[Acpc-l] 7th IEEE DS-RT'2003 - Call for Participation

Prof Mirela Sechi Moretti Annoni Notare mirela@barddal.br
Wed, 3 Sep 2003 02:33:05 -0300


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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"


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                         TECHNICAL PROGRAM
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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)

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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

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             IEEE DS-RT 2003 SYMPOSIUM ORGANIZERS
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 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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