Conference Agenda
(Updated June 6th)| THURSDAY, June 7 | Preconference Tutorial Tracks at Goizueta Business School (GBS) | |
| 8.00am | Shuttle from Emory Conference Center (ECC and Emory Inn) to GBS | |
| 8.30 - 11.30am | NetLogo (Bill Rand, Northwestern) | GBS 201 |
| AutoMap (Jana Diesner, CMU) | GBS 231 | |
| 12.00pm | Shuttle from GBS to ECC | |
| 12.00 - 3.00pm | Repast (Eric Tatara, Argonne) | GBS 201 |
| ORA/DyNet (Terrill Frantz, CMU) | GBS 231 | |
| 3.00pm | Shuttle from GBS to ECC | |
| 7.00pm - 9.00pm | Welcome Reception at Emory Conference Center (ECC) | Great Hearth Room |
| (Finger Food, Cash Bar) | ||
| [University Inn pickup at 7pm; Return at 9pm] |
| FRIDAY, June 8 | All sessions at Goizueta Business School [Onsite registration in GBS 207, 9am - 12pm] |
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| 7.00 - 9.00am | Shuttle to GBS <-> ECC (Loops every 20-30 minutes) | |
| 7.30 - 9.30am | Continental Breakfast | GBS 207 |
| 8.45 - 9.00am | Opening Remarks | GBS 208 |
| 9.00 - 9.45 | Keynote: David Krackhardt (CMU) Network Theory and Computational Modeling: An Empirical Example |
GBS 208 |
| 9.45 - 10.00 | (buffer) |
| Morning Paper Sessions (Friday June 8) | |||
| 10.00 - 11.00 | Paper Session Track 1-A | GBS 208 |
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Slot 1 |
Robert Reynolds | The Cultural Algorithms Simulation Toolkit: An Approach for Solving Optimization Problems | |
Slot 2 |
Eric Tatara | Building Models in Repast Simphony: A Predator-Prey Example | |
Slot 3 |
Nicholson Collier | Test-Driven Simulation Development Using Repast Simphony |
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| 10.00 - 11.00 | Paper Session Track 1-B | GBS 201 |
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Slot 1 |
Douglas A. Samuelson | Agent-Based Simulations of Mass Egress: Stadium and Subway | |
Slot 2 |
Maksim Tsvetovat | Towards a Dynamic Network Model of Geo-strategic Processes Integrating Neo-Imperialism | |
Slot 3 |
Jana Diesner | Conditional Random Fields for Entity Extraction and Ontological Text Coding |
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| 11.00 - 11.15 | (buffer) |
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| 11.15 - 12.35 | Paper Session Track 2-A | GBS 208 | |
Slot 1 |
Ilya M. Fishman | The Virtual Design Team and Checkitt™: Comparison of Project Organization Models | |
Slot 2 |
Arianna Dal Forno | Performance in Supervised Teams with Bounded Rationality Agents | |
Slot 3 |
S. Thomas Puruckerr | Environmental consequences of land use change: accounting for complexity with agent-based models | |
Slot 4 |
W. F. Lawless | Constructing metrics for an organization of agents: A quantum approach |
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| 11.15 - 12.35 | Paper Session Track 2-B | GBS 201 | |
Slot 1 |
Yingjie Zhou | Strategies for Cleaning Organizational Emails with an Application to Enron Email Dataset | |
Slot 2 |
J. Andrei Villarroel | Managing Competing Communities of Practice: The Impact of Open Source and Knowledge-Bridging on Systems-Level Learning | |
Slot 3 |
Robin Cooper | Who Wins in a Dynamic World: Theory of Constraints vs. Activity-Based Costing | |
Slot 4 |
Kwang Deok Kim | Modeling Political Contribution Behavior through Social Networks |
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| 12.35 - 1.45 | Lunch and Keynote: Ali S. Khan (Centers for Disease Control & Prevention) Developing Socialtechnical Systems for BioWarriors Box lunches (including vegetarian) will be provided. Please take a break and have a lunch. The keynote will begin at 1.15pm. You may bring your lunch into GBS 208 if you wish. |
GBS 208 |
| Afternoon Paper Sessions (Friday June 8) | |||
| 1.45 - 3.05 | Paper Session Track 3-A | GBS 208 | |
Slot 1 |
Douglas R. Oxley | The Impact of Institutional Structures on the Evolution of Cooperation | |
Slot 2 |
Gregory Todd Jones | A NetLogo Model for the Study of the Evolution of Cooperation in Social Networks | |
Slot 3 |
Corinne Coen | Competition and Cooperation in the Multiple-Team Social Dilemma | |
Slot 4 |
David A. Bray | Social Networks, Exploration, and Exploitation in Multi-Tier Hierarchical Organizations Experiencing Environmental Turbulence |
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| 1.45 - 3.05 | Paper Session Track 3-B | GBS 201 | |
Slot 1 |
William Rand | Full Spectrum Modeling: From Simplicity to Elaboration and Realism in Urban Pattern Formation | |
Slot 2 |
Maciej Latek | Computational Empires - Hierarchies, Power and Warfare in Ancient Inner Asia | |
Slot 3 |
Sang-Joon Kim | The Resuscitation of Stigma on Internet: Formalizing Cognitive Institutionalization through the Master Kim case in Korea | |
Slot 4 |
Terrill Frantz | The Impact of Knowledge Misrepresentation on Organization Performance Dynamics |
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| 3.05 - 3.30 | (buffer) |
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| 3.30 - 4.50 | Paper Session Track 4-A | GBS 208 | |
Slot 1 |
David L. Sallach | Orientation Fields and the Emergence of Collective Coherence | |
Slot 2 |
Matthew Francisco | Growing the Demic Structure of Science: A Prototype Generative Case Study Strategy | |
Slot 3 |
Samer Balbaky | Modeling Vehicle Choice Behavior Using Agent-Based Approach | |
Slot 4 |
Navid Ghaffarzadegan | A Simulation Approach to Redundancy Solution (Problem) in Security |
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| 3.30 - 4.50 | Paper Session Track 4-B | GBS 201 | |
Slot 1 |
Katya Drozdova | Subversive Networks Then and Now: Comparing Terrorist and Espionage Operations toward Threat Prevention | |
Slot 2 |
Kyle A. Joyce | An Agent-based Model of War Expansion | |
Slot 3 |
Xiaochui Cui | Modeling the Collective Strategic Searching of Artificial Insurgent Groups: A Particle Swarm Approach | |
Slot 4 |
Susan M. Mniszewski | Pandemic Simulation of Antivirals + School Closures: Buying Time Until Strain-Specific Vaccine is Available |
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| 5.00 - 5.45 (est) | Executive Meeting (location to be announced) | ||
| 5.00 - 7.00 | Shuttle to GBS <-> ECC (Loops every 20-30 minutes) | ||
| Evening Session (Friday June 8) |
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| 6.00 - 7.00pm | Reception at Emory Conference Center (ECC) | Mountain Laurel Room |
7.00 - 9.00pm |
Dinner at Emory Conference Center (ECC) | Mountain Laurel Room |
| Keynote Speaker: Jeffrey Bradshaw (Institute for Human and Machine Cognition) We Regulate to Coordinate: Toward a Theory of Joint Activity in Human-Machine Collaboration |
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| SATURDAY, June 9 | All sessions at Goizueta Business School | |
| 7.00 - 9.00am | Shuttle to GBS <-> ECC (Loops every 20-30 minutes) | |
| 7.30 - 9.30am | Continental Breakfast | GBS 207 |
| 8.45 - 9.00am | Opening Remarks | GBS 208 |
| 9.00 - 9.45 | Keynote: John Sterman (MIT) All Models are Wrong: Agents, Loops and Turtles in Modeling Complex Dynamics |
GBS 208 |
| 9.45 - 10.00 | (buffer) |
| 10.00 - 11.20 | Paper Session Track 5-A | GBS 208 | |
Slot 1 |
Russ Marion | Multi-Agent Based Modeling of Complexity Leadership | |
Slot 2 |
Ugo Merlone | A Computational Model of the Emergence of Effective Leaders | |
Slot 3 |
Joycelyn Ward Streator | Digital Disparity and the Dissemination of Culture | |
Slot 4 |
Sascha Vitzthum | Dissemination of Culture in a Networked World: The Influence of Network Structure on the Axelrod Cultural Model |
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| 10.00 - 11.20 | Paper Session Track 5-B | GBS 201 | |
Slot 1 |
Roopa Raman | Preferential Attachment and Organization Science | |
Slot 2 |
William A. Griffin | Modeling Time, Space, and Behavior: Combining ABM & GIS to Create Typologies of Playgroup Dynamics in Preschool Children | |
Slot 3 |
Shana K. Schmidt | The Signals of Play: An ABM of Affective Signatures in Children's Playgroups | |
Slot 4 |
John Yen | A Survey of Trust Models in Agent Applications |
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| 11.20 - 11.40 | (buffer) | ||
| 11.40 - 12.30 (est.) | Panel: Computational Social Science in University Education and Research | GBS 208 | |
| 12.30 | Closing. (Box Lunch Provided) | ||