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WSC 2015 1-1/2 Year Update June 21, 2014. General Chair: Charles “Chick” Macal , macal @ anl.gov Program Chair: Manuel Rossetti , rossetti@uark.edu Business Chair : Michael North , north@anl.gov. Washington, DC. Hyatt Regency, Huntington Beach, CA. Dates: December 6-10, 2015.
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WSC 20151-1/2 Year UpdateJune 21, 2014 General Chair: Charles “Chick” Macal, macal@anl.gov • Program Chair: Manuel Rossetti, rossetti@uark.edu • Business Chair: Michael North, north@anl.gov Washington, DC
Hyatt Regency, Huntington Beach, CA • Dates: December 6-10, 2015
WSC 2015 Status Report • Theme: Social and Behavioral Simulation • Keynote Address: Dr. Joshua Epstein, John Hopkins University and the Santa Fe Institute, The Rise of Artificial Social Simulation (new book: Agent_Zero • Titans of Simulation: Pierre L’Ecuyer, Averill Law • Publicity widgets: Postcard announcement for WSC 2014
Chick Macal, GC • Engagement with WSC 2014 Planning • Required positions: Program Chair: Manuel Rossetti Business Chair: Mike North Exhibits Chair: John Tufarolo Board Liaison: Gordon Publicity Chair: ___ (Europe, China, Asia, Australia, Americas) John T. Murphy (Social Simulation) Registration Chair: ___ Sponsorship Chair: ___
WSC 2015 Manuel Rossetti Program Chair
WSC 2015 Proceedings Editors • LeventYilmaz • Associate Professor • 3116 Shelby Ctr for Engineering Tech Suite • Phone: (334) 844-6343, Fax: (334) 844-6329 • E-mail: yilmale@auburn.edu • Website: http://www.eng.auburn.edu/~yilmaz • Il-Chul Moon • Assistant Professor • Socio-Economic Systems Laboratory • 4101, E2-2, Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, KAIST, • 335 Gwahangno, Yusung-gu, Daejon, 305-701, Republic of Korea • +82-42-350-3158 • +82-42-350-3118 • e-mail: icmoon@kaist.ac.kr • Wai Kin (Victor) Chan • Department of Decision Sciences & Engineering Systems • CII 4011, 4th Fl • Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute • 110 8th St. • Troy, NY 12180-3590 • Office: CII 5213 • Phone: (518)276-2952 • Fax: (518)276-8227 • Email: chanw@rpi.edu • Theresa M. Roeder, Ph.D. • Associate Professor • Department of Decision Sciences • College of Business • San Francisco State University • San Francisco, CA 94132-1722 • tmroeder@sfsu.edu • phone: 415-405-2423 fax: 415-405-0364
Proposed Tracks • Introductory Tutorials • Advanced Tutorials • Simulation Education • Analysis Methodology • Modeling Methodology • Simulation Optimization • Agent-Based Simulation • Social and Behavioral Simulation (new) • Hybrid Simulation • General Applications • Healthcare Applications • Logistics, SCM and Transportation • Manufacturing Applications • Military Applications • Project Management and Construction • Business Process Modeling • Homeland Security and Emergency Response • Environmental and Sustainability Applications • Networks and Communications • Gaming and Simulation • Big Data Simulation and Decision Making • Simulation Based Training (new) • PhD Colloquium • Poster Session • Case Studies • Vendor Sessions • MASM (Modeling and Analysis for Semiconductor Manufacturing) Conference
Plans for Filling Track Coordinators • Contact 2014 and 2013 Program Chairs and ask for nominations/suggestions • Contact 2014 track chairs for suggestions • Who in the reviewer base may be ready to act as track coordinator? • Fill in as needed from personal or other contacts.
WSC 2015 Michael North Business Chair
Baseline Registration Projections for 2015 *Assumes WSC 2013 registration rates **Total attendance projection based on last five-year (stable) average
Baseline Exhibit Assumptions • Standard booth : $1,250; budgeted 11 • Corner booth : $1,350; budgeted 14 • Book display : $450; budgeted 1 • Total Exhibits: $33,100 *Assumes same fees as WSC ’13 • Exhibits chair will need to work on ideas to grow the exhibitor base and grow attendance in the exhibits area
Documentation for the Future • BC business process documentation: • Compiling a business process document • Developing spreadsheet template • Past BC’s have volunteered to review • Updating WSC Summary (“The Big Book O’ WSC”): • Have data from 2001 to 2009 and 2013 (Thanks Marty Miller!, Cheryl Clarke, Sandy Owens) • Need (and requested) BC data from: • 2010 – Jeff Smith • 2011 – Bob Wright • 2012 – Young-Jun Son