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Third International Engineering Systems Symposium
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18-20 June 2012
It will be a high-level, three-day meeting addressing the challenges of designing and governing engineering systems by providing state-of-the-art, integrated framing and modelling approaches that embrace the complexity of large-scale, engineering systems from both the technical and socio-economic perspectives.
We hope that you will join us in June!
CESUN 2012: Interactive and Dynamic
In 2012 TU Delft/TPM will offer you the opportunity to explore how the feld of engineering systems has taken root, grown tall and begun to blossom!
The CESUN 2012 International Engineering Systems Symposium will focus on the theme effective design and governance of engineering systems. This three-day event will provide broad perspectives on the latest advances in research, cutting-edge techniques for framing the challenges in the feld, and insights into the tools that work in practice.
The Symposium will be organised along the following lines:
- Roots: The foundations of our discipline, such as systems engineering, policy analysis, public policy, operations research
- Trunk: The state of the art in engineering systems, such as complex systems, systems of systems, innovation systems, IT, agent-based modelling, gaming
- Blossoms: New strands and application areas, such as values and ethics, governance, institutions, system earth, gaming simulation
All sessions will be highly interactive, ensuring that your time is spent in active discussion and productive exchange of ideas. Final versions of accepted papers will be made available to all registered participants of the symposium in advance of the meeting date, so that you can come prepared with questions and comments and hit the ground running. During the presentations, you will be invited to give online feedback via the CESUN 2012 wiki and after the symposium your discussion threads will be made available online as part of the symposium proceedings. You will also be invited to cast your vote for the Public’s Paper Prize and the Public’s Presentation Prize.
The Gaming Carrousel will be another key feature of the symposium. Here serious games and simulation models will be used to showcase key results. You will also be invited to get some hands-on experience in playing serious games and have the opportunity to attend a serious game design workshop.
Keynote Speakers
Distinguished guests including Mr. J.P. Balkenende, former Prime Minister of the Netherlands, will be speaking alongside prominent international academics and leading practitioners. Please have look at our impressive line up of keynote speakers.
Tentative Programme
Our programme is evolving as full papers and other academic contributions are made definitive. Please check often for programme updates.
Call for Submissions
The Call for Submissions is officially closed. However, if you would still like to participate in the academic process of the symposium, please email our Local Organising Chairperson: Dr. J.L. (Leslie) Zachariah-Wolff to find out what options still exist. Otherwise, you are warmly welcome to simply register and attend.
Submitting Full Papers
If your abstract has been accepted, you are invited to submit a full paper to be included in the official CESUN 2012 Third International Engineering Systems Symposium Proceedings. Please refer to the template for full papers.
Your paper should be a maximum of 10 pages. We require both a Word file and a PDF file. Also you are required to provide a Creative Commons Copyright License (or similar) for your paper before it can be included in the symposium proceedings. In this way, all copyrights remain with the authors of the paper.
Should your paper be selected by the CESUN organizing committee to be put forward as part of a special symposium issue in an international journal, you will be contacted by the editors of that journal for further information.
Kindly ensure that we have the name and email address of the contact author for your paper so that we can contact him or her in case of questions.
Please send (i) the final and checked Word and PDF files and (ii) the Creative Commons Copyright Form to us at CESUN2012. The deadline for receiving full papers is 15 March 2012.
Presentation Formats
The symposium will feature oral presentations only. However, in keeping with our commitment to provide a dynamic and vibrant atmosphere at the meeting, conventional speeches that leave little or no room for discourse will be strongly discouraged. We will be urging the session chairpersons to encourage more lively forms of presentation. Once your full paper has been received and assigned to a session, the session organizer will contact you about the preferred format for your talk.
Registration
Registration for the conference is now open. Please go to the [CESUN 2012 Registration] for further instructions (opens in a new window). The deadline for registration (and advance payment) is 1 June 2012. (On-site registration will be possible during the symposium, but only with credit card payments.)
CESUN 2012 Live Challenge. Get involved!
The live design challenge at CESUN 2012 will provide a great opportunity for capturing the CESUN body of knowledge by actively mapping the Engineering Systems community concepts.
The CESUN deck of cards will be the first step towards consolidating this body of knowledge. Relevant engineering systems concepts will be described and depicted on cards. The resulting deck will then allow playing a range of serious games with pedagogical value. A virtual version of the CESUN deck will be made available through an accompanying app and a website. Enhanced with links to people and items of interest, this website will grow to become a Who Is Who (and Who Works On What) for the Engineering Systems community.
During the conference, cards can be added and edited, while printed copies can be traded and collected. At the start of the live challenge, the deck will comprise a limited number of cards, but with such variety and scope that certain games can already be played, and that it will trigger participants to contribute new cards and/or devise new ways of using them. Because the cards provide concise information on the Engineering Systems concepts, they can be applied in various ways for knowledge transfer.
Watch out: you may find yourself using them with your students in systems design or systems engineering courses! The card template will be available soon. Check out this space later in the Spring!
Doctoral Consortium
Starting on the afternoon of June 17, 2012 and continuing in parallel with the symposium the PhD candidates will be given the opportunity to shine. The Doctoral Consortium will provide a forum for those who have begun or are about to begin their doctoral dissertations to present their PhD projects to a select group of international peers, senior academics and practitioners. In this way, PhD candidates can obtain valuable insights about their research direction.
To this end, PhD candidates are encouraged to apply early, as consortium numbers will be limited to foster in-depth discussions in peer-to-peer groups. It is common that participants in such a Doctoral Consortium form long-term working relationships with colleagues from around the world.
MIT Press Engineering Systems Book Series
The 2012 International Engineering Systems Symposium will feature a digital book table. In the spotlight will be the new MIT Press Engineering Systems Series that reflects the dynamism of the emerging field of engineering systems and is intended to provide a unique and effective venue for publication of textbooks and scholarly works that advance research and education in engineering systems. The first three books of the series are Engineering Systems: Meeting Human Needs in a Complex Technological World (Olivier L. de Weck, Daniel Roos, Christopher L. Magee), Engineering a Safer World (Nancy G. Leveson), and Flexibility in Engineering Design (Richard de Neufville and Stefan Scholtes). More information about the series and the individual books is available on the MIT Press website.
Practical Matters
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Important dates
- Abstract deadline:
November 1, 2011 December 1, 2011CLOSED - Review results:
December 15, 2011January 15, 2012 - Paper deadline:
March 1, 2012March 15, 2012 - Advance registration deadline: June 1, 2012
- Accepted full papers available to participants: May 1, 2012
Cost
The registration fee for the 2012 International Engineering Systems Symposium is € 200. This fee will cover the cost of symposium materials, lunches, coffee and tea breaks during the symposium (and during the doctoral consortium for PhD candidates), as well as the welcome reception.
Location
The beautiful medieval city of Delft, well known for its ties to the Dutch Royal Family, its Delft Blue earthenware and its lovely canals, is the backdrop for this thoroughly modern symposium. Further, Delft’s central location makes it an ideal base for exploring The Hague (home of the Queen and seat of the Dutch government), the modern architecture of Rotterdam, and the picturesque capital of Amsterdam.
Restaurants and cafes cater to all budgets and reflect the international atmosphere of this vibrant student city. The TU Delft is a 10-minute walk from the historic centre of Delft and is well served by public transportation from Delft Central train station.
For a map of the key symposium locations, please click here. For more information about the many delights that city has to offer, visit the official website of Delft.
Accommodation
Delft offers a wide range of accommodation options, from cosy and romantic rooms with old-fashioned charm to bright, modern business hotels with all the latest conveniences. Please visit our Hotel Info page for more information.
Our Community
CESUN
The Council of Engineering Systems Universities (CESUN) was established in 2004 by universities offering educational and research programs in engineering systems. CESUN member ship includes more than 50 universities in North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia. The Council provides a mechanism for the member universities to work together to continue to develop the feld of engineering systems. The council seeks to facilitate discussion about the critical issues affecting engineering systems and to foster collaboration on projects aimed at improving the understanding, design and management of these systems.
TU Delft/TPM
Delft Centre for Complex Systems and Services
The Delft Centre for Complex Systems and Services fosters, initiates and stimulates research and education in complex adaptive socio-technical systems, in the areas of energy, IT, transportation, climate, water and health. The Centre hosts world-leading researchers from technical, economic and social sciences backgrounds. By developing and using state-of-the-art simulation, modelling and gaming methods and tools the Centre addresses and moves forward our most critical societal challenges.
Sponsors
Please click to have a look at this year's Symposium Partners.
