<div dir="ltr">All,<div><br></div><div>Please see below for the announcement and call for papers and call for presentations for the American Modelica Conference 2018, to be held on Oct. 9/10 in Cambridge near Boston. We anticipate that there will be quite a few presentations about building energy simulations, as have been in the past at the North America Modelica Users' Group meetings.</div><div><br></div><div>All the best,</div><div><br></div><div>Michael Wetter</div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote">--------<br><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><div id="gmail-m_5157544841759644769bloop_customfont" style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial;font-size:13px;color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0px"><p style="font-family:"helvetica Neue",helvetica;font-size:14px">Dear colleague, <u></u><u></u></p><p style="font-family:"helvetica Neue",helvetica;font-size:14px">it is a pleasure for me to invite you to submit a paper and participate to the forthcoming <a href="https://modelica.org/events/modelica2018Americas" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(149,79,114)">American Modelica Conference 2018</a> , which will be held in Cambridge, near Boston <a href="http://airmail.calendar/2018-10-09%2012:00:00%20EDT" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(149,79,114)">on 9-10 October 2018</a>. The deadline for the submission of papers is <b><a href="http://airmail.calendar/2018-05-01%2012:00:00%20EDT" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(149,79,114)">May 1</a>^st, 2018, </b>and the deadline for the submission of extended abstract for a presentation-only track is <b><a href="http://airmail.calendar/2018-06-01%2012:00:00%20EDT" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(149,79,114)">June 1</a>^st, 2018</b>. For more details, please check the online <span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif"> </span><a href="https://modelica.org/events/modelica2018Americas/call-for-papers" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(149,79,114)"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:purple;text-decoration-line:none">Call for papers</span></a>.<u></u><u></u></p><h1 style="margin:12pt 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:16pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:rgb(47,84,150);font-weight:normal">Scope of the Conference<u></u><u></u></h1><p style="font-family:"helvetica Neue",helvetica;font-size:14px;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:9pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:18pt"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif"><a href="https://modelica.org/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(149,79,114)"><span style="color:purple">Modelica</span></a> is a freely available, equation-based, object-oriented language for convenient and efficient modeling of complex, multi-domain cyber-physical systems described by ordinary differential, difference, and algebraic equations. The companion Modelica Standard Library has been utilized in demanding industrial applications, including full vehicle dynamics, power systems, robotics, hardware-in-the-loop simulations and embedded control systems with nonlinear Modelica models.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="font-family:"helvetica Neue",helvetica;font-size:14px;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:9pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:18pt"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif">The <a href="http://www.fmi-standard.org/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(149,79,114)"><span style="color:purple">Functional Mockup Interface (FMI)</span></a> is a freely available standard for the tool-independent exchange of models and for co-simulation. It is supported by <a href="http://www.fmi-standard.org/tools" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(149,79,114)"><span style="color:purple">many Modelica and non-Modelica tools</span></a> and is the key to utilize Modelica models in non-Modelica environments.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="font-family:"helvetica Neue",helvetica;font-size:14px;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:9pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:18pt"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif">The Modelica conference will bring together people using Modelica and/or FMI for modeling, simulation, and control applications, Modelica language designers, Modelica and/or FMI tool vendors and Modelica library developers. It provides Modelica users the opportunity to stay informed about the latest language, library, and tool developments, and to get in touch with people working on similar modeling problems. The conference is planned for about 150 participants and will cover topics such as the following:<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="gmail-MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 6pt 0.25in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;line-height:18pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Wingdings">§<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">  </span></span><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif">Multi-engineering modeling and simulation with Modelica<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="gmail-MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 6pt 0.25in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;line-height:18pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Wingdings">§<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">  </span></span><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif">Free and commercial Modelica libraries (mechanics, electrical, hydraulics, thermal, fluid, media, chemical, building, automotive, aircraft, ...)<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="gmail-MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 6pt 0.25in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;line-height:18pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Wingdings">§<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">  </span></span><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif">Automotive applications<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="gmail-MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 6pt 0.25in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;line-height:18pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Wingdings">§<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">  </span></span><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif">Thermodynamic and energy systems applications<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="gmail-MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 6pt 0.25in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;line-height:18pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Wingdings">§<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">  </span></span><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif">Mechatronics and robotics applications<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="gmail-MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 6pt 0.25in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;line-height:18pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Wingdings">§<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">  </span></span><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif">Other industrial applications, such as electric drives, power systems, aerospace, etc.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="gmail-MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 6pt 0.25in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;line-height:18pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Wingdings">§<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">  </span></span><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif">Real-time and hardware-in-the-loop simulation<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="gmail-MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 6pt 0.25in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;line-height:18pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Wingdings">§<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">  </span></span><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif">Simulation and code generation for embedded control systems<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="gmail-MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 6pt 0.25in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;line-height:18pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Wingdings">§<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">  </span></span><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif">Applications of Modelica for optimization and optimal control<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="gmail-MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 6pt 0.25in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;line-height:18pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Wingdings">§<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">  </span></span><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif">Modelica modeling, simulation and design tools<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="gmail-MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 6pt 0.25in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;line-height:18pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Wingdings">§<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">  </span></span><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif">Symbolic algorithms and numerical methods for model transformation and simulation<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="gmail-MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 6pt 0.25in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;line-height:18pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Wingdings">§<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">  </span></span><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif">New features for future Modelica versions<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="gmail-MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 6pt 0.25in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;line-height:18pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Wingdings">§<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">  </span></span><span style="font-size:9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ly follow the provided instructions to create an account. The same account can be used for several conferences over several years. Once you have logged in, you can upload your contribution in the section: "New submissions". Simply follow the instructions.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="font-family:"helvetica Neue",helvetica;font-size:14px;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:9pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:18pt"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif">The paper submission form includes the option to mark suitable topics for your paper. Please use this feature since it helps us to find suitable reviewers for your paper. Furthermore, there is the option to attach a .zip file to your paper. In this way, you can provide example models that correspond to your paper.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="font-family:"helvetica Neue",helvetica;font-size:14px;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:9pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:18pt"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif">The authors of the 10% top papers submitted to the conference will be invited to submit an extended version after the Conference, for inclusion in a special issue of an open-access, ISI-referenced journal. Please note that the extended papers will undergo a full peer-review process which is independent of the one of the Modelica Conference.<u></u><u></u></span></p><h1 style="margin:12pt 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:16pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:rgb(47,84,150);font-weight:normal">Call for Presentations<u></u><u></u></h1><p style="font-family:"helvetica Neue",helvetica;font-size:14px;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:9pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:18pt"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif">Industrial or academic Modelica Users can alternatively also submit an extended abstract for a presentation-only contribution, as it has been done for Modelica Users' meetings by NAMUG. The abstract will be peer-reviewed by experts in the field, but no paper will be published. These presentations will be selected based on the expected interest of other Modelica users. Note that slots for presentations without a paper submission will be limited, so please submit early!<u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="font-family:"helvetica Neue",helvetica;font-size:14px;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:9pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:18pt"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif">Please use also the EasyChair system for submitting an extended abstract for a presentation-only industry session at <a href="https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=modelica2018us" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(149,79,114)"><span style="color:purple">https://easychair.org/<wbr>conferences/?conf=<wbr>modelica2018us</span></a>.  <u></u><u></u></span></p><h1 style="margin:12pt 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:16pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:rgb(47,84,150);font-weight:normal">Important Dates<u></u><u></u></h1><table class="gmail-m_5157544841759644769MsoNormalTable" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="font-family:"helvetica Neue",helvetica;border-collapse:collapse;border:none"><tbody><tr style="height:0.3in"><td style="border:1pt solid rgb(187,187,187);padding:6pt;height:0.3in"><p class="gmail-MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 12pt"><font color="#954f72" face="Verdana, sans-serif" size="2"><b><i><u>May 1, 2018</u></i></b></font></p></td><td style="border-top:1pt solid rgb(187,187,187);border-right:1pt solid rgb(187,187,187);border-bottom:1pt solid rgb(187,187,187);border-left-style:none;padding:6pt;height:0.3in"><p class="gmail-MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 12pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><i><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif">Submission of full papers for reviewed papers </span></i></b><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:23.1pt"><td style="border-right:1pt solid rgb(187,187,187);border-bottom:1pt solid rgb(187,187,187);border-left:1pt solid rgb(187,187,187);border-top-style:none;padding:6pt;height:23.1pt"><p class="gmail-MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 12pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><i><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif"><a href="http://airmail.calendar/2018-06-01%2012:00:00%20EDT" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(149,79,114)">June 1, 2018</a></span></i></b><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p></td><td style="border-style:none solid solid none;border-bottom-width:1pt;border-bottom-color:rgb(187,187,187);border-right-width:1pt;border-right-color:rgb(187,187,187);padding:6pt;height:23.1pt"><p class="gmail-MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 12pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><i><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif">Submission of extended abstracts for presentation-only contributions</span></i></b><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:23.45pt"><td style="border-right:1pt solid rgb(187,187,187);border-bottom:1pt solid rgb(187,187,187);border-left:1pt solid rgb(187,187,187);border-top-style:none;padding:6pt;height:23.45pt"><p class="gmail-MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 12pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><i><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif"><a href="http://airmail.calendar/2018-08-01%2012:00:00%20EDT" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(149,79,114)">August 1, 2018</a></span></i></b><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p></td><td style="border-style:none solid solid none;border-bottom-width:1pt;border-bottom-color:rgb(187,187,187);border-right-width:1pt;border-right-color:rgb(187,187,187);padding:6pt;height:23.45pt"><p class="gmail-MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 12pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><i><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif">Notification of acceptance for papers and presentations</span></i></b><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:23.1pt"><td style="border-right:1pt solid rgb(187,187,187);border-bottom:1pt solid rgb(187,187,187);border-left:1pt solid rgb(187,187,187);border-top-style:none;padding:6pt;height:23.1pt"><p class="gmail-MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 12pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><i><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif"><a href="http://airmail.calendar/2018-09-01%2012:00:00%20EDT" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(149,79,114)">September 1st, 2018</a></span></i></b><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p></td><td style="border-style:none solid solid none;border-bottom-width:1pt;border-bottom-color:rgb(187,187,187);border-right-width:1pt;border-right-color:rgb(187,187,187);padding:6pt;height:23.1pt"><p class="gmail-MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 12pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><i><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif">Submission of final papers and one-page abstracts</span></i></b><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:0.8pt"><td style="border-right:1pt solid rgb(187,187,187);border-bottom:1pt solid rgb(187,187,187);border-left:1pt solid rgb(187,187,187);border-top-style:none;padding:6pt;height:0.8pt"><p class="gmail-MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 12pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><i><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif"><a href="http://airmail.calendar/2018-09-05%2012:00:00%20EDT" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(149,79,114)">September 5th, 2018</a></span></i></b><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p></td><td style="border-style:none solid solid none;border-bottom-width:1pt;border-bottom-color:rgb(187,187,187);border-right-width:1pt;border-right-color:rgb(187,187,187);padding:6pt;height:0.8pt"><p class="gmail-MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 12pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><i><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif">Submission of final presentations</span></i></b><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="font-family:"helvetica Neue",helvetica;font-size:14px;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:9pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:18pt"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif"> <u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="font-family:"helvetica Neue",helvetica;font-size:14px;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:9pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:18pt"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif">Luigi Vanfretti and Michael Tiller<u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="font-family:"helvetica Neue",helvetica;font-size:14px;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:9pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:18pt"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif">Conference Chairs</span></p></div><div class="gmail-m_5157544841759644769bloop_sign" id="gmail-m_5157544841759644769bloop_sign_1512152592390166016"><div class="gmail-m_5157544841759644769bloop_original_html"><div class="gmail-m_5157544841759644769bloop_original_html"><div style="font-size:12.8px"><div><br></div><div><br></div><span class="gmail-HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"></font></span></div><span class="gmail-HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"></font></span></div><span class="gmail-HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"></font></span></div><span class="gmail-HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"></font></span></div><span class="gmail-HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"></font></span></div><span class="gmail-HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"></font></span></div></div></div>