WSC 2014
and supply chain management, military
applications, business process modeling, project management and construction, homeland security and emergency
response, environmental and sustainability applications, and networks and
communications.
The Modeling and Analysis of Semiconductor Manufacturing (MASM) is a
conference-within-a-conference featuring a series of sessions focused on the
semiconductor field. The Industrial Case
Studies track affords industrial practitioners the opportunity to present their best
practices to the simulation community.
The Simulation Education track presents
approaches to teaching simulation at education levels ranging from K-12 to graduate and professional workforce levels.
Finally, WSC provides a comprehensive
suite of introductory and advanced tutorials presented by prominent individuals in
the field, along with a lively poster session, Ph.D. colloquium, a new attendee
orientation and a distinguished speaker
lunchtime program.
The theme for WSC 2014, “Exploring Big Data Through Simulation,” is
timely and relevant. The explosion of
data throughout the world has created
both opportunities and challenges to
business and technical communities. In
this conference, presenters will discuss
how simulation can help. In addition to
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special tracks on big data simulation
and decision-making and scientific applications, conference keynote speaker
Robert Roser, head of scientific computing at Fermi National Accelerator
Laboratory in Batavia, Ill., and one of
the world’s leading experts on experimental particle physics, will speak about
the recently discovered Higgs Boson
particle and the role of simulation in the
discovery. The military keynote speaker
is Greg Tackett, director of the Ballistic
Missile Defense Evaluation Directorate
(BMDED) and the Ballistic Missile Defense System Operational Test Agency
(BMDS OTA), U.S. Army Test and Evaluation Command, Redstone Arsenal,
Alabama.
The WSC is designed for professionals at all levels of experience across
broad ranges of interest. The ex ѕ