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AISB 2005 Symposium
*** Memetic Theory in Artificial Systems and Societies (METAS) ****
12-13 April 2005
University of Hertfordshire,
de Havilland Campus, Hatfield, England
A symposium withint the AISB 2005 Convention with the theme:
``Social Intelligence and Interaction in Animals, Robots and Agents''
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Memetic Theory and Artificial Societies (METAS) is the first edition of
a
series of international symposia dedicated to qualitative and
quantitative
aspects of memetic research as applied to artificial (and natural)
systems
and societies.
Since Dawkins inception in 1976 of the "meme" concept, we have witnessed
enormous advances in computational and communication technologies, not
least the creation and popularisation of the Internet. These
computational
and communication advances allow researchers to simulate large and
complex
systems of interactive agents in scales not dreamt-of a short time ago.
At the same time, these same resources represent sophisticated evolving
computational substrates in which artificial societies (could) exist and
where the science of memetics could be tested, developed and exploited.
This symposium will bring together researcher working at the
cutting-edge
of memetic theory as applied to artificial systems and societies. METAS
aim is to promote multidisciplinary studies and promote the best science
on memetics.
Some of the themes covered by METAS are:
* Fundamental concepts on memetics and theoretical frameworks for
Memetics
(eg., evolutionary, cognitive, societal and computational mechanisms,
etc)
* Memetics as an evolutionary model of information transmission
* Qualitative and Quantitative issues of memetics in artificial and
natural
societies (eg. the impact of memes in the individual VS the society,
etc)
* Computer simulations of memetics systems and dynamics
* The memetics nature of information processing in networks (in general)
and the Internet (in particular)
* The memetics of software evolution
* Memetics simulations in economy, marketing, policy-making, conflict
resolution, game playing
* Memetics in artificial and natural problem solving, software
engineering
and multi-agent systems.
* Requirements for effective memetics systems (computational substrates,
communication mechanisms, etc)
This symposium will provide a unique opportunity for researchers in
artificial intelligence, artificial life, robotics, cognitive science,
biologist, social sciences, political studies and distributed systems
engineering to interact with memetic scientist and to share a forum for
discussion. The symposium will also serve as a common publication outlet
for interdisciplinary research in these areas.
The papers collected in the symposium will be extended and fully
reviewed
and will be published after the symposium in a book (preliminary
agreement
with the Natural Computation Series in Springer). The interdisciplinary
programme committee will select the papers to be presented during the
symposium and will also advice on which papers should appear latter
(in extended version) in the book.
The symposium will consist of 2 plenary talks, one on each of the two
day of the symposium. The symposium will continue with papers
presentations
where each author will be given the opportunity to speak to the audience
on his work. The symposium will finish with a round-panel discussion in
the last day.
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IMPORTANT DATES
01 Sept. 2004: Call For Papers
31 Oct. 2004: Paper Submissions Deadline
22 Nov. 2004: Paper Acceptance Notification Deadline
17 Dec. 2004: Camera-ready Deadline
14 Jan. 2005: Early registration deadline
12-15 April 2005: AISB 2005 convention
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SUBMITTING A PAPER
Short, self-contained papers, between 3-6 pages, should be emailed to
both
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with the SUBJECT: AISB 2005 Submission. The paper format should be
similar
to AAAI style, i.e. two-column. The symposium chairs strongly recommend
using Latex (a style file will be provided shortly on the symposium
website).
Papers should be between 3-6 pages in length, although longer
submissions
are possible.
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PROGRAMME COMMITTEE
Yaneer Bar-Yam - New England Complex Systems Institute, Boston, USA
Mark Bedau - Editor in Chief of Artificial Life Journal, USA
Elhanan Borenstein - Dept. of Computer Science, Tel-Aviv University,
Israel
Larry Bull - School of Computer Science, Univ. of the West of England,
UK
Agner Fog - Engineering College of Copenhagen, Denmark
Liane Gabore - Dept. of Psychology, Univ. of CA, Berkeley, USA
Nigel Gilbert - Dept. of Sociology, Univ. of Surrey, UK
Steven Gustafson - Dept. of Computer Science and IT, Univ. of
Nottingham, UK
William Hart - Sandia National Laboratories, USA
Natalio Krasnogor - Dept. of Computer Science and IT, Univ. of
Nottingham, UK
Eytan Ruppin - Dept. of Computer Science, Tel-Aviv University, Israel
Sorin Solomon - RACAH Institute of Physics, Hebrew University, Israel
Jim Smith - University of the West of England, UK
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SYMPOSIUM CHAIRS
Dr. Natalio Krasnogor and Dr. Steven Gustafson
School of Computer Science and Information Technology
Jubilee Campus, University of Nottingham, NG81BB
Nottingham, United Kingdom
Tel.: +115 8467592
Fax : +115 8467591
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Professor Nigel Gilbert, Editor, Journal of Artificial Societies and
Social Simulation, <http://www.soc.surrey.ac.uk/JASSS/>
Centre for Research on Social Simulation (CRESS)
Department of Sociology, University of Surrey, Guildford, UK.
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<http://cress.soc.surrey.ac.uk/>
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