2nd CFP MESM'2014, 14TH Annual Middle Eastern Simulation and Modelling Conference, February 3-5, 2014, AOU, Muscat, Oman

SECOND CALL FOR PAPERS

MESM'2014
The 14th annual Middle Eastern Simulation and Modelling Conference
Arab Open University
http://www.arabou.org
Muscat, Oman
February 3-5, 2014
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Dear Colleague,

This is a reminder that the submission period for MESM'2014 starts NOVEMBER 1ST and ends NOVEMBER 25TH for late submissions.

KEYNOTE
The keynote for MESM'2014 is Assoc. Prof. Björn Johansson, Production Systems, Chalmers Univ. Of Technology, Göteborg, Sweden who will give a talk on: Utilizing simulation for a more sustainable production
For more info see: http://www.eurosis.org/cms/index.php?q=node/2715

WORKSHOP

MESM'2014 will feature the following workshop: How to conduct a simulation study – a hands-on workshop using FlexSim given by Katharina Albert, the Managing Director of Kat Logics.
For more info see: http://www.eurosis.org/cms/?q=node/2725

A quick reminder of the tracks and workshops for MESM'2014
[ ] Modelling Methodology
[ ] Modelling Tools
[ ] Analysis Methodology
[ ] Simulation of Networks and Communications
[ ] Antenna Design and Measurement
[ ] 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
[ ] Computational Cognition and Learning
[ ] Simulation in Fuzzy Systems
[ ] Neural Networks and Genetic Algorithms
[ ] Simulation in the Built Environment
[ ] Simulation in Archeology
[ ] Simulation in the Arab World
[ ] Poster Session
[ ] Student Session
[ ] Tutorials
[ ] Exhibition

Conference Committee

Conference General Chair

Prof. Dr Marwan Al-Akaidi, Vice-Rector Academic Affairs, AOU, Kuwait

Local Chair

Dr. Moosa Al-Kindi, AOU, Faculty of Computer Studies, Muscat, Oman

Local Committee

Dr. Youssef Saad Takroni, AOU, Faculty of Computer Studies, Muscat, Oman
Dr. Ahmed Al Namany, Modern College, Oman
Prof. Hadj Bourdoucen, Sultan Qaboos University, Oman
Dr. Ahmed Al Kindi, Nizwa University, Oman
Dr. Saqiq Ali, Sultan Qaboos University, Oman
Dr. Fatma Al-Abri, Higher College of Technology, Oman
Dr. Maryam Abdullah Al Awadi, Salalah College of Technology
Dr. Nabil Sahli, GuTech, Oman
Dr. Nafaâ Jabeur, Dofar University, Oman
Mr. Arun N.S, Middle East College, Oman
Mr. Salim Al Amri, Salalah College of Technology
Mr. Talib Al Mahruqi, Nizwa College of Technology
Mr. Raja Waseem Anwar, AOU, Faculty of Computer Studies, Muscat, Oman
Mr. Sherimon P.C., AOU, Faculty of Computer Studies, Muscat, Oman
Mrs. Farah Abu Shahla, AOU, Faculty of Computer Studies, Muscat, Oman
Mrs. Sumitra Sreenivas, AOU, Faculty of Computer Studies, Muscat, Oman
Dr. Laila Lakhoua, AOU, Oman
Mr. Rengarajan Veerswamy, AOU, Oman
Dr. Hamed Al Ghafri, AOU, Oman

International Programme Committee

Modelling Methodology and Modelling Tools

John Dalseng, Finnmark College, Alta, Norway
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
Michel Minoux, Universite P. et M. Curie-CNRS, Paris cedex 05, France
Tudor Niculiu, University Politecnica Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania
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
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, ENS 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, Khalifa University of Science, Sharjah, UAE
Eugen Dedu, LIFC, Montbelliard, France
Carlos Palau, UPV, Valencia, Spain
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
Hadi T. Ziboon, University of Technology, Iraq

Antenna Design and Measurement

Hassan Salti, Arab Open University, Kuwait Branch, Al Ardia, Kuwait

Complex Systems Simulation

Marta Pla Castells, Universidad de Valencia, Valencia, Spain
Michele Colajanni, Universita di Modena, Modena, Italy
Krzysztof Fujarewicz, Silesian University of Technology, Gliwice, Poland
Tom Dhaene, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
Jean-Christophe Guyot, ASTRIUM Space, Les Mureaux Cedex, France
Daniel Huber, Heinz Nixdorf Institute, University of Paderborn, Paderborn, Germany
Jan Lemeire, VUB, Brussels, Belgium
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, Warsaw, Poland

Simulation of Signal and Image Processing

Bruno Ciciani, Universita di Roma "La Sapienza", Rome, Italy
Aboul Ella Hassanine, Kuwait University, Safat, Kuwait
Tania Jimenez, LIA, Universite d'Avignon, France
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, University of Bahrain, Bahrain

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, Polytechnical University of Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain
Patrick Waeger, EMPA, St. Gallen, Switzerland

Simulation in the Chemical and Petrochemical Industry

Ammar Al Khani, Espoo, Finland
Diganta Bhusan Das, Loughborough University, Loughborough, 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

Christos Bouras, University of Patras, Rion, Patras, Greece
Eckhard C. Bollow, Software Technology and IT-Project Management, Lueneburg, Germany
Zhisheng Huang, Vrije University Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Ahmed Mostefaoui , Laboratoire d'Informatique de Franche-Comte Montbeliard Cedex, France
Dorin-Mircea Popovici, Ovidius University of Constanta, Romania
Christian Reimann, FH-Dortmund, Dortmund, 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

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

Manuel Alfonseca, Escuela Politecnica Superior, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Clemens Heitzinger, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
Manuel Gonzalez Hidalgo, Edf. Anselm Turmeda, Palma de Mallorca, Baleares, Spain
Tomislav Pribanic, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
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
Michel Benne, University of La Reunion - LE2P, Saint-Andre, France
Pascal Berruet, Universite Bretagne Sud, Lorient cedex, France
PJ Byrne, DCU Business School, Dublin City University, Dublin, 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
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
Seung Man Lee, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, USA
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 Applied Sciences Hamburg, Hamburg, 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, KU Leuven, Camous Kortrijk, Kortrijk, Belgium
Khalil Drira, LAAS-CNRS, Toulouse Cedex 04, France
Laurent Guillon, Naval Academy Research Institute, Brest Naval, France
Jean-Claude Hochon, GFI Consulting, Toulouse, France
Peter Lawrence, Deakin University, Bentleigh, 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

Computational Cognition and Learning

Oussama Hamid, Arab Open University (AOU) - Kuwait Branch, Al Ardia, Kuwait

Simulation in Fuzzy Systems, Neural Networks and Genetic Algorithms

Track Chair: Kifaya Qaddoum, Warwick University, Coventry, United Kingdom
Chrissanthi Angeli, Technological Education Institute of Piraeus, Athens, Greece
Piotr Bania, AGH - University of Science and Technology, Krakow, Poland
Mokhtar Beldjehem, St.Anne's University, Halifax, Canada
Paulo Alexandre Ribeiro Cortez, University of Minho, Guimaraes, Portugal
Rashidy Kanan, University of Amirkabir, Tehran, Iran
Antoni Ligeza, AGH - University of Science and Technology, Krakow, Poland
Marie-Ange Manier, Universite de Technologie de Belfort-Montbeliard (UTBM), Belfort Cedex, France
Viorel Nicolau, University of Galati, Galati, Romania
Paulo Moura Oliveira, UTAD-Universidade de Tres-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Vila Real, Portugal
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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