Welcome to SimAUD 2013
We are pleased to welcome you to the 4th annual Symposium on *Simulation
for Architecture and Urban Design (SimAUD)*. This venue provides a
fantastic opportunity for bringing together the brightest researchers
and designers in the fields of architecture, building science, design,
computer-aided design and simulation, and urban design. With the advent
of high-performance computers and advanced design and simulation tools,
we're have the tools to predict how buildings and whole neighborhoods
will perform long before they're built. SimAUD contributes to the
growing knowledge pool that will allow society to reduce the
environmental and economic impact of the built environment, through
simulation and modeling.
In past years, attendees have included researchers in simulation,
architecture, urban design and planning, visualization; engineers,
architects, software developers, managers, educators, business
professionals.
Past SimAUD symposia have attracted exceptionally high-quality
submissions (papers, notes, works in progress, datasets, and videos) on
a diverse range of topics. We encourage you to take advantage of the
free downloads of previous years' proceedings
present an original submission for SimAUD 2013 in San Diego, California,
USA (April 7-10, 2013). *All submissions are peer-reviewed and if
accepted, will be published in the ACM Digital Library. Please observe
the submissions types and deadlines on the Symposium website
(www.simaud.org/2013)
SimAUD is run collaboratively with _ACM/SIGSIM_ and is sponsored by _The
Society for Modeling and Simulation International_.
Liam O'Brien
