Re: [Swarmfest2006] Gary An as speaker

[Greg Madey]

All,

I endorse Gary An as a guest speaker on Friday. Some of what he does  
could fall under the "bio-terrorism response" research area and that  
would definitely appeal to the NAACSOS crowd.

Greg


On May 8, 2006, at 1:29 PM, North, Michael wrote:

> FYI...
>
> Mike
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: North, Michael
> > Sent: Monday, May 08, 2006 12:29 PM
> > To: 'NAACSOS 2006 Organizing Committee'
> > Subject: RE: FW: [Swarmfest2006] Gary An as speaker
> >
> > David:
> >
> > This is a good question.  Other members of the Swarm group suggested
> him
> > so I suppose they are fine with the toolkits he is using.  I'm really
> just
> > a messenger on this one.  Just in case, I will forward your note to
> the
> > Swarm group.
> >
> > Mike
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: NAACSOS 2006 Organizing Committee
> > [mailto:address@hidden
> > > On Behalf Of David Sallach
> > > Sent: Monday, May 08, 2006 12:21 PM
> > > To: address@hidden
> > > Subject: Re: FW: [Swarmfest2006] Gary An as speaker
> > >
> > > Mike,
> > >
> > >      Gary on Friday is fine with me.  I think he will make a
> > > unique contribution.  The last I heard Gary is using NetLogo.
> > >  Will that matter to Swarmfest?
> > >
> > > David
> > >
> > >
> > > ---- Original message ----
> > > > Date: Mon, 8 May 2006 12:10:41 -0500
> > > > From: "North, Michael" <address@hidden>
> > > > Subject: FW: [Swarmfest2006] Gary An as speaker
> > > > To: address@hidden
> > > >
> > > > This is from Steve Railsback who is leading this year's SwarmFest
> > > > effort...
> > > >
> > > > Mike
> > > >
> > > > PS: I have no problem with having Gary An speak on Friday.
> > > >
> > > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > > From: address@hidden [mailto:swarmfest2006-
> > > > > address@hidden On Behalf Of Steve Railsback
> > > > > Sent: Monday, May 08, 2006 10:40 AM
> > > > > To: SwarmFest 2006 Organizers list
> > > > > Subject: [Swarmfest2006] Gary An as speaker
> > > > >
> > > > > I asked Gary An about giving a 'featured' presentation on
> > > agent-based
> > > > > modeling in medicine and biomedicine; his own work and
> > > perhaps a
> > > > little
> > > > > review of other work in the area.
> > > > >
> > > > > Gary is only available on Friday. Even though Gary's work isn't
> > > > exactly
> > > > > social science, I think the NAACSOS people would enjoy his
> > > talk. He's
> > > > a
> > > > > good speaker, and a great example of a scientist teaching
> > > himself how
> > > > to
> > > > > solve an important, real-world problem with ABM.
> > > > >
> > > > > We are hoping that at least two of the NAACSOS invited
> > > speakers will
> > > > > also be on Friday?
> > > > >
> > > > > Are NAACSOS people willing to fit Gary in on Friday?
> > > > >
> > > > > Steve
> > > > >
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