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International Symposium on Social Simulation 2020

 

 In the Era of "Big data, Artificial Intelligence, Cloud Computing and IoT", social simulation has become a powerful tool for the study of complex social and economic phenomena. For example, simulation allows us to quickly understand the transmission patterns of COVID-19. Social simulation focuses on the nonlinear correlation and interaction in economic and social systems, as well as the interaction between socio-economic systems and ecosystems. Moreover, simulation is helpful for tackling interdisciplinary issues of complexity such as the interaction between the biophysical environment and individual economic behavior in agricultural systems and its impact on output.

 

International Symposium on Social Simulation (ISSS or IS3) aims to stimulate interactions between young scholars and students engaged in social simulation research, and to promote international cooperation. This year, the ISSS is hosted by the College of Economics and Management in Huazhong Agricultural University and the Agricultural Modeling and Simulation Committee, China Simulation Federation. The research fields such as agricultural economy, resources and environment, land use, urban planning, and behavioral economy will be discussed.

 

1. Time and Venue

Time: August 6th 2020

Offline location: M505 Lecture Hall, Humanities and Social Sciences Building, Huazhong Agricultural University

Online location: Tencent/VooV Meeting (ID: 684 1068 0469)

(Overseas version VooV Meeting download address https://voovmeeting.com/, Domestic version Tencent Meeting download address https://meeting.tencent.com/, the two can be connected)

 

2. Keynote Speakers

Dr. Flaminio Squazzoni

 

Flaminio Squazzoni, professor of University of Milan. He is the chief editor of JASSS (Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation) and former president of the European Social Simulation Association. He studied socioeconomics and behavioral sociology, focusing on the impact of state institutions and social norms on cooperation in large-scale social systems. He combined behavioral experiments with computer simulation experiments.

Personal home page: https://behavelab.org/flminio-squazzoni/

 

• Dr. Hang Xiong

 

Hang Xiong, professor in College of Economics and Management, Huazhong Agricultural University, the PI of MARI "Agricultural System Modeling" Team. He is an editorial board member of the journals JASSS, Frontiers in Blockchain. He has abundant experience of applying computer simulation and complex network analysis to agricultural economy, social interaction, international relations, ecological environment, policy analysis and so on. His doctoral dissertation has won the Outstanding Thesis Award of European Social Simulation Association.

Personal home page: http://mari.hzau.edu.cn/people/Xiong_Hang.htm

 

Dr. Georgiy Bobashev

 

 

Georgiy Bobashev, RTI Fellow of a business development team at the Center for Data Science and a visiting researcher of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) of the United States. He has done in-depth research on computer simulation, econometrics and other modeling methods. He teaches methods of simulation modeling about Social Sciences in multiple American and European universities. Dr. Bobashev has applied modeling to a variety of health- and policy-related areas.

Personal home page: https://www.rti.org/expert/georgiy-bobashev

 

Dr. Li An

Li An, professor of Geography at San Diego State University. Research focuses on understanding, envisioning, and planning complex human-environment systems (CHES) for improved sustainability, justice, and equality. Computational human-environment science, complexity theory, landscape ecology, geographic information science, data science, and other relevant domain knowledge (e.g., sociology, demography) leverage theoretical and methodological support toward this goal. The research approach features a digital, computerized methodology, including geo-visualization and representation, space-time analysis, and micro-level modeling and simulation.

Personal home page: http://complexities.org/An/index.html

 

• Dr. Wander Jager

Wander Jager, associate professor and managing director of the Groningen Center for Social Complexity Studies. Member of the editorial board of the Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation. His research and teaching focuses on how interactions between people give rise to the emergence of collective behavior. In particular he is interested in the spreading of new technologies, opinion dynamics & polarization and the societal transition towards sustainability.

Personal home page: www.rug.nl/staff/w.jager/ 

 

• Dr. Koen H. van Dam

   

 

Koen H. van Dam, research fellow at the Centre for Process Systems Engineering (CPSE), Department of Chemical Engineering of Imperial College London, United Kingdom. Koen is a knowledge engineer specialized in the development of agent-based simulation models of urban infrastructure systems. In 2013 Springer published the book “Agent-based modelling of socio-technical systems” by van Dam, Nikolic and Lukszo (Eds.) ISBN 978-94-007-4932-0. He has taught ABM to graduates and young teachers for many years. His research covers simulation and policy analysis of urban sustainable design, smart city, distributed energy technology, interaction between social and technological.

Personal home page: https://www.imperial.ac.uk/people/k.van-dam 

 

3. Panellists and Discussants

• Dr. Zhanli (Jerry) Sun

Senior Researcher,Leibniz Institute of Agricultural Development in Transition Economies

• Dr. Yao Hu

Assistant Professor at Department of Geography and Spatial Sciences and Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Delaware

• Dr. Qing Tian

Assistant Professor at Computational Social Science, George Mason University

• Dr. Shuang Chang

Assistant Professor atDepartment of Computer Science, Tokyo Institute of Technology

• Dr. Jiaqi Ge

University Academic Fellow at Urban Analytics in the School of Geography, University of Leeds

• Dr. Yue Dou

Researcher Associate at  Environmental Geography group of IVM, Vrije University Amsterdam

• Dr. Hua Xie

Research FellowInternational Food Policy Research Institute

• Dr. Ernesto Carrella

Postdoc at Centre for the Environment, University of Oxford

• Dr. Jiang Wu

Professor at College of Information Management, Wuhan University

Dr. Sen Li

Associate Professor at College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology

Dr. Yueji Zhu

Associate Professor at College of Management, Hainan University

• Outstanding student of 2019, 2020 Huazhong Agricultural University-Imperial College London Summer School of "Methodology of Computational Social Sciences"

• Contributions on related topics should be submitted to the following email address before July 30: ComSocSci@outlook.com

 

4. Agenda

• August 6th, Morning

(1)08:00-08:30  Opening Ceremony

(2)08:30-10:00  Keynote Presentation: 3 reports in total, 30 minutes for each (including 20-25min for presentation, 5-10min for Q&A).

(3)10:00-10:20  Coffee Break

(4)10:20-12:00  Panel Presentation: 5 reports in total, including 4 related research scholars and 1 outstanding student of the 2019 Huazhong Agricultural University-Imperial College London Summer School of "Methodology of Computational Social Sciences" (20 minutes for each, 10-15min for reporting, 5-10 min for Q&A).

 

• August 6th, Afternoon

(1)14:30-16:00  Keynote Presentation: 3 reports in total, 30 minutes for each (including 20-25min for presentation, 5-10min for Q&A).

(2)16:00-16:20  Coffee Break

(3)16:20-18:00  Panel Presentation: 5 reports in total, including 4 related research scholars and 1 outstanding student of the 2019 Huazhong Agricultural University-Imperial College London Summer School of "Methodology of Computational Social Sciences" (20 minutes for each, 10-15min for reporting, 5-10 min for Q&A).

 

• August 6th, Evening

(1)20:00-21:20  Panel Presentation: 4 reports in total, including 4 outstanding students of the 2019 and 2020 Huazhong Agricultural University-Imperial College London Summer School of "Methodology of Computational Social Sciences" (20 minutes for each, 10-15min for reporting time, 5-10 min for Q&A).

(2)21:20-21:30  Closing Ceremony

 

5. Steering Committee

Chair

Dr. Ping Qing

Professor at College of Economics and Management, Huazhong Agricultural University

Vice President at Huazhong Agricultural University

 

Members

Dr. Liangzhi You

Senior Research Fellow, International Food Policy Research Institute

Dean at Macro Agricultural Research Institute, Huazhong Agricultural University

Dr. Flaminio Squazzoni

Professor at Department of Social and Political Sciences, The University of Milan

Dr. Georgiy Bobashev

RTI Fellow at Center for Data Science, RTI International

Assistant Professor at Department of Statistics, North Carolina State University

Dr. Gucheng Li

Professor at College of Economics and Management, Huazhong Agricultural University

Dean at College of Economics and Management, Huazhong Agricultural University

Dr. Guoqing Zheng

Research Fellow and director at Institute of Agricultural Economics and Information, Henan Academy of agricultural sciences

Vice Chairman at Agricultural Modeling and Simulation Committee, China Simulation Federation

Dr. Tingwu Yan

Professor at College of Economics and Management, Huazhong Agricultural University

Deputy Dean at College of Economics and Management, Huazhong Agricultural University

Dr. Hang Xiong

Professor at College of Economics and Management, Huazhong Agricultural University

Deputy Dean at Macro Agricultural Research Institute, Huazhong Agricultural University

 

6. Symposium Organizers

Symposium Chairs

Dr. Hang Xiong

Professor at College of Economics and Management, Huazhong Agricultural University

Deputy Dean at Macro Agricultural Research Institute, Huazhong Agricultural University

Dr. Koen H. van Dam

Research Fellow at Urban Energy Systems group, Imperial College London

 

Symposium Committee

• Dr. Zhanli (Jerry) Sun

Senior Researcher, Leibniz Institute of Agricultural Development in Transition Economies

• Dr. Jiaqi Ge  

University Academic Fellow at School of Geography, University of Leeds

• Dr. Yue Dou  

Researcher Associate at  Environmental Geography group of IVM, Vrije University Amsterdam

• Dr. Shuang Chang  

Assistant Professor at Department of Computer Science, Tokyo Institute of Technology

Dr. Jiang Wu  

Professor at College of Information Management, Wuhan University

Dr. Jing Wang  

Associate Professor at College of Resource and Environment, China Agricultural University

Secretary General at Agricultural Modeling and Simulation Committee, China Simulation Federation

Dr. Sen Li  

Associate Professor at College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology

• Dr. Liu Yang  

Research Fellow at School of Architecture, Southeast University

 

7. Supporting Organizations

Sponsored by

College of Economics and Management, Huazhong Agricultural University

Agricultural Modeling and Simulation Committee, China Simulation Federation

Organized by

Marco Agriculture Research Institute, Huazhong Agricultural University