[agents] BWSS 2012 - Second Call for Papers

[Antonio Carlos da Rocha Costa]

2nd CFP:

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BWSS 2012 - THIRD BRAZILIAN WORKSHOP ON SOCIAL SIMULATION

CURITIBA, BRAZIL, 20-21 OCTOBER 2012

BWSS 2012 WEBSITE: HTTP://BWSS2012.C3.FURG.BR

[ Co-located with BRACIS 2012 - The Brazilian Conference on Intelligent
Systems, Curitiba, Brazil, 20-25 October 2012 -
http://www.inf.ufpr.br/bracis2012/]

******** 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 Complex 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). The submission system
will be JEMS/SBC at

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

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

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)

*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

-- 
Antônio Carlos da Rocha Costa - C3/PPGComp/PPGMC/FURG
Centro de Ciências Computacionais
Prog. Pós-grad. em Computação
Prog. Pós-grad. Modelagem Computacional
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande
96.201-900 Rio Grande, RS, Brasil.
http://www.rocha.c3.furg.br <http://rocha.c3.furg.br>