[agents] BWSS 2014 - CALL FOR PAPERS

[GRAÇALIZ PEREIRA DIMURO]

BWSS 2014 - FOURTH BRAZILIAN WORKSHOP ON SOCIAL SIMULATION  

São Paulo,
Brazil, 4 November 2014 

BWSS 2014 Website: http://bwss2014.c3.furg.br
[1]

BWSS 2014 is a Workshop of WCSS 2014 - 5th World Congress on
Social
Simulation, which will be held in São Paulo, Brazil, 4-7 November
2014 -
http://www.wcss2014.pcs.usp.br/ [2] 

CALL FOR PAPERS 

SUBMISSION
DEADLINE: September 28, 2014 

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 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. 

We are
cordially inviting you to submit a paper to BWSS 2014. 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: September 28, 2014 

-
Notification to authors: October 13, 2014 

- Camera-ready copies of
papers: October 27, 2014 

- Deadline for author registration: October 27,
2014 

- Workshop date: 4 November, 2014 

Paper format: 

Papers should be
written in English, with at most 6 pages, and submitted in 

PDF format,
following the IEEE style, available at BWSS 2014 Web Site.


Post-Proceedings:

The papers accepted for the workshop will be published
by the Conference 

Publishing Services of IEEE Computer Society (pending
approval), after the 

workshop. At least one author of any accepted paper
should be registered 

with a "full registration" at the main conference
WCSS 2014 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 [3] 

Organizing
committee: 

Diana Francisca Adamatti, FURG, Brazil 
Graçaliz Pereira
Dimuro, FURG, Brazil (corresponding chair, email: gracaliz at gmail.com
[4])
Helder Coelho, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal 
Jaime Sichman, USP,
Brazil 
João Balsa, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal 

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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
[5]

emails:
gracaliz at gmail.com [6] or gracalizdimuro at furg.br [7]

--

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://bwss2014.c3.furg.br/
[2]
http://www.wcss2014.pcs.usp.br/
[3]
http://www.sbc.org.br/index.php?language=2&subject=309
[4]
mailto:gracaliz at gmail.com
[5] http://www.gracalizdimuro.com/
[6]
mailto:gracaliz at gmail.com
[7] mailto:gracalizdimuro at furg.br