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1. By the way
2. Conferences, CfPs and Symposiums
3. Recent publications and Discussion Papers
4. Job opportunities, Research Schools and Doctoral Consortia
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1. By the way
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'Humans and monkeys share Machiavellian intelligence' -
"When it comes to their social behavior, people sometimes act like monkeys, or more specifically, like rhesus macaques, a type of monkey that shares with humans strong tendencies for nepotism and political maneuvering, according to research by DarioMaestripieri , an expert on primate behavior and an Associate Professor in Comparative Human Development and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Chicago"
URL: http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/life_sciences/report-93712.html
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2. Conferences, CfPs and contributions
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CfP: The 5th International Conference on Autonomic and Trusted Computing (ATC-08), University of Stavanger, Norway, June 23-25, 2008
For more information visit: http://www.ux.uis.no/atc08/index.html
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CfP: 2008 SMART BUSINESS NETWORKS - May 19-23, 2008, Beijing, China: The Networked Experience – new value from smart business networks
For more information visit: http://ocs.sfu.ca/erim/index.php/SBNi/2008/schedConf/cfp
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3. Recent Publications, Discussion Papers, Presentations
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New issue of the Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation (JASSS) issue 4 of Volume 10 on 31-Oct-2007.
URL: http://jasss.soc.surrey.ac.uk
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Dewulf, A., G. François, C. Pahl-Wostl, and T. Taillieu. 2007. A framing approach to cross-disciplinary research collaboration: experiences from a large-scale research project on adaptive water management. Ecology and Society 12(2): 14.
URL: http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol12/iss2/art14/
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Derek T. Robinson;  Daniel G. Brown;  Dawn C. Parker;  Pepijn Schreinemachers;  Marco A. Janssen;  Marco Huigen;  Heidi Wittmer;  Nick Gotts;  Panomsak Promburom;  Elena Irwin;  Thomas Berger;  Franz Gatzweiler; Cécile Barnaud. 2007. Comparison of empirical methods for building agent-based models in land use science. Journal of Land Use Science, Volume 2, Issue 1 March 2007 , pages 31 - 55.
URL: http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/content~content=a777244786~db=all~order=page
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Gerard H. Roe and Marcia B. Baker. 2007. Why Is Climate Sensitivity So Unpredictable? Science, Report,  26 October 2007: Vol. 318. no. 5850, pp. 629 - 632
URL: http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/abstract/318/5850/629
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Poku, N.K., Renwick, N., Porto, J.G. 2007. Human security and development in Africa. International Affairs 83 (6), 1155–1170.
URL: http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1468-2346.2007.00679.x
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Delre, Sebastiano Alessio. 2007. Effects of social networks on innovation diffusion and marketing dynamics. Dissertation, University of Groningen.
URL: http://irs.ub.rug.nl/ppn/304001422
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4. Job opportunities, Research Schools and Doctoral Consortia
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Lectureship in Complexity Sciences (Two posts) (vacancy ref. 13536) - The University of Bristol has recently launched the Bristol Centre for Complexity Sciences, a doctoral training centre supported by a £4MEPSRC grant.  Grade : Level b - Level c in Pathway 1 - Salary : £30,913 - £40,335
For more information visit: https://www.bris.ac.uk/boris/jobs/ads?ID=69995
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Postdoc/Lecturer. Title: Model selection for control of partially observed spatial processes. INRA (Toulouse), department of Applied Mathematics and Computer Science
For more information visit: http://mia.toulouse.inra.fr/fileadmin/USER/peyrard/postdocMAD.pdf
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