May 23-24, 2003:

Inaugural Conference on Computational Social Science

"The Emerging Computational Social Sciences: Connecting Theory, Data and Models," May 23-24, 2003

Conference Program

Inaugural Conference of the new Center for Social Complexity at George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia, USA.

Keynote Speaker:

• John Holland, University of Michigan

Invited Speakers:

• Peter Allen, Cranfield University, UK
• Robert Axtell, Brookings Institution
• Brian Berry, University of Texas and NAS
• Jack Corliss, George Mason University
• David Grether, California Institute of Technology
• Robert Hanneman, University of California at Riverside
• Kevin McCabe, George Mason University
• Peyton Young, Johns Hopkins University and NAS

What have we learned about social phenomena from computational modeling approaches?

How do we distinguish modeling effects from the social phenomena we are attempting to understand?

Do social phenomena present distinctive challenges to computational methods?

These issues inform our choice of appropriate computational methods, and suggest problems that are amenable to computational exploration.

It is our intent to help close the "gap" between the power of computational methods and the kinds of insights these models provide about behavior in various social domains. Come join us for this Inaugural Conference of the new Center for Social Complexity at George Mason University.

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