| Sumario: | Welcome to the 2021 edition of ACM Conference on Principles of Advanced Discrete Simulation (SIGSIM-PADS). SIGSIM-PADS is the flagship conference for ACM's Special Interest Group on Simulation and Modeling (SIGSIM) with a broad scope in cutting-edge research in the field of computer modeling and simulation. It is charged with understanding and solving the computational challenges associated with computer simulations. As such, all participants play a role in making simulation models faster, less error-prone and more connected. Speed, size and accuracy are all essential elements in tackling issues such as the ones we are currently facing. In this challenging year, we received 33 submissions and accepted 14 which gives us a 42% acceptance rate. We are grateful for all participants, reviewers and submitters including those who did not have the opportunity to present. Volunteers are the life blood of the scientific community. We are deeply indebted to Dr. Phillipe Giabbanelli who worked tirelessly to shepherd papers and organize the conference. We are also grateful to all the chairs and thankful to our sponsor the Virginia Modeling, Analysis and Simulation Industry Association. To further underscore the important role of simulation, we have the privileged the hear from Dr. C. Donald Combs Vice President and Dean of the School of Health Professions at the Eastern Virginia Medical School (EVMS) and Dr. Jon Cline, Lead Systems Engineer at the MITRE corporation. Both have actively participated in the COVID-19 response and will share their experience and lessons learned with the Ph.D. colloquium and the overall conference.
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