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DEADLINE TO APPLY FOR SBP-BRIMS'16 TRAVEL SUPPORT EXTENDED TO MAY 24, 2016.
*** Please note that early registration deadline is June 6, 2016. ***
Registration is now open for SBP-BRIMS'16, the 2016 International Conference on Social Computing, Behavioral-Cultural Modeling & Prediction and Behavior Representation in Modeling and Simulation. SBP-BRIMS'16 will be held at the UCDC Center, downtown Washington DC, USA Jun 28 - July 1, 2016.
Link to the main conference pages, http://sbp-brims.org/2016/
Link directly to registration page, http://sbp-brims.org/2016/registration/
TRAVEL SUPPORT AVAILABLE !!
We have two forms of travel support available, as described below.
1. Travel Support for Students
We have obtained grant funding that will provide a number of registration and travel scholarships for students, to help them attend the conference. These awards will cover registration costs for local students. For non-local students, the award will cover up to $800 for registration, travel, and lodging expenses.
To apply for consideration, follow the instructions at the SBP-BRIMS website:
http://sbp-brims.org/2016/awards/
Follow the provided link to create an account to apply for the scholarships.
Then, follow the instructions as directed on the website.
These awards will be allocated on the basis of student need and available funding. Travel scholarships are awarded in the form of travel reimbursement. Travel scholars will need to submit qualifying receipts at the end of their trip.
DEADLINE TO APPLY FOR SBP TRAVEL SCHOLARSHIPS EXTENDED TO MAY 24, 2016.
2. Travel Support to Promote Diversity at SBP-BRIMS'16 (for students and non-students)
We also have funding that will provide a limited travel support (registration, travel, hotel) for the purpose of increasing diversity at SBP-BRIMS 2016. Support will be available to participants from underrepresented groups (racial minority, females, or participants from the social sciences, economic or managerial sciences, or biomedical research fields) to help them attend the conference and contribute to the disciplinary diversity. These awards will cover registration costs for local conference participants. For non-local participants, the award will cover up to $800 for registration, travel, and lodging expenses. These awards are available to students, post-docs, and non-students who belong to one or more of the underrepresented groups indicated.
To apply for consideration, follow the instructions at the SBP-BRIMS website:
http://sbp-brims.org/2016/awards/
Follow the provided link to create an account to apply for the scholarships.
Then, follow the instructions as directed on the website.
The awards will be allocated on the basis of individual's need and available funding. Travel scholarships are awarded in the form of travel reimbursement. Travel scholars will need to submit qualifying receipts at the end of their trip.
DEADLINE TO APPLY FOR SBP-BRIMS TRAVEL SCHOLARSHIPS EXTENDED TO MAY 24, 2016.
*** Please note that early registration deadline is June 6, 2016. ***
SOME EXCITING ITEMS ON THE PROGRAM!
SBP-BRIMS'16 CHALLENGE – see: http://sbp-brims.org/2016/challenge/
SBP-BRIMS'16 TUTORIALS – see : http://sbp-brims.org/2016/tutorial/
Morning, afternoon, and late afternoon tutorials are offered on Tuesday, June 28, 2016:
1. Deep Learning Applied
Alexander G. Ororbia II, Pennsylvania State University
2. An Introduction to Computational Urban Science
Konstantinos Pelechrinis (University of Pittsburgh) & Daniele Quercia (Bell Labs)
3. Misinformation in Social Media: Diffusion, Detection and Intervention
Liang Wu, Fred Morstatter, and Huan Liu, Arizona State University
4. Dynamic & Geo-Spatial Network Visualization and Analysis
L. Richard Carley ([log in to unmask]) Carnegie Mellon University & Netanomics
5. Network Analytics in ORA
Geoffrey Morgan ([log in to unmask] ) and Kathleen M. Carley ([log in to unmask]), Carnegie Mellon University
6. Identifying Covert or Hidden Groups in Twitter
Lieutenant Colonel Matthew Benigni ([log in to unmask]) & Kathleen M. Carley ([log in to unmask]), Carnegie Mellon University
7. Generative models for social network data
Kevin S. Xu ([log in to unmask]) and TBA, University of Toledo
8. Exploring Public Events Using Social Media Data: Challenges in Extraction, Modeling and Analyzing
Yuheng Hu ([log in to unmask]), University of Illinois at Chicago
9. Analyzing User behaviors via Data Visualization Techniques
Nan Cao ([log in to unmask]), NYU ShangHai / NYU Tandon School of Engineering
Yu-Ru Lin ([log in to unmask]), University of Pittsburgh
A brief description of the tutorials will be made available at the tutorial webpage: http://sbp-brims.org/2016/tutorial/
SBP-BRIMS'16 KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:
Alex Levis
University Professor of Electrical, Computer and Systems Engineering
George Mason University - Fairfax, VA
Former, Chief Scientist of the U.S. Air Force at the Pentagon.
Tina Eliassi-Rad
Associate Professor of Computer Science
Northeastern University - Boston, MA
Pamela I. Blechinger
Director, U.S. Army Training and Doctrine - Command Analysis Center (TRAC) - Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
For more information on the keynote speakers, see: http://sbp-brims.org/2016/keynote/
<http://sbp-brims.org/2016/keynote/>SBP-BRIMS'16 GRAND DATA CHALLENGE
See: http://sbp-brims.org/2016/challenge/
(We are still accepting entries.)
Please visit the conference website for further information about the conference: http://sbp-brims.org/2016/
