CALL FOR PAPERS – DEADLINE: 7 APRIL 2006
CALL FOR WORKSHOP PROPOSALS – DEADLINE: 5 MAY 2006
European Conference on Complex Systems 2006 (ECCS'06)
Saïd Business School
University of Oxford
25-29 September 2006
http://complexsystems.lri.fr/
CONFIRMED INVITED SPEAKERS include:
Henri Atlan, EHESS, Paris (France)
Cris Moore, University of New Mexico and Santa Fe Institute (USA)
David Mumford, Brown University (USA)
Rolf Pfeifer, University of Zürich (Switzerland)
Sander van der Leuuw, Arizona State University and Santa Fe Institute
(USA)
Marcelo Viana, IMPA, (Brazil)
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TOWARDS A SCIENCE OF COMPLEX SYSTEMS
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Complex systems, as networks of interacting entities, are studied
empirically
through the rapidly increasing mass of data which has become
available in many
different domains. At the same time, these different domains also
appear to
share many new and fundamental theoretical questions. These
circumstances
should encourage the interdisciplinary development of a new science
of complex
systems.
It is possible to identify two kinds of interdisciplinarity within
complex
systems research. The first begins with a particular complex system and
addresses a variety of questions coming from that particular domain and
disciplinary point of view. This may lead to the emergence of new
domain-specific interdisciplinary fields such as cognitive science.
The second
kind of interdisciplinarity starts from questions that are
fundamental to
complex systems in general. The new science of complex systems is
primarily
characterised by this second kind of interdisciplinarity, which
starts from
fundamental open questions relevant to many domains, and searches for
general
methods to deal with them.
These two kinds of interdisciplinarity are complementary and
interdependent: any
advance in one can lead to progress in the other. The new science of
complex
systems will need to develop through a continually renewed process of
reconstructing data from models, and will require engagement with
both kinds of
interdisciplinarity. In particular, modelling and understanding the
dynamics of
complex systems remains one of the major challenges for modern
science. Our
increasing ability to address this challenge is based on a
combination of the
growing mass of empirical data which has recently become accessible,
and the
large increase in computational power which can support and underpin
significant advances in our theoretical understanding of complex
systems.
ECCS ’06 is the second in an annual series of conferences organised
by the new
European Complex Systems Society. The European Commission is providing
financial support for the conference through the ONCE-CS Coordination
Action,
which is funded under the Sixth Framework by the Future and Emerging
Technologies Unit of the Information Society Technology Programme.
The current
conference follows ECCS ’05, the first conference organised by the
European
Complex Systems Society, which was held in Paris on 14-18 November
2005. An
earlier European Conference on Complex Systems was held in Turin on 5-7
December 2004.
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GUIDANCE NOTES FOR THE SUBMISSION OF PAPERS AND POSTERS
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CALL FOR PAPERS – DEADLINE: 7 APRIL 2006
ECCS ’06 invites submissions for long papers, short papers, and
posters. All
submissions will be peer-reviewed by members of the Programme
Committee, and by
additional referees if necessary. Submissions for long papers should
be up to
15 pages (single-spaced, 11 point font minimum, 3.0 cm left and right
margins
minimum), and if accepted may be published as part of the conference
proceedings in full. In those cases where a long paper is not
accepted, it
will automatically be considered for inclusion as a short paper or
poster
unless a request to the contrary is received. Submissions for short
papers
should be up to 6 pages (single-spaced, 11 point font minimum, 3.0 cm
left and
right margins minimum), and if accepted can also be published in the
conference
proceedings. In those cases where a short paper is not accepted, it will
automatically be considered for inclusion as a poster unless a
request to the
contrary is received. Submissions for posters will be judged on the
basis of
an abstract of 1 page or less, and the abstract of accepted posters
will be
published in the conference proceedings. All submissions must be made
electronically as PDF files via the conference website
(http://complexsystems.lri.fr/myreview). Page limits will be strictly
enforced.
ECCS ’06 has been organised according to a set of broadly defined
topics, which
will form the conference tracks. These topics are:
· Bio-Inspired Methods
· Biological Modelling
· Complex Systems Methods
· Information Technology Modelling
· Modelling Cognition
· Network Modelling
· Social and Economic Modelling
· “Other”
All authors are requested to identify one of these topics as best
representing
their submitted work. This self-identification process will be used
to locate
suitable referees. Submissions which lie outside the defined topics
(i.e.
“other”) are also encouraged, and will be refereed on an ad hoc basis.
The abstracts of all accepted papers and posters will be made
available as a
CD-ROM at the beginning of the conference. The authors of accepted
papers will
also have the opportunity to be included in the published conference
proceedings, which will be available in electronic form and as a
print-on-demand volume. Negotiations are currently underway to allow
some of
the long papers to be published in an established journal.
Peter Schuster (Vienna) ECCS ’06 Programme Chair
Felix Reed-Tsochas (Oxford) ECCS ’06 Programme Vice-Chair
Jürgen Jost (Leipzig) ECCS ’07 Programme Chair-Elect
On behalf of:
The ECCS ’06 Programme Committee
The ECCS ’06 Local Organising Committee
The ECCS Conference Steering Committee
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GUIDANCE NOTES FOR SATELLITE WORKSHOP PROPOSALS
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CALL FOR WORKSHOP PROPOSALS – DEADLINE: 5 MAY 2006
The Conference Steering Committee invites proposals for satellite
workshops to
be held during the two last days of the 2nd European Conference for
Complex
Systems (ECCS ’06). ECCS ’06 will be held at the Saïd Business
School of the
University of Oxford on 25-29 September 2006.
In line with the theme of the conference these one or two day
workshops will
either focus on domains where complex systems approaches are applied,
or on a
complex systems specific question, or on a complex systems specific
method.
The details of satellite workshops which were organised for ECCS ’05 are
available from http://complexite.free.fr/ECSS/.
All proposals for satellite workshop should include the information
listed
below, and need to be submitted as PDF files via the conference website
(http://complexsystems.lri.fr/myreview) by 5 May 2006. The decision
of the
Steering Committee will be sent to the applicants by 2 June 2006.
Satellite workshop proposals which have been accepted will be
supported by ECCS
’06 through the provision of rooms and audiovisual facilities, and
lunch and
refreshments for the participants. The scientific organisation of each
workshop will be the full responsibility of the scientific organiser(s).
Required information:
(1) Title of the workshop?
(2) Scientific organiser(s)?
(3) Topics to be covered?
(4) Workshop abstract (5 lines)?
(5) Type of workshop (invited or submitted contributions or both)?
(6) Length of workshop (from 1/2 day to 2 days)?
(7) List of tentative or confirmed invited speakers (if appropriate)?
(8) Maximum number of participants?
(9) Will there be published proceeding of the workshop ?
Peter Schuster (Vienna) ECCS ’06 Programme Chair
Felix Reed-Tsochas (Oxford) ECCS ’06 Programme Vice-Chair
Jürgen Jost (Leipzig) ECCS ’07 Programme Chair-Elect
On behalf of:
The ECCS ’06 Programme Committee
The ECCS ’06 Local Organising Committee
The ECCS Conference Steering Committee
Carlos Gershenson...
Centrum Leo Apostel, Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Krijgskundestraat 33. B-1160 Brussels, Belgium
http://homepages.vub.ac.be/~cgershen/
“To know your limits you need to go beyond them”
