[PlanetKR] Call for Participation: SBP12, April 2-5 University of Maryland

[Gerardo I. Simari]

CALL FOR PARTICIPATION

Registration is now open for SBP12, the 2012 International Conference on
Social Computing, Behavioral-Cultural Modeling, and Prediction.

SBP12 will be held at the University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland,
USA April 2 - April 5, 2012.


SOME EXCITING ITEMS ON THE PROGRAM!

New in 2012 -  SBP 2012 Challenge - see:
http://www.umiacs.umd.edu/conferences/sbp2012/challenge.html

We are also seeking nominations for a Challenge Problem for 2013 -- see:
http://www.umiacs.umd.edu/conferences/sbp2012/feedback.html


TUTORIALS

Morning and afternoon tutorials are offered on Monday, April 2 (comes with
registration fee, lunch included):
-         Dynamic Network Analysis - Kathleen M. Carley;

-         Crowdsourcing, Human Computation, and Collective Intelligence -
Haym Hirsh; and

-         Public Health Concepts: An Introduction for Modelers - Nathaniel
Osgood & Patricia L. Mabry

To see a full description of tutorials, see:
http://www.umiacs.umd.edu/conferences/sbp2012/tutorials.html

SBP12 KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:

Dr. Bobby Milstein
Fannie E. Rippel Foundation
http://rippelfoundation.org/rethink-health/rethink-health-dynamics/whos-involved/
- April 3, 8:30 - 9:15am

Dr. Patrick A. Mason
Director, Human Performance, Training, and BioSystems Directorate
Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering
http://www.umiacs.umd.edu/conferences/sbp2012/mason.pdf
- April 4, 8:15 - 9:00am

Dr. Joshua Epstein
Professor of Emergency Medicine.
Director, Center for Advanced Modeling in the Social, Behavioral and Health
Sciences (CAM)
Departments of Economics, Biostatistics, and Environmental Health
Johns Hopkins University
http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/emergencymedicine/Faculty/JHH/EPSTEIN_joshua.html
- April 5, 8:15 - 9:00am


Please visit the conference website for further information.
http://www.umiacs.umd.edu/conferences/sbp2012/index.html
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