SCSC'11 Call for Papers

Modeling and Simulation of Dynamic Structure Systems
Workshop/Paper Track at the Summer Computer Simulation Conference 2011

http://www.msc-les.org/conf/summersim2011/scsc2011/index_file/MSDynamicStructureSystems.htm
Chairs
Fernando Barros, University of Coimbra, Portugal;
Gabriel Wainer, Carleton University, Canada
Track Description
Many systems are better represented by models with a dynamic structure/topology. Changes in system structure involve the modification of components' interactions and the addition/removal of components.
Examples of structure variant systems include adaptive computer architectures, self-configuring sensor networks and biological systems. The ability to mimic changes in system structure into model topology provides a powerful construct to obtain simpler descriptions of reality, enabling the representation of very complex systems.
We solicit original, previously unpublished papers offering new contributions in the following (non-exhaustive) list of topics:
Methodology
· Discrete event, synchronous and hybrid dynamic structure M&S formalisms
· Verification & validation of dynamic structure models
Applications
· Reconfigurable computer architectures
· Biological systems
· Self-adaptive systems
· Self-configuring sensor networks
· Random networks
· Adaptive software topologies
· Adaptive algorithms
· Manufacturing systems
· Mobile agents
· Dynamic structure cellular automata
International Program Committee
Norbert Giambiasi, LSIS, France
Zhi Han, The MathWorks, USA
David Hill, Blaise Pascal University, France
Jan Himmelspach, University of Rostock, Germany
Xiaolin Hu, Georgia State University, USA
Thorsten Pawletta, Wismar University of Applied Sciences, Germany
John Plaice, University of New South Wales, Australia
Hessam Sarjoughian, Arizona State University, USA
Hans Vangheluwe, University of Antwerp, Belgium and McGill University, Canada
Alexander Verbraeck, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands
SPONSORED BY
The Society for Modeling and Simulation International
Key Dates
Special session proposals - January 31, 2011
Submission of papers  (and tutorials proposals) - February 15, 2011
Notification of Acceptance - April 15, 2011
Final Submission - May 15, 2011