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PADS 2026: ACM SIGSIM Conference on Principles of Advanced Discrete Simulation
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Submission Date:
2026-02-13
Notification Date:
2026-03-23
Conference Date:
2026-06-24
Location:
Vienna, Austria
Years:
40
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Call For Papers
Topics

We encourage submissions that align with the tracks. However, the topics of the tracks are not considered comprehensive: we accept high-quality papers on all aspects of M&S.

Regular Tracks

1. Simulation Algorithms and Infrastructure

Track Chair:
Alessandro Pellegrini (University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy)

Synchronization, scheduling, memory management, load balancing, runtime environments, fault tolerance
Simulation on emerging hardware platforms
Data-driven simulation systems: Digital Twins, DDDAS, symbiotic simulation
Simulation engines and techniques for differentiable simulation and reinforcement learning
Performance evaluation of simulation systems

2. Modeling Methodology

Track Co-Chairs:
Martin Bicher (TU Wien, Austria)
Joachim Denil (University of Antwerp, Belgium)

Modeling formalisms and domain-specific languages
Model-based approaches for reuse, composition, and evolution
Experiment design, V&V, model calibration, uncertainty quantification, simulation-based inference Conceptual modeling
Model families, and ensembles
Explorative modeling

3. Applications of Advanced Discrete Simulation Methods

Track Chair:
Claudia Szabo (The University of Adelaide, Australia)

Case studies considering the application of new or advanced computational methods to applications of contemporary interest, such as:

Cell biology
Cyber-physical systems
Ecology
Emergency response and crisis preparedness
Energy systems
Healthcare
Manufacturing and logistics
Smart systems/IoT
Social networks
Transportation and urban planning
Wireless, mobile, ad-hoc, and sensor networks
Quantum Computing
Last updated by Dou Sun in 2026-03-04
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