SimulPast
SimulPast
SimulPast
The SimulPast project is to develop an innovative and interdisciplinary methodological framework to model and simulate ancient societies and their relationship with environmental transformations
The SimulPast project is to develop an innovative and interdisciplinary methodological framework to model and simulate ancient societies and their relationship with environmental transformations. The project includes 11 Research Groups from 7 different Institutions with more than 60 researchers from several fields (archaeology, anthropology, artificial intelligence, computer science, environmental studies, physics, mathematics and sociology). The leader institution is the IMF-CSIC in Barcelona.
Guillem Francès
Hector Geffner
Hector Geffner
- Institución Milà y Fontanals – CSIC (PI: Marco Madella)
- Institución Milà y Fontanals – CSIC (PI: Débora Zurro Hernández)
- Institución Milà y Fontanals – CSIC (PI: Juan-José Ibañez )
- Universidad Pompeu Fabra - Department of Computer Science (PI: Hector Geffner)
- Universidad de Barcelona – Department of History, Ancient History and Archaeology (PI: Josep Maria Gurt )
- Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona – Ethnoecology Laboratory (PI: Victoria Reyes-García)
- Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona – Department of Prehistory (PI: Juan Anton Barceló)
- Barcelona Supercomputing Centre (PI: Xavier Rubio)
- Universidad de Girona – Department of Physics (PI: Joaquim Fort )
- Universidad de Burgos – Department of Civil Engineering (PI: Ricardo del Olmo ).
- Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona – Department of Sociology (PI: José Antonio Noguera Ferrer and Francisco José Miguel Quesada).
Simulating the past to understand human behaviour (SimulPast) is a five-year interdisciplinary research project started in January 2011 and funded by the Spanish Ministry for Science and Innovation (CSD2010-00034) within the framework of CONSOLIDER - INGENIO 2010, part of the Spanish National Program for Fundamental Research.