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<b>Summer School</b> : <br>
Models for Complex Systems in Human and Social Sciences <br>
Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon <br>
Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lettres et Sciences Humaines , Lyon
FRANCE<br>
July 19-31 2004<br>
Web site :<br>
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</u></font><b>Important dates<br>
</b>Deadline for application : May 7 2004 <br>
Acceptation : May 28 2004 <br>
School : July 19-31 2004 at the Ecole Normale Supérieure Lettres et
Sciences Humaines<br>
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<b>Goals<br>
</b>Although complex systems based methods are more and more used to
model social phenomena, there is no place in Europe where there are
thought as a whole. <br>
The aim of the school will be to develop the technical abilities of the
participants to build a simple model and to use it at its maximal
potential.<br>
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The following aspects will be studied:<br>
Description of the problem, modelling process, scaling aspects. <br>
Choice of experimental protocols and of the best "measures"
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in order to highlight observable phenomena via simulations. <br>
Presentation of the main methods and their practical application, <br>
without hoping exhaustivity during the 12 days of the school.<br>
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<b>Topics<br>
</b>As we have just said, there is no place in Europe where are taught
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in a systematic way the methods that can be used to model complex systems
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in human and social sciences. Since these methods usually come <br>
from other fields (mathematics, physics, computer science...), <br>
they are often unknown.<br>
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The school we propose to organize will have the role to fill <br>
this gap by proposing lectures given by world specialists <br>
of the domain and directed to an audience of researchers <br>
(including graduate students) working on modeling problems <br>
in human and social sciences.<br>
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The contents of the courses will relate more to the methods <br>
rather on the application fields. Of course, the presented methods <br>
will be illustrated on examples coming from human and social sciences,
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but our wish is to focus on the methods rather than on specific
particular case.<br>
Computer simulations and experimentations will be studied under the
format of mini-projects.<br>
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<b>Speakers<br>
</b>Lectures will be given in english, following the format of <br>
4 sessions of 3 hours for each course, by<br>
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Robert Axtell, Brooking Institution, USA, <br>
Agent-Based Computational Modeling in the Social Sciences with
Applications to Economics<br>
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Rama Cont, Ecole Polytechnique, France, <br>
Agent-based models of financial markets<br>
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Sorin Solomon, Jérusalem University, Israël, Multi-agent theory, <br>
simulation and phenomena in Human and Social systems<br>
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Alessandro Vespignani, Laboratoire de Physique Théorique, Orsay, France,
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Structure and function of complex networks<br>
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Sara Franceschelli (ENS LSH), <br>
Michel Morvan (ENS Lyon) <br>
and Gérard Weisbuch (ENS Ulm) <br>
will also teach and will ensure the scientific animation of the
school.<br>
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<b>Organisation<br>
</b>The summer school will be organized by Ecole Normale Supérieure de
Lyon <br>
and hosted by the Ecole Normale de Lettres et Sciences Humaines. <br>
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It will take place from July 19 to 31 2004 (22 half days) <br>
in the Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lettres et Sciences Humaines, in Lyon,
France. <br>
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It will be one of the major event organized in 2004 by the <br>
Institut des Systèmes Complexes (Complex Systems Institute) <br>
of Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon.<br>
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The two Ecoles Normales Supérieures in Lyon are two of the most
prestigious places for <br>
higher education in France. One is specialized in sciences and the other
in <br>
literature and human sciences. <br>
The summer school will be one of the first steps <br>
in the creation of long term collaborations between them.<br>
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They are installed on two campuses in the south of Lyon <br>
(close one to the other) and own residences allowing <br>
to propose good quality accomodations to the participants.<br>
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<b>The organisation committee </b>is composed by <br>
Sara Franceschelli (ENS LSH), Michel Morvan (ENS Lyon) and Gérard
Weisbuch (ENS Paris).<br>
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<b>Participants<br>
</b>The participants will mainly be modelers having reasonable <br>
mathematical skills (graduate education in Mathematics, or Computer
Science or Physics). <br>
Researchers from human or social sciences already having <br>
collaboration experiences with modelers <br>
and so having some basic mathematical culture can also apply.<br>
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The school will be organized for both junior and senior
researchers.<br>
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The number of participants is limited to 50, mainly coming from european
countries.<br>
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<b>Applications<br>
</b>Please send your short CV (no more than 2 pages) <br>
and a half page of motivations to
<font color="#0000FF">scshs@freesurf.fr</font> before <b>Mai 7
2004</b>.<br>
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<b>Financial support<br>
</b>Partial financial support (travel and/or accomodation) <br>
will be available for participants on request. <br>
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The school is supported by the ACI from the French CNRS and Ministère de
la Recherche<br>
"Systèmes Complexes en Sciences Humaines et Sociales" <br>
and (tentative) by the European network Exystence.<br>
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<b>Fees<br>
</b>A low financial participation will be requested from participants.
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More specific information will be given in the next call for
participation.<br>
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Gérard Weisbuch Laboratoire de Physique Statistique ENS <br>
weisbuch@lps.ens.fr 24 rue Lhomond 75005 Paris France <br>
phone 331 44 32 34 75 Fax 44 32 34 33 <br>
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Fédération "Typologie et Universaux linguistiques"<br>
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