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<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">Call for Papers</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black"> <b>SSC 2018: August 20-24, 2018, Stockholm, Sweden</b></span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">Social Simulation 2018</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black"> is the 14th Annual Conference of the European
Social Simulation Association (</span><a href="http://www.essa.eu.org/"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">ESSA</span></a><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">). The conference is one of ESSA’s
key activities to promote social simulation and computational social science.</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">Looking in the mirror</span></i></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black"> is the theme of this conference. As
the relatively young field/society enters puberty some critical self-reflection is sought by looking in the mirror ourselves, with relevant others. With high potential of having identity crisis as well as moments of inspiration and insight, this conference
aims to support during growing pains of a society in transformation towards proper scientific adulthood.</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">Important dates for conference submissions (paper, extended abstract & poster abstract)</span></b><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">Extended to 6 April : Submission deadline</span></u><u><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">14 May: Notification of acceptance</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">11 June: Camera-ready version for proceedings (papers & extended abstracts)</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">Conference submissions:</span></b><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">SSC 2018 seeks submissions for the following papers categories:</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0cm" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3;vertical-align:baseline">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Cambria",serif">Full Paper (max. 12 pages excluding bibliography)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3;vertical-align:baseline">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Cambria",serif">Extended Abstract (3-4 pages excluding bibliography)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-family:"Cambria",serif">Poster Abstract (300 - 500 words)<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">SSC 2018 seeks high-quality submissions addressing original research on social simulation / computational social science. All work must be original,
i.e. must not have appeared in conference proceedings, books, or journals and may not be under review for other archival conferences, books, or journals. A list of topics relevant for SSC2018 can be found below the signatures, at the end of this call.</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">All accepted submissions will be published in conference proceedings (the Organizing Committee is in contact with Springer), unless the author(s)
choose(s) otherwise. A number of <i>full papers</i> will be invited to submit revised versions to various journals with which the Organizing Committee is in contact (e.g. JASSS, Simulation & Games, Environmental Modelling and Software Journal, Computational
and Mathematical Organization Theory, Ecology and society).</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">For the Full Papers and Extended Abstracts to be part of the conference proceedings, at least one of the author of each accepted submissions is required
to attend the conference to present the work. The corresponding author will be notified by email about acceptance or rejection by 14 May, 2018. Authors are able to incorporate the feedback from the reviews and make their submission camera-ready before June
11, 2018. Posters will be displayed during the entire conference period and will be presented during a dedicated session.</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">Submissions can be designated for the following tracks:</span></b><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">1)
</span><a href="http://ssc2018.dsv.su.se/essawork"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#1155CC">ESSA@work</span></a><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black"> track</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">2)
</span><a href="http://ssc2018.dsv.su.se/blue-sky-ideas-track/"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#1155CC">Blue Sky Ideas</span></a><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black"> track</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">3)
</span><a href="http://ssc2018.dsv.su.se/special-tracks/"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#1155CC">Special tracks</span></a><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">Submit your paper or abstract using the EasyChair submission system:
</span><a href="https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ssc20180"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#1155CC">https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ssc20180</span></a><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">.
</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">Formatting guidelines for conference submissions:</span></b><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">All submissions must be formatted using the LNCS guidelines; templates can be found at:
</span><a href="http://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-guidelines"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#1155CC">http://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-guidelines</span></a><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">.
</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">The uploaded file should be in PDF format. Submissions received after the deadline or that do not meet the length or formatting requirements will
not be considered for review.</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">Workshops and roundtables can be emailed to
</span><a href="mailto:ssc2018@dsv.su.se"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#1155CC">ssc2018@dsv.su.se</span></a><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">. Both are to be texts of 300 to 500 words. The following
dates apply for this catebiory:</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">20 April : Proposal deadline</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">7 May : Notification of acceptance</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">Keep an eye on the next ESSA newsletter for more news and details about SSC 2018! If you want to subscribe to this newsletter, send an e-mail
to <a href="mailto:melania.borit@uit.no">melania.borit@uit.no</a>.</span></i></b><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">---------------</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">We are looking forward to seeing you all in Stockholm in August 2018!</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">ORGANIZING COMMITTEE</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">Committee Chair:
</span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">Harko Verhagen (Stockholm University, Sweden)
</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black"> <i>Committee Members:</i></span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">Melania Borit (University of Tromsø – The Arctic University of Norway, Norway),
</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">Giangiacomo Bravo (Linnæus University, Sweden),
<i> </i></span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">Nanda Wijermans (Stockholm Resilience Centre, Sweden)
</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">_____</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">LIST OF TOPICS</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">The conference topics include, but are not limited to, the following list. Unlisted but related topics are also acceptable, provided that they fit
in the domain of Social Simulation.</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">Tools and methods</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">· Advanced distributed computing, Agent ontologies,</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">· Agent-embodied artificial intelligence, Participatory and Human-in-the-Loop simulations,</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">· Approaches of aggregating-disaggregating problems,</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">· Coupling simulations and optimization methods,</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">· Data analysis software for simulations,</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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