[agents] BWSS 2012 - First Call for Papers

Tue Mar 27 11:19:47 EDT 2012

BWSS 2012 - THIRD BRAZILIAN WORKSHOP ON SOCIAL SIMULATION

CURITIBA,
BRAZIL, 20-21 OCTOBER 2012

BWSS 2010 WEBSITE: HTTP://BWSS2012.C3.FURG.BR
[1]

[ Co-located with BRACIS 2012 - The Brazilian Conference on
Intelligent 
Systems, Curitiba, Brazil, 20-25 October 2012 -

http://www.inf.ufpr.br/bracis2012/ [2]]

******** CALL FOR
PAPERS*******

SUBMISSION DEADLINE: 28 JUNE
2012

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Social simulation has a dialectical
relationship to Artificial
Intelligence, in general, and Multi-agent
Systems, in particular. It is
both an area for the application of methods,
techniques and technologies of
AI and MAS, as well as a source of
inspiration for new theories, models and
methods for AI and MAS, as it
draws upon the theories, models and methods
of the social sciences
(anthropology, sociology, political science,
economy, government,
management, etc.).

This two-day workshop will address theoretical,
methodological, technical
and instrumental issues concerning the area of
simulation of social
systems. The workshop will thus have an
interdisciplinary character.
Theories and models of societies and smaller
social systems that embody a
computational concern are at the center of
area. Micro-level and
macro-level issues concerning structures and
processes at the social and
individual levels, as well as the mutual
influence between such conceptual
levels, and problems of upward and
downward causation between them should
also be contemplated.

Techniques,
tools and computational environments for the simulation of
those models,
specially those based on agent and multi-agent technology,
and AI methods
in general, should be of primary concern. Application of
social simulation
to the various areas of social sciences (anthropology,
sociology, political
science, economy, government, management, education,
health etc.) as well
related subjects (emergency services, policy making,
financial risk
management, natural disaster management, national security,
armed conflict
etc.) should also be of interest to the audience.

INVITED SPEAKERS:

*
PROF. DR. ARMANDO GELLER_ (Group W and George Mason University,
USA):
Putting social simulation to use for security professionals and aid
and
relief practitioners in areas affected by armed conflict

* PROF. DR.
ALAN KIRMAN_ (GREQAM, AMU and EHESS Marseille, France):
Individual and
Collective Rationality in Collective Systems

PANEL: Social Simulation:
Seeing ahead - scanning the future, looking to 
the tendencies of
Computation and Complexity Sciencies, namely Agents and
Artificial
Intelligence - CHAIR: PROF. DR. HELDER COELHO_

PANEL PARTICIPANTS: Alan
Kirman (GREQAM, AMU and EHESS Marseille, France),
Armando Geller (Group W
and George Mason University, USA), Bruno Reis
(UFMG, Brazil), Jaime Sichman
(USP, Brazil)

We are cordially inviting you to submit a paper to BWSS
2010. The topics of
interest are (not exclusively):

- 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 research
anthropology, sociology,
political science, economy, government,
management, education, health,
emergency services, policy making, financial
risk management, natural
disaster management, national security, armed
conflict etc.)

IMPORTANT DATES:

- DEADLINE FOR PAPER SUBMISSION: June 28,
2012
- NOTIFICATION TO AUTHORS: August 20, 2012
- CAMERA-READY COPIES OF
PAPERS: August 30, 2012
- DEADLINE FOR AUTHOR REGISTRATION: August 30,
2012W
- WORKSHOP DATES: 20-21 October, 2012

PAPER FORMAT:
Papers should be
written in English, with at most 16 pages, and submitted
in PDF format,
following the Springer LNCS style
(see
http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.html [3]). The submission
system will
be JEMS/SBC at

https://submissoes.sbc.org.br/home.cgi?c=1604
[4].

PROCEEDINGS
The papers accepted for the workshop will be published in
the Workshop
Proceedings CD Room with ISSN. At least one author of any
accepted paper
should be registered with a "full registration" at the main
conference
BRACIS in order to have the paper included in the proceedings.
At least one
author of any accepted paper should attend the workshop.

BEST
PAPER
Extended versions of the two best papers presented at the
workshop,
selected by the Program Committee, will be invited to be
submitted for the
JBCS - Journal of the Brazilian Computer Society
-
http://www.sbc.org.br/index.php?language=2&subject=309
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POST-PROCEEDINGS
Post-proceedings (pending approval) will be published
by IEEE, with papers
related to the invited talks and panel, and new
versions of the technical
papers, including the discussions and suggestions
aroused at the workshop
oral presentations.

ORGANIZING
COMMITTEE:

*Antônio Carlos da Rocha Costa, FURG, Brazil
*Diana Francisca
Adamatti, FURG, Brazil
*Graçaliz Pereira Dimuro, FURG, Brazil
(corresponding chair, email: 
gracaliz at gmail.com [6])
*Helder Coelho,
Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
*Jaime Sichman, USP, Brazil
*João Balsa,
Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
*Patricia Tedesco, UFPE, Brazil

LOCAL
CHAIR:
Gleifer Vaz Alves, UTFPR, Brazil

-- 
Graçaliz Pereira
Dimuro

Centro de Ciências Computacionais
Programa de Pós-Graduação em
Modelagem Computacional
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande - FURG
Av.
Itália km 08 Campus Carreiros
96201-900 - Rio Grande, RS, Brazil
Telefone:
+55 53 3293-5069

homepage: http://www.gracalizdimuro.com

emails:
gracaliz at gmail.com or gracalizdimuro at furg.br

Links:
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[1]
http://bwss2012.c3.furg.br/
[2] http://www.inf.ufpr.br/bracis2012/
[3]
http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.html
[4]
https://submissoes.sbc.org.br/home.cgi?c=1604
[5]
http://www.sbc.org.br/index.php?language=2&subject=309
[6]
mailto:gracaliz at gmail.com