Committee

General Conference Chair

• Assoc. Prof. Eleni Mangina, University College Dublin (UCD), School of Computer Science, Dublin, Ireland

General Program Chair

• TBA

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

Local Programme Committee

• Dr Fabiano Pallonetto, University College Dublin (UCD), Dublin, Ireland
• Dr Anca Delia Jurcut, University College Dublin (UCD), Dublin, Ireland
• Dr Abraham Campbell, University College Dublin (UCD), Dublin, Ireland
• Matt Glowatz, University College Dublin (UCD), Dublin, Ireland

Past Conference Chair

• Paulo J.S. Gonçalves , Instituto Politécnico de Castelo Branco and IDMEC, Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisbon, Portugal

International Programme Committee

Discrete Simulation Methodology, Languages and Tools

Discrete Simulation Methodology

• Sang Do No , Sungkyunkwan University, South Korea
• Vincent Rodin , European Centre for VR, Brest, France

Discrete Simulation Analysis

• Pascal Berruet , Université Bretagne Sud, Lorient Cedex, France

Discrete Simulation Languages and Tools

• Matthias Becker , University Hannover, Hannover, Germany
• Helge Hagenauer , Universitaet Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
• Sophie Hennequin , ENIM, Metz Cedex, France
• Stefano Marrone , Seconda Universita di Napoli. Naples, Italy
• Jiri Safarik , University of West Bohemia, Plzen, Czech Republic

Open Source Simulation Languages and Tools

• Sang Do No , Sungkyunkwan University, South Korea
• Philippe Geril , ETI Bvba, Ostend, Belgium
• Maciej Majewski , Koszalin University of Technology, Poland

Verification, Validation and Accreditation

• Maciej Majewski , Koszalin University of Technology, Poland
• Roberto Revetria , University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy

Simulation in Computer Science

• Ernst Kesseler , NLR, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Artificial Intelligence, IOT and VR Graphics Applied to Industry

Ambient Intelligence and Simulation

• Sang Do No , Sungkyunkwan University, South Korea
• Maciej Majewski , Koszalin University of Technology, Poland
• Selwyn Piramuthu , University of Florida, Gainesville, USA

Artificial Intelligence

• Chrissanti Angeli , University of West Attica, Athens, Greece
• Meisam Farrokhi Far, Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, Moscow, Russia
• Sang Do No , Sungkyunkwan University, South Korea
• Paulo Jorge Sequeira Gonçalves , Polytechnic Institute of Castelo Branco, Castelo Branco, Portugal
• Sanaul Haque , Institute of Technology, Carlow, Ireland
• Maciej Majewski , Koszalin University of Technology, Poland
• Biju Theruvil Sayed , Dhofar University, Salalah, Sultanate of Oman

VR and Graphical Simulation in Industry

• Track Chair: Guodong Shao , NIST, Gaithersburg, USA
• Pascal Berruet , Université Bretagne Sud, Lorient Cedex, France
• Sanaul Haque , Institute of Technology, Carlow, Ireland
• Fabrizio Lamberti , Politecnico di Torino, Turin, Italy
• Christoph Laroque , University of Applied Sciences, Zwickau, Germany
• Sudhir Mudur , Concordia University, Montréal, Canada
• Paulo Moura Oliveira , UTA University, Vila Real, Portugal
• Dorin-Mircea Popovici , Universitatea OVIDIUS din Constanta, Constanta, Romania
• Marcos A.Rodrigues , Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield, United Kingdom

Augmented Reality and Pervasive Systems in Factories

• Ricardo Chalmeta , Universitat Jaume I., Castillon, Spain
• Sanaul Haque , Institute of Technology, Carlow, Ireland
• Maciej Majewski , Koszalin University of Technology, Poland
• Eleni Mangina , University College Dublin (UCD), Dublin, Ireland

Simulation-based evaluation of interactive systems

• Sanaul Haque  Institute of Technology, Carlow, Ireland
• Maciej Majewski , Koszalin University of Technology, Poland

Simulation and Training

• Manuel Alfonseca , Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
• Eleni Mangina , University College Dublin (UCD), Dublin, Ireland
• Dorin-Mircea Popovici , Universitatea OVIDIUS din Constanta, Constanta, Romania

Industrial Internet of Things

• Ricardo Chalmeta , Universitat Jaume I., Castillon, Spain
• Norbert Jastroch , MET Communications GmbH,Bad Homburg, Germany
• Sanaul Haque , Institute of Technology, Carlow, Ireland
• Maciej Majewski , Koszalin University of Technology, Poland

e-Business in Collaborative Engineering

• Ricardo Chalmeta , Universitat Jaume I., Castillon, Spain
• Heiko Duin , BIBA, Bremen, Germany
• Sanaul Haque , Institute of Technology, Carlow, Ireland
• Norbert Jastroch , MET Communications GmbH,Bad Homburg, Germany

Simulation in Nanotechnology

• Clemens Heitzinger , TU Wien, Vienna, Austria
• Yong K. Kim , University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, Dartmouth, USA
• Javier Marin , ETSI, University of Malaga, Malaga, Spain

Complex Systems Modelling

• Track Chair: Igor N Litvine , Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, Port Elizabeth, South Africa
• Frantisek Capkovic , Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
• Alexandre Nketsa , LAAS, Toulouse, France
• Alfonso Urquia , UNED, Madrid, Spain

Simulation of Complex Multiprocessor Systems

• Orhan Gemikonakli , Middlesex University, London, United Kingdom

Simulation in Electronics, Computers and Telecommunications

• Teresa Alvarez , University of Valladolid, Valladolid Spain
• Christos Bouras , University of Patras, Patras, Greece
• Adnane Latif , Cadi Ayyad University, Marrakesh, Morocco
• Silvia Mirri , University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
• Maurizio Palesi , Universita di Catania, Catania, Italy
• Marco Roccetti , University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
• Fernando Boronat Segui , Universitat Politecnica de Valencia, Valencia, Spain
• Pedro Sousa , University of Minho, Portugal

Simulation in Aerospace

• Wolfgang Kuehn , University of Wuppertal, Wuppertal, Germany

Marine Simulation

• Sergeij Kalashnkikow  DANFOSS, Austria

Simulation in Military and Defense

• Roberto de Beauclair Seixas , IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
• Carlos Palau , UPV, Valencia, Spain
• Matthias Reuter , CUTEC Gmbh, TU-Clausthal, Clausthal, Germany
• Joseph M. Saur , Regent University, USA

Simulation in Civil and Building Engineering

• Alistair Borthwick , Oxford University, Oxford, United Kingdom
• Graham Saunders , Loughborough University, Loughborough, United Kingdom

Simulation in Chemical, Petroleum and Mining Engineering

• Pouria Homayonifar , ABB - Scandinavian Technology Center, Skien, Norway
• Mohamad R. Riazi , Kuwait University, Kuwait

Simulation in the Power Industry

• Meisam Farrokhi Far, Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, Moscow, Russia
• Sérgio Leitão , CETAV/UTAD, Vila Real, Portugal
• Sergeij Kalashnkikow , DANFOSS, Austria
• Janos-Sebestyen Janosy , KFKI Atomic Energy Research Institute, Budapest, Hungary

Simulation in Robotics

Servitization

• Paulo Jorge Sequeira Gonçalves , Polytechnic Institute of Castelo Branco, Castelo Branco, Portugal
• Sang Do No , Sungkyunkwan University, South Korea

Automation/Robotics

• Leopoldo Arnesto Angel , UPV, Valencia, Spain
• Maciej Majewski , Koszalin University of Technology, Poland
• Martin Mellado , UPV, Valencia, Spain
• Paulo Moura Oliveira , UTA University, Vila Real, Portugal
• Sergiu-Dan Stan , Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

Machine to Machine

• Paulo Jorge Sequeira Gonçalves , Polytechnic Institute of Castelo Branco, Castelo Branco, Portugal
• Sang Do No , Sungkyunkwan University, South Korea
• Maciej Majewski , Koszalin University of Technology, Poland

Intelligent Connected Systems

• Paulo Jorge Sequeira Gonçalves , Polytechnic Institute of Castelo Branco, Castelo Branco, Portugal
• Sang Do No , Sungkyunkwan University, South Korea
• Maciej Majewski , Koszalin University of Technology, Poland

Cyber Physical Systems Simulation

• Adina Magda Florea , University POLITEHNICA of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania
• Pascal Berruet , Université Bretagne Sud, Lorient Cedex, France
• Cornel Burileanu , University POLITEHNICA of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania
• Corneliu Bilan , University POLITEHNICA of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania
• Maciej Majewski , Koszalin University of Technology, Poland
• Eleni Mangina , University College Dublin (UCD), Dublin, Ireland
• Victorino Sanz , ETSI Informatica, UNED, Madrid, Spain

Fog computing for Robotics and Industrial Automation

• Paulo Jorge Sequeira Gonçalves , Polytechnic Institute of Castelo Branco, Castelo Branco, Portugal
• Sang Do No , Sungkyunkwan University, South Korea

Simulation in Engineering

Simulation in Engineering Processes

• Chrissanti Angeli , University of West Attica, Athens, Greece
• Frantisek Capkovic, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia
• Alejandra Gomez Padilla , University of Guadalajara, Mexico
• Bernhard Heinzl , TU Wien, Vienna, Austria
• Jan Studzinski , Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
• Joao Tavares , University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
• Henk Versteeg , Loughborough University, Loughborough, United Kingdom

Model Driven Engineering

• Frantisek Capkovic, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia
• Ricardo Chalmeta , Universitat Jaume I., Castillon, Spain
• Norbert Jastroch , MET Communications GmbH,Bad Homburg, Germany
• Paulo Jorge Sequeira Gonçalves , Polytechnic Institute of Castelo Branco, Castelo Branco, Portugal

Simulation in Industrial and Product Design

• Chiara Catalano , IMATI-CNR, Genoa, Italy
• Yan Luo , NIST, Gaithersburg, USA
• Catarina Rizzi , University of Bergamo, Bergamo, Italy

Simulation in Automotive Systems

• Track Chair: José Machado , Uminho, Portugal
• António Abelha , UMinho, Portugal
• Naoufel Cheikhrouhou , EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland
• Valerian Croitorescu , University of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania
• José António Oliveira , University of Minho in Portugal
• Julien Richert , Daimler AG, GR/PAA, Sindelfingen, Böblingen, Germany

Choice Modelling Methods and Applications

• Frantisek Capkovic, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia
• Karim Labadi , ECAM-EPMI, QUARTZ-Lab, France

Simulation in Multibody Systems

• Ignacio Garcia-Fernandez , University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain

Simulation in Collaborative Engineering

Organization and Management in Collaborative Engineering

• António Abreu , ISEL, Lisbon, Portugal
• Florina Covaci , ”Babes-Bolyai” University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
• Iris Graessler , Cologne University of Applied Sciences, Cologne, Germany

Supporting Technologies

• Ricardo Gonçalves , Univ. Nova de Lisboa, UNINOVA, Caparica, Portugal

Formal Methods, Techniques and Design

• Yan Luo , NIST, Gaithersburg, USA
• Stefano Marrone , Seconda Universita di Napoli, Caserta, Italy

Engineering of Embedded Systems

• Petr Hanacek , Brno University of Technology, Brno, Czech Republic
• Jose Machado , University do Minho, Braga, Portugal
• Stefano Marrone , Second University of Naples, Caserta, Italy

Collaborative Engineering data management and information modeling

• Uwe Baake , Daimler Buses, Evobus GmbH, Neu-Ulm, Germany
• Florina Covaci , ”Babes-Bolyai” University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
• Joachim Herbst , Daimler AG, Research and Technology, Ulm, Germany
• Jiri Vondrich , Czech Technical University, Prague, Czech Republic

Collaborative Engineering process management and simulation

• Antonio Carvalho Brito , FEUP, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
• Florina Covaci , ”Babes-Bolyai” University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
• Imed Kacem , University of Technology of Troyes, Troyes, France
• Carlo Meloni , Politecnico di Bari, Bari, Italy
• Roberto Montemanni , IDSIA, Manno, Switzerland
• Maurizio Palesi , University of Catania, Catania, Italy
• Christian Andreas Schumann , University of Zwickau, Zwickau, Germany

Collaborative environments for virtual teams

• Paul Stratil , SAP Deutschland SE & Co. KG, Walldorf, Germany

Collaborative Enhanced Lean Manufacturing Simulation

• Jean-Claude Hochon , AIRBUS, Blagnac, France
• Jose Antonio V. Oliveira , University of Minho, Braga, Portugal

Practical applications and experiences

• James Gao , University of Greenwich, Chatham Maritime, Kent, United Kingdom
• Sanaul Haque , Institute of Technology, Carlow, Ireland
• Irfan Manarvi , Prince Sultan University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Factory Planning and Control for SME's

• Sílvio do Carmo Silva , University of Minho, Portugal
• Pascal Berruet , Université Bretagne Sud, Lorient Cedex, France
• Paulo J.S. Gonçalves , Polytechnic Institute of Castelo Branco, Portugal
• Nuno O. Fernandes , Polytechnic Institute of Castelo Branco, Portugal
• Veronique Limère , Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

Data-Driven Tradespace Exploration and Analysis

• Philippe Geril , ETI, Ostend, Belgium
• Sanaul Haque , Institute of Technology, Carlow, Ireland
• Peter K. K. Loh , Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Production of One: Digital Direct Manufacturing and Additive Manufacturing

• Hans Degraeuwe , Degraeuwe Consulting, Brussels, Belgium

Smart Factory 1.0 and Industry 4.0

• Florina Covaci , ”Babes-Bolyai” University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
• Norbert Jastroch , MET Communications GmbH,Bad Homburg, Germany
• Maciej Majewski , Koszalin University of Technology, Poland
• Philippe Geril , ETI, Ostend, Belgium

Simulation in Manufacturing

Steel Manufacturing and New Materials Manufacturing

• TBA

Simulation in Electronics Manufacturing

• Gerald Weigert , Dresden University of Technology, Germany

Simulation Optimization in Manufacturing

• Bernhard Heinzl , TU Wien, Vienna, Austria
• Karim Labadi , ECAM-EPMI, QUARTZ-Lab, France
• Amos H.C. Ng , University of Skovde, Skovde, Sweden
• Anna Syberfeldt , University of Skovde, Skovde, Sweden

Apparel and Textile Manufacturing Simulation

• Jocelyn Bellemare , University of Québec in Montréal (UQAM), Montréeal (Québec) Canada
• Ali Shams Nateri , University of Guilan, Iran

Simulation in Logistics and Traffic

Simulation in Logistics

• El-Houssaine Aghezzaf , Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
• Maria Sameiro Carvalho , University of Minho, Guimaraes, Portugal
• Remy Dupas , Université de Bordeaux , Bordeaux, France
• Olivier Grunder , UTBM, Belfort, France
• Isabel Garcia Guttierez , Univ. Carlos III de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
• Peter Lawrence , Swinburne University, Lilydale, Australia
• Pasquale Legato , University of Calabria, Rende, Italy
• Marie-Ange Manier , UTBM, Belfort, France
• Roberto Montemanni , IDSIA, Manno-Lugano, Switzerland
• Guilherme A B Pereira , University of Minho, Braga, Portugal
• Rosaldo Rossetti , University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
• Hans Veeke , TU Delft, Delft, The Netherlands
• Pengjun Zheng , Ningbo University, Zhejiang, China P.R.

Simulation in Supply Chains

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

Simulation in Hospital Logistics

• Giorgio Romanin-Jacur , University of Padova, Vicenza, Italy
• Antonio Abelha , Universidade do Minho, Braga, Portugal
• 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
• Peter Summons , University of Newcastle, Australia

Transport Simulation

• Jose Antonio V. Oliveira , University of Minho, Braga, Portugal

Intelligent Transport Systems

• Track Chair: Anna Syberfeldt , University of Skovde, Skovde, Sweden
• Petr Hanacek , Brno University of Technology, Brno, Czech Republic
• Jairo Montoya Torres , Universidad de la Sabana, Chia, Columbia

Harbour simulation

• tba

Simulation in Traffic

• tba

Urban Simulation

• Hans Degrauwe , Degrauwe Consulting, Brussels, Belgium

Datamining Business Processes, Geosimulation and Big Data

Statistical Analysis and Data Mining of Business Processes

• Paulo Alexandre Ribeiro Cortez , University of Minho, Guimaraes, Portugal
• Sanaul Haque , Institute of Technology, Carlow, Ireland
• Selwyn Piramithu , University of Florida, Gainesville, USA
• Inna Pivkina , New Mexico State University, USA
• Danny Van Welden , KBC Bank, Brussels, Belgium

Applications using Data Mining

• Marco Furini , Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Reggio Emilia, Italy
• Sanaul Haque , Institute of Technology, Carlow, Ireland
• Maciej Majewski , Koszalin University of Technology, Poland

Applications using data mining and open source text information mining and analysis

• Marco Furini , Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Reggio Emilia, Italy
• Sang Do No , Sungkyunkwan University, South Korea
• Maciej Majewski , Koszalin University of Technology, Poland

Patient Centered Health Care with Meaningful Use of IT

• Sanaul Haque , Institute of Technology, Carlow, Ireland

Geosimulation and Big Data

• Marwan Al-Akaidi , American University in the Emirates, Dubai, UAE

Simulation in Economics and Business

Simulation Applied to Economics

• J. Manuel Feliz Teixeiro , FEUP-University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
• Leonid Novickis , IDC Information Technologies, Riga, Latvia
• Kamelia Stefanova , University of National and World Economy, Sofia, Bulgaria

Agents in Business Automation and Economics

• Florina Covaci , ”Babes-Bolyai” University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
• Martin Fredriksson , Linnaeus University, Ronneby, Sweden
• Markus Koch , Orga Systems GmbH, Paderborn, Germany
• Isabel Praca , Polytechnic of Porto, Porto, Portugal

Simulation in Business and Economics

• Sudhir Mudur , Concordia University, Montréal, Canada
• Yan Luo , NIST, Gaitherburg, USA

Simulation in Business Games

• Marco Furini , Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Reggio Emilia, Italy
• David Wortley , Coventry University, Coventry, United Kingdom

Simulation and Analysis of Environmental effects of business

• Dietmar Boenke , Hochschule Reutlingen, Reutlingen, Germany
• Elias A. Hadzilias , Universite Catholique de Lille, Lille, France
• Roberto Razzoli , University of Genova, Genova, Italy

Simulation in Economic and Risk Management

Simulation Tools for Business Management & Business Intelligence

• Igor Litvine , Nelson Mandela University, Port Elizabeth, South Africa
• Carlo Meloni , Politecnico di Bari, Bari, Italy

Simulation in OR and Knowledge Management

• Chrissanthi Angeli , University of West Attica, Athens, Greece
• Imed Kacem , Université Paul Verlaine Metz, Metz, France
• Christophe Roche , Universite de Savoie, Le Bourget du Lac Cedex, France
• Biju Theruvil Sayed , Dhofar University, Salalah, Sultanate of Oman

Emergency Management and Risk Analysis Management

• Ismail Bouassida , LAAS-CNRS, Université de Toulouse, Toulouse, France
• Konstantinos Kirytopoulos , University of the Aegean, Greece
• Lode Vermeersch , Credendo, Brussels, Belgium

Predictive Simulation and Methodology for Futures Research

• tba

Policy Modelling and Simulation in E-Management, E-Government, E-Commerce and E-Trade

• Vrassidas Leopoulos , Nat.Technical University of Athens, Athens, Greece

Political and Government Simulation

• Joseph M. Saur , Regent University, USA

Sustainable Development Management

• Meisam Farrokhi Far, Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, Moscow, Russia
• Philippe Geril , ETI Bvba, Ostend, Belgium

Workshops

VR/AR Simulations in Education

• Matt Glowatz, University College Dublin (UCD), Quinn School of Business, Dublin, Ireland
• Eleni Mangina, University College Dublin (UCD), School of Computer Science, Dublin, Ireland

AR Learning

• Matt Glowatz, University College Dublin (UCD), Quinn School of Business, Dublin, Ireland

Information Security, Privacy and Applications

• Ngoc Hong Tran, The Insight Centre for Data Analytics, UCD, Ireland
• Leila Bahri, KTH, Sweden
• Cüneyt Gürcan Akçora, University of Manitoba, Canada
• Stefano Braghin, IBM, Dublin, Ireland
• Shatha Jaradat, KTH, Sweden
• Yahya Hassanzadeh, Dapper Labs, Canada
• Sanaz Taheri-Boshrooyeh, Cryptonumerics, Canada