MESAS’24 Call For Papers

The NATO M&S COE requests all interested researchers and technicians from academic, industrial or military research centers to prepare for this year’s MESAS. The paper collection phase will soon come. You will be notified via the Call for Papers email and here.

Planned timeline:

Call for papers email:              APRIL 26, 2024
Abstract Submission:              June 26, 2024
Final Papers Upload:               AUGUST 15, 2024
Assignment of Reviewers:      AUGUST 19, 2024
Review:                   until   SEPTEMBER 5, 2024 
Decision:                until   SEPTEMBER 12, 2024
Full papers selected by the Scientific Committee will be included in the post conference proceedings.

The traditional topics of the MESAS’24 are as follows

AxS/AI in Context of Future Warfare and Security Environment (Concepts, Applications, Standards, etc.)

  • Autonomous Systems Strategy and Concept Development and Implementation in all Domains of Operation
  • Advances in AI and its Impact on Future Operations
  • The Role of the Robots and Foot Soldier in the Future Operations
  • Security, Use of AxS as Lethal Instruments, Safety of Aviation
  • Ethical, Psychological, Legal and Operational Aspects, CIMIC
  • Cyber Security (in Context of AxS an their Applications)

M&S of Intelligent Systems – R&D and Application

  • Autonomous Tactical Behavior
  • Math Modelling and Simulation of AI Tasks
  • RT Issue and Reality Gaps in Context of New AI Concepts, M&S of Future Operational Tasks
  • Multi-robot Systems/Swarms, Benefits, Threats, and Challenges
  • AI/machine-learning of the systems through M&S
  • Distributed Control for Multi-robot Systems
  • Robust Decision Making via Cooperative Estimation
  • Relevant Concepts and Experiments
  • Concepts and Visions of Future Warfare and Application
  • M&S in Capability Evaluation of Robotic Swarms
  • Co-simulation Tools for Multi-domain Analysis
  • Effectiveness, Reliability, and Cyber-Security Issues

Future Challenges of Advanced M&S Technology

  • Key Challenges of the Research and Development
  • Capability Dev. in Context of Future Ops and Social Environment
  • Man versus Computer, Advanced M&S Projects
  • Future Technology and Impact on Society
  • Validation and verification process for Autonomous functions (V&V via M&S)