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20
May 2024
Monday
Simulation of Architectural and Urban Design (SimAUD) Track
Session I
11:00 am – 12:30 pm
Simulation and Visualization Tools in Urban Design Practice: How Could They Support Planners and Designers in Shaping a Sustainable Urban Form?
Authors: Al-Douri
Investigating Urban Neighborhood Similarity: a Case Study on Machine Learning vs. Vector Distance vs. Expert Knowledge
Authors: Gabriel Wurzer, Wolfgang E. Lorenz, Stefan Bindreiter, Niko Ugljanin, Ernst Alexander Dengg and Volker Pachauer
Enhancing Spatial Configurations in Informal Learning Spaces: An Early-Phase Design Decision-Making Framework
Authors: Song Guo, Weimin Zhuang and Xiaoyue Yan
Session II
1:30 p.m.—3:00 p.m.
Designing for Daylight: An Exploration of Origami-Inspired Interior Shading Screens
Authors: Niloofar Nikookar and Azadeh Sawyer
Evaluating Panoramic 3D Estimation in Indoor Lighting Analysis
Authors: Zining Cheng and Guanzhou Ji
Session III
3:30 p.m.—5:00 p.m.
A novel PCM-integrated Electrochromic Glazing (PCM-ECG) System for Improving Energy Performance in Cooling Season
Authors: Qian Jin, Qiuting Sun, and Xiangyu Long
Three Dimensional Automated Long-term Monitoring of Bio-based Building Elements in Outdoor Conditions
Authors: Martin Tamke, Shahriar Akbari and Mette Ramsgaard Thomsen
Urban Lung: Exploring the Potential of Passive Facade-integrated Vertical Convection Facilitation Systems with Architectural Ceramic in High-density Urban Environments
Authors: Xinlin Lu, Chunze Li, Tinghui Mo and Yidan Wang
Dynamic Insulated Shutter System for a Double-Layer Building Façade: A Case Study with Physical Prototype
Authors: Li Pan, Zhirui Bian, Xiang Zhang, Max Hakkarainen, William Braham and Dorit Aviv
20
May 2024
Monday
27th Communications and Network Simulation (CNS)
Session I
11:00 am – 12:30 pm
Machine Learning Based Small-scale Parameter Extraction for Improved Wireless Channel Model Fidelity
Authors: Benjamin Earle, Ala’a Al-Habashna, Gabriel Wainer, Xingliang Li and Guogiang Xue
Machine Learning Based Techniques for Enhancing the Performance of Inter-cloud Data Transfers
Authors: Juan Contreras, Shikharesh Majumdar and Ali El-Haraki
TAFE-AI: A Trust-Augmented Fog and Edge AI Enabled Network Integrated with Decentralized Identity
Authors: Shakirabanu Kaleel and Abdolreza Abhari
Session II
1:30 p.m.—3:00 p.m.
Brooks-lyengar Algorithm in Pub/Sub Architecture Using the DEVS Formalism
Authors: Iman Alavi Fazel and Gabriel Wainer
DEVS Based Robust Communication Protocol for Inter-Simulation Communication in Cadmium
Authors: Sasisekhar Govind and Gabriel Wainer
Simulation of Parallelization of Deep Neural Networks by Dividing Data
Authors: Jorge A. Lopez and Abdolreza Abhart
20
May 2024
Monday
56th Annual Simulation Symposium (ANSS)
Session III
3:30 p.m.—5:00 p.m.
Designing a Resilient Infrastructure Learning Game to Evaluate Maintenance Decisions
Authors: Nischal Newar, Shima Mohebbi and Pavithra Sripathanallur Murali
Assimilating UAV-Based Observation Data for Wildfire Spread Simulation
Authors: Mu Ge and Xiaolin Hu
21
May 2024
Tuesday
56th Annual Simulation Symposium (ANSS)
Session V
10:30 a.m.—12:00 p.m.
Functional Mock-up Interface Based Simulation of Continuous time Systems in Cadmium
Authors: Ritvik Joshi, James Nutaro, Bernard Zeigler, Gabriel Wainer and Doohwan Kim
Flattened Parallel DEVS Simulations on GPU Architectures
Authors: Guillermo Trabes, Alonso Inostrosa-Psijas, Gabriel Wainer and Veronica Gil-Costa
Real-time Interactive External Labeling for Dynamic Visualization
Authors: Shan Liu and Yuzhong Shen
Session VI
1:00 p.m.—3:00 p.m.
Hybrid Simulation-Optimization Model to Design Autonomous Delivery Vehicles Networks
Authors: Erik Roy-Veilleux, Farouq Halawa, Will Arling and Raashid Mohammed
Surrogate Modelling with Deep Learning for Optimizing Manufacturing Assembly Lines
Authors: Maryam SAADI, Vincent Bernier, Greg Zacharewicz and Nicolas Daclin
Comparing Simulated Autonomous Swarm Systems with Agent-Based Modeling
Authors: Arsenio Gumahad and Andrew Collins
Using Agenda-Based Modeling to Calculate an EASE Score: Evacuation with Acceptable Simplicity in Emergencies
Authors: Arthur Perron, Noah Hall, Hila Sabouni, Charlton McArthur, Katherine Nelson, Mohammadamin Sanaei, Nikoo Javadpour, and Stephen Gilbert
Session VII
3:30 p.m.—5:00 p.m.
xDEVS no-std: A Rust Crate for Real-Time DEVS on Embedded Systems
Authors: Roman Cardenas, Pedro Malagon, Patricia Arroba Garcia and Jose L. Risco-Martin
A Novel Real-Time DEVS Simulation Architecture with Hardware-in-the-Loop Capabilities
Authors; Óscar Fernández-Sebastián, Roman Cardenas, Patricia Arroba Garcia and Jose L. Risco-Martin
Integrating DEVS and FMI 3.0 for the Simulated Deployment of Embedded Applications
Authors: Yon Vanommeslaeghe, Bert Van Acker, Joachim Denil and Paul De Meulenaere
21
May 2024
Tuesday
Business (BI&PM)
Session VI
1:00 p.m.—3:00 p.m.
Simulation-Based Predictive Process Mining with EBPMN: Methods, Challenges and Opportunities
Authors: Paolo Bocciarelli and Andrea D’Ambrogio
DEVS Formal Modeling and Simulation in Manufacturing Systems
Authors: Cristina Ruiz Martin and Gabriel Wainer
A BPMN-Based Approach to Support Smallholders’ Business Model Simulation
Authors: Sihem Mallek Daclin, Mariane El-Kassis, Nicolas Daclin and Greg Zacharewicz
21
May 2024
Tuesday
Health and Medicine (H&M)
Session VI
1:00 p.m.—3:00 p.m.
Simulation of Public Transportation Operations for Infectious Disease Spreading Among Passengers
Authors: Longfei Zhou and Chun Sen Liu
Exploring Vaccine Hesitancy Dynamics Through the Health Belief Model: A System Dynamics Modeling Approach
Authors: Justine Maffei, Rachel Thompson, Mahdi Najafabadi, Terry Huang, David Lounsbury, Turner Canty, Denis Nash, McKaylee Robertson and Nasim Sabounchi
VISHN: Viral Load and Immunity Simulation on a Host Network
Authors: Jeremy Nachison and Srini Venkatramanan
Optimized Model Selection for Estimating Treatment Effects from Costly Simulations of the US Opioid Epidemic
Authors: Abdulrahman Ahmed, M. Amin Rahimian and Mark S. Roberts
22
May 2024
Wednesday
Societies and Articial Agents (HSAA)
Session XI
3:30 p.m.—5:00 p.m.
Simulating Elections in the Context of Voter Behavior and Election Rules
Authors: Michael Hammer and Hamdi Kavak
The Interaction Between Heterogeneous Voting Strategies and Dynamic Vote-seeking Campaigns: An Agent-Based Model
Authors: Stephen Davies and Harmony Peura
Simulating Change-A Systematic Literature Review of Agent-Based Models for Policy-Making
Authors: Michael Belfrage, Fabian Lorig and Paul Davidsson
22
May 2024
Wednesday
Ph.D. Colloquium
Session IX
10:30 a.m.—12:00 p.m.
Opening Talk
Artificial Intelligence, Human Agency and Social Decision-Making in Water Management Systems
Author: Blanca Luque Capellas
Coupling Simulation and AI for Assembly Line Optimization
Author: Maryam Saadi, Bernier Vincent, Greg Zacharewicz and Nicolas Daclin
Leveraging Supervised Machine Learning to Predict Health Behaviors in Spatial Agent-Based Models of Disease Spread
Author: Emma Von Hoene
Extracting M-Mimo Channel Characteristics From Limited CSI Logs Using Machine Learning
Author: Benjamin Earle
DEVS Based Robust Communication Protocol for Inter-Simulation Communication in Cadmium
Author: Sasisekhar Mangalam Govind
Digital Twins for Continuous Deployment in Model-Based Systems Engineering of Cyber-Physical Systems
Author: Joost Mertens
Session X
1:00 p.m.—3:00 p.m.
Simulating Small Modular Reactor Cyber Security
Author: Michael Zamperini
A Physical-Behavioral Framework for Capturing the Complexity of Flood Evacuation Behaviors in Agent-Based Models
Author: Szandra Peter
Estimating Treatment Effects from Costly Samples of Population-scale Models
Author: Abdulrahman Ahmed
Driver-in-the-Loop Electric Vehicle Routing: Simulation, Optimization, and Driver Training Models
Author: Ahmad Bany Abdelnabi
Game-Based Learning with Augmented Reality
Author: Kantida Nanon
Graph-Based Intelligent Decision-Making in the Early Stage of Architectural Design
Author: Song Guo
Real-Time Interactive External Labeling for Dynamic Visualizations
Author: Shan Liu
22
May 2024
Wednesday
Digital Twins I and Digital Twins II
Session X
01:00 p.m.—03:00 p.m.
Digital Twins I
Modelling Decarbonization Strategies for Urban Energy Systems
Author: Saeed Ranjbar, Oriol Gavalda, Abolfazl Rezaei and Ursula Eicker
Automated Generation of Urban Digital Shadows using Open Data
Author: Susanna Cao, Kai Franke, Tobias Koch and Tamara Lenhard
Simulation Cloning for Digital Twins: A Scalable Approach
Author: Srikanth Yoginath, Pratishtha Shukla, Sudip Seal and James Nutaro
Evaluating Open-Source Tools for Heterogeneous Model-based Digital Twin Development: A Microbrewery Case Study
Author: Ander Lee, David Manrique Negrin and Loek Cleophas
Session XI
3:30 p.m.—5:00 p.m.
Digital Twins II
Scalable Building Energy Efficiency Balancing
Author: Philipp Zech, Daniel Plörer, Rainer Pfluger and Ruth Breu
Digital Twin for Sustainable Supply Chain of Climacteric Fruits
Author: Souvik Barat, Parijat Deshpande, Abhishek Yadav, Aditya Paranjape, Vinay Kulkarni, Beena Rai, Harshil Ketan Vora, Sakshi Kumar, Ishan Pahare, Pratik Mittal, Mayank Bansal and Vijay Sai
Optimizing Humanitarian Logistics with Deep Reinforcement Learning and Digital Twins
Author: Bulent Soykan and Ghaith Rabadi
23
May 2024
Thursday
Digital Twins III and Digital Twins IV
Session XII
9:00 a.m.—10:30 a.m.
Digital Twins III
A Simulation-Based Approach for Evaluating Shared Control Algorithms for Mobile Robots
Authors: Ahmet Saglam and Yiannis Papelis
Using Co-Simulation and Time Signal at Red (TSAR) to Determine Impact of Driver Behavior on Rail Network Performance
Authors: Kenneth Pierce, Anirban Bhattacharyya, David Golightly, Pedro Pinto da Silva, Seb Merricks, Roberto Palacin and Ziqi Guo
Review on Digital Twin Modelling Applications to Support Human-Centricity in Manufacturing
Authors: Laila El Warraqi, Lorenzo Ragazzini and Elisa Negri
Session XIII
11:00 a.m.—12:30 p.m.
Digital Twins IV
Integrated Realtime Simulation of Voltage Regulation Algorithms in a Microgrid with DERs: Leveraging the DERConnect Testbed
Authors: Sayed Abdullah Sadat, Benjamin Hwang, Kohei Murakami, Jan Kleissl, Jorge Cortes and Adil Khurram
A Simulation-based Real-Time Deep Reinforcement Learning Approach for Fighting Wildfires
Authors: Jose Tupayachi, Madelaine Martinez Ferguson, and Xueping Li
Digital-Twin for Surgical Tool-Tissue Interaction: Systems Perspective
Authors: Srikar Annamraju, Paul Jeziorczak, Qianhe Ye and Inki Kim
23
May 2024
Thursday
Machine Learning & Artificial Intelligence (ML & AI) and Cyber
Session XII
9:00 a.m.—10:30 a.m.
Multi-Agent Imitation Learning for Agent Typification: A Proof-of-Concept for Markov Games with Chess
Authors: Helen Haase, Daniel Glake, and Thomas Clemen
Evaluation Concept for Order Release Based on Simulation and Reinforcement Learning Against Changes to the Production Configuration
Authors: Tim Janke, Michael Riesener, Seth Schmitz, Judith Fulterer, and Hendrik Eisbein
Cyber
Simulation-Based Study on False Alarms in Intrusion Detection Systems for Organizations Facing Dual Phishing and DoS Attacks
Authors: Jeongkeun Shin, L. Richard Carley, and Kathleen M. Carley
23
May 2024
Thursday
Sustainability and Resource Management (S&RM)
Session XII
11:00 a.m.—12:30 p.m.
A Short-Term Charging Waiting Time Estimation Approach Using Recurrent Mixture Density Networks and Queuing Model
Authors: Xiaoming Li, Chun Wang, and Xiao Huang
A Simulation-Based Optimization Approach towards Human-Centric Scheduling in Presence of Heterogeneous Workforce
Authors: Amel Jaoua, Elisa Negri, Hajer Hamdaoui and Safa Bhar Layeb
Comparing Short vs. Long-Term Decision Strategies in Sustainable Human Resource Management: A Deep Reinforcement Learning Application
Authors: Vahid Gholamzadeh, Behrooz Khorshidvand, and Adel Guitouni
22
May 2024
Wednesday
Societies and Artificial Agents (HSAA)
Session XI
3:30 p.m.—5:00 p.m.
Simulating Elections in the Context of Voter Behavior and Election Rules
Authors: Michael Hammer and Hamdi Kavak
The Interaction Between Heterogeneous Voting Strategies and Dynamic Vote-seeking Campaigns: An Agent-Based Model
Authors: Stephen Davies and Harmony Peura
Simulating Change-A Systematic Literature Review of Agent-Based Models for Policy-Making
Authors: Michael Belfrage, Fabian Lorig and Paul Davidsson
23
May 2024
Thursday
Societies and Artificial Agents (HSAA)
Session XII
9:00 a.m.—10:30 a.m.
Incorporating Trauma Propagation and Transmission in Agent-Based Models: A Preliminary Framework
Authors: Nicholas Bishop and Hamdi Kavak
Exploring the Dynamics of Gene Drive Mosquitoes within Wild Populations using an Agent-Based Simulation
Authors: Sureni Wickramasooriya, Imran Mahmood, Anisoara Calinescu, Michael Wooldridge and Gregory Lanzaro
Data-Driven Reconstruction of Processes from Pedestrian Trajectories
Authors: Elena Eftimova, Christoph Nellinger and Tobias Koch
Session XIII
11:00 a.m.—12:30 p.m.
Beyond Local Interactions: Revisiting Spatial Evolutionary Prisoner’s Dilemma
Authors: Maxim Malikov and Polina Prokofyeva
Using ABM and Serious Games to Create “Better AI”
Authors: Petra Ahrweiler, Nigel Gilbert, George Kampis, Zsolt Juranyi, Albert Sabater Coll, Martha Bicket, Blanca Luque Capellas and David Wurster
Analyzing Transport Policies in Developing Countries with ABM
Authors: Kathleen Salazar-Serna, Lorena Cadavid and Carlos J. Franco