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SCS Simulation News - May, 2002 - Volume 3, Issue 5

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SCS Simulation News
May, 2002 - Volume 3, Issue 5
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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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1952-2002
CELEBRATING 50 YEARS OF SIMULATION - THE SOCIETY'S GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY
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Newsletter Contents

1. Historical Item of the month
2. News and developments in modeling and simulation
3. Upcoming conferences
4. Publications
5. About SCS
6. Membership in SCS
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1. Historical Item of the month (courtesy of Carl Malstrom)

   On January 7, 1953 the National Bureau of Standards' Corona
   Laboratory (in California) held a special Symposium on Analog
   Computation, which was attended by John and Suzette McLeod and
   reported on in the Third issue of the Simulation Council Newsletter,
   dated January 1953.  At the meeting, there were several technical
   topics presented, discussed and interestingly captured by John in the
   newsletter.  He also commented about being late for the meeting as a
   result of having to get across Los Angeles in the morning traffic.
   He admits to a tactical error in selecting the departure time but,
   I wonder how that trip from Camarillo to Corona during morning rush
   hours would compare to today?  A particularly insightful comment was
   made by John in a footnote when reporting on a presentation about
   Comparative Evaluation of Function Generator Methods made by Don
Leggett.
   Don commented on the competition he was seeing in his lab between
analog
   and digital computing techniques, to which John commented: "It is my
   personal opinion that, because both analog and digital techniques
have
   particular advantages, the ideal simulation equipment can evolve only
   with cooperation of the two schools of thought."  This illustrates
the
   remarkable JMV (John McLeod Vision) of what was coming in simulation.
   I would remind you that this was 1953, and at least 12 years before
we
   had operational hybrid computer systems in the major simulation
   facilities around the country.

   If you would like to peruse these early Simulation Council
Newsletters
   for yourself, they are available (temporarily) in my web space at
   http://www4.ncsu.edu/~cwm/sc-newsletters/ .  These will eventually
become
   a part of the Society archive on the SCS web site.  These newsletters
   span a time frame from November 1952 to December 1963, at which time
the
   McLeods and the Society transitioned the newsletters to a
full-fledged
   monthly technical journal called Simulation.  I have scanned all
these
   newsletters and placed them in PDF files, one for each monthly
edition,
   which you can access at the above URL.

   This archive of newsletters will also be included on the CD of
   electronic proceedings distributed at the upcoming 2002 Summer
   Computer Simulation Conference, July 14-18 at the US Grant Hotel in
   San Diego.  This is to be our premiere golden anniversary event with
   exhibits and special functions to recall and celebrate our Society's
   50 year history, and to look forward to future developments in
   simulation.  Please come and join the celebration.

   To help with the celebration, the 50th Anniversary planning committee
   needs any pictures you may have of SCS people and events in the
1950s,
   1960s, 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s.  If you have these to share, please
   send hard copy or electronic versions (in JPG format) to Steve Branch
   (sbranch@scs.org) at the SCS office.  Sorry, but hard copy pictures
   cannot be returned.
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2.  News and developments in modeling and simulation

* Attention SCS Members:
   If you have not already done so,  please fill out your 2002 SCS
   Board of Dierectors ballot and return to SCS this week.  Please
   note that election ballots need to be postmarked on or before May
   31, 2002 in order to be qualified and included in the 2002
   election results.

* The 2002 Summer Computer Simulation Conference (SCSC'02)
   July 14 - 18, 2002
   San Diego, California

   Sponsored by The Society for Modeling and Simulation International
(SCS)
   - Celebrating our 50th year as the pre-eminent professional
organization
   dedicated to promoting the application and development of
computer-based
   modeling and simulation.

   Come and participate in the excitement surrounding the celebration of
   SCS's Fiftieth Anniversary (1952-2002).  Share in the maturation of
the
   modeling and simulation profession, industry, and marketplace as we
go
   forward into the second half-century of the Society's existence.  The
   2002 Summer Computer Simulation Conference will address the past,
   present, and future of modeling and simulation with a wide-ranging
   technical program that will capture and stimulate the imagination as
we
   celebrate this milestone.

   The Preliminary Program for the 2002 Summer Computer Simulation
Conference,
   including special events celebrating the 50th anniversary celebration
of SCS,
   is now posted online at:
   http://www.scs.org/confernc/scsc02/SCSC02prelim.pdf


* We are always seeking news to publish in this electronic newsletter.
   If you have items or information that you would like to appear here,
   please send them by electronic mail to
   mailto:Newsletter.Editor@scs.org
   Include a web address if possible; I'll include a link to your page.
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3.  Upcoming conferences

* 2002 Summer Computer Simulation Conference (SCSC '02)
   July 14 - 18, 2002
   San Diego, California
   http://www.scs.org/confernc/scsc02/SCSC02prelim.pdf

* 2002 International Symposium on Performance Evaluation
   of Computer and Telecommunication Systems (SPECTS '02)
   July 14 - 18, 2002
   San Diego, California
   http://www.scs.org/confernc/scsc02/SCSC02prelim.pdf

* 2002 International Symposium on Information Systems and Engineering
   July 14 - 18, 2002
   San Diego, California
   http://www.engr.udayton.edu/faculty/wsmari/ISE2002/

* InterSymp 2002 - 14th International Conference on Systems Research,
   Informatics and Cybernetics
   Baden-Baden, Germany
   July 29 - August 3, 2002
   http://www.cadrc.calpoly.edu/frame_text/text_news_intersymp.html

* Huntsville Simulation Conference 2002
   Huntsville, Alabama
   October 9 - 10, 2002
   http://www.ent.ohiou.edu/~lipset/HSCCFP.doc

* Fifth International Conference on System Simulation and Scientific
   Computing (ICSC 2002)
   Shanghai, China
   November 3 - 6, 2002
   mailto:icsc2002@mail.shu.edu.cn

* The 2003 Western MultiConference on Computer Simulation
   Orlando Florida
   January 19-23, 2003
   http://www.scs.org/confernc/wmc/wmc03/WMC03call.pdf

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4.  Publications

* Check out the new look and updated articles of Modeling and Simulation
   Magazine Online at http://www.modelingandsimulation.org

* The two former SCS journals, SIMULATION and TRANSACTIONS have been
   combined to form our new journal, SIMULATION: Transactions of The
   Society for Modeling and Simulation International.  This new journal
   contains both methodological and applications papers.  The January
   2002 issue contains these articles:

   "A Hybrid Modeling and Simulation Methodology for Dynamic Physical
   Systems," Pieter J. Mosterman and Gautam Biswas

   "Modeling and Simulation of Dynamic Structure Heterogeneous Flow
   Systems," Fernando J. Barros

   "Concurrent Evaluation of Web Cache Replacement and Coherence
   Strategies," A.S.Z. Belloum and L. O. Hertzberger

   "Simulating Passive Microwave Radiometer Designs Using SIMULINK,"
   Derek M. Burrage, Mark Goodberlet and Malcolm L. Heron

   http://www.scs.org/pubs/simulation.html

* Our web vault is at http://scs.affinitycity.com  Check it out.
   It stores our growing collection of journal and proceedings
   articles.
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5.  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/orginfo.html
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6.  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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	Department of Computer Science,  University of Canterbury
 			Christchurch, New Zealand
		
ph.  +(64) 3 3642 987 ext.7772  email:   krys@cosc.canterbury.ac.nz 
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