ESSA newsletter 108 - 01/19/2007 -> 01/25/2007 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- !!! Please send news and related contributions to the editors!!! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. ESSA Communication ... 2. By the way ... 3. Conferences, CfPs, Research Schools and Symposiums 4. Recent publications 5. Job opportunities and Summer Schools (including PhD positions) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- =================================================================================== 1. ESSA Communication ... ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From Wander Jager: Dear ESSA members First of all an inspiring 2007 to you all! In this mail I would like to inform you about our intention to start a Special Interest Group (SIG) on market dynamics. In the field of marketing both academics and practitioners show an increased interest for social simulation models that are capable of exploring the dynamics of various types of consumer markets. The more classical marketing approaches, usually based on the general linear model, have contributed significantly to our understanding of the susceptibility of consumers for various types of marketing efforts. However, academics and practitioners recognise that in more complex markets, most notably markets where consumers influence each other and where social motives play a significant role, the classical marketing approaches fall short in identifying critical factors and effective marketing strategies. In a first workshop on Agent-based models of market dynamics and consumer behaviour (Guildford, January 2006) several researchers presented their studies. The success of this meeting convinced us that a regular exchange of ideas may contribute to developments in this field, and may result in a community of academics and researchers from the field (companies) interested in this topic. The purpose of the SIG on market dynamics is to provide a forum (possibly on the ESSA web site) and regular workshops to facilitate the exchange of research methods and questions. The key topic being addressed by this SIG is the exploration of market dynamics and the identification of effective marketing strategies. Hence the SIG on market dynamics is aimed to bridge scientific research and practical demands. As such the SIG on market dynamics is intended to organise a community of scientists and practitioners, aimed at the exchange of ideas and practical challenges. A first meeting of the SIG on market dynamics has been scheduled on August 22, 2007 in Groningen. This will be the day before the start of the Marketing Dynamics Congress. An announcement concerning this workshop will follow later. Membership of this SIG is free, and the benefits relate to being part of a community that is expected to be active in organising workshops, exchanging papers, working on joint proposals and projects. If you (or your collegues) are interested in joining this SIG on market dynamics please respond to: Wander Jager e-mail: w.jager@rug.nl phone: +31 50 363 4007 Marketing Institute Faculty of Economics University of Groningen P.O. box 800 9700 AV Groningen The Netherlands =================================================================================== 2. By the way ... ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Paul Humphreys, Extending Ourselves: Computational Science, Empiricism, and Scientific Method, Oxford University Press, 2004, 182pp, $47.50 (hbk), ISBN 0195158709. Reviewed by Paul Thagard, University of Waterloo. URL: http://ndpr.nd.edu/review.cfm?id=2801 =================================================================================== 3. Conferences, CfPs, Research Schools and Symposiums ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Second International Workshop on Engineering Emergence in Decentralised Autonomic Systems (EEDAS 2007) to be held in conjunction with the Fourth IEEE International Conference on Autonomic Computing (ICAC'07) June 11-15, 2007, Jacksonville, Florida, USA For more information visit: http://www.cs.kuleuven.be/~distrinet/events/eedas/2007/ -- Enhancing Complex Social Simulations with Automata Systems, at RGS - IBG Annual International Conference 2007, 28 August - 31 August 2007, Royal Geographical Society, London For more information visit: http://www.rgs.org/AC2007 -- Workshop: Computational and Mathematical Approaches to Societal Transitions, 26 February – 2 March 2007, Leiden, Netherlands For more information visit: http://www.lorentzcenter.nl/lc/web/2007/246/info.php3?wsid=246 -- 13th Annual Santa Fe Institute Graduate Workshop in Computational Social Science Modeling and Complexity Santa Fe Institute, Santa Fe, NM, 8-21 July, 2007 For more information visit: http://zia.hss.cmu.edu/econ/announce07.html -- Summer School in Complexity, Kent, UK, 9-17 July, 2007 For more information visit: http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/complexityscience/taughtcourse/ -- 10th International Protege Conference will be held July 15-18, 2007 in Budapest, Hungary. For more information visit: http://protege.stanford.edu/conference/2007/ -- =================================================================================== 4. Recent Publications ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11 documents in NEP report on on Collective Decision-Making For more information visit: http://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/search.asp?neplist=nepcdm2007-01-14 -- Nicolaisen, J. (2007). Citation analysis. Annual Review of Information -- Weare, C., N. Oztas, and W. Loges, (forthcoming) “Internet Effects On The Cohesion And Democratic Character of Local Associations: A Social Network Analysis,” Social Sciences Quarterly. -- Ibarra, H., Hunter, M. (2007) "How Leaders Create and Use Networks" Harvard Business Review; 85(1):40-47. -- Compilation of software which produces network graphs of interlinked websites For more information visit: http://www.valt.helsinki.fi/staff/lonkila/NetSoft.doc -- Salzarulo, L. (2006). A Continuous Opinion Dynamics Model Based on the Principle of Metacontrast. Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation, 9(1). -- =================================================================================== 4. Job opportunities (including PhD positions) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE (IAMO) in Halle (Saale), Germany, has several openings for University graduates and scientists with doctorates to commence work immediately. For more information visit: http://www.iamo.de/ -- Job opening at at Metropolitan Council, St. Paul, MN -Principal Forecaster For more information visit: http://metrocouncil.org/jobs/apply.htm -- =================================================================================== 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. |---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | 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. 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