Call For Papers

Industrial Engineering
Track at the European Modelling & Simulation Symposium 2011
EMSS 2011)

Track Chair: Enrico Bocca
Affiliation: Simulation Team, Italy
Contact: enrico.bocca@simulationteam.com

Key Dates (Extended!)
Submissions of Extended Abstracts (Extended): May 20, 2011
Notification of acceptance: June 20, 2011
Early Registration: July 20, 2011
Final Camera-Ready Submission: July 20, 2011

Journal Special Issue
Best Papers will be selected and published in a Special issue of the International Journal of Simulation and Process Modeling


Track Description
The dynamic changing behavior of industry processes, due to markets globalization, requires continuous research and development advances for guarantying higher competitiveness. Modeling & Simulation is a growing research field capable of supporting, as powerful decision making tool, industrial evolution.

Authors are kindly invited to include in their papers and presentations all the research works, case studies and application both theoretical and applied. Topics of interests include the following tracks, nevertheless different topics concerning Modeling & Simulation in Industry are welcome.

Topics
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

· Modelling Techniques of Industrial Engineering

· Industrial Applications of Modelling and Simulation

· Industrial Engineering for Food Science

· Industrial Computing

· Audio and Video Technologies

· Control Engineering

· Case Studies in Industry and Service

· System and Service Modelling and Simulation

· Engineering Economy and Cost Estimation

· Industrial Engineering Education

· Information Systems

· Manufacturing, Control and Automation

· Performance Analysis

· Quality Management

· Business and Strategy

· Product and Process Design and Management

· Reliability and Maintenance Engineering

· Scheduling in Industry and Service

Nevertheless different topic concerning Industrial Engineering are welcome.

FIRST SUBMISSION
Extended abstracts (minimum 2 pages), full draft papers or other proposals should be submitted for the review process through the submission section by May 20, 2011.
The extended abstract or the full draft paper must contain title, authors, affiliations, addresses, main body and references.
Each extended abstract or full draft paper will be reviewed by at least two members of the International Program Committee taking into consideration scientific quality, originality and relevance. Only original papers, written in English will be accepted.
The extended abstract or the full draft paper should be prepared by following the final paper formatting. However any type of paper formatting can be accepted for the first submission.

NOTIFICATION OF ACCEPTANCE
Notification of acceptance will be sent by June 20, 2011.

CAMERA READY PAPER SUBMISSION
The International Program Committee will accept two types of camera ready papers: extended paper (10 pages, 2 columns); regular paper (6 pages, 2 columns) both for regular and special sessions.
The camera ready paper must adhere to the conference template. The .dot file contains the complete instructions for preparing a camera ready copy for the Proceedings. The final version of the paper must be a PDF file.
Your camera ready paper (extended paper or regular paper) in PDF format must be submitted by using the submission section before July 20, 2011.

The page limit for manuscripts is ten (10) pages (included in the author registration fee). Additional pages will require an additional fee.
If your work must be cleared or approved before publication by your institution, company, or governmental agency, please be sure that process will be completed by the due date above or we will not be able to include it in the CD Conference Proceedings.