Dear all, I've been lurking on FRIAM for slightly more than two years now (for me FRIAM brings home a little piece of Santa Fe, though I can't quite cope with the mail volume :)).
I am Gabriel Istrate, a former LANL employee, at some point sitting in the office right next to Doug Roberts (hi Doug !). Calling in from one of the more exotic locations on the list, Timişoara , Romania http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timişoara (incidentally the birthplace of Johnny Weissmuller). A theoretical computer scientist by training (this link http://www.amazon.com/Gabriel-Istrate/e/B002CB3UYI/ref=ntt_athr_dp_pel_2 might give you a better insight into my core interests), I am, of course, into modeling social dynamics as well (though more evolutionary game theory, rather than multiagent simulation) and, more generally, into complex systems and the "Santa Fe style" of science. Anyway, I just wanted to point out to a workshop on "Coping with Crises in Complex Socio-Economic Systems" that took place a few days ago on this side of the pond, at ETH Zurich; I did participate to a related workshop at the same location last year. Videolectures for both of them are available online at http://videolectures.net/ccss09_zurich/ http://videolectures.net/cvss08_zurich/ There's plenty of stuff in there you might be interested in. Among other things, I was pleased to "meet" again (sadly only virtually) Stephen Eubank (I'm pretty sure most of you know him). Best, Gabi ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org
