******************************************************* CALL FOR PARTICIPATION for +-----------------------------+ | Artificial Economics'2005 | +-----------------------------+ Symposium in Agent-based Computational Methods in Finance, Game Theory and their applications Lille, September 15--16, 2005 http://cisco.univ-lille1.fr/ae2005 ******************************************************* The main aims of the event are to present computer-science based multi-agent methodologies and tools with their applications to social-scientists (mainly people from economics and the management sciences) ; present uses and needs of multi-agent based models and their constraints, as used by those social scientists, to computer scientists ; and above all favor the meeting of people and ideas of those two communities in order to be able to construct a much structured multi-disciplinary approach. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- COMMUNICATIONS AND INVITED SPEAKERS ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 20 papers chosen by the programme committee through a double blind process will be presented by their authors. The proceedings of the conference will be published in a volume of "Lecture Notes in Economics and Mathematical Systems" by Springer available to all participants. The complete list of selected papers is available on the conference website. During the event exchanges and discussions will have a large space. It will offer presentations of papers selected by the program committee as well as special invited keynote sessions: * Dr Robert Axtell, from The Brookings Institution and the Santa Fe Institute, will give a talk temporarily entitled "Very Large Scale Multi-Agent Systems and Emergent Macroeconomics". * Pr Cristiano Castelfranchi, from the Institute of Cognitive Sciences and Technologies and the University of Siena, will give a talk temporarily entitled "The Invisible (Left) Hand". ---------------------------------------------------------------------- PLACE ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The symposium will last two days and will take place in Lille, which is very well connected to most major european cities. It will be located in its historical center in the "State Business School" facility of the University of Sciences and Technologies of Lille: Université des Sciences et Technologies de Lille Institut d'Administration des Entreprises 104, Avenue du Peuple Belge 59043 Lille A social event will gather all participants on the first evening allowing them to discover the historical heart of the town as well as its history. It will be concluded by a dinner enabling participants to discover local cooking and brewering. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- REGISTRATIONS AND INFORMATIONS ---------------------------------------------------------------------- All informations concerning registration and accomodations are available on the conference website. For any further informations one may contact the organizing committee chair: Pr Philippe MATHIEU email : philippe.mathieu@lifl.fr www : http://cisco.univ-lille1.fr/ae2005 ----------------------------------------------------------------------