2nd Complex Systems Modelling and Simulation Workshop
August 13th, 2009
York, UK
workshop@cosmos-research.org
The 2nd workshop on Complex Systems Modelling and Simulation (CoSMoS) aims to provide a forum for research examining all aspects of the modelling and simulation of complex systems. These systems are characterised by low-level agents that communicate and interact in and with an environment, exhibiting high-level (emergent) behaviours. Examples are prevalent in the natural and physical world, including swarms and flocks, ant path finding, predator-prey systems, spin glasses, simple liquid crystals, cellular automata, and stock markets.
Constructing models and simulations of complex systems is a challenging and interdisciplinary task. Elements might include choice of modelling tools and techniques, simulation infrastructures, concurrency, the process of moving from models to simulations, arguing validity of simulations, and the identification of reusable engineering techniques such as patterns. The CoSMoS workshop series is part of a four-year initiative, based at the Universities of York and Kent, to develop a framework and infrastructure for the construction of of generic complex systems simulations.
This year’s CoSMoS workshop is to be co-located with the 8th International Conference on Artificial Immune Systems (ICARIS 2009). Artificial Immune Systems (AIS) is a diverse and maturing area of research that bridges the disciplines of immunology and engineering. Many AIS researchers are turning to complex systems simulations in an attempt to understand aspects of natural immune systems; the co-location of CoSMoS and ICARIS provides a focus for both events on the modelling and simulation of such systems.
Submitted papers will undergo a rigorous peer-review process and accepted papers will appear in the workshop proceedings published by Luniver Press. Proceedings of the 1st CoSMoS workshop are available.
We are pleased to announce that Irun Cohen will be a plenary speaker at this workshop.
AREAS OF INTEREST
We are seeking papers on any aspect of the modelling and simulation of complex systems. We are particularly keen this year to receive approaches to modelling and simulating biological systems in general.
Areas of interest include, but are not limited to:
- Examples of complex systems models and simulations
- Emergent behaviours
- Modelling approaches for complex systems
- diagrammatic models, UML and its extensions
- process algebras, and other formalisms
- Aspects of simulation environments
- languages and simulation environments
- concurrency, distribution and scalability
- Reusable engineering techniques for complex systems
- patterns and refactorings
- The process of building complex systems models and simulation
- interdisciplinary research
- Techniques for arguing about the validity of models and simulations
SUBMISSIONS
Full papers should not be longer than 25 pages of LNCS. Formatting details can be found here.
If you wish to exceed the page limit, or have any other queries, then please email workshop@cosmos-research.org in advance of submission.
Papers should be submitted here.
IMPORTANT DATES
Paper Submission: May 7th 2009
Notification of acceptance: June 1st 2009
Camera ready copies: June 22nd 2009
CoSMoS Workshop: August 13th 2009
ICARIS 2009 Conference: August 9th – 12th 2009
STUDENT TRAVEL BURSARIES
Microsoft Research Cambridge has kindly agreed to supply 10 student travel bursaries of £200 each. Details on how to apply will appear shortly.
WORKSHOP CHAIRS
Susan Stepney
Peter Welch
Paul Andrews
Jon Timmis
ICARIS 2009
ICARIS 2009 is the 8th International Conference on Artificial Immune Systems (AIS). The scope of AIS ranges from immune inspired algorithms and engineering solutions in software and hardware, though to the understanding of immunology through modelling and simulation of immune system concepts. In recent years, AIS algorithms inspired by concepts such as clonal selection, immune networks, negative selection and danger theory have been applied to a wide variety of applications. These include computer security, fault tolerance, data mining and optimisation to name a few. In addition, theoretical aspects of artificial and real immune systems have been the subject of mathematical and computational models including Markov chains, differential equations and agent-based simulations. ICARIS will provide a forum for all AIS researchers in academia and industry to present and discuss their latest results and advances, and will be themed into four streams: applied AIS, immune modelling, position papers, and theoretical work. For more details please refer to the ICARIS website or email the organisers.
LOCATION
This year’s CoSMoS workshop will be held in the picturesque and historic English city of York. York is a popular tourist destination with a lively cafe, bar and restaurant culture, offering a number of museums and galleries all set around the Minster, northern Europe’s largest Gothic Cathedral. It is just two hours by rail from each of London, Edinburgh and Manchester.
The workshop will be held at St. Williams College, which serves as the York Minster conference venue. More details can be found here.