<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><span id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-fadc39b7-7fff-a6d4-0d6a-c0dbb861f809"><p style="line-height:1.32186;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left:13.5952pt"><font color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14.6667px">[apologies for any cross-posting]</span></font></p><p style="line-height:1.32186;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left:13.5952pt"><font color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14.6667px"><br></span></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.32186;margin-right:13.5952pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Call for contributions </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">to </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">ESSA@work at </span><a href="https://www.socsimfest.eu/" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">SocSimFest 2025</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">, taking place online on 20 May 2025 at 11:15 CEST.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-left:0.792pt;margin-top:11.5922pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Deadline </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">for contributions:</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">04 May 2025.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.32186;padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0.0439987pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Are you currently working on an agent-based modeling project? Do you want to discuss your work-in-progress model and get expert feedback to improve your model? With ESSA@work you can have all this in a relaxed, friendly, and encouraging setting! Here is how it works: You present your work, invited experts discuss it - with each other (and possibly the audience), so that you can gather all the insights and information without having to defend your choices. This unique format and the constructive atmosphere makes ESSA@work a valuable experience for all participants. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.32186;margin-left:0.098999pt;text-indent:0.770004pt;margin-top:11.5922pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(14,16,26);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">ESSA@work is open to all interested modelers at any career stage. The only (and key!) requirement is to have a work-in-progress model on which you would like expert and peer feedback. </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Models can be at any stage of development. Those in the early stages of development (e.g., at the design stage) should still have a clear description of the purpose, scope, structure and logic of the model. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-left:0.803001pt;margin-top:11.5924pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Interested? </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Submit your material via the ESSA@work application form by 04 May 2025: </span><a href="https://forms.gle/VYce2vuuMNR7Gjjn8" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">https://forms.gle/VYce2vuuMNR7Gjjn8</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.32186;margin-right:63.8726pt;margin-top:12.7093pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Any questions? Contact us at </span><a href="mailto:essaatworkgroup@gmail.com" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">essaatworkgroup@gmail.com</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin:12.7093pt 1.03346pt 0pt 0.428993pt;padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0.0330048pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">See you in May!</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-left:0.252998pt;margin-top:6.69545pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="http://www.essa.eu.org/essawork/contact-us/" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">The ESSA@work organising committee: </span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Vivek Nallur and Katharina Luckner</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.32186;margin-right:63.8726pt;margin-top:12.7093pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">PS.: Don’t have a work-in-progress, but want to help others showcase theirs? Consider becoming part of the organizational team! Contact us at </span><a href="mailto:essaatworkgroup@gmail.com" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">essaatworkgroup@gmail.com</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> and we will tell you all about this opportunity to actively contribute to the social simulation community.</span></p><br></span></div><div><br></div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">I understand that my working hours may not coincide with yours. Please do not feel obliged to respond until your normal working hours.</span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">-------------------------------</span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">Dr. Vivek Nallur</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">Assistant Professor</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">Phone +353 (1)716 2475</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">Computer Science, Room B2.03</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><font size="2" face="Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#000000">University College Dublin</font><div><font size="2" face="Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#000000">Belfield, Dublin - 4,</font></div><div><font size="2" face="Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#000000">Ireland</font></div><div>Co-PI (with Graham Finlay) IRC COALESCE Grant COTHROM (Computing Thoughtful Rules for Migrants)</div></div></div></div></div></div>