Connectionists: Call for Participation -- SBP-BRiMS'2023 -- now one week away ...

[Donald Adjeroh]

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SBP-BRiMS 2023

2023 International Conference on Social Computing, Behavioral-Cultural Modeling, & Prediction and Behavior Representation in Modeling and Simulation


September 20-22, 2023

Will be held in hybrid mode

(In-person at Gates Hillman Complex, Carnegie Mellon University

                                      4902 Forbes Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA)



http://sbp-brims.org/

#sbpbrims


Conference Registration:
Registration is now open for the 2023 International Conference on Social Computing, Behavioral-Cultural Modeling & Prediction and Behavior Representation in Modeling and Simulation (SBP-BRiMS),  Sep 20-22, 2023. Conference format is hybrid -- in person and virtual/online.


You can register at the website:
http://sbp-brims.org/2023/registration/



Conference Agenda:

The program will be available at ...

http://sbp-brims.org/2023/program/



Conference Attendance Fellowships:

A limited number of fellowships are available for students and members of underrepresented groups to support participation in the conference. Please apply early as the slots are limited.


For more details, visit the conference website

http://sbp-brims.org/ , and check the menu for Scholarships, under "Conference Information".



Key Highlights:


Co-location with IDEaS Conference:

SBP-BRiMS'23 is co-located with 2023 IDEaS Annual Conference  (https://www.cmu.edu/ideas-social-cybersecurity/events/conference-index.html).  SBP-BRiMS participants are invited to attend talks at the IDEaS conference as well.


Keynote Speakers:

Day 1:  Nathaniel Persily, PhD
James B. McClatchy Professor of Law at Stanford Law School
https://law.stanford.edu/directory/nathaniel-persily/


Day 2: Charles Macal, PhD
Chief Scientist & Social and Behavioral Systems, Group Leader
Argonne-National Lab
https://www.anl.gov/profile/charles-m-macal


Tutorial Sessions:

Several half-day sessions will be offered as part of the conference.
Example tutorial topics include:

ORA and Information Operations,
by Jeff Reminga (CMU)

How to Publish/Evaluate your Model,
by Frank Ritter (Penn State)


Algorithmic Nudging in Healthcare,
by Muhammad Aurangzeb Ahmad & Ankur Teredesai (U. Washington, Tacoma)

More detailed information regarding the tutorial sessions will be posted at the conference website as soon as this becomes available.


Funding Panel & Cross-fertilization Roundtables:
The purpose of the cross-fertilization roundtables is to help participants become better acquainted with people outside of their discipline and with whom they might consider partnering on future SBP-BRiMS related research collaborations. The Funding Panel provides an opportunity for conference participants to interact with program managers from various federal funding agencies, such as the National Science Foundation<https://www.nsf.gov/> (NSF), National Institutes of Health<https://www.nih.gov/> (NIH), Office of Naval Research<https://www.onr.navy.mil/> (ONR), Air Force Office of Scientific Research<https://www.wpafb.af.mil/afrl/afosr/> (AFOSR), Defense Threat Reduction Agency<http://www.dtra.mil/> (DTRA), Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency<https://www.darpa.mil/> (DARPA), Army Research Office<https://www.aro.army.mil/> (ARO), National Geospatial Intelligence Agency<https://www.nga.mil/Pages/Default.aspx> (NGA), and the Department of Veterans Affairs<https://www.va.gov/> (VA).





SBP-BRiMS'2023
Sept 20-22| In-Person at CMU, Pittsburgh, USA and Online/virtual
www.sbp-brims.org<http://www.sbp-brims.org/>


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