IEEE/ACM DS-RT 2014

Tentative Technical Program

Program at a glance (scroll the page to get to the session descriptions)



Wednesday, October 1

9:00 AM - 10:30 AM

Welcome and Keynote Speech

Bernard Mattos
Simulation platforms in the development of aircraft systems

10:30 AM - 11:00 AM

Coffee Break

11:00 AM - 12:30 PM

Simulation and Distributed Systems

Addressing the Joint Simulation of Engineering and Engagement Level over Heterogeneous Systems
Xiao Xu (National University of Defense Technology, P.R. China); Ge Li (National University of Defense Technology, P.R. China); Danhua Peng (University of Rostock & Albert-Einstein-Str. 22, Germany)
Mainstream Components for Near Hard Real-Time Distributed Simulation and Testing
Fernand Quartier (Spacebel, Belgium); Pierre Verhoyen (Spacebel, France); Nadie Rousse (CNES, France); Frederic Manon (CNES, France)
Parallel Initialization on Distributed Simulation Systems
Nilo Menezes (Multitel ASBL & University of Mons, Belgium)

12:30 PM - 2:00 PM

Lunch Break

2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Distributed Simulations of Distributed Systems

Trace-driven simulation for energy consumption in High Throughput Computing systems
Matthew Forshaw (Newcastle University, United Kingdom); Stephen McGough (Durham University, United Kingdom)
Optimistic Parallel Simulation of Very Large-Scale Peer-to-Peer Systems
Masatoshi Hanai (Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan); Kazuyuki Shudo (Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan)
ViSiDiA: a Java Framework for Designing, Simulating and Visualizing Distributed Algorithms
Wahabou Abdou (University of Bordeaux & LaBRI, France); Nesrine Ouled Abdallah (University of Bordeaux 1, France); Mosbah Mohamed (University of Bordeaux 1 (Labri), France)
CDES: An approach to HPC Workload Modelling
John Brennan (University of Huddersfield, United Kingdom); Ibad Kureshi (Durham University & University of Huddersfield, United Kingdom); Violeta Holmes (University of Huddersfield, United Kingdom)

4:00 PM - 4:30 PM

Coffee Break

4:30 PM - 6:00 PM

Simulation and Real-Time Systems

Building the Java Heap with Bricks in an Embedded Real-Time Environment
M. Teresa Higuera-Toledano (UCM, Spain)
Framework for Designing and Evaluating Distributed Real-Time Applications
Arthur Valadares (University of California - Irvine, USA); Cristina Videira Lopes (University of California, Irvine, USA)
A DDS/SDN Based Communication System for Efficient Support of Dynamic Distributed Real-Time Applications
Lionel Bertaux (Laas-cnrs, France); Hakiri Akram (Laboratoire d'Architecture et d'Analyse des Systèmes, France); Samir Medjiah (LAAS-CNRS & Université Paul Sabatier, France); Pascal Berthou (CNRS/LAAS - Université de Toulouse, France); Slim Abdellatif (LAAS/CNRS, France)

Thursday, October 2

8:30 AM - 9:30 AM

Keynote Speech

Petra Ahrweiler
Research Policy Modelling

9:30 AM - 10:30 AM

Agent-based Simulations

Efficient Neighbor Searching for Agent-based Simulation on GPU
Xiaosong Li (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore); Wentong Cai (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore); Stephen John Turner (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)
A Control Framework for Model Continuity in JADE
Libero Nigro (University of Calabria, DIMES, Italy); Franco Cicirelli (University of Calabria, DIMES, Italy)

10:30 AM - 11:00 AM

Coffee Break

11:00 AM - 12:30 PM

Simulation Exploration Experience

Simulation Exploration Experience: A Distributed Hybrid Simulation of a Lunar Mining Operation
Simon Taylor (Brunel University, United Kingdom)
Simulation Exploration Experience: A Communication System and a 3D Real Time Visualization for a Moon base simulated scenario
Alberto Falcone (University of Calabria, Italy); Alfredo Garro (University of Calabria, Italy); Francesco Longo (University of Calabria, Italy); Francisco Spadafora (University of Calabria, Italy)
Simulation Exploration Experience: Providing Effective Surveillance and Defense for a Moon Base against Threats from Outer Space
Agostino G Bruzzone (University of Genoa, Italy); Luciano Dato (University of Genoa, Italy); Angelo Ferrando (University of Genoa, Italy)

12:30 PM - 2:00 PM

Lunch Break

2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Modeling and Simulation

Multi-player Educational Video Game over Cloud to Stimulate Logical Reasoning of Children
Cesar Villacis Silva (Universidad de las Fuerzas Armadas ESPE, Ecuador); Walter Fuertes (Universidad de las Fuerzas Armadas ESPE, Ecuador); Andres Bustamante Crespo (Universidad de las Fuerzas Armadas ESPE, Ecuador); Daniel Almachi Toapanta (Universidad de las Fuerzas Armadas ESPE, Ecuador); Carlos Procel Silva (Universidad de las Fuerzas Armadas ESPE, Ecuador); Blanca Fuertes (Universidad de las Fuerzas Armadas ESPE, Ecuador); Theo Toulkeridis (Universidad de las Fuerzas Armadas ESPE, Ecuador)
Real-time 3D Visualization for Distributed Simulations of VANets
Shichao Guan (University of Ottawa, Canada); Robson De Grande (University of Ottawa, Canada); Azzedine Boukerche (University of Ottawa, Canada)
A Context-Free Smart Grid Model Using Complex System Approach
Guillaume Guérard (University of Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines & PRiSM, France); Soufian Ben Amor (University of Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, France); Alain Bui (Université de Versailles St-Quentin-en-Yvelines, France)
A Method for Improving the Verification and Validation of Systems by the Combined Use of Simulation and Formal Methods
Aznam Yacoub (LSIS, France); Maamar Hamri (LSIS, France); Claudia Frydman (LSIS, France)

4:00 PM - 4:30 PM

Coffee Break

4:30 PM - 5:30 PM

Simulation of Complex Networks

SMT-based Cost Optimization Approach for the Integration of Avionic Functions in IMA and TTEthernet Architectures
Sofiene Beji (Ecole Polytechnique de Montréal, Canada); Sardaouna Hamadou (École Polytechnique de Montréal, Canada); Abdelouahed Gherbi (Ecole de technologie superieure - University of Quebec, Canada); John Mullins (École Polytechnique de Montréal, Canada)
A Concept of Layered Robust Communication between Robots in Multi-Agent Search & Rescue Scenarios
Florian Blatt (Leibniz Universität Hannover, Germany); Matthias Becker (University of Hannover, Germany); Helena Szczerbicka (Leibniz University of Hannover, Germany)

6:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Reception at Toulouse City Hall

8:00 PM - 11:00 PM

Banquet

Friday, October 3

ITS

8:30 AM - 10:00 AM

Simulation and HPC

Accelerating Distributed Discrete Event Simulation through Exchange of Conditional Look-Ahead
Desheng Fu (Leibniz University of Hannover, Germany); Matthias Becker (University of Hannover, Germany); Helena Szczerbicka (Leibniz University of Hannover, Germany)
Federate Migration Decision-Making Methods for HLA-Based Distributed Simulations
Raed Alkharboush (University of Ottawa & Saudi Aramco, Canada); Robson De Grande (University of Ottawa, Canada); Azzedine Boukerche (University of Ottawa, Canada)
Improving the Performance of the Extreme-scale Simulator
Christian Engelmann (Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA); Thomas Naughton (Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA)

10:00 AM - 10:30 AM

Coffee Break

10:30 AM - 12:00 PM

Simulation and VANets

Parallelization Possibilities of a Genetic Algorithm for Road Traffic Network Division for Distributed/Parallel Environment
Tomas Potuzak (University of West Bohemia, Czech Republic)
SEMSim Cloud Service - A Traffic Simulation Cloud Service Platform
Daniel Zehe (TUM CREATE, Singapore); Aydt Heiko (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore); Wentong Cai (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore); Alois Knoll (Technical University Munich Garching, Germany)
Resource-management for vehicular real-time application under hard reliability constraints
Nicola Cordeschi (''Sapienza'' University of Rome, Italy); Danilo Amendola (Sapienza University of Rome, Italy); Enzo Baccarelli (Sapienza University of Rome, Italy)

12:00 PM - 12:15 PM

Closing Remarks

12:15 PM - 13:00 PM

Lunch

13:00 PM - 14:00 PM

Shuttle for the Airbus Visit

2:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Visit to Airbus Plant