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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=FR link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:11.25pt;background:#FDFDFD'><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#111111;mso-fareast-language:FR'>/!\ Note that the submission deadline has been extended until the 15th of March /!\<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:11.25pt;background:#FDFDFD'><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#111111;mso-fareast-language:FR'>Call for participation<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:11.25pt;background:#FDFDFD'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#111111;mso-fareast-language:FR'><a href="https://mabsworkshop.github.io/">https://mabsworkshop.github.io/</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:11.25pt;background:#FDFDFD'><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#111111;mso-fareast-language:FR'>Virtual event, registration is free. </span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#111111;background:#FDFDFD'>All accepted papers will be printed in the AAMAS workshop proceedings and accepted papers, after a further reviewing process, in Springer-Verlag’s Multi-Agent-Based Simulation book series, LNAI.</span><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#111111;mso-fareast-language:FR'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:11.25pt;background:#FDFDFD'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:24.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#111111;mso-fareast-language:FR'>Important Dates:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:58.5pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:#FDFDFD'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#111111;mso-fareast-language:FR'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#111111;mso-fareast-language:FR'>Extended</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#111111;mso-fareast-language:FR'> Submission deadline: <b>March 15th, 2021</b> (anywhere on Earth)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:58.5pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:#FDFDFD'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#111111;mso-fareast-language:FR'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#111111;mso-fareast-language:FR'>Notification of acceptance/rejection: April 1st, 2021<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:58.5pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:#FDFDFD'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#111111;mso-fareast-language:FR'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#111111;mso-fareast-language:FR'>Camera-ready submission deadline: April 19th, 2021<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:58.5pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:#FDFDFD'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#111111;mso-fareast-language:FR'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#111111;mso-fareast-language:FR'>Workshop dates: <u>May 4th, 2021</u><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:11.25pt;background:#FDFDFD'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#111111;mso-fareast-language:FR'>The Multi-Agent-Based Simulation (MABS) workshop is the twentieth of a </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#111111;mso-fareast-language:FR'><a href="http://www.pcs.usp.br/~mabs/"><span lang=EN-US style='color:#2A7AE2;text-decoration:none'>series that began in 1998</span></a></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#111111;mso-fareast-language:FR'>. Its scientific focus lies in the confluence of social sciences and multi-agent systems, with a strong application/empirical vein, and its emphasis is stressed on (i) exploratory agent-based simulation as a principled way of undertaking scientific research in the social sciences and (ii) using social theories as an inspiration to new frameworks and developments in multi-agent systems.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:11.25pt;background:#FDFDFD'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#111111;mso-fareast-language:FR'>The MABS workshop series continues with its goal to bring together researchers interested in MAS engineering, with researchers focused on finding efficient solutions to model complex social systems, in areas such as economics, management, organisational and social sciences in general. In all these areas, agent theories, metaphors, models, analysis, experimental designs, empirical studies, and methodological principles, all converge into simulation as a way of a) achieving explanations and predictions, b) conducting exploration and testing of hypotheses, c) investigating better designs and systems. The range of technical issues that MABS has and continues to deal with is diverse and extensive, and includes:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-language:FR'>·</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:FR'> (i) </span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#111111;mso-fareast-language:FR'>Simulation methodology, e.g., Standards for MABS, Methodologies and simulation languages for MABS, Simulation platforms and tools for MABS, Visualisation and analytic tools, Scalability and robustness in MABS<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-language:FR'>·</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:FR'> (ii) </span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#111111;mso-fareast-language:FR'>Simulation of social and intelligent behaviour, e.g., Formal and agent models of social behaviour, Cognitive modelling and simulation, Game theory and simulation, Social structure: social networks and simulating organisations, Simulating social complexity, e.g. structures and norms, social order, emergence of cooperation and coordinated action, self-organisation, self-regulation, and the micro-macro link<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-language:FR'>·</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:FR'> (iii) </span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#111111;mso-fareast-language:FR'>Applications, e.g., MABS in environmental modelling, Agent-based experimental economics, Participatory simulation, MABS and games, MABS in governance and policy-making. Moreover, in this edition, we will encourage submissions that address the emerging area of simulation analytics, which involves the application of data analytics and machine learning methods to the analysis of large-scale simulations. This topic in important for developing an understanding of the outcomes of large simulations, and for gaining operational insights from simulations.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:11.25pt;background:#FDFDFD'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#111111;mso-fareast-language:FR'>The excellent quality level of this workshop has been recognized since its inception and its proceedings have been regularly published in Springer's Lecture Notes series. MABS 2021 will be hosted at </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#111111;mso-fareast-language:FR'><a href="https://https/aamas2021.soton.ac.uk/"><span lang=EN-US style='color:#2A7AE2;text-decoration:none'>AAMAS 2021, the 20th International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems</span></a></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#111111;mso-fareast-language:FR'>, which will take place as a virtual event on May 3th-7th, 2021.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:11.25pt;background:#FDFDFD'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#111111;mso-fareast-language:FR'>For further information, please contact: <a href="mailto:mabs2021@easychair.com">mabs2021@easychair.com</a> or visit <a href="https://mabsworkshop.github.io/">https://mabsworkshop.github.io/</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='mso-fareast-language:FR'>Nicolas Verstaevel</span></b><span style='mso-fareast-language:FR'><br><i>Maitre de Conférence</i><br><span style='color:black'>Université Toulouse 1 Capitole<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:FR'>Institut de Recherche en Informatique de Toulouse<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:FR'>Département Intelligence Collective et Interaction<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:FR'>Equipe Systèmes Multi-Agents Coopératifs<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:FR'><br>Bureau ME207<br>+33 (0)5 61 63 <b>87 89</b><br><a href="mailto:%20nicolas.verstaevel@ut-capitole.fr"><span style='color:blue'>nicolas.verstaevel@ut-capitole.fr</span></a><br><br><a href="http://www.ut-capitole.fr/"><span style='color:blue'>www.ut-capitole.fr</span></a> - <a href="http://www.irit.fr/"><span style='color:blue'>www.irit.fr</span></a> - <a href="https://www.irit.fr/-Equipe-SMAC-"><span style='color:blue'>https://www.irit.fr/-Equipe-SMAC-</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:FR'>></span><b><span style='color:#1A1A1A;mso-fareast-language:FR'><a href="https://www.mdpi.com/journal/smartcities/special_issues/AI_computer_vision_approaches_big_geo-spatial_data_smart_city"><span lang=EN-US style='color:#0563C1'>"AI and Computer Vision Approaches for Big Geo-spatial Data in Smart City", a special issue of <i>Smart Cities</i> (ISSN 2624-6511).</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#0563C1;font-weight:normal'> Deadline : </span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0563C1;background:white'>30 April 2021</span></a></span></b><span lang=EN-US style='mso-fareast-language:FR'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:FR'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:FR'><img border=0 width=88 height=95 style='width:.9166in;height:.9861in' id="Image_x0020_1" src="cid:image007.png@01D7100A.D21D9370"><img border=0 width=95 height=95 style='width:.9861in;height:.9861in' id="Image_x0020_2" src="cid:image008.jpg@01D7100A.D21D9370"></span><a href="https://www.mdpi.com/journal/smartcities/special_issues/AI_computer_vision_approaches_big_geo-spatial_data_smart_city"><span style='color:windowtext;mso-fareast-language:FR;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=165 height=95 style='width:1.7152in;height:.9861in' id="Image_x0020_3" src="cid:image009.jpg@01D7100A.D21D9370"></span></a><span style='mso-fareast-language:FR'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>