CfP: MS9 - Models and Simulations 9 - Univ. Klagenfurt, Sept. 16-18, 2020
September 16-18, 2020
University of Klagenfurt
Klagenfurt, Austria
Submission: https://easychair.
Deadline: April 3, 2020
Keynote speakers
- Volker Grimm (Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ)
- Johannes Lenhard (University of Kaiserslautern)
- Federica Russo (University of Amsterdam)
- Ekaterina Svetlova (University of Leicester)
The Department of Science Communication and Higher Education Research is
hosting the 9th Models and Simulations Conference (MS9) at the
University of Klagenfurt, Austria. This continues a successful series of
meetings focusing on the role of modeling, simulation,
and computational approaches in the natural and social sciences, in
medicine and engineering. Of interest are not only the development and
use of models and simulations in research and technology but also the
roles they play in other societal domains (e.g.
politics, health, administration, finance and business). The MS
Conferences aim at lively discussions among participants representing
different disciplinary, theoretical and empirical approaches. This
includes philosophers, historians, and social scientists
(respectively HPS and STS scholars) with an interest in models and
simulations as well as practicing scholars who model or simulate in
their own research.
Earlier meetings have taken place in Paris (2006), Tilburg (2007),
Charlottesville, VA (2009), Toronto (2010), Helsinki (2012), Notre Dame,
IN (2014), Barcelona (2016), and Columbia, SC (2018).
We invite single papers and symposium proposals (3-4 participants)
on any aspect of modeling, simulation, and computational approaches.
Possible topics include:
- The performative power and politics of modeling and simulation
- The role of models and simulations for explanation and understanding
- Scientific representations and scientific fictions
- Model-based reasoning
- Prediction, evidence and confirmation
- Experimental and heuristic use of models
- Models as boundary objects
- Transepistemic practices of modeling and simulation
- Models as socio-political representations
- Model documentation, data curation, transparency – and associated practices
- Open-source vs. closed-source modeling
Single paper abstracts and symposia proposals are to be submitted through EasyChair: https://easychair.
For single papers, please submit a short abstract of 100 words
and an extended abstract of 500 words (upload in PDF format). The
abstracts should be prepared for blind review.
For symposia proposals, please submit (1) a short (100-word) and
an extended (500 word) abstract which offers an overall description of
the proposed symposium, (2) a 250 word abstract for each of the
individual papers, and (3) names and very
short CVs for all speakers (max. 1 page in total).
Deadline: April 3, 2020.
We aim to communicate our decision by mid-May 2020.
Registration, travel, accommodation, practical information
All conference-related information will be posted on the MS9 website: http://ms9-
Organizing committee (alphabetic order)
- Anja Bauer (STS, University of Klagenfurt)
- Tarja Knuuttila (philosophy of science, University of Vienna)
- Martina Merz (STS, University of Klagenfurt)
- Helene Sorgner (STS, University of Klagenfurt)
Program committee
Brandon Boesch (Morningside College)
Mieke Boon (University Twente)
Rafaela Hillerbrand (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology)
Paul Humphreys (University of Virginia)
Catherine Kendig (Michigan State University)
Catharina Landström (Chalmers University of Technology)
Miles MacLeod (University Twente)
Martin Mahony (University of East Anglia)
Caterina Marchionni (University of Helsinki)
Sergio F. Martínez Muñoz (National Autonomous University of Mexico)
Michela Massimi (University of Edinburgh)
Alfred Nordmann (Technical University of Darmstadt and University of South-Carolina)
Michael Stöltzner (University of South-Carolina)
Sim-Hui Tee (Xiamen University Malaysia)