The  SIMS conference will be organized every year by Scandinavian Simulation Society, SIMS. The background of this conference series is in the 60-years history of SIMS. 

The program of the SIMS 2020 Conference will have a multi-conference structure with several special topics related to methodologies and application areas. The program includes invited talks, parallel, special and poster sessions, exhibition and versatile technical and social tours.

The conference is organized by Scandinavian Simulation Society (SIMS), Finnish Simulation Forum (FinSim), Finnish Society of Automation and University of Oulu.

Submission Guidelines

All papers must be original and not simultaneously submitted to another journal or conference. The following paper categories are welcome:

• Scientific papers must be written in English and will be accepted for presentation based on a peer review of the draft papers. The peer-reviewed conference articles will be published in Linköping Electronic Conference Proceedings Series http://www.ep.liu.se/ecp/index.en.asp. The length of the scientific papers should be 6 pages, the maximum is 8 pages.
• Industrial papers can be submitted as scientific papers. Additionally, industrial papers written in English, Finnish or Swedish can be submitted as full papers to be reviewed for publication in the conference proceedings published by The Finnish Society of Automation. Interesting case reports are welcomed as well. The length of the industrial papers should from 4 to 8 pages.
• Extended abstracts: The presentation at the conference can also be accepted on the basis of extended abstracts without a full paper. Extended abstracts will be published by The Finnish Society of Automation. The structure of the extended abstracts is given at www.scansims.org.
• Short papers: Student/Discussion papers should follow the writing guidelines of scientific papers when applicable. The final guidelines will be available in review phase. Selected short papers will be published by Journal SNE, https://www.eurosim.info/journal-sne. The length of the short papers should be from 2 to 3 pages.
• Posters: Submissions are accompanied with short papers or extended abstracts.

All papers should use the templates LaTeX or DOC available at the websites. The structure and files of the extended abstracts are available at the websites. In the first step, the short abstracts should be minimum 300 words.

Thematic session proposals 

Full Scientific and Industrial Contributions

Discussion and Student Contributions

Industrial Extended Abstract Contributions

SIMS 2020 Conference                September 22-24, 2020

We encourage authors to continue their submissions by these deadlines but we will remain supportive and flexible as we understand that the pandemic situation may affect the individual processing times. We will continue to update you throughout the next few months about adjustments that might need to be made.

More information: https://www.scansims.org and https://www.automaatioseura.fi/simseurosim2020/

Committees

Program Committee

• Prof. Bernt Lie, SIMS President, IPC Chair 
• Adjunct prof. Esko Juuso, SIMS EUROSIM 2020 Chair
• Adjunct prof. Jari Ruuska, FinSim Chair, NOC Chair
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Organizing committee.

• Adjunct prof. Jari Ruuska, FinSim Chair, NOC Chair
• Adjunct prof. Esko Juuso, SIMS EUROSIM 2020 Chair

Contact

All questions about submissions should be emailed to 

Esko Juuso, SIMS EUROSIM 2020 Chairesko.juuso@oulu.fi

Jari Ruuska, SIMS EUROSIM 2020 NOC Chairjari.ruuska@oulu.fi

SIMS 2020 SecretariatFinnish Society of Automation / Finnish Automation Support LtdTel. +358 50 400 6624E-mail: office@automaatioseura.fi