Committee

General Conference Chairs

  • Isabel Praça , ISEP, Polytechnic of Porto, Porto, Portugal
  • Eva Maia, ISEP, Polytechnic of Porto, Porto, Portugal

General Programme Chairs

  • Philippe Geril, ETI Bv, Ostend, Belgium

Local Programme Committee

  • João Vitorino, ISEP, Polytechnic of Porto, Porto, Portugal
  • Norberto Sousa, ISEP, Polytechnic of Porto, Porto, Portugal
  • Nuno Oliveira, ISEP, Polytechnic of Porto, Porto, Portugal
  • Rui Andrade, ISEP, Polytechnic of Porto, Porto, Portugal
  • Tiago Dias, ISEP, Polytechnic of Porto, Porto, Portugal

Past Conference Chairs
  • Prof. Stefano Armenia, IUL - Università Telematica degli Studi, Rome, Italy
  • Prof. Barbara Turchetta, IUL - Università Telematica degli Studi, Rome, Italy

Journal Publication Chairs

  • Yan Luo, NIST, Gaithersburg, USA
  • Peter Lawrence, Swinburne University, Australia
  • Wan Ahmad Yusmawiza Wan Yusoff, International Islamic University Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

ESM Conference Chair

  • António Carvalho Brito, FEUP - University of Porto, Porto, Portugal

International Programme Committee

Methodology and Tools

  • Claudia Krull, Otto-von-Guericke University, Magdeburg, Germany
  • Jerzy Respondek, Silesian University of Technology, Gliwice, Poland

Object-Orientation and Re-Use

TBA

Discrete Simulation Modeling Techniques and Tools

  • Helge Hagenauer, Universitaet Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
  • Sophie Hennequin, ENIM, Metz Cedex, France
  • Nuno Melão, Instituto Politécnico de Viseu, Viseu, Portugal

Queueing Models

TBA

Simulation and Artificial Intelligence

  • Helder Coelho, Fac Ciencias, Lisbon, Portugal
  • Martin Hruby, Brno University of Technology, Brno, Czech Republic
  • Vladimir Janousek, Brno University of Technology, Brno, Czech Republic
  • Kifaya Qaddoum, Digipen, Seattle, USA
  • Leon Rothkrantz, TU Delft, The Netherlands
  • Ali Shams Nateri, University of Guilan, Rasht, Iran
  • Weronika Westwanska, ING Bank Group, Katowice, Poland

AI and Fuzzy Systems

  • Tomasa Calvo, Universidad de Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain
  • Pilar Fuster-Parra, Universitat de les Illes Balears, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
  • José Guerrero, Universitat de les Illes Balears, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
  • Javier Martín, Universitat de les Illes Balears, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
  • Juan José Miñana, Universitat de les Illes Balears, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
  • Carles Mulet, Universitat de les Illes Balears, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
  • Ali Shams Nateri, University of Guilan, Rasht, Iran
  • Oscar Valero, Universitat de les Illes Balears, Palma de Mallorca, Spain

Agent Based Simulation

  • Kurt De Cock, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
  • Pilar Fuster-Parra, Universitat de les Illes Balears, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
  • José Guerrero, Universitat de les Illes Balears, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
  • Ioan Alfred Letia, TU Cluj Napoca, Romania
  • Javier Martín, Universitat de les Illes Balears, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
  • Juan José Miñana, Universitat de les Illes Balears, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
  • Carles Mulet, Universitat de les Illes Balears, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
  • Isabel Praca, Ist. Superior do Porto, Portugal
  • Oscar Valero, Universitat de les Illes Balears, Palma de Mallorca, Spain

Simulation and Optimization

  • José António Oliveira, Universidade do Minho, Campus de Gualtar, Braga, Portugal
  • Janos-Sebestyen Janosy, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary

IoT and Smart Industry (Internet of Things & Industry 4.0)

    Track Chair
  • Abderrazak Jemai, INSAT, University of Carthage, Tunis, Tunisia

  • Ahmed Chiheb Ammari, INSAT, Tunis, Tunisia
  • Mhamed Ghazel, CNRS, Lille, France
  • Habib Smei, Iset Rades, Tunis, Tunisia

High Performance Large Scale and Hybrid Computing

  • Pierre Siron, ONERA, Toulouse, France
  • Jingjing Wang, SUNY Binghamton University, New York, USA

Simulation in Education and Graphics/Data Visualization Techniques

  • Marco Roccetti, University of Bologna, Italy
  • Ranjit Singh, UB Patient Safety Research Center, University of Buffalo, Buffalo NY USA

Simulation in Environment, Ecology, Biology and Medicine

  • Joel Colloc, CNRS 6266 IDEES Le Havre, Normandy University, Le Havre, France
  • Laurent Perochon, VetaGro-Sup, Lempdes, France

Analytical and Numerical Modelling Techniques

  • Ana M. Camacho, UNED, Madrid, Spain
  • Clemens Heitzinger, TU Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Web and Cloud Based Simulation

  • Manuel Alfonseca, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Spain
  • Ammar Al-Khani, Nordphysics, Espoo, Finland
  • Peter Kvasnica, Alexander Dubcek University of Trencin, Trencin, Slovak Republic
  • Yan Luo, NIST, Gaithersburg, USA
  • Jose Machado, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal

Physics modelling and Cosmological Simulation

    Track Chair
  • José Manuel Feliz-Teixeira, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal

  • Philippe Geril, ETI Bvba, Ostend, Belgium

Cyber-Physical System Modelling: Applications for Industry 4.0 Optimization and Resilience - ITEA Project "CyberFactory#1"

  • Adrien Bécue, Airbus CyberSecurity, Elancourt, France
  • Frank Oppenheimer, OFFIS e.V., Oldenburg, Germany
  • Ilhan Kaya, Vestel, Manisa, Turkey
  • Ingo Stierand, OFFIS e.V., Oldenburg, Germany
  • Isabel Praça, Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto, Porto, Portugal
  • Jarno Salonen, VTT -Technical Research Centre of Finland, Finland
  • Linda Feeken, OFFIS e.V., Oldenburg, Germany

Cross Fertilisation between Simulation and Formal Methods

  • Silvano Dal Zilio, LAAS, Toulouse, France
  • Marc Pantel, INP Toulouse, Toulouse, France

Virtual Prototyping

  • Alexandre Nketsa, LAAS, Toulouse, France

Simulation in Energy and Power Systems

  • Sérgio Leitão, CETAV/UTAD, Vila Real, Portugal
  • Sergeij Kalashnkikow, DANFOSS, Austria
  • Janos-Sebestyen Janosy, KFKI Atomic Energy Research Institute, Budapest, Hungary

Renewable Energy Technologies

TBA

Simulation in Engineering Processes

  • Chrissanti Angeli,Technological Institute of Piraeus, Athens, Greece
  • Alejandra Gomez Padilla, University of Guadalajara, Mexico
  • Bernhard Heinzl, TU Wien, Vienna, Austria
  • Ali Shams Nateri, University of Guilan, Rasht, Iran
  • Jan Studzinski, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland

Simulation in Model Driven Engineering

  • Paulo Jorge Sequeira Gonçalves, Polytechnic Institute of Castelo Branco, Castelo Branco, Portugal

Simulation-based evaluation of interactive systems

TBA

Simulation and Modelling for humanitarian/emergency operations

TBA

Simulation in Hospital Logistics

  • Joel Colloc , Le Havre Normandy University, Le Havre, France
  • Jose Machado , University of Minho, Braga, Portugal
  • Jose Antonio V. Oliveira , University of Minho, Braga, Portugal

Simulation in Logistics

  • El-Houssaine Aghezzaf , Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
  • Remy Dupas , Université de Bordeaux , Bordeaux, France
  • Olivier Grunder , UTBM, Belfort, France
  • Marie-Ange Manier , UTBM, Belfort, France
  • Roberto Razzoli , University of Genova, Genova, Italy
  • Rosaldo Rossetti , University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
  • Pengjun Zheng , Ningbo University, Zhejiang, China P.R.

Supply Chain Simulation

  • Florina Covaci , ”Babes-Bolyai” University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
  • Eleni Mangina , University College Dublin (UCD), Dublin, Ireland
  • Sang Do No , Sungkyunkwan University, South Korea

Predictive Models in Software Engineering

TBA

Intelligent Systems

  • Ying He, De Montfort University, Leicester, United Kingdom
  • José Machado, Universidade do Minho, Braga, Portugal
  • Manuel Filipe Santos, Universidade do Minho, Guimarães, Portugal

Real-time GPS Simulation and Service Applications

TBA

Simulation with Petri Nets

    Track Chair
  • Francois Siewe, De Montfort University, Leicester, United Kingdom

  • Pascal Berruet, Universite Bretagne Sud, Lorient, France
  • Stefano Marrone, Seconda Universita degli Studi di Napoli, Naples, Italy
  • Alexandre Nketsa, LAAS-CNRS, Toulouse, France

Bond Graphs Simulation

  • Jesus Felez, Univ. Politecnica de Madrid, Spain
  • Andre Tavernier, BioSim, Brussels, Belgium

DEVS

  • Fernando Tricas, Universidad de Zaragoza, Spain

Fluid Flow Simulation

  • H.A.Nour Eldin, University of Wuppertal, Germany
  • Markus Fiedler, Blekinge Institute of Technology, Sweden

Emergency Risk Management Simulation

  • Konstantinos Kirytopoulos, University of South Australia, Australia
  • Lode Vermeersch, Delcredere, Brussels, Belgium