Call for Papers and Participation 7th Annual Swarm Researchers and Users Meeting (SwarmFest2003), Notre Dame, IN, USA April 13-15, 2003 http://www.nd.edu/~swarm03/ At SwarmFest 2003, researchers, scientists, modelers, and programmers working in a wide variety of domains will get the opportunity to share their research, knowledge and experience with multi-agent modeling including (but not restricted to) the Swarm simulation system. Researchers using other Agent-based Modeling tools such as RePast, StarLogo, Echo, NetLogo, IMT, AgentSheets, Ascape are invited to participate. The meeting is a cross section of the community, historically including content suitable for both inexperienced and experienced users and researchers. Keynote Speaker will be John Holland, University of Michigan, speaking on "Challenges for Agent-based Modeling" Important dates and links: March 1: Submission deadline (submissions accepted after this date on a space available basis) http://www.nd.edu/~swarm03/Swarm03CallforPapers/swarm03callforpapers.htm March 7: Acceptance notification (early review and decision on request) March 10: Conference and hotel reservations (conference fees increase and block of hotel rooms released after this date) http://www.nd.edu/~swarm03/SWARM_registration_form/swarm_registration_form.h tm April 13-15: SwarmFest 2003 http://www.nd.edu/~swarm03/ See you at the 7th Annual SwarmFest! SwarmFest 2003 Organizing Committee email: [log in to unmask] Michael Michael J. North Deputy Director and Software Engineer Center for Complex Adaptive Systems Simulation Argonne National Laboratory Decision and Information Sciences Division 9700 S. Cass Avenue Argonne, IL 60439 E-mail: [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> WWW: http://www.cas.anl.gov/ <http://www.cas.anl.gov/> Telephone: (630) 252-6234 Facsimile: (630) 252-6073