Hi MIles,
I've penciled you in for the Chemoscape talk on Monday, May 12 (you
will have 15 minutes for that one). The MetaABM talk will be on
Tuesday, May 13, and we will have some space after the conference on
Tuesday for a MetaABM tutorial (I'll post that on the Swarmfest
website and in a new mailing to the list tomorrow). You need to
make your hotel reservations prior to April 30 to get the Swarmfest
rate. Let me know if you have any questions/concerns.
Regards,
Gary
On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 6:12 PM, Miles Parker
<address@hidden> wrote:
Please find here three proposed activities for Swarmfest 2008. For
proposal 1 I can also develop a poster if that would be appropriate.
Let me know if you need the abstract edited down. I hesitate to
include the third, but it does seem very relevant to the conference
focus.
Miles T. Parker
Principal
Metascape, LLC
"Extraordinary Tools for Extraordinary Science"
address@hidden
http://metascapeabm.com
631-603-4932
Proposal 1: (~40 minutes)
"metaABM: Coordinating Complexity"
Over the last decade, we've developed a strong understanding of how
to represent Agent Based Models. At the same time, powerful new
Model Driven Software Development tools have emerged. It is time to
move to a higher level of representation for ABMs. metaABM defines
and supports a new architecture for designing, sharing and executing
ABMs and includes graphical, easy to use tools for model development
and powerful code generators for Simphony and Ascape
implementations, with more to come. metaABM seeks to address a
critical need for a common hub enabling developers of ABM tools to
collaborate rather than compete, and allowing researchers to
exchange and compose models. It inherently and transparently enables
model generalization and inference and high-performance, scalable
applications. We'll discuss all of this, give a demo of metaABM
capabilities, and provide a sneak-preview of upcoming related
technologies.
Proposal 2: (~1-2 hours, following conference)
"metaABM Tutorial"
It is impossible to really understand a tool without getting a look
under the hood. We'll provide a detailed tour of the metaABM toolset
while creating a working customizable model within an hour or two.
Participants can bring or plan to share a relatively recent computer
with a CD drive and wireless connection. No Java experience is
required, though some familiarity with the Eclipse Development
Environment would be very helpful.
Proposal 3: (10-15 minutes)
"Chemoscape: Signal Transduction in Bacterial Chemotaxis"
Chemoscape seeks to demonstrate the general potential of Agent-Based
Models for exploring signal gain and the role of receptor type and
cooperation in response to environment. Agents represent
cytoplasmic proteins within E. Coli cells, each governed by a set of
rules representing current biological knowledge about protein roles
and interactions. We have observed properties matching observed
processes, including adaptation, high signal gain, and wide dynamic
range. As the presenter is not a biomedical researcher, we'll focus
on software and methodological issues that have motivated and
enabled this research.
(Miles Parker presenting work of Jameson Miller, himself, Robert B.
Bourret, and Morgan C. Giddings; all other authors at University of
North Carolina, Chapel Hill )
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