[EASST-Eurograd] CFP: SIMUTOOLS 2026

[Spencer, Matt via Eurograd]

Dear all,

The upcoming SIMUTOOLS conference may be of interest to you. This year with a special focus on epistemological and philosophical aspects of models and simulations. Taking place in November in London.

Best,

Matt

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CALL FOR PAPERS

SIMUtools 2026 - 17th International Conference on Simulation Tools and Techniques

https://simutools.eai-conferences.org/2026/

London, UK. 19-20 November, 2026

Venue: Senate House, University of London.

Full Paper Submission deadline: 1 July 2026

SIMUtools is indexed in: Web of Science, Scopus, Compendex, GII-GRIN-SCIE Conference Rating: https://scie.lcc.uma.es

Proceedings published by Springer. Authors of selected papers will be invited to submit an extended version to different Journals, including MONET (JCR IF: 2.4 2024), EAI Transactions series (Open Access), and EAI/Springer Innovations in Communications and Computing Book Series

DATES: 

Submission deadline: 1st July, 2026

Notification deadline: 1st September, 2026

Camera-ready deadline: 1st October, 2026

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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.

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 

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. 

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PAPER SUBMISSION:

Papers should be submitted through EAI ‘Confy+‘ system, and must be formatted using the Springer LNICST Authors’ Kit.

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

Short papers should be 6-11 pages in length. (Excluding appendices, references, appreciation, etc.)

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. 

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STEERING COMMITTEE:

Chair: Gabriel A. Wainer, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada

Editor-in-Chief of Journal: “Simulation: Transactions of the Society for Computer Simulation International”, SCS

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE:

General & Technical Program Chair: Tristan Caulfield, University College London, UK

General co-Chair: William Knottenbelt, Imperial College London, UK

General co-Chair: David Pym, University of London, UK

Technical Program Chair: Matt Spencer, University of Warwick, UK

Technical Program co-Chair: Kavin Preethi Narasimhan, University of Warwick, UK

Technical Program co-Chair José-Luis Guisado-Lizar, University of Seville, Spain

Publications Chair: Marius-Constantin Ilau, University of Bristol, UK

TECHNICAL PROGRAM COMMITTEE:

Alonso Inostrosa Psijas, Universidad de Valparaíso, Chile

David Orellana-Martín, University of Seville, Spain

Francis George Cabarle, University of Seville, Spain

Gaurav Mirlekar, University of South-Eastern Norway, Norway

James Byrne, Dublin City University, Ireland

Jiri Kroc, Independent Researcher, Czech Republic

Johannes Lüthi, University of Applied Sciences Kufstein Tirol, Austria

José-Luis Guisado-Lizar, University of Seville, Spain

Lei Shi, Carlow Institute of Technology, Ireland

Maria Julia Blas, Instituto de Desarrollo y Diseño INGAR, Argentina

Srikanth Yoginath, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), USA

CONTACT: https://simutools.eai-conferences.org/2026/

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Matt Spencer | Associate Professor | Centre for Interdisciplinary Methodologies | University of Warwick | Coventry CV4 7AL

m.spe...@warwick.ac.uk