Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!wuarchive!gem.mps.ohio-state.edu!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!uflorida!simulation From: simulation@uflorida.cis.ufl.edu (Moderator: Paul Fishwick) Newsgroups: comp.simulation Subject: SIMULATION DIGEST V11 N7 Message-ID: <20983@uflorida.cis.ufl.EDU> Date: 5 Oct 89 13:12:33 GMT Sender: fishwick@uflorida.cis.ufl.EDU Reply-To: simulation@uflorida.cis.ufl.edu Lines: 454 Approved: fishwick@uflorida.cis.ufl.edu Volume: 11, Issue: 7, Thu Oct 5 09:12:12 EDT 1989 +----------------+ | TODAY'S TOPICS | +----------------+ SPECIAL ISSUE: Professional Organizations for Simulation * Moderator: Paul Fishwick, Univ. of Florida * Send topical mail to: simulation@bikini.cis.ufl.edu OR post to comp.simulation via USENET * Archives available via FTP to bikini.cis.ufl.edu, login as 'ftp', use your last name as the password, change directory to pub/simdigest. * Simulation Tools available by doing above and changing the directory to pub/simdigest/tools. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Posted-Date: Wed, 4 Oct 89 17:11:49 CDT Date: Wed, 4 Oct 89 17:11:49 CDT From: steve@titan.tsd.arlut.utexas.edu (Steve Glicker) To: simulation@bikini.cis.ufl.edu Subject: Professional Organizations, Technical Publications and Annual Conf. [[We thank Steve for his resourceful work that he has done with regards to this special issue!! This list will be very useful to all readers, especially those just starting out in simulation -PF]] As some of you know, I am in the process of collecting information on professional organizations, technical publications and annual conferences for computer simulation. My findings, to date, are included below. This list still needs work. Any corrections or additional leads you can provide will be greatly appreciated. In the future I plan to submit a more comprehensive and condensed version of this list. My thanks go out to the following people for supplying me with some of their time, effort and knowledge without which, I would not have come quite as far. o Paul Fishwick for lots of leads. o Michael J. Chinni for information on the SCS. o GR383 (you know who you are) for information on the Systems Dynamics Society FYI, the following items are at the top of my mystery list: o Association for Business Simulation and Experimental Learning o The Computer Measurement Group o The Institute of Management Sciences: College on Simulation o International Simulation and Gaming Association Publication: Simulation and Games o North American Simulation and Gaming Association o Operations Research Society of America (ORSA) Publication: ORSA Journal Additional: ORSA TIMS? Sincerely, Steve Glicker (steve@titan.tsd.arlut.utexas.edu) - - - - - - - - - - - - - PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS, TECHNICAL PUBLICATIONS AND ANNUAL CONFERENCES FOR COMPUTER SIMULATION (INITIAL VERSION) Assembled by Steve Glicker on 3 October 1989 Part 1: Professional Organizations ---------------------------------- ASSOCIATION FOR COMPUTING MACHINERY (ACM) Special Interest Group for Simulation (SIGSIM) Established: Mission: To promote advances in the state-of-the art of simulation and modeling; discrete applications in computer systems simulation, industry and business models, socio-economics and other fields. Membership: Requirements: Size: ~2500 Cost: Technical Publications: See Part 2. Annual Conferences: See Part 3. ELECTRONIC SIMULATION DESIGN NEWS GROUP Established: Mission: Provide a forum to discuss issues and exchange information regarding computer simulation. Membership: estimated 5000 readers worldwide Publications: See Part 2. INSTITUTE OF ELECTRONIC AND ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS (IEEE) Society: Computer Society Technical Committee on Simulation (TCSIM) Established: Mission: TCSIM is concerned with simulation methodology and applications that utilize simulation methods. These areas include include continuous simulation, discrete event methods, analog and hybrid approaches, system science and engineering as it relates to dynamics math modeling, and applicatons areas such as parallel architectures for distributed simulation, artificial intelligence methods applied to simulation software engineering in the verifications process and numerous other areas. Membership: Requirements: Membership in the Computer Society or by review of the technical committee. Size: 900 members Cost: $15 Publications: See Part 2. Annual Conferences: See Part 3. Society: Systems, Man and Cybernetics (SMC) Publications: See Part 2. INSTITUTE FOR MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTERS IN SIMULATION (IMACS) Formerly AICA. Established : 1956 Mission: IMACS is an international association of professionals and scientists concerned with computers, computation and applied mathematics, in particular as they apply to the simulation of systems. This includes numerical analysis, mathematical modeling, approximation theory, computer hardware and software, programming languages and compilers. Membership: Requirements: Applications are considered in the physical, engineering, managerial, social, environmental and life sciences areas. Applications for membership are reviewed for approval by the Board of Directors of IMACS. Size: Cost: There are three types of members: Affiliated Society members Institutional Industrial or Scientific Associated Members o universities or scientific institutions, $85 yearly o industry, $210 yearly Individual members, $42 yearly (The membership fee is reduced by 10% for members of affiliations). Affiliations: AFCET-France IBRA/BIRA-Belgium SCS-The Society for Computer Simulation International JSST-The Japan Society for Simulation Technology SSA-The Simulation Society of Australia DBSS-Benelux SIMS-Scandinavia GI-Germany Technical Publications: See Part 2. Annual Conferences: See Part 3. Suborganizations: IMACS Technical Committees are established to maintain a coherent program of activity. Each IMACS-TC is devoted to a specific area of interest in the Association. The activities of the TC's consist mostly of organizing symposia, conferences and workshops. Some TC's have their own newsletter. IMACS TC's are listed below. o Modeling and Simulation of Electrical Machines o Simulation Software o Parallel Computation o Modeling and Simulation of Biological Systems o Partial Differential Equations o Nuclear Power Plants Modeling and Simulation o Energy Systems Modeling o Integral Equations o Ordinary Differential o Stochastic Systems Modeling o Computational Electromagnetics o Control Systems of Robotics o Expert Systems in Mathematical Modeling o Bond Graph Modeling o Computational Acoustics o Computing and Simulation for Management o Computational Physics Address: In American/Pacific region: IMACS Secretariate, Department of Computer Science, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ 08903 USA All other regions: IMACS membership/Europe, c/o Prof. P. Borne, Institut Industriel du Nord, 59651 Villeneuve d'Ascq Cedex, France SOCIETY FOR COMPUTER SIMULATION INTERNATIONAL (SCS) (Formerly the Simulation Councils and then The Society for Computer Simulation before the name shown above). Established: November 1959 Mission: The SCS is the only professional society devoted primarily to the advancement of simulation and allied computer arts in all fields. The purpose of SCS is to facilitate communication among practitioners in the areas of computer simulation and mathematical modeling. Membership: Requirements: FULL MEMBERSHIP in SCS International is open to all who have been professionally involved in computer simulation for at least 4 years, or who hold an appropriate 4-year degree from an accredited college or university. ASSOCIATE MEMBERSHIP is available to anyone who is interested in the technology of simulation or application of the computer arts and sciences. STUDENT MEMBERSHIP is open to any person regularly enrolled on a substantially full-time basis in an institution of higher learning. CORPORATE MEMBERSHIP is open to all government, non-profit organizations, and businesses wishing to support the efforts of SCS International. There are 3 categories of corporate membership: Sustaining, Large Corporation, Small Corporation. ACADEMIC MEMBERSHIP is available to educational institutions. Size: SCS has about 1800 individual members and about 70 corporate/academic members. Cost: Full and Associate memberships are $50/year, Individual membership is transferable in the event of a change in employment. Student memberships are $20/year. Technical Publications: See Part 2. Annual Conferences: See Part 3. Suborganizations: Within the structure of SCS are seven Regional Councils. They are: Eastern, Midwestern, Northwestern, Southeastern, Southwestern, Western, and United Kingdom. These councils provide many programs of a technical nature on a local level. Activities: o The Knowledge-Based Applications to Simulators Technical Activity was approved by the SCS in 1988. Its purpose is to promote technical interchange and excellence in application of knowledge-based systems to training and engineering simulators. POC: Mr. Fred Snyder, The Boeing Company, (205) 461-2923 fred%huntsai@atc.boeing.com Affiliations: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) American federation of information processing societies (AFIPS) American Automatic Control Council (AACC) The Association for Computing Machinery - Special Interest Group on Computer Simulation (ACM - SIGSIM) Association Francaise D'Intelligence Artificielle et des Systemes de Simulation (AFIAS) Dutch Benelux Simulation Society (DBSS) Gesellschaft fur informatik-Arbeitsgemeinschaft fur Simulation (ASIM) Japan Society for Simulation Technology (JSST) The International Marine Simulation Forum (IMSF) The Italian Society for Computer Simulation (ISCS) Address: SCS International, P.O. Box 17900 San Diego, CA 92117 USA (619)277-3888 SYSTEM DYNAMICS SOCIETY Established: 1984 Mission: Develop and extend the use of computer simulation and a feedback perspective for the study of complex dynamic systems, to contribute in particular to theory-building, policy analysis, and policy design in social systems. Membership: Requirements - none Size - about 350, growing about 8% per year Cost - $60 for regular membership, $30 for supported membership for students and others with annual family earnings under US$20000. Technical Publications: See Part 2. Annual Conferences: See Part 3. Part 2, Technical Publications ------------------------------ MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTERS IN SIMULATION, A publication of IMACS Published bimonthly since 1958 Circulation: Additional: The aim of the journal is to provide an international forum for the dissemination of up-to-date information in the field of the Computer Simulation of Systems. Published material ranges from short, concise research papers to more general, tutorial articles. Editor-in-Chief: R. VICHNEVETSKY, Department of Computer Science, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ 08903 Price: Free with IMACS membership or $183.50 per year SIMSNIPS, A publication of CACI, Inc. Published three times a year Circulation 18000 Additional: Application oriented. Contains synopsis of articles from other publications, and articles on topics relating to discrete simulation, continuous simulation, and AI and simulation. Editor: Gene Polley, CACI, 3344 North Porrey Pines Court, La Jolla, CA 92037. (619) 457-9681 Price: Free SIMULATION, A publication of the SCS Published monthly since 1963 Circulation: 4000 Additional: A fully refereed publication with theoretical and application oriented papers, industry news, editorials, an AI column, and more. Price: Free with SCS membership or $112 per year. SIMULATION DIGEST, A joint publication of the SIGSIM and TCSIM Published quarterly Circulation: Additional: Formerly SIMULETTER of the SIGSIM and MODELING of the TCSIM. Price: Membership with the SIGSIM or TCSIM. SIMULATION DIGEST, A publication of the Electronic Simulation Digest News Group Distributed via USENET (comp.simulation) and electronic mail Published: ~weekly Circulation: estimated 5000 readers worldwide Price: Free SIMULATION NEWS EUROPE, Previously publication of the SCS Additional: SIMULATION NEWS EUROPE is now incorporated into SIMULATION. SYSTEM DYNAMICS REVIEW, A publication of the Systems Dynamics Society Published semi-annually since 1985 Circulation: ~500 individuals and institutions. Executive editor: George P. Richardson, Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy, State University of New York at Albany, Milne 308 - 135 Western Avenue, Albany, NY 12222. TRANSACTIONS, A publication of the SCS Published quarterly since 1984 Circulation: 1000 Additional: Is a fully refereed, scholarly journal that presents papers dealing with theoretical and practical applications of archival value. Price: $30 per year to members of the society or $80 per year. TRANSACTIONS ON MODELING AND COMPUTER SIMULATION (TOMACS) A publication of the ACM Published: Circulation: Additional: Brand new, first issue ~ Summer 1990 Price: TRANSACTIONS ON SYSTEMS, MAN AND CYBERNETICS, A publication of the SMC Published: Circulation: Additional: Price: Part 3, Annual Conferences -------------------------- Design Automation Conference (DAC) Since: 1963 Sponsor(s): ACM Special Interest Group on Design Automation (SIGDA) IEEE Computer Society Design Automation Technical Committee (DATC) Additional: Deals primarily with Integrated Circuit (IC) and Printed Circuit Board (PCB) design. European Simulation Multiconference (ESM) Since: Sponsor(s): The Society for Computer Simulation (SCS) Additional: This is a new event coordinated through the SCS European office in Belgium. The technical Sessions, Panels, Tutorials, and the resulting proceeding are in English. It is held in various locations throughout Europe. Other special topics conferences are scheduled during the year as dictated by the interests of the members. IMACS WORLD CONGRESS ON SCIENTIFIC COMPUTATION Since: 1975? Sponsor: IMACS International Systems Dynamics Conference Since: 5+ years (?) Sponsor(s): The System Dynamics Society Additional: The 1990 International System Dynamics Conference will be in Boston, July 10 - 13. Contact David F. Andersen, Rockefeller Institute of Government, 411 State St., Albany, NY 12203. SCS Eastern Simulation MultiConference (EMC) Since: 1984 Sponsor(s): The Society for Computer Simulation (SCS) Additional: The EMCs have been held in the eastern part of the United States since 1984. Emphasis is on Simulator, AI and Simulation, Tools for the Simulationist, Professionalism, and Credibility Assessment. Other topics that have been featured iun the past or are planned for the future include Simulation Languages and Ballistics Simulation. SCS Multiconference Since 1971 Sponsor(s): The Society for Computer Simulation (SCS) Additional: Every year this conference is held in San Diego in the winter. A very popular event with a choice location, this conference has doubled its attendance since its inception in 1982. Each year 5-6 topics are chosen and conducted under the umbrella of the Multiconference. Summer Computer Simulation Conference (SCSC) Since: 1969 Sponsor(s): The Society for Computer Simulation (SCS) Additional: Always held in the summer the SCSC has traditionally been the largest simulation conference sponsored by the The location changes from year-to-year to afford the participants from around the world the chance to experience a variety of cities in the U.S. and Canada. SSA/IMACS CONFERENCE Since: Sponsor(s): Simualtion Society of Australia -- affiliated with IMACS Winter Simulation Conference (WSC) Since 1963 Sponsor(s): American Statistical Association (ASA) ACM Special Interest Group on Simulation (SIGSIM) IEEE Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Society; Computer Society Institute for Industrial Engineers National Institute of Standards and Technology (Formerly NBS) Operations Research Society of America (ORSA) The Institute of Management Sciences: College on Simulation The Society for Computer Simulation (SCS) ------------------------------ END OF SIMULATION DIGEST ************************