Call for Papers:

SIMUTools 2026
17th International Conference on Simulation Tools and Techniques
A European Alliance for Innovation (EAI) Conference
November 19-20, 2026
London, UK
https://simutools.eai-conferences.org/2026/call-for-papers/

Deadline for submission of full papers: July 1, 2026

SCOPE

EAI SIMUTools 2026 is the 17th edition of the annual International Conference on Simulation Tools and Techniques. The conference focuses on a broad range of research challenges in the field of simulation, modeling and analysis, addressing current and future trends in simulation techniques, methods, models, practices and software and tools. The conference is dedicated to fostering interdisciplinary collaborative research in these areas and across a wide spectrum of application domains.

Building on the success of the previous editions, this year’s edition will provide an exciting forum for interaction among academic and industry researchers together with practitioners from both the modelling and simulation community, the emulation community, the development community, and the different user communities. The EAI SIMUTools 2026 conference will be held in London, UK, on 19-20 November 2026.

Special Focus:

This year we invite papers exploring philosophical and methodological issues connected with modelling and simulation:

• Studies of the pragmatics of representation and how models and simulations are used to represent their targets
• Work in meta-modelling and the role and value of models of the modelling process
• Research into abstraction and the credibility of assumptions in the modelling process
• Methodological issues connected with the use of AI within models (including AI-driven components and AI-generated simulations)
• Reflections on model evaluation, including validation, verification, benchmarking and the criteria of accuracy used within them
• Reflections on communicating modelling and simulation to non-modellers, including the use of visualisation tools to support communication and sustained collaboration
• Research into the place of values in modelling and simulation, including the role of values in the design process, and challenges communicating values alongside model outputs

The conference is interested in all types of simulation methods: discrete event, Monte Carlo simulation, parallel and distributed simulation, agent-based simulation, simulation-optimization, symbiotic simulation, DEVS, cellular automata, lattice-Boltzmann, membrane computing, P-systems, Petri Nets, GPU-base simulation, etc., as well as related tools.

Case studies and applications can be drawn from any field, including Security, Transportation & Logistics, Production & Manufacturing, Smart Cities, Healthcare Systems, Telecommunication Systems, Energy Systems, Environmental Challenges, Bioinformatics, Mathematical Analysis and Simulation, Societal Challenges, Complex Systems, and so on.

TOPICS

The conference invites submissions in all areas related to simulation and modelling, with a special focus this year on exploring the philosophical and methodological issues of simulation and modelling.

Topics of interest include:

1. Foundations:

• Methodological advances
• Mathematical & logical foundations
• Principles of simulation and model design
• Advances in compositional modelling

2. Tools:

• Libraries and frameworks for modelling and simulation
• Verification tools and techniques
• Statistics and analysis tools
• Visualisation tools
• Use of AI or Machine Learning in simulation
• Tools for the co-production of modelling and simulation with knowledge holders and users

3. Applications:

• Case studies
• Novel applications of simulation and modelling
• Comparisons of modelling and simulation approaches, frameworks, and tools

And the Special Focus described above

PUBLICATION

Conference Proceedings:

All accepted, registered and presented papers will be submitted for publication in the Springer Springer – LNICST book series as an edited book and made available through SpringerLink Digital Library: SIMUtools proceedings. This series is indexed in leading indexing services, such as Web of Science, Compendex, Scopus, DBLP, EU Digital Library, Inspec, SCImago and Zentralblatt MATH. Depending on the focus of the particular indexing services, they may decide to only include selected volumes of the series.

Available journals and Additional publication opportunities:

[Please see the full Call for Papers for details]

PAPER LENGTH

Papers should be submitted through the EAI ‘Confy+‘ system, and have to comply with the Springer format (see Author’s kit section).

• Full/ Regular papers should be 12-20 pages in length. (Excluding appendices, references, appreciation, etc.)
• Short papers should be 6-11pages in length. (Excluding appendices, references, appreciation, etc.)

Please note that additional pages will be subject to an extra charge for each extra page uploaded.

All conference papers undergo a thorough peer review process prior to the final decision and publication. This process is facilitated by experts in the Technical Program Committee during a dedicated conference period. Standard peer review is enhanced by EAI Community Review which allows EAI members to bid to review specific papers. All review assignments are ultimately decided by the responsible Technical Program Committee Members while the Technical Program Committee Chair is responsible for the final acceptance selection. You can learn more about Community Review here.

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

A 50% discount on the second paper is available for participants registering two accepted papers, provided both papers are authored by the same individual who will also be the sole attendee.

How to Submit a Paper in Confy:

1. Go to Confy+ website.
2. Log in or sign up as a new user.
3. Select your desired track.
4. Click the ‘Submit Paper’ link within the track and follow the instructions.

Alternatively, go to the Confy+ homepage and click on “Open Conferences.”

Submission Guidelines:

• All papers must be submitted in English.
• Submitted PDFs should be anonymized.
• Submission closes at 23:59 UTC (Coordinated Universal Time) on the day of the Submission Deadline.
• Previously published work cannot be submitted, nor can it be concurrently submitted to any other conference or journal. These papers will be rejected without review.
• Papers must follow the Springer formatting guidelines (available in the Author’s Kit section).
• Authors must read and agree to the Publication Ethics and Malpractice Statement.
• As per new EU accessibility requirements, going forward, all figures, illustrations, tables, and images should have descriptive text accompanying them. Please refer to the document below, which will assist you in crafting Alternative Text (Alt Text)

HOW TO WRITE GOOD ALT TEXT

IMPORTANT DATES

Full Paper Submission deadline: 1 July 2026
Notification deadline: 1 September 2026
Camera-ready deadline: 1 October 2026
Conference dates: 19-20 November, 2026

FOR MORE INFORMATION

Please visit the full Call for Papers at https://simutools.eai-conferences.org/2026/call-for-papers/