Call for Papers

                       35th Annual Simulation Symposium

                     San Diego Marriott-Mission Valley Hotel
                                San Diego, California
                                April 14-18, 2002




                                Sponsored by:
            The Society for Modeling and Simulation International


                            In cooperation with:
                         The IEEE Computer Society
                 ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)



The Annual Simulation Symposium is a forum for the exchange of ideas,
techniques, and applications among practitioners of simulation in industry,
government, and academia. This international Symposium is the oldest
continuously operating conference/symposium dedicated to simulation.


The paper sessions are designed to promote discussion of concepts, tools,
methodologies, and results between authors and the audience. The structure of
the Symposium also provides for a degree of collegiality and continuity in
the discussions of the various topics presented during the week.


Original contribution in all areas of modeling and simulation are welcome.
This year's Symposium is particularly seeking papers in the following
topical areas:


                 o Simulation of Multiprocessor Architectures
                 o VLSI Circuit Simulators
                 o Simulation Languages, Tools, and Environments
                 o Object-Oriented Simulation
                 o Simulation of Distributed Systems and Databases
                 o Simulation of Parallel Processing Systems
                 o Simulation based Performance Analysis
                 o Animations/Virtual Reality
                 o Advances in Simulation Methodology and Practices
                 o Network Modeling and Simulation
                 o Simulation of Multimedia Applications and Systems
                 o Parallel and Distributed Simulation
                 o Artificial Intelligence in Simulation
                 o Neural Network Models and Simulation
                 o Web-based Modeling and Simulation



                        General Chair
                        Prof. Taieb F. Znati
                        Computer Science Department
                        University of Pittsburgh
                        Pittsburgh, PA 15260
                        Tel. : (412) 624-8417
                        Fax  : (412) 624-8854
                        Email: znati@cs.pitt.edu


     Program Co-Chair                   Program Co-Chair
     Prof. Azzedine Boukerche           Prof. Helen Karatza
     Department of Computer Science     Department of Informatics
     University of North Texas          Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
     GAB Building                       54006 Thessaloniki
     P.O Box 311366                     Greece
     Denton, Texas 76203
     Tel. : (940) 565-4869              Tel. : (31) 997974
     Fax  : (940) 565-7299              Fax :  (31) 996360
     Email: boukerche@cs.unt.edu        Email: karatza@csd.auth.gr





                                  INVITED SPEAKER

                           Professor Herbert D. Schwetman
                               Mesquite Software, Inc


PAPER SUBMISSION:

It is strongly recommended that papers be submitted to one of the
program co-chairs by electronic mail.  Papers can also be submitted
electronically via anonymous ftp to agent.csd.auth.gr/ANNSS35.
Those unable to use electronic means should mail five (5) complete copies
of the paper to Professor Azzedine Boukerche by October 15, 2001.


IMPORTANT DATES

Paper Submission Deadline:  10/15/2001
Acceptance Notification: 11/30/2001
Camera-Ready Paper:  1/18/2002


All submissions will be fully refereed for accuracy, technical content, and
relevance.  Papers should be NO longer than 20 double-spaced pages. Please
include full name, affiliation, address, phone number, and email address of
each author and designate the author who is to be contacted. Authors will
receive the reviewers' comments and will be given a chance to respond to
these reviews. Authors' replies will be taken into consideration in the
final paper selection decision. Accepted papers will appear in the
Symposium's Proceedings which will be published by the IEEE Computer
Society. Authors of top papers will also be encouraged to submit a follow-on
paper for publication in the SCS Journals.


Only papers that have not been previously published or presented should be
submitted. Authors must obtain employer, client, or government releases
prior to submitting the final manuscript.


TOOLS TRACK

Authors are encouraged to submit papers describing tools suitable for
on-line demonstration. The tools papers will undergo a regular review process
and will be published in the conference proceedings in a dedicated tools
section. Separate sessions are planned where these tools will be demonstrated
on-line.


FURTHER INFORMATION:

For additional information, please contact or send mail to either Prof.
Azzedine Boukerche (boukerche@cs.unt.edu) or Prof. Helen Karatza
(karatza@csd.auth.gr). Updated conference announcement and information are
accessible at the symposium home page at 
http://agent.csd.auth.gr/~karatza/ANNSS35
(mirror site: http://www.cs.unt.edu/~boukerch/ANNSS35).