[Swarm-Modelling] Swarmfest 2008 Program

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Hello All,

Having some technical difficulties, but here is the current Swarmfest 
2008 Program.  Any comments would be appreciated:

Swarmfest 2008 Program

Monday, May 12, 2008

8:00-8:20 AM
Continental Breakfast

8:20-8:30 AM
Welcome and Opening Remarks
Gary An, Department of Surgery, Northwestern University Feinberg School 
of Medicine

8:30-8:50 AM
“Modeling Pathogen Transmission in Long-tailed Macaques (Macaca 
fascicularis) on Bali using Agent-based GIS Modeling: Performance 
Considerations and Enhancements”
Ryan Kennedy, Department of Computer Science, Notre Dame University

8:50-9:10 AM
“An Individual-Based Predator-Prey Ecosystem for Image Segmentation: 
Effect of Explorers”
Srinivasa Shivakar Vulli, Airborne Reconnaissance and Image Analysis 
(ARIA) Laboratory, Missouri University of Science and Technology

9:10-9:30 AM
“Tentative delineation of an agent-based project for vertical 
integration of multi-scale knowledge”
Jean Le Fur, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Centre de 
Biologie et de Gestion des Populations, Campus international 
Baillarguet

9:30-9:50 AM
Coffee Break

9:50-10:10 AM
“Consuming Spatial Data in NetLogo using the GIS Extension”
Eric Russell, Center for Connected Learning and Computer-Based 
Modeling, Northwestern University

10:10-10:30 AM
“Designing classrooms with ABM”
Matthew Francisco, Department of Science and Technology Studies, 
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

10:30-10:50 AM
“Can the evolution of species-typical behavior be modeled as if it were 
brainless?”
Robert Bowers, Indiana University

10:50-11:10 AM
Coffee Break

11:10-11:30 AM
“Named Entity Recognition in Acute Inflammatory Response Studies”
Emilia Apostolova, School of Computer Science, DePaul University

11:30-11:50 AM
“INDISIM, an Individual-based Model to simulate microbial cultures”
Clara Prats, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Escola Superior 
d’Agricultura de Barcelona

11:50-12:10 PM
“Modeling the Effects of Trauma on Epidermal Wound Healing”
Nathan Menke, Department of Emergency Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth 
University

12:10-12:30 PM
“Exploring Mechanisms that Control Immune Memory Using the Basic Immune
Simulator”
Virginia Folcik-Nivar, Department of Medicine, Ohio State University

12:30-1:30 PM
Lunch (Provided on Site)

1:30-1:50 PM
“Data-Parallel Techniques for Agent-Based Hepatic Drug Disposition 
Models”
Ryan Richards, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Michigan Tech 
University

1:50-2:10 PM
"Chemoscape: Signal Transduction in Bacterial Chemotaxis"
Miles Parker, Brookings Institute/University of North Carolina

2:10-2:30 PM
“A SIMPLE model for the evolution of movement and cooperation: Social 
dilemmas emerge from interactions with a shared environment”
Athena Aktipis, Department of Psychology, University of Pennsylvania

2:30-3:00 PM
Coffee Break

3:00-3:45 PM Featured Talk
“The Evolutionary Dynamics of Cancer Progression”
Kathleen Sprouffske, The Wistar Institute, University of Pennsylvania

3:45-4:30 PM Featured Talk
“Cyberscape and Beyond: Systems Biology and Agent based modeling”
Gordon Broderick, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Alberta

4:30-5:00 PM
Roundtable Discussion


Tuesday, May 13, 2008

8:00-8:20 AM
Continental Breakfast

8:20-8:40 AM
“Agents in Simulation Models, using a Swarm-like Agent Protocol in 
Python (SLAPP)”
Pietro Terna, Dipartimento Scienze economiche e finanziarie, Università 
di Torino

8:40-9:00 AM
“Tinkering with Turtles: An Overview of NetLogo’s Extensions API”
Forrest Stonedahl, Center for Connected Learning and Computer-Based 
Modeling, Northwestern University

9:00-9:20 AM
“Distributed Simulation Templates for Repast”
Walter de Back, Institute for Advanced Study, Collegium Budapest

9:20-9:40 AM
“Distributed Automated Experimentation for Agent Based Models”
Jeffrey Pfaffmann, Department of Computer Science, Lafayette College

9:40-10:00 AM
Coffee Break

10:00-10:45 AM Featured Talk
“Introduction to BlueGene: A massively parallel supercomputing 
architecture”
Rajiv Bendale, Americas Group, BlueGene Systems, IBM

10:45-11:30 PM Featured Talk
“Perspectives on implementing agent based models on BlueGene”
Kirk Jordan, Deep Computing Branch, Systems and Technology Group, IBM

11:30-12:15 PM Featured Talk
“Implementation of Mega-scale Agent based models using Graphical 
Processing Units (GPUs)”
Roshan D’Souza, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Michigan Tech 
University

12:15-1:30 PM
Lunch (Provided on Site)

1:30-2:15 PM
“Introduction to FLAME: A formal framework for integrated simulation 
development”
Susheel Varma, Department of Computer Science, The Kroto Research 
Institute, University of Sheffield

2:15-3:00 PM
“Introduction to MetaABM: A high-level architecture for designing, 
executing and systematically studying agent based models”
Miles Parker, Brookings Institute

3:00-3:30 PM
Coffee Break

3:30-4:00 PM
Roundtable Discussion and Awards

4:00-? PM
MetaABM Tutorial
Miles Parker