Gubbi Labs, as a part of its training program is conducting a series of short-courses for students, researchers and professionals. The next version of the short-course on ‘Agent-based Modeling for Studying Social and Ecological Systems’ is going to be held on 26th June - 28th June 2015 at Bengaluru. The last date for online application is 10th June 2015.

The event details are as follows:
“Agent-based Modeling for Studying Social and Ecological Systems” is an intense 3-day program primarily for students and researchers who are willing to apply agent-based modeling techniques in their area of work. Agent-based models or multi-agent systems are new method of studying complex social and ecological systems. Agent-based models can be built to capture the dynamics of these systems and study the emergent phenomenon while characterizing the behaviours of individual components and their interactions with the environment. Besides once a model is built, these can be used for testing various scenarios and hypothesis, deriving strategies and management options for a variety of social and ecological phenomenon.

The course will focus on researchers to appreciate and apply agent-based modeling in their teaching and research providing insights on building, implementing and analyzing the models. The course will use NetLogo, a free-and-open source agent-based modeling environment and provide hands-on exposure through relevant examples.

Session Details:

Session 1: Set the thinking – appreciating complex systems

Session 2: Overview of studies and applications of ABM

Session 3: Modeling as Story-telling

Session 4: The basics of ABM

Session 5: Working with NetLogo: the world of turtles, patches, observer and procedures.

Session 6: Modeling the system – appreciating the process

Sessions 7-8-9: Group work: Hands-on ABM

Session 10: Presentation by participants

Tool exposed: NetLogo.

Eligibility: This program is open to participants from any domain and not limited to engineering, sciences, ecology and social sciences. Participation is limited to 20 applicants. Background of programming in any language can be an advantage, but not essential.

Potential participants are encouraged to go through the course description and apply. Interested participants are encouraged to register here: http://courses.gubbilabs.in/content/application-form-short-course

Course Fee: For participants (other than India) US$ 250; For participants from India Rs. 6000.
For more details, please contact:courses@gubbilabs.in

with warm regards
Gururaja