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SIGSIM Review for Viability

ACM SIG Governing Board Meeting March 27, 2009 Chicago, IL. SIGSIM Review for Viability. Osman Balci SIGSIM Chair, 2008-11 Virginia Tech balci@vt.edu. Membership for 2005 to 2008. Membership. SIGSIM used have more than 2,500 members in 1980s. Our Goal: Increase membership to 1000s by

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SIGSIM Review for Viability

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  1. ACM SIG Governing Board Meeting March 27, 2009 Chicago, IL SIGSIM Review for Viability Osman Balci SIGSIM Chair, 2008-11 Virginia Tech balci@vt.edu

  2. Membership for 2005 to 2008 Membership SIGSIM used have more than 2,500 members in 1980s Our Goal: Increase membershipto 1000s by Newly established SIGSIM M&S Knowledge Repositorywww.acm-sigsim-mskr.org Expanding the SIGSIM scope to all kinds of M&S, not just the Discrete type. Membership Retention

  3. Conferences • SIGSIM Sponsored Conferences: • Winter Simulation Conference (WSC) • Workshop on Principles of Advanced and Distributed Simulation (PADS) • ACM International Conference on Modeling, Analysis, and Simulation of Wireless and Mobile Systems (MSWiM) • Conferences with SIGSIM In-Cooperation Agreements: • Annual Simulation Symposium • IASTED International Conference on Modeling, Simulation and Identification • International Conference on Simulation Tools & Techniques • International Workshop on Enterprise & Organizational M&S • Spring Simulation Multiconference • and more …

  4. Financials Fund Balance • Current Fund Balance = $191,338.92 • We will receive $40,000+ from the Winter Simulation Conference as our balance transfer in April 2009. • SIGSIM fund balance will exceed $230K in April 2009. $134,835.79

  5. Publications and Other Member Benefits • Member-only access to SIGSIM M&S Knowledge Repository • WSC Proceedings (CD) mailed to each SIGSIM member • PADS Proceedings (hard copy) mailed to each SIGSIM member • Discounted conference attendance fees for SIGSIM members for many conferences including WSC and PADS. • SIGSIM members are granted full on-line access to the proceedings of the SIGSIM sponsored / supported conferences in the ACM Digital Library.

  6. Past and Future Challenges • SIGSIM did not have a publication since July 1998, which caused membership to drop significantly. • We founded SIGSIM M&S Knowledge Repository (MSKR)www.acm-sigsim-mskr.orgwith the objective of creating a multimedia knowledge base on Modeling and Simulation (M&S) that would • be an asset for ACM, • be an excellent source of knowledge for M&S professionals, educators, and students, and • significantly help increase the SIGSIM membership. • Initial MSKR version was created in December 2008 thru March 2009 and it is officially announced in March 2009. • We plan to expand the scope of SIGSIM to all kinds of M&S. • We are celebrating 40th birthday of SIGSIM founded in April 1969.

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