Denmark	Finland	Norway	Sweden	Iceland

SIMS - Scandinavian Simulation Society

Member of EUROSIM, Federation of European Simulation Societies.

• 53rd SIMS Conference on Simulation and Modelling, SIMS 2012, October 3 to 6, 2012, The National Energy Authority (NEA), Reykjavik, Iceland.

• 52nd International Conference of Scandinavian Simulation Society, SIMS 2011, Västerås, Sweden, September 29-30.
• 51st SIMS Conference on Simulation and Modelling, SIMS 2010 October 14 to 15, 2010, Oulu, Finland.
• 50th SIMS Conference on Simulation and Modelling, SIMS 2009:  Modelling and Simulation of Energy Technology.
  7-8 October 2009 in Fredericia, Denmark. Proceedings are available online
  

Previous important events, 2007 - October 2008:

• 49 th SIMS Conference on Simulation and Modelling, SIMS 2008, October 7-8 2008, Oslo, Norway

  The purpose of the annual SIMS conference is to cover broad aspects of modeling and simulation and scientific computation. Every year a special topic will be considered. This year topics are parallel simulation and grid computing.

  The conference is of interest for model builders, scientists, engineers, vendors, etc. The scientific program will consist of technical sessions with submitted and invited papers. The Procedings of the Conference will be published electronically by Oslo University College. Selected papers will be considered for publication in relevant journals. Ph.D. students in particular are encouraged to contribute with papers.

• ESM'2008, October 27-29, 2008, Universite du Havre, Le Havre, France
• PARA 08 , Workshop on State-of-the-Art in Scientific and Parallel Computing, May 13-16 2008
  NTNU, Trondheim, Norway .
• EUROSIM 2007, September 9-13, 2007, Ljubljana, Slovenia
• 48 th SIMS Conference on Simulation and Modelling, SIMS 2007, October 29-31 2007, Göteborg, Sweden . Proceedings available here SIMS2007  
• Modelica 2008, The 6th International Modelica Conference will be held at the University of Applied Sciences Bielefeld, Germany, on March 3rd - 4th, 2008, organized by the Modelica Association and the University of Applied Sciences Bielefeld.
  
• EUROSIM / UKSIM 2008, 10th International Conference on Computer Modeling and Simulation, April 1-3, 2008 , Cambridge, England
  

SIMS Conference Proceedings Online

These conference proceedings are available online:

• SIMS 1999
• SIMS 2000
• SIMS 2001
• SIMS 2003
• SIMS 2004
• SIMS 2005
• SIMS 2007
• SIMS 2008
• SIMS 2009
• SIMS 2011

General information

SIMS is the Scandinavian Simulation Society with members from the five Nordic countries Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden and Iceland. The SIMS history goes back to 1959. SIMS practical matters are taken care of by the SIMS board. It consists of two representatives from Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden, and eventually one from Iceland. (The representative from Iceland has not been elected yet). SIMS annual meeting takes place at the annual SIMS conference or in connection to international simulation conferences arranged in the Nordic countries.

The goals of SIMS

• further the science and practice of modeling and simulation in all application areas
• be a Scandinavian forum for information interchange among modeling and simulation professionals and non-professionals in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden
• be a channel for information exchange between the Scandinavian modeling and simulation community and the international modeling and simulation communities.

• arranging technical and scientific meetings and symposia
• supporting lecturing and publication
• collecting and disseminating information
• maintaining contacts with national and international organizations with similar purposes

How to contact SIMS

You can contact the chair of the SIMS board, Prof. Esko Juuso (University of Oulu, Finland), esko(dott)juuso(at)oulu(dott)fi .

• Address: Esko Juuso , Department of Process and Environmental Engineering
  P.O Box 4300
  FIN-90014 University of Oulu
  Finland. Phone: +358 8 553 2463

For all technical aspects (membership, fees, subscription, mailing lists, WWW site, finances) you can contact the SIMS Coordinator Vadim Engelson (MathCore Engineering AB, Sweden), vadim(dott)engelson(a)mathcore(dott)com .

• Address: Vadim Engelson, MathCore Engineering AB, Teknikringen 1F, 58330, Linköping, Sweden. Phone: + 46 13 328505, + 46 705 281629 Fax: + 46 13 212701

The board of SIMS

The board of SIMS consists of:

• Lars Eriksson, larer(at)isy(dot)liu(dot)se, Linköping University, Sweden.
  • Address: ISY, Linköping University, 58183, Linköping, Sweden.
  • Phone: + 46 13 284409
  • Fax: + 46 13 282035
• Erik Dahlquist, erik(dott)dahlquist(a)mdh(dott)se, Mälardalens Högskola
  • Address: Högskoleplan 2, Gåsmyrevreten, Box 883 721 23 Västerås
  • Phone: + 46 21-151768 , +46 70-6212680
  • Fax: + 46 21-101370
• Esko Juuso, esko(dott)juuso(a)oulu(dott)fi, University of Oulu, Finland
  • Address:Control Engineering Laboratory, Linnanmaa, FIN-90570 Oulu, Finland
  • Phone: +358 8 553 2463
  • Fax: +358 8 553 2466
• Brian Elmegaard, be(a)mek(point)dtu(dot)dk
  • Address: Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Technical University of Denmark, Nils Koppels Allé, DK-2800 Kgs. Lyngby
  • Phone:+45 4525 4169
  • Fax: +45 4593 5215
• Tommy Mølbak tommo(at)dongenergy(point)dk
  • Address: DONG Energy A/S Kraftværksvej 53, 7000 Fredericia, Denmark
  • Phone:+45 79 23 30 30 , Mobile+45 30 94 99 33
     
• Kaj Juslin, kaj(doot)juslin(a)vtt(punkt)fi
  • Address: VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Bergmansvägen 3, Esbo, Box 1000, 02044 VTT, Finland
  • Phone: +358 40 500 1254
  • Fax:+358 20 722 6027
• Bernt Lie, Bernt(ddot)Lie(a)hit(doot)no , Hogskolen i Telemark, Norway
  • Address:Department of Technology, Kjølnes ring 56, 3914 Porsgrunn, NORWAY
  • Phone: +47 35 57 51 69
  • Fax:+47 35 55 75 47
• Tiina Komulainen, Tiina(dot)Komulainen(a)hioa(dot)no , Oslo University College, Norway
  • Address:Oslo University College, NORWAY
  • Phone:
  • Fax:

Bylaws and other documents

• The SIMS Bylaws (version 2005) (PDF, 31K, 7 pages) are available.
• Minutes of meetings (for board members)

Membership

How to join SIMS

You may register as a member of SIMS by sending your application with your personal data to the address of one of the member organizations:

• NFA in Norway : Lars Annfinn Ekornsæter, Administrerende direktør, lae(at)nfaplassen(dot)no, Kjøita 42, 4630, Kristiansand. Tlf. 90 90 92 94/90 15 71 57 
• esko(dot)juuso(a)oulu(dot)fi FinSim in Finland : c/o Esko Juuso, Control Engineering Laboratory, Linnanmaa, FIN-90570 Oulu, Finland.
• Previous member - DKSIM in Denmark : c/o Brian Elmegaard, Department of Energy Engineering, DTU, DK-2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark.
• Previous member - MoSiS in Sweden : Föreningen MoSiS, c/o Kåsjös kontor, Ytterspåret 14, 187 54 TÄBY, Sverige. Currently MoSiS does not participate in SIMS, therefore please contact SIMS directly.

The benefits of SIMS members:

• Free subscription of Simulation News Europe (3 issues/year, usually one single and one double issue. From 2010 the journal is distributed electronically.).
• Discount on the subscription of Simulation Practice and Theory ( SIMPAT submission system site) (Elsevier, 10 issues/year).
• 10% discount on conference fee when participating in conferences arranged by SIMS. 10% discounts on the conference fee when participating in conferences arranged by EUROSIM or SCS.
• Access to non-public part of SIMS web page, with interesting information on modeling and simulation (to be constructed)
• SIMS individual members may be put on the SIMS mailing list, to receive information on simulation conferences, courses and other related events.
• SIMS organizational members may put their logo at an appropriate place on SIMS Web pages
• SIMS organizational members may announce events of interest in modeling and simulation via the SIMS mailing list and web pages.

Membership fees

• 120 Euro/year basic fee
• 15 Euro/individual/year additional fee.
• If individuals join later during the year (after July 1), the individual fee is reduced proportionally.

Journal Subscription

Free electronic subscription of Simulation News Europe (3 issues/year, usually one single and one double issue) is a benefit of all SIMS members.

Regarding subscription on Simulation News Europe you can contact Vadim Engelson, vadim(dot)engelson(a)mathcore(dot)com .

Meetings

Previous conferences

• SIMS 1958 took place in Stockholm, FOA
• ...
• SIMS 1988 took place in Espoo, Finland
• SIMS 1989 took place in Bergen, Norway
• SIMS 1990 took place in Lund, Sweden
• SIMS 1991 took place during European Simulation Multiconference, Copenhagen, Denmark
• SIMS 1992 took place in Lappeenranta University of Technology, Finland
• SIMS 1993 took place in Ingeniorsskolen, Kongsberg
• SIMS 1994 took place in KTH, Stochholm, August 17-19.
• SIMS 1995 took place in Danish Technical University, Lyngby
• SIMS 1996 took place in Trondheim, Norway, June 11-13
• SIMS 1997 took place in Hanasaari, Finland
• SIMS 1998: No SIMS conference. Instead an EuroSim conference took place in Helsinki, Finland.
• SIMS 1999 took place in Linköping, Sweden, October 18-19, 1999.
• SIMS 2000 took place in Lyngby, Danmark, September 18-19, 2000
• SIMS 2001 | SIMS 2001 took place in Porsgrunn, Norway, October 8-9, 2001.  , 42nd Scandinavian Conference on Simulation and Modeling,  Please visit the conference WWW site for details.
• SIMS 2002 took place in Oulu, Finland, September 26-27, 2002, 43nd Scandinavian Conference on Simulation and Modeling,  Please visit the conference WWW site for details.
• SIMS 2003 took place in Västerås, Sweden, September 18-19, 2003.  SIMS 2003 , 44th Scandinavian Conference on Simulation and Modeling. Proceedings available online.
• SIMS 2004  took place in Copenhagen, September 23-24 2004 . SIMS 2004 , 45th Scandinavian Conference on Simulation and Modeling, has been organized in Denmark, September 23-24 2004. See Proceedings available online .
• SIMS 2005 , 46th Scandinavian Conference on Simulation and Modeling, has been organized in Trondheim, October 13-14 2005 . Electronic proceedings available here.
• SIMS 2006  47th SIMS Conference September 28-29, 2006 Helsinki, Finland

Other events

• New trends in automation - conference and workshop, 4-5 september 2006 in Vasteras, Sweden
• Modelica 2006 conference, September 4th-5th, Vienna
• SIMSafe 2006 conference,  September 7th, Orebro
• Control Systems 2006 Control Systems 2006 June 6-8, 2006 Tampere, Finland  Further information is available.
• 1st IFAC Workshop on Applications of Large Scale Industrial Systems  http://ntsat.oulu.fi
• New Trends in Automation and Industrial IT Workshop and conference in
  Västerås, Sweden June 20-21, 2005
• BIOMEDSIM in Linköping, Sweden, 26-27 May 2005
• SIMSAFE in Linköping, Sweden, 30-31 May 2005
• 5th EuroSim Congress on Modeling and Simulation, in Paris, took place in September 6-10, 2004
• Modelica 2005 March 7-8, 2005, Hamburg, Germany.
• Modelica 2003 November 3-4, 2003, Linköping, Sweden.
• Virtual reality Forum, November 5-7, 2003, Linköping, Sweden.
• European Simulation Symposium And Exhibition October 26-29, 2003 Delft, The Netherlands
• Automation Seminar days 2003 Visit Helsinki, September 9-11, 2003

Links

• Eurosim SIMS page
• for members