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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA>DEADLINE EXTENDED – MARCH 22, 2021<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA>Theory and Foundations of Modeling and Simulation, TMS'21 <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA>(part of the Annual Modeling and Simulation Conference, ANNSIM'21)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA>July 19-21, at George Mason University, Fairfax, VA (Hybrid event)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA><a href="http://tmsdevs.org">http://tmsdevs.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA>Keynote Speaker: Kishor Trivedi <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA><a href="https://ece.duke.edu/faculty/kishor-trivedi">https://ece.duke.edu/faculty/kishor-trivedi</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA>The purpose of the track on Theory and Foundations of Modeling and Simulation is to provide a forum to discuss most recent advancements in this field. The main focus is on theory of modeling, methodology, practice and software to cope with the challenges arising out of these, as well as lessons learned and challenges. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA>Original, high-quality technical papers are solicited for review, possible presentation and subsequent publication in the conference proceedings. All submissions will be peer reviewed. Authors of papers accepted are expected to attend the conference, present their work to their peers, transfer copyright, and pay a conference registration fee at the time their camera-ready paper is submitted. Papers registered and presented will be included in the conference proceedings, possibly archived in the ACM Digital Library, IEEExplore and indexed in DBLP, Web of Science and SCOPUS.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA>Paper Submission: March 22, 2021<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA>Author Notification: April 30th, 2021<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA>Camera-ready Paper due: May 17, 2021<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA>Conference: July 19-21, 2021<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA>Further information:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA><a href="http://tmsdevs.org">http://tmsdevs.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA>[apologies for multiple postings; comments/issues/problems: contact <a href="mailto:vsim-conf-owner@sce.carleton.ca">vsim-conf-owner@sce.carleton.ca</a>]<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA>[subscribe to notifications on twitter: @ARSLab_CU]<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></body></html>