10^th All-Russian Scientific and Practical Conference «Simulation. Theory and Practice» (IMMOD-2021)

10^th All-Russian Scientific and Practical Conference «Simulation. Theory and Practice» (IMMOD-2019) was held in St. Petersburg, on October 20-22, 2021. The conference venue is the M. Gorky House of Scientists of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Dvortsovaya emb., 26).

The conference was organized by the JSC «Shipbuilding & Shiprepair Technology Center», St.-Petersburg Institute for Informatics and Automation of the Russian Academy of Sciences, and Noncommercial Partnership National Simulation Society. 

The general sponsor of the conference is The AnyLogic Company, St. Petersburg.  The official sponsor of the conference is Amalgama Company, Ulyanovsk.

Committee for Science and Higher Education under the Government of St. Petersburg, Noncommercial Partnership National Simulation Society and JSC «Shipbuilding & Shiprepair Technology Center» acted as sponsors of the conference.

The purpose of the Conference is to disseminate methods and means of simulation for solving scientific and practical problems, enhancing creative activity and strengthening the scientific and production potential of the Russian Federation.

One of the main goals of Conference is development and consolidation of theory, methodology and technology of simulation modeling, as well as experience exchange and discussion of researches results and practical application of simulation in industry, logistics and other branches of  economics, review of newest equipment for automation and visualization of simulation, sharing experience in simulation theoretical and practical training.

Conference program consisted of reports, related primarily to modeling of system with discrete events and time. Reports on modeling systems with use of other technologies (system dynamics, agent and evolutionary modeling, neuron networks, etc.) were submitted only in case, if they contained results, related to general methodological, software and hardware problems of simulation and complex modeling of complex objects and processes in different application environment.

Scientific schedule of conference included thematic areas as follows:

• Theoretical basis and methodology of simulation researches and complex modeling;
• Procedures for evaluation of adequacy and quality of models, polimodel complexes, methods and systems of distributed modeling;
• Modeling of global processes and systems;
• Multipurpose and specialized equipment for automation and visualization of simulation researches and complex modeling;
• System dynamics (availability of simulation component in established or used simulative – algorithmic development is mandatory);

• Practical application of simulation and modeling automation equipment, carrying out of simulation expertise;
• Simulation and complex modeling in training and education.

Administrators, specialists, managers and scientists from Russia, Belarus, Bulgaria, Latvia and Ukraine participated in conference. Authors of articles (153 persons), reports, poster presentations and demonstrations, included in collected papers of conference, represented 87 organizations, companies, firms and higher education institutions from 24 cities of participating countries.

Conference program consisted of 84 reports (including six plenary reports) and four demonstrations of simulation systems. Seven reports were delivered online.

Within the framework of the conference, two master classes were held:

• master class on the GPSS Studio system (representatives of the «Elina-Computer» company, Kazan);
• master class on the AnyLogic system (representatives of the The AnyLogic Company, St. Petersburg).

Break-out sessions were conducted by leading specialists on simulation from Russia and Foreign countries. Collected papers of conference will be available at www.simulation.su.

Four young scientists became laureates of the youth award of N.P. Buslenko.

Sixth International scientific-practical conference «Simulation and Complex Modelling of Marine Equipment and Maritime Transportation Systems» (SCM MEMTS-2021)

On June 23, the Sixth international scientific-practical conference «Simulation and Complex Modelling of Marine Equipment and Maritime Transportation Systems» (SCM MEMTS-2021) was held in St. Petersburg (ExpoForum exhibition complex, pavilion H, conference hall H8).

The conference was organised within the framework of the International Maritime Defence Show (IMDS 2021) and was an official event of the Show.

The conference was set up by the JSC «Shipbuilding & Shiprepair Technology Center», St.-Petersburg Institute for Informatics and Automation of the Russian Academy of Sciences, and Noncommercial Partnership «National Simulation Society».

Latvian Simulation Society (LSS) acted as an international co-organiser of the conference.

Financial support for the conference was provided by the Committee for Industrial Policy, Innovations and Trade of the Government of St. Petersburg.

Information support for the conference was provided by Noncommercial Partnership «National Simulation Society», «Shipbuilding» magazine and «Rational Enterprise Management» magazine.

Themes of the conference had a focus on the following areas of maritime matters and activities:

• designing, building and operation of courts and the sea technics;
• shiprepairing & marine equipment updating;
• designing, manufacturing and operation of means of equipment and arms of sea technics;
• fleet supply and service, logistics infrastructure;
• sea transport systems, a sea cargo transportation, logistics;
• arctic shelf development;
• ship-building and ship-repair manufactures, port economy.

Authors of papers and the audience of the conference represented 29 organisations, enterprises, companies, and higher educational institutions from Russia, Latvia, Ukraine and India. A collection of conference papers was published prior to the opening of the conference.

The conference program included 21 panel papers and 4 at-booth presentations.

Conference materials can be found at webpage www.simulation.su.

The first all-Russian scientific-practical conference «Simulation of military systems, actions of troops and processes of their support» IMSVN-2020 («Имитационное моделирование систем военного назначения, действий войск и процессов их обеспечения» ИМСВН-2020)

The first all-Russian scientific-practical conference on simulation and its application in the military sphere «Simulation of military systems, actions of troops and processes of their support» SMS -2020 was held in St. Petersburg on November 25, 2020 in absentia.

The conference was organized by the Military Academy of Material and Technical Support named after General of the Army A.V. Khruleva, NP National Society for Simulation Modelling, St. Petersburg Institute for Informatics and Automation of the Russian Academy of Sciences and JSC Center for Shipbuilding and Ship Repair Technology (St. Petersburg).

Among the main tasks of the conference are the exchange of experience in research and practical applications of means of imitation and complex modeling of complex organizational and technical systems and processes in the military sphere; dissemination of methods and means of imitation and complex modeling for solving scientific and practical tasks of command and control of troops and weapons; determination of the prospects for the activities of scientific, research and educational organizations, industrial enterprises in the imitation and complex modeling of the processes of armed struggle and their comprehensive support; dissemination of experience in teaching theory and practice of simulation and complex modeling in the military sphere.

The scientific program of the conference included the following thematic areas:

• the use of simulation and integrated modeling for decision-making on command and control of troops and weapons;
• the use of simulation and complex modeling at various stages of the life cycle of weapon systems, military and special equipment;
• theoretical foundations and methodology of imitation and complex modeling of the actions of troops and the processes of their all-round support;
• the use of simulation and complex modeling in the training of military specialists.

The conference program was composed of 34 reports related to the field of simulation of military systems, actions of troops and the processes of their comprehensive support with discrete events and time. Along with the traditional issues of simulation, the reports considered the issues of its interaction with other types and technologies of modeling (analytical, logical-algebraic, logical-linguistic modeling and their combinations) within the framework of the concept of complex (systemic) modeling of the studied complex objects and processes in the military sphere.

The conference was attended by heads, specialists and scientists of universities and research organizations of the Russian Ministry of Defense, civil higher educational institutions and industrial enterprises. The authors of the articles (77 people) included in the collection of the conference proceedings represented 32 organizations from 16 cities of the Russian Federation.

Conference proceedings are posted on the website www.simulation.su.