[agents] CFP: 1st Brazilian Workshop on Social Simulation

[Antonio Carlos da Rocha Costa]

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BWSS 2008: 1st Brazilian Workshop on Social Simulation

Bahia Othon Palace Hotel Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
October 26-30, 2008 (precise date yet to be defined)

(co-located with SBIA 2008 - Brazilian Symposium on Artificial Intelligence)


PRELIMINARY CALL FOR PAPERS


Social Simulation is the scientific enterprise through which 
computational models and tools are employed to computationally study 
societies and their structures and processes. Specially Artificial 
Intelligence and Multiagent Systems models are relevant in such context.

On the other hand, Social Simulation may operate as a source of 
inspiration for theories, models and techniques for AI and MAS, as it 
heavily draws on the diverse social sciences (anthropology, sociology, 
political science, economy, government, management, etc.).

This one-day workshop, co-located with SBIA 2008, aims to gather 
researchers and students in AI, MAS and the various social sciences 
where Social Simulation has been put to work, in order to further the 
theoretical and practical issues concerning social simulation, and to 
leverage the area of Social Simulation in Brazil.

Topics of interest:

- theoretical foundations of social simulation
- methods and models for social simulation
- AI and MAS tools, techniques, models and environments for social 
simulation
- applications of social simulation (in social research, government, 
management, education, etc.)

Paper format:

Papers should be written in English, with at most 12 pages, and 
submitted in PDF format, following the Springer LNCS style 
(http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.html).

Submission:

The submission system will be JEMS/SBC, with the site address to be 
announced soon. Papers presented in other regional or local events may 
be submitted to BWSS 2008, if that fact is made clear in the paper.

Important dates:

- deadline for paper submission: June 15, 2008
- notification to authors: July 15, 2008
- camera-ready copies of papers: July 28, 2008
- workshop date: co-located with SBIA, October 26-30, 2008 (day yet to 
be announced)

Organizing committee:

Antônio Carlos da Rocha Costa, UCPel, Brazil
Rafael Heitor Bordini, Durham Univ., UK
Jomi Fred Hübner, FURB, Brazil
Patrícia Restelli Tedesco, UFPE, Brazil
Graçaliz Pereira Dimuro, UCPel, Brazil

Program committee (preliminary list):

Ana Bazzan (UFRGS, Brazil)
Antônio Carlos da Rocha Costa (UCPel, Brazil) - chair
Gerber Ramalho (UFPE, Brazil)
Graçaliz Pereira Dimuro (UCPel, Brazil)
Gustavo Lugo (UTFPR, Brazil)
Helder Coelho (Univ. Lisbon, Portugal)
Jaime Sichman (USP, Brazil)
João Balsa (Univ. Lisbon, Portugal)
Julita Vassileva (Univ. Saskatchewan, Canada)
Luis Antunes (Univ. Lisbon, Portugal)
Miguel Lozano Ibañez (Univ. Valencia, Spain)
Nuno David (ISCTE, Portugal)
Patrícia Restelli Tedesco (UFPE, Brazil)
Paulo Trigo (ISEL, Portugal)
Ricardo Rodrigo Stark Bernard (UFSC, Brazil)

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Antônio Carlos da Rocha Costa
Coord. Mestrado em Ciência da Computação
Programa de Pós-graduação em Informática
Universidade Católica de Pelotas
http://ppginf.ucpel.tche.br