Swarmfest2012 Program

Swarmfest 2012 Program:

Sunday, July 29

8:30 – 9:00:

• Registration

9:00 – 9:15:

• Welcome: Gary An and Mirsad Hadzikadic

9:15 – 9:45:

• "The economics of complex systems"
• Mirsad Hadzikadic, Complex Systems Institute, UNC Charlotte

9:55 – 10:25:

• "Yet another approach to modeling economic phenomenon"
• Ivan Garibay, University of Central Florida

10:35 – 11:05:

• "Antitrust regulation in Shumpeterian Markets: an ABM"
• Matteo Morini, University of Torino

11:15 – 11:45:

• "A bottom-up approach to the evolution of swarming"
• Randal S. Olson, Michigan State University

11:45 – 12:00:

• Morning Sum-up

12:00 – 1:00:

• Lunch

1:00 – 1:30:

• "Simple cultural algorithms in artificial social systems"
• Andrew Hlynka, University of Windsor

1:40 – 2:10:

• "Evolution of ethnocentrism with minimal cognition in a spatially structured population"
• Artem Kaznatcheev, McGill University

2:20 – 2:50:

• "Velocity Space Planning for Agent Based Crowd Models"
• Stephen J. Guy, UNC-Chapel Hill

2:50 – 3:05:

• Break

3:05 – 3:35:

• "Group dynamics and intergroup politics algorithm"
• Lokesh Patil, University of Windsor

3:45 – 4:15:

• "Beyond a COIN flip: Combining sociocultural and kinetic dynamics in counterinsurgency modeling and analysis"
• Matthew Koehler, the MITRE Corporation

4:25 – 5:00:

• Afternoon Sum-up

7:00 – 9:00:

• Dinner at Brixx Wood-fired Pizza http://brixxpizza.com/locations/charlotte-uptown

Monday, July 30

8:30 – 9:00:

• Breakfast

9:00 – 9:30:

• "Interactive 3D Simulation Interface"
• Ziad Kobti, University of Windsor

9:40 – 10:10:

• "Reduction and conversion techniques for agent-based models"
• Matthew Oremland, Virginia Tech

10:20 – 10:50:

• "Research at the Visualization Center at UNC-Charlotte"
• William Ribarsky, UNC-Charlotte

11:00 – 12:00:

• Discussion 3

12:00 – 1:00:

• Lunch

1:00 – 1:30:

• "SLAPP and the learning facilities: L-SLAPP"
• Pietro Terna, University of Torino

1:40 – 2:10:

• "Optimus: A parallel optimization framework with topology aware PSO and applications"
• Sarat Sreepathi, North Carolina State University

2:20 – 2:50:

• "Multi-model Integration technology"
• Mark Armstrong, IntePoint

2:50 – 3:05:

• Break

3:05 – 3:35:

• An ABM Framework for Sustainability Research in Downtown Charlotte
• Xiaoyou Wang, UNC Charlotte

3:45 – 4:15:

• Divergence vs. Convergence in Cultural Evolution: A Case Study in the Development of Literary Genres
• Graham Sack, Columbia University

4:25 – 5:00:

• Discussion 4 and Sum-Up

7:00 – 9:00:

• Dinner at Ri Ra http://www.rira.com/charlotte/

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