ESM'2008, October 27-29, 2008, Universite du Havre, Le Havre, France, Conference Committee

ESM Conference Committee

General Conference Chair
Cyrille Bertelle, Universite du Havre, le Havre, France

General Conference Co-Chair
to be announced

Past Conference Chair
Jaroslav Sklenar, University of Malta. Msida, malta

Journal Publication Chair
Laurence Tianruo Yang, St. Francis Xavier University, Canada.

Local Programme Committee
Cyrille Bertelle, Universite du Havre, le Havre, France
Damien Olivier, Universite du Havre, le Havre, France
Frédéric Guinand, Universite du Havre, le Havre, France
M.A. Aziz-Alaoui, Universite du Havre, le Havre, France
Stefan Balev, Universite du Havre, le Havre, France
Antoine Dutot, Universite du Havre, le Havre, France
Véronique Jay, Universite du Havre, le Havre, France

International Programme Committee

Methodology and Tools
Thomas Hanne, Fraunhofer -ITWM, Kaiserslautern, Germany
Bjorn Johansson, Chalmers Univ. of Techn, Gotheburg, Sweden
Abder Koukam, Univ.de Technologie de Belfort, Belfort, France
Moreno Marzolla, Universita di Venezia, Mestre, Italy
Roberto Revetria, University of Genova, Italy
Bert van Beek, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands
Abdou Zakari, LITA, Universite de Metz, France

Object-Orientation and Re-Use

Simulation and Artificial Intelligence
Mokhtar Beldjehem, École Polytechnique de Montréal, Montréal, Canada
Helder Coelho, Fac Ciencias, Lisbon, Portugal
Paulo Cortez, University of Minho, Guimareas, Portugal
Charbel Fares, ESIEE, Noisy-le-Grand, France
Adam Galuszka, Silesian Technical University, Gliwice, Poland
Martin Hruby, Brno University of Technology, Brno, Czech Republic
Vladimir Janousek, Brno University of Technology, Brno, Czech Republic
Esko Juuso, University of Oulu, Finland
Jose Neves, Universidade do Minho, Braga, Portugal
Wolfgang Kreutzer, Univ. of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand
Damien Olivier, Universite du Havre, France
Maja Pantic, Imperial College, London, United Kingdom
Eshan Rajabally, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, United Kingdom
Leon Rothkrantz, TU Delft, The Netherlands
Franciszek Seredynski, Polish Acad.of Science, Warsaw, Poland
Sarawut Suijtjorn, Suranaree Univ.of Technology, Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand
Jim Torresen, University of Oslo, Norway
Frantisek Zboril, Brno University of Technology, Brno, Czech Republic
Morched Zeghal, Nat. Res.Council Canada, Ottawa, Canada

High Performance Large Scale and Hybrid Computing
Track Chair: Beniamino di Martino, Second University of Naples, Italy
Jan Broeckhove, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
Giancarlo Fortino, Universita della Calabria, Rende, Italy
Jari Porras, Lappeenranta University of Technology, Finland
Simon See, Sun Microsystems Inc, Singapore
Pierre Siron, ONERA, Toulouse, France
Behrouz Zarei, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran

Simulation in Education and Graphics Visualization
Magy Seif El-Nasr, Penn State University, Evanston, USA
Jan Lemeire, VUB, Brussels, Belgium
Qingping Lin, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Marco Roccetti, University of Bologna, Italy

Simulation in Environment, Ecology, Biology and Medicine
Eduardo Ayesa, CEIT, San Sebastian, Spain
Cyrille Bertelle, LIH, Le Havre, France
Thierry Chaussalet, University of Westminster, London, UK
Vahid Nassehi, Loughborough University, United Kingdom
Laurent Perochon, INRA, St Genes Champanelle, France
Cezary Orlowski, Technical University Gdansk, Poland
Tarik Ozkul, American University of Sharjah, UAE
Pierrick Tranouez, Labo Info du Havre, France

Analytical and Numerical Modelling Techniques
Ana M. Camacho, UNED, Madrid, Spain
Tom Dhaene, University of Antwerp, Belgium
Roland Haas, DaimlerChrysler Research and Technology, Bangalore, India
Clemens Heitzinger, Purdue University, West Lafayette, USA
Francesco Moscato, Seconda Univ.of Naples, Aversa, Italy
Panajotis Katsaros, Aristotle University, Thessaloniki, Greece
Eva M. Rubio, UNED, Madrid, Spain

Web Based Simulation
Dimosthenis Anagnostopoulos, Harokopion University of Athens, Greece
Manuel Alfonseca, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Spain
Ammar Al-Khani, VTT Processes, Espoo, Finland
Jose Barata, New University of Lisbon, Portugal
Lenin Lemus, UPV, Valencia, Spain
Yan Luo, NIST, Gaithersburg, USA
Jose Machado, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal
Mara Nikolaidou, University of Athens, Greece
Francesco Quaglia, University of Rome I, Italy
Krzysztof Pawlikowski, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand
Vaclav Snasel, VSB Technical University of Ostrava, Czech Republic

Agent Based Simulation
Eric Gouarderes, UPPA, Pau, France
Frederic Guinand, Universite du Havre, France
Zisheng Huang, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Jean-Luc Koning, INPG-ESISAR-LEIBNIZ, Grenoble, France
Peter Lawrence, Australian Catholic University, Melbourne, Australia
Ioan Alfred Letia, TU Cluj Napoca, Romania
Paulo Novais, Universidade do Minho, Braga, Portugal
Jan-Torsten Milde, FH Fulda, Germany
Isabel Praca, Ist. Superior do Porto, Portugal
Marco Remondino, University of Turin, Italy
Agosthino Rosa, Technical University Lisbon, Portugal

Simulation with Petri Nets
Pascal Berruet, Universite Bretagne Sud, Lorient, France
Carmen Bobeanu, Ghent University, Belgium
Mauro Iacono, University of Naples II, Italy
Juan de Lara, Univ. Autonoma de Madrid, Spain
Hammid Demmou, LAAS CNRS, Toulouse, France
Olivier Grunder, UTBM, Belfort, France
Guenter Hommel, TU Berlin, Germany
Stefano Marrone, Seconda Università degli Studi di Napoli, Naples, Italy
Alexandre Nketsa, LAAS-CNRS, Toulouse, France
Mario Paludetto, LAAS-CNRS, Toulouse, France
Jean-Claude Pascal, LAAS-CNRS, Toulouse, France
Ivo Vondrak, Technical University of Ostrava, Czech Republic

Bond Graphs Simulation
Rui Esteves Araujo, DEEC-FEUP, University of Porto, Portugal
Jesus Felez, Univ. Politecnica de Madrid, Spain
Aziz Naamane, DIAM-IUSPIM, Marseille, France
Manuel Rodrigues Quintas, FEUP, University of Porto, Portugal
Andre Tavernier, BioSim, Brussels, Belgium

DEVS
Fabrice Bernardi, University of Corsica, Corte, France
Dirk Brade, FOI, Stockholm, Sweden
Adriano Carvalho, FEUP, University of Porto, Portugal
Alexandre Muzy, Universite de Corse, Corti, France
Fernando Tricas, Universidad de Zaragoza, Spain

Fluid Flow Simulation
Diganta Bhusan Das, University of Oxford, United Kingdom
H.A.Nour Eldin, University of Wuppertal, Germany
Markus Fiedler, Blekinge Institute of Technology, Sweden
Hai Xiang Lin, TU Delft, The Netherlands

Models and simulations for Emergency and Risk Management
Track Chair: Damien Olivier, LITIS, UFR Sciences et Techniques, Le Havre, France
IPC
A. Ayesh, De Montfort University, Leicester, United Kingdom
E. Babkin, Higher School of Economics (Nihzny Novgorod), Russia
E. Daudé, Université de Rouen, Rouen, France
D. Lefebvre, Université du Havre, Le Havre, France
D. Olivier, Université du Havre, Le Havre, France
G. Planchette, IMDR, France
D. Provitolo, Université de Franche-Comté et de Bourgogne, France

Complex Systems: Historical & Dynamical point of view
Track Chair: Jean-Marc Ginoux, IUT de Toulon, La Garde, France
IPC
Cyrille Bertelle, University of Le Havre, Le Havre, France
Aziz Alaoui, University of Le Havre, Le Havre, France
Bruno Rossetto, Protee, Toulon, France
Jean-Marc Ginoux, Protee, Toulon, France
Gérard H.E. Duchamp, Paris 13, France
Michel Cotsaftis, ECE, Paris, France

Emotional dimensions of cognition and their modelling in problem-solving, learning and decision-making
Chairs: Aladdin Ayesh, De Montfort University, Leicester, United Kingdom
Sophie Baudic, INSERM, Boulognes, France
IPC
Habib Abdulrab, Rouen University, Rouen, France
Aladdin Ayesh, De Monfort University, Leicester, United Kingdom
Cyrille Bertelle, Le Havre University, le Havre, France
Gérard H.E. Duchamp, Paris 13 University, Paris, France
Véronique Jay, Le Havre University, Le Havre, France
Damien Olivier, Le Havre University, le Havre, France
Pierrick Tranouez, Rouen University, Rouen, France

Artificial Society
Chairs: Aladdin Ayesh, De Montfort University, Leicester, United Kingdom
Cyrille Bertelle, Le Havre University, Le Havre, France
IPC
Aladdin Ayesh, De Montfort University, Leicester, United Kingdom
Edward Babkin,
Cyrille Bertelle, Universite du Havre, Le Havre, France.
Laszlo Gulyas
Eric Daudé
Bernard Elissalde

Simulation, Modelling and Data Management in Real-Time Systems (SMDM-RTS'2008)
Chairs
L. Amanton, LITIS, University of Le Havre, Le Havre, France
J-P. Babau, INSA, Lyon, France
L. Baccouche, RIADI-GDL, University of Tunis, Tunisia
A. Bensrhair, LITIS, INSA, Rouen, France
R. Bouaziz, MIRACL, Université de Sfax, Tunisie
Ch. Collet, LIG, Grenoble, France
F. Cottet, LISI, ENSMA, Poitiers, France
J. Darmont, ERIC, Lyon 2, France
C. Duvallet, LITIS, University of Le Havre, France
F. Gargouri, REGIM, University of Sfax, Tunisie
A. Hammad, LIFC, University of Franche-Comte, France
M. Mainguenaud, LITIS, INSA, Rouen, France
Z. Mammeri, IRIT, Univesity of Toulouse, France
N. Navet, LORIA, University of Nancy, France
P. Richard, LISI, ENSMA, Poitiers, France
B. Sadeg, LITIS, University of Le Havre, France
Y-Q. Song, LORIA, University of Nancy, France
C. Soule-Dupuy, IRIT, University of Toulouse, France
K. Yetongnon, IEE, University of Dijon, France

Session Co-Chairs
Bruno Sadeg,
Claude Duvallet,
Laurent Amanton,