Archive for 2014 年 06 月
ESA-announce Replication in Economic Experiments (Research In Experimental Economics, Volume 18) Deadline Approaching
Don’t forget, the July 1 deadline for submission to Research In Experimental Economics, Volume 18 onReplication in Economic Experiments is fast approaching. The original announcement is below.
Call for papers: Research In Experimental Economics, Volume 18
Replication in Economic Experiments
Volume editors: Cary Deck, University of Arkansas
Enrique Fatas, University of East Anglia
Tanya Rosenblat, University of Michigan
This edited book is scheduled as volume 18 of the series Research in Experimental Economics, Emerald Group Publishing and is to appear in 2015. The REE series ofedited research volumes was first published in 1979 with founding editor Vernon L. Smith. The current senior editors are R. Mark Isaac and Douglas A. Norton of Florida State University.
About the new volume
Replication is a fundamental part of scientific discovery. However, there appears to be a perception in the profession that replication is often marginalized in favor of new statistically significant results. Such behavior would lead to a biased understanding of the state of knowledge in the field. At the same time, many experimental results are replicated indirectly when researchers report variations of the original design that generate similar patterns. This volume is focused on the replication of findings in the literature for which replicability has not been established
As usual, REE papers will be externally reviewed. The review criteria will include the relative importance of the original finding, the extent of existing replication (both direct and indirect) already in the literature, and the faithfulness of the replication attempt. Publication decisions will not depend on the affirmation or contradiction of the original results and a rationale for replication failures is welcome but not required. Papers should include a methods section, with a detailed description of both the original experimental protocol and the one used in the replication.
Papers that include data that are not part of a replication are welcome so long as a primary focus of the paper is replication and the additional data contribute to understanding the research questions of the original study being replicated.
Multiple replication attempts from researchers working independently are especially welcome.
Submission procedure
Interested authors are encouraged to contact the volume editors as soon as possible. For full consideration, completed manuscripts must be received by July 1, 2014. Space for inclusion in this volume is limited.
Emails for submissions: replicationREE18
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )TSSCI期刊徵稿: 2014年台科大管理新思維國際研討會
台科大企管系很榮幸能與國內TSSCI知名優良期刊「中山管理評論」和「本土心理學研究」合作，於2014年11月7日舉辦第13屆管理新思維國際研討會。會議囊括七大研究主題，全文截稿日為2014年8月12日。
兩大期刊都將針對本會議錄取並推薦之論文，進行快速審查及出版。受推薦至「中山管理評論」的優秀論文，還可享有NT$3,000元投稿審查費用減免之獎勵。誠摯地邀請各位學界先進一起共襄盛舉。
以下為論文徵稿詳細資訊：
研究主題: 「創新與創業管理」、「電子商務管理」、「華人組織行為」、「策略管理」、「行銷管理」、「財務管理」、「組織與人力資源」。
研討會說明與宣傳網站：
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwHzaJp0D-q-NXJnTFJTbFVSTXc/edit?usp=sharing
https://www.facebook.com/npm2014
線上投稿系統：
https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=npm2014
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教安
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台灣科技大學企業管理系主任
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Call for Papers – Market Microstructure and Liquidity (Forthcoming Journal)
Market Microstructure and Liquidity has been created from the strong belief of the managing editors that a deep understanding of market microstructure requires academic and practitioner approaches to the topic to be brought together. This idea has been largely confirmed by the success of the biennial conference, “Market Microstructure, Confronting Many Viewpoints”, which was inaugurated in Paris in 2010.
The aim of the journal is to become the leading forum on market microstructure related issues (in a very broad sense): market design, regulation, high frequency trading, statistics of high frequency data, order books dynamics and liquidity effects at every time scale, intraday derivatives hedging and portfolio management.
One of the main goals of Market Microstructure and Liquidity is to bridge the gap between academia and industry on these topics. Hence, the editorial board of the journal consists of top academic researchers from at least five different communities (economics, financial mathematics, econometrics, statistics and econophysics), together with an industry advisory board, which consists of practitioners from some of the most important investment banks, hedge funds and exchanges, and regulators from international agencies. We believe the role of an industry advisory board is crucial in identifying the important and challenging research topics.
We encourage authors to submit their work on these topics to Market Microstructure and Liquidity. Papers can be theoretical, empirical, or both. Our goal is to provide them fair reviews without following any community standards.
To be accepted for publication, a paper should simply meet at least one of the two following criteria:
– Improve our knowledge on market microstructure significantly;
– Provide relevant and innovative new tools for market practitioners.
All submission should follow the publisher’s style and format. This information is available from the publisher website – http://www.worldscientific.com/page/mml/submission-guidelines.
We look forward to receiving submissions for Market Microstructure and Liquidity.
Managing Editors,
Frédéric Abergel
Jean-Philippe Bouchaud
Charles-Albert Lehalle
Mathieu Rosenbaum
Ioanid Rosu
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )中興大學應用經濟學系「第六屆應用經濟學術研討會」徵稿啟示
第六屆應用經濟學術研討會
The Sixth Annual Conference on Applied Economics
徵求論文
主辦單位：國立中興大學應用經濟學系
會議時間：2014年10月17日（星期五）
會議地點：國立中興大學 （台中市南區國光路250號）
會議主題：氣候變遷之經濟分析
徵稿研究領域：
1. 農業經濟領域
2. 環境與資源經濟領域
3. 產業經濟領域(其他相關經濟應用與實證分析之研究)
論文摘要稿截止日期：2014年6月30日
論文結果通知日期：2014年7月20日
論文全文稿截止日期：2014年9月20日
論文摘要投稿注意事項：
1.投稿者請於2014年6月30日前繳交500字內之論文摘要。首頁應列明作者姓名，通訊作者以及發表作者聯絡電話與電子郵件地址、文章題目（中英文）、文章領域別。摘要內容應包括：JEL 分類、關鍵字、研究目的、分析方法與預期結果。投稿格式請依照「應用經濟論叢」規定(中英文) 。
2.來稿請以電子檔案形式（MS-WORD格式）惠寄至下列投稿信箱：ae2014(at)dragon.nchu.edu.tw
3.主辦單位於收到稿件來函後，將立即函覆確認，同時延請相關領域之專家學者從事論文大綱審查，並於7月20日通知作者審查結果。
4.研討會論文審查小組將評選優良論文並頒予獎狀，而獲選為傑出論文者將另頒予獎金五千元，並推薦投稿至「應用經濟論叢」(TSSCI)。
聯絡方式：
地址：40227台中市南區國光路250號 國立中興大學應用經濟學系
第六屆應用經濟學術研討會
電話：04-2284-0350 轉224 王湘儀小姐
傳真：04-2286-0255
Email：ae2014(at)dragon.nchu.edu.tw
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )ESA-announce Best Paper Award – Workshop on Public Organizations – DEADLINE 15 JUNE
Two Best Paper Awards are offered by UniCredit & Universities for the 2 best papers presented by young researchers on this topic at the Workshop on Public Organizations, University of Vienna, 8 and 9 September 2014. Each winning paper will receive €2000 before tax. The winners will be invited to present their paper during the workshop. Papers should be submitted to public.organizations by 15 June 2014.
For more information, please click here<http://www.unicreditanduniversities.eu/index.php/en/fellow/show/fellow_id/19
Workshop on Public Organizations, University of Vienna on 8 and 9 September 2014.
The aim of the workshop is to bring together researchers that are interested in all aspects of public organizations, that is, organizations involved in the production and delivery of public services. Areas of interest include but are not restricted to:
- the motivation of workers, managers and owners of public organizations,
- management and organizational practices in the delivery of public services,
- the funding of public organizations through philanthropy and other means,
- the role of partnerships between the government and public organizations and the scope for regulation.
Both theoretical and empirical (experimental/field) contributions are welcome.
The workshop is organised by the Vienna Center for Experimental Economics (VCEE) and the Economics Department of the University of Southampton, with the support of Bank Austria and UniCredit and Universities Foundation.
For more information, please visit the website:
http://pubo.univie.ac.at/home/
ESA-announce Teaching and Research Associate positions (pre doc) at Institute for Public Sector Economics, WU Vienna
Dear all,
I would like to bring to your attention that we (Institute for Public Sector Economics, Vienna University of Economics and Business) are seeking to appoint two Teaching and Research Associate positions (pre-doc) starting July 1, 2014 (commencement date subject to change) until June 30, 2016.
http://www.wu.ac.at/structure/servicecenters/hr/jobs/2586sausgr
Best,
Rupert
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )ESA-announce Two Assistant Professors in Behavioral Business Ethics
The Faculty of Management, Economics, and Social Sciences at the University of Cologne, Germany, invites applications for faculty positions at the Assistant Professor level (Junior Pro-
fessor, W1, non-tenure track, supported by the Dr. Jürgen Meyer Foundation) in the Corporate Development area. The positions are available October 2014 or based on mutual agreement.
The Faculty of Management, Economics, and Social Sciences at the University of Cologne is part of one of the leading German research universities and is consistently ranked among
the top schools in research and teaching. The Corporate Development area has close ties with industry partners and focuses on research that has impact in practice.
The research focus of candidates should complement or strengthen the existing research areas of the faculty. Ideally, the candidate is interested in research on Behavioral Business
Ethics, Bounded Ethicality, Experimental Economics, Field Studies, Behavioral Economic Theory and in joining the research group on “Design and Behavior” (http://economicdesign.uni-koeln.de/) and the University’s key profile area “Behavioral Economic Engineering and Social Cognition”.
Further information under bernd.irlenbusch.
Best,
Bernd
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )ESA-announce Doctoral and Post-Doctoral Positions at FAU Erlangen-Nuremberg
Dear ESA-Members,
The Chair of Economic Theory at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg offers a Doctoral and a Post-Doctoral Position as of August 1, 2014 (or later).
The Chair focuses on research in experimental and behavioral economics as well as market design. Prof. Grimm is director of the Laboratory for Experimental Research Nuremberg (LERN) and coordinates various research projects in the area of energy market design as well as in the emerging fields project “Taxation, Social Norms, and Compliance: Lessons for Institution Design” at FAU Erlangen-Nuremberg. Post-doctoral researchers are encouraged to work in the aforementioned fields. We offer intensive supervision within a large and interactive team, challenging research projects, and a close contact to practitioners in various fields.
More information can be found in the attachment!
Kind regards,
Alec Sproten
post-doctoral-position-in-experimental-and-behavioral-economics.pdf
research-assistant-position-in-experimental-and-behavioral-economics.pdf
ESA-announce Special Issue Journal of Applied Mathematics
Dear all,
The open access Journal of Applied Mathematics (ISI 2012: 0.834) has opened a special issue on experiments in sociology and political science that are based on game theoretical foundations. The publications date is April 24, 2015. This issue is guest edited by Vincent Buskens (Utrecht University), Klarita Gërxhani (University of Amsterdam), Jens Grosser (Florida State University) and myself (University of Amsterdam).
Attached is the call for papers. We welcome any submissions that fit the topic and offer a fast review process. Please pass this on to anyone interested in the topic.
Arthur
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )ESA-announce Grant competition to establish an experimental/behavioral center
The USDA Economic Research Service invites proposals for a competitive grant to establish and fund a USDA Center for Behavioral and Experimental Agri-Environmental Policy Research that will use behavioral and experimental economics to conduct research on how policies and programs can influence the provision of ecosystem services from agricultural lands.
The USDA Center will facilitate new and innovative research on the application of behavioral and experimental economics theory and practice to the provision of ecosystem services from the Nation’s agricultural lands. The USDA center will be expected to (1) establish an innovative behavioral and experimental economics research program related to the design and implementation of policies and programs that provide ecosystem services; (2) broaden the network of social scientists participating in policy-relevant behavioral and experimental economics research on agricultural ecosystem services, policies, and programs; and (3) disseminate information obtained via its research program to USDA and other Federal program agencies, along with other researchers and the general public. We anticipate that up to $750,000 will be available in fiscal year 2014 (ending September 30) to support this activity over the next 3 years. Additional funds may be awarded in subsequent years, subject to availability of funds and the performance of the USDA Center.
The deadline for submission of applications is 11:59 p.m., July 7, 2014.
For more details, visit the ERS website: http://www.ers.usda.gov/publications/ap-administrative-publication/ap-064.aspx#.U3znbXYkSZdh
For the application package, visit grants.gov: http://www.grants.gov/view-opportunity.html?oppId=255553
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Last Mile: SIMUL 2014 || October 12 – 16, 2014 – Nice, France
INVITATION:
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Please consider to contribute to and/or forward to the appropriate groups the following opportunity to submit and publish original scientific results to SIMUL 2014.
The submission deadline of June 4, 2014 is approaching.
Authors of selected papers will be invited to submit extended article versions to one of the IARIA Journals: http://www.iariajournals.org
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============== SIMUL 2014 | Call for Papers ===============
CALL FOR PAPERS, TUTORIALS, PANELS
SIMUL 2014, The Sixth International Conference on Advances in System Simulation
October 12 – 16, 2014 – Nice, France
General page: http://www.iaria.org/conferences2014/SIMUL14.html
Call for Papers: http://www.iaria.org/conferences2014/CfPSIMUL14.html
Submission page: http://www.iaria.org/conferences2014/SubmitSIMUL14.html
Contributions:
– regular papers
– short papers (work in progress)
– posters
– ideas
– presentations
– demos
– doctoral forum submissions
Proposals for:
– symposia
– workshops
Submission deadline: June 4, 2014
Sponsored by IARIA, www.iaria.org
Extended versions of selected papers will be published in IARIA Journals: http://www.iariajournals.org
Print proceedings will be available via Curran Associates, Inc.: http://www.proceedings.com/9769.html
Articles will be archived in the free access ThinkMind Digital Library: http://www.thinkmind.org
Please note the Poster and Work in Progress options.
The topics suggested by the conference can be discussed in term of concepts, state of the art, research, standards, implementations, running experiments, applications, and industrial case studies. Authors are invited to submit complete unpublished papers, which are not under review in any other conference or journal in the following, but not limited to, topic areas.
All tracks are open to both research and industry contributions, in terms of Regular papers, Posters, Work in progress, Technical/marketing/business presentations, Demos, Tutorials, and Panels.
Before submission, please check and conform with the Editorial rules: http://www.iaria.org/editorialrules.html
SIMUL 2014 Topics (topics and submission details: see CfP on the site)
Simulation models
Monte Carlo simulation; Statistical analysis of simulation output; Analytical simulation modeling; Discrete event simulation models; Credible simulation models; Multi-objective simulation models; Multisimulation with multiresolution, multistage multimodels; Verification and validation of simulation models; Simulation metamodels; Executable simulation models; Emulation models; Regression models and experimental designs; Kriging metamodeling; Kriging metamodeling in discrete-event simulation; Kriging modeling for global approximation
Simulation methodologies
Sensitivity analysis; Rare-event simulation methodology; Agent-based modeling and simulation; Regenerative steady-state simulation; Simulation-based ordinal optimization; Ontology-based simulation methodology; Simulation component reuse methodology; Two-level simulation methodology; Emulation methodologies; System adaptation simulation; Simulation methodologies for autonomic and autonomous systems; Virtual reality simulation methodologies; Virtualization simulation; Construction simulation methodologies
Sensitivity analysis
Systematic simulation using sensitive analysis; Probabilistic sensitivity analysis; Sensitivity analysis of simulation technologies (Monte Carlo, Streamline, Spatial models, etc.); Domain-oriented sensitivity analysis (optimization, estimation matching, climate); Sensitivity analysis of products features, formalisms, design optimization (systems, code); Assessing the competency of business services (public, health, transportation, etc.); Sensitivity analysis and performance extrapolation; Adjoint transient sensitivity analysis; Causality and sensitivity analysis; Assessing the accuracy of sensitivity analysis
Simulation mechanisms
Composing simulation models; Reusable simulation model; Uncertainty simulation; Continuous-variable simulation optimization; Approximate zero-variance simulation; Probabilistic processes for simulation; Progressive model fitting; Steady-state simulations with initial transients; Merging simulation and optimization; Simulation optimization, stochastic programming and robust optimization; Overlapping variance estimators; Kriging interpolation in simulation; Kriging versus regression analysis; Interpolation; Random simulation; Prediction and simulation; Interpolation /Kriging, Cokriging, Conditional Simulation, and Inverse Distance Weighting/
Model based system prediction
Model based prediction of system quality characteristics and their trade-offs; Prediction models; Methods and tools for system quality prediction; Reliability prediction; Security prediction; Risk prediction; Performance prediction; Uncertainty handling in prediction models; Prediction of change impacts on system quality and risk; Quality and trustworthiness of prediction models; Predictability of system quality characteristics; Predictability of dynamic and adaptive systems; Data acquisition methods in system quality prediction; Traceability and maintainability of prediction models; Inference types in prediction models; Experience reports on and application areas for system quality prediction; Empirical studies on system quality prediction
Distributed simulation
Large-scale simulation experiments; Industrial scale simulation; Time aspects in distributed simulation; Resource constraints in distributed simulation; Distributed disaster decision simulation; Simulation for rapid assessment of distributed impacts; Parallel and distributed simulation; Model-driven distributed simulation engineering
Human-in simulation
User-in-the-middle simulations; User-feedback in simulations; User-adaptive simulations; Bioterrorism preparedness simulation; Probabilistic risk assessment; Measurement of situation awareness
Simulations in advanced environments
Simulation in Virtualized systems; Simulation in Cloud environments; Simulations in GRID environments; Simulation in Cognitive systems; Simulation in P2P systems; Simulation in Data Centers; Simulation in Power Distribution Centers; Simulation in micro- and nano-systems; Simulation in Geospatial systems; Geostatistics simulation; Spatial simulation; Simulation in Self-Adaptable systems; Simulation in Ubiquitous systems; Simulation in Underwater Vehicular and Communications systems; Simulations in Mobile and Vehicular systems; Simulation in eHealth systems;Computational fluid dynamics simulations for urban and environmental applications
Practical applications on process simulations
Uncertainty in industrial practice; Simulation for business planning; Application to finance; Logistics simulation; Supply chain simulation; Software reliability simulation; Simulation in vehicular systems /avionics, satellites, terrestrial/; Simulation models for manufacturing; Climate and weather-related simulations; Biological system simulation; Chemical system simulation; Commercial simulation environments; Healthcare simulation; Hospital planning; Simulation-based scheduling; Simulation in warehouse operations; Manufacturing simulation interoperability; Telecommunications simulations /reliability, queuing, fault spreading, virus contamination/; Cyber-attack modeling and simulation; Sensor fusion simulation
Case studies on social simulation
Group-work interaction simulation; Behavior analysis in simulations; Social need simulations; Simulating urban open spaces; Social decision simulation; Real-time decision making simulation; e-Polling simulation; Validation of simulated real-world; Simulation to predict market behavior; Predictions via similarity-based data-mining; Simulation of groups in e-Government systems; Simulation of urban mobility
Online social simulation
Online social models, social networking; Simulation of conflicts, cooperation, persuasions; Simulation of dynamics, group decisions, emerging behavior and situations; Simulation of interactive games, predictions and distributed tasks; Simulation of 3D online communities, massive online multiplayers, virtual social communities; Life problems simulation (sociology, political science, economics, anthropology, geography, archeology and linguistics); Group innovation and consumption simulation; Applications, techniques, tools, computational frameworks, experiments and lessons
Building simulation
Simulation of building physics; Human simulation of the indoor environment; Civil-oriented and enterprise-oriented simulations; Simulation of building services (lightning, heating, cooling, ventilation, insulation, etc.); Simulation of energy capture and conversion; Simulation of solar buildings, geothermal energy buildings; Simulation for earthquakes, flooding, fire propagation, etc.; Simulation of design practice; Tools and applications to simulate building-related properties and situations
Transport simulation
Transport system models; Airport simulation; Public transport simulation; Merchandise port simulation; Rural transport simulation during harvest time; Shipping transport simulation; Content and volume-based transport simulation; Simulation of traffic control and synchronization; Prediction accuracy of transport simulations; Simulation of transport projects
Warfare simulation
Warfare simulation environments and models; Tactical and strategic warfare simulation; Attack warfare simulation; Urban warfare simulation; Warfare simulation in unknown environment; Underwater, terrestrial, and spatial simulations; Hierarchical control simulation; Warfare gaming
Simulation tools and platforms
Discrete-event simulation software; Commercial off-the-shelf simulation package interoperability; Ontology-based tools for simulation integration; Simulation frameworks for energy-efficient systems; Public system applications; Simulators for business planning; Simulation tools for systems biology; Simulation tools for constructions /bridges, railways, industrial buildings, subways/
Experience report on ready-to-use tools
ShowFlow and XJ technologies; Rockwell Automation and Frontline Systems; SIMULE-Planner, AutoMOD; PMC-Kanban Simulator, Program Portfolio Simulator and Asprova Scheduler; 3D simulator tool-kits; Wolverine Software-SLX; OPNET; OMNET++; NIIST; NS-2; NS-3; ATDI ICS; Qualnet; Dymola; Matlab/Simulink; Open source tools
Committee: http://www.iaria.org/conferences2014/ComSIMUL14.html
SIMUL Advisory Chairs
Edward Williams, PMC-Dearborn, USA
Paul Fishwick, University of Florida-Gainesville, USA
Christoph Reinhart, Harvard University – Cambridge, USA
Amr Arisha, College of Business, DIT, Ireland
SIMUL 2014 Research Liaison Chairs
Tae-Eog Lee, KAIST, Korea
Marko Jaakola, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Finland
SIMUL 2014 Industry Liaison Chairs
Diglio A. Simoni, RTI International – RTP, USA
Shengnan Wu, American Airlines, USA
Ann Dunkin, Palo Alto Unified School District, USA
Tejas R. Gandhi, Virtua Health-Marlton, USA
SIMUL 2014 Special Area Chairs
Model-based system prediction
Georgiy Bobashev, RTI International -Research Triangle Park, USA
Aida Omerovic, SINTEF & University of Oslo, Norway
Process simulation
Ian Flood, University of Florida, USA
Gregor Papa, Jozef Stefan Institute – Ljubljana, Slovenia
SIMUL 2014 Publicity Chairs
Nuno Melao, Catholic University of Portugal – Viseu, Portugal
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )ESA-announce 2014 ESA European meeting: final submission reminder.
Dear friends and colleagues,
this is the last reminder that the deadline for submitting your abstract for the 2014 ESA European meeting is approaching fast (May 31). You can submit your paper through the ESA website at https://www.economicscience.org/index.html. Once logged in, click on “Conferences” and choose our conference. Or, once logged in, the abstract submission/registration site can be reached directly at https://www.economicscience.org/displayConference.html?id=57.
The conference website for the 2014 ESA is available at http://esa2014europe.lee-vse.cz/index.html.
Please note the following important deadlines:
May 31st: Submission deadline
June 15th: Notification of acceptance
June 20th: Early registration cutoff
July 31st: Late registration cutoff
You can review the accommodation options we solicited at http://esa2014europe.lee-vse.cz/hotels.html. As I mentioned previously, we have arranged for a large block of dorm rooms that cost around EUR 15/night in order to make the conference more accessible for those on a limited budget.
Should you have any questions, please email us at esa2014europe@gmail.com.
We are looking forward to see you in Prague!
Peter Katuščák, Tomáš Miklánek and Mirek Zajíček
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Peter Katuscak
Assistant Professor
Center for Economic Research and Graduate Education, Charles University
Economics Institute, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
Politickych veznu 7, 111 21 Prague 1, CZECH REPUBLIC
Email: Peter.Katuscak
Web: http://home.cerge-ei.cz/Peter
Skype: Peter.Katuscak
Phone: +420 224 005 188
Fax: +420 224 005 444
敬邀參與「臺、韓、日農業與資源經濟國際之研討會」徵稿活動
又到了一年一度「臺、韓、日農業與資源經濟國際之研討會」，廣邀各位會員，投入本次活動，檢附 「臺、韓、日農業與資源經濟國際之研討會」之徵稿活動。
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ESA-announce ECCS ’14 Computational Social Science: Social Contagion, Collective Behaviour, and Networks to be held in Lucca, Italy, 24-25 September 2014
CALL FOR ABSTRACT
ECCS ’14
Computational Social Science: Social Contagion, Collective Behaviour, and Networks
to be held in Lucca, Italy, 24-25 September 2014, a satellite workshop
within the ECCS’14 meeting (www.eccs14.eu)
Website: http://cssworkshop.oii.ox.ac.uk/
Important Dates:
Abstract submission deadline 22 June 2014
Conference date 24-25 September 2013
Event Overview
Technology-mediated social collectives are taking an important role in the design of social structures. Yet our understanding of the complex mechanisms governing networks and collective behaviour is still deplorably shallow. Fundamental concepts of on- and off-line networks such as power, authority, leader-follower dynamics, consensus emergence, information sharing, conflict, and collaboration are still not well defined and investigated. These are all crucial to illuminate the advantages and pitfalls of collective decision-making, which can cancel out individual mistakes, but also spiral out of control.
In recent endeavours, data from Twitter, Facebook, Google+, Wikipedia, and weblogs have been shown to strongly correlate to, and even predict, elections, opinions, attitudes, movie revenues, and oscillations in the stock market, to cite few examples. Similar data provided insights into the mechanisms driving the formation of groups of interests, topical communities, and the evolution of social networks. They also have been used to study polarization phenomena in politics, diffusion of information, and the dynamics of collective attention. However, a deeper understanding of these phenomena is still very much on demand. In parallel, and even preceding the surge in interest towards social media, the area of agent-based modeling (ABM) has grown in scope, focus and capability to produce testable hypotheses, going beyond the original goal of explaining macroscopic behaviors from simple interaction rules among stylized agents.
The aim of this satellite is to address the question of ICT-mediated social phenomena emerging over multiple scales, ranging from the interactions of individuals to the emergence of self-organized global movements. We would like to gather researchers from different disciplines and methodological backgrounds to form a forum to discuss ideas, research questions, recent results, and future challenges in this emerging area of research and public interest.
TOPICS OF INTEREST
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Interdependent social contagion process
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Peer production and mass collaboration
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Temporally evolving networks and dynamics of social contagion
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Cognitive aspects of belief formation and revision
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Online communication and information diffusion
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Viral propagation in online social network
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Crowd-sourcing; herding behaviour vs. wisdom of crowds
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E-democracy and online government-citizen interaction
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Online socio-political mobilizations
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Public attention and popularity
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Temporal and geographical patterns of information diffusion
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User-information interplay
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Group formation, evolution and group behavior analysis.
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Modeling, tracking and forecasting dynamic groups in social media.
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Community detection and dynamic community structure analysis.
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Social simulation, cultural, opinion, and normative dynamics.
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Empirical calibration and validation of agent-based social models.
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Models of social capital, collective action, social movements.
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Coevolution of network and behavior.
Questions about the conference scope should be directed to the program co-chairs at css2014
Submission Instructions
Submissions will be made by sending one A4 page abstract in pdf via Easychair.
The deadline for abstract submission is 22 June 2014.
The contributions to the event will be evaluated by the programme committee through a peer review process that will account for the scientific quality as well as for the relevance of the contribution to the aims of the satellite.
The authors of accepted abstracts will be notified via e-mail by end of July 2014.
Invited Speakers (to be completed)
János Kertész (Central European University, Budapest, Hungary)
Esteban Moro (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain)
Alain Barrat (Centre de Physique Théorique, Marseille, France)
Ciro Cattuto (ISI Foundation, Torino, Italy)
Organising Committee
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Javier Borge-Holthoefer (Qatar Computing Research Institute, Doha, Qatar)
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Jonathan Bright (OII, University of Oxford, UK)
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Giovanni Luca Ciampaglia (CnetS, Indiana University at Bloomington, USA)
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Sandra Gonzalez-Bailon (Annenberg, University of Pennsylvania, USA)
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Emilio Ferrara (CnetS, Indiana University at Bloomington, USA)
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Alessandro Flammini (CnetS, Indiana University at Bloomington, USA)
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Márton Karsai (ENS de Lyon, INRIA, France)
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Alessandro Vespignani (Northeastern University – USA, ISI Foundation, Italy)
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Taha Yasseri (OII, University of Oxford, UK)
ESA-announce PhD scholarships in interdisciplinary research group (psychology/economics)
*PhD scholarships (psychology/economics) with connection to the Center for Empirical Research in Economics and Behavioral Science (Erfurt)*
The Center for Empirical Research in Economics and Behavioral Science (CEREB, http://www.uni-erfurt.de/cereb/) at the University of Erfurt looks for excellent PhD candidates, supported by a scholarship awarded by the University of Erfurt. The CEREB is an interdisciplinary research group with special interest in different aspects of human decision making. We offer PhD candidates excellent conditions regarding academic training and research facilities.
We therefore invite graduates to apply for PhD scholarships at the University of Erfurt.
As a member of our group you will have the opportunity to connect to researchers in the following fields:
*behavioural economics, social and health psychology, organizational psychology, organization & management, corporate & business ethics, corporate governance, individual and group decision making, child decision making, medical decision making & risk communication*
Further, you will have access to a structured graduate program (http://www.uni-erfurt.de/en/cereb/graduate-program/) and recent research projects (http://www.uni-erfurt.de/en/cereb/research/).
Deadline for applications: July 15th, 2014
Funding Start Date: October 01st, 2014
Scholarship Period: awarded for two years for a maximum of 3 years
If you have any questions you can contact CEREBs director Prof. Dr. Manfred Königstein, manfred.koenigstein.
Further information about the application procedure: http://www.uni-erfurt.de/index.php?id=31991&L=1
We look forward to your application!
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