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CALL FOR PARTICIPATION
The Seventh IEEE International Symposium on Distributed Simulation and Real Time Applications (DS-RT 2003) http://www.cs.unibo.it/ds-rt2003/ October 23-25, 2003 Delft, The Netherlands
in conjunction with 15th European Simulation Symposium (ESS 2003) http://www.scs-europe.org/conf/ess2003/ October 26-29, 2003 Delft, The Netherlands
Hosted by the Delft University of Technology
Early registration deadline 25th September 2003 http://www.cs.unibo.it/ds-rt2003/
Sponsored by the IEEE Computer Society
Additional information (registration, travel details, hotel information...) is available via the DS-RT 2003 website http://www.cs.unibo.it/ds-rt2003/ (Early registration: September 25, 2003)
Keynote speakers
Stewart Robinson (Warwick Business School) "Distributed Simulation and Simulation Practice"
Paul Sharkey (University of Reading) "Distributed Stiffness"
Panel Chair: Agostino G. Bruzzone, MISS DIP University of Genoa "Critical Issues on Distributed Simulation Project Management"
==================================================== TECHNICAL PROGRAM ==================================================== Wednesday 22nd October 2003 16:00-17:30 Registration and Reception
Day 1 (Thursday 23rd October 2003)
08:45-09:00 Welcome 09:00-10:00 Session 1 Session Chair: Simon. J. E. Taylor (Brunel University) Keynote speaker: Stewart Robinson (Warwick Business School) "Distributed Simulation and Simulation Practice"
10:30-12:30 Session 2: HLA and Grid Issues Session Chair: Simon. J. E. Taylor (Brunel University)
Zajac, K., Bubak, M., Malawski, M. and Sloot, P. "Towards a Grid Management System for HLA-based Interactive Simulations"
Yuan, Z., Cai, W. and Low, M.Y.H. "A Framework for Executing Parallel Simulation using RTI"
Wang, L., Turner, S.J. and Wang, F. "Interest Management in Agent-based Distributed Simulations"
Reynolds, R.A. "Architectures for the Simulation of the Natural Environment"
12:30-13:30 Lunch 13:30-15:30 Session 3: Real Time Systems Session Chair: Wentong Cai (Nanyang Technological University)
Moen, D.M. and Pullen, J.M. "Enabling Real-Time Distributed Virtual Simulation over the Internet Using Host-based Overlay Multicast"
Mathuré, M.A., Jonnalagadda, V. and Zalewski, J. "A Heterogeneous Architecture and Testbed for Simulation of Large-Scale Real-Time Systems"
Kim, J. and Lee B. "Adaptive scheduling techniques for multimedia computing in hard real-time systems"
Ferscha, A. and Keller M. "Collaborative Real Time Inspection of Hidden Worlds"
15:30-16:00 Coffee 16:00-17:30 Session 4: Model Composition Session Chair: Stephen J Turner (Nanyang Technical University)
Hu, Y., Tan, G.S.H. and Moradi, F. "Automatic SOM Compatibility Check and FOM Development"
Simon, R., Pullen, J.M. and Chang, W.S. "An Agent Architecture for Network Support of Distributed Simulation Systems"
Canonico, R., Emma, D. and Ventre, G. "An XML Description Language for Web-based Network Simulation"
17:15 Close
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Day 2 (Friday 24th October 2003)
09:00-10:30 Session 5: Quality of Service and Multimedia Session Chair: A Santoro (University of Rome)
Scherpe, C., Wolfinger, B.E. and Salzmann, I. "Model Based Network Emulation to Study the Behavior and Quality of Real-Time Application"
Bouras, C. Kapoulas, V. and Primpas, D. "Performance Evaluation of the Managed Bandwidth Service with QoS guarantees"
El Saddik, A. and Dufour, A. "Peer-to-Peer Suitability for Collaborative Multiplayer Games"
11:00-12:30 Session 6: Parallel and Distributed Simulation Session Chair: Alois Ferscha, Johannes Kepler University, Linz
Kelly IV, C. and Manohar, R. "An Event-Synchronization Protocol for Parallel Simulation of Large-Scale Wireless Networks"
Santoro, A. and Quaglia, F. "PCI-DMA/CPU Handoff for Increased Effectiveness of Checkpointing Functionalities in CCL"
Iskra, K. A., van Albada, G. D. and Sloot, P. M. A. "Time Warp Cancellation Optimisations on High Latency Networks"
12:30-13:30 Lunch 13:30-15:30 Session 7: Methodology and Web-based Simulation Session Chair: Mark Pullen (George Mason University)
Anagnostopoulos, D. and Nikolaidou, M. "Executing a Minimum Number of Replications to Support the Reliability of FRTS Predictions"
Biles, W.E. and Kleijnen, J.P.C. "Statistical Methodology for Web-Based Simulation"
Wang, Y.-H. and Liao, Y.-C. "Implementation of A Collaborative Web-based Simulation Modeling Environment"
Igbe, D., Kalantery, N. Ijaha, S. and Winter, S. "An Open Interface for Parallelization of Traffic Simulation"
16:00-17:30 Session 8: Panel Discussion "Distributed Simulation Project Management" Panel Chair: Agostino Bruzzone (University of Genoa)
17:30 Close
19:30 Conference Banquet (TBA)
==================================================== Day 3 (Saturday 25th October 2003)
09:00-10:00 Session 9: Keynote Speaker Session Chair: Azzedine Boukerche (University of North Texas) Keynote speaker: Paul Sharkey (University of Reading) "Distributed Stiffness"
10:30-12:30 Session 10: Haptic Audio Visual Collaborative Virtual Environments and Applications Session Chair: Abdulmotaleb El Saddik (University of Ottawa)
Linebarger, L.M., Janneck, C.D. and Kessler, G.D. "Shared Simple Virtual Environment: An Object-Oriented Framework for Highly-Interactive Group Collaboration"
Souayed, R.T., Yu, W. , Gu, Q., Gaiti, D., Pujolle, G. and Marshall, A. "Haptic Virtual Environment Performance Over IP Networks: A case study"
Laberge, D., Lapointe, J.-F. and Petriu, E.M. "An Auto-Calibrated Laser-Pointing Interface for Large Screen Displays"
Otto, O and Roberts, D. "Importance of Communication Influences on a Highly Collaborative Task"
12:30 Closing Remarks
Afternoon: XMSF/CSPIF workshop Notes: all DS-RT Participants are welcome to attend the workshop free of charge. For more information, please contact Dr. Simon. J.E. Taylor
========================================================= IEEE DS-RT 2003 SYMPOSIUM ORGANIZERS =========================================================
General Chair
Stephen J. Turner (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)
Program Chair
Simon J. E. Taylor (Brunel University, UK)
Local Arrangements/European Simulation Symposium Liaison
Alexander Verbraeck (Technical University of Delft, The Netherlands)
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