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<b class=""><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Gill Sans MT', sans-serif; color: rgb(201, 135, 0);" class="">Symposium on Simulation for Architecture and Urban Design<o:p class=""></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b class=""><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Gill Sans MT', sans-serif; color: rgb(201, 135, 0);" class="">SimAUD 2017 – Toronto, Canada<o:p class=""></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Gill Sans MT', sans-serif;" class="">Michela Turrin and Brady Peters<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Gill Sans MT', sans-serif;" class=""><a href="mailto:M.Turrin@tudelft.nl" style="color: purple;" class="">M.Turrin@tudelft.nl</a> and <a href="mailto:Brady.Peters@daniels.utoronto.ca" style="color: purple;" class="">Brady.Peters@daniels.utoronto.ca</a><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<b class=""><u class=""><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: 'Gill Sans MT', sans-serif; color: rgb(201, 135, 0);" class="">SimAUD2017 – Call for Submissions</span></u></b><b class=""><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: 'Gill Sans MT', sans-serif; color: rgb(201, 135, 0);" class=""> </span></b><span class="MsoHyperlink" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: 'Gill Sans MT', sans-serif; text-decoration: none;" class="">[</span></span><span class="MsoHyperlink" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: 'Gill Sans MT', sans-serif;" class=""> </span></span><span class="MsoHyperlink" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-family: 'Gill Sans MT', sans-serif;" class=""><a href="http://simaud.com/2017/call_for_submissions.php" style="color: purple;" class=""><span lang="EN-GB" class="">http://simaud.com/2017/call_for_submissions.php</span></a></span></span><span class="MsoHyperlink" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-family: 'Gill Sans MT', sans-serif;" class=""> <span lang="EN-GB" class="">]</span></span></span><u class=""><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: 'Gill Sans MT', sans-serif; color: rgb(201, 135, 0);" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></u></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: 'Gill Sans MT', sans-serif;" class="">To respond to the increasing complexity of cities and buildings, computer simulations for the built environment are not only required to support both specific disciplinary expertise
and interdisciplinary collaborations, but also address all scales of the built environment, from exploring new urban configurations to the design of building components. Consequently, innovation in computer simulations questions disciplinary boundaries and
derives from the convergence of knowledge from different fields. The 8th annual Symposium on Simulation for Architecture and Urban Design (SimAUD) tackles the interdisciplinary aspects of the development and use of simulations to measure, predict, assess,
comprehend and manage the performances of buildings and cities, in regard to their technical and non-technical requirements. SimAUD offers the opportunity to present innovative simulation methods and techniques and to discuss their roles in urban planning,
architecture, engineering, construction, and management. This year's event will be held at the MaRS Discovery District and at the University of Toronto in Canada, in the heart of one of the largest urban innovation hubs.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: 'Gill Sans MT', sans-serif;" class="">In past years, attendees have included researchers and practitioners in the fields of urban planning and design, architecture and building science, visualization and construction,
as well as software developers, managers, educators, and business professionals. Past SimAUD symposia have attracted exceptionally high-quality submissions (papers, notes, works in progress, datasets, and videos). We highly encourage you to take advantage
of the free downloads of previous years' <a href="http://simaud.org/proceedings/" style="color: purple;" class="">proceedings</a>.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: 'Gill Sans MT', sans-serif;" class="">We invite you to submit and present an original contribution for SimAUD2017. All submissions are peer-reviewed and considered for selection by the Scientific Committee. All accepted
full papers (8 pages) will be published in the </span><span style="font-family: 'Gill Sans MT', sans-serif;" class=""><a href="http://portal.acm.org/dl.cfm" style="color: purple;" class=""><span lang="EN" class="">ACM Digital Library</span></a></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: 'Gill Sans MT', sans-serif;" class="">.
However, all the accepted submissions (both full and short papers) will be published in SimAUD’s proceedings. Please observe the submission types and deadlines on the Symposium website. SimAUD is run collaboratively with </span><span style="font-family: 'Gill Sans MT', sans-serif;" class=""><a href="http://www.sigsim.org/" style="color: purple;" class=""><span lang="EN" class="">ACM/SIGSIM</span></a></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: 'Gill Sans MT', sans-serif;" class=""> and
is sponsored by </span><span style="font-family: 'Gill Sans MT', sans-serif;" class=""><a href="http://www.scs.org/" style="color: purple;" class=""><span lang="EN" class="">The Society for Modeling and Simulation International</span></a></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: 'Gill Sans MT', sans-serif;" class="">.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<b class=""><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: 'Gill Sans MT', sans-serif; color: rgb(201, 135, 0);" class="">Areas of Interest<o:p class=""></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: 'Gill Sans MT', sans-serif;" class="">SimAUD topics include, but are not limited to:<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: 'Gill Sans MT', sans-serif;" class="">•Simulation-based Design Generation and Exploration<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: 'Gill Sans MT', sans-serif;" class="">•Simulation-Based Collaborative Design<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: 'Gill Sans MT', sans-serif;" class="">•Simulation-Based Design Tools and Methods<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: 'Gill Sans MT', sans-serif;" class="">•Multidisciplinary Design Optimization<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: 'Gill Sans MT', sans-serif;" class="">•Simulation Performance and Scalability<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: 'Gill Sans MT', sans-serif;" class="">•Building Comfort and Energy Performance<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: 'Gill Sans MT', sans-serif;" class="">•Simulation of Occupant Behavior<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: 'Gill Sans MT', sans-serif;" class="">•Simulation of Building Control<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: 'Gill Sans MT', sans-serif;" class="">•Physics-Based Simulation in Design<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: 'Gill Sans MT', sans-serif;" class="">•Visualization of Simulation Data<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: 'Gill Sans MT', sans-serif;" class="">•Urban-Scale Modeling<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: 'Gill Sans MT', sans-serif;" class="">•Design Agency & Multi-Agent Systems<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: 'Gill Sans MT', sans-serif;" class="">•Intelligent Buildings & Building Lifecycle Management<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: 'Gill Sans MT', sans-serif;" class="">•Sensor Networks & Building Performance Monitoring<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: 'Gill Sans MT', sans-serif;" class="">•Interactive Environments<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: 'Gill Sans MT', sans-serif;" class="">•Responsive Facades<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: 'Gill Sans MT', sans-serif;" class="">•Robotic Fabrication in Design<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<b class=""><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: 'Gill Sans MT', sans-serif; color: rgb(201, 135, 0);" class="">Submissions Types<o:p class=""></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: 'Gill Sans MT', sans-serif;" class="">Research works can be submitted in several categories:<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: 'Gill Sans MT', sans-serif;" class="">•Full Papers (Archived at the ACM Digital Library)<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: 'Gill Sans MT', sans-serif;" class="">•Short Papers (Not archived at the ACM Digital Library)<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: 'Gill Sans MT', sans-serif;" class="">•Invited Papers (Archived at the ACM Digital Library)<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: 'Gill Sans MT', sans-serif;" class="">•Posters & Videos (Not archived at the ACM Digital Library)<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: 'Gill Sans MT', sans-serif;" class="">Note: All submissions are published in SimAUD’s Proceedings.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<b class=""><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: 'Gill Sans MT', sans-serif; color: rgb(201, 135, 0);" class="">Important Dates<o:p class=""></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: 'Gill Sans MT', sans-serif;" class="">Abstracts Submission: September 19, 2016<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: 'Gill Sans MT', sans-serif;" class="">Papers/Posters Deadline: December 5, 2016<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: 'Gill Sans MT', sans-serif;" class="">Acceptance Notification: January 23, 2017<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Gill Sans MT', sans-serif;" class="">Camera-ready Deadline: March 6, 2017<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Gill Sans MT', sans-serif;" class="">Conference: May 22-24, 2017</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: 'Gill Sans MT', sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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