Call for Papers

1st International Workshop on Models for Simulation (M4S)
In conjunction with the 17th IFIP WG 8.1 Working Conference on the Practice of Enterprise Modeling (PoEM 2024)
December 3, 2024
Stockholm, Sweden
M4S Workshop: https://m4s.uibk.ac.at
PoEM 2024: https://poem2024.dsv.su.se/

Submission deadline: September 29, 2024

Simulation capitalizes on structural, behavioral, and physical models. They embody the fundamental concepts of a system, whereas simulation actualizes those principles in a dynamic setting. The modeling community is facing new issues in terms of authenticity, trustworthiness, and sensitivity of models due to the increasing popularity of digital twins which in turn capitalize on models as one of their fundamental pillars next to the physical twin, and bidirectional data exchange between the physical and virtual world. In socioeconomic systems, additional challenges emerge as some characteristics of these systems are only partially observable by sensors and require innovative ways of modeling. Models and simulations are effective instruments for comprehending, examining, and forecasting the behavior of intricate systems in several fields. To fully maximize these advantages, a thorough reassessment of the fitness of models for simulation is necessary.

Our workshop targets the following objectives:

• Elicit the current state and readiness of system and software models for use in digital twin-based simulation.
• Identify core scenarios and, from these, essential model requirements for digital-twin-based simulation.
• Outline the main areas of study that need to be addressed in the near future to ensure that system and software models are suitable for simulations of cyber-physical and socioeconomic systems and processes based on digital twins.

TOPICS OF INTEREST

Topics include, but are not limited to:

• Models@run.time
• Model-driven (co-)simulation
• Verification and Validation pertaining to simulation and hardware in the loop in model-driven development and (co-)simulation
• (Data-driven) digital twin-based (co-)simulation
• Traceability between simulation, models, and runtime data
• Consistency and model checking of simulation models
• Simulation of business and social systems
• Multi-paradigm modeling and (co-)simulation techniques
• Multi-level modeling for digital twins and (co-)simulation techniques
• Integration of modeling tools, development environments, and (co-)simulation tools
• Application of new and emerging technologies, for example, generative AI, for (co-)simulation
• Simulation-based safety and security analysis and assessment
• Simulation, human-interaction, and uncertainty
• Case Studies, experience reports, tools and applications
• Virtual commissioning
• (Semi-)automatic creation of (co-)simulation models

Aspects and domains of interest are (but not limited to):

• Industry 4.0
• Enterprise resource planning
• Supply chain management
• Cyber-physical systems and cyber-physical systems of systems
• Social systems for policy-making, urban planning, and healthcare
• Sustainability
• Safety and security
• Relevance of optimization and AI

CONTRIBUTIONS

Participants are invited to submit contributions of the following type:

• Full research papers that present a novel approach; page limit is fifteen (15) pages.
• Industry application papers that present an application of a tool, method, or technique in a specific (industry) context; page limit is ten (10) pages.
• Short papers that present new ideas, novel concepts, or early-stage research without a full evaluation; page limit is eight (8) pages.
• Tool demonstrations that present a concrete tool or application in the space of MDE and simulation; page limit is six (6) pages.
• Extended abstracts that present an early idea, a plan for implementation, and evaluation; page limit is two (2) pages.

All submissions will be peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be presented during the workshop and all presented papers will be published in a workshop CEUR-WS proceedings.

Submissions must be in PDF, following the one-column CEURART style available at
http://ceur-ws.org/HOWTOSUBMIT.html

and uploaded via Easychair at
https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=poem2024.

IMPORTANT DATES

Submission of papers: September 29, 2024
Notification of acceptance: October 20, 2024
Registration deadline workshop authors: November 7, 2024
Camera-ready version: November 18, 2024
Workshop: December 3, 2024

Dates are Anywhere on Earth (AoE).

The workshop will be conducted physically!

WORKSHOP CO-CHAIRS

Philipp Zech, Department of Computer Science, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria

Michael Vierhauser, Department of Computer Science, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria

Ruth Breu, Department of Computer Science, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria

Hans Vangheluwe, Department of Computer Science, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium

Kurt Sandkuhl, Business Information Systems, University of Rostock, Rostock, Germany

Vinay Kulkarni, Tata Consultancy Services Research, Pune, India

Souvik Barat, Tata Consultancy Services Research, Pune, India