International Workshop on Agent-Based Models and Complex Techno-Social Systems

ETH Zurich (Switzerland), July 2-4, 2012

Social life is increasingly characterized by interdependencies among actors, which give rise to self-organization, feedback-loops, unpredictable and unexpected system behavior, and other complex dynamics. Providing novel and fast ways through which the behavior of individuals may have implications for the behavior of others, information and communication technologies (ICT) seem to dramatically emphasize these tendencies. Agent-based modeling promises to be a major tool for a better understanding of such complexities that fundamentally challenge the way social phenomena are approached. The workshop invites contributions of cutting-edge research that draws on such techniques or on empirical data to study interdependencies in social life, with a special focus on techno-social systems.

Topics for potential contributions include (but are not limited to):

- Agent-based simulation of techno-social systems
- Self-organization of techno-social systems
- Modeling of techno-social systems
- Social experiments using techno-social systems
- Combining agent-based models with empirical data
- Tools for agent-based modeling
- Opinion dynamics
- Peer-to-peer networks
- Social media

Program

- The final program is here.

Paper Submission

Paper submission has been closed. Full papers presented at the conference will be considered for publication in a special issue of the journal "Advances in Complex Systems" (published by World Scientific). If you wish to be considered for this publication option, a full paper (15-30 pages) needs to be submitted by July 6, 2012.

Submission of abstracts has been closed.

Further information can be found on the website (/workshop2012). If you have additional questions please contact Dirk Helbing (dhelbing@ethz.ch) or Thomas Grund (tgrund@ethz.ch).

Keynote and Invited Speakers

• Michael Macy (Cornell University)
• Angel (Anxo) Sánchez (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid)
• Dirk Helbing (ETH Zurich)
  
• Maxi San Miguel (IFISC)
• Frank Schweitzer (ETH Zurich)
• Nigel Gilbert (University of Surrey)
• Johan Pouwelse (Delft University)
• Akira Namatame (National Defense Academy, Japan)
• Alessandro Vespignani (Northeastern University)
• Rainer Hegselmann (University of Bayreuth)
• Camille Roth (CNRS)

Organizers

- Dirk Helbing (ETH Zurich)
- Thomas Grund (ETH Zurich)

Audience

The workshop is inherently interdisciplinary. Relevant areas include: sociology and psychology, in particular, the evolution of cooperation, opinion dynamics, the evolution of norms and trust relationships, etc; physics, in particular complex (social and technical) networks and models of the dynamics of group behavior; computer science, in particular P2P systems, data mining (ranking and recommendation), information retrieval, and distributed systems.

Fees

- Normal participation: 240 CH
- Students with a valid student card: 120 CH
- Organizers and keynote speakers: 0 CHF

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Registration fee includes lunches, coffee breaks and a conference dinner (please let us know if you want the vegetarian option). In case of cancellation, the registration fee minus an administrative fee of 50 CHF will be refunded.

Registration

Registration has been closed. If you still want to participate please contact tgrund@ethz.ch

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Video Lectures

The videos of the keynote talks can be found here.

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Venue

Arrival in Zurich

Take the train to travel from Zurich Airport to Zurich main station.
Detailed information »»

From Zurich main station to the ETH campus

Take tram no. 6 (direction "Zoo") from "Bahnhofstrasse" or tram no. 10 (direction "Seebach") from "Bahnhofplatz" to the stop "ETH/Universitätsspital". Alternatively, take the "Polybahn" at "Central".
Detailed directions from the main station to the ETH campus »»

Conference Facilities

The workshop will be held at ETH NO building (central campus) in lecture halls C60 and C44.

Accommodation

A list of selected hotels in the neighborhood of the conference location is given below. We will book accommodation for keynote and invited speakers. Contributing participants are asked to book by themselves. We recommend you to book your hotels at least three months in advance according to summer time.

Hotel Tiefenau ****, see www.tiefenau.ch
(with air conditioning, queen size bed)
Hotel Krone Unterstrass ****, see www.hotel-krone.ch
(with air conditioning, queen size bed)
Hotel Basilea ***, see www.hotelbasilea.ch
Hotel Bristol ***, see www.hotelbristol.ch
Hotel Comfort Inn Royal ***, see www.comfortinn.ch
Hotel St Josef ***, see www.st-josef.ch
Hotel Leoneck ***, see www.leoneck.ch
Hotel Rex ***, see www.zuerich-hotels.ch
Hotel Rütli ***, see www.rutli.ch
Hotel Sunnehus ***, see www.hotelsunnehus.ch
Hôtel du Théâtre ***, see www.hotel-du-theatre.ch
(with air conditioning, queen size bed)
Claridge Hotel Tiefenau ***, see www.tiefenau.ch
Novotel Zürich West ***, see www.accorhotels.com
Hotel Martahaus, see www.martahaus.ch
ZicZackRock Hotel**, see www.booking.com
Youth Hostel Zurich, see www.hihostels.com
Hostel Suisse Zurich, see www.hostelsuisse.ch


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