James R. Wilson receives the
2011 ACM SIGSIM Distinguished Contributions Award

Dr. Stephen D. Roberts (right), Award Committee Chair, presents the award to
Dr. James R. Wilson (left) at the 2011 Winter Simulation Conference in Phoenix, AZ
while WSC'11 General Chair Dr. K. Preston White, Jr. (middle) watches.

ACM SIGSIM-sponsored 2011 Winter Simulation Conference was a great success!

• 704 people attended
• About 390 papers were presented and published in the proceedings. All papers were reviewed.
• 18 parallel sessions (17 tracks and 4 mini tracks)
• Over 160 sessions
• Over 1,000 authors from 40 countries
• The Proceedings was provided on a CD or flash drive to conference attendees.

All SIGSIM members will receive the Proceedings on a CD in the mail.

• Simulation Archive

• "An Interview with Philip J. Kiviat" by E.H. Page and J. Tufarolo
• "A Lecture on the Art of Modeling" by Paul Fishwick, University of Florida