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BWSS 2010  -  SUBMISSION DEADLINE:  July 13, 2010  -  BWSS 2010
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BWSS 2010 -  THE SECOND BRAZILIAN WORKSHOP ON SOCIAL SIMULATION

 São Bernardo do Campo, São Paulo, Brazil, October 24-25, 2010
 http://www.ncc.furg.br/bwss2010

 Social simulation has a dialectical relationship to Artificial
 Intelligence, in general, and Multi-agent Systems, in particular. It is
both an area for the application of methods, techniques and technologies
of AI and MAS, as well as a source of inspiration for new theories,
models
 and methods for AI and MAS, as it draws upon the theories, models and
methods of the social sciences (anthropology, sociology, political
science, economy, government, management, etc.).

 This one-day workshop will address theoretical, methodological,
 technical and instrumental issues concerning the area of simulation of
social systems. The workshop will thus have an interdisciplinary
 character.

 Theories and models of societies and smaller social systems that embody a
computational concern are at the center of area.

 Micro-level and macro-level issues concerning structures and processes at
the social and individual levels, as well as the mutual influence between
such conceptual levels, and problems of upward and downward causation
between them should also be contemplated.

 Techniques, tools and computational environments for the simulation of
those models, specially those based on agent and multi-agent technology,
and AI methods in general, should be of primary concern.

 Application of social simulation to the various areas of social sciences
 (anthropology, sociology, political science, economy, government,
management, etc.) should also be of interest to the audience.

 BWSS 2010 will have two invited speakers:

 - Prof. Nigel Gilbert (University of Surrey, UK) Title: Modelling complex
social systems: opportunities and challenges

 - Prof. Cristiano Castelfranchi (ISTC-CNR, Italy) Title: Intra &
inter-network dynamics, and the 'semantics' of the links

 We are cordially inviting you to submit a paper to BWSS 2010. The topics
of interest are (not exclusively):

 - theoretical foundations of social simulation
 - methods and models for social simulation
 - AI and MAS tools, techniques, models and environments for social
simulation
 - applications of social simulation (in research, government,
management, education, etc.)


 Important dates:

 - Deadline for paper submission: July 13, 2010 (extend)
 - Notification to authors: August 19, 2010
 - Camera-ready copies of papers: August 29, 2010
 - Workshop date: October 24-25, 2010

 [Workshop co-located with the 20th Brazilian Symposium on Artificial
Intelligence - SBIA, the XI Brazilian Symposium on Artificial Neural
Network - SBRN, the IV Intelligent Robotics Meeting - JRI (with IX Latin
American Robotics Competition - LARC, and Latin American Robotics
Symposium - LARS)]


 Paper format:

 Papers should be written in English, with at most 12 pages, and
 submitted in PDF format, following the Springer LNCS style (see
 http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.html). The submission system
will be JEMS/SBC, through the BWSS 2010 website.  At least one author of
any accepted paper should attend the workshop.

 Proceedings:  The papers accepted for the workshop will be published in
the Workshop Proceedings.

 Best Paper: An extended version of the best paper presented at the
workshop, selected by the Program Committee, will be invited to be
submitted for the JBCS - Journal of the Brazilian Computer Society.
(http://www.sbc.org.br/index.php?language=2&subject=309)


 Post-Proceedings:

 Depending on the number of submissions, we are planning to propose a
special issue on Social Simulation of the JBCS, where the authors of a
selection of best papers presented at workshop, among other possible
submissions, would be invited to submit extended versions of their
papers, including the discussions and suggestions arised at the workshop
oral presentations and working meetings.


 Organizing committee:

 * Graçaliz Pereira Dimuro, FURG, Brazil (corresponding chair, email:
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 * Diana Francisca Adamatti, FURG, Brazil
 * Jaime Sichman, USP, Brazil
 * João Balsa, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
 * Luis Antunes, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
 * Patricia Tedesco, UFPE, Brazil

 Program committee:

 Alessandro de Lima Bicho (FURG, Brazil)
 Alexei Sharpanskykh (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
 Ana Lucia Cetertich Bazzan (UFRGS, Brazil)
 André Maurício Cunha Campos (UFRN, Brazil)
 Antônio Carlos da Rocha Costa (FURG, Brazil)
 Armando Geller (George Mason University, USA)
 Bruce Edmonds (Centre for Policy Modelling, UK)
 Cesareo Hernandez Iglesias (University of Valladolid, Spain)
 Claudio Cioffi-Revilla (George Mason University, USA)
 Cristiano Castelfranchi (ISTC-CNR, Italy)
 Diana F. Adamatti (FURG, Brazil)
 Edmund Chattoe-Brown (University of Leicester, UK)
 Fabio Yoshimitsu Okuyama (IFRS, Brazil)
 Fernando Buarque de Lima Neto (UPE, Brazil)
 Fernando Lopes (INETI, Portugal)
 Flaminio Squazzoni (University of Brescia, Italy)
 Franziska Klügl (University of Örebro, Sweden)
 Fréderic Amblard (Universite Toulouse 1, France)
 Graçaliz Pereira Dimuro (FURG, Brazil)
 Guillaume Deffuant (Cemagref, France)
 Gustavo Lugo (UTFPR, Brazil)
 Harko Verhagen (Stockholm University, Sweden)
 Helder Coelho (University of Lisbon, Portugal)
 Iqbal Adjali (Unilever R&D Colworth Lab, UK)
 Jaime Sichman (University of Sao Paulo, Brazil)
 Jean-Daniel Kant (University of Paris Pierre et Marie Curie, France)
 João Balsa (University of Lisbon, Portugal)
 Jorge Louçã (ISCTE, Portugal)
 Juan Pavón (Universidad Complutense Madrid, Spain)
 Julie Dugdale (Laboratoire d'Informatique de Grenoble, France)
 Juliette Rouchier (Greqam/CNRS, France)
 Keith Sawyer (Washington University in St. Louis, USA)
 Klaus Troitzsch (University of Koblenz, Germany)
 Luis Antunes (University of Lisbon, Portugal)
 Laszlo Gulyas (AITIA Intl. Inc., Lorand Eotvos University, Hungary)
 Maíra Ribeiro Rodrigues (UFMG, Brazil)
 Maria das Graças Bruno Marietto (UFABC, Brazil)
 Marco Janssen (Arizona State University, USA)
 Mario Paolucci (ISTC/CNR, Italy)
 Nick Gotts (Macaulay Institute, Scotland, UK)
 Nigel Gilbert (University of Surrey, UK)
 Nuno David (ISCTE, Portugal)
 Patrícia Restelli Tedesco (UFPE, Brazil)
 Paulo Roberto Ferreira Junior (UFPel, Brazil)
 Paulo Trigo (ISEL, Portugal)
 Pedro Andrade (INPE, Brazil)
 Pietro Terna (University of Torino, Italy)
 Ricardo Rodrigo Stark Bernard (UFSC, Brazil)
 Rino Falcone (ISTC-CNR, Italy)
 Rosaria Conte (ISTC-CNR, Italy)
 Samer Hassan (Univ. Complutense Madrid, Spain)
 Stanley Loh (UCPel/ULBRA, Brazil)
 Tibor Bosse (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
 Wander Jager (University of Groningen, The Netherlands)

 Graçaliz Dimuro, Diana F. Adamatti, Jaime Sichman, Luis Antunes, João
Balsa and Patrícia Tedesco (BWSS 2010 chairs)


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Diana Francisca Adamatti
Centro de Ciências Computacionais - C3
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande (FURG)
Av. Itália km 08 Carreiros
96201-900 - Rio Grande, RS
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