User:Mhhwang2002/DEVS Award

In recognition of the 40th anniversary of the DEVS framework which was invented by Prof. Bernard Zeigler, the DEVSM&S Award was announced by RTSync Corp., commercial spin-off of ACIMS. The award recognizes high-impact innovations in modeling and simulation methods, applications, and tools. The Award promotes advances in all facets of the DEVS that lead to novel solutions for commercial and government use. The first DEVS Awards in 2010 were given during a banquet sponsored by RTSync, in celebration of Bernard P. Zeigler's 70th. Anniversary. Since then, all award ceremonial banquet are held in TMS/DEVS annual conferences. For judgement, RTSync forms an award evaluation committee with independent members who are DEVS Symposium organizers and experienced entrepreneurs. Each application will be reviewed and winners will be selected based on the application's own merits.

Categories
Zeigler's DEVS Award consists of two categories:


 * Track1 for DEVS theory and methodology,
 * Track2 for DEVS commercial products and services.

The Prize

 * 2010: Track1's first prize was $7,000, second prize was $4,000. Track2 prize was $5,000.
 * 2011~2012: Every winner's prize was $10,000