<complex-announcements@necsi.org> Subject: Special program on _Homeland and International Security_ at ICCS Special program on _Homeland and International Security_ at the International Conference on Complex Systems. Events over the past few years have altered perspectives about priorities of national and international challenges. The scientific community, and particularly the Complex Systems community, should respond by providing new insights tools and approaches informing policy, preparation and action. In particular, international terrorism, pandemics, and natural disasters are leading to a broad need for strategies to address national and international security. The science of complex systems, including network analysis, agent simulations, and new approaches to systems engineering, provide a basis for better identification and prioritization of challenges, developing strategies for addressing them, and executing the strategies that are developed. The huge investments that are currently underway and planned in these areas should be guided by complex systems ideas. We are planning multiple sessions on the topic of Homeland and International Security at the International Conference on Complex Systems. Abstracts can be submitted through the conference webpage at http://necsi.org/conferences/iccs06 Key topics include, but are not restricted to: --Modeling and simulation of attacks, pandemics and disasters --Critical infrastructure protection --Network analysis of terrorism --Social processes of radical movements supporting terrorism --Analysis of effective and ineffective crisis response --Network analysis of transnational emergency response Agencies and organizations that are interested in presenting funding opportunities or collaborations are welcome. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Yaneer Bar-Yam Professor and President New England Complex Systems Institute http://necsi.org ----------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------- complex-announcements@necsi.org If you prefer not to receive messages about this and future programs please let us know by sending an email to complex-announcements-off@necsi.org. If this does not work send an e-mail to: complex@necsi.org ----- End forwarded message ----- -- Eugen* Leitl <a href="http://leitl.org">leitl</a> http://leitl.org ______________________________________________________________ ICBM: 48.07100, 11.36820 http://www.ativel.com 8B29F6BE: 099D 78BA 2FD3 B014 B08A 7779 75B0 2443 8B29 F6BE [demime 1.01d removed an attachment of type application/pgp-signature which had a name of signature.asc]