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CFP: EURO-SWIG: 2001 European Simulation Interoperability Workshop, University of Westminster, Harrow, Middlesex, UK , June 25 - 27, 2001





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Subject: EURO-SWIG
Date: Fri, 06 Oct 2000 20:42:23 +0200 (BDT)
From: scs@hobbes.rug.ac.be (SCS)
Reply-To: Philippe.Geril@rug.ac.be
To: krys@cosc.canterbury.ac.nz

CALL FOR PAPERS AND PRESENTATIONS

        2001 European Simulation Interoperability Workshop
                      Sponsored by the
       Simulation Interoperability Standards Organization
                     in cooperation with
         The Society for Computer Simulation - Europe
    International Training Equipment Conference (ITEC, Ltd.)

           University of Westminster, Harrow Campus
                    Harrow, Middlesex, UK
                      June 25 - 27, 2001

You are invited to participate in SISO's First European Simulation
Interoperability Workshop (SIW), held in cooperation with SCS-Europe
and ITEC, Ltd.  Also participating in the Workshop is the Simulation
in Europe Working Group (SiE-WG), an ESPRIT Information Technology
Basic Research Working Group formerly sponsored by the European Union.
This Working Group brings together industries, academia and end-users
involved in the development as well as the use of modeling and
simulation.

This workshop will include a wide range of modeling and simulation
(M&S) issues, applications, and communities.  The Workshop will include
multiple tracks and special sessions addressing simulation
interoperability issues and proposed solutions; tutorials on
state-of-the-art methodologies, tools, and techniques; and exhibits
presenting the latest technological advances.

Additional information about this Workshop is posted at the SISO web
site.  This information will be updated as further details become
available.  See

        http://www.sisostds.org/siw/01Euro/index.htm


SITE AND ACCOMMODATIONS.  The Workshop will be held at the University
of Westminster, Harrow Campus (just north of London).  Basic site
information is available via a link at the SISO web site:

         http://www.sisostds.org/siw/01Euro/index.htm

Low-cost accommodations may be reserved as part of the registration
process through February, 2001.  Single student rooms are available,
with en-suite shower and toilet, plus an unlimited direct internet
connection, cable TV, and telephone, all for approximately $50 per
night!  A small number of double rooms are available.  A list of
inexpensive nearby hotels is provided in the article for those who
may wish to bring their spouses.  No children are permitted in the
student housing area.

The registration package includes breakfast, lunch, coffee and tea
breaks for Monday through Wednesday, plus a catered reception on
Monday evening.  Tuesday evening will be left free for those who
would like to try one of the twenty restaurants within a ten-minute
walk of the campus, or to travel into London via Underground
(15 minutes to Baker St. Station).  The cost (excluding lodging) is
expected to be $450, with a discount for early registration.


REGISTRATION.  Registration details will be posted on the SISO
web site as soon as arrangements are finalized.  Registration will be
handled via the IEEE Conference Management Services web site,
similar to the way registration is handled for the Orlando SIWs.
International credit card payments will be accepted.  We are planning
to begin accepting reservations on the first of January.


TUTORIALS.  Tutorials will be presented on Monday morning, and perhaps
repeated in additional sessions, on topics such as

  * An Introduction to the High-Level Architecture for M&S (HLA)
  * Adapting Existing Simulations to Use HLA
  * Designing Simulations for Use in Multiple Federations
  * The Synthetic Environment Data Representation and Interchange
    Specification (SEDRIS), including proposed SISO and ISO
    standards.

PROGRAM COMMITTEE

 Dr. Duncan C. Miller <dmiller@ll.mit.edu>      USA
 Mick Ryan <mick_ryan@msn.com>                  UK
 Philippe Geril <Philippe.Geril@rug.ac.be>      BELGIUM
 Dr. Paul Birkel <pbirkel@mitre.org>            USA
 Dr. Kevin R. Caskey <K.R.Caskey@tm.tue.nl>     NETHERLANDS
 Dr. Eberhard Bluemel <bluemel@iff.fhg.de>      GERMANY
 Dr.Uwe.Dompke@t-online.de                      GERMANY
 Dr. Esko Juuso <esko.juuso@oulu.fi>            FINLAND
 Prof. Dr. Eugene Kerckhoffs                    NETHERLANDS
     <e.j.h.kerckhoffs@cs.tudelft.nl>
 Prof. Dr. Robert A. Meersman                   BELGIUM
     <meersman@vub.ac.be>
 Juan Miró <jmiro@estec.esa.nl>                 NETHERLANDS
 Dr. Katherine L. Morse                         USA
     <katherine.l.morse@saic.com>
 Tom Mullins <thm33@naic.wpafb.af.mil>          USA
 Kimberly Neff <kimberly_neff@yahoo.com>        USA
 Mike Niven <mniven@taz.dera.gov.uk>            UK
 John Shockley <John_Shockley@qm.sri.com>       USA
 Graham Shanks <graham.shanks@gecm.com>         SCOTLAND
 Dan Schiavone <dschiavone@ball.com>            USA
 Rick Severinghaus <severinghaus_rick@bah.com>  USA
 Susan Solick <solicks@trac.army.mil>           USA
 Dr. Martin R. Stytz <mstytz@worldnet.att.net>  USA
 Chris Wertman <wertman_chris@bah.com>          USA


TECHNICAL EXHIBIT INFORMATION.  A limited number of spaces for
technical/product displays will be available at the Workshop.
If your organization is interested in being an exhibitor, contact

  Lorna Katon, ITEC
  51 Market Place
  Warminster, Wiltshire BA12 9AZ
  UK
  Tel:  01985 846181   Int'l: +44 1985 846181
  Fax:  01985 846163   Int'l: +44 1985 846163
  Email:  lorna@andrich.com


ABSTRACT SUBMISSION INFORMATION.  The Workshop invites papers and
presentations relating to distributed simulation applications and
technologies, interoperability issues and special topics, as
summarized below.  Abstracts will be reviewed and selected for
consideration by the Program Committee.  An "Author's Guide"
will be posted soon at http://www.sisostds.org/siw/01Euro/index.htm


KEY DATES.  For planning purposes, the expected paper deadlines are

  Abstracts due electronically        15 Dec 2000
  Papers due electronically            1 Mar 2001
  Papers due in camera-ready form      1 May 2001
  2001 Euro-SIW opens                 25 Jun 2001


CALL FOR PAPERS INFORMATION

The co-sponsors invite submission of papers and presentations in each
of the areas listed below.  Generally, papers and presentations are
considered under two main categories:

* User Forums, which examine and promote topics of interest
  related to the use, adequacy of available simulation
  capabilities and new capabilities needed by M&S users

* Specialty Area Forums, which examine and promote current and
  emerging simulation processes and technology.

The track organization of the 2001 European SIW will depend on the
nature and content of the specific submissions received.


USER FORUMS

User Community Forums include

Analysis

 Interoperability issues and uses of distributed models and
 simulations for analysis.

Research, Development, and Engineering

 Interoperability issues and uses of distributed models and
 simulations for Research, Development and Engineering.

Test and Evaluation

 Uses of advanced distributed simulation (ADS) in test and
 evaluation (T&E), including the incorporation of live entities with
 virtual and constructive simulations, and with linking historically
 standalone T&E facilities into distributed simulations.

Team Training

 Use of simulations that provide individual, sub-team, and team
 training to system operators, team leaders, tactical decision makers,
 and other hands-on users, including applications of both live and
 virtual simulation in training.

Staff-Level Training

 Issues of simulation in training higher echelon military staffs or
 their civilian equivalents.

Simulation Based Acquisition (SBA)

 Integration and reuse of distributed models and simulations for
 systems acquisition, which may span any or all of the areas above.


SPECIALTY AREA FORUMS

Specialty Area Forums include

Run-Time Infrastructure and Communications

 HLA Runtime Infrastructures (RTIs) and suggestions for related
 standards or standard products.

Live Interaction

 The interaction of real-world entities (people, vehicles, etc.)
 in interoperable simulations and with interoperability standards.

Simulated Natural Environment

 Multi-domain use and reuse of digital representations of the natural
 environment, including land, oceanic, atmospheric, and space data.

Sensor Modeling and Simulation

 Simulation of environmental effects on sensor systems, issues
pertaining
 to the simulation of sensor systems, and the incorporation of sensor
 system simulations into other simulations.

Federation Development Process

 Focuses on the process of federation development and execution, on
 sharing of practical federation development experiences, and on the
 long-term evolution of a generalized Federation Development
 Process (FEDEP) for HLA federations.

Exercise Management

 Tools for automating various aspects of the Federation Development
 Process, including exercise planning, initialization, monitoring,
 runtime controls, data collection and analysis, visualization, and
 after-action review.

Verification, Validation & Accreditation

 Methodologies, procedures, and associated techniques for establishing
 the credibility of federations.

Command, Control, Communications, Computers, and Intelligence (C4I)

 Interoperability of simulations that represent systems and
 activities in the following areas:
 * Command and control (C2)
 * Realistic representation of communications, including disruptions
 * Interfaces between live C4I systems and simulations

Information Operations - Intelligence, Surveillance and
Reconnaissance

 Interoperability of simulations that represent systems and activities
 in Information Operations and Intelligence collection, processing,
 and dissemination.

Federation Implementation

 Implementation-level details and "lessons learned" in developing
 useful federations, including the efficiency and effectiveness of
 federation performance.

Vehicle/Weapon System Modeling

  Development and reuse of weapon/vehicle system simulations, including
  space, air, ground, and sea environments.

Human Decision-Making and Behavior Representation

 Issues that influence the representation of humans in models and
 simulations, ranging from providing appropriate interfaces to live
 humans so that they may act as entities in simulations to automating
 human decision-making processes.

Logistics

 Supply chain logistics, logistics business practices, and
 the representation of logistics systems at the national, strategic,
 operational, and tactical military levels, as well as appropriate
 aspects of coalition partner, host nation, civilian, and commercial
 logistics.