The 12th International Modelica Conference will be held at Clarion Congress Hotel Prague, Czech Republic, May 15–17, 2017. It is organized by The Czech Society for Cybernetics and Informatics (CSKI) and Politecnico di Milano, in cooperation with the Modelica Association.

About the Conference

The Modelica Conference is the main event for users, library developers, tool vendors and language designers to share their knowledge and learn about the latest scientific and industrial progress related to Modelica and to the Functional Mockup Interface. The program will cover modeling of complex physical and cyber-physical systems, as well as tools, for a wide range of research and industrial applications.

In addition to paper presentations and poster sessions, the conference features several Modelica tutorials for beginners and advanced users, as well as vendor presentations, and an exhibition. The previous Modelica conference in 2015 was attended by more than 400 participants from all over the world, and we would like to welcome even more participants to this conference.

Official Conference Flyer (hi-res version).

Conference Program

The conference program, book of abstracts and other information are available here:

• Proceedings (intro) (LiU E-Press) (zip)
• Conference Program
• Vendor Presentations
• Sponsors and Exhibitors
• Practical Information for Exhibitors
• Video Invitation
• Thank you all for coming! (Modelica 2017 Photos)
• FMI user meeting

Conference Venue

The conference will take place at Clarion Congress Hotel Prague located in a modern part of Prague − Vysočany, only 11 minutes by metro from the historical centre of Prague.

Scope of the Conference

Modelica is a freely available, equation-based, object-oriented language for convenient and efficient modeling of complex, multidomain cyber-physical systems described by ordinary differential, difference and algebraic equations.

The Modelica language and the companion Modelica Standard Library have been utilized in demanding industrial applications, including full vehicle dynamics, power systems, robotics, hardware-in-the-loop simulations and embedded control systems.

The Functional Mockup Interface (FMI) is an open standard for the tool-independent exchange of models and for co-simulation.

It is supported by many Modelica and non-Modelica tools and is the key to utilizing Modelica models in non-Modelica environments. The Modelica conference will bring together people using Modelica and/or FMI for modeling, simulation, and control applications, Modelica language designers, Modelica and/or FMI tool vendors and Modelica library developers.

The Modelica Conference provide Modelica users the opportunity to stay informed about the latest language, library, and tool developments, and to get in touch with people working on similar modeling problems. The conference will cover topics such as the following:

• Multi-engineering modeling and simulation with free and commercial Modelica libraries (mechanics, electrical, hydraulics, thermal, fluid, media, chemical, building, automotive, aircraft, …)
• Automotive applications
• Thermodynamic and energy systems applications
• Mechatronics and robotics applications
• Medicine and biology applications
• Other industrial applications, such as electric drives, power systems, aerospace, etc.
• Large-scale system modelling
• Real-time and hardware-in-the-loop simulation
• Simulation and code generation for embedded control systems
• Simulation acceleration by use of many CPU cores or GPU cores
• Applications of Modelica for optimization and optimal control
• Modelica modeling, simulation and design tools
• Symbolic algorithms and numerical methods for model transformation and simulation
• Discrete modeling techniques − FEM, CFD, DEM (Discrete Element Method), …
• New features of the Modelica language and of FMI
• Experimental language designs and implementations related to Modelica
• Modelica in other application areas (mathematical programming, databases etc.)
• Modelica for teaching and education
• FMI in Modelica and non-Modelica applications and tools

Special Journal Issue

It is planned that the best scored 10% of the reviewed papers are invited to be submitted in an improved and extended form for a special issue of an open access, ISI-referenced journal.

Organization and Contact

The conference is organized by The Czech Society for Cybernetics and Informatics (CSKI) and Politecnico di Milano in cooperation with the Modelica Association.

Conference Board

• Doc. MUDr. Jiří Kofránek, CSc., Charles University, Czech Republic (Conference Chair)
• Prof. Francesco Casella, Politecnico di Milano, Italy (Program Chair)
• Prof. Peter Fritzson, Linköping University, Sweden
• Prof. Martin Otter, DLR, Germany
• Dr. Hilding Elmqvist, Mogram, Lund, Sweden
• Dr. Michael Tiller, Xogeny, Michigan, USA

Local Organization

• Dr. Marek Mateják, Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic
• Ing. Filip Ježek, Czech Technical University, Czech Republic modelica2017@modelica.org (regarding exhibition, sponsoring and vendor sessions)
• Ing. Milena Zeithamlová, Action M Agency, Czech Republic modelica@action-m.com (regarding registration, payment and practical issues)
• Veronika Sýkorová, DiS., Creative Connections s.r.o., Czech Republic (webmaster)