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Chair of Sociology, in particular of Modeling and Simulation
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of Prof.
Dirk Helbing

Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina

Our research on disaster spreading and disaster response management can be found here. An overview is given by the following publications:

1. D. Helbing and A. Johansson (2010) Cooperation, norms, and revolutions: A unified game-theoretical approach. PLoS ONE 5(10), e12530.

2. D. Helbing, H. Ammoser, and C. Kühnert (2005) Disasters as extreme events and the importance of network interactions for disaster response management. Pages 319-348. in: S. Albeverio, V. Jentsch, and H. Kantz (eds.) Extreme Events in Nature and Society (Springer, Berlin).

3. K. Peters, L. Buzna, and D. Helbing (2008) Modelling of cascading effects and efficient response to disaster spreading in complex networks. Int. J. Critical Infrastructures 4(1/2), 46-62.

4. D. Helbing (2010) Systemic Risks in Society and Economics. International Risk Governance Council (irgc).

News:
	The wisdom of crowds The strange but extremely valuable science of how pedestrians behave
	News mining might have predicted Arab Spring Signs of impending social and political change may lie hidden in a sea of news reports.
	Es braucht ein neues Finanzsystem (in German, Automatic English Translation) Zwei ETH-Wissenschaftler erklären, warum die Weltwirtschaft krank ist, Adam Smith unrecht hatte – und wir ganz anders über Geld nachdenken müssen.
	Wenn die Masse zur Bedrohung wird (in German, Automatic English Translation) Nicht erst seit dem Unglück bei der Loveparade in Duisburg erforschen Wissenschaftler das Risikopotenzial großer Menschenmassen. Neue Simulationen sollen den gefürchteten Crowd Quake jetzt realistischer simulieren.
	Wenn Gier die Gesellschaft zerstört (in German, Automatic English Translation) Ein bisschen Eigennutz tut allen gut, doch zu viel davon lässt das System einstürzen: Zwei Forscher der ETH zeigen am Computer, wie Gier eine Gesellschaft zerstört.
	Rechenmodelle sollen Katastrophen vorhersagen (in German, Automatic English Translation)
	When We're Cowed by the Crowd A new study by Swiss scientists suggests that the interconnectedness of modern life might be making it even harder to benefit from our collective intelligence.
	Are scientific reputations boosted artificially? Reputations emerge in a collective manner. But does this guarantee that fame rests on merit, asks Philip Ball.
	A More Human Virtual Crowd A new vision-based approach could help prevent crowd disasters.
	Predicting crowd behaviour
	Wisdom about Crowds To model the behaviour of humans en masse, treat them as people, not molecules
	What Causes Deadly 'Crowd-Quakes'?
	How crowds move: because people want to be free
	Wenjian Yu wins second prize in Fifth "Chunhui Cup" Innovation and Entrepreneurship Contest (in Chinese, Automatic English Translation)
	Earth project aims to 'simulate everything'
	Physik der Finanzmärkte (in German, Automatic English translation).
	Freie Fahrt im intelligenten Straßennetz (in German, Automatic English translation).
	Social Network Predicts Flu Spread
	Draußen eigene Wege gehen (in German, Automatic English translation).
	Panikforschung: Selbst Mekka ist beherrschbar (in German, Automatic English translation).
	Nutzt die Möglichkeiten des Computers! (in German, Automatic English translation). Wie entstehen Massenpaniken? Und noch wichtiger: Wie lassen sich Tragödien wie in Duisburg verhindern?
	Who should pay for the police?
	Im Wunderland – wir haben eine kognitive Grenze überschritten (in German, Automatic English translation).
	Towards a socio-economic knowledge accelerator.
	Science magazine reports about the Workshop on "Coping with Crises in Complex Socio-Economic Systems".
	Publication on "The outbreak of cooperation among success-driven individuals under noisy conditions".
	»More news...

Further Information and Activities:

	Interdisciplinary Seminar «Modeling Complex Socio-Economic Systems and Crises» »all courses
	Lipari School on Computational Complex Systems «Game Theoretic Approach to Computational Complex Systems» July 9-16, 2011, Lipari Island
	International Workshop on «Coping with Crises in Complex Socio-Economic Systems 2011» June 20-25, 2011, ETH Zurich
	International Workshop on «Game Theory and Society: Models of Social Interaction in Sociological Research 2011» July 27-30, 2011, ETH Zurich

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Past Workshops:

International Workshop on «Coping with Crises in Complex Socio-Economic Systes 2009» June 8-12, 2009, ETH Zurich
with two Satellite Workshops on «Extreme Events in Agent-Based Socio-Economic Models» and «Modelling Interdependency between Technological and Human Systems under Crisis Scenarios»

»watch conference talks at videolectures.net

International Workshop on «Challenges and Visions in Social Sciences 2008»
»conference talks on videolectures.net
»conference protocol

ECCS'07 Special Issues:

D. Helbing, J. Jost and D. Lane, eds. (2008) Social Systems and Complexity. Advances in Complex Systems 11(4), 485-652
D. Helbing, J. Jost and H. Kantz eds. (2008) Nonlinear Physics Everywhere: From Molecules to Cities. The European Physical Journal B 63(3), 283-420
D. Helbing, J. Jost and H. Kantz, eds. (2008) Networks and Complexity. Networks and Heterogeneous Media (NHM) 3(2), 185-411
J. Jost, D. Helbing, A. Lörincz and M. Middendorf, eds. (2008) Complexity in Biology. Theory in Biosciences 127(2), 67-204
C. Chaudet, G. Le Grand and V. Rosato, eds. (2009) Special Issue on Critical Infrastructures as Complex Systems. International Journal of Critical Infrastructures (IJCIS) 5(1/2)

Note: Due to the new obligations and huge amount of work related with his change of universities and fields, Prof. Helbing was not involved in crowd management and control projects in 2007 and 2008.

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