37th Annual Simulation Symposium
                              
                        April 18 - 22, 2004
                   Hyatt Regency Crystal City
                          Arlington, VA




                               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 Object-Oriented Simulation
                o Simulation Languages, Tools, and Environments
                o VLSI Circuit Simulators
                o Simulation of Multiprocessor Architectures
                o Simulation of Distributed Systems and Databases
                o Simulation of Parallel Processing Systems
                o Simulation based Performance Analysis
                o Network Modeling and Simulation
                o Simulation of Sensor Networks
                o Network Security
                o Simulation of Wireless and Mobile Networking and Computing    
                o Simulation of Large Scale Systems
                o Simulation of Clusters and Grids 
                o Simulation of Client-Server Systems 
                o Simulation of Wireless Systems              
                o Simulation of Real-time Systems
                o Parallel and Distributed Simulation
                o Simulation of Agent Systems   
                o Simulation based Software Performance
                o Reliability and Maintenance Models 
                o Simulation of Multimedia Applications and Systems
                o Artificial Intelligence in Simulation
                o Neural Network Models and Simulation
                o Web-based Modeling and Simulation             
                o Animations/Virtual Reality
                o Advances in Simulation Methodology and Practices
                o Experimental design
                o Meta-modeling               
                o Statistical Analysis and Inference                  
                o Verification and Validation
                o Selection and comparison procedures
                

                       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 Chair
                       Prof. Helen Karatza 
                       Department of Informatics
                       Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
                       54124 Thessaloniki
                       Greece
                       Tel. : +30 (2310) 997974 
                       Fax :  +30 (2310) 996360
                       Email: karatza@csd.auth.gr


PAPER SUBMISSION:

It is strongly recommended that papers be submitted to the
Program Chair by electronic mail.  Papers can also be submitted
electronically via anonymous ftp to agent.csd.auth.gr/ANSS37.  

IMPORTANT DATES

Paper Submission Deadline:  10/30/2003
Acceptance Notification: 11/30/2003
Camera-Ready Paper:  1/18/2004


All submissions will be fully refereed for accuracy, technical content, and
relevance.  Papers should be NO longer than 25 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 Journal SIMULATION: Transactions of the 
Society for Modeling and Simulation International.


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.


FURTHER INFORMATION:

For additional information, please contact or send mail to 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/ANSS37.