[Swarm-Modelling] 2010 Dresden Summer School in Agent-based and Individual-Based Modeling

[Steve Railsback]

My friend Uta Berger of Dresden University of Technology is opening 
registration for this summer's short course in agent- and 
individual-based modeling. This will be the 4th consecutive year that 
Uta, Volker Grimm, and I have presented the course.

The class is intended primarily for new researchers (usually PhD 
students and post-docs) who want to use agent-based modeling as a tool. 
The instructors are ecologists but the class is multidisciplinary and we 
encourage non-ecologists to apply. We teach the basics of modeling and 
agent/individual-based modeling, and NetLogo software. Students conduct 
projects, so the class is a good way to get started on your own research 
model. We always also have a great deal of fun and make good friends and 
contacts from around the world.

The class will meet this year 13-19 June in Bad Schandau, a small resort 
town in the "Switzerland of Saxony" national park near Dresden, Germany. 
This year the class must be self-supporting, so a fee of 600 euros is 
required to cover instructional costs and accommodation (rooms + 
breakfast in a very nice apartment hotel where you can prepare your own 
meals). Some photos from the 2009 class are here: 
http://www.langrailsback.com/photos/

The website for online applications opens this week. You will find it, 
along with much more information about the course, here: 
www.forst.tu-dresden.de/summerschool/

The deadline for application is 15 February 2010. We will inform you 
whether you are selected as a participant or not by 28 February 2010.

Steve Railsback