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Complexity and Social Simulation Seminar 

23rd-25th April 2012, 9:00am-6:00pm

UCD CASL, CASL Seminar Room

"Complexity and Social Simulation" 

This compact block seminar module introduces to an interdisciplinary field that combines the application of computer simulation and other computer-based methods to the analysis of social systems and processes at all levels or scales of complexity: individual, group, society, national, and world systems. Examples of complex social dynamics include the evolution of industries, innovation processes, traffic systems, disease epidemics, opinion dynamics, and catastrophe scenarios. 

Day 1

Lecture 

John Casti

The X-Center, Vienna/Austria

Monday 23rd April 2012, 3:30pm

UCD CASL, CASL Seminar Room

"Would-Be Worlds: Towards a Theory of Complex Systems" 

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All Welcome!

Day 2

Conference-style workshop

Tuesday 24th April 2012, 9am-5:30pm

UCD CASL, CASL Seminar Room

All Welcome!

John Casti (The X-Center, Vienna/Austria):                                                                       

Complexity Kills: From Fukushima Daiichi to the Collapse of the EU 

Erik Johnston (Center of Policy Informatics, Arizona State University, USA):

Applications of Policy Informatics  

Peter Richmond (UCD visiting professor):

The predictable outcome of speculative house price peaks

Petra Ahrweiler and Michel Schilperoord (IRU, UCD):

Using simulation for ex-ante evaluation of Horizon 2020 policies

Diane Payne (UCD Dynamics Lab, Geary Institute):

"We need to decide on this together" Let's make it really complex?

Pablo Lucas (UCD Dynamics Lab, Geary Institute):

Informing Microfinance Policy-Makers through an Agent-Based Modelling Lifecycle 

Day 3

Lecture 

Andreas Pyka

Economics Institute, University of Hohenheim

"Economic Development - More Creation than Destruction"  

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Wednesday 25th April 2012, 12pm

UCD CASL, CASL Seminar Room

All Welcome!