Thank you.
Book Announcements
Note: The following book announcements have been incorporated
into the annotated syllabus of ACE-related readings linked to the
ACE web site home page. Links to publishers (for ordering purposes)
can be found on the journal and book announcements and information
page linked to the ACE web site home page.
- R. A. McCain, Agent-Based Computer Simulation of Dichotomous
Economic Growth, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Volume 13, Advances
in Computational Economics, due out in early 2000, ISBN
0-7923-8688-4
- From the author: "This book is an attempt to explain
dichotomous economic growth by means of comparative computer
simulation. Agents are distributed in space, and allocate resources
by rules that are determined by boundedly rational learning. Space
is simulated by a Cellular Automaton or Boolean Network and
imitative learning is simulated by a more or less modified Genetic
Algorithm. Within that framework, a substantial range of growth and
learning models are simulated and compared, with the result that
models in which learning is limited to nearby neighbors generate
dichotomous growth, with lagging and leading regions, while other
simulations do not. The simulations are supported by a
chapter-length survey of consensus modern economic growth theory, a
chapter-length bibliometric survey and cognitive theory of learning
by doing, and a simulation model of an exchange economy without an
auctioneer."
- Roger A. McCain is with the Department of Economics and
International Business, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A.
- Gerd Gigerenzer, Peter M. Todd, and the ABC Research Group,
Simple Heuristics that Make Us Smart, Oxford University
Press, 1999, 416 pp., U.S.$35.00. ISBN 0-19-512156-2
- From the authors: "How can anyone be rational in a world
where knowledge is limited, time is pressing, and deep thought is
often an unattainable luxury? Traditional models of rationality in
cognitive science, economics, and animal behavior have tended to
view decision-makers as possessing supernatural powers of reason,
limitless knowledge, and an eternity in which to make choices. But
to understand decisions in the real world, we need a different, more
psychologically plausible notion of rationality. This book is about
fast and frugal heuristics -- simple rules for making decisions with
realistic mental resources. These heuristics can enable both living
organisms and artificial systems to make smart choices,
classifications, and predictions by employing bounded rationality."
- Additional information about this publication, including a
table of contents, back-cover reviews by Nobel laureates Herbert
Simon and Reinhard Selten, and links for ordering copies, can be
obtained at
http://www-abc.mpib-berlin.mpg.de/shtmus/
Gerd Gigerenzer and Peter Todd are both with the Max Planck
Institute for Human Development, Center for Adaptive Behavior and
Cognition (ABC), in Berlin. The ABC is directed by Gigerenzer.
- Thomas Brenner (ed.), Computational Techniques for Modelling
Learning in Economics, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1999, 408
pp., U.S.$150.00. ISBN 0-7923-8503-9.
- From the publisher: "(This book) offers a critical overview
of the computational techniques that are frequently used for
modelling learning in economics. It is a collection of papers, each
of which focuses on a different way of modelling learning, including
the techniques of evolutionary algorithms, genetic programming,
neural networks, classifier systems, local interactions models,
least squares learnings, Bayesian learning, boundedly rational
models, and cognitive learning models."
- Thomas Brenner is with the Max Planck Institute for
Research into Economic Systems, Jena, Germany.
Research Groups and Sites
Note: Pointers to the following research groups and sites
have been incorporated into the ACE-related research groups and
sites page linked to the ACE web site home page.
- Formation of Social and Economic Networks
- A new web site on the formation of social and economic
networks has been linked to the ACE web site homepage. Resources
incorporated to date include annotated pointers to network-related
web sites and to individuals engaged in network-related research.
The site can be directly accessed at
http://www.econ.iastate.edu/tesfatsi/netgroup.htm.
- Microeconomics and Experimental Economics
- The Institute for Empirical Research in Economics (Zurich,
Switzerland), headed by Prof. Dr. Ernst Fehr, maintains a web site
titled "Microeconomics and Experimental Economics" at
http://www.unizh.ch/iew/grp/fehr/.
Institute researchers combine insights from modern economic theory
with results from social psychology and sociology to understand
important economic phenomena. Topics stressed include the
functioning of labor markets, the organization of the modern
cooperation, the private and public provision of public goods, and
intertemporal choice problems. Classes are offered in labor
economics, experimental economics, applied microeconomics, and game
theory.
- The Information Economy
- Hal Varian (School of Information Management and Systems,
UC Berkeley) maintains a web site titled "The Information Economy"
at
http://www.sims.berkeley.edu/resources/infoecon/
focusing on the economics of the internet, information goods,
intellectual property, and related issues.
- Electronic Commerce
- The Institute for Global Electronic Commerce (IGEC) at the
University of Maryland in Baltimore County (UMBC) has developed a
web site, EcTechWeb, as a collection of ecommerce related links -- a
Yahoo for ecommerce technology. The site uses Jose Vidal's bk2site
tool for converting Netscape bookmark files to directories. The
site also is the source for all of the news items going into
EcTechNews, an electronic newsletter for researchers and developers
of electronic commerce technology and applications.
- For more information, visit the EcTechWeb site at
http://igec.umbc.edu/ectechweb/
and the EcTechNews web site at
http://igec.umbc.edu/ectechnews/.
- Demand-Driven Online Auction Sites
- From Tim Finin (UMBC): "Respond.com, a startup focused on
`demand driven' auctions and markets, launched its services in
mid-July. Like other companies exploring the space of `reverse
auctions', e.g., eWanted and Accompany, it supports buyers looking
for sellers. Respond's approach is based on a simple model which
connects buyers and sellers via (initially anonymous) email.
Respond.com says `We're targeting three broad groups: smaller
offline businesses that don't have or can't afford their own web
sites, e-commerce startups that aren't capitalized and larger
vendors that want to reach buyers coming to our site.'"
- For more information, visit the Respond.com web site at
http://www.respond.com,
the eWanted web site at
http://www.ewanted.com,
and/or the Accompany.com web site at
http://www.accompany.com.
- Center for Coordination Science
- The Center for Coordination Science is affiliated with the
Sloan School of Management, MIT. Center projects can be roughly
divided into three topic areas. Some center projects focus on how
people currently work together, and how they might do so differently
with new kinds of information technology. Other projects focus on
developing new collaborative tools for such tasks as sharing
information in groups, making group decisions, and managing
projects. Finally, some projects focus on developing new theories
of coordination that can help build better systems and help
organizations coordinate themselves more effectively using such
tools.
- Additional information about the Center for Coordination
Science can be obtained at the Center web site at
http://ccs.mit.edu/ccsmain.html.
- Karl Sims' Evolving Virtual Creatures
- Biota.org, a special interest group of the Contact
Consortium (a not-for-profit membership and research organization
based in Scotts Valley, California), maintains a web site titled
"Karl Sims' Evolving Virtual Creatures" at
http://www.biota.org/ksims/blockies/index.html.
Sims' famous creatures evolve their morphology (body structure) over
time in an attempt to accomplish various set tasks. Visitors to
this site can view stills of these creatures in competition and in
locomotion at successive evolutionary time steps. Instructions for
obtaining the original MPEG movie of Sims' creatures in motion are
also given.
- John von Neumann's Universal Constructor
- R. Nobili and U. Pesavento maintain a web site titled
"Implementation of the John von Neumann Universal Constructor" at
http://alife.santafe.edu/alife/topics/jvn/jvn.html.
A JVN universal constructor is developed in the form of a cellular
automaton simulator, available for downloading. This constructor
performs all of the operations indicated by von Neumann for a
universal constructor in a cellular environment.
- Computational Beauty of Nature
- The November-December 1998 issue of Complexity at Large
reported on the July 1998 publication of Gary William Flake's The
Computational Beauty of Nature: Computer Explorations of Fractals,
Complex Systems, and Adaptation, from the MIT Press. A web site
has now been established for the book at
http://mitpress.mit.edu/books/FLAOH/cbnhtml/
The web site provides information about the book, source code for
simulations involving fractals, chaos, complex systems, and
adaption, and many additional resources for people interested in
multidisciplinary topics involving computers, philosophy, and
science.
- Interactive Mathematics Miscellany and Puzzles
- Alexander Bogomolny maintains an extensive web site devoted
to all things mathematical, titled "Interactive Mathematics
Miscellany and Puzzles," at
http://www.cut-the-knot.com/content.html.
- From the web site's manifesto: "Learning starts from
wondering, and another purpose of this site is to serve as a
resource for things, simple but curious, related to Mathematics. I
do not intentionally classify topics according to their simplicity.
There must be an element of discovery involved to enhance a learning
experience. This site is a Miscellany. A few topics are so related
that they cannot be treated independently. Make your own selection
that, I hope, may lead to other discoveries."
Journal Announcements
Note: Pointers to the journals listed below can be found on
the journal and publisher information page linked to the ACE web
site home page.
- Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation (JASSS)
- A double issue of JASSS (Volume 2, Issues 3 and 4) was made
available online on October 31st at
http://www.soc.surrey.ac.uk/JASSS/JASSS.html.
This new issue features a set of four peer-reviewed papers on
Computer Simulation in Anthropology edited by guest editor Dwight W.
Read, three regular peer-reviewed papers, a description of the new
MAML modelling language in the Forum section, and four book reviews.
- Message from the editor, Nigel Gilbert: "JASSS is now
completing its second year of publication. Over 1,500 readers
around the world will be receiving this message, having registered
on the JASSS site to obtain notification of new issues. The server
that hosts JASSS recorded 17,695 'hits' on the JASSS pages in April,
and noted that on average 3,000 pages are downloaded every week. In
short, JASSS is much more widely read than most academic journals
published on paper."
- "All JASSS refereed articles are carefully reviewed by at
least three scholars working in the field, most but not all selected
from the journal's distinguished Editorial Board. JASSS is free and
depends on the collective, unpaid efforts of its contributors,
referees, and editors. As Editor, I am always pleased to receive
submissions and aim to reply with an editorial decision within eight
weeks. Because JASSS is not constrained by a set number of pages
per volume, accepted articles can always be included in the next
issue, ensuring speedy publication. The electronic medium also
allows us to publish color illustrations, links to program code and
even animations (e.g. see the paper by Edmonds in this issue).
Dwight Read's is the first of our themed issues created by a guest
editor. I would be glad to receive suggestions for further themes,
and volunteers to act as guest editors."
- New Electronic Journal: Evolutionary Modeling and Economic
Dynamics
- The Electronic Journal of Evolutionary Modeling and
Economic Dynamics (e-JEMED) is a new on-line refereed journal.
The Managing Editor of E-JEMED is Murat Yildizoglu, Bureau
D'Economie Theorique et Appliquee, Universite Louis Pasteur,
Strasbourg, France.
- From the Managing Editor: "The submission, evaluation and
publication processes in e-JEMED are exclusively on-line, and they
are based on recent Internet technologies. The main objective of
e-JEMED is to foster the communication of ideas in the very active
area of evolutionary modeling. As such, it does not compete with
paper-based journals but complements them. At the same time,
e-JEMED is engaged to keep high the scientific level of published
articles through a double-blind refereeing process. ... Articles
from all areas of economics can be published in e-JEMED if they are
based on an evolutionary model. An unordered, nonexclusive list of
possible topics can be given: Selection and evolutionary industry
dynamics; Evolutionary game theory; Modeling bounded rationality and
learning through evolutionary algorithms; Agent based modeling of
Complex Adaptive Systems... "
- Further information about e-JEMED can be obtained at
http://cournot.u-strasbg.fr/jemed/.
- New Journal: Bioeconomics
- The Journal of Bioeconomics will be published by
Kluwer Academic Publishers on a quarterly schedule, in association
with the International Society for Bioeconomics, with
Editor-in-Chief Janet T. Landa (York University, Toronto) and
co-editor Michael T. Ghiselin (California Academy of Sciences, San
Francisco). The aim of the journal is to encourage alternative
approaches and creative dialogues between biologists and economists
and to facilitate the transfer of concepts and tools in both
directions.
- For more information, visit the journal web site at
http://www.wkap.nl/journalhome.htm/1387-6996.
Workshops and Meetings
Note: The following announcements have been incorporated into the
workshops and meetings page linked to the ACE web site home page.
- SwarmFest 2000: March 11th - 13th, 2000
- The Geography Department' and the RSGIS Lab" at Utah State
University" in collaboration with the Swarm Development Group, Santa
Fe, New Mexico, are pleased to sponsor SwarmFest 2000, the fourth
annual meeting of the Swarm User Group.
- SwarmFest 2000 will run from Saturday March 11th to Monday
13th, at Utah State University in Logan, Utah. More details (and a
conference website) will be forthcoming. Please contact either
Irene Lee (lee@swarm.org) or Dr. Paul Box at Utah State
(sanduku@nr.usu.edu) if you have any questions in the meantime.
- Evolutionary Economics, March 2000
- The Fourth Annual Meeting of the Japan Association for
Evolutionary Economics (JAFEE) will be held March 25--26, 2000, in
Tokyo, Japan. For more information, visit the conference web site
at
http://www.econ.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~evoeco.
- Computing in Economics and Finance (CEF'2000), July 2000
- The Sixth International Conference of the Society for
Computational Economics, Computing in Economics and Finance
(CEF'2000), will be held July 6--8, 2000, in Barcelona, Catalonia,
Spain, under the sponsorship of the Universitat Pompeu Fabra,
Departament d'Economia i Empresa. The meeting will cover both
quantitative and qualitative methods for economics, finance, and
decision-making. Abstracts for paper presentations must be
submitted by January 15, 2000. For more information, visit the
conference web site at
http://enginy.upf.es/SCE.
- CFP for ACE Special Sessions for CEF'2000, July 2000
- Papers on ACE-related topics are solicited for possible
presentation in one or more special ACE sessions at CEF'2000 (see
above entry). If you would like to present such a paper, please
email an abstract for the paper to Leigh Tesfatsion
(tesfatsi@iastate.edu) no later than January 15, 1999. Your
abstract should include the name and complete mailing address of
each author (surface mail address, email address, telephone
number(s), and FAX number) plus a short two to four page description
of the paper that explains its ACE-related contribution. If a
complete version of your paper is available online, please include
the URL in your abstract.
- Each submitted abstract should address a clearly defined
issue of economic interest from an agent-based perspective.
Possible topics include:
- Building and visualizing ACE worlds:
- Computational laboratories, software availability,
graphical tools,..
- Agent representation:
- Evolvability, learning level/plasticity, implementation
issues,...
- Endogenous network formation:
- Trade networks, network games, spatial networks, knowledge
networks, ...
- Applications:
- Oligopolistic rivalry, electricity restructuring, labor
market search, e-commerce, organizational formation, market
formation, evolution of money, risk sharing, ...
- Experimental design and data analysis:
- Design of experiments, data collection and reporting,
statistical tools, testing and validation of hypotheses,
robustness, replicability,...
- ACE Educational tools:
- Principles teaching, course software, course organizational
aids,... .
For additional information regarding this ACE call for papers, see
the online announcement posted at
http://www.econ.iastate.edu/tesfatsi/acecef.htm.
- CFP for Explicit Expectations Papers for CEF'2000, July 2000
- From the organizers: "Papers focusing on the construction,
validation, and use of models with explicit expectations are
solicited for special sessions of CEF'2000 (see above entry). Agent
expectations may be rational, where agents are assumed to know the
relevant model equations, or one of the many variants of `bounded
rationality,' for example where agents have limited access to
relevant conditioning information (such as aggregate perceptions of
other agents or policy variables) or where agents have limited
information processing capabilities."
- "A wide range of topics is feasible, such as: efficient
methods of solving models with rational expectations; issues in
accommodating agent uncertainty and heterogeneity; models with
social interactions; learning algorithms; estimation of
expectational models; examples of direct measurements of
expectations using survey data; effects of and policy design issues
for dealing with imperfect or asymmetric information, such as robust
control; expectation issues related to models with important
nonlinearities (such as occasionally binding constraints or bounds
on variables); policy design in models with future expectations
(inertial policy rules), and so on. Although theoretical papers are
welcome, contributions using data-based modeling of issues in
macroeconomics and macrofinance are especially encouraged."
- Authors wishing to present a paper are invited to submit an
abstract (not more than two pages) by January 5, 1999. Submissions
may be in either hard copy or electronic form. Please send e-mail
abstracts (ASCII preferred) to Sharon Kozicki (skozicki@frbkc.org),
Michael Binder (binder@glue.umd.edu), or Peter Tinsley
(ptinsley@econ.cam.ac.uk). Hard copy abstracts may be submitted to:
Sharon Kozicki (Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, 925 Grand
Boulevard, Kansas City, MO 64198, U.S.), or Michael Binder
(Department of Economics, University of Maryland, Tydings Hall,
College Park, MD 20742 US), or P.A. Tinsley (Faculty of Economics
and Politics, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB3 9DD UK).
- CFP for First World Congress of the Game Theory Society, July 2000
- The First World Congress of the Game Theory Society
(Games2000) will be held in Bilbao, Spain, July 24-28, 2000. The
Inaugural Statement will be given by Kenneth J. Arrow, the Keynote
Lecture will be given by by Reinhard Selten, the Morgenstern Lecture
will be given by by Lloyd S. Shapley, and the Presidential Address
will be given by Robert J. Aumann.
- The program committee is soliciting papers that deal with
all aspects of game theory and applications. To be considered,
please submit a one page extended abstract of no more than 500 words
to Ehud Kalai by any one of the following formats:
- E-mail to: geb@nwu.edu
Please send abstract in ascii text format, without
attachments, and indicate GAMES 2000 in the subject entry.
- Regular mail:
Send abstract to Ehud Kalai, GAMES 2000, Kellogg School of
Management, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
60208-2001 USA
- Fax: +1 847 467-3646
Please indicate GAMES 2000 on the fax cover page.
With your submission, please include your affiliation and your phone
and e-mail coordinates during 1999 and 2000. We will acknowledge all
submissions and aim to have a first program draft by March 2000. The
deadline for submission with guaranteed consideration is December
31, 1999 (late submissions will be considered subject to
availability of time).
- For administrative questions about the congress, please
contact Professor Federico Valenciano (eupvallf@bsdx01.bs.ehu.es),
and for information about the Game Theory Society please visit the
GTS web site at
http://cwis.kub.nl/~few5/center/gts/.
- Third International Workshop on Learning Classifier Systems,
September 2000
- The Third International Workshop on Learning Classifier
Systems (IWLCS-2000) will be a joint workshop held September 11-20,
2000, in Paris, France. Submissions are invited that discuss recent
developments in learning classifier systems research and the
expected trends of the field. Papers will be reviewed by at least
two members of the program committee. Accepted papers will be
available in electronic form before the workshop. All accepted
papers will be published in the Workshop proceedings that is planned
to be published in the Springer LNCS/LNAI series.
- The deadline for paper submissions is March 1, 2000. A
title page must be submitted by February 23, 2000. Acceptances
decisions will be mailed by May 1, 2000. For more information,
including detailed instructions for paper submissions, visit the
IWLCS web site at
http://www.psychologie.uni-wuerzburg.de/iwlcs-2000/
Program, Course, and Position Announcements
- Santa Fe Institute Complex Systems Summer School, 2000
- The Santa Fe Institute Complex Systems Summer School, 2000,
will be held from June 4 to June 30, 2000, on the campus of the
College of Santa Fe in Santa Fe, New Mexico USA. This is an
intensive four-week introduction to complex behavior in
mathematical, physical and biological systems, intended for graduate
students and postdoctoral fellows. No tuition is charged.
- The first week will consist of an intensive series of
lectures, demonstrations, and experiments introducing some core
ideas and tools of complex systems research. The topics will include
experimental and theoretical nonlinear dynamics and pattern
formation, statistical mechanics and stochastic processes,
information theory and computation theory, adaptive computation, and
computer modeling tools. (Prior to week one, there may be an
optional intensive two-day math review.) Weeks two and three will
consist of short courses on current research in complex systems, and
students will work on individual or team projects. Week four will
be devoted to completion and presentation of student projects.
- Application instructions: Provide a current resume
with publications list (if available), statement of current research
interests, comments about why you want to attend the school, and two
letters of recommendation from scientists who know your work.
Include your e-mail address and fax number. Send only complete
application packages by postal mail to:
- Summer School, Santa Fe Institute
- 1399 Hyde Park Road
- Santa Fe, New Mexico USA 87501
- 505-984-8800 ext. 235 (voice); 505-982-0565 (fax)
The deadline for receipt of applications is February 7, 2000. Women
and minorities encouraged to apply. For further information, send
email to summerschool@santafe.edu or visit the summer school web
site at
http://www.santafe.edu/sfi/education/indexCSSS.html
- Complex Adaptive Systems at Iowa State University
- Iowa State University has initiated a new Graduate Minor in
Complex Adaptive Systems, starting Fall 1999 . For more information
about the CAS minor program, contact John Mayfield (Associate Dean
of the Graduate College, jemayf@iastate.edu). Members of the CAS
program steering committee can be found by visiting
http://www.cs.iastate.edu/~honavar/cas.html.
- Job Opening: Institute for Institutional and Social Economics
- From the announcement: "The Institute for Institutional and
Social Economics, based at the economics department of the
University of Bremen, Germany, is seeking a junior research fellow.
The successful candidate will be involved in the creation of a
textbook on modern, interactive meso-economics. The post requires a
qualified degree in economics or related fields. The candidate
should have good mathematical skills and particularly some knowledge
in evolutionary game theory. But she/he should also have an
understanding of questions of applied economics and an interest in
economic policy. The post will be running over 3 years."
- "The position is a part-time one. The salary will be about
1.600 $ per month. Although this will ensure a living, considering
the costs of living in Bremen, the university offers some
opportunities of additional income. English native speakers will be
particularly welcome. The post also offers the opportunity to work
on a PhD-thesis. The post can be filled as soon as possible; it has
to be filled by January 1, 2000 at the latest. The Free Hanseatic
City of Bremen is a beautiful place to work and live."
- Interested persons should send their application to: Prof.
Dr. Wolfram Elsner (Institute for Institutional and Social
Economics, Dept. of Economics, University of Bremen, Hochschulring 4
D-28359, Bremen, Germany). For further information, contact Stefan
Meyer at steme@uni-bremen.de or write to Prof. Dr. Wolfram Elsner
(welsner@uni-bremen.de).
Miscellaneous News Items
- Email Report on Computational Economics
- From Nienke Oomes: "NEP-cmp is an approximately bi-monthly
email report with up-to-date information on new additions to the
Computational Economics literature. Subscribers are provided with
abstracts of downloadable working papers, as well as with conference
announcements in the field of Computational Economics. The list is
currently edited by Nienke A. Oomes of the University of
Wisconsin."
- "NEP-cmp is part of the New Economics Papers (NEP)
announcement service which filters information on all new additions
to the RePEc (Research Papers in Economics) database. RePEc is a
vast collection of over 1,000 working paper series, journals, and
software components in Economics, contributed by over 100 archives.
Among them are the NBER, the CEPR, all US Federal Reserve Banks,
EconWPA, and many other academic and professional institutions.
Currently, more than 56000 working papers, 9500 articles and 300
software components are classified. Over 13000 items are available
online in full text."
- For more information, including subscription information,
visit the NEP-cmp home page at
http://www.mailbase.ac.uk/lists/nep-cmp/.
or contact Nienke Oomes (noomes@ssc.wisc.edu). General information
on NEP and RePEc can be found at the web site for NEP at
http://netec.wustl.edu/NEP/
and the web site for RePEc at
http://netec.wustl.edu/RePEc/.
- Swarm Development Group
- The Swarm Development Group (SDG) was founded in September
1999 as a private not-for-profit organization to support the
development of the Swarm Simulation System and the interests of the
group members. The purpose of the SDG is to:
- advance the state-of-the-art in multi agent based simulation
through the continued advancement of the Swarm Simulation System
and support of the Swarm user community;
- promote the free interchange of multi agent based simulations
among computing specialists and the public;
- develop and maintain the integrity and competence of individuals
engaged in the practice of agent based simulation.
Swarm is a software package for multi-agent simulation of complex
systems, originally developed at the Santa Fe Institute. Swarm is
intended to be a useful tool for researchers in a variety of
disciplines. The basic architecture of Swarm is the simulation of
collections of concurrently interacting agents: with this
architecture, we can implement a large variety of agent based
models.
- Swarm relocated from the Santa Fe Institute to the Swarm
Development Group at the beginning of November 1999. The new Swarm
website is:
http://www.swarm.org.
For further information on membership and general information about
the SDG, please contact: Irene A. Lee (lee@swarm.org), President,
Swarm Development Group, 114 W. Lupita Road Santa Fe, NM 87505-4718,
phone: (505) 820-7524 fax: (505) 820-7537.
- Two New NESCI Discussion Groups
- The New England Complex Systems Institute (NESCI) has
initiated two new discussion forums, to be moderated by Yaneer
Bar-Yam (yaneer@necsi.org), President of NESCI.
- complex-science@necsi.org
- Focus: scholarly discussion of complex systems principles in
science and application to physical, biological and social
systems. To subscribe to this list, send e-mail to
complex-science-on@necsi.org
- complex-community@necsi.org
- Focus: personal discussion of topics related to the
community of complex systems researchers and the societal
context. To subscribe to this list, send e-mail to
complex-community-on@necsi.org.
For more information about NESCI, visit the NESCI web site at
http://necsi.org.
- Membership in the New England Complex Systems Institute
- Membership in the New England Complex Systems Institute
(NECSI) is $20 per year for registered students, $50 per year for
academics, and $100 per year for everyone else. Corporate membership
is $500 if you wish to register in the name of your corporation
instead of individually. All memberships are fully tax- deductible.
To register for membership, send a message including your name and
preferred e-mail address to membership@necsi.org. Payment
information can be found at
http://www.necsi.org/membership/member.html.
Reminder: Items Requested for ACE News Notes and Complexity
Just a reminder that if you have any ACE-related news items, or
any information about ACE-related teaching materials, software,
books, journals, or conferences that you would like to have
considered for inclusion in the ACE news notes, and/or the
Complexity-at-Large section of the John Wiley journal
Complexity, please email them to me (along with web site
information if available) at the following address:
tesfatsi@iastate.edu.
Copyright © 1999 Leigh Tesfatsion. All Rights Reserved.