> -----Original Message----- > From: Dario Nardi [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, September 11, 2006 12:47 PM > To: undisclosed-recipients: > Subject: CALL: 4TH LAKE ARROWHEAD HUMAN COMPLEX SYSTEMS > CONFERENCE (fwd) > > > Please Join Us! > > The 4th UCLA Lake Arrowhead Conference on Human Complex > Systems April 25th - April 29th, 2007 Lake Arrowhead, CA, USA > > We look forward to another cross-disciplinary gathering of > social scientists who employ cutting-edge agent-based > computational modeling and related computational ideas and > methods in their research and teaching. As in past years, you > will find dozens of presentations from various disciplines. > We are also hosting evening panels, another "live" > simulation, and opportunities for networking and relaxation > amid gorgeous surroundings. > > This years conference is once again at the UCLA Lake > Arrowhead Conference Center in Southern California, just a > few hours outside Los Angeles. All lodging, meals, conference > fees, and transportation to/from Los Angeles are included in > one easy package. > > For full details, printable PDFs, and registration > information, please visit http://www.hcs.ucla.edu/arrowhead.htm > > The conference syllabus is also printed below. > > Many have given rave reviews of this conference in the past. > We hope to see you there! > > Sincerely, > the UCLA Human Complex Systems faculty (Phil Bonacich, > Nicholas Gessler, Susanne Lohmann, Bill McKelvey, Dario > Nardi, Dwight Read, Francis Steen) > > > --------------------------------------------- > > > CONFERENCE SYLLABUS > 4th Lake Arrowhead Conference on Human Complex Systems > > JOIN US! > We are back with our 4th Lake Arrowhead Conference on Human Complex > Systems. It will be held from Wednesday April 25, 2007 > through Sunday April 29, 2007. We look forward to another > cross-disciplinary gathering of social scientists who employ > cutting-edge agent-based computational modeling and > related computational ideas and methods in their research and > teaching. As in past years, dozens of > presenters from numerous disciplines are presenting. We are > also hosting evening panels, a live simulation, and > opportunities for networking and relaxation amid gorgeous > surroundings. > > This years conference is once again at the UCLA Lake > Arrowhead Conference > Center. For more information and photos please visit > http://www.uclaconferencecenter.com. The Center is > located at Lake Arrowhead, a Southern California facility > situated at 5000 feet elevation in the beautiful San > Bernardino Mountains. It is a two to three hour drive from > Los Angeles International Airport. As usual, costs > include ALL LODGING & MEALS, plus transportation to/from Los Angeles. > > ADVANCING AGENT MODELING > IN THE SOCIAL SCIENCES > The conference is a forum for sharing the most recent advances -- in > theory, methodology and application - in the area of agent > modeling throughout the social sciences (e.g., > Anthropology, Communication Studies, Economics, Geography, > History, Political Science, Sociology, Urban Planning). We also > welcome social scientists in professional schools (e.g., > Business, Education, International Relations, > Public Health, Public Policy, Social Welfare) and in the > public and private sectors. > Researchers and theorists in Psychology, Media Studies and > social aspects > of Cognitive Science, Artificial Intelligence, Robotics and > related disciplines also welcome! > > There will be a mix of plenary sessions plus one day of concurrent > sessions on computational modeling issues, discipline-based > research, and special topics to be proposed. We invite > individual paper submissions and session proposals. We will > facilitate another live simulation in the spirit of the > very successful group experiences at prior conferences! > > PAPER, SYMPOSIUM & PANEL TOPICS > We invite papers and sessions on the following topics > --Agent Modeling Methodologies > --Modeling Approaches--Evolutionary Computation, Cellular Automata, > Genetic Algorithms, Neural Networks, > > Simulated Annealing > --Model Design Issues--Population Complexity, Agent > Complexity, Spatial > Complexity > --Robustness and Validity Issues > --Model-to-model Comparisons and Standardization > --Intersections with Mathematics, Human Experiments, Social > Epistemology > --Artificial Societies and Artificial Cultures > --Physical and Virtual Robot Societies and Cultures > --Simulating Social Intelligence > --Complexity/Chaos Theory > --Emergent Social Structure > --Social Network Dynamics > --Spatial Analysis > --Game Theory > --Knowledge, Distributed Intelligence and Distributed Cognition > --Governance, Centralization, Decentralization > --Multi-participant Simulated Worlds > --Agent-Related Systems Dynamics > --Economy, Culture and other phenomena of Online Communities > including > Online Learning Environments > --Agent diversity/heterogeneity (variation among individual agents) > --Modeling agents mental models > --Adjudication and conflict resolution in decision making among agents > --Public and Private Sector Applications > --Discipline and Multi- and Inter- Discipline Applications > --Topics of Your Choice > > CUTTING-EDGE CHALLENGES > We encourage papers at the cutting-edge of agent-based > modeling that are > relevant to the social science community broadly defined. > This conference is model oriented. We look > forward to hearing about the models you use! > > Physics is the science of the simple. Its models are > mathematical and can > often even be solved analytically, but in exchange [they are] > largely linear and only capable of grasping > highly homogeneous systems. AMBs grasp a higher level of > complexity as they can represent adaptive, nonlinear and > inhomogeneous systems. A still higher level of complexity is > reached when the contextuality and radical openness > of systems is irreducible. Such systems are beyound the reach > of ABMs. We currently do not have any > effective modeling paradigm for this highest level of > complexity. (p. 27). > --from Chu, Strand, and Fjellands 2003 paper in Complexity. > > Consider the Challenge: Is their conclusion correct? Does > anyone have a > model that proves them wrong? We especially welcome such models! > > FORMAT > For a paper presentation, authors present for 20 minutes and > receive an > additional 10 minutes for Q&A. We also welcome 90-120 minute > symposium proposals consisting of 3-4 individual > papers on a related topic of inquiry. Finally, we are open to > someone wishing to organize an evening panel > discussion on a hot topic in agent modeling. > > PUBLICATION > Presenters may submit their papers for permanent web > publication within > the University of California E-Scholarship Repository. Stay > tuned for more details. > > IMPORTANT DATES > Please keep in mind the following dates and times. > -- December 15, 2006: Application deadline. Abstracts > submitted after this > deadline will be put on a waiting list. > -- December 26, 2006: Notification of abstract acceptance. > -- January 15, 2007. Cancellations made after this are > refunded minus $180 > for processing. > -- March 26, 2007: Cancellations after this point receive no refund. > -- April 25, 2007 (evening): Conference kick off. > -- April 28, 2007 (evening): Conference closing. > -- April 29, 2007: Breakfast and van return to Los Angeles. > > We hope to see you for dinner at 6:00 PM Wednesday evening, > April 25. The > conference runs through Saturday evening. Sunday breakfast > (8:00-9:00 AM) is provided. Allow for a 3 hour > drive to / from Los Angeles. Van service will be provided for > attendees who need a ride. We look forward to > seeing you! > > Sincerely, > the UCLa Human Complex Systems faculty (Phil Bonacich, > Nicholas Gessler, > Susanne Lohmann, Bill McKelvey, Dario Nardi, Dwight Read, > Francis Steen) > > CONTACT INFORMATION > Dario Nardi > Conference Coordinator > Human Complex Systems > Dept. of Anthropology, UCLA > 341 Haines Hall > Los Angeles, CA 90095 > www.hcs.ucla.edu > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >
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