Mission
The Association for Computing Machinery’s Special Interest Group on Simulation and Modeling (ACM SIGSIM) seeks the advancement of the state-of-the-art in simulation and modeling. Simulation and modeling cut across a broad range of interests. SIGSIM joins each year with a variety of other organizations in co-sponsoring premier conferences in the field.
Organization
ACM SIGSIM was founded in April 1969, and ever since has been enjoying the support of a large, active community and leadership. It continues to be a vibrant society backed by a dedicated pool of leaders and an excellent financial health to serve the community.
Current Office-bearers (2020-2024)
- Chair: Kalyan Perumalla chair@sigsim.acm.org
- Vice Chair: Andreas Tolk vicechair@sigsim.acm.org
- Treasurer: Kara Olson treasurer@sigsim.acm.org
Kalyan Perumalla | SIGSIM Chair 
Andreas Tolk | SIGSIM Vice Chair 
Kara Olson | SIGSIM Treasurer
Previous Office-bearers
- Ex-chair (2016-2020): Margaret Loper
- Past chairs: Paul Fishwick, Osman Balci, Ernest Page, …
Benefits
Member Benefits
The following benefits are provided by SIGSIM to its members:
- Proceedings (CD) of the annual Winter Simulation Conference (WSC) mailed to each SIGSIM member
- Proceedings (CD) of the annual ACM SIGSIM Principles of Advanced Discrete Simulation (PADS) mailed to each SIGSIM member
- Reduced registration fees for many conferences including WSC and SIGSIM-PADS
- SIGSIM members are granted full on-line access to the proceedings of the SIGSIM sponsored / supported conferences in the ACM Digital Library
Community Benefits
The following benefits are provided by SIGSIM to its community:
- Access to ACM SIGSIM M&S Knowledge Repository
- Distinguished Contributions Award
- Conference Travel Support Award for Ph.D. Students in M&S (WSC and SIGSIM-PADS)
- Ph.D. Colloquium and Poster Session at the annual WSC and SIGSIM-PADS conferences
- Best Ph.D. Student Paper Award at the annual WSC and SIGSIM-PADS conferences
- Sponsorship of annual conferences: WSC, SIGSIM-PADS, MSWiM and DS-RT
- In-cooperation support of many conferences including: SIMUTools, SpringSim, SummerSIm, SIMULTECH, VRToolsEd, BICT and HPCS
- ACM SIGSIM Blog Digest issued to the mailing list and subscribers
- LinkedIn Professional Group named “ACM SIGSIM”, which provides professional networking among M&S professionals
- Announcements via a moderated email distribution list about events of interest, Calls for Papers, and Calls for Participation
Membership
| ACM Member Professional | ACM Member Student | ACM Non-Member Professional | ACM Non-Member Student | Subscriber | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| USA (Regular mail) | $19 | $9 | $29 | $19 | $29 |
| Other Countries (Airmail) | $26 | $16 | $36 | $26 | $36 |
Awards
SIGSIM offers the following awards:
- Distinguished Contributions Award
Impact and Publications
Over 17,000 articles published in relation to SIGSIM from 1971 are available via the ACM Digital Library, with over 3,000,000 cumulative downloads to date.