Subject: 7th IEEE DS-RT'2003 - Call for Papers

From: "Mirela Sechi Moretti Annoni Notare" <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 20 May 2003 02:20:27 -0300

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                          Call for Papers
                             DS-RT 2003
             Seventh IEEE* International Symposium on
         Distributed Simulation and Real Time Applications,
                        October 23-25, 2003,
                       Delft, The Netherlands.

                  http://www.cs.unibo.it/ds-rt2003/

  In conjunction with 15th European Simulation Symposium (ESS 2003)
              October 26-29, 2003, Delft, The Netherlands

  Hosted by the Delft University of Technology

  *IEEE Approval Pending

                                SCOPE

  In its seventh year, the 2003 International Symposium on Distributed
  Simulation and Real Time Applications (DS-RT 2003) will take place at
  the Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands, just before
  the European Simulation Symposium (ESS 2003).

  This is an excellent opportunity to participate in two conferences
  covering a wide range of simulation research.

                          SYMPOSIUM OBJECTIVES

  DS-RT 2003 serves as a forum for simulationists from academia, industry
  and research labs, for presenting recent research results in Distributed
  Simulation and Real Time Applications. DS-RT 2003 targets the growing
  overlap between large distributed simulations and real time
  applications. The conference features prominent invited speakers as well
  as papers by top researchers in the field. DS-RT 2003 will include
  contributed technical papers, invited papers, and panel discussions.
  The proceedings will be published by IEEE-CS press.

                            CALL FOR PAPERS

  DS-RT is intended to provide an international forum for the discussion
  and presentation of original ideas, recent results and achievements by
  researchers, students, and systems developers on issues and challenges
  related to distributed simulation and real time applications. Authors
  are encouraged to submit both theoretical and practical results of
  significance. Demonstration of new tools/applications is very desirable.

  The scope of the symposium includes, but is not limited to:

   o- Interactive Virtual Reality, Multi-User Virtual Reality, Interactive
      Simulation in Entertainment;
   o- Algorithms and Studies relating to existing protocols (e.g., HLA,
      DIS);
   o- Implementation issues; (e.g., general purpose distributed simulation);
   o- Algorithms and Methods for Distributed Interactive Simulation
      (e.g.,event synchronization, network time protocols);
   o- Applications of Distributed Simulation
      (e.g., Real Time DS, large distributed simulation systems);
   o- Distributed Models and Simulation for Analysis;
   o- Data Distribution Management and Interest Management;
   o- Multi-resolution modeling;
   o- Current Critical Design Issues (e.g.: causality, simultaneous events,
      zero look-ahead, compensation for slower than real time);
   o- Methodology for Distributed/Parallel Simulation;
   o- Approaches to interoperation of COTS simulation modelling packages;
   o- Interface Definition, Communication, Management, Security;
   o- Performance of Distributed Simulation; (e.g., benchmark, theoretical,
      empirical, and HLA/RTI studies);
   o- Dead-Reckoning Mechanisms;
   o- Visual Interactive Simulation (e.g., generic animation, visual
      interactive modeling, interactive computer based learning);
   o- Animating Language Tools, Visualization Tools for Computational
      Process under Simulation;
   o- Language and Modeling Issues;
   o- Modeling and Simulation Environments for Real Time Concurrent Systems;
   o- Influence of Network-Centric Systems (such as Java, and DCOM) on DIS;
   o- Interoperable Communication Networks;
   o- Network support for distributed simulation and real-time systems
      (QoS requirements and their realization, multicast for distributed/
      real-time simulation systems);
   o- Applications of Web-Based Simulation (e.g. Modeling Global Internet);
   o- Integration of DIS and HLA with Web Technologies.

                                 IMPORTANT DATES

  Submission Deadline: June 1, 2003 (hard copy or electronic paper
submission)

  Notification of Acceptance: July 15, 2003

  Camera Ready version due: August 15, 2003

  Symposium presentation: October 23-25, 2003 in Delft, The Netherlands

  IMPORTANT: ATTENDANCE BY AT LEAST ONE AUTHOR IS MANDATORY

                              SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

  Papers should be written in English and should not exceed 20 pages.
  Papers must be unpublished and must not be submitted for publication
  elsewhere.
  Authors are encouraged to submit papers in electronic form, postscript
  pdf, or Microsoft Word 6.0 (or higher) only. Please submit papers to
  http://sentosa.sas.ntu.edu.sg:8000/~dsrt2003/ by June 1, 2003.

  Questions from authors may be directed to Simon Taylor
  ([email-masked]), or Stephen Turner ([email-masked]).

  Hardcopy papers also may be submitted, in which case four copies are
  required.

  Each submission, electronic or paper, must be accompanied by the
  following information:

          a short abstract
          a complete list of authors and their affiliations
          a contact person for correspondence
          postal and e-mail addresses.

  Please contact the above if you wish to do so.

                     ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

  General Chair

   Stephen J. Turner
   School of Computer Engineering
   Nanyang Technological University
   Nanyang Avenue, Singapore 639798
   Email: [email-masked]
   Phone: +65-6790-4054.
   Fax : +65-6792-6559

  Program Chair

   Simon J. E. Taylor
   Department of Information Systems and Computing
   Brunel University
   Uxbridge, Middx, UB8 3PH
   Email: [email-masked]
   Phone: +44-1895-203389
   Fax: +44-1895-251686

  Publicity Co-Chairs

   Helen Karatza, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
   Mirela M. S. A. Notare, Barddal University, Brazil

  Program Committee

   Lee Belfore, Old Dominion University, USA
   Luciano Bononi, University of Bologna, Italy
   Azzedine Boukerche, University of North Texas, USA
   Alexander Verbraeck, TU Delft
   Don Brutzman, Naval Postgraduate School
   Wentong Cai, Nanyang Technological University
   Judith Dahmann, MITRE Corporation, USA
   Alois Ferscha, Johannes Kepler University at Linz
   Robert Fransechini, SAIC, USA
   Richard Fujimoto, Georgia Institute of Technology
   Katherine Morse, SAIC, USA
   Anand Natrajan, University of Virginia
   Mikel Petty, Old Dominion University
   Mark Pullen, George Mason University
   Paul Reynolds, University of Virginia
   Doug Schmidt, DARPA, and University of California at Irvine
   Roger Smith, Model Benders Corp., USA
   Gary Tan, National University of Singapore
   Simon Taylor, Brunel University, UK
   Stephen Turner, Nanyang Technological University
   Richard Weatherly, MITRE Corp., USA
   Philip Wilsey, University of Cincinnati

  Steering Committee

   Azzedine Boukerche (Chair), University of North Texas
   Sajal K. Das, University of Texas at Arlington
   Paul Reynolds, University of Virginia
   Stephen J. Turner, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
   Albert Zomaya, University of Western Australia

  Advisory Board Committee

   Jean-Loup Baer, University of Washington
   Jason Yi-Bing Lin, National Chiao-Tung University, Taiwan
   Azzedine Boukerche, University of North Texas
   K. M. Chandy, California Institute of Technology, USA
   Sajal K. Das, University of North Texas
   Lorenzo Donatiello, University of Bologna, Italy
   Doug DeGroot, Texas Instruments, USA
   Tuncer Oren, University of Ottawa, Canada
   Paul Reynolds, University of Virginia
   Gabriel Silberman, IBM Research, USA
   Stephen J. Turner, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
   G. Zobrist, University of Missouri-Rolla, USA

  Local Arrangement Chair:
   Alexander Verbraeck, Systems Engineering,
   TU Delft Delft, The Netherlands

  Registration Chair
   Susan Standing, Brunel University, UK

  Webmaster and System Chair
   Luciano Bononi, University of Bologna, Italy

  For local information on the beautiful city of Delft see www.delft.nl!

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