Friday April 1, 2011

Mark Bedau
Reed College
Biography

“How Computer Models Test the Arrow of Complexity Thesis and Reveal Darwin’s Dirty Secret”

Nicholas Rescher
University of Pittsburgh
Biography

“How Modeling Can Go Wrong”

Saturday April 2, 2011

Paul Thagard
University of Waterloo
Biography

“Modeling Neurons, Minds, and Groups: The Epistemology of Multilevel Simulations”

Ian Lustick
University of Pennsylvania
Biography

“Using Agent-Based Modeling to Forecast and Analyze Rare Political Events: Illustrations from Pakistan and Thailand”

Sunday April 3, 2011

Marc Lipsitch
Harvard School of Public Health
Biography

“Use of Simulations and Models for Decision Making: Emerging Diseases”

Wendy Parker
Ohio University
Biography

“Use of Simulations and Models for Decision Making: Emerging Diseases”