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SCS Simulation News - June, 2002 - Volume 3, Issue 6

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SCS Simulation News
June, 2002 - Volume 3, Issue 6
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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)

   The third meeting of the Simulation Council took place at the North
   American Aviation Downey plant in California on February 18, 1953.
   The technical topic of the meeting was analog multiplication.
   McLeod reports, (February 1953 Newsletter) on the presentations and
   discussion directed at attacking the problem of getting good results
   from the multiplier devices available.  The problems that need
   addressing include accuracy, drift, frequency response, phase shift,
   cost, etc.  Various electro-mechanical and electronic techniques
   were being used but none were completely satisfactory, which explains
   the interest in the subject and the work being directed toward a
   solution by both producers and users. The most prevalent devices
   were servo driven potentiometers (mechanical and slow but stable)
   and time division multiplication (electronic and fast but less
stable).
   At the meeting there was discussion on the technique of
multiplication
   by the electronic addition of logarithms (anyone still have their
   slide rule?). Dick Baun said, "Goodyear Aircraft tried this method
   two or three years back and found it very poor. They made their own
   logarithmic converters from diode networks, and found that the basic
   instability was such as to render the system useless." He said
further
   that they had discontinued this approach completely and gone to
   electronic time division multiplication in their GEDA (Goodyear
   Electronic Differential Analyzer).  Note that by the early to mid
1960?s
   the analog quarter-square multiplier had replaced the time division
   multiplier, along with most others for that matter. The
quarter-square
   technique worked very well and also used diode-generated functions to
   electronically square and combine the x and y input voltages into
their
   product at the output.

   The major outcome of this meeting however, was the recognition and
   formulation of the Simulation Council?s first "project," which was
   one of starting to establish standards for how to quantify and
   evaluate the performance of analog multipliers.  As McLeod put it,
   "... if the Simulation Council could possibly standardize performance
   specifications and conditions of testing, it would perform a real
   service for the researcher, the manufacturer, and the user."

   If you would like to read more about this meeting, the February
   Newsletter is online at
   http://www4.ncsu.edu/~cwm/sc-newsletters/1953/SCN-Feb53.pdf ,
   and the whole Newsletter archive is available at
   http://www4.ncsu.edu/~cwm/sc-newsletters/
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2.  News and developments in modeling and simulation

* Results of the 2002-2004 SCS Board of Directors Election:

   The results of the SCS elections for 2002-2004 Board of Directors are
   posted below.

   President:
     Bernard Zeigler, University of Arizona, USA

   Senior Vice President:
     Francois Cellier, University of Arizona, USA

   International Director:
     Stanislaw Raczynski, Panamerican University in Mexico City, Mexico

   Directors at Large:
     Osman Balci, Virginia Tech, USA
     Richard Fulimoto, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA
     Tuncer Oren, University of Ottowa, Canada
     Ernest Page, The MITRE Corporation, USA
     Chell Roberts, Arizona State University, USA
     Jeffrey Wallace, ENVOY Technologies, USA

   Regional Council Directors:
   Eastern Region (USA):
     Taieb Znati, University of Pittsburgh
   Midwestern Region (USA):
     TBD (Tie)
   Western Region (USA):
     Joe Celano, Belfaro Technology Group
   SouthEastern Region (USA):
     Eyler (Bob) Coates, University of Southern Mississippi
   SouthWestern Region (USA):
     Charles Shub, The University of Colorado at Colorado Springs
   Chinese Region:
     Bo Hu Li, Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics
   European Region:
     Alexander Verbraeck, Delft University of Technology, The
Netherlands
   Pacific Rim Region:
     Myong-Hee Kim, Ehwa Women's University, Korea
   Technoical Council on Theory & Methodology:
     Helena Sczerbicka, University of Hannover, Germany
   Technical Council on Tools & Technology:
     Herwig Unger, University of Rostock, Germany
   Technical Council on Education, Training & the Profession:
     Hessam Sarjoughian, Arizona State University, USA
   Technical Council on Science & Engineering:
     Scott Halverson, AmerenUE, USA
   Technical Council on Applications in Social Sciences:
     James G.Anderson, University of Purdue, USA
   Technical Council on Applications in Management, Planning &
Forecasting:
     Agostino Bruzzone, University of Genoa, Italy

   This newly elected board officially takes office on July 18, 2002.

* Carl Malstrom has compiled an electronic archive of early Simulation
   Council Newsletters.  It is available at
   http://www4.ncsu.edu/~cwm/sc-newsletters/ .  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.

* The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Materials and Manufacturing
   Directorate and the National Science Foundation (NSF) co-sponsored a
   workshop on ?Modeling & Simulation for Affordable Manufacturing.?
   The workshop was organized by Integrated Manufacturing Technology
   Initiative, Inc. (IMTI) and held May 20-23 at Lake Buena Vista, FL.
   The goal was to define and document a common vision for development
   and application of modeling and simulation (M&S) tools for radical
   reform of the manufacturing phase of the product acquisition cycle.
   The workshop brought together 60 participants from industry,
   government, and academia to develop a plan to achieve the vision,
   and to incorporate this input into a technology roadmap.

   The technology roadmap resulting from the workshop will define the
   current state of M&S application in this area, a vision for the
   future, and a migration strategy to realize this vision.  For more
   information contact IMTI on their web site, http://www.imti21.org

* A pioneering effort is under way by The Modeling and Simulation
   Professional Certification Commission to develop standards and
processes
   for professional certification in M & S.  For information, visit
   http://www.simprofessional.org/index.html

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

   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.

   Updated Information on the SCSC and SPECTS technical program and
SCS's
   50th anniversary celebration is posted online at:
   http://www.scs.org/confernc/scsc02/SCSC02prelim.pdf

* There will be an SCS "Old Timers" event held in conjunction with the
SCSC
   in July.  The Sunday event starts at 1:00 p.m.  If you are planning
to
   attend the Old Timers event an E-Mail to Mitch Sisle at
   mailto:Mitchsisle1@aol.com

* Four winners have been selected for the fourth annual Department
   of Defense (DoD)-sponsored Modeling and Simulation (M&S) Awards.
   The awards were to be presented this month during the 11th annual
   Executive Forum on M&S; however, the forum was postponed.
   The winner listing is available on the DMSO Web site at

https://www.dmso.mil/public//community/awards/2001winners

* 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

* VIth Conference on Computer Simulation and Industry Applications
   Tijuana,B.C., México
   February 19-21, 2003
   mailto:carlosriosj@hotmail.com
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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.
   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
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