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From: http://socialcomplexity.gmu.edu/5-2003conf/5-2003conf.htm May 23-24, 2003 conference "The Emerging Computational Social Sciences: Connecting Theory, Data and Models," May 23-24, 2003 Inaugural Conference of the new Center for Social Complexity at George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia, USA. Keynote Speaker: John Holland, University of Michigan Invited Speakers: Peter Allen, Cranfield University, UK Robert Axtell, Brookings Institution Brian Berry, University of Texas and NAS Jack Corliss, George Mason University David Grether, California Institute of Technology Robert Hanneman, University of California San Diego Kevin McCabe, George Mason University Peyton Young, Johns Hopkins University and NAS What have we learned about social phenomena from computational modeling approaches? How do we distinguish modeling effects from the social phenomena we are attempting to understand? Do social phenomena present distinctive challenges to computational methods? These issues inform our choice of appropriate computational methods, and suggest problems that are amenable to computational exploration. It is our intent to help close the "gap" between the power of computational methods and the kinds of insights these models provide about behavior in various social domains. Come join us for this Inaugural Conference of the new Center for Social Complexity at George Mason University. -- ======================================================================== Edmund Chattoe: Department of Sociology, University of Oxford, Littlegate House, St Ebbes, Oxford, OX1 1PT, tel: 01865-286174, fax: 01865-286171, http://www.sociology.ox.ac.uk Review Editor, J. Artificial Societies and Social Simulation (JASSS) http://www.soc.surrey.ac.uk/JASSS/ "So act as to treat humanity, whether in your own person or in another, always as an end, and never as only a means." (Immanuel Kant, Fundamental Principles) ========================================================================