[Apologies if you receive multiple copies] DEADLINE TO APPLY FOR SBP-BRIMS'16 TRAVEL SUPPORT IS MAY 16, 2016.
*** Please note that early registration deadline is June 6, 2016. *** Registration is now open for SBP-BRIMS'16, the 2016 International Conference on Social Computing, Behavioral-Cultural Modeling & Prediction and Behavior Representation in Modeling and Simulation. SBP-BRIMS'16 will be held at the UCDC Center, downtown Washington DC, USA Jun 28 - July 1, 2016. Link to the main conference pages, http://sbp-brims.org/2016/ Link directly to registration page, http://sbp-brims.org/2016/registration/ TRAVEL SUPPORT AVAILABLE !! We have two forms of travel support available, as described below. 1. Travel Support for Students We have obtained grant funding that will provide a number of registration and travel scholarships for students, to help them attend the conference. These awards will cover registration costs for local students. For non-local students, the award will cover up to $800 for registration, travel, and lodging expenses. To apply for these awards, students should send an email to Syed Rahman (srahm...@mix.wvu.edu). The email should include the following: 1. Confirmation that the student is planning to attend SBP-BRIMS'16 2. A simple letter of support by a faculty member confirming the applicant's student status 3. A short paragraph outlining why the student has need for the award These awards will be allocated on the basis of student need and available funding. Travel scholarships are awarded in the form of travel reimbursement. Travel scholars must and submit qualifying receipts at the end of their trip. DEADLINE TO APPLY FOR SBP TRAVEL SCHOLARSHIPS IS MAY 16, 2016. 2. Travel Support to Promote Diversity at SBP-BRIMS'16 (for students and non-students) We also have funding that will provide a limited travel support (registration, travel, hotel) for the purpose of increasing diversity at SBP-BRIMS 2016. Support will be available to participants from underrepresented groups (racial minority, females, or participants from the social sciences, economic or managerial sciences, or biomedical research fields) to help them attend the conference and contribute to the disciplinary diversity. These awards will cover registration costs for local conference participants. For non-local participants, the award will cover up to $800 for registration, travel, and lodging expenses. These awards are available to students, post-docs, and non-students who belong to one or more of the underrepresented groups indicated. To apply for consideration, please send an email to Don Adjeroh (d...@csee.wvu.edu<mailto:d...@csee.wvu.edu>). The email should include the following: 1. Confirmation that you are planning to attend SBP-BRIMS'16 2. An indication of the under-represented category/categories to which you belong. Diversity categories include Gender (i.e., females are underrepresented at this conference), and racial or ethnic group (underrepresented groups include African Americans, American Indians, and those of Hispanic origin). Diversity categories also include area of study. Diverse areas of study are those outside of the traditional STEM disciplines, and include behavioral and social sciences, economic or managerial sciences, and biomedical research fields. 3. (For student applicants and post-docs only) A simple letter of support by a faculty member who knows you, confirming that you belong to the minority category that you specified. 4. A short paragraph outlining your need for the travel support The awards will be allocated on the basis of individual's need and available funding. Travel scholarships are awarded in the form of travel reimbursement. Travel scholars must and submit qualifying receipts at the end of their trip. DEADLINE TO APPLY FOR SBP-BRIMS TRAVEL SCHOLARSHIPS IS MAY 20, 2016. *** Please note that early registration deadline is June 6, 2016. *** SOME EXCITING ITEMS ON THE PROGRAM! SBP-BRIMS'16 CHALLENGE - see: http://sbp-brims.org/2016/challenge/ SBP-BRIMS'16 TUTORIALS - see : http://sbp-brims.org/2016/tutorial/ Morning, afternoon, and late afternoon tutorials are offered on Tuesday, June 28, 2016 (included with registration fee): 1. Deep Learning Applied Alexander G. Ororbia II, Pennsylvania State University 2. An Introduction to Computational Urban Science Konstantinos Pelechrinis (University of Pittsburgh) & Daniele Quercia (Bell Labs) 3. Misinformation in Social Media: Diffusion, Detection and Intervention Liang Wu, Fred Morstatter, and Huan Liu, Arizona State University 4. Dynamic & Geo-Spatial Network Visualization and Analysis L. Richard Carley (l...@cmu.edu) Carnegie Mellon University & Netanomics 5. Network Analytics in ORA Geoffrey Morgan (gmor...@cs.cmu.edu ) and Kathleen M. Carley (kathleen.car...@cs.cmu.edu), Carnegie Mellon University 6. Identifying Covert or Hidden Groups in Twitter Lieutenant Colonel Matthew Benigni (matthew.c.beni...@mail.mil) & Kathleen M. Carley (kathleen.car...@cs.cmu.edu), Carnegie Mellon University 7. Generative models for social network data Kevin S. Xu (kevi...@outlook.com) and TBA, University of Toledo 8. Exploring Public Events Using Social Media Data: Challenges in Extraction, Modeling and Analyzing Yuheng Hu (yuhen...@uic.edu), University of Illinois at Chicago 9. Analyzing User behaviors via Data Visualization Techniques Nan Cao (nan....@nyu.edu), NYU ShangHai / NYU Tandon School of Engineering Yu-Ru Lin (yuru...@pitt.edu), University of Pittsburgh A brief description of the tutorials will be made available at the tutorial webpage: http://sbp-brims.org/2016/tutorial/ SBP-BRIMS'16 KEYNOTE SPEAKERS: Tina Eliassi-Rad Associate Professor of Computer Science Northeastern University - Boston, MA Pamela I. Blechinger Director, U.S. Army Training and Doctrine - Command Analysis Center (TRAC) - Fort Leavenworth, Kansas For more information on the keynote speakers, see: http://sbp-brims.org/2016/keynote/ Please visit the conference website for further information about the conference: http://sbp-brims.org/2016/
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