Please apply soon for the one-week course on individual-based modeling
that Volker Grimm and Steve Railsback will present May 26-30th, 2025, in
Chicago. This year the course will be in partnership with the NetLogo
team at Northwestern University.
The course is designed primarily to help academic and other researchers
start using (or teaching) individual-based modeling. Major topics
include model design—how to determine what things should be in a model
or left out; programming models in the NetLogo platform; and model
analysis—how to use a working model to produce theoretical and applied
understanding. The goal will be to prepare participants to use the
course textbook and NetLogo’s extensive resources to become productive
modelers. We expected participants to include academic faculty, graduate
students, and industry and agency scientists.
The instructors have presented similar courses many times over 20 years
and authored the textbook that this short course will be based on,
Agent-based and Individual-based Modeling: A Practical Introduction
(see: https://www.railsback-grimm-abm-book.com).
The 2025 course will be held at Northwestern University’s law school
campus in downtown Chicago. The course fee has not been finalized but we
expect it to be approximately $950. We are hoping to arrange low-cost
dormitory housing as an option. Any proceeds from the course will
support the NetLogo team.
To apply for this course, please email the following information to:
abm-cou...@ccl.northwestern.edu
• Your name
• Your affiliation and position (e.g., graduate student in the
Department of X at Y University; staff scientist at Z Inc.)
• A very short paragraph describing your professional interests and
reason for attending the course.
We anticipate notifying applicants of their acceptance by the beginning
of April.
Steve Railsback
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Steve Railsback
Lang Railsback & Associates
Arcata, California
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