SW25: Simulation Workshop 2025

Website	https://www.theorsociety.com/ORS/ORS/Events/2025/Simulation-Workshop/SW25.aspx
Submission link	https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=sw25

 

Submission Guidelines

 

All submissions will be peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings and will be presented at the conference. Presentations for contributed papers will be scheduled for 30 minutes, including time for questions and answers. Presentations for beginner/advanced tutorials will be for 90 minutes. If you are interested in presenting a tutorial or organising a panel, please contact Professor Nav Mustafee and Dr Thomas Monks for more details.

Posters of applied or research projects in Simulation will be displayed during the conference. A poster session is provided where delegates have 5 minute to briefly introduce their work.

TIMETABLE AND DEADLINES

 21 October 2024: Submissions due for contributed papers not previously published or presented. Instructions for the submission process and paper templates (in LaTeX and MS Word) is available at www.theorsociety.com/events/simulation-workshop. Each submission must be a 4-10 page paper (10-15 pages for the beginner/advanced tutorial stream), including an abstract of less than 150 words.

13 January 2025: Notification of acceptance for contributed papers.

13 January 2025: Submission due for Posters. The poster title and abstract of 150 words should be submitted using the submission site. Posters abstracts will be published in the conference proceedings and should follow the guidelines for conference papers.

31 January 2025: Notification of acceptance for posters.

10 February 2025: Authors provide the final manuscript for inclusion in the conference proceedings. These should be in the format required for the conference. Author instructions are available at www.theorsociety.com/events/simulation-workshop.

Submission implies that an author will pay to attend the workshop to present the paper, and all clearance required for publication or poster presentation will be obtained by 10 February, 2025.

If you require any further information on paper or poster submission, please contact the programme or poster chairs:

Dr Martino Luis and Dr Alison Harper (Programme) or Dr Okechukwu Okorie (Posters).

Organizing committee

• ORGANISING COMMITTEE

  Conference Co-Chairs
  Professor Navonil Mustafee University of Exeter Business School n.mustafee@exeter.ac.uk		Dr Tom Monks University of Exeter Medical School t.m.w.monks@exeter.ac.uk
  Program Co-Chairs
  Dr Martino Luis Engineering, University of Exeter m.luis@exeter.ac.uk		Dr Alison Harper University of Exeter Business School a.l.harper@exeter.ac.uk
  Poster Chair		Industry Chair
  Dr Okechukwu Okorie Engineering, University of Exeter		Andrew Mayne NHS Somerset ICB
  Networking Chair		Social Media Chair
  Marta Staff University of Exeter Business School		Fatemeh Alidoost University of Exeter Business School
  Publicity Chair		Local Chair
  Dr Esmaeil Khedmati Morasae University of Exeter Business School		Professor Voicu Ion Sucala Engineering, University of Exeter
  Advisory Board
  Professor Stewart Robinson Newcastle University Business School		Professor Simon Taylor Brunel University London

  Technical Programme Committee

  Anastasia Anagnostou, Brunel University London Tom Boness, ORH Ltd. Laura Boyle, Queen’s University Belfast Wentong Cai, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Siôn Cave, Decision Analysis Services Ltd. Thierry Chaussalet, University of Westminster Stacey Croft, The Strategy Unit, NHS Christine Currie, University of Southampton Tillal Eldabi, University of Bradford Masoud Fakhimi, University of Surrey Paul Fishwick, The University of Texas at Dallas Richlove Frimpong, King's College London Daniel Gartner, Cardiff University Murat Gunal, Deniz Harp Okulu, Türkiye Cathal Heavy, University of Limerick, Ireland Kathy Kotiadis, University of Kent Martin Kunc, University of Southampton Haobin Li, National University of Singapore Oumar Maïga, University of Science Technical & Technologies, Republic of Mali

  Le Khanh Ngan Nguyen, University of Strathclyde Stephan Onggo, University of Southampton Varun Ramamohan, Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi Wael Rashwan, Technological University Dublin Luke Rhodes-Leader, Lancaster University Seyed Mojtaba Sajadi, Aston University M'hammed Shanoun, CESI LINEACT, France Peer-Olaf Siebers, University of Nottingham Claudia Szabo, Adelaide University, Australia Antuela Tako, Loughborough University Andreas Tolk, MITRE, US Mamadou Kaba Traoré, University of Bordeaux, France Naoum Tsioptsias, Simul8 Corporation Durk-Jouke van der Zee, University of Groningen Christos Vasilakis, University of Bath Joe Viana, BI Norwegian Business School Tony Waller, Royal HaskoningDHV Steffen Zschaler, King's College London

   

Publication

SW25 proceedings will be published by the UK OR Society.

Journal of Simulation

After the conference, the Journal of Simulation will announce a Simulation Workshop Call for Papers. The special issue will be open to authors of all accepted papers from SW25.

Journal of Simulation Africa Focus

As part of the Journal of Simulation Africa Focus initiative (2024- 2026), the workshop will include special sessions on modelling and simulation research conducted in or related to the African region. Papers, posters and presentations are sought that advance simulation theory, methodology, and practice within the unique contexts, challenges, and opportunities of the African region. The Africa Focus sessions are expected to be either online or hybrid sessions. Please contact the Conference Chairs for further information.

Venue

The conference will be held at the Mercure Rougemont Hotel in Exeter, UK.

Contact

If you require any further information on paper or poster submission, please contact the programme or poster chairs: Dr Martino Luis and Dr Alison Harper (programme) or Dr Okechukwu Okorie (Posters).