Models and Agents at Eclipse Modeling Days

Does this sound like you? You've been looking for a career in modeling, or perhaps you're already very experienced but you just need to hone your platform walk. You've always wanted to see if you can make it in the big time of Toronto. Or perhaps you're a little less sure if you've really got it but you've always wanted to see the somewhat dimmer lights of New York. Or maybe you just want to see models in action. Then Modeling Day is for you! This year, we'll even have agents on hand. They'll be looking for that special someone with all the right moves. (If you're wondering how long I can keep this up, the answer is "just past the point where it really begins to annoy you".) Hurry, only three days left to take advantage of this amazing offer. There are some unforgettable sessions planned, but I want to tell you about the sessions focussed on the exciting changes in the last year in the world of modeling and agents. I know I've said it before, but agents are key players in many important modeling efforts -- and yet they're still sadly under-appreciated.

My talented colleague Ed MacKerrow will be rapping with you all about the many ways that industry and -- even more enthusiastically -- government have embraced models and their agents. They've really begun to see automated models as an alternative to their frustration with more conventional approaches. Ed and I have known each other since we both did our thing at the Bios Group, a storied boutique based in the heart of Santa Fe's silicon mesa known for dealing with even the most complex and difficult models and I gotta tell you he's world-class at it. Folks go to him to deal with their most challenging models. Lately, Ed's been (quite seriously) knocking folks over with his vision for computational approaches to understanding important social issues. (And trust me, you better bring it if you're going to stand up in front of a crowd of hundreds of jaded social scientists and government program officers. They've seen it all.) So if you need to understand the financial, security and other risks you or your crew might be taking -- and let's face it, who on Wall Street doesn't take a few tiny risks every now and then? -- and how to maybe avoid them, you should be there. Where else are you going to get this stuff for free?

In Toronto, I'll introduce agent-based modeling and the Agent Modeling Platform and Framework to a larger audience. (And yes, it's in all-caps because we mean business.) I'm going to be spending some time talking about the practical aspects of designing for and managing agent modeling issues. Like how can we best represent the same models in text but also more graphically? In fact, there will be a lot of discussion about this hot topic on both days. But it won't all be under the covers -- we'll also take a very close look at real models and real agents going through their actual life-cycles, with all the drama that that suggests. We'll even show some of their moves in 3D.

If you're easily offending by people with different ways of looking at the world, then perhaps you should go elsewhere. But really, do want to spend the rest of your life wondering if you could have had it all...if only you'd taken the time to learn how to do it right?