The Annual Simulation Symposium is the oldest continuously operating simulation symposium in the Society for Modeling and Simulation (SCS) and captures what makes M&S a discipline. 2018 marks the 50th year of ANSS. Since 1968, ANSS has been a forum to exchange ideas, research results, methods, techniques, and applications among simulationists from industry, government, and academia.

ANSS’18 will continue its tradition of presenting state-of-the-art papers and panels highlighting topics of interest to simulation researchers, practitioners, and users. In celebration of our 50th year, we are pleased to announce two special tracks for ANSS’18: Sensory Augmentation in Simulation and Cyber Systems M&S. We welcome proposals in any areas that may be of interest to simulationists and that generate new ideas and applications in simulation research. Below is a list of possible topics. We also welcome recommendations for panel topics and engaging high-level invited speakers with expertise in these or related areas.