UKSim News February 2009
Report on UKSim Activities during 2009 and for earlier years
BY: RICHARD ZOBEL UKSim Board Member
11-02-09 Age Zero
Category: UKSim News
Report on UKSim Activities during 2008/9 and for earlier years
BY: RICHARD ZOBEL UKSim Board Member
2nd European Modelling Symposium, ESM2008
This was held at <place><placename>Liverpool</placename> <placename>Hope</placename> <placename>University</placename></place>, <place><city>Liverpool</city>, <country-region>UK</country-region></place>, from 8 – 10 September 2008.
The event, part of the Liverpool City of Culture 2008, was very successful, attracting some 98 papers from <place>Europe</place>, <place>Asia</place>, North and <place>South America</place>, <place>Africa</place>, <place>Middle East</place> and the <place>Persian Gulf</place>.
The conference is co-sponsored and published by IEEE. The papers are also filed in the Library of Congress. Keynote speakers were Eduard Babulak, <country-region><place>Canada</place></country-region>, and Roy Crosbie, <country-region><place>USA</place></country-region>. The social events were a boat trip across the <place>Mersey</place> and a guided tour of the historic parts of <place>Liverpool</place>.
Pub. IEEE, ISBN 978-0-7695-3325-4 CD
Editors: Atulya Nagar, Hissam Tawfik, David Al-Dabass, Ajith Abraham, Richard Zobel.
www.ems2008.org.uk
2nd <place>Asia</place> Modelling Symposium, AMS2008.
This was held in <city><place>Kuala Lumpur</place></city> from 13 to 15 May at the Equatorial Hotel in the centre of <country-region><place>Malaysia</place></country-region>'s capital city. Some delegates arrived the previous day for early registration which was followed by a welcome/get-together gathering served by refreshments and 'nibbles'. Some 150 papers were presented during the 3 day event with 4 keynote speakers delivering their plenary lectures during the morning of the first day. The keynote speakers were from <country-region><place>Singapore</place></country-region>, <country-region><place>Japan</place></country-region>, <place>Europe</place> and <country-region><place>Indonesia</place></country-region>. Paper presentations were divided among 4 parallel sessions for the rest of the conference. The conference dinner was held at the revolving restaurant at the top of the <city><place>Kuala Lumpur</place></city> tower (known locally as the KL tower) which gave spectacular night views of the city.
Pub: IEEE, ISBN 978-0-7695-3136-6 Paper
Editors: David Al-Dabass, Ajith Abraham, Steve Turner, Jasmy Junus, Gary Tan, Shamsudin Amin
www.ams2008.org.uk
UKSim2009, will be held at <place><placename>Emmanuel</placename> <placename>College</placename></place>, <city><place>Cambridge</place></city>, 25-27 March 2009. The conference is in its final stages of preparation and has attracted well over 100 papers from around the world.
A full report will be available on the UKSim and EUROSIM websites after the event.
AMS2009 is planned to take place in <city><place>Bandung</place></city> and <place><city>Bali</city>, <country-region>Indonesia</country-region></place>, 25-28 May.
A full report will be available on the UKSim and EUROSIM websites after the event.
<place>EMS</place>. The next <place>EMS</place> conference is planned to take place late in 2009 or in 2010.
It is intended to attract good papers from both <place>Europe</place> and the rest of the world, providing younger researchers with experience of attending an international conference, presenting a paper on the international stage, of meeting well known international speakers, and being published by IEEE. It is further intended to be held at a time and place in <place>Europe</place> that should not compete with other national, regional, or European conferences.
Previous Years
2007 was special because in March 2007 UKSim organized the first Asia Modelling Symposium, AMS2007, at the Prince of Songkla University, Phuket campus in conjunction with the Thai 10th Annual National Symposium on Science and Engineering ANSCSE10, chaired by Asst. Prof. Dr. Pichaya Tandayya.
UKSim was also involved with the EUROSIM/UKSim 2008 held in <city w:st="on"><place w:st="on">Cambridge</place></city>. the first official EUROSIM event, now no longer a concept, but a reality. It is hoped that their will now be such an event every year except in a EUROSIM Congress year, to be organised by a EUROSIM member society.
EUROSIM/UKSim2008: <placename w:st="on">Emmanuel</placename> <placename w:st="on">College</placename>, <place w:st="on"><city w:st="on">Cambridge</city></place>, 1-3 April 2008
Pub: IEEE, ISBN 0-7695-3114-8
Editors: David Al-Dabass, Alessandra Orsoni, Adam Brentnall, Ajith Abraham, Richard Zobel
www.uksim2008.org.uk
Special Session: Innovations in Simulation and Intelligent Models
Organised by David Al-Dabass in:
4th International Conference on
Innovations in Information Technology
November 18-20, 2007
<place w:st="on"><city w:st="on">Dubai</city>, <country-region w:st="on">United Arab Emirates</country-region></place>
Some previous conferences were:
Asia Modelling Symposium 2007 (UKSim 2007), 27-29 March 2007, <place w:st="on"><city w:st="on">Phuket</city>, <country-region w:st="on">Thailand</country-region></place>
EMS2006, 11-12 September 2006, <placetype w:st="on">University</placetype> <placetype w:st="on">College</placetype> <city w:st="on"><place w:st="on">London</place></city>
ECMS 2006, <city w:st="on"><place w:st="on">Bonn</place></city>, 1-4 June 2006
UKSim 2006, <placename w:st="on">Oriel</placename> <placetype w:st="on">College</placetype>, <city w:st="on"><place w:st="on">Oxford</place></city>, 4-6 April 2006
UKSim 2005, <placename w:st="on">St John’s</placename> <placetype w:st="on">College</placetype>, <city w:st="on"><place w:st="on">Oxford</place></city>, 6-8 April 2005
UKSim 2004, St Catherine’s College, <city w:st="on"><place w:st="on">Oxford</place></city>, 29-31 March 2004
UKSim2003, <placename w:st="on">Emmanuel</placename> <placename w:st="on">College</placename>, <place w:st="on"><city w:st="on">Cambridge</city></place>, 9-11th April 2003
UKSim2001, <placename w:st="on">Emmanuel</placename> <placename w:st="on">College</placename>, <city w:st="on"><place w:st="on">Cambridge</place></city>, 28-30th March 2001
UKSim'99, St Catharine's College, <place w:st="on"><city w:st="on">Cambridge</city></place>, 7-9th April 1999