SIGSIM - Special Interest Group on Simulation and Modeling
The ACM Special Interest Group on Simulation and Modeling 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 the Winter Simulation Conference, the premier conference in the field, and the Parallel and Distributed Simulation Conference (PADS).
SIGSIM Benefits for FY 2026
Member Benefits:
- Reduced registration fees for many conferences including WSC, SIGSIM-PADS, and MSWiM
- Reduced registration fees for in-cooperation conference (see https://sigsim.acm.org/conferences/)
- Member discount for open access publishing: https://www.acm.org/publications/openaccess#oapricing
- SIGSIM members are granted full on-line access to the proceedings of the SIGSIM sponsored / supported conferences in the ACM Digital Library until the open access model is fully implemented.
Community Benefits:
- Close collaboration with the Transactions of Modeling and Computer Simulation (TOMACS) journal
- Close collaboration with the Journal of Simulation (JOS)
- Annual Distinguished Contributions Award
- Conference Travel Support Award for Ph.D. Students in M&S and related domains (WSC, SIGSIM-PADS and MSWiM)
- Selected Conference Travel Support Award for in-cooperation conference
- Ph.D. Colloquium and Poster Session at the annual WSC, SIGSIM-PADS and MSWiM conferences
- Best Ph.D. Student Paper Award at the annual WSC, SIGSIM-PADS and MSWiM conferences
- DEVS Student Paper Award
- Sponsorship of annual conferences: WSC, SIGSIM-PADS, and MSWiM
- In-cooperation support of many conferences
- Annual membership meeting at the WSC open to the public, augmented with zoom based membership updates
- Active participation in shaping SIGSIM through tiger teams
- 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
- X account which promotes news articles and announcements regarding modeling and simulation and SIGSIM events.
- Announcements via a moderated email distribution list about events of interest, Calls for Papers, and Calls for Participation, which can be used by ACM members for their professional announcements as well.