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<p class="MsoNormal">Announcement & Call for Papers: <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>SPB-BRiMS 2022</b>: 15th International Conference on Social Computing, Behavioral Cultural Modeling and Prediction and Behavior<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Representation in Modeling and Simulation<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Call for Papers</b>: <b>Due July 1, 2022 </b>(full papers up to 10 pages incl. refs. in Springer Template)
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>CFP Link: </b> <a href="http://sbp-brims.org/2022/cfp/">http://sbp-brims.org/2022/cfp/</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Conference Link</b>: <a href="http://sbp-brims.org/2022/">
http://sbp-brims.org/2022/</a> (there’ll also be a challenge problem posted to solve as another way to participate vs. a regular paper)
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma-Bold",sans-serif">Conference Date: September 20-23, 2022 (<span style="background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">VIRTUAL</span>)
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:8.0pt">The goal of this conference is to build this new community of social cyber scholars<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:8.0pt">by bringing together and fostering interaction between members of the scientific,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:8.0pt">corporate, government and military communities interested in understanding,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:8.0pt">forecasting, and impacting human socio‐cultural behavior. It is the charge to this<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:8.0pt">community to build this new science, its theories, methods, and its scientific<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:8.0pt">culture in a way that does not give priority to either social science or computer<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:8.0pt">science, and to embrace change as the cornerstone of the community. Despite<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:8.0pt">decades of work in this area, this scientific field is still in its infancy. To meet this<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:8.0pt">charge and move this science to the next level, this community must meet the<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:8.0pt">following three challenges: 1) deep understanding of socio‐cognitive reasoning, 2)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt">human‐technology integration, 3) and re‐usable computational methods. Example Topics:
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:SymbolMT">
</span><span style="font-size:8.0pt">Social Network Modeling<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:SymbolMT">
</span><span style="font-size:8.0pt">Social Cybersecurity<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:SymbolMT">
</span><span style="font-size:8.0pt">Human Behavior Modeling<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:SymbolMT">
</span><span style="font-size:8.0pt">Agent‐Based Models<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:SymbolMT">
</span><span style="font-size:8.0pt">Models of Human‐Autonomy Interaction<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:SymbolMT">
</span><span style="font-size:8.0pt">Health and Epidemiological Models<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:SymbolMT"> </span>
<span style="font-size:8.0pt">Validation Methods and Human Experimentation<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Calibri-Bold",sans-serif">BEST CONFERENCE PAPER AND BEST STUDENT PAPER AWARD<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:8.0pt">All accepted and presented full papers will contest for Best Conference Paper Award. Accepted and presented full papers with a student as the first author will be<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt">considered for the Best Student Paper Award. Papers will be evaluated on technical merit, originality, and significance to social‐cyber applications.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Aryn Pyke, PhD<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Associate Professor, Engineering Psychology Program<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Behavioral Sciences and Leadership<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">West Point<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Office: Thayer Hall 267E<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Phone: 845-938-0066<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:Aryn.pyke@westpoint.edu"><span style="color:#0563C1">Aryn.pyke@westpoint.edu</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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