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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">***Apologies for cross-posting***<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Dear colleagues,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">If you are working with making more realistic models of human deliberation or part of the
<a href="https://sites.google.com/view/sig-mood/accueil">SIG-MOOD</a> (Models of Human Decision) and look forward to joining in the Social Simulation conference, please consider marking the date for the following workshop
<a href="https://ssc2024.uek.krakow.pl/technical-and-non-technical-aspects-of-modelling-human-decisions/">
https://ssc2024.uek.krakow.pl/technical-and-non-technical-aspects-of-modelling-human-decisions/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Workshop: Technical and non-technical aspects of modelling human decisions</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Date:
</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Monday the 16th of September 2024</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Duration:
</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">120 minutes</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Place:
</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">SSC 2024</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Organized by:
</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">ESSA SIG MOOD - Models of Human Decision </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Organisers:</span></b><span class="apple-tab-span"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">
</span></b></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Loïs Vanhée, Umeå University, Sweden (</span><a href="mailto:lois.vanhee@umu.se"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">lois.vanhee@umu.se</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">) </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span class="apple-tab-span"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">
</span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Melania Borit, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Norway (</span><a href="mailto:melania.borit@uit.no"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">melania.borit@uit.no</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Friederike Wall, University of Klagenfurt, Austria (</span><a href="mailto:friederike.wall@aau.at"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">friederike.wall@aau.at</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Vivek Nallur, University College Dublin, Ireland (</span><a href="mailto:vivek.nallur@ucd.ie"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">vivek.nallur@ucd.ie</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Models of human decision (MOODs) are one of the most central components and added value attributed to Agent-Based Social Simulation (ABSS). Yet, developing such models for ABSS involves
accounting for an array of specific requirements that may differ from other areas in which MOODs are applied, such as non-player characters in video games. For example, in an ABSS context, MOODs developers should ensure that agents are at the same time realistic,
detailed, and computationally scalable, while also accounting for how their simulation may be used and hence impact people and societies. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Discussions about how to advance MOODs in ABSS should involve not only technical considerations about modelling and simulations, but also questions on how to ground these models in relevant
sciences (social sciences and humanities, medical sciences etc.), how to show their validity, and what are the direct and indirect ramifications of developing MOODs for ABSS.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">This workshop facilitates bottom-up in-person discussions around topics relative to MOODs for ABSS (e.g. design, validation, documentation, ethical implications of such models). In small
groups, participants will be provided three to five topics/questions/thought experiments. Participants may also propose questions they wish to be discussed. The main objectives of the workshop are to map the common interests and needs of the community interested
in MOODs and to raise awareness about alternative perspectives and approaches relative to the topic.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">This workshop is intended to be an interactive addition to the SSC 2024 Special Track Sense and Sensibility and to be a meeting point for the
</span><span lang="SV"><a href="https://sites.google.com/view/sig-mood/accueil"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">ESSA Special Interest Group SIG-MOOD</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">.
Register to the SIG-MOOD </span><span lang="SV"><a href="https://forms.office.com/e/a3YYR736Lv"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">here</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Loïs Vanhée, Ph.D., Docent, Recognized teacher</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Associate professor</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Co-director of the
</span><span lang="SV" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#156082;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><a href="https://www.umu.se/en/centre-for-transdisciplinary-ai/"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#156082">Centre
for Transdisciplinary AI</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#156082;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Coordinator of the
</span><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#156082;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><a href="https://sites.google.com/view/taiga-socialai/home"><span style="color:#156082">Social Artificial Intelligence Focus Area</span></a></span><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="SV" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#156082;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><a href="https://www.umu.se/en/department-of-computing-science/"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#156082">Department
of Computing Science</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#156082;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Umeå University</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Umeå, Sweden</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Web:</span><span lang="SV" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><a href="https://www.umu.se/en/staff/lois-vanhee/"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">
https://www.umu.se/en/staff/lois-vanhee/</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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