<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail-adn gmail-ads" style="border-left:none;padding:0px;display:flex;font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:medium"><div class="gmail-gs" style="margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 20px;width:919.2px"><div class="gmail-"><div id="gmail-:5yv" class="gmail-ii gmail-gt" style="font-size:0.875rem;direction:ltr;margin:8px 0px 0px;padding:0px"><div id="gmail-:5z0" class="gmail-a3s gmail-aXjCH" style="overflow:hidden;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:small;line-height:1.5;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><span id="gmail-m_3900966066034384876gmail-docs-internal-guid-998e44fe-7fff-4625-51e6-cbede6303d57"><font face="monospace"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.44;margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:6pt">(Apologies for cross-posts) </p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.44;margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:6pt"> <br></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.44;margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:6pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);white-space:pre-wrap">The 2020 Summer Simulation Conference (SummerSim’20), July 20-22, 2020, </span><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.44;margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:6pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Complutense University Madrid, Spain</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.44;margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:6pt"><a href="https://scs.org/summersim/" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">https://scs.org/summersim/</span></a></p><div><br></div><div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.44;margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:6pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Contributions related to all aspects of modeling and simulation are cordially invited to the SummerSim 2020, in Madrid, Spain, 20-22 July 2020.</span></p></div><div><br></div><div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.44;margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:6pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Impor</span>tant dates:<br>Workshop Proposals: January 10, 2020<br>Workshop Notifications: May 28, 2020<br>Tutorial Proposals: March 4, 2020<br>Paper Submission: March 4, 2020<br>Author Notification: May 6, 2020<br>Camera-Ready: May 27, 2020<br><br>Summe<span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);white-space:pre-wrap">rSim is a premier annual international conference by The Society for Modeling and Simulation International (SCS). SummerSim’20 focuses on modeling and simulation, tools, theory, methodologies and applications and provides a forum for the latest R&D results in academia and industry. The conference invites original contributions to the theory and practice of modeling and simulation in any scientific or engineering discipline. The conference includes keynote speeches presented by technology and industry leaders, technical sessions, professional development tutorials, as well as vendor exhibits. This year’s theme is “Modeling and Simulation for Smart and Connected World”. Scientists, engineers, managers, educators, and business professionals who develop or use M&S methodologies and tools are invited to contribute with papers, tutorials and workshops and experience this edifying event. </span></p></div><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.44;margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:6pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">SummerSim invites original contributions to the theory and practice of modeling and simulation in scientific or engineering disciplines including but not limited to:</span></p><ul style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.44;margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-vari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ir="ltr" style="line-height:1.44;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Modeling and Simulation as a Service</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.44;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Cloud-based and High-Performance Simulation Environments</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.44;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Simulation for Cybersecurity and Cyber-Physical Systems</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.44;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:6pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Modeling and Simulation for Effectiveness Evaluation</span></p></li></ul><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.44;margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:6pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Authors of accepted papers are expected to attend the conference, present their work to their peers. The technical proceedings of SCS will be listed in the ACM and IEEE digital libraries and indexed in DBLP and SCOPUS.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.44;margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:6pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Submission of the following types of contributions and/or proposals are also welcome:  </span></p><ul style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.44;margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline">workshops  </span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.44;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline">tutorials (max 2 hours)  </span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.44;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:6pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Live demonstrations to be given during the conference</span></p></li></ul><h4 dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.44;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Organization Committee:</span></h4><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.44;margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:6pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Honorary Chairs: Jose Luis Risco Martin, Complutense University of Madrid, Spain, and Hans Vangheluwe, University of Antwerp, Belgium</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.44;margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:6pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">General Chair: Joachim Denil, University of Antwerp, Belgium</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.44;margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:6pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-v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