We would like to invite you to submit your original research paper to the 7th International Conference on Modeling, Simulation and Applied Optimization (ICMSAO’17) to be held from April 4–6, 2017 at the American University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. ICMSAO’17 provides a venue for engineers and scientists from all over the world to share their latest research results in the areas of modeling, simulation and optimization. The conference will be held in conjunction with the 11th International Conference on Composite Science and Technology (ICCST/11). Prospective authors are invited to submit original work related to, but not limited to, the following topics. A student poster competition is also organized during the conference. The conference is technically sponsored by IEEE and IEEE UAE Section.