MESM'2009, June 16-18, 2009, American University, Beirut, Lebanon, SECOND CALL FOR PAPERS

MESM 2009
10th International
Middle Eastern Simulation Multiconference

September 27-29, 2009
Lebanese American University
Beirut, Lebanon
2ND CALL FOR PAPERS
Organised by
The European Technology Institute
Sponsored by:
EUROSIS
IEEE-UKRI-SPC
De Montfort University
Ghent University
http://www.eurosis.org/cms/?q=taxonomy/term/183

Dear Colleague,

this is a reminder that the submissions
deadline for MESM'2009 is June 30th.

More information about the event can be found on:
http://www.eurosis.org/cms/?q=taxonomy/term/183

We would also like to thank those authors
who have sent in submissions already for the event

As a reminder please find enclosed the list of the
conference topics:

[] Modelling Methodology
[] Modelling Tools
[] Analysis Methodology
[] Simulation of Networks and Communications
[] Complex Systems Simulation
[] Simulation of Systems and Image Processing
[] Energy Systems Simulation
[] Simulation in the Chemical and Petrochemical Industry
[] Multimedia and Virtual Reality Systems
[] Decision Processing in Management
[] Modelling and Simulation in Biomedical Systems
[] Modelling and Simulation for Industrial Applications
[] Web Based Simulation
[] Simulation in Information Processing and Software Development
[] Simulation in Fuzzy Systems
[] Neural Networks and Genetic Algorithms
[] Simulation in the Built Environment
[] Simulation in Archeaology
[] Simulation in the Arab World
[] Poster Session
[] Student Session
[] Tutorials
[] Exhibition

Conference Committee

Conference Committee

Conference General Chair

Prof. Dr Marwan Al-Akaidi, De Montfort University, Leicester, United Kingdom

Local Chair

Haidar Harmanani, LAU, Department of Computer Science, Byblos, Lebanon

Local Co-Chair

Danielle Azar, LAU, Department of Computer Science, Byblos, Lebanon

Local Committee

Faysal Abu Khuzam, LAU, Department of Computer Science, Beirut, Lebanon
Nashaat Masnour, LAU, Department of Computer Science, Beirut, Lebanon
Samer Saab, LAU, Department of Computer Engineering, Lebanon
Iyad Ouaiss, LAU, Department of Computer Engineering, Lebanon
Walid Keirouz, American University at Beirut, Department of Computer Science
Fouad Chedid, Notre Dame University, Lebanon

International Programme Committee

Modelling Methodology and Modelling Tools

Jose Antonio Barata Oliveira, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Caparica, Portugal
Fabrice Bernardi, Universite de Corse, Corte, France
Frantisek Capkovic, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava , Slovak Republic
John Dalseng, Finnmark College, Alta, Norway
Juan de Lara, Universidad Autonama de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Jesus Felez, Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Frederic Grimaud. Ecole Nat Superieure de Mines de St.Etienne, France
Helge Hagenauer, Universitaet Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
Brian Hollocks, Bournemouth University, Bournemouth, United Kingdom
Bjoern Johansson, Chalmers University of Technology, Goeteborg, Sweden
Panajotis T. Katsaros, Aristotle University Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
Yan Luo, NIST, Gaithersburg, USA
Thomas O Mathuna, Cork Institute of Technology, Cork, Ireland
Michel Minoux, Universite P. et M. Curie-CNRS, Paris cedex 05, France
Tudor Niculiu, University Politecnica Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania
Marc Parenthoen, CERV, Plouzane, France
Zdravko Terze, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Dmitry Zaitsev, Odessa National Telecommunications Academy, Odessa, Ukraine

Analysis Methodology

Abdel Aitouche, Hautes Etudes Industrielles, Lille Cedex, France
Bruno Ciciani, Universita di Roma "La Sapienza", Rome, Italy
John Dalton, University of Newcastle, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, United Kingdom
Julie Dugdale, Universite Paul Sabatier, Narbonne, France
Mauro Iacono, SUN - II Universita di Napoli, Aversa (CE) Italy
Jens Kohlmeyer, Universitaet Ulm, Ulm, Germany
Francesco Moscato, Seconda Universita di Napoli, Aversa, Italy
Jairo R. Montoya-Torres, Ecole Nationale Superieure des Mines de Saint-Etienne, Gardanne, France
Nadia Zanzouri, ENIT, Tunis, Tunisia

Simulation of Networks and Communication

Salvatore D'Antonio, Consorzio Interuniversitario Nazionale per l'Informatica, Naples, Italy
Mahmoud Al-Qutayri, Etisalat University College, Sharjah, UAE
Med Salim Bouhlel, Sfax University, Sfax, Tunisia
Dirk Brade, FOI, Stockholm, Sweden
Eugen Dedu, LIFC, Montbelliard, France
Carlos Palau, UPV, Valencia, Spain
Rob Pooley, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Djamel Sadok, The Federal University of Pernambuco - Brazil
Ahmad A. Sharieh, University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan
Veronique Veque, Universite de Paris Sud LRI, Orsay, France

Complex Systems Simulation

Zdzislaw Bubnicki, Wroclaw University of Technology, Wroclaw, Poland
Marta Pla Castells, Universidad de Valencia, Valencia, Spain
Michele Colajanni, Unviersita di Modena, Modena, Italy
Krzysztof Fujarewicz, Silesian University of Technology, Gliwice, Poland
Tom Dhaene, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
Alessandro Genco, University of Palermo, ICAR / CNR, Palermo, Italy
Jean-Christophe Guyot, EADS SPACE Transportation, Les Mureaux Cedex, France
Daniel Huber, Heinz Nixdorf Institute, University of Paderborn, Paderborn, Germany
Abder Koukam, Universite de Technologie de Belfort-Montbeliard, France
Jan Lemeire, VUB, Brussels, Belgium
Brian Mayoh, Aarhus University, Aarhus N, Denmark
Jorge M. Perez, ITP, S.Fernando de Hernares, Spain
Panos Periorellis, University of Newcastle Upon Tyne, Newcastle, United Kingdom
Fatima Rateb, University College London, London, United Kingdom
Marco Remondino, University of Turin, Turin, Italy
Marc Rouff, University of Caen Basse-Normandie, Caen, France
Jan Studzinski, Systems Research Institute of Polish Academy of Science

Simulation of Signal and Image Processing

Bruno Ciciani, Universita di Roma "La Sapienza", Rome, Italy
Aboul Ella Hassanine, Kuwait University, Safat, Kuwait
Tania Jimenez, Universidad de Los Andes, Merida, Venezuela
Viorel Nicolau, "Dunarea de Jos" University of Galati, Romania
Bogdan Raducanu, UAB, Cerdanyola, Spain
Renate Sitte, Griffith University, Gold Coast Mail Centre, Australia
Joao Manuel R. S. Tavares, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
Hanene Trichili, University of Sfax, Sfax, Tunisia
Ahmed M. Zeki, International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Energy Systems Simulation

Paulo Maciel, UFPE, Recife, Brazil
Musleh B. AL-Otaibi, Alahmadi, Kuwait
Ahmad Jammal, Ministry of Education & Higher Education, Beirut, Lebanon
Janos Sebestyen Janosy, KFKI, Budapest, Hungary
Carlos Ramos, Polytechnic of Porto (ISEP/IPP), Porto, Portugal
Tzanko Tzanov, Technical University of Sofia, Sofia, Bulgaria
Patrick Waeger, EMPA, St. Gallen, Switzerland

Simulation in the Chemical and Petrochemical Industry

Ammar Al Khani, Espoo, Finland
Diganta Bhusan Das, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
Eugenio Ferreira, Universidade do Minho, Braga Portugal
Vahid Nassehi, Loughborough University, Loughborough, United Kingdom
Mohammad Al-Nawafleh, Tafila Applied University College, Al-Balqa' Applied University, Tafila, Jordan
Cornel Resteanu, Research Institute of Informatics, Bucharest, Romania
M R Riazi, Kuwait University, Safat, Kuwait

Multimedia and Virtual Reality Systems

Ahmed Bin Subaih, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom
Christos Bouras, University of Patras, Rion, Patras, Greece
Eckhard C. Bollow, Software Technology and IT-Project Management, Lueneburg, Germany
Richard Chbeir, Universite de Bourgogne, Dijon Cedex, France
Paule Ruiz del Puerto, University of Oviedo, Oviedo, Spain
Zhisheng Huang, Vrije University Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Christoph Laroque, University of Paderborn, Paderborn, Germany
Ahmed Mostefaoui , Laboratoire d'Informatique de Franche-Comte Montbeliard Cedex, France
Dorin-Mircea Popovici, Centre Europeen de Realite Virtuelle, Plouzane, France
Christian Reimann, C-LAB, Paderborn, Germany
Marco Roccetti, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
Zasriati Azla Sabot, University Tun Abdul Razak (UNITAR) Selanngor, Malaysia
Mike Sips, University of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany
Charles van der Mast, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands

Decision Processing in Management

Hadhoum Boukachour, Le Havre University, Le Havre, France
Naoufel Cheikhrouhou, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
Joel Colloc, Le Havre University, Le Havre, France
Jeanne Schreurs, Universiteit Hasselt, Diepenbeek, Belgium
Christine Sybord, Lyon 2 Lumiere University, Lyon, France
Behrouz Zarei, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran

Modelling and Simulation in Biomedical Systems

Syed Afaq Husain, International Islamic University, Islamabad, Pakistan
Manuel Alfonseca, Escuela Politecnica Superior, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Clemens Heitzinger, Arizona State University (ASU), USA
Manuel Gonzalez Hidalgo, Edf. Anselm Turmeda, Palma de Mallorca, Baleares, Spain
Tomislav Pribanic, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Oliver Straub, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany
Jean-Pierre Thomesse, Institut National Polytechnique de Lorraine, Vandoeuvre Les Nancy, France
Olaf Tietje, Systaim GmbH, Zurich, Switzerland

Modelling and Simulation for Industrial Applications

Track Chair: Prof. David Stockton, de Montfort University, Leicester, United Kingdom
Luis Felipe Acebes Arconada, Universidad de Valladolid, Valladolid, Spain
Leopoldo Arnesto, UPV, Valencia, Spain
Andre Astolfi, Naval Academy Research Institute, Brest Naval, France
Michel Benne, Sucreries de Bois Rouge, Saint-Andre, France
Pascal Berruet, Universite Bretagne Sud, Lorient cedex, France
Christelle Bloch, Universite de Technologie de Belfort-Montbeliard, Belfort Cedex, France
PJ Byrne, Enterprise Research Centre, University of Limerick, Ireland
A. Chatzinikolaou, Bosch Rexroth SA, Athens, Greece
Olaf Diegel, Massey University, Albany Campus, North Shore Mail Centre, Auckland, New Zealand
S Collart Dutilleul, LAGIS-EC-LILLE, Villenneuve d'Ascq, France
Georges Habchi, Polytech'Savoie, Annecy-le-Vieux, France
Sergej Kalaschnikow, VA TECH ELIN EBG Elektronik GmbH & Co, Vienna, Austria
Markus Koch, C-LAB, Paderborn, Germany
Habtom Mebrahtu, Anglia Polytechnica University, Chelmsford, United Kingdom
Pascal Meyer, Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany
Lars Moench, TU Ilmenau, Ilmenau, Germany
Carlos E. Pereira, Universidad Federal do Rio Grande Do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
Caterina Rizzi, Universita degli Studi di Bergama, Dalmine, Italy
Amir Shirkhodaie, Tennessee State University, Nashville, USA
Hans Veeke, TU Delft, Delft, The Netherlands
Ramiro Velazquez, Universite Paris 6 - CNRS, Fontenay aux Roses, France
Val Vitanov, Cranfield University, Cranfield, United Kingdom
Ursula Wellen, Deutsche Post AG, Bonn, Germany
Joao de Silva Wellington, UFPE, Recife, Brazil

Simulation in Logistics, Traffic, Transport and Harbour Simulation

Paul Davidsson, Blekinge Institute of Technology, Ronneby, Sweden
Isabel Garcia Gutierrez, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Leganes, Madrid, Spain
Thomas Hanne, Fraunhofer-Institut ITWM, Kaiserslautern, Germany
Daniel Krajzewicz, GermanAerospace Centre, Berlin, Germany
Herve Manier, Universite de Technologie de Belfort-Montbeliard (UTBM), Belfort Cedex, France
Vittorio Maniezzo, Universita di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
Rafael J. Martinez, Universitat de Valencia, Valencia, Spain
Philippe Mussi, INRIA Sophia Antipolis, France Frederic Serin, IUT du Havre, Le Havre, France

Web based Simulation

Victor Bassilious, University of Abertay Dundee, United Kingdom
Jorge Marx Gomez, Otto-von-Guericke-Universitaet Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany
Wolfgang Kuehn, University of Wuppertal Wuppertal, Germany
Jose Machado, Unviersidade do Minho, Braga Codex, Portugal
Mara Nikolaidou, University of Athens, Ilissia, Athens, Greece
Francesco Quaglia, Universita' di Roma "La Sapienza", Roma, Italy
Stefan Sarstedt, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany
Alfonso Urquia, UNED, Madrid, Spain

Simulation in Information Processing

Julien Bourgeois, LIFC, Montbelliard, France
Christophe Claramunt, Naval Academy Research Institute, Brest Naval, France
Patrick De Causmaecker, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom
Khalil Drira, LAAS-CNRS, Toulouse Cedex 04, France
Laurent Guillon, Naval Academy Research Institute, Brest Naval, France
Jean-Claude Hochon, GFI Consulting, Toulouse, France
Majed Khodr, Manar University, Lebanon
Peter Lawrence, Monash University, Clayton, Australia
Christophe Roche, Universite de Savoie, Le Bourget du Lac cedex, France
Christian Siemers, TU Clausthal, Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Germany
Jim Torresen, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
Nagi Wakimm, Saint Esprit University, Beirut, Lebanon

Simulation in Fuzzy Systems, Neural Networks and Genetic Algorithms

Chrissanthi Angeli, Technological Education Institute of Piraeus, Athens, Greece
Mokhtar Beldjehem, École Polytechnique de Montréal, Montréal, Canada
Ulrich Bodenhofer, Software Competence Center Hagenberg GmbH, Hagenberg, Austria
Sabine Bostelmann, TU Clausthal, Clausthal, Germany
Luc Boullart, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
Maroua Bouzid, University of Caen, Caen, France
Paulo Alexandre Ribeiro Cortez, University of Minho, Guimaraes, Portugal
Analicia Schiaffino Morales De Franceschi, ULBRA, Canoas - RS, Brazil
Rashidy Kanan, University of Amirkabir, Tehran, Iran
Nashat Mansour, Lebanese American University, Beirut, Lebanon
Seung Man Lee, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, USA
Antoni Ligeza, AGH - University of Science and Technology, Krakow, Poland
Marie-Ange Manier, Universite de Technologie de Belfort-Montbeliard (UTBM), Belfort Cedex, France
Paulo Moura Oliveira, UTAD-Universidade de Tres-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Vila Real, Portugal
S.Tauseef Ur Rehman, Pakistan
Kifah Tout, The Lebanese University, Beirut, Lebanon
Angus Wu, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Simulation in the Built Environment

Bernadette O'Regan, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland
Agustin Yague, Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, Madrid, Spain

Simulation in Archaeology

Jean Yves Blaise, UMR CNRS/MCC 694 MAP, Marseille, France
Anders Hast, University of Gavle, Gavle, Sweden
Wolfgang Kreutzer, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand
Marcos A Rodrigues, Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield, United Kingdom

Simulation Projects in the Arab World

Saleh Al-Jufout, Tafila Technical University, Tafila, Jordan
Mohamed-Aly O. Louly, University of Technology, Troyes, France

Regards
Philippe

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