
modeling,
        cellular automata, multi-agent systems, etc.)
     * Modeling and simulation methodologies
     * Simulation project life-cycle
     * Modeling and simulation languages, platforms and tools
     * Tools and methodologies for large-scale simulation
     * Case studies and applications in domains such as: simulation of  
human
        and social dynamics, military applications, industrial  
engineering,
        manufacturing, supply chain management, virtual reality, swarm
        intelligence, ethological/ecological/biological modeling,  
artificial
        life, video games.

Important Dates

     * Aug. 16, 2008: Paper submissions
     * Oct.  11, 2008: Author notification
     * Oct.  25, 2008: Camera-Ready Copy

Submission Guidelines

A paper cannot be submitted to more than one track. Authors are  
invited to submit original papers in any of the areas listed above.  
The author(s) name(s) and address(es) must NOT appear in the body of  
the paper, and self-reference should be in the third person. This is  
to facilitate blind review. Only the title should be shown at the  
first page without the author's information. Submissions must be  
original, unpublished and not currently under review by workshops,  
conferences, or journals. All papers should be submitted online  
through the electronic submission system (http://www.acm.org/conferences/sac/sac2009/ 
).

Authors should pay particular attention to the following guidelines:

     * In order to facilitate blind review, the name(s) and  
address(es) of
        the author(s) must not appear in the body of the paper
     * Papers should not exceed 4000 words

Papers must be formatted according to the template which can be  
downloaded from the SAC 2009 website, and their size should be limited  
to around 4000 words. The total number of pages per paper is five;  
additional pages (maximum three) may be included for an additional  
fee. All accepted papers will be published in the annual conference  
proceedings and will be available at the conference.

Some journals related to simulation as well as agent-based simulation  
and complex systems are being contacted regarding publication of  
extended versions of selected papers as post-proceedings.

Program Committee (preliminary):

     * Ana Bazzan - Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul - Brazil
     * Grégory Beurier - IRD - France
     * Rafael Bordini  - University of Durham - UK
     * Giovanna Di Marzo Seruguendo - University of London - UK
     * Jan Dijkstra - Eindhoven University of Technology - Netherlands
     * Giorgio Fagiolo - Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies - Italy
     * David Hill - ISIMA/LIMOS CNRS - France
     * Xiaolin Hu - Georgia State University - USA
     * Akira Namatame - National Defense Academy of Japan - Japan
     * H. Van Dyke Parunak - NewVectors - USA
     * Andreas Pyka - University of Bremen - Germany
     * Andreas Schadschneider -  University of Cologne - Germany
     * Olivier Simonin - LORIA, Université de Nancy I, Nancy - France
     * Flavio Soares Correa Da Silva - University of São Paulo - Brazil
     * Adelinde Uhrmacher - University of Rostock - Germany
     * Gabriel Wainer - Carleton University - Canada




Dr. Giuseppe Vizzari
Complex Systems and Artificial Intelligence research centre
Department of Informatics, Systems and Communication
University of Milano - Bicocca
U14 Building - Viale Sarca 336
20126 Milan (ITALY)
tel. +39 02 64487865
fax +39 02 64487839
e.mail giuseppe.vizzari at csai.disco.unimib.it