What appears to be the future for many is already the past for some Steven Bankes, Principal , Evolving Logic Associates and Rand, Santa Monica Multiagent Exploratory Modeling for Policy Assessment. Alex Singer, Film Director , USC Integrated Media Systems Center Computationally Augmented Memory. Autonomous agents for the military and entertainment industries. Ken Karakotsios, author of SimLife , principal of Salamander Interactive , SmartGains Multiple agency and space in gaming, ecological, chemical and marketing environments. It is about the kind of complex systems that we are.
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This is a workshop for doctoral students and faculty in the social sciences who have NO previous computer programming experience. However, familiarity with the Windows operating system and the World Wide Web will be an asset. This course should provide the epistemology, knowledge and confidence needed to begin the task of programming more elaborate models whether one wishes to write the code oneself, direct a team of programmers, learn the basics of simulation software packages, or be in a position to evaluate simulations offered by others.