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2025 Winter Simulation Conference: Open Calls and Travel Grants

  • 1.  2025 Winter Simulation Conference: Open Calls and Travel Grants

    Posted 07-16-2025 17:31

    2025 Winter Simulation Conference

    December 7-10, 2025

    Sheraton Grand Seattle, Seattle, WA

    Look to the Future! Simulation 2050 and Beyond.

    Open Calls Reminder

    The 2025 Winter Simulation Conference has still several calls open and invites you to participate and showcase your simulation work. You can chose between the following options:

    1) Present a commercial case study
    1) Present a poster
    3) Contribute to the "Simulation Around the World" (SATW) track
    4) Participate in the PhD colloquium

    All four options require the submission of an extended abstract until August 1 (August 29 for the PhD colloquium). Certain eligibility criteria apply to the PhD colloquium and the SATW Track. Check out the Wintersim website (www.wintersim.org) for details of the individual calls.

    Travel Grants

    If you plan to participate as a PhD student, please note that ACM SIGSIM offers 10 travel grants for PhD students. The grant amount is up to USD 1000. Check out their website and apply early: https://sigsim.acm.org/sigsim-student-travel-awards/.

    Additional Information – Points of Contact

    For inquiries towards the individual calls, please contact the persons listed below:

     

    Commercial Case Studies - Saurabh Parakh (saurabh@mosimtec.com)

    Posters Session - Le Khanh Ngan Nguyen (nguyen-le-khanh-ngan@strath.ac.uk)

    SATW Track – Stewart Robinson (Stewart.Robinson@newcastle.ac.uk)

    PhD Colloquium - Eunhye Song (eunhye.song@isye.gatech.edu)

    ACM Travel Grants - Masoud Fakhimi (masoud.fakhimi@surrey.ac.uk)

     

    WSC 2025 Publicity Committee

    Steffen Strassburger, Technische Universität Ilmenau
    Claudia Szabo, The University of Adelaide
    Cristina Ruiz Martin, Carleton University
    José Arnaldo Barra Montevechi, Federal University of Itajubá
    Peng Yijie, Peking University
    Aya Ahmed, Brunel University of London
    Julianne Sansa-Otim, Makerere University



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    Peter Haas
    Professor of Information and Computer Sciences
    University of Massachusetts Amherst
    Amherst MA
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