ESSA newsletter 103 - 12/01/2006 -> 12/07/2006 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Important --------- This newsletter is distributed only to members of the European Social Simulation Association for their own use. Please do not distribute further. To join ESSA, register at: http://essa.eu.org ---------------------------------------------------------------- !!! Feel free to send news and related contributions to the editors!!! ---------------------------------------------------------------- 1. From the editors... 2. ESSA Communications 5. By the way... 4. Conferences, CfPs and Research Schools 4.1 Lectures, Talks 5. Recent publications 5.1 Books 5.2 Publication 5.3 Working Papers 5.4 Doctoral Thesis 6. Job opportunities (including PhD positions) ---------------------------------------------------------------- ================================================================ 1. From the editors... ---------------------------------------------------------------- Dear ESSA members, Feel free to send/forward news and related contributions, which you would like to share with other members at {bogdan,shah}@cfpm.org We'll be pleased to include them into the following newsletter. P.S.: Thanks to Frederick Amblard for his diligent support in obtaining the information for this 103rd newsletter. Cheers, Shah Jamal Alam and Bogdan Werth ================================================================ 2. ESSA Communications ---------------------------------------------------------------- 4th Conference of The European Social Simulation Association ESSA 2007, September 10-14, 2007, University for Social Sciences of Toulouse, Toulouse, France. For details visit: http://www.irit.fr/essa2007 ================================================================ 3. By The Way ... ---------------------------------------------------------------- Self-Reproduction in 3D Reversible Cellular Automata, Documents, QuickTime Movies and more. For details visit: http://www.iec.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/projects/rca/sr3d/ ================================================================ 4. Conferences, Symposium, Lectures, Talks ---------------------------------------------------------------- 1st International Workshop on Complexity and Organizational Resilience 24-25 May 2007 Pohnpei, Micronesia, Final calling notice! For details visit: http://isce.edu/ISCE_Group_Site/web-content/ISCE%20Events/Pohnpei_2007.html -- EURAM Conference 2007, "Towards a complexity science-based theory of geographical clusters", Paris, France, May 16-19. For details visit: http://www.euram2007.org -- First International Conference on Self-Adaptive and Self-Organizing Systems (SASO-2007), Boston, Mass., USA, July 9-11, 2007, Call for tutorial proposals. For details visit: http://projects.csail.mit.edu/saso2007/ -- Symposium on Artificial Societies for Ambient Intelligence, AISB Convention, Newcastle, UK 2-5 April 2007, Call for papers. For details visit: http://asami07.cs.rhul.ac.uk/ -- 13th International Conference On Computing In Economics And Finance, Society for Computational Economics (http://comp-econ.org/), 14-16 June 2007 at HEC Montreal, Canada. For details visit: http://www.hec.ca/CEF2007 -------------------------------- 4.1 Lectures, Talks -------------------------------- Lecture on Network Structure in Cooperation, Communication, and Epistemology by Professor of Philosophy Patrick Grim, Thursday, December 7, 2006, Michigan University, Michigan League, Hussey Room ,4pm ================================================================ 5. Recent Publications ---------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------- 5.1 Books -------------------------------- Oudeyer, P-Y. (2006) Self-Organization in the Evolution of Speech, Studies in the Evolution of Language, Oxford University Press (sample chapter available). For details visit: http://www.csl.sony.fr/~py -------------------------------- 5.2 Publications -------------------------------- Agent-based Simulation Platforms: Review and Development Recommendations, Steven F. Railsback, Steven L. Lytinen, Stephen K. Jackson (http://sim.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/82/9/609?rss=1) -- Networks could self-organise sooner than we think, Professor Mikhail Smirnov Fraunhofer Institute for Open Communication Systems (http://istresults.cordis.europa.eu/index.cfm/section/news/tpl/article/id/88935) -- Distributed information system to improve crisis management, Manuel Escriche Telefónica Investigación y Desarrollo (http://istresults.cordis.europa.eu/index.cfm/section/news/tpl/article/id/88946) -- Agent-Based Participatory Simulations: Merging Multi-Agent Systems and Role-Playing Games, Paul Guyot and Shinichi Honiden (http://jasss.soc.surrey.ac.uk/9/4/8.html) -------------------------------- 5.3 Working papers -------------------------------- To the Outer Limits and Beyond - characterising the envelope of sets of social simulation trajectories, Bruce Edmonds, Oswaldo Terán and Gary Polhill (http://cfpm.org/cpmrep162.html) -- (Towards) Finding Suitable Analysis Techniques for Agent-based Networks Generated from Social Processes, Shah Jamal Alam and Ruth Meyer (http://cfpm.org/cpmrep164.html) -------------------------------- 5.4 Doctoral Thesis -------------------------------- Untangling Scenario Components with Agent Based Modelling: an Example of Social Simulations of Water Demand Forecasts, Olivier Barthélémy (http://cfpm.org/cpmrep163.html) ================================================================ 6.Job opportunities ---------------------------------------------------------------- Positions available: Two Assistant Professors in Institutions, Society and the Environment, The School of Human Evolution and Social Change at Arizona State University, Applications will be reviewed starting January 16, 2007 and, if not filled, every two weeks thereafter until the search is closed. For further details email: Dr. Marco A. Jansen (Marco.Janssen@asu.edu) |--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | I m p o r t a n t | |--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | This newsletter is distributed only to members of the European Social Simulation Association for | | their own use. Please do not distribute further. To join ESSA, register at: http://essa.eu.org | |--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | Newsletter Editors: | | Shah Jamal Alam (shahcfpmorg) | | Bogdan Werth (bogdancfpmorg) | | Centre for Policy Modelling, | | Manchester Metropolitan University Business School | | www.cfpm.org | |--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|