[Swarm-modeling] 2017 Dresden short course on agent-based modeling

[Steve Railsback]

The Dresden University of Technology announces their 11th annual summer 
course in individual/agent-based modeling. The 2017 course will be a 
non-beginners course, intended primarily for graduate students and 
researchers who have been developing their own models and seek guidance 
on finishing, analyzing, and doing science with the models. The 
instructors--Uta Berger, Volker Grimm, and Steve Railsback--have many 
years of experience using and teaching agent-based modeling.

The overall goal of the course is to guide researchers through the 
process of completing and publishing research based on individual-based 
models. We expect participants to have at least a working draft model 
before the course starts. Instruction will be via lectures, exercises, 
and independent work under close supervision of the instructors. Topics 
will include software testing, parameterization, analyzing model 
sensitivity and robustness, designing simulation experiments, and 
publishing model-based research.

While the instructors are ecologists, participants in any field are 
welcome. Instruction will use NetLogo software and the textbook of 
Railsback and Grimm (2012; "Agent-based and individual-based modeling: a 
practical introduction", Princeton University Press), but modelers using 
other software platforms will be able to participate fully.

The course will be 20-28 July 2017, in a small village outside Dresden 
(Germany). To provide a high level of instructor interaction, course 
size is limited to 25 participants.

The application period is now open, and closes 28 February. For 
information see: 
https://tu-dresden.de/bu/umwelt/forst/ww/bsa/courses-workshops/summerschool
The application is at:
https://tu-dresden.de/bu/umwelt/forst/ww/bsa/courses-workshops/summerschool/application-1

--
Steve Railsback
www.railsback-grimm-abm-book.com