1. UKSim2015 Words of thanks Conferences coming up This conference
17th International Conference on Modelling and Simulation
25 – 27 March 2015
Emmanuel College, Cambridge
Words of thanks
Conferences coming up
This conference

2. Thanks are due to
Authors, track teams and reviewers from all countries including (country of 1st author): United Kingdom-29 (22.1%), India-19 (14.5%), Malaysia-10 (7.6%), P.R. China-10 (7.6%), Pakistan-8 (6.1%), Saudi Arabia-6 (4.6%), Norway-4 (3.1%), Egypt, Jordan, Australia, Ghana: 4 each, Italy, UAE, France, Germany, Luxemburg, Algeria, Vietnam, Iraq, South Africa, Serbia: 2 each, Spain, Ireland, Georgia, Iran, Croatia, Nigeria, Botswana, Denmark, USA, Taiwan, Austria, Kuwait: 1 each.
EUROSIM and its national societies notably in Germany, Austria, France, Italy, Greece, Hungary and Sweden for active support and participation
IEEE: UK & RI & chairman Prof Frank Wang for support and technical sponsorship, Region 8 and Region 10 for supporting the event and UKSim activities in general
Asia Modelling and Simulation Section, UniMaP, UTM and other Malaysian universities for active sponsorship and support.

3. Conferences Coming up this year
CICSyN2015: Computational Intelligence, Communication Systems and Networks, 3 – 5 June, Riga, Latvia, deadline 30 April 2014
CIMSim2015: Computational Intelligence, Modelling & Simulation, July, Kuantan, Malaysia, deadline 15 June
AMS2015: Asia Modelling Symposium, September, Langkawi, Malaysia, deadline 15 July
EMS2015: European Modelling Symposium, 6 – 8 October, Madrid, Spain, deadline 15 August
ICAIET2015: International conference on Artificial Intelligence and application in Engineering and Technology, 3 – 5 November, Pisa, Italy, deadline 15 September
AIMS2015: Artificial intelligence, Modelling 7 Simulation, December, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia, deadline 15 October

4. UKSim2015 Pattern for the 3 days: Refreshments: Old Library
Breakfast, Lunch, Evening Meals & Conference Dinner: Dining Hall
Parallel Sessions: Room A: here, B: Harrods (top floor), C: Green Room, Ground floor,
4 Keynote speakers, 2 in day-1, and 1 in day-2 and 3.
Day-1 Today: full day, 3 parallel sessions, till 5.30pm
Prof Frank Wang and Prof Qiang Shen + 46 papers
7.00 Conference Dinner
Day-2 Presentations in morning only, 3 parallel sessions
Prof Harry Barrow + 18 papers
2.30 Cambridge tour (a must!!)
Day-3 Presentations in morning only, 3 parallel sessions
Dr Janos Janosy + 12 papers
Closing remarks in Auditorium, photo session, lunch

5. UKSim2015 Published Papers Statistics
Papers published: 97
Scheduled for presentation: 4 keynote speakers and 80 papers
Published papers by track: most popular tracks:
21.U.Energy, Power, Transport, Logistics, Harbour, Shipping and Marine Simulation 16
11.K.Intelligent Systems and Applications 13
26.Z.Circuits, Sensors and Devices 10
19.S.Image, Speech and Signal Processing 9
24.X.Mobile/Ad hoc wireless networks, mobicast, sensor placement, target tracking 8
06.F.Bioinformatics and Bioengineering 5
08.H.Data and Semantic Mining 4
16.P.Robotics, Cybernetics, Engineering, Manufacturing and Control
22.V.Parallel, Distributed and Software Architectures and Systems
20.T.Industry, Business, Management, Human Factors and Social Issues 3
23.W.Internet Modelling, Semantic Web and Ontologies
01.A.Neural Networks, 03.C.Evolutionary Computation, 09.I.Games, VR and Visualization, 13.M.Systems Intelligence and Intelligence Systems, 15.O.e-Science and e-Systems, 17.Q.Methodologies, Tools and Operations Research, 19.S1 Natural Language Processing/Language Technologies: 2 papers each x 7 = 14 14
02.B.Fuzzy Systems, 10.J.Emergent Technologies, 14.N.Control of Intelligent Systems and Control Intelligence, 18.R.Discrete Event and Real Time Systems, 25.Y.Performance Engineering of Computer & Communication Systems: 1 paper each x 5

6. Keynote Speaker-1: Professor Frank Wang Computer Evolution over the Next Decade: Fact or Fiction?
Fellow of British Computer Society
Chair in e-Science and Grid Computing
Head: School of Computing (formerly known as Computing Laboratory), University of Kent, UK.
Director: Centre for Grid Computing, Cambridge-Cranfield High Performance Computing Facility (CCHPCF), collaborative research facility Universities of Cambridge and Cranfield, ~ £40 million.
Research interests: Future Computing, Green Computing (via memristor), Grid/Cloud Computing, Biologically-inspired Computing, Quantum Computing/Communication, Data Storage & Data Communication, and Data Mining and Data Warehousing
Publication: book "Encyclopaedia of Grid Computing", 67+ journal papers
Co-Editor-in-Chief of Encyclopaedia of Grid Computing
Co-Editor-in-Chief of International Journal of Grid and High Performance Computing.
on the Editorial Board of 4 other international journals.

7. Keynote Speaker-2: Prof Qiang Shen Approximate Feature Selection in Data-Driven Systems Modelling
PhD in Knowledge-Based Systems, DSc in Computational Intelligence.
. Director of the Institute of Mathematics, Physics and Computer Science at Aberystwyth University, a Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales, a REF 2014 panel member for Computer Science and Informatics, and a long-serving Associate Editor of two IEEE flagship Journals (IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics and on Fuzzy Systems).
. Professor Shen has chaired and given keynotes at numerous international conferences. His current research interests include: computational intelligence, reasoning under uncertainty, pattern recognition, data mining, and their applications for intelligent decision support (e.g., crime detection, consumer profiling, systems monitoring, and medical diagnosis).
. Authored 2 research monographs and over 320 peer-reviewed papers, including an award-winning IEEE Outstanding Transactions paper.
. Director of studies: > 40 PDRAs/PhDs, one UK Distinguished Dissertation Award winner.
. London 2012 Olympic Torch Relay torchbearer, carrying the Olympic torch in celebration of the centenary of Alan Turing. The official nomination stated that “Professor Shen, as a world-leading researcher in computational intelligence and ambassador for computer science, would be a fitting tribute to Alan Turing, and an inspiration to future generations of scientists and engineers.”

8. Keynote Speakers –3, Professor Harry Barrow History of Computing and AI, a Personal Viewpoint
1965, BA in Maths+Physics, Cambridge University (Emmanuel College).
1966, MSc and 1969 PhD in Communication, Keele University, Department of Communication. Research into the human sense of touch.
, Research Fellow, Machine Intelligence and Perception, Edinburgh University: design, construction and prog’g Freddy 1 and 2 robot systems and on the versatile assembly demonstration system for Freddy 2.
, Senior Computer Scientist, AI Center, Stanford Research Institute: vision in animals & machines, automated photo-interpretation and cartography, JPL Mars rover project.
founder + 3: Schlumberger Artificial Intelligence lab in Palo Alto: VLSI design, expert systems for diagnosing process problems, visual inspection of ICs, resource allocation for automatic testers, automatically proving correctness of integrated circuit designs, primate primary visual cortex self-organise’n. 
Prof of AI, School of Cognitive & CS, Sussex University: primate visual processing, model to explain characteristics of the primary cortex, AI & neural networks app’n to mineral exploration, weather forecasting, radar image sequences, x-ray interpretation
Scientific Advisor, Schlumberger Cambridge Research: 3-D visualisation: reservoirs, diagnosis of drilling and production problems, error-correcting codes, navigation for downhole robots  and interpretation of drilling rig logs as activities on the rig.
2007- Officially retired: AI, vision, ANN, personal research and occasional consulting.

9. Keynote Speaker-4: Dr Janos Janosy The Intelligent Electricity Network of the future: SmartGrid
Consultant, Simulator Dev Dept, Atomic Energy Research Institute, Central Research Institute for Physics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences (MTA KFKI AEKI) since 1994.
Born 1949, Budapest; MSME Nuclear Eng’g, Moscow Eng’g Power Institute, 1973; MSEE in Process Control Computers, Budapest Technical University, 1976.
Worked in Secretariat, Ministry of Heavy Industry, Nuclear Power Plant Construction ; Senior Researcher 1977 and Senior Adviser 2004.
Over 60 papers in international journals and conferences in: i) Nuclear Power Plant Simulation-tors, ii) Environmental Protection & Radiation Monitoring Systems.
Main interests: i) Numerical integration of stiff differential equation systems, ii) Computerized process control systems - direct digital control of nuclear reactors, iii) Process control - digital and analogue, iv) Modelling and simulation, v) Real-time simulation-tors, vi) Nuclear, fossil and renewable energy production & Distribution
Projects: numerous: nuclear power, simulation-tors, energy, control
Married, 4 grandchildren, Ham Radio sign HA5GN

11. UKSim2015
Thank you and have a
good conference!!