Meysam Alizadeh

Meysam Alizadeh is a Ph.D. student at the Department of Computational Social Science, George Mason University, USA. He has a master's degree in Information Sciences from the University of Pittsburgh. He got his B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Industrial Engineering from Amirkabir University of Technology (Tehran Polytechnic), Iran. His research interests are Agent-based modeling, Human Cooperation, Opinion Dynamics, Inter-group Conflict, and Civil War.

4400 University Drive
Fairfax
Virginia
22030
United States

Email: alizadeh.meysam@gmail.com
Web: http://www.linkedin.com/in/malizadeh

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Alin Coman

Alin Coman received his Ph.D. in Experimental Cognitive Psychology from New School for Social Research. Currently, he is an assistant professor of Psychology and Public Affairs at Princeton University.

PSH 529 Peretsman-Scully Hall
Psychology Department
Princeton University
Princeton, NJ 08540
United States

Email: acoman@princeton.edu
Web: https://psych.princeton.edu/psychology/research/acoman/index.php

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Michael Lewis

Michael Lewis is a professor of Information Sciences and Intelligent Systems at the University of Pittsburgh. His research focuses on human interaction with machines and other humans. He is the author of more than 180 scientific papers and with his research group has developed widely used tools including the USARSim robotic simulation and CaveUT immersive displays.

135 N Bellefield Ave
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
United States

Email: ml@sis.pitt.edu
Web: http://www.pitt.edu/~cmlewis/

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Claudio Cioffi-Revilla

Claudio Cioffi-Revilla is the Professor of Computational Social Science, founding and former Chair of the Department of Computational Social Science, and founding and current Director of the Mason Center for Social Complexity at George Mason University. He holds two doctoral degrees in Political Science and International Relations and his areas of special interest include quantitative, mathematical, and simulation models applied to complex human and social systems.

Center for Social Complexity
Krasnow Institute for Advanced Study
George Mason University
Fairfax,
Virginia 22030,
United States

Email: ccioffi@gmu.edu
Web: http://www.css.gmu.edu/?q=node/16