When two objects, qualities, classes, or attributes, viewed together by the mind, are seen under some connexion, that connexion is called a relation. (Augustus De Morgan)

BWSS-2008: 1st. Brazilian Workshop on Social Simulation Workshop co-located with SBIA 2008 (Brazilian Symposium on Artificial Intelligence) Bahia Othon Palace Hotel Salvador, Bahia, October 26-30, 2008 (precise date yet to be defined)

Social Simulation is the scientific enterprise through which computational models and tools are employed to computationally study societies and their structures and processes. Specially Artificial Intelligence and Multiagent Systems models are relevant in such context.

On the other hand, Social Simulation may operate as a source of inspiration for theories, models and techniques for AI and MAS, as it heavily draws on the diverse social sciences (anthropology, sociology, political science, economy, government, management, etc.).

This one-day workshop, co-located with SBIA 2008, aims to gather researchers and students in AI, MAS and the various social sciences where Social Simulation has been put to work, in order to further the theoretical and practical issues concerning social simulation, and to leverage the area of Social Simulation in Brazil.

Topics of interest:

1. theoretical foundations of social simulation
2. methods and models for social simulation
3. AI and MAS tools, techniques, models and environments for social simulation
4. applications of social simulation (in social research, government, management, education, etc.)

Paper format:

Papers should be written in English, with at most 12 pages, and submitted in PDF format, following the Springer LNCS style (http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.html).

The submission system will be JEMS/SBC, with the site address to be announced soon.

Submission of papers that wer previously presented in local (non-international, non-national) events is acceptable, if this fact is clearly stated in the paper.

Important dates:

1. deadline for paper submission: June 8, 2008 =⇒ June 15, 2008
2. notification to authors: July 7, 2008 =⇒ July 15, 2008
3. camera-ready copies of papers: July 28, 2008
4. workshop date: co-located with SBIA, October 26-30, 2008 (day yet to be announced)

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