tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47500803484672024482023-11-15T16:26:41.318+00:00Manchester-ComplexityNews of informal weekly seminars on complexity (held 4pm fridays in Manchester) and associated events and projectsBruce Edmondshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02527239324614461479noreply@blogger.comBlogger105125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4750080348467202448.post-37382090069983301322016-04-26T16:16:00.002+01:002016-04-26T16:19:21.003+01:00'Dynamics of Agent-Based Models', leeds, 12th May<pre><big><big><span style="font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">You are cordially invited to the next meeting of the CoSyDy network, which will take place at </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">the School of Mathematics of the University of Leeds on <b>Thursday 12th May 2016</b> (from 12:00 onwards).
The subject of the meeting is <i>'</i><i>Dy</i><i>namics</i><i> of Agent-Based Models</i><i>' </i>and details of the location and (tentative) programme can be found in the enclosed poster. We would be grateful if you could bring this event to the attention of all those who may be interested.
All are welcome but, for catering purposes and due to space limitation, we would appreciate if you could confirm your attendance to Jon Ward (<a href="mailto:g.pruessner@imperial.ac.uk" target="_blank">j.a.ward@leeds.ac.uk</a>) by Wednesday 4th May. </span></big></big></pre>
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<pre><big><big><span style="font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">Directions: <a href="http://www.maths.leeds.ac.uk/home/visit-us.html">http://www.maths.leeds.ac.uk/home/visit-us.html</a> and
<a href="http://www.maths.leeds.ac.uk/fileadmin/user_upload/directions_2011-12.pdf">http://www.maths.leeds.ac.uk/fileadmin/user_upload/directions_2011-12.pdf</a></span></big></big></pre>
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<pre><big><big><span style="font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">We look forward to seeing you in Leeds in May,
Mauro Mobilia and Jonathan Ward</span></big></big></pre>
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<pre><big><big><span style="font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">P<span style="font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">r</span>ogramme:</span></big></big></pre>
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<b>Tentative programme</b>
All talks will be in the Mall, level 8 of the School of Maths on Thursday 12th May</span></big></big></pre>
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<li><pre><big><big><span style="font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">12:00: Buffet lunch (School of Mathematics' foyer, level 9)</span></big></big></pre>
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<li><pre><big><big><span style="font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">13:00-13:40: Dr. Thilo Gross (Bristol), “Opinion formation: Humans, Fish, and
systems of equations”</span></big></big></pre>
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<li><pre><big><big><span style="font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">13:40-14:00: Dario Bauso (Sheffield), “Mean-field games”</span></big></big></pre>
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<li><pre><big><big><span style="font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">14:00-14:20: Guillem Mosquera (Warwick), “Bubble-Like Processes in Opinion
Dynamics”</span></big></big></pre>
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<li><pre><big><big><span style="font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">14:20-15:00: Coffee, tea & cookies (School of Mathematics' foyer, level 9)</span></big></big></pre>
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<li><pre><big><big><span style="font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">15.00-15.40: Dr. Andrew Evans (Leeds), “Current challenges in agent-based
modelling of social and ecological systems”</span></big></big></pre>
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<li><pre><big><big><span style="font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">15:40-16:00: Dr. Bruce Edmonds (Manchester Met.), “Staged Models for
Interdisciplinary Research”</span></big></big></pre>
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<li><pre><big><big><span style="font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">16:00-16:20: Dr. Jerome Michaud (Edinburgh), “On the dynamics of the utterance
selection model with preferences”</span></big></big></pre>
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<li><pre><big><big><span style="font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">16:20-16:40: Jacopo Iacovacci (QMUL), “Emergence and characterization of
communities in social multilayer networks”</span></big></big></pre>
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<li><pre><big><big><span style="font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">16:40: Wine and nibbles (School of Mathematics' foyer, level 9)</span></big></big></pre>
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Bruce Edmondshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02527239324614461479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4750080348467202448.post-2260129612143582782015-12-03T11:21:00.000+00:002015-12-03T11:21:40.440+00:00Manchester Complexity Seminars for December<div>
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11th Dec: Tobias Galla, You are a young and aspiring physicist, is
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Bruce Edmondshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02527239324614461479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4750080348467202448.post-92032455941084076682015-10-15T14:08:00.003+01:002015-10-15T14:08:56.773+01:00Upcoming Informal Complexity Seminars in Manchester, Friday 4pm<div>
Friday Complexity Seminars, 4pm, room TBC (but almost certainly in the Schuster Building, UoM):</div>
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<li><b>23rd Oct: </b><i>Michael Colman</i>, Cardiac Modelling
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<li><b>30th Oct</b>: <i>Ahsan Nazir</i>, Open quantum systems
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<li><b>6th Nov</b>: <i>Yen Ting Lin</i>, Equilibrium polymer conformations</li>
<li><b>13th Nov.:</b> <i>Bruce Edmonds</i>, Intra-generational cultural evolution and ethnocentrism in an artificial society</li>
<li><b>20th Nov</b>: <i>Henri Kauhanen</i>, Neutral change language modelling
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<li><b>27th Nov</b>: <i>Tobias Galla</i>, You are a young and aspiring physicist, is
working at the interface with economics & the social sciences a good
idea?</li>
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Bruce Edmondshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02527239324614461479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4750080348467202448.post-8264932769820459692015-02-02T14:29:00.001+00:002015-02-02T14:29:53.093+00:00More Complexity SeminarsFebruary 6th: A journal club where we'll discuss the following paper:<br />
<a href="http://arxiv.org/abs/1412.2592" target="_blank">http://arxiv.org/abs/1412.2592</a><br />
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Please look at this paper before we meet next Friday (it is only suitable<br />
for those not averse to mathematics!)<br />
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February 13th: Nick Phillips: "The roles of nonlinearity and coupling in stochastic models of neural development with delay"<br />
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February 20th: Yen Ting Lin: TBA<br />
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February 27th: Frensis Bras: "The relationship between ethnic density and racial discrimination: an agent based model".Bruce Edmondshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02527239324614461479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4750080348467202448.post-28739475654175371042015-01-15T17:38:00.000+00:002015-01-15T17:38:05.631+00:00Upcoming Manchester Complexity SeminarsThe next four talks will be:<br />
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January 16th: Marcelo de Oliveira "<i>Phase diagram of the symbiotic contact process</i>"</li>
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January 23rd: Toby Brett "<i>Stochastic modelling of diseases with delay</i>"</li>
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January 30th: Luis Lafuerza and Louise Dyson "<i>A simplified version of an agent-based voting model</i>" (an output from the SCID project)</li>
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February 6th: Nick Phillips "<i>The roles of nonlinearity and coupling in stochastic models of neural development with delay</i>"</li>
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Talks are at the Niels Bohr Common Room on the 6th floor of the Schuster Building at 4pm. All welcome.
Bruce Edmondshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02527239324614461479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4750080348467202448.post-4407057657724477422014-10-27T14:33:00.003+00:002014-10-27T14:33:35.315+00:00Friday 4pm 31st, Tamas David-Barrett on: "Some topics regarding the evolution of human sociality"<div>
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This talk will first introduce the behavioural
synchrony model: a two-level agent-based model of collective action
coordination, followed by the overview of three applications: social
stratification, social brain, and language. The second
half of the talk will focus on two empirical questions concerning ego
networks: the universality of close friendship, and the role of
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Tamas David-Barrett is interdisciplinary
behavioural scientist with a grounding in economics and evolutionary
anthropology. His theoretical work concerns the evolution of social
traits that allow the emergence of large and complex human
societies. His empirical work concerns ego centred social interactions,
in particular the evolution of close friendship, network effects in
pair choice, and friendship-kinship trade-offs. Tamas David-Barrett is a
post-doc in Experimental Psychology of University
of Oxford, and economics fellow of Trinity College, Oxford. <br /></div>
Neils Bohr Common Room, Schuster Building, All WelcomeBruce Edmondshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02527239324614461479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4750080348467202448.post-29982577649842220602014-09-16T15:17:00.003+01:002014-09-16T15:21:17.215+01:00Short notice: Talk by Chris Blum on "Swarm Intelligence and Hybrid Metaheuristics" 17th Sept Manchester<span style="font-size: large;"><i><b><span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">Swarm Intelligence and Hybrid Metaheuristics</span></b></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">by Prof Christian Blum (<a href="http://www.ehu.es/cs-ikerbasque/blum/">http://www.ehu.es/cs-ikerbasque/blum/</a>)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px;"><b>Abstract</b>:
The fields of swarm intelligence and hybrid metaheuristics are briefly
introduced. Moreover, two application examples from the speakers'
current/recent work are presented for each of the two main topics.
Concerning swarm intelligence, the application examples will focus on
recent work on self-synchronization found in colonies of ants and
self-desynchronization to be observed in populations of Japanese tree
frogs. Concerning hybrid metaheuristics, the application examples deal
with combinations of metaheuristics with linear integer programming
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<span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px;"><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">*2pm* in *Lecture Theatre 1.3*, Computer Science, University of Manchester</span> </span>Bruce Edmondshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02527239324614461479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4750080348467202448.post-10965568944114881882014-09-11T14:51:00.001+01:002014-09-11T14:51:51.991+01:00Workshop on Modelling Routines 25th Nov 2014, ManchesterGuest speaker will be <a data-mce-href="http://www.sci.manchester.ac.uk/people/professor-alan-warde" href="http://www.sci.manchester.ac.uk/people/professor-alan-warde" target="_blank">Professor Alan Warde</a>, of the University of Manchester's <i>Sustainable Consumption Institute</i>.<br />
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Venue: <a data-mce-href="http://www.business.mmu.ac.uk/about/award-winning-building.php" href="http://www.business.mmu.ac.uk/about/award-winning-building.php" target="_blank">the Manchester Metropolitan University Business School</a>.<br />
<a data-mce-href="https://modellingroutines.files.wordpress.com/2014/09/mmubs-building.jpg" href="https://modellingroutines.files.wordpress.com/2014/09/mmubs-building.jpg"><img alt="MMUBS Building" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-9" data-mce-src="http://modellingroutines.files.wordpress.com/2014/09/mmubs-building.jpg?w=300" src="http://modellingroutines.files.wordpress.com/2014/09/mmubs-building.jpg?w=300" height="160" width="400" /> </a><br />
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More details (when we know them) at: <a href="http://modellingroutines.wordpress.com/"><span class="blog-url">http://modellingroutines.wordpress.com</span></a> Bruce Edmondshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02527239324614461479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4750080348467202448.post-66849108984675755692014-09-11T07:54:00.001+01:002014-09-11T07:54:28.943+01:00A free MOOC on "Complexity and Uncertainty" starting Sept 15 2014Wander Jager, University of Gronigen, NL writes: <br />
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Over 9000 students have registered for our MOOC on complexity and<br />
uncertainty. We expect this free MOOC to be a nice introduction in the<br />
field for many interested people. I kindly ask you to share the following<br />
link to inform potential participants...we start on September 15.<br />
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<a href="https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/complexity-and-uncertainty/" target="_blank">https://www.futurelearn.com/<wbr></wbr>courses/complexity-and-<wbr></wbr>uncertainty/</a>Bruce Edmondshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02527239324614461479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4750080348467202448.post-56507334332123159422014-02-07T13:23:00.003+00:002014-02-07T13:23:36.265+00:00Upcoming Complexity Seminars in ManchesterAll at 4pm, Friday, Neils Bohr Common Room, Schuster Building, Brunswick Street, University of Manchester. <br />
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All welcome!<br />
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Today, 7th February : <b>James Woodcock</b> and team (Centre for Diet and Activity research, Cambridge) on "<i>Learning what you need to cycle: an agent based model of cycle commuting</i>"<br />
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February 14th, a Valentine Day's special, <b>Luis Lafuerza</b> on "<i>Sex and noise in speciation</i>"<br />
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February 21st: <b>Ruth Meyer</b> on "<i>DITCH - a model of inter-ethnic partnership</i>"<br />
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February 28th: <b>George Constable</b> TBA<br />
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March 7th: <b>Stefano Picascia</b> on "<i>An Agent Based Exploration of Urban Economic and Cultural Dynamics Under the Rent-Gap Hypotheses</i>" Bruce Edmondshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02527239324614461479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4750080348467202448.post-73809798358383137192014-01-29T11:24:00.003+00:002014-01-29T11:24:49.978+00:007th Feb: James Woodcock (Institute for public health, Cambridge) on "Learning what you need to cycle: an agent based model of cycle commuting"James Woodcock, the programme lead in public health modelling at the Centre for Diet and Activity research at Cambridge, and two of his colleagues will talk about the model that they have been developing there concerning choices as to whether or not to bicyle.<br /><br />The first versions of this model are up and running, and they would appreciate comments upon it.<br /><br />4pm Neils Bohr Common room, UoM Physics building.<br />
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All welcomeBruce Edmondshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02527239324614461479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4750080348467202448.post-42092541910986651862013-11-14T13:39:00.002+00:002013-11-14T13:39:31.416+00:00Joint-funded PhD position on ABM and the environment availableA fully funded (fees, stipend and travel expenses) PhD studentship is available. This is jointly supervised by the <a href="http://www.hutton.ac.uk/">James Hutton Institute</a> (Scotlands internation research centre on the environment) and the <a href="http://cfpm.org/">Centre for Policy Modelling</a> in Manchester (specialists in agent-based social simulation and evaluation).<br /><br />Deadline for applications <i><b>17th Jan 2014</b></i>.<br /><br />Details at: <a href="http://www.findaphd.com/search/ProjectDetails.aspx?PJID=49146">http://www.findaphd.com/search/ProjectDetails.aspx?PJID=49146</a>Bruce Edmondshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02527239324614461479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4750080348467202448.post-36911415767196430032013-09-23T14:16:00.002+01:002013-09-23T14:16:34.545+01:00Manchester Complexity Seminars starting again friday 4pm (27th Oct)And the first talk will be:<b> <i><br /></i></b><br />
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<b><i>Jordi Hidalgo</i></b> will talk on: "<i>The emergence of criticality in living systems: Practice Makes Critical</i>"</blockquote>
4pm Neils Bohr Common Room, Schuster Building. All welcome!Bruce Edmondshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02527239324614461479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4750080348467202448.post-13287130345376965402013-09-07T14:51:00.002+01:002013-09-07T14:51:15.658+01:0011 Sept. Symposium: Agent based models of landscape scale socio-ecological systems
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<span style="font-family: 'Symbol'; font-size: 10.000000pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'; font-size: 11.000000pt;">Jasper van Vliet - </span><span style="font-family: 'Calibri,Italic'; font-size: 11.000000pt;">A meta-analysis of agricultural land change in Europe to aid the design of an
agent based land use model
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<span style="font-family: 'Calibri'; font-size: 11.000000pt;">For details about attending the symposium, please visit: </span><span style="color: rgb(33.300000%, 10.200000%, 54.500000%); font-family: 'Calibri'; font-size: 11.000000pt;">http://www.iale2013.eu
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<span style="font-family: 'Calibri'; font-size: 12.000000pt;">Jasper van Vliet, VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Shah Jamal Alam, University of Edinburgh, UK. </span><br />
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Bruce Edmondshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02527239324614461479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4750080348467202448.post-59464455078315785422013-09-05T17:33:00.004+01:002013-09-05T17:33:54.622+01:00workshop 13th Sept: "Social complexity, emergence and institutions"<br />
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10<sup>th</sup> Floor, Harold Hankins Building, University of Manchester</span></div>
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Dr Ozge Dilaver Kalkan, Dr Kieron Flanagan & Dr Elvira Uyarra</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Frutiger LT 45 Light","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">This small
interactive meeting aims to explore the relationships between complexity and
institutionalist perspectives in social science (particularly but not only in
economics and political science/policy studies), as part of a broader programme
of building a bridge between complexity perspectives and other meta-theories in
social science. <br />
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Attendance is free but numbers are restricted. To apply to attend please email:
kieron.flanagan@manchester.ac.uk</span></div>
Bruce Edmondshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02527239324614461479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4750080348467202448.post-60639972961959943972013-06-26T11:08:00.003+01:002013-06-26T11:08:30.585+01:001pm friday 28th June: Nick Malleson and Alison Heppenstall (Leeds) on "When to channel the power of agent-based modelling for the simulation of behaviour in social systems"1-2.15pm, Hanson Room, Humanities Building, University of Manchester. All welcome!<br />
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SPEAKERS: Nick Malleson and Alison Heppenstall (Leeds)<br /><br />TITLE: "The force is strong in this one" When to channel the power of agent-based modelling for the simulation of behaviour in social systems<br /><br />ABSTRACT:<br />Over the last decade, agent-based modelling (ABM) has become established as a commonplace research method for the simulation of social systems. Examples can be found from the research domains of crime, health, transport, economics etc. One of ABMs most promising offerings is the potential to equip individual agents with cognitive models. This leads to the replication of important behaviour at both the micro and macro level. However, many published models do not explicitly incorporate human behaviour or do so inappropriately.<br /><br />This paper will discuss the contexts in which ABM is the most suitable methodology for simulating social systems and present a general typology for discussion. We will present cutting-edge work from crime, economics and archaeology, illustrating different approaches (through demonstrations) to simulating behaviour, including the role that new data sources (such as massive crowd-sourced data) will play.Bruce Edmondshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02527239324614461479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4750080348467202448.post-29419514712245502232013-05-17T10:49:00.000+01:002013-05-17T10:49:42.939+01:005th June, Leeds, meeting on "Complexity Systems Dynamics"<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">This is <span style="font-size: x-small;">a gentle reminder concerning the </span></span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">half-day LMS-funded "Complexity Systems Dynamics" (CoSyDy) Meeting on "Complexity in economics and social
dynamics" that w<span style="font-size: x-small;">ill be held in <span style="font-size: x-small;">the Sch<span style="font-size: x-small;">ool<span style="font-size: x-small;"> of M<span style="font-size: x-small;">athem<span style="font-size: x-small;">atics of the Univer<span style="font-size: x-small;">sity of</span></span></span></span></span></span> Leeds on </span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Wednesday
5th June 2013.</span></span></span></span><br />
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The speakers for the</span><span style="font-size: x-small;"> June CoSyDy meeting are Peter
Grindrod (Reading), Hannah Fry (UCL), Sergio Morales (Warwick), Bruce
Edmonds (Manchester Met.), and Jonathan Ward (Leeds).</span><span style="font-size: x-small;"> I am here attaching a poster of the meeting
on which you will find a tentative timetab<span style="font-size: x-small;">le (</span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://www1.maths.leeds.ac.uk/%7Eamtmmo/CoSyDy_June2013_poster.pdf" target="_blank">http://www1.maths.leeds.ac.<wbr></wbr>uk/~amtmmo/CoSyDy_June2013_<wbr></wbr>poster.pdf</a>)</span>.
The meeting's detailed programme (including the titl<span style="font-size: x-small;">es and</span> abstracts of the talks) can also be found at
<a href="http://www1.maths.leeds.ac.uk/%7Eamtmmo/CoSyDy_June2013_programme.pdf" target="_blank">
http://www1.maths.leeds.ac.uk/<wbr></wbr>~amtmmo/CoSyDy_June2013_<wbr></wbr>programme.pdf</a></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
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The meeting shall start at 12:45 (first talk at 13:30) and the last talk
will end at 17:00. There is no registration fee and everyone is welcome
to attend the meeting (within space limits). I would be most grateful
if you could bring this event to interested
colleagues (including postdocs and PhD students).<br />
<br />
Directions to the Leeds School of Mathematics can be found here:<br />
<a href="http://www.maths.leeds.ac.uk/home/visit-us.html" target="_blank">http://www.maths.leeds.ac.uk/<wbr></wbr>home/visit-us.html</a><br />
<a href="http://www.maths.leeds.ac.uk/fileadmin/user_upload/directions_2011-12.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.maths.leeds.ac.uk/<wbr></wbr>fileadmin/user_upload/<wbr></wbr>directions_2011-12.pdf</a><br />
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For catering purposes and due to space limitation, I would greatly
appreciate if those who are planning to attend the meeting could
register by emailing me (<a href="mailto:M.Mobilia@leeds.ac.uk" target="_blank">M.Mobilia@leeds.ac.uk</a>)
by Friday 24th May.<br />
</span>Bruce Edmondshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02527239324614461479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4750080348467202448.post-65446120514575493412013-05-11T14:33:00.002+01:002013-05-11T14:33:54.267+01:00Workshop 30th May london: Agentcy in Complex Information SystemsBruce Edmondshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02527239324614461479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4750080348467202448.post-22157195824309482102013-04-23T12:08:00.003+01:002013-04-23T12:08:18.757+01:00PhD studentship: Agent-Based Model approach to understanding changes in ethnic relations<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"></span></span><br />
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<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">An Agent-Based Model approach to understanding changes in ethnic relations: applications to neighbourhood ethnic composition
and health.</span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Applications are invited for a 3-year Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) PhD Studentship based at <a href="http://www.ethnicity.ac.uk/" target="_blank">CoDE</a> under
the supervision of <a href="http://www.manchester.ac.uk/research/james.nazroo/" target="_blank">Professor James Nazroo</a>, <a href="http://www.manchester.ac.uk/research/laia.becares/" target="_blank">Dr Laia Bécares</a>, and <a href="http://www.manchester.ac.uk/research/n.shryane/" target="_blank">Dr
Nick Shryane</a>. </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">The
project provides a studentship covering UK/EU tuition fees, an annual
tax-free stipend at Research Council rates (£13,590 in 2012/13), plus
the Advanced
Quantitative Methods supplement (£3,000 per year) for a total of <b>£16,590</b>. </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Funding will be for three years of full-time study (+3 Scheme), starting in October 2013 with
an expected submission date of September 2016. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Ethnic
minority people living in areas with higher concentrations of other
ethnic minority residents tend to be healthier, to report
higher social cohesion and decreased experiences of racism. </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Neighbourhood
effects on health consist of complex mutually dependent processes in
which individuals interact with
each other and with their neighbourhoods, and where both individuals
and areas adapt and change over time. Incorporating the exploration of
the role of ethnicity in the association between place and health adds
an extra layer of complexity, involving the interaction
between place and ethnicity in the racialisation of both areas and
individuals. Recent years have seen a surge of national and
international studies examining the association between neighbourhood
ethnic composition and health, with a view of understanding
the mechanisms by which residential composition impacts on health;
however, work to date has been limited to statistical analyses of
cross-sectional datasets which aim to isolate area-level from
individual-level effects on health, failing to model the dynamic
mechanisms by which individuals and areas interact with each other and
change over time. Agent-based models provide an innovative way of
understanding neighbourhood effects, as they can be used to model the
dynamic process related to place and health by examining
mechanisms that involve interactions between diverse individuals, and
interactions between individuals and environments. Agent-based models
also allow for the specification of agents at several levels
(individuals, neighbourhoods, and higher-level organisms),
providing additional information on how macro-level characteristics
influence interactions occurring at the micro-level, and vice versa.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">This
PhD project aims to model the dynamic processes related to changes in
ethnic relations, and how these play out in terms of area
effects on health.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">The
work is an independent course of enquiry that will add great value to
the main aim of the project of understanding of the contemporary
patterning of ethnic inequalities and how this relates to the ways in
which ethnic identities are perceived, acted upon and experienced. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">The
PhD will be hosted at the Cathie Marsh Centre for Census and Survey
Research (CCSR), University of Manchester. The University
of Manchester is part of the ESRC North West Doctoral Training Centre
(NWDTC), and the student will be based in the Social Statistics
accredited pathway. The student will be embedded within the research
team at the University of Manchester, and will be supervised
by Professor James Nazroo, Dr Laia Bécares and Dr Nick Shryane.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Applicants
should hold a minimum upper-second honours degree (or equivalent) in
sociology, geography, epidemiology, computational
social science, or related area and a Masters-level degree in a
relevant discipline. Experience of programming and/or simulation is a
plus.</span></div>
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are required to provide: (i) an academic CV; (ii) official academic
transcripts; (iii) contact details of two suitable
referees; and (iv) a cover letter</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">outlining your suitability for the study and your research experience to date</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Applications should be emailed to: <a href="mailto:laia.becares@manchester.ac.uk" target="_blank">laia.becares@manchester.<wbr></wbr>ac.uk</a>.
The successful candidate will be required to submit a full University
of Manchester on-line application, plus supporting documents (two
academic references and degree transcripts) to fulfil the normal
admissions process.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Any enquiries relating to the project and/or suitability should be directed to Dr Bécares at the address above.<br />
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<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Deadline</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">The deadline for applications is <b>April 30<sup>th</sup> 2013</b></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">.
Candidates may be called for interview in <b>early May 2013</b>.</span></div>
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Bruce Edmondshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02527239324614461479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4750080348467202448.post-68562289846958934332013-04-17T09:36:00.005+01:002013-04-17T09:36:41.768+01:00CfP: Eighth International and Interdisciplinary Conference on Modeling and Using Context<span lang="EN-US"><b>Eighth
International and Interdisciplinary Conference on Modeling
and Using Context</b>: </span>
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<span lang="EN-US"> <b>Context modeling and Management in Real-World Applications</b></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"> Annecy, Haute Savoie, France</span><span lang="EN-US">, October 28 – November 1<sup>st</sup> 2013</span>
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<span lang="EN-US"> <span> </span><a href="http://www.polytech.univ-savoie.fr/index.php?id=2222" target="_blank">http://www.polytech.univ-<wbr></wbr>savoie.fr/index.php?id=<wbr></wbr>context-13-home</a>
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Deadlines for submissions:<span> </span></span><span lang="EN-US"><span><br />
</span> <b>June 1<sup>st</sup>, 2013</b><span> </span>Full papers,
posters, videos, and demonstration abstracts </span><span lang="EN-US"><br />
March 30, 2013<span>
</span>Workshop proposals</span>
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<span lang="EN-US">As with previous conferences of the CONTEXT
series, CONTEXT’13 will provide a forum for presenting and
discussing high-quality research and applications on context
in an interdisciplinary way. Researchers and practitioners are
invited to share insights and cutting-edge results from the
wide range of disciplines concerned with context, including:
Cognitive Sciences, Computer Science, Social Sciences and
Organizational Sciences, and all application areas, like:<span> </span>Business, Education,
Ecology and Environment, Economics and finance, Engineering,
Image management, Interactive Installation, Games,
Geographical Information Systems, Law, Linguistics,
Management, Medicine and Health care, Transportation,
Robotics, etc. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Papers will be published in the Springer LNAI
format. See the conference Web Site for details: </span><span lang="EN-US"><span lang="EN-US"><span>
</span><a href="http://www.polytech.univ-savoie.fr/index.php?id=2222" target="_blank">http://www.polytech.univ-<wbr></wbr>savoie.fr/index.php?id=<wbr></wbr>context-13-home</a>
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Bruce Edmondshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02527239324614461479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4750080348467202448.post-77322205358365766182013-04-04T10:44:00.001+01:002013-04-04T10:44:20.357+01:00Network Summer School 2013, Sweden<div>
René Pfitzner (ETH Zurich) together with Petter Holme and his PhD student Fariba Karimi are organizing a network science summer school </div>
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"Network Factory 2013 - Networks, Information Science and Social Media" </div>
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to take place from 10th to 15th June 2013 (right after NetSci 2013 in Copenhagen) in the very south of Sweden. </div>
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The Summer School is targeted to MSc and PhD students interested in
the broad connections between Network Science and the Information
Sciences, with a focus on issues concerning social media. This one week
summer school is sponsored by NNNS (Nordic
Network of Network Scientists), allowing us to a) cover *all* expenses
for students from the nordic countries and b) a reduced participation
fee (covering accommodation and catering) of 500 EUR for non-nordic
participants. The total number of participants
is limited and there are still a few places left. Deadline for
registration is April 20th 2013.</div>
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Speakers at our summer school include: Ciro Cattuto, Sune Lehmann,
Alan Mislove, Juyong Park, Martin Rosvall and Katharina Zweig, (more to
be confirmed).</div>
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Please find more details & program at:<a href="http://networkfactory2013.wordpress.com/" target="_blank"> http://networkfactory2013.<wbr></wbr>wordpress.com/</a><br />
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Bruce Edmondshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02527239324614461479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4750080348467202448.post-64030907690458769212013-03-02T10:04:00.002+00:002013-03-02T10:04:43.194+00:00Slides and models from a 2-day introduction to Agent-Based Modelling<header class="entry-header">
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">The 2-Day Introdu<span style="font-size: small;">ction to Agent-Based Modelling using NetLogo course has now finished. We were heavily over-subscribed<span style="font-size: small;">, closing applications after we got more tha<span style="font-size: small;">n tw<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">ice</span> the number <span style="font-size: small;">of places<span style="font-size: small;"> we could cater for.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span>Therefore I am releas<span style="font-size: small;">ing the course materials on the web <span style="font-size: small;">for anyone who is interested in using them.</span></span> You can access them in two ways.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> <a href="http://cfpm.org/simulationcourse"><span style="font-size: small;">http://cfpm.org/simulationcourse</span></a></span></span></h1>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://cfpm.org/ABM-Resources/Other/">Supplementary Example Models</a></b></span></span></h1>
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Bruce Edmondshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02527239324614461479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4750080348467202448.post-19539537930004647712013-02-26T13:07:00.002+00:002013-02-26T13:07:40.380+00:00Call for participation: Summer School of the European Social Simulation Association <div class="MsoNormal">
<a href="http://draft.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=4750080348467202448" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a><b>4th Summer School of the European Social Simulation Association (ESSA)</b></div>
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<b>Hamburg University of Technology, July 15-19, 2013</b></div>
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The
Institute of Accounting and Management Control invites you to
participate at the 4th ESSA Summer School at the Hamburg University of
Technology (Germany). After three successful ESSA summer schools we want
to continue giving introductions to agent-based modeling &
simulation. </div>
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To guide the students through the summer school, the lectures will be <b>organized along the research process of social simulation</b>.
Starting with a general introduction, the summer school proceeds with
modeling issues and documentation. Afterwards, the design of simulation
experiments as well as simulation data analysis and validation are
addressed. Also issues ‘outside the box’ are discussed, such as the
application of ABM in industry. Methods and helpful tools for the
application of ABM are mentioned and introduced along the week.</div>
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The ESSA summer school provides an <b>introduction in research process, methods and tools for applying agent-based simulation in the social sciences</b>. Lectures and tutorials from experts in the field are complemented by <b>daily group discussions</b>.
By this, the understanding of the topics presented should be fostered.
Furthermore, the group discussions provide the opportunity to <b>progress in own simulation projects</b>
in a constructive atmosphere. To ensure the effectiveness, the
participants are asked to state the question they would like to solve
within the summer school before the workshop. </div>
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After the summer school, participants can expect to have absorbed knowledge about simulation methodology. </div>
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<b>Application</b></div>
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The summer school welcomes postgraduate students, post-doctoral researchers and professionals. </div>
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Please
send a brief CV, a summary of your current research and the questions
you would like to discuss as attachment to an email with the subject
line "ESSA Summer School application" to <b><a href="mailto:webmaster-essa@tuhh.de" target="_blank">webmaster-essa@tuhh.de</a></b> by <b>March 31st, 2013</b> the latest. </div>
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Notification of acceptance/rejection will be send out by <b>April 15th, 2013</b>.</div>
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<b>Fees</b></div>
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For an early Registration, a Fee of 350€ needs to be paid by May 1st, 2013</div>
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For a regular Registration, a Fee of 400€ needs to be paid by June 1st, 2013 </div>
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Fees include beverages, coffee breaks, lunch and a social event with dinner. Fees do not include accommodation. </div>
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For information about accommodation and more detailed information about the summer school see our website: <a href="http://www.tuhh.de/essa" target="_blank">www.tuhh.de/essa</a>.</div>
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We look forward to welcome you in Hamburg!</div>
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Matthias Meyer and Iris Lorscheid</div>
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Hamburg University of Technology</div>
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Institute of Management Control and Accounting</div>
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<a href="http://www.cur.tu-harburg.de/" target="_blank">http://www.cur.tu-harburg.de</a></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">ESSA Summer School 2013 – <a href="http://www.tuhh.de/essa" target="_blank">www.tuhh.de/essa</a></span></b>Bruce Edmondshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02527239324614461479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4750080348467202448.post-33572757265047806372013-01-11T11:44:00.001+00:002013-01-11T11:44:09.486+00:00Upcoming Complexity Seminar TalksFriday, January 11th, <b>Tobias Galla</b> on "<i>Complexity measures, information projections and quantum exponential families</i>".<br />
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Friday, January 18th: <b>Andrew Black</b> "<i>The evolution of group reproduction and development</i>".<br />
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Friday, January 25th: <b>Kieran Sharkey</b> "<i>Exact equations for epidemics on networks</i>".<br />
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They will take place in the Niels Bohr Common Room on the 6th floor of the Schuster Building at 4pm. All welcome!Bruce Edmondshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02527239324614461479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4750080348467202448.post-53122543389457658412012-12-10T10:54:00.002+00:002012-12-10T10:54:21.095+00:004th Summer School of the European Social Simulation Association (ESSA)<small><span style="font-family: MS Reference Sans Serif;"><b>4th Summer School of
the European Social Simulation Association (ESSA)</b><b><br />
</b><b>Hamburg University of Technology, July 15-19, 2013</b><br />
<a href="http://www.tuhh.de/essa" target="_blank">www.tuhh.de/essa</a><br />
<br />
The Institute of Accounting and Management Control invites you
to participate at the 4th ESSA Summer School at the Hamburg
University of Technology. After three successful ESSA summer
schools we want to continue giving introductions to agent-based
modeling & simulation. <br />
<br />
The ESSA summer school provides an introduction in research
process, methods and tools for applying agent-based simulation
in the social sciences. Lectures and tutorials from experts in
the field are complemented by daily group discussions. By this,
the understanding of the topics presented should be fostered.
Furthermore, the group discussions provide the opportunity to
progress in own simulation projects in a constructive
atmosphere. To ensure the effectiveness, the participants are
asked to state question they would like to solve within the
summer school before the workshop. <br />
<br />
After the summer school, participants can expect to have
absorbed knowledge about simulation methodology. <br />
<b><br />
</b><b>Application</b><br />
<br />
The summer school welcomes postgraduate students, post-doctoral
researchers and professionals. <br />
<br />
Please send a brief CV, a summary of your current research and
the questions you would like to discuss as attachment to an
email with the subject line "ESSA Summer School application" to
<a href="mailto:webmaster-essa@tuhh.de" target="_blank">webmaster-essa@tuhh.de</a>
by <u>March 31st, 2013</u> the latest. <br />
<br />
Notification of acceptance/rejection will be send out by April
15th, 2013.<br />
<br />
<b>Fees</b><br />
<br />
For an early Registration, a Fee of 350€ needs to be paid by
April 15th, 2013<br />
For a regular Registration, a Fee of 400€ needs to be paid
by June 1st, 2013 <br />
<br />
Fees include beverages, coffee breaks, lunch and a social event
with dinner. Fees do not include accommodation. <br />
<br />
For information about accommodation and more detailed
information about the summer school see our website: <a href="http://www.tuhh.de/essa" target="_blank">www.tuhh.de/essa</a>.<br />
<br />
<br />
We look forward to welcome you in Hamburg!<br />
<br />
<br />
Matthias Meyer and Iris Lorscheid<br />
<br />
<br />
Hamburg University of Technology<br />
Institute of Management Control and Accounting<br />
<a href="http://www.cur.tu-harburg.de/" target="_blank">http://www.cur.tu-harburg.de</a></span></small>Bruce Edmondshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02527239324614461479noreply@blogger.com