SCS Awards and Member Elevation

Celebrating Achievements and Recognitions

SCS Awards

The Society for Modeling and Simulation International (SCS) offers numerous awards and member elevation opportunities for exemplary achievement in the field of Modeling and Simulation and for service to the society.

 

SCS Awards-Contribution to the Profession Awards

Outstanding Professional Contribution Award

Criteria: The candidate will typically have contributed an innovative concept or product, or formulated creative insight, which has been embraced by some significant segment of the modeling and simulation community as evidenced by its widespread application in that community.
Frequency: As appropriate. See List of Awardees here

Distinguished Professional Achievement Award

Criteria: The candidate will typically have made a group of technical contributions to modeling and simulation activities that have been widely disseminated in the technical literature. As a consequence of these contributions, the candidate will have achieved a stature that is generally recognized as being of high caliber.
Frequency: Typically, at most one such award is given each year. See List of Awardees here

McLeod Founder's Award for Distinguished Service to the Profession

Criteria: This award typically recognizes a group of technical contributions which have been made by the candidate over a significant period of time; e.g., a decade or more. They clearly reflect a commitment by the candidate to nurturing a robust evolution of the profession. The significant nature of the contributions will be supported by their wide dissemination in the technical literature and their discernible impact on the manner in which some aspect of the modeling and simulation activity is carried out.
Frequency: Typically, at most one such award is given each 3 years. See List of Awardees here

Presidential Award for Enabling the Modeling and Simulation Discipline

Criteria: This award recognizes a substantial contribution to establishing Modeling and Simulation as a discipline in academia, industry, and/or the government. Recipients of this award are typically policy makers or high-level managers who, through their policies, have spearheaded efforts in advancing the discipline of Modeling and Simulation and, through their actions, have supported researchers in this discipline in their respective research efforts.
Frequency: Typically, at most one such award is given each 3 years. See List of Awardees here

Young Simulation Scientist

Criteria: This award honors outstanding scientist and engineers under 35-year-old who, early in their careers, demonstrated excellence and show potential for leadership at the frontiers of modeling and simulation.
Frequency: Typically, at most one such award is given each year. See List of Awardees here

SCS Awards-Service to the Society

Outstanding Service Award

Criteria: This award recognizes outstanding service to the Society by a member. Typical contributions by the candidate would be: leadership of a major conference which achieved substantial success for SCS, a major editorial contribution to one of the Society’s regular publications, or establishment of a new and successful business area or program for the Society.
Frequency: As appropriate. See List of Awardees here

Distinguished Service Award

Criteria: This award recognizes distinguished service to the Society by a member at a level of dedication and achievement that is rarely demonstrated. The member will have made a series of significant contributions to the SCS over a 5-to-10-year period. Typically, the contributions will include some combination of the following: running a conference over several years and achieving growth in its prestige and success, significant editorial service to one of the regular publications of the Society, or noteworthy contributions as an executive officer in a variety of positions.
Frequency: Typically, at most one such award is given each year. See List of Awardees here

Presidential Award for Service to the Society

Criteria: This award recognizes unique long-term service to the Society by a member. The candidate will typically have made a series of outstanding contributions over a 10-to-15-year period and exhibited leadership ability that has clearly resulted in a growth in the vitality of the Society. The candidate’s decisions while in positions of responsibility have influenced the future of SCS. In addition to his/her demonstrated leadership ability, the candidate will typically have an acknowledged stature for technical achievement.
Frequency: Typically, at most one such award is given each 3 years. See List of Awardees here

Bill Waite Presidential Award

Criteria: This award recognizes an individual who has made substantial contributions to establishing Modeling and Simulation as a discipline in academia, industry, and/or government. The person awarded the Bill Waite Presidential Award will embody and demonstrate some of Bill’s many contributions and accomplishments to the discipline, ethics, education, vocation, societies, and economics in Modeling and Simulation which were Bill Waite's greatest achievements.
Frequency: As needed. See List of Awardees here

SCS Awards-Lifetime Achievement Awards

SCS Modeling & Simulation Hall of Fame

Criteria: The Modeling and Simulation Hall of Fame recognizes the outstanding visionary leadership and dedication to “increasing the effectiveness and broadening the application of simulation”. Nominees' thoughts, words and energies will have significantly impacted the use of simulation not only in the field, but also throughout the world.
Frequency: Typically, at most one such award is given each year. See List of Awardees here

For more information or questions please contact scs@scs.org. 

Member Elevation

 

SCS Fellows

The SCS grade of Fellow recognizes professional distinction in the profession and shall be conferred by the Board of Directors upon a member with an outstanding record of accomplishments in any modeling and simulation field of interest. The accomplishments that are being honored shall have contributed importance to the advancement or application of modeling and simulation, bringing the realization of significant value to the simulation community. Applicants should have considerable leadership within their field of interest and served within the Society.

See List of SCS Fellows here

SCS Grade of Fellow Eligibility

  1. The applicant must be a senior member with SCS and have a minimum of five consecutive years as a Member before the application is submitted.
  2. The applicant should have five or more years of active participation in the field of modeling and simulation in the private or public sector.
  3. The applicant must have a demonstrable record of achievement and accomplishment in a specific field of interest within simulation. The achievement can be in research, education, industry, public service, new technology, clinical practice, or any other simulation field of interest. Contributions and achievements can take the form of a new and significant piece of theoretical and/or experimental work leading to important advancements. As an Educator, the applicant's contributions can encompass the development of a new curriculum or courses that are innovative or unique.
  4. Three letters of recommendation are required.  (We strongly recommend that they come from three active SCS Fellows).
  5. CV

Benefits of becoming a Fellow

Recognition

Leadership eligibility

Ability to refer other candidates

Letters of commendation:  A letter of commendation of the achievement of Fellow will be sent to your employer(upon request).

How to apply

Complete the online application, upload your CV along with three Fellow Supporting Form found here:

Member Elevation

 

SCS Senior Membership

Senior member is the highest membership grade for which SCS members can apply. SCS members can self-nominate, or be nominated, for Senior Member grade. You must be an SCS member in good standing.

See List of Senior Members here

To be eligible for application or nomination, candidates must:

  • Must have at least ten (10) years of professional experience in the field of M&S (with some credit for certain degrees)
  • Be engineers, scientists, educators and/or technical executives, or originators in any technical field, i.e. Engineering, Computer Sciences, Information Technology, Physical Sciences, Biological and Medical Sciences, Mathematics, Technical Communications, Education, Mangement , Law and Policy
  • Have experience reflecting professional maturity
  • Show significant performance over a period of at least five of those years in professional practice

Ten years of professional experience

  • Your application will be evaluated and the years you have been in professional practice will be reviewed.
  • Time working and attending school at the same time will be counted either as weork experience or education experience.
  • Your education experience is credited toward that time as follows: (a) Three years if you hold a baccalaureate degree or equivalent in a technical field (b) Four years if you hold a master's degree or equivalent in a technical field (c) Five years if you hold a doctorate or equivalent in a technical field

Benefits of Senior membership

  • Recognition
  • Leadership eligibility
  • Ability to refer other candidates
  • Letter of commendation: A letter of commendation on the achievement of Senior member grade will be sent to your employer (upon request)

How to apply

A complete the online application, upload your CV.

Publication Awards

The SCS publication awards are a way to honor our volunteers who devote their time and energy as Reviewers and Associate Editors for our publication, SIMULATION: Transactions of The Society for Modeling and Simulation International. Along with honoring our Associate Editors and Reviewers, we celebrate the best papers from our journal chosen by our Editor.

Simulation Journal Awards

Associate Editor of the Year

Best Reviewers of the Year

Editor's Pick Paper

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