 | SSC 2019: Social Simulation Conference 2019 Johannes Gutenberg Universität Mainz, Germany, September 23-27, 2019 |
| Conference website | https://ssc2019.uni-mainz.de/ |
| Submission link | https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ssc2019 |
| Abstract registration deadline | May 12, 2019 |
| Submission deadline | May 12, 2019 |
SSC 2019 is the 15th annual Social Simulation Conference and will take place from 23 – 27 September 2019 at the Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz, Germany. The conference is one of the key activities of the European Social Simulation Association (ESSA) to promote social simulation and computational social science in Europe and elsewhere.
This year’s special theme will be “Social Simulation for Social Policy” with foci on the areas of Urban Planning – Environmental, economic, demographical and social perspectives. There will be dedicated keynotes, a plenary Policy Modelling track, a practitioner round table on federal policies for demographic change, a challenge on air pollution for students with local stakeholders from Mainz city planning and urban policy making, where conference participants will be called to compete for a city simulation award. A specific challenge call will be published in April 2019.
Submissions
SSC 2019 seeks submissions for the following:
- Extended Abstracts (3-4 pages; short oral presentations)
- Full Papers (max. 12 pages; long oral presentations)
- Poster abstracts (300 to 500 words)
For points 1, 2 and 3 submissions will be handled through EasyChair.
Important dates
- Poster Abstract, Extended Abstract, Full Paper - Submission Deadline: 12 May 2019, 21:55 GMT
- Publication of Call for Challenge Participation: 10 May 2019
- Poster Abstract, Extended Abstract, Full Paper - Notification of Acceptance: 08 - 13 July 2019
- Poster Abstract, Extended Abstract, Full Paper - Final Version Submission: 12 August 2019
Specific information
SSC 2019 seeks high-quality submissions addressing original research on social simulation / computational social science. All work must be original, i.e. must not have appeared in conference proceedings, books, or journals and may not be under review for other archival conferences, books, or journals.
All accepted submissions will be included for publication in the proceedings (the Organizing Committee is in contact with Springer) unless the author(s) choose(s) otherwise. A number of full papers will be invited to submit revised versions to JASSS.
Posters will be displayed during the entire conference period and will be presented during a dedicated session.
At least one of the authors of each submission is required to register, attend, and present the poster/paper at the conference.
The conference topics include, but are not limited to, the list at the bottom of this CfP. Unlisted but related topics are also acceptable, provided that they fit in the domain of Social Simulation.
SSC 2019 solicits extended abstracts and full papers for the following Special Tracks:
- ESSA@work (Workshop)
- Agent-based modelling of socio-economic challenges of the energy transition
- Artificial sociality
- City life
- Computational organisation theory
- Demography
- Modelling social/cognitive aspects in social-ecological systems
- Policy Modelling
- Simulating mobility
- Simulating the dynamics of multilingualism and language policy issues
- Social simulation and serious games (SSSG)
- SP2S: Synthetic population in social simulation
- Tackling climate change: eco-oriented behaviors and economic policies
- Urban planning
- Using qualitative data to inform behavioral rules in agent-based models
- Values, norms and salience: Modelling socio-economic behavior
ESSA@work
ESSA@work stands for discussing work-in-progress. It is a workshop concept where any modeller can receive and give support on simulation work-in-progress while being part of a self-organising group. ESSA@work aims to create space for in-depth discussions and returning back to your desk with some concrete answers to your questions.
Submit a full paper or an extended abstract to the conference. Submissions can be flagged to be presented as ESSA@work during the submission stage of your conference contribution (extended abstract or paper). In this case, the authors will be prompted with a request to provide an additional paragraph (250 words) detailing a problem or specific question that the participant would like to discuss in the ESSA@work session and some information on background and skills.
If you would like to submit a paper or abstract for ESSA@work, please fill out this application form: https://forms.gle/7fj8UPEGfHPkCce48
In addition to posters, papers presentations, workshops, and round tables, SSC 2019 aims at including:
- PhD colloquium
- Invited talks
- Policy modelling challenges
- Allocation of awards: Best Paper, Best Student Paper, Best Poster, Best PhD Thesis, “Rosaria Conte” Outstanding Award for Social Simulation, Best Scholar City Policy Model, Best Student City Policy Model
- Social events
We are looking forward to seeing you all in Mainz in September 2019!
Organising Committee
Committee Chair: Petra Ahrweiler (Johannes Gutenberg University) petra.ahrweiler@uni-mainz.de
Committee Members:
Bruce Edmonds (Manchester Metropolitan University) bruce@edmonds.name
Nigel Gilbert (University of Surrey) n.gilbert@surrey.ac.uk
Wander Jager (University of Groningen) w.jager@rug.nl
Flaminio Squazzoni (University of Milan) flaminio.squazzoni@unibs.it
Contact
Local organising committee contact: ssc2019orga@uni-mainz.de
List of Conference Topics
The conference topics include, but are not limited to, the following list. Unlisted but related topics are also acceptable, provided that they fit in the domain of Social Simulation.
Tools and methods
- Advanced distributed computing
- Agent ontologies
- Agent-embodied artificial intelligence, Participatory and Human-in-the-Loop simulations
- Approaches of aggregating-disaggregating problems
- Coupling simulations and optimization methods
- Data analysis software for simulations
- Data generating models
- Experiment design and data farming for simulations
- Model replication, verification and validation
- Programming computational frameworks
- Role playing games and social simulation
- Simulation meta-models
- Social simulation and laboratory experiments
- Socially inspired software applications (peer-to-peer, distributed trust etc.)
- Social simulation and software design
- Advanced computing technologies (e.g. the grid) and social simulation
- Statistical and data mining techniques for simulated data
- Techniques for visualizing, interpreting and analyzing simulation outputs
- Using qualitative data to inform behavioural rules in social simulation
Applications of Agent-based Modelling
- Agent-based computational economics and finance
- Archaeology and History
- Cognitive models and social simulation
- Coupled human-natural systems
- Crisis management
- Demographic change simulation
- Emergence and evolution of institutions
- Emergence of social structures and norms
- Epidemiology and pharmacoeconomics
- Group decisions and collective behaviour
- Information and opinion dynamics
- Innovation diffusion
- Integrated social/physical modelling for environmental policy
- Market design, mechanism design & auctions
- Market dynamics and consumer behaviour
- Policy issues
- Privacy, safety and security
- Public policy and regulatory issues
- Resource management and environmental practices
- Resource management, environmental practices & policy
- Social and regional disparities
- Social complexity
- Social conflict and cooperation
- Social heterogeneity and scaling issues
- Social media and volunteered information
- Social networks and their dynamics
- Computational organization theory
- Social-spatial segregation modelling
- Societal transitions
- Trust and norm dynamics, reputation