Call for papers --- ESSA 2005: Representing social reality: approaches
and results --- The third annual conference of the European Social
Simulation Association --- Koblenz, Germany, September 5 to 9, 2005
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might not have seen this call
ESSA 2005
Representing social reality: approaches and results
The third annual conference of the European Social Simulation
Association, together with
· the autumn meeting of the Research Committee on Modelling and
Simulation of the German Sociological Association and
· the third Model to Model Workshop
will be held at the Koblenz Campus of the University of Koblenz-Landau
from September 5 to 9, 2005.
Streams
“Representing social reality” is a very broad theme, and ESSA 2005 is
open to all applications of simulation to social science; so all
submissions under the main theme will be welcome — the discussion
should be about social reality represented in models, not just about
representing at large, and results are more welcome than just
approaches. Anyway, we want to invite submissions particularly from the
following fields:
· Involving users: participatory methods
· Microanalytical simulation models: supporting social policy
· Modelling culture, norms and reputation
· Replication and verification
· Agent-based models: supporting sociological theory building
· Qualitative and non-numerical approaches to simulation
· Physics based approaches to economics and social science
Tutorials
Applications to run tutorials will be welcome.
Program committee
Frédéric Amblard
Francois Bousquet
Claudio Cioffi
Helder Coelho
Rosaria Conte
Paul Davidsson
Guillaume Deffuant
Andreas Diekmann
Alexis Drogoul
Bruce Edmonds
Nigel Gilbert
David Hales
Cesareo Hernandez Iglesias
Wander Jager
Ben Jann
Andre P. Meyer
Michael Möhring
Scott Moss
Jean-Pierre Muller
Juliette Rouchier
Nicole Saam
Jaime Simão Sichman
Flaminio Squazzoni
Klaus G. Troitzsch
Gérard Weisbuch
Local organising committee
Klaus G. Troitzsch
Michael Möhring
Ulrike May
Venue
The conference will be held on the Koblenz campus of the University of
Koblenz-Landau, one of the newest campuses in Germany (built
1998–2000), and hosted by the Faculty of Computer Science and its
Department of Information Systems Research.
Koblenz can be reached easily by train from the Cologne and Frankfurt
airports and by bus from Frankfurt-Hahn airport (timetables will be
available from the website) and is located at the northern entrance to
the Middle Rhine Valley UNESCO World Heritage, at the confluence of
Rhine and Moselle.
Accommodation
A number of Koblenz hotels offers reduced rates for guests of the
university. A list and a map of those hotels with which we have made
provisional reservations can be found on the website (but not before
January 2005). Participants will have to make final reservations
directly with their preferred hotels. Reasonable prices are between 40
and 60 € per night.
Schedule
September 5 (Monday): arrival of those participants who want to join
tutorials
September 6 (Tuesday): parallel tutorials;
arrival of most of the other participants;
get-together event (perhaps on a river boat, except the conference
dinner can be organised on a river boat)
September 7 (Wednesday): conference starts with a plenary session,
lunch, parallel sessions; evening free to visit wineries or breweries.
September 8 (Thursday): conference continues with plenary and parallel
sessions;
conference dinner (either on board a riverboat or in a winery in a
village near Koblenz)
September 9 (Friday): if necessary: more parallel sessions,
closing session (student paper award, panel discussion ...),
departure before or after lunch
If you want to spend the weekend before or after the conference in the
Middle Rhine valley, in order to obtain cheaper weekend flights or to
spend a few days as a tourist, you should ensure that you book early,
as hotel accommodation is in short supply during September.
Registration and submissions (more details on
http://www.essa.eu.org/ESSA2005)
Extended abstracts: 15 January 2005
Notification of acceptance: 31 March 2005
Full papers due: 31 May 2005
Early registration (25 € fee reduction): 15 April 2005
Fees
Fees cover the book of abstracts (or pre-proceedings, resp.) and
CD-ROM, get-together meeting and conference dinner, coffee and soft
drinks during the conference and lunch in the university restaurant.
Regular fee
ESSA members 125 €
DGS-RC members 125 €
others 150 €
Early registration: 25 € less
Students: 25 € less
Late registration at the conference desk: additional 25 €
Fees can be paid via the ESSA website (using PayPal) or to the ESSA
bank account, but not before January 2005.
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Prof. Dr. Klaus G. Troitzsch
Institut für Wirtschafts- und Verwaltungsinformatik
Universität Koblenz-Landau
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www: http://www.uni-koblenz.de/~kgt <http://www.uni-koblenz.de/~kgt>
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