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Subject: [cormas-announcement] Inviting applications for the PhD in Computational Social Science, George Mason University
From: Francois Bousquet (bousquet_fra@yahoo.fr)
Date: Wed Jan 10 2007 - 09:08:06 CET
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> Advance apologies for cross-posting. Please forward to interested
> parties.
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> The PhD program in computational social science at George Mason
> University invites applicants for admission beginning in Fall, 2007.
> The application deadline for full consideration for fellowships and
> assistantships is Feb. 1, 2007. The program, entering its third
> year, has 12 enrolled students, and offers a wide variety of
> specialized courses in agent-based modeling of complex social
> systems. Core faculty include Drs. Claudio Cioffi-Revilla, Robert
> Axtell, Maxim Tsvetovat, and Dawn Parker, as well as a large number
> of affiliated faculty. In addition to focused courses in
> computational social science and modeling, students complete
> coursework in discipline-oriented social science, such as economics,
> political science, sociology, geography, environmental policy, and
> anthropology. We anticipating awarding several graduate research
> assistantship for newly admitted students.
>
> Current students in the CSS PhD program have the opportunity to
> participate in a variety of research activities lead by program
> faculty (many as graduate research assistants), including:
>
> -Multi-agent system models to explore effects of HIV/AIDs on
> agricultural production in Uganda;
>
> -Agent-based models of land markets in agriculture and at the urban-
> rural fringe;
>
> -Modeling off-site impacts of land-owner behavior and land-use change
> on water quality and subsequent effects on rare aquatic resources in
> the Potomac Gorge;
>
> -Linking timber harvest and carbon sequestration in Eastern deciduous
> forests;
>
> - Using agent-based modeling to understand the rise and fall of
> polities in Inner Asia over the past several millennia;
>
> - Applying computational models to analyze high-frequency conflict
> event interactions and their dynamic and geospatial properties;
>
> - Developing new cartographic methods for understanding complex
> regional and global issues, such as proliferation, terrorism, or
> humanitarian crises;
>
> -Macroeconomics from the bottom up using very large-scale multi-agent
> systems;
>
> -Participatory modeling of water demand in the middle and upper Rio
> Grande: Integrating hydrologic and agent-based models;
>
> -Putting terror into bioterror models: Rumor propagation in mobs,
> madness of crowds, herding within and among groups, panic among the
> vulnerable, and terror in the streets--A study using a single agent-
> based framework;
>
> -Hyperbolic discounting: Modeling individual behavior as emergent
> from multiple selves;
>
> -City and firm size distributions: Joint determination of distinct
> Zipf laws via a microeconomic model;
>
> -Many-agent theories of the firm;
>
> -Team pollution: Command-and-control regulations can out-perform
> market-based mechanisms when intra-firm behavior is strategic;
>
> -Evolving novel solutions to 'tragedy of the commons'- type social
> dilemmas via agent-based computing;
>
> -Firm growth dynamics studied using micro-data, agent-based
> simulations, and generalizations of the central limit theorem;
>
> -Network structures in International Relations - network-based
> imperialism, structural properties of international agreements and
> alliances, economic interdependence networks, agent-based models of
> evolving relations;
>
> - Evolution of social networks - dynamic network models, cascades and
> avalanche processes in networks;
>
> - Terrorist and covert networks - evolution, resilience, counter-
> terrorist measures, modeling of socio-political surroundings of an
> insurgency;
>
> - Semantic social networks and link analysis - networks in scientific
> research and intelligence analysis, machine interpretation of social
> network data;
>
> - Wisdom of Crowds - harnessing knowledge embedded in social networks.
>
> More information about the program and center is available at:
>
> http://socialcomplexity.gmu.edu/
>
> For specific questions related to the graduate program, contact Dawn
> Parker, acting director for the CSS PhD program, at cssgrad@gmu.edu.
>
> Full application instructions are available at:
>
> http://socialcomplexity.gmu.edu/phd.php
>
> Application materials must include the following:
>
> 1. Completed application form and $60.00 fee (if applying on-
> line) or $75 fee (if applying with a paper application);
> 2. An updated curriculum vitae or resume;
> 3. A statement of purpose (maximum 2000 words) consistent with
> the research interests of at least one faculty member in the program;
> 4. The names of two Mason faculty members that may be suitable as
> Advisors;
> 5. Three letters of recommendations by faculty members or
> individuals with direct knowledge of the student's academic or
> professional capabilities;
> 6. Official transcripts for all undergraduate (minimum overall
> 3.25 GPA) and graduate courses. These must be mailed to GMU directly
> from the degree-granting institution. Admissions requirements
> minimally include one undergraduate course in calculus and knowledge
> of a computer programming language, preferably object-based;
> 7. Graduate Record Examination (GRE) taken within the past five
> years prior to the date of application submission, with exception of
> applicants who hold a master's degree from an accredited institution
> in the United States, who may request to waive the GRE requirement.
> 8. Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) as per GMU policies.
>
> Items 1-4 must be submitted jointly, as a package. Applicants are
> encouraged to submit these on-line through the on-line application
> system, which allows applications to track the status of their
> application. (https://patriotweb.gmu.edu/pls/prod/
> bwskalog.P_DispLoginNon)
>
> Additionally, but not as a requirement, an applicant may submit prior
> work in computational social science, such as a simulation model or
> publications. The letters of recommendation must arrive directly from
> the recommenders and may be submitted electronically as .pdf
> attachments (send to: mhayes5@gmu.edu, with copy to
> cssgrad@gmu.edu ). Items 6-8 are forwarded to the program at the
> applicant's request.
>
> Each application is reviewed by the Program Director, who shares them
> with the faculty members listed by the applicant. The admissions
> decision is determined by an applicant's credentials and matching
> faculty interests. The program may recommend that an applicant delay
> another year, pending completion of additional coursework. An
> interview with an applicant may be necessary in some cases. No
> specific set of qualifications guarantees admission to the program.
>
> For further admission requirements and procedures please contact
> Melissa Hayes at mhayes5@gmu.edu or 703-993-3430.
>
> All supporting documents for application packets should be mailed to:
> Melissa Hayes
> Assistant Director of Graduate Admissions, COS
> 103 Science and Tech Bldg. 1, MS 6A3
> George Mason University
> 4400 University Drive
> Fairfax, VA. 22030 USA
>
> For program and course content information please contact:
> Dr. Dawn Cassandra Parker, Acting Director
> Program in Computational Social Sciences
> Center for Social Complexity MSN 6B2
> George Mason University
> 4400 University Drive
> Fairfax, VA 22030 USA
> cssgrad@gmu.edu (preferred contact)
> Tel. (703) 993-4640, Fax (703) 993-1399
>
> Dawn Cassandra Parker
> Assistant Professor
> Department of Environmental Science and Policy and Center for Social
> Complexity
> Acting Director, Computational Social Science PhD Program
> George Mason University
> 703-993-4640
> dparker3 at gmu dot edu
> http://mason.gmu.edu/~dparker3
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