[Repast-developer] Live Repast Class and Developer's Meetings!

[North, M. <no...@an...>]

As you may know the University of Chicago and Argonne National =
Laboratory
are co-hosting a conference on agent-based modeling and simulation on
October 11 and 12, 2002 in Chicago, IL USA.  What you may not know is =
that
we will also be offering a Toolkit Developer's meeting on October 7, =
2002, a
live, hands-on Repast training class on October 8 and 9, 2002 and a =
Methods,
Toolkits, and Techniques Day on 10, 2002.  The planning schedule for =
the
class and developer's meetings are as follows:
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Monday, October 7, 2002
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8:30 - 8:45 a.m.            Toolkits Developer's Meeting Welcome
                                    Michael North, Argonne National
Laboratory
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8:45 -10:00 a.m.            Where Are We Today?
                                    Moderator: Nick Collier, University =
of
Chicago
                                    Panel:   Roger Burkhart, Deere =
Company
Tom Howe, University of Chicago
Charles Macal, Argonne National Laboratory
                                                Uri Wilensky, =
Northwestern
University
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10:30 - Noon                 Where Should We Be In One Year?
                                    Moderator:  Roger Burkhart, Deere
Company
Panel:   Laszlo Gulyas, Harvard University/Lor=E1nd E=F6tv=F6s =
University
Tom Howe, University of Chicago
Charles Macal, Argonne National Laboratory
Uri Wilensky, Northwestern University
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1:30 -3:00 p.m.             Where Should We Be In Five Years?
                                    Moderator:  Laszlo Gulyas, Harvard
University/Lor=E1nd E=F6tv=F6s University
                                    Panel:   Nick Collier, University =
of
Chicago
Roger Burkhart, Deere Company
Michael North, Argonne National Laboratory
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3:30 - 5:30 p.m.            How Do We Get There?
                                    Moderator:  Tom Howe, University of
Chicago
                                    Panel:   Nick Collier, University =
of
Chicago
Michael North, Argonne National Laboratory
                                                Laszlo Gulyas, Harvard
University/Lor=E1nd E=F6tv=F6s University
                                                Uri Wilensky, =
Northwestern
University
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Tuesday, October 8, 2002
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8:30 - 8:45 a.m.            Repast Tutorial Welcome
                                    David Sallach, University of =
Chicago
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8:45 -10:00 a.m.            Overview of Repast and Agent Simulation
                                    Tom Howe, University of Chicago
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10:30 - Noon                 Repast Harvard Tutorial Step 1
                                    Michael North, Argonne National
Laboratory
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1:30 -3:00 p.m.             Repast Harvard Tutorial Step 2
                                    Michael North, Argonne National
Laboratory
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3:30 - 5:30 p.m.            Repast Scheduling
                                    Nick Collier, University of Chicago
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Wednesday, October 9, 2002
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8:30 - 10:00 a.m.           Repast GUI, GIS, and Prolog+CG Libraries
                                    Tom Howe, University of Chicago
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10:15 -Noon                  Repast Data Collection and Charting
                                    Laszlo Gulyas, Harvard =
University/Lor=E1nd
E=F6tv=F6s University
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1:30 -3:00 p.m.             Repast Social Network Support
                                    Nick Collier, University of Chicago
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3:15 - 5:30 p.m.            Emerging Directions Including Attractor =
Systems
and Situated Activity
                                    David Sallach, University of =
Chicago
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Thursday, October 10, 2002
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9:00 - 9:15 a.m.            Methods, Toolkits, and Techniques Day =
Welcome=20
                                    Michael North, Argonne National
Laboratory
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9:15 - 10:30 a.m.           Swarm
                                    Roger Burkhart, Deere Company
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10:45 - Noon                 NetLogo
                                    Uri Wilensky, Northwestern =
University
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12:30 - 1:00 p.m.           Lunchtime NetLogo Collaboration =
Demonstration
                                    Uri Wilensky, Northwestern =
University
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1:00 - 2:15 p.m.            Ascape
                                    Miles Parker, Bios Group
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2:30 - 3:45 p.m.            Repast
                                    Nick Collier, University of Chicago
                                    Tom Howe, University of Chicago
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3:45 - 5:15 p.m.            Design & Methods
                                    Moderator & Discussant:  Michael =
North,
Argonne National Laboratory
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Understanding the Difference that Space Can Make: =20
Toward a Geographical Agent Modeling Environment
David O'Sullivan, Pennsylvania State University
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Modeling Mental Behaviours of Social Agents in Simulated Traffic World
N. Paramesh, University of New South Wales
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Situated Social Ecology:  An Integrated Design Hermeneutic
David L. Sallach, University of Chicago
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5:15 - 5:45 p.m.            Methods, Toolkits, and Techniques
                                    Moderator:  Michael North, Argonne
National Laboratory
                                    Panel:   Nick Collier, University =
of
Chicago
                                                Laszlo Gulyas, Harvard
University/Lor=E1nd E=F6tv=F6s University
                                                Uri Wilensky, =
Northwestern
University
                                                Roger Burkhart, Deere
Company
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To register contact either of the following people:
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Victor Lofgreen
University of Chicago=20
Social Science Research Computing
1155 East 60th Street
Chicago, Illinois 60637=20
Phone: 773.834.0149
Fax: 773.702.2101
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Kathy Ruffatto
Argonne National Laboratory
Building 900
9700 South Cass Avenue
Argonne, Illinois 60439
Phone: 630.252.5464
Fax: 630.252.9868
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SEATS IN THE CLASS ARE LIMITED SO SIGN UP EARLY!
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More information on the free conference, including the schedule and
registration forms, can be found at the conference web site:
http://www.agent2002.anl.gov/
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Mike
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Michael J. North
Software Engineer
Argonne National Laboratory
Decision and Information Sciences Division
Complex Adaptive Systems Section
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9700 S. Cass Avenue
Argonne, IL 60439
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E-mail: no...@an... <mailto:no...@an...>=20
Telephone: (630) 252-6234
Facsimile: (630) 252-6073
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