[agents] ACM SAC 2010 - Special Track on Advances in Computer Simulation (SIM)

[Giuseppe Vizzari]

ACM SAC 2010 - CALL FOR PAPERS
Track: Advances in Computer Simulation (SIM)
(http://www.lintar.disco.unimib.it/SIM2010/ - web site under  
construction)

The 25th Annual ACM Symposium on Applied Computing (SIGAPP)
21 – 26 March 2010, Sierre, Switzerland
http://www.acm.org/conferences/sac/sac2010/


Chairs:
Fabien Michel (fmichel [ at > lirmm.f)
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. Moreover, simulation  
projects are often intrinsically an interdisciplinar effort; this  
leads to potential issues and calls for specific methodological  
considerations.

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
     * Interdisciplinarity in simulation projects: issues, impact and  
opportunities
     * 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

     * Sep. 8, 2009: Paper submissions
     * Oct. 19, 2009: Author notification
     * Nov.  2, 2009: 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/sac2010/ 
).

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 2010 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  - Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul -  
Brazil
     * Paul Davidsson - Blekinge Institute of Technology - Sweden
     * Giovanna Di Marzo Seruguendo - University of London - UK
     * Alexis Drogoul - IRD - France
     * Jan Dijkstra - Eindhoven University of Technology - Netherlands
     * Giorgio Fagiolo - Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies - Italy
     * Jacques Ferber - Université Montpellier II, CNRS - France
     * Salima Hassas - Université Claude Bernard-Lyon - France
     * Alexander Helleboogh - Katholieke Universiteit Leuven - Belgium
     * David Hill - ISIMA/LIMOS CNRS - France
     * Xiaolin Hu - Georgia State University - USA
     * Franziska Klügl - University of Würzburg - Germany
     * Akira Namatame - National Defense Academy of Japan - Japan
     * H. Van Dyke Parunak - NewVectors - USA
     * Andreas Pyka - University of Stuttgart-Hohenheim - Germany
     * Rosaldo Rossetti - University of Porto - Portugal
     * Andreas Schadschneider -  University of Cologne - Germany
     * Jaime Simão Sichman - University of São Paulo - Brazil
     * 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