Our apologies if you have received multiple copies. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Call for Papers DS-RT 2004 Eighth IEEE* International Symposium on Distributed Simulation and Real Time Applications, October 21-23, 2004, Budapest, Hungary.

http://www.cs.unibo.it/DS-RT2004/

In conjunction with 16th European Simulation Symposium (ESS 2004) October 17-20, 2004, Budapest, Hungary.

*IEEE Approval Pending

Scope

In its eighth year, the 2004 International Symposium on Distributed Simulation and Real Time Applications (DS-RT 2004) will take place at Park Hotel Flamenco, Budapest, Hungary, just after the European Simulation Symposium (ESS 2004).

This is an excellent opportunity to participate in two conferences covering a wide range of simulation research.

Symposium Objectives

DS-RT 2004 serves as a forum for simulationists from academia, industry and research labs, for presenting recent research results in Distributed Simulation and Real Time Applications. DS-RT 2004 targets the growing overlap between large distributed simulations and real time applications, such as collaborative virtual environments. The conference features prominent invited speakers as well as papers by top researchers in the field. DS-RT 2004 will include contributed technical papers, invited papers, and panel discussions. The proceedings will be published by IEEE-CS press.

Call for Papers

DS-RT is intended to provide an international forum for the discussion and presentation of original ideas, recent results and achievements by researchers, students, and systems developers on issues and challenges related to distributed simulation and real time applications. Authors are encouraged to submit both theoretical and practical results of significance. Demonstration of new tools/applications is very desirable.

The scope of the symposium includes, but is not limited to:

o- Collaborative Virtual Environments, e.g. interactive Virtual Reality, human communication through immersive environments, shared object manipulation; o- Multi-sensory collaborative systems, e.g. collaborative future workspaces, psychological issues of collaborative VR; o- Interactive Simulation in Entertainment and Games; o- Applications of Distributed Simulation, e.g., Real Time, large distributed simulation systems; o- Agent Based Distributed Simulation, e.g., multi-agent based simulation, parallel and distibuted simulation of multi-agent systems; o- Algorithms and Studies relating to existing protocols, e.g., HLA, DIS, event synchronization, network time protocols; o- Data Distribution Management, Interest Management, Multi-resolution modeling and Dead-Reckoning Mechanisms; o- Current Critical Design Issues, e.g.: causality, simultaneous events, zero look-ahead, compensation for slower than real time; o- Methodology for Distributed and Parallel Simulation; o- Approaches to interoperation of COTS simulation modeling packages; o- Interface Definition, Communication, Management, Security; o- Performance of Distributed Simulation, e.g., benchmark, theoretical, empirical, and HLA/RTI studies; o- Visual Interactive Simulation, e.g., generic animation, visual interactive modeling, interactive computer based learning; o- Animating Language Tools, Visualization Tools for Computational Processes under Simulation; o- Modeling and Simulation Environments for Real Time Concurrent Systems; o- Influence of Network-Centric Systems, e.g., Java, and DCOM; o- Network support for distributed simulation and real-time systems e.g., QoS requirements, multicast for distributed/real-time simulation; o- Applications of Web-Based Simulation, e.g. Modeling Global Internet; o- Integration of Distributed Simulation and HLA with Web Technologies; o- Large Scale Distributed Simulation on the Grid.

Important dates

Submission Deadline: May 15, 2004 (hard copy or electronic paper submission) Notification of Acceptance: June 26, 2004 Camera Ready version due: August 7, 2004 Symposium presentation: October 21-23, 2004 in Budapest, Hungary

IMPORTANT: ATTENDANCE BY AT LEAST ONE AUTHOR IS MANDATORY

Submission Guidelines

Papers should be written in English and should not exceed 10 pages (single-spaced) or 18 pages (double-spaced).

Papers must be unpublished and must not be submitted for publication elsewhere.

Authors are encouraged to submit papers in electronic form, postscript pdf, or Microsoft Word 6.0 (or higher) only. Please submit papers to http://sentosa.sas.ntu.edu.sg:8000/%7Edsrt2004/ by May 15, 2004.

Questions from authors may be directed to: Linda Wilson (Linda.Wilson@dartmouth.edu), David Roberts (D.J.Roberts@salford.ac.uk), or Stephen Turner (ASSJTurner@ntu.edu.sg).

Hardcopy papers also may be submitted, in which case four copies are required.

Each submission, electronic or paper, must be accompanied by the following information: a short abstract a complete list of authors and their affiliations a contact person for correspondence postal and e-mail addresses.

Please contact the above if you wish to do so.

Organizing Committee

General Chair

Stephen J. Turner School of Computer Engineering Nanyang Technological University Nanyang Avenue, Singapore 639798 Email: ASSJTurner@ntu.edu.sg Phone: +65-6790-4054. Fax : +65-6792-6559

Program Co-Chairs

Linda F. Wilson Thayer School of Engineering 8000 Cummings Hall Dartmouth College Hanover, NH 03755-8000, USA Email: Linda.Wilson@dartmouth.edu Phone: +1-603-646-3694 Fax: +1-603-646-3856

David J. Roberts Centre for Virtual Environments, Business House, University Road, University of Salford, Salford, Manchester, M5 4WT, UK Email: D.J.Roberts@salford.ac.uk Phone: +44-161-295-2926 Fax: +44-161-295-2925

Publicity Co-Chairs Helen Karatza, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Macedonia, Greece Mirela Sechi Moretti Annoni Notare, Barddal University, Brazil

Local Arrangement Co-Chairs: György Lipovszki, Budapest, Hungary Alexander Verbraeck, TU Delft,The Netherlands

Webmaster and System Chair Luciano Bononi, University of Bologna, Italy

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