SCSC

On behalf of the organizing committee, it is our great pleasure to welcome you to the 2007 Summer Computer Simulation Conference (SCSC'07) and to the city of San Diego. SCSC'07 this year is a collection of 17 unique tracks ranging from a DEVS Workshop to Methodology, Tools and Software Applications (MTSA). The conference offers a unique forum for researchers and modeling and simulation professionals to share their achievements; and it provides an opportunity to explore the depth and breadth of many techniques, methodologies, tools, and their applications.

The conference committee has developed a program that includes keynote speeches, plenary and panel sessions, a tutorial, featured speakers, and opportunities for informal gatherings in addition to the technical sessions.

In response to the SCSC'07 Call for Papers, the conference committee received 229 technical articles. The articles were peer reviewed by two or more experts in the area. The accepted papers were categorized as Invited (IN), Full (FP), Short (SH), Student (ST), and Poster (PO), and grouped them into 46 technical sessions, as indicated in the program announcement.

The credit for the success of this conference goes to the track organizers, international technical program committee members, and reviewers. It is they who worked diligently, enlisted participants, reviewed papers, organized plenary and panels sessions, and finalized the program. SCSC'07 includes several new tracks, including Computational M&S of Embedded Systems, 3D visualization, Environmental M&S, Crowd M&S and the Model-Based Specification and Simulation-Based Design and Procurement, exceptionally organized by Mr. Terry Ericsen from ONR.