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Association for Computing Machinery – Special Interest Group on Simulation and Modeling

Welcome to the Association for Computing Machinery‘s Special Interest Group on Simulation and Modeling (ACM SIGSIM). ACM SIGSIM seeks the advancement of the state-of-the-art in simulation and modeling cutting across a broad range of interests and applications. SIGSIM provides a range of benefits to members. SIGSIM joins each year with a variety of other organizations in sponsoring or co-sponsoring leading conferences in many areas of simulation and modeling.

Recent News

  • Congratulations to the Newly Elected ACM SIGSIM Officers Board!
    by Jian Tao
    Congratulations to Anastasia Anagnostou, Srikanth Yoginath, and Cristina Ruiz Martin on their election to the next ACM SIGSIM Officers Board! With Anastasia and Cristina continuing their service from the current board, the leadership transition is well positioned for success. Many thanks as well to Masoud Fakhimi and Abhineet Mittal for standing as candidates and for… Read more: Congratulations to the Newly Elected ACM SIGSIM Officers Board!
  • 2025 SIGSIM Awards
    by Jian Tao
    ACM SIGSIM is pleased to announce the 2025 SIGSIM Awards presented at the Winter Simulation Conference (WSC) in Seattle.​ Distinguished Contributions Award The ACM SIGSIM Distinguished Contributions Award recognizes individuals for overall, long-term contributions to the modeling and simulation community, including technical innovation, publications, leadership, teaching, mentoring, and service. The 2025 Distinguished Contributions Award is… Read more: 2025 SIGSIM Awards
  • Message form the ACM Leadership regarding ACM Open
    by Jian Tao
    Dear Members of the Computing Community, We are pleased to share an important milestone for our field. Beginning January 2026, all ACM publications and related artifacts in the ACM Digital Library will be made open access. This change reflects the long-standing and growing call across the global computing community for research to be more accessible, more discoverable,… Read more: Message form the ACM Leadership regarding ACM Open
  • News from the ACM Publication Board
    by Jian Tao
    AI Initiatives: The ACM is trying to expand its presence in AI in order to better meet the needs of the AI community.  A challenge is that while we publish a lot of research papers involving AI, the highest-profile AI-specific venues are not ACM venues.  However, there are also opportunities: ACM has a presence in virtually… Read more: News from the ACM Publication Board
  • 2026 Annual Modeling and Simulation Conference (ANNSIM’26)
    by Jian Tao
    Presented by The Society for Modeling and Simulation International (SCS). The 2026 Annual Modeling and Simulation Conference will be held at the University of Central Florida in the L3 Harris Engineering Building. The conference features keynote speeches delivered by technology and industry leaders, technical sessions, and professional development tutorials. Scientists, engineers, managers, educators, and business professionals… Read more: 2026 Annual Modeling and Simulation Conference (ANNSIM’26)