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SCS_Simulation_News] SCS Simulation News - September, 2001 - Volume 2, Issue 9

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SCS Simulation News
September, 2001 - Volume 2, Issue 9
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Welcome to this month's SCS Simulation News.  This electronic
newsletter is published monthly and sent to your email address.

Our purpose is to keep SCS members and others in the modeling and
simulation communities up to date on the activities of the Society for
Modeling and Simulation International.  Please forward this newsletter
to friends, peers and colleagues with interests in modeling and
simulation.

Please send comments and suggestions to the newsletter editor,
Bob Lipset--mailto:Newsletter.Editor@scs.org
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Newsletter Contents

1.  News and developments in modeling and simulation
2.  Upcoming conferences
3.  Publications
4.  About SCS
5.  Membership in SCS
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1.  News and developments in modeling and simulation

* Some timely comments from John McLeod:

   IF ONLY IT WERE A SIMULATION ...

   I wonder how many readers of SIMULATION have noticed that for years,
   under that title on the cover of the journal, have been the words
   "for Understanding".

   Since publication of LIMITS TO GROWTH in 1972, a few of us in
   SCS, and others, have tried to promote "Peace Gaming" as a means of
   understanding, among other things, the relationships of "have" to
   "have-not" peoples.  But we were unable to muster the interest or
   the means for such an undertaking.

   Now I do not mean to imply that, had we been successful, we could
   have prevented, or even predicted, the recent terrorist attacks.
   But I do believe that we could have understood the tensions that
   led to the attacks, and now be better prepared for the future.

   John McLeod, P.E.

* Dr. Robert P. Judd was awarded the Distinguished Service Award by
   the Society for Modeling and Simulation.  The award recognized Dr.
   Judd's significant contributions to SCS over a period of more than
   ten years.  He has held numerous offices in the Society, including
   Vice-President for Publications.  Congratulations, Bob!
   mailto:juddrp@bobcat.ent.ohiou.edu

* Recently published:  "Discrete Event Modeling and Simulation
   Technologies:  A Tapestry of Systems and AI-Based Theories and
   Methodologies," edited by H. S. Sarjoughian and F. E. Cellier,
   published by Springer-Verlag.
   http://www.springer.de/cgi-bin/search_book.pl?isbn=0-387-95065-6

* The 2001 Huntsville Simulation Conference will be held on October 3-4,
   2001, in Huntsville, Alabama.  Invited speakers will include Dr.
   Richard Fujimoto of Georgia Tech and Dr. Richard Amos of the U.S.
   Army Aviation and Missile Command.  U.S. Professional Engineers
   are able to earn Continuing Education Units for attendance.
   http://www.scs.org/confernc/hsc01/HSC_2001.html

* Navy Captain Michael G. Lilienthal has assumed the directorship of the
   Defense Modeling and Simulation Office, replacing Army Colonel Wm.
   Forrest Crain, who has retired.
   http://www.dmso.mil/

* The nomination period for the 2001 Department of Defense Modeling
   and Simulation (M&S) Awards will open on Oct. 1 and will close on
   Dec. 7.  Awards will be presented during the 11th annual Executive
   Forum on M&S in June.
   http://www.dmso.mil/

* The 2002 AI, Simulation and Planning in High Autonomy Systems will
   be held on April 7-10, 2002 in Lisbon, Portugal. See their website at
   http://ais2002.dei.uc.pt

* The 2002 American Control Conference will be held at the William A.
   Egan Civic and Convention Center in Anchorage, Alaska, USA, on
   May 8-10, 2002.  The ACC is an annual, 3-day event, presenting
   about 800 papers, with over 1200 participants.  This premier
   conference focuses on advances in the theory and practice
   associated with automatic control.
   http://www.ent.ohiou.edu/~acc2002/
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2.  Upcoming conferences

* Huntsville Simulation Conference (HSC 2001)
   October 3 - 4, 2001
   Huntsville, Alabama
   http://www.scs.org/confernc/hsc01/HSC_2001.html

* Seoul International Simulation Conference (SeoulSim 2001)
   October 8 - 10, 2001
   KAIST (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology)
   Seoul, Korea
   http://www.SeoulSim.org

* 2001 Winter Simulation Conference
   December 9 - 12, 2001
   Arlington, Virginia
   http://www.wintersim.org

* 2002 Western Multiconference (WMC 2002)
   January 27 - 31, 2002
   San Antonio, Texas
   http://www.scs.org/confernc/wmc02/wmc2002cfp-gen.html

* 2002 AI, Simulation and Planning in High Autonomy Systems (AIS'2002)
   April 7 - 10, 2002
   Lisbon, Portugal
   http://ais2002.dei.uc.pt

* 2002 Advanced Simulation Technology Conference (ASTC '02)
   April 14 - 18, 2002
   San Diego, California
   http://www.scs.org/confernc/astc02/cfp/astc2002cfp-gen.html

* 2002 American Control Conference (ACC 2002)
   May 8 - 10, 2002
   Anchorage, Alaska
   http://www.ent.ohiou.edu/~acc2002/
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3.  Publications

Watch this area over the next few months for more information about
the roll-out of these new SCS publications:

* Modeling and Simulation Magazine.  The second issue has been
published.
   View it online at http://www.modelingandsimulation.org/
* SIMULATION: Transactions of The Society for Modeling and
   Simulation, International.  This new monthly publication will unify
   the society's research efforts, beginning in January 2002.
* Our web vault is at http://scs.affinitycity.com  Check it out.
   It will store our growing collection of journal and proceedings
   articles.
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4.  About SCS

* The Society for Modeling and Simulation International is a
   professional society dedicated to the advancement of
   modeling and simulation in all fields.  Read our mission statement
   at http://www.scs.org/mission/missioninfo.html
* Learn more about the SCS organization at
   http://www.scs.org/org/orginfonew.html
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5.  Membership in SCS

* Membership in SCS is open to a wide range of professionals.
   For more information, including an online application, visit
   http://www.scs.org/membrshp/membinfo.html
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This message is forwarded to members of the COSC/Management/Maths 
research group on stochastic simulation at the University of 
Canterbury, Christchurch, New zealand,
and anybody else interested in research in this area

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		Associate Prof. Dr Krzysztof Pawlikowski

	Department of Computer Science,  University of Canterbury
 			Christchurch, New Zealand
		
ph.  +(64) 3 3642 987 ext.7772  email:   krys@cosc.canterbury.ac.nz 
fax. +(64) 3 3642 569      URL:     http://www.cosc.canterbury.ac.nz/~krys

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