MODELS AND SIMULATIONS 7
FINAL CALL FOR PAPERS
The
Models and Simulations 7 conference (MS7) will take place
in Barcelona, May 18th-20th, 2016, co-organized
by the University of Barcelona and UNED (Madrid).
The
Models and Simulations conference series is devoted to
exploring philosophical issues arising from the
construction and use of models and computer simulations in
the natural and social sciences. Previous meetings took
place in Paris, Tilburg, Charlottesville, Toronto,
Helsinki and Notre Dame.
MS7 Plenary Speakers
Anjan
Chakravartty (Univ. Notre Dame)
Roman
Frigg (LSE)
Sabina
Leonelli (Univ. Exeter)
Call for Contributed Papers
Contributing
papers are invited from both philosophers and practicing
scientists. Sample topics include (but are not limited
to):
- Models and
simulations, their construction and their use in:
prediction; heuristics; theorizing; experimentation;
confirmation
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Scientific representation; scientific explanation;
scientific reasoning
- The
nature of: abstraction; approximation; idealization
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Desiderata (simplicity, unifying power, robustness, …) for
modeling and simulating
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Their use and functions: across disciplinary boundaries;
in designing and applying technologies; in public policy
setting.
Contributed
papers sessions will last 45 minutes: 30 minutes
presentation and 15 minutes discussion.
Please
submit a short abstract of 100 words and an extended PDF
abstract of 600-700 words to:
If you do not have an EasyChair account, you must create one on entering the site. After logging in, click the ‘New Submission’ link. Add your 100 word abstract and upload the PDF file of your extended abstract. You can revise your submission any number of times before the deadline.
Abstract submission deadline: 22 December
2015.
Abstracts will be
refereed blind and results communicated to authors in
February 2016.
Registration,
travel, accommodation and conference-related information
will be available in the MS7 website:
Further
inquiries may be addressed to:
Organizing Committee
José A. Díez Calzada (U.
Barcelona), Chair
Albert Sole (U. Barcelona)
Romina Zuppone (U.
Barcelona)
David Teira (UNED, Madrid)
Jesús Zamora-Bonilla (UNED,
Madrid)
Programme Committee
Carl Hoefer, University of Barcelona (Chair);
Otavio Bueno, University of Miami;
Antonio Diéguez, University of Málaga;
Mathias Frisch, University of Maryland;
Axel Gelfert, National University of
Singapore;
Till Grüne-Yanoff, Royal Institute of
Technology, Stockholm;
Paul Humphreys, University of Virginia;
Cyrille Imbert, University of Lorraine;
Elisabeth Lloyd, Indiana University,
Bloomington;
Pablo Lorenzano, Quilmes
National University, Buenos Aires;
Uskali Mäki, University of Helsinki;
Margaret Morrison, University of Toronto;
Wendy Parker, Durham University;
Alexander Reutlinger, LMU Univ. Munich;
Mauricio Suárez, Complutense University;
Adam Toon, University of Exeter;
Marion Vorms, University of Paris;
Eric Winsberg, University of South Florida;