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Call for Papers DS-RT 2006 10th IEEE/ACM* International Symposium on Distributed Simulation and Real Time Applications, October 2-4, 2006 Torremolinos, Malaga, Spain

* ACM and IEEE pending upon Approval

------------------------------------------------------------------------ http://www.cs.unibo.it/ds-rt2006/

In Conjunction with the 9th ACM International Symposium on Modeling, Analysis, Simulation of Wireless and Mobile Systems.

*IEEE/ACM Approval Pending

------------------------------------------------------------------------ Submission Deadline: May 12, 2006 (hard copy or electronic paper submission)

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Scope

In its tenth anniversary year, the 2006 IEEE/ACM International Symposium on Distributed Simulation and Real Time Applications (DS-RT 2006) will take place in Torremolinos, Malaga, Spain, in conjunction with the the 9th ACM Int'l Symposium International Symposium on Modeling, Analysis, Simulation of Wireless and Mobile Systems.

Symposium Objectives

DS-RT 2006 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 2006 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 2006 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-modal 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- Real-Time application modeling for QoS evaluation; 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. o- Software Design Patterns and Real-Time Simulation Environments o- Reproducing the face-to-face meeting through communication technology - e.g. immersive CVE, video conferencing, video reconstruction

Important dates

Submission Deadline: May 12, 2006 (hard copy or electronic paper submission) Notification of Acceptance: June 30, 2006 Camera Ready version due: July 17, 2006 Symposium presentation: October 2-6, 2006 in Malaga, Spain

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://pdcc.ntu.edu.sg/~dsrt2005/ by May 12, 2006.

Questions from authors may be directed to: Program Co-Chairs: Simon J E Taylor <simon.taylor@brunel.ac.uk, David Roberts <D.J.Roberts@salford.ac.uk, or General Co-Chairs: 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.

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General Co-Chairs

Enrique Alba University of Malaga, Spain Email: eat@lcc.uma.es Phone: 34-95-2132803 Fax: 34-95-2131397

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 Simon J. E. Taylor School of Information Systems, Computing and Maths Brunel University Uxbridge UB8 3PH UK tel: +44 (0) 1895-265994 fax: +44 (0) 1895-251686 email: simon.taylor@brunel.ac.uk

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

Poster Chair

A. El-Saddik, DISCOVER Research Laboratory, University of Ottawa, Canada

Publicity Co-Chairs

A. El-Saddik, University of Ottawa, Canada Mirela Sechi Moretti Annoni Notare, Barddal University, Brazil

Webmaster and System Chair

Luciano Bononi, University of Bologna, Italy

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