Dear Readers – We are glad, that for SNE Volume 28 again Vlatko Čerić, past
president of CROSSIM, the Croatian Simulation Society, provides his algorithmic
art as design for SNE cover pages. ‘Algorithms, mathematics and art are
interrelated in an art form called algorithmic art. Algorithmic art is visual art
generated by algorithms that completely describe creation of images. This kind
of art is strongly related with contemporary computer technology, and especially
computer programming, as well as with mathematics used in algorithms for image
generation’ – as Vlatko Čerić defines. The artist and simulationist Vlatko
Čerić has chosen four algorithmic art pictures from the series BIRTH for covers
of SNE Volume 28 - the technique used is mapping and overlapping of squares
which emerge from a centre and which fade out in colour. At right the cover picture
for SNE 28(1), the first of the four cover pictures from the series BIRTH.
This issue SNE 28(1) again underlines SNE’s publication strategy – contributions
on developments and trends in modelling and simulation – submitted directly
by simulationists for quick publication, and post-conference publication of
contributions from EUROSIM conferences, and last but not least contributions dealing with the ARGESIM/EUROSIM benchmarks.
I would like to thank all authors for their contributions to SNE 28(1) showing the broad variety of simulation. And thanks to
the editorial board members for review and support, and to the organizers of the EUROSIM conferences for co-operation in postconference
contributions. And last but not least thanks to the SNE Editorial Office for layout, typesetting, preparations for printing,
with special thanks for support co-operation with Vlatko Čerić.
Felix Breitenecker
ARGESIM ARBEITSGEMEINSCHAFT SIMULATION NEWS c/o Math. Modelling and Simulation Group, TU Wien/101, Wiedner Hauptstrasse 8-10, 1040 Vienna, Austria TU Verlag Vienna, www.tuverlag.at sne-journal.org www.argesim.org, info@argesim.org on behalf of ASIM www.asim-gi.org and EUROSIM → www.eurosim.info