Unifying Social Frameworks Workshop

August 16-17, 2010

Keck Center

Washington DC

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Keynote Speaker: Major General Michael T. Flynn, U.S. Army

MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN AFGHANISTAN: Technology, knowledge, and intelligence in a dynamic sociocultural environment

Co-author of “Fixing Intel: A Blueprint for Making Intelligence Relevant in Afghanistan”

Working Paper available from the Center for New American Security.

Methods, Tools, Frameworks and Models: A Panel Discussion

Mark Bevir – The Importance of Interpretation. Paper Abstract

Laura McNamara – Why Models Don't Forecast. Paper Abstract

Robert Sargent – A Perspective on Modeling, Data, and Knowledge. Paper Abstract

Jessica Glicken Turnley – The Dangers of Rushing to Data: Constraints on data types and targets in computational social modeling and simulation. Paper Abstract

Robert Albro – Response to Panel V.

Project Staff: Cherie Chauvin, Study Director cchauvin@nas.edu 202-334-2096 Renée L. Wilson Gaines, Senior Program Assistant rwilson@nas.edu 202-334-2145