A Report to the 1A Report to the 1stst Annual Annual Meeting of the Society of CIEF Meeting of the Society of CIEF

(SCIEF)(SCIEF)Shu-Heng Chen, CIEF’2006 Conference ChairShu-Heng Chen, CIEF’2006 Conference Chair Pi Pi

ng-Chenng-Chen Lin, CIEF’2006 Program Chair Lin, CIEF’2006 Program Chair

CIEF Society’s AgendaCIEF Society’s Agenda

Welcome AddressWelcome AddressA Retrospective View A Retrospective View CIEF ConferenceCIEF ConferenceCIEF SocietyCIEF SocietyCIEF’2007 at Salt Lake CityCIEF’2007 at Salt Lake City

What we did over the pastWhat we did over the past

CIEF Series of Conferences

Post-Conference Publications

Journals: Special Issues

Book Volumes

CIEF ConferencesCIEF Conferences

CIEF’2000 (Atlantic City, PA)CIEF’2000 (Atlantic City, PA)CIEF’2002 (Research Triangle Park, NA)CIEF’2002 (Research Triangle Park, NA)CIEF’2003 (Carry, NA)CIEF’2003 (Carry, NA)CIEF’2005 (Salt Lake City, Utah)CIEF’2005 (Salt Lake City, Utah)CIEF’2006 (Kaohsiung, Taiwan)CIEF’2006 (Kaohsiung, Taiwan)CIEF’2007 (Salt Lake City, Utah)CIEF’2007 (Salt Lake City, Utah)

Journal PublicationsJournal Publications

Book VolumesBook Volumes

Post Conference PublicationsPost Conference Publications CIEF 2000: special issue, CIEF 2000: special issue, Information Sciences, Vol.Information Sciences, Vol. 170, 2005. 170, 2005. CIEF 2000, 2002: book volume, CIEF 2000, 2002: book volume, Computational Intelligence in EconComputational Intelligence in Econ

omics and Finance, Vol. 1omics and Finance, Vol. 1, Springer, 2003, Springer, 2003 CIEF 2003: book volume, CIEF 2003: book volume, Computational Economics: A Perspective Computational Economics: A Perspective

from Computational Intelligence,from Computational Intelligence, IDEA Group Publishing, 2006 IDEA Group Publishing, 2006 CIEF 2003: special issue, Information Sciences,CIEF 2003: special issue, Information Sciences, forthcoming forthcoming.. CIEF 2005: special issue, International Journal of New Mathematics CIEF 2005: special issue, International Journal of New Mathematics

and Natural Computation (NM&NC), World Scientific, and Natural Computation (NM&NC), World Scientific, forthcomingforthcoming (Nov., 2006).(Nov., 2006).

CIEF 2005: special issue, Information Sciences, CIEF 2005: special issue, Information Sciences, under processing,under processing, CIEF 2005: book volume, Computational Intelligence in Economics CIEF 2005: book volume, Computational Intelligence in Economics and Finance, Vol. 2, Springerand Finance, Vol. 2, Springer, , under processing.under processing.

Post Conference PublicationsPost Conference Publications

A special issue on Information SciencesA special issue on Information SciencesA special issue on New Mathematics and A special issue on New Mathematics and

Natural ComputationNatural ComputationA Book Volume (Springer, CIEF, Vol. 3?) A Book Volume (Springer, CIEF, Vol. 3?)

Evolution of CIEFEvolution of CIEF The CIEF workshop is mainly composed of two young bu

t promising research areas, namely, Computational Intelligence (CI) Agent-Based Modeling and Simulation (ABMS).

While these two areas can be treated independently, they are put together as a coherent framework in this conference because in our vision, or in a legacy of Herbert Simon, the former is actually the foundation of the latter.

More specifically, it is the tools from CI which help us to characterize the autonomous agents in a complex heterogeneous interacting environment.

Evolution of CIEFEvolution of CIEF

However, like many other conferences which are associated with a fast growing field, CIEF quickly notices that there is no clear-cut boundary for both of these two areas.

CI, as a new quantitative approach, inevitably has to be compared with other conventional approaches, such as statistics or econometrics.

In order to enhance the interaction between the traditional statistical approach and the newly-arising CI approach, CIEF also accommodates studies on econometrics.

Evolution of CIEFEvolution of CIEFComputational Intelligence Agent-Based Modeling and Simulation

Econometrics,Statistics

Evolution of CIEFEvolution of CIEF Agent-based computational modeling is not just confined

to economics; in fact, it is a new plat form which can demolish the long-existing ad hoc walls among all branches of the social sciences.

The field known as agent-based computational social sciences reflects the already on-going interdisciplinary activities.

To avoid the unnecessary isolation, CIEF has extended the areas of interest from agent-based computational economics and finance to management, and further to the social sciences in general.

Evolution of CIEFEvolution of CIEFComputational Intelligence Agent-Based Modeling and Simulation

Agent-Based Computational Economics

Econometrics,Statistics

Agent-Based Computational Social Sciences

Evolution of CIEFEvolution of CIEF

Furthermore, within the area of economics itself, ACE with its models of software agents matches well with experimental economics and behavioral economics as models of human agents.

By acknowledging the important connection, CIEF would like to be characterized as the first economic conference on agents, and accept submissions from experimental economics and behavioral economics.

Evolution of CIEFEvolution of CIEFComputational Intelligence

Agent-Based Modeling and SimulationAgent-Based Computational Economics

Econometrics,Statistics

Agent-Based Computational Social Sciences

Experimental Economics Behavioral Economics

Evolution of CIEFEvolution of CIEF

Simulation, partially due to the lack of rigorousness, is still not regarded as a science by many scientists.

There are two theoretical frameworks that exist for the study of agents, which may also facilitate the work of connecting software agents and human agents.

One is game theory, and the other is statistical physics, or, more precisely, econophysics.

Evolution of CIEFEvolution of CIEFComputational Intelligence

Agent-Based Modeling and SimulationAgent-Based Computational Economics

Econometrics,Statistics

Agent-Based Computational Social Sciences

Experimental Economics Behavioral Economics

Game Theory

Econophysics

Evolution of CIEFEvolution of CIEF

This roughly sketches the origin and the evolution of CIEF.

Needless to say, the evolution will not stop here.

The PC in the future will decide how it continues to evolve.e.g. Neural Economics

CIEF SocietyCIEF Society

Membership fee: US$70Membership fee: US$70Steering committee members’ election: Steering committee members’ election:

Election Organizers: Election Organizers: Dr. Ping Chen Lin & Dr. Po-Chang KoDr. Ping Chen Lin & Dr. Po-Chang Ko

CIEF2007 chairs: CIEF2007 chairs: Conference chair: TBAConference chair: TBAProgram chair: Program chair: Dr. Douglas WangDr. Douglas WangConference manager: Conference manager: Connie Wang, CPAConnie Wang, CPA

CIEF2007 Important Dates (TentatiCIEF2007 Important Dates (Tentative)ve)

Call for Paper: Nov. 1, 2006Call for Paper: Nov. 1, 2006 Full paper submission due: Feb. 1, 2007Full paper submission due: Feb. 1, 2007 Paper acceptance notification date: Mar. 30, 200Paper acceptance notification date: Mar. 30, 200

77 Invited papers due: Apr. 15, 2007Invited papers due: Apr. 15, 2007 Camera-ready (Including special session’s papeCamera-ready (Including special session’s pape

r) and early registration due: May 15, 2007r) and early registration due: May 15, 2007 Conference date: July, 2007, US Salt Lake CityConference date: July, 2007, US Salt Lake City

We Solicit your Participation We Solicit your Participation

CIEF2007 special session chair volunteers CIEF2007 special session chair volunteers CIEF2007 tutorial speaker volunteersCIEF2007 tutorial speaker volunteersPlease directly contact Douglas Wang aboPlease directly contact Douglas Wang abo

ut your ideas or proposals ut your ideas or proposals Douglas Wang <dougwang@csu.edu.tw> Douglas Wang <dougwang@csu.edu.tw>