31st European Simulation and Modelling Conference - ESM'2017, October 25-27, 2017, IST, Lisbon, Portugal, Committee




ESM Conference Committee

General Conference Chair
Paulo J.S. Gonçalves, Instituto Politécnico de Castelo Branco and IDMEC, Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisbon, Portugal.

General Program Chair
tba

Past Conference Chairs
José Évora Gómez, SIANI, Universidad de Las Palmas de GC, Las Palmas, Spain
Jose Juan Hernandez-Cabrera, SIANI, Universidad de Las Palmas de GC, Las Palmas, Spain
Mario Hernandez-Tejera, SIANI, Universidad de Las Palmas de GC, Las Palmas, Spain
Octavio Roncal-Andrés, SIANI, Universidad de Las Palmas de GC, Las Palmas, Spain

Journal Publication Chairs
Yan Luo, NIST, Gaithersburg, USA
Peter Lawrence, Swinburne University, Australia
Wan Ahmad Yusmawiza Wan Yusoff, International Islamic University Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

ESM Conference Chair
António Carvalho Brito, FEUP - University of Porto, Porto, Portugal

International Programme Committee

Methodology and Tools

Bjorn Johansson, Chalmers Univ. of Technology, Gotheburg, Sweden
Claudia Krull, Otto-von-Guericke University, Magdeburg, Germany
Erik Lindskog, Chalmers Univ. of Techn, Gotheburg, Sweden
J. Manuel Feliz Teixeira, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
Bert van Beek, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands

Object-Orientation and Re-Use

TBA

Discrete Simulation Modeling Techniques and Tools

Track Chair
Renato Natal Jorge, FEUP - University of Porto, Porto, Portugal

Helge Hagenauer, Universitaet Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
Sophie Hennequin, ENIM, Metz Cedex, France
Bjorn Johansson, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden
Goreti Marreiros, Polytechnic of Porto, Porto, Portugal
Stefano Marrone, Seconda Universita di Napoli. Naples, Italy
Nuno Melão, Instituto Politécnico de Viseu, Viseu, Portugal
Paulo Novais, Universidade do Minho, Braga, Portugal
Guilherme Pereira, Universidade do Minho, Campus de Gualtar, Braga, Portugal

Simulation and Artificial Intelligence

Helder Coelho, Fac Ciencias, Lisbon, Portugal
Paulo Cortez, University of Minho, Guimareas, Portugal
Martin Hruby, Brno University of Technology, Brno, Czech Republic
Vladimir Janousek, Brno University of Technology, Brno, Czech Republic
Kifaya Qaddoum, Amman, Jordan
Leon Rothkrantz, TU Delft, The Netherlands
Morched Zeghal, Nat. Res.Council Canada, Ottawa, Canada

Agent Based Simulation

Track Chair
Rosaldo Rossetti, FEUP - University of Porto, Porto, Portugal

Zisheng Huang, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Ioan Alfred Letia, TU Cluj Napoca, Romania
Isabel Praca, Ist. Superior do Porto, Portugal

Simulation and Optimization

José António Oliveira, Universidade do Minho, Campus de Gualtar, Braga, Portugal
Maria Sameiro Carvalho, Universidade do Minho, Campus de Gualtar, Braga, Portugal

High Performance Large Scale and Hybrid Computing

Jan Broeckhove, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
Pierre Siron, ONERA, Toulouse, France
Jingjing Wang, SUNY Binghamton University, New York, USA

Simulation in Education and Graphics/Data Visualization Techniques

Track Chair
Ana Luísa Ramos, University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal

Marco Roccetti, University of Bologna, Italy
Ranjit Singh, UB Patient Safety Research Center, University of Buffalo, Buffalo NY USA

Simulation in Environment, Ecology, Biology and Medicine

Eduardo Ayesa, CEIT, San Sebastian, Spain
Joel Colloc, CNRS 6266 IDEES Le Havre, Normandy University, Le Havre, France
Laurent Perochon, VetaGro-Sup, Lempdes, France
Filipe Pinto, Polytechnic Institute of Leiria, Portugal
Miguel Rocha, University do Minho, Braga, Portugal

Analytical and Numerical Modelling Techniques

Ana M. Camacho, UNED, Madrid, Spain
Clemens Heitzinger, TU Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Web and Cloud Based Simulation

Manuel Alfonseca, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Spain
Ammar Al-Khani, Nordphysics, Espoo, Finland
Yan Luo, NIST, Gaithersburg, USA
Jose Machado, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal
Mara Nikolaidou, University of Athens, Greece
Vaclav Snasel, VSB Technical University of Ostrava, Czech Republic

Physics modelling and Cosmological Simulation

Track Chair
José Manuel Feliz-Teixeira, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal

Philippe Geril, ETI Bvba, Ostend, Belgium

Simulation-based evaluation in Living Labs

Track Chairs
Stefan Hellfeld, FZI - House of Living Labs, Karlsruhe, Germany
Benjamin Herd, King's College, London, United Kingdom

Stefanie Betz, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany
Thomas Karle, PROMATIS software GmbH, Ettlingen, Germany
Andreas Oberweis, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany
Polina Häfner, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany

Simulation and Modelling for humanitarian/emergency operations

Hella Abidi, ild Institute for Logistics and Service Management at FOM, Essen, Germany

Supply Chain Simulation

Matthias Klumpp, ild Institute for Logistics and Service Management at FOM, Essen, Germany

Predictive Models in Software Engineering

TBA

Intelligent Systems

Track Chair
Leandros Maglaras, De Montfort University, Leicester, United Kingdom

Ying He, De Montfort University, Leicester, United Kingdom
José Machado, Universidade do Minho, Braga, Portugal
Antonio Abelha, Universidade do Minho, Braga, Portugal
Manuel Filipe Santos, Universidade do Minho, Guimarães, Portugal

Real-time GPS Simulation and Service Applications

Matthias Klumpp, FOM University of Applied Sciences, Essen, Germany

Simulation with Petri Nets

Track Chair
Francois Siewe, De Montfort University, Leicester, United Kingdom

Pascal Berruet, Universite Bretagne Sud, Lorient, France
Olivier Grunder, UTBM, Belfort, France
Stefano Marrone, Seconda Universita degli Studi di Napoli, Naples, Italy
Alexandre Nketsa, LAAS-CNRS, Toulouse, France
Jean-Claude Pascal, LAAS-CNRS, Toulouse, France

Bond Graphs Simulation

Jesus Felez, Univ. Politecnica de Madrid, Spain
Andre Tavernier, BioSim, Brussels, Belgium

DEVS

Fernando Tricas, Universidad de Zaragoza, Spain

Fluid Flow Simulation

H.A.Nour Eldin, University of Wuppertal, Germany
Markus Fiedler, Blekinge Institute of Technology, Sweden

Emergency Risk Management Simulation

Véronique Baudin, LAAS-CNRS, Université de Toulouse, Toulouse, France
Kamil Drira, LAAS-CNRS, Université de Toulouse, Toulouse, France
Konstantinos Kirytopoulos, University of South Australia, Australia
Sakkravarthi Ramanathan, Muthayammal Engineering College, India
Gurdev Singh, UB Patient Safety Research Center, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo NY USA
Lode Vermeersch, Delcredere, Brussels, Belgium