The Modelling4All Project: A web-based modelling tool embedded in Web 2.0

The OeRC is pleased to welcome Ken Kahn from University of Oxford,  to present a seminar entitled The Modelling4All Project: A web-based modelling tool embedded in Web 2.0 on Tuesday 26 May 2009

This seminar is open to all and will start at 2pm in the OeRC Access Grid Room (room 277 - access available via 7 Keble Road).

This seminar may be broadcast with permission via video-link to other e-Research South venues. Only the speaker will be visible from other locations. Recording of this seminar is prohibited.

The Modelling4All Project is building a web-based tool for constructing, running, visualising, analysing, and sharing agent-based models. These models can be constructed by non-experts by composing pre-built modular components called micro-behaviours. We are attempting to seed and nurture a Web 2.0 community to support modelling. Models, micro-behaviours, lesson plans, tutorials, and other supporting material can be shared, discussed, reviewed, rated, and tagged.

Ken Kahn is a senior researcher at the Oxford University Computing Services and a researcher at the London Knowledge Lab. The focus of his research is making programming and computer modelling accessible to a wide audience. He is the creator of ToonTalk, a programming language used by young children. His earlier research at MIT, Uppsala University, and Xerox PARC was focused on AI and programming language design.