We are pleased to present our Call for Participation for
Swarmfest 2011, which will take place Sunday June 26 to Tuesday June 28 at the
Santa Fe Complex (
sfcomplex.org) in
Santa Fe, New Mexico. Swarmfest is the annual meeting of the Swarm Development
Group, and represents an opportunity for individuals engaged in agent-based
modeling and complex systems analysis to present their work and engage in
lively discussions with others with diverse, but similar, interests. We
encourage the presentation of domain-specific models (a non-comprehensive list
includes: ecology, social science, biomedicine, politics, political science and
economics), more general practical and theoretical issues associated with agent-based
modeling (a non-comprehensive list includes: methods, toolkits, computing
platforms and means of analysis) and more general issues associated with
investigating “complex systems” (you can define “complexity” you wish and we
can all fight about it!). Swarmfest has traditionally had a workshop atmosphere
where discussion and interactions are greatly encouraged, and as a result has
been a very nice opportunity to “pre-release” preliminary research, present
research-in-evolution to achieve feedback, and serve as a sounding board for
all those “out-there” ideas that you don’t feel comfortable disclosing in your
traditional scientific/professional societies.
The deadline for abstract submission is May 3, 2011. Abstracts
for presentations should be one-page (8” x 11”) .pdf or .doc(x) files. Please
send your submissions to
address@hidden.
Notification of acceptance will be provided by May 10, 2011.