Author/Submission

A paper must accompany all presentations and tutorials. All papers, poster abstracts and PhD Colloquium papers will be peer reviewed. Below are templates (one for Word and one for LaTex) for preparing papers for WSC. Full papers must be 5 to 12 pages in length and must use one of these templates. Introductory tutorials, advanced tutorials, and panel session papers may be up to 15 pages in length. Read the descriptions of tracks and track coordinators.

Accepted papers will be published in the WSC conference proceedings which will be copyrighted and widely disseminated. The proceedings of the WSC are listed in the ACM and IEEE digital libraries. In addition, proceedings from all previous Winter Simulation Conferences can be accessed via the Winter Simulation Archive.

Important Dates & Contacts

Deadline dates for Posters, Ph.D. Colloquium, and Case Studies are listed in the Call for Papers.

2024 Invitation Letters: For invitation letters to obtain a visa, please contact the Registration Chair: Majsa Ammouriova.
Program questions: Susan Hunter, Program Chair
Proceedings questions: Henry Lam, WSC Proceedings Co-Chair

Carefully review the following information, and then click here to submit.

Authors Kit

Here are instructions and templates for preparing your 2024 WSC paper or poster abstract. All submissions should follow the formatting instructions in this kit. Failure to follow these guidelines may result in a paper being rejected or returned for revision. We look forward to reading your work, and thanks for contributing to the preeminent conference on computer simulation.

Here is the process for preparing and submitting a WSC’24 paper or poster abstract:

Decide whether you will use Word or LaTeX to prepare your document
Download the appropriate files (see below) *
Modify those files to produce your submission
Click here to submit your paper through the online paper management system

Each accepted paper must have a separate, paid registration. Only under highly unusual circumstances, and at the discretion of the conference leadership, will an author be allowed to present more than one paper on a single registration. Authors wishing to do so must contact the Program Chair by September 1, clearly describing which papers the authors wish to present under the single registration, and why an exception to the conference policy is warranted. Unless permission is granted, an author planning to present two papers will be required to pay for two registrations.

Papers using Word Sample, instructions, and Winword Template
Papers using LaTeX Sample, instructions, and LaTeX files
Overleaf Template
Abstracts using Word Sample, instructions, and Winword Template
Extended Abstracts: Posters, Commercial Case Studies, PhD Colloquium, and Vendor Abstracts Sample, instructions, and Winword Template
Guidelines on writing a good paper
Guidelines on giving a good presentation