<p dir="ltr">So Stefan,</p>
<p dir="ltr">The panel arrangement is up to you. It would have been nice to have a clear common denominator in the title, yet not necessary. The common denominator can be population modeling. </p>
<p dir="ltr">This changes the original plan a bit, yet it is still ok if you are all comfortable with it and want to present as part of the panel. </p>
<p dir="ltr">I would still ask for panelists to review each others work to be familiar with details and make a more cohesive panel. </p>
<p dir="ltr">It will be nice to bring out commonalities and differences between works. </p>
<p dir="ltr">        Jacob </p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Mar 4, 2016 4:13 AM, &quot;Stefan Scholz&quot; &lt;<a href="mailto:stefan.scholz@uni-bielefeld.de">stefan.scholz@uni-bielefeld.de</a>&gt; wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
  
    
  
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    Dear all,<br>
    <br>
    could we agree on a mixture of the topics, like &quot;data sources,
    parameter estimation and calibration&quot;? My topic would be on &quot;Social
    (media) network data in models in the absence of survey data: An
    example of the German MSM-population&quot;. It would take some creativity
    to fit that into &quot;model calibration&quot; ;-)<br>
    <br>
    I hope this comes not to late!<br>
    <br>
    Thanks,<br>
    Stefan<br>
    <br>
    <div>Am 16.02.2016 um 17:44 schrieb Dammann,
      Olaf:<br>
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        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1f497d">All:
            <u></u><u></u></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1f497d">I
            like “model calibration” quite a bit.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1f497d">My
            paper would be on “Model calibration: Four levels of
            calibration – A critical appraisal”
            <u></u><u></u></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1f497d">Thanks,<u></u><u></u></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1f497d">Olaf<u></u><u></u></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">
            Jacob Barhak [<a href="mailto:jacob.barhak@gmail.com" target="_blank">mailto:jacob.barhak@gmail.com</a>]
            <br>
            <b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, February 16, 2016 5:36 AM<br>
            <b>To:</b> Jeljer Hoekstra<br>
            <b>Cc:</b> Stefan Scholz; <a href="mailto:popmodwkgrpimag-news@simtk.org" target="_blank">popmodwkgrpimag-news@simtk.org</a>;
            Mélanie Prague; Dammann, Olaf<br>
            <b>Subject:</b> Re: [Population Modeling] Discussing the
            Population Modeling panel in SummerSim<u></u><u></u></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p>
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            <p class="MsoNormal">Hi Melanie, Hi Jeljer, Hi Stefan, Hi
              Olaf,<u></u><u></u></p>
          </div>
          <div>
            <p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p>
          </div>
          <div>
            <p class="MsoNormal">Since the 14-March deadline for paper
              submission is coming closer, and since we were discussing
              a panel, I would appreciate it if you can decide on a
              common prefix for the panel.<u></u><u></u></p>
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          <div>
            <p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p>
          </div>
          <div>
            <p class="MsoNormal">So far we had a discussion revolving
              around estimation, validation, calibration. Please choose
              a common denominator title to fit all your work that will
              form a base for the panel and submit it to the list.<u></u><u></u></p>
          </div>
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            <p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p>
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            <p class="MsoNormal">So far, here are the titles you
              suggested as I extracted them from your posts:<u></u><u></u></p>
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          <div>
            <p class="MsoNormal">Melanie: &#39;simulation vs. estimation’ <u></u><u></u></p>
          </div>
          <div>
            <p class="MsoNormal">Olaf:  &quot;data sources, constraints,
              validation issues&quot;<u></u><u></u></p>
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          <div>
            <p class="MsoNormal">Stefan &amp; Jeljer: &quot;model
              calibration&quot; - <u></u><u></u></p>
          </div>
          <div>
            <p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p>
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          <div>
            <p class="MsoNormal">The last topic of &quot;Model
              Calibration&quot; seems to be a common denominator so far, yet
              still possible for debate - after all you had some nice
              discussions and may have a better idea.<u></u><u></u></p>
          </div>
          <div>
            <p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p>
          </div>
          <div>
            <p class="MsoNormal">Yet if the last topic prefix is
              comfortable to you all, then I ask that you will submit
              your paper title to the mailing list to set the
              expectations from the panel and leave you all sufficient
              time to write the short paper.<u></u><u></u></p>
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            <p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p>
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            <p class="MsoNormal">I look forward to see your paper
              titles.<u></u><u></u></p>
          </div>
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            <p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p>
          </div>
          <div>
            <p class="MsoNormal">            Jacob<u></u><u></u></p>
          </div>
          <div>
            <p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p>
          </div>
          <div>
            <p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p>
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          <p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p>
          <div>
            <p class="MsoNormal">On Mon, Feb 8, 2016 at 9:29 AM, Jeljer
              Hoekstra &lt;<a href="mailto:jeljer.hoekstra@rivm.nl" target="_blank">jeljer.hoekstra@rivm.nl</a>&gt;
              wrote:<u></u><u></u></p>
            <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Dear
                Jacob, Stefan and others,</span>
              <br>
              <br>
              <span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">I
                agree with Jacob that estimation and calibration
                generate parameter values based on observed data. I
                never explicitly thought about in those terms but that
                is what it is.</span>
              <br>
              <span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">I
                have always used the terms in combination; calibrate a
                model and estimate a parameter. I don&#39;t consider the one
                an automated search and the other a manual human search
                per se . Usually if you estimate a parameter the focus
                is on one parameter and a lot of statistical theory and
                software exist to do that automatically. Whereas if you
                calibrate a model the focus is often on all or a group
                of parameters in the model, which is perhaps somewhat
                messier and needs more human interference. I am not sure
                though.</span> <br>
              <br>
              <span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">I
                am interessted in the topic Stefan raised. What if you
                find parameters in the literature or you have estimated
                them yourself with some dataset and then you test and
                adjust those variables (calibrate?) so your model
                replicates  some other dataset better. How much change
                in those parameters do you accept, keeping in mind that
                the parameter may be interpreted slightly different in
                the calibrated model.</span>
              <br>
              <span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Furthermore,
                if you calibrate your model you need some goodness of
                fit criterium. I wonder if people have experience with
                weighing output variables including a mixture of
                categorical variables (e.g. dead/alive, smoking) and
                continous variables( e.g. BMI, cholesterol levels).</span>
              <br>
              <br>
              <span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Validation
                is a related subject. I consider a model validated if it
                can mimic, to some degree a dataset that was not used to
                calibrate/estimate it. Obviously also here you will need
                some goodness of fit criterium to see if the model is
                validated or not. In my experience we do not often have
                the luxury of a complete extra dataset for validation.
                So we end up in the discussion Stefan mentioned, if the
                model is calibrated how far do we accept parameters to
                be different from those estimated elsewhere.</span> <br>
              <br>
              <span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">@stefan,
                thanks for poining out GAMLSS we will have a look.</span>
              <br>
              <br>
              <span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">best
                wishes</span>
              <br>
              <span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Jeljer</span>
              <br>
              <br>
              <br>
              <br>
              <span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#5f5f5f">From:
                       </span><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Jacob
                Barhak &lt;<a href="mailto:jacob.barhak@gmail.com" target="_blank">jacob.barhak@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span>
              <br>
              <span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#5f5f5f">To:
                       </span><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Stefan
                Scholz &lt;<a href="mailto:stefan.scholz@uni-bielefeld.de" target="_blank">stefan.scholz@uni-bielefeld.de</a>&gt;,
              </span><br>
              <span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#5f5f5f">Cc:
                       </span><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">&quot;<a href="mailto:popmodwkgrpimag-news@simtk.org" target="_blank"><a href="mailto:popmodwkgrpimag-news@simtk.org" target="_blank">popmodwkgrpimag-news@simtk.org</a></a>&quot;
                &lt;<a href="mailto:popmodwkgrpimag-news@simtk.org" target="_blank">popmodwkgrpimag-news@simtk.org</a>&gt;,
                Mélanie Prague &lt;<a href="mailto:melanie.prague@isped.u-bordeaux2.fr" target="_blank">melanie.prague@isped.u-bordeaux2.fr</a>&gt;,
                Jeljer Hoekstra &lt;<a href="mailto:jeljer.hoekstra@rivm.nl" target="_blank">jeljer.hoekstra@rivm.nl</a>&gt;,

                &quot;Dammann, Olaf&quot; &lt;<a href="mailto:Olaf.Dammann@tufts.edu" target="_blank">Olaf.Dammann@tufts.edu</a>&gt;</span>
              <br>
              <span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#5f5f5f">Date:
                       </span><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">05/02/2016
                00:50</span>
              <br>
              <span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#5f5f5f">Subject:
                       </span><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Re:
                [Population Modeling] Discussing the Population Modeling
                panel in SummerSim</span>
              <u></u><u></u></p>
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                <p class="MsoNormal"><br>
                  <br>
                  <br>
                  So Stefan, <br>
                  <br>
                  Since this is part of the discussion on your panel
                  topic, you will have to choose the topic and I will
                  try not to intervene much. Yet do allow me to add a
                  note regarding calibration and estimation.
                  <br>
                  <br>
                  Both calibration and estimation generate model
                  parameters as outputs from observed known data.
                  <br>
                  <br>
                  Will you agree with me that the term calibration would
                  be more appropriate to human manipulated
                  parameters while estimation is perhaps more general
                  term that includes automated machine algorithm
                  methods?
                  <br>
                  <br>
                  I have seen the term estimation used for parameter
                  estimation using Delphi style human voting, so I think
                  &quot;estimation&quot; would include &quot;calibration&quot; as a sub
                  category.
                  <br>
                  <br>
                  Even though there is always some sort of human input
                  to the modeling process, it seems things are becoming
                  more automated these days. What term would you use for
                  heavily machine dependent estimation algorithms as
                  opposed to human tightly controlled calibration? Is
                  there a term for those methods anyone in the list
                  prefers using? <br>
                  <br>
                  Hopefully this will contribute to the panel
                  discussion. <br>
                  <br>
                                   Jacob <br>
                  <br>
                  <br>
                  On Thu, Feb 4, 2016 at 4:28 AM, Stefan Scholz &lt;<a href="mailto:stefan.scholz@uni-bielefeld.de" target="_blank"><a href="mailto:stefan.scholz@uni-bielefeld.de" target="_blank">stefan.scholz@uni-bielefeld.de</a></a>&gt;
                  wrote:
                  <br>
                  Dear all, <br>
                  <br>
                  I just want to add the issue of &quot;model calibration&quot;
                  which seems to me as being related to estimation and
                  validation. Just to give a short example what I mean
                  by calibration: We use some information of a data set
                  to estimate our model parameters, run the model based
                  on those parameters and see that the results are not
                  externally valid. We the iteratively change some of
                  the input parameters until the model results are
                  externally valid. I would find it very interesting to
                  discuss if calibration should be performed and if so,
                  how far from the originally estimated parameters you
                  would accept your calibrated values to be. [I hope I
                  am not stating the obvious or missed some guidance on
                  this topic already available ;-) ]<br>
                  <br>
                  @ Jelster: If you use R, maybe the GAMLSS-package
                  developed by Prof. Mikis Stasinopoulos is helpful to
                  you. As far as I understand it, the package was
                  developed from the need of parameter estimation in
                  agent-based modeling. You can estimate all parameters
                  of large list of probability distributions. So let&#39;s
                  say you want to estimate the probability of getting
                  diabetes conditional on age, sex, education, etc. You
                  can estimate a general linear model using a
                  beta-distribution and include the resulting
                  coefficients to include them in your model. So, every
                  person in your model can calculate the parameters of
                  the beta-distribution based on their age, sex,
                  education, etc. and you can draw random numbers from
                  that distribution to determine whether a person gets
                  diabetes or not.<br>
                  <br>
                  Best,<br>
                  Stefan <br>
                  <br>
                  <br>
                  Am 03.02.2016 um 01:45 schrieb Jacob Barhak: <u></u><u></u></p>
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                <p class="MsoNormal">Hi Melanie, Hi Jeljer, Hi Olaf, Hi
                  Stefan, <u></u><u></u></p>
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                <p class="MsoNormal">It seems the panel is forming
                  nicely.  I will try to summarize what we had so far
                  and help figure the rest.
                  <u></u><u></u></p>
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                <p class="MsoNormal">1. The topic seems to revolve
                  around &quot;estimation and validation in population
                  modeling&quot; with some variations. If you are all ok with
                  this general topic, I suggest we stick with it as a
                  base.
                  <u></u><u></u></p>
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              <div>
                <p class="MsoNormal">2. It seems there is agreement on
                  separate papers with the same title prefix. So please
                  allocate time on writing a short 3 page paper. Since
                  panelists are not closely affiliated, each will review
                  the papers of another panelist which will contribute
                  to panel cohesion since the panelists will influence
                  each others final paper. Note that the review process
                  is public and non-blind.
                  <u></u><u></u></p>
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                <p class="MsoNormal">3. Presentations followed by a
                  period of questions to all panelists seems to be the
                  choice. I assume there will be 20-30 minutes per
                  panelist, yet we will have to set timing once we know
                  number of presentations.
                  <u></u><u></u></p>
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                <p class="MsoNormal">Olaf asked about other presenters.
                  Yes, there will be other presentations by non
                  panelists. In fact any one of you can choose to detach
                  from the panel and submit a paper on their own. I will
                  send a CFP to the list following this message.
                  <u></u><u></u></p>
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                <p class="MsoNormal">The difference for panelists would
                  be: <br>
                  1. Panelists will have some discount that SCS promised
                  - I have no exact details yet.  This makes sense since
                  they will have more involvement.
                  <br>
                  2. Panelists will gain extra exposure which you are
                  already getting with these communications.
                  <br>
                  3. If time is available, panelists will get more time
                  for discussion beyond other presenters. I will
                  communicate with organizers to see what is possible
                  beyond that.  Yet for now, assume the panel is part of
                  the BMPM track.
                  <u></u><u></u></p>
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                <p class="MsoNormal">Note that SummerSim is a
                  Multi-conference, so having a panel may attract more
                  people.  From the past, you should expect about 10-20
                  in the room for the presentation if last years are
                  indicative. I suspect a panel can attract more.
                  <u></u><u></u></p>
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                <p class="MsoNormal">So for panelists still interested,
                  please: <u></u><u></u></p>
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                <p class="MsoNormal">1. Confirm that you are ok with the
                  topic and format by sending an email to this list. Or
                  continue discussing the topic until consensus is
                  reached. And you can split into two panels with
                  separate topics, or announce you are interested in a
                  paper outside the panel. <u></u><u></u></p>
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                <p class="MsoNormal">2. Start writing a short 3 page
                  paper to submit to the SCS web site. Recall that the
                  title prefix should be the same for all papers if you
                  are in the panel.
                  <u></u><u></u></p>
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                <p class="MsoNormal">3. Allocate time to review a paper
                  or two by another panelist. This review will be
                  public.
                  <u></u><u></u></p>
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                <p class="MsoNormal">Hopefully this explains the next
                  steps and I hope more panelists would express interest
                  in the topic forming.
                  <u></u><u></u></p>
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                <p class="MsoNormal">           Jacob<br>
                  <br>
                  <br>
                  <br>
                  Dear All,  <br>
                  I agree with Stefan re 1 and 2.  <br>
                  <br>
                  1. I like the idea of talking about input-output stuff
                  - data sources, constraints, validation issues.
                  <br>
                  <br>
                  2. Fully agree with Stefan.  <br>
                  <br>
                  3. If we have slides, this should be flash talks, not
                  longish formal presentations. I am still unclear
                  whether we have presentations from  conference
                  participants who are NOT panelists?
                  <br>
                  <br>
                  My 2 cents <br>
                  Olaf <br>
                  <br>
                  <br>
                  -- <br>
                  Olaf Dammann, MD <br>
                  Professor of Public Health &amp; Community Medicine <br>
                  Tufts University School of Medicine  <br>
                  Boston, MA 02111 <u></u><u></u></p>
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                <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><br>
                  On Jan 21, 2016, at 4:00 AM, Stefan Scholz &lt;<a href="mailto:stefan.scholz@uni-bielefeld.de" target="_blank"><a href="mailto:stefan.scholz@uni-bielefeld.de" target="_blank">stefan.scholz@uni-bielefeld.de</a></a>&gt;
                  wrote:<br>
                  <br>
                  Hi all,<br>
                  <br>
                  thanks for all your efforts! Here are my thoughts on
                  the three points:<br>
                  <br>
                  1. Topic: I am not quite sure whether the topics
                  really do mean the same thing. I would understand
                  Melanies suggestion as &quot;what are the differences in
                  the results/<b>outputs</b> from estimation vs.
                  simulation&quot; whereas I would understand the topic
                  &quot;estimation in population modeling&quot; more as estimation
                  of model <b>input </b>parameters. (Please tell me,
                  if I got that wrong!) I think both are interesting
                  topics and maybe we could bring them both together
                  under the general topic of validity (external and
                  internal). (i.e. how do we estimate model input to get
                  externally valid results and how do we assess the
                  latter)<br>
                  <br>
                  2. I would vote for separate papers under the same
                  topic, sharing the same prefix.<br>
                  <br>
                  3. I would go for option B). Option A) is fine as
                  well, but we should make clear if there are some
                  contrary opinions on this topic. If panelists agree on
                  almost every topic, this might get boring. Also, I
                  would see the number of people in the audience a
                  critical factor for a panel. If we are a small group,
                  sharing the methods used for estimation and discussing
                  it in the group might be more beneficial to all
                  attendees.<br>
                  <br>
                  Best,<br>
                  Stefan<br>
                  <br>
                  Am 19.01.2016 um 19:42 schrieb Jacob Barhak: <br>
                  Hi Melanie, Hi Olaf, Hi Stefan, Hi Carl, <br>
                  <br>
                  You all expressed interest in appearing in a
                  population modeling panel in SummerSim.
                  <br>
                  <br>
                  Melanie also suggested a topic: <br>
                  &quot;differences and extrapolation concerns around
                  &#39;simulation vs. estimation’ in bio-medical area&quot;
                  <br>
                  <br>
                  At this point, I wish interested parties to discuss
                  the following: <br>
                  <br>
                  1. The topic - feel free to suggest alternative
                  topics/titles and we can see how having the panel will
                  contribute to the topic. Note that if we end up with
                  different topics, it is also ok since others may join
                  to support the topic you suggested. Hopefully there
                  will be synergy, yet complementary topics or even
                  different opinions are possible. This discussion
                  itself is valuable.
                  <br>
                  <br>
                  2. Writing Format. The conference includes a paper.
                  Part of the discussion should be how do you prefer to
                  be published. Do you want a joint paper? Or would you
                  like each to submit a short paper with similar topics?
                  This would probably be tied to the topic you suggest.
                  Yet note that whatever paper format chosen, it will
                  undergo public non-blind review.
                  <br>
                  <br>
                  3. Presentation format: How would you like the talk to
                  be? Possibilities include: A) Totally informal
                  discussion where panelists converge amongst
                  themselves, possibly with moderation and questions
                  from he audience. B) Presentations with a projector of
                  each panelist and then a period of questions. C) A
                  combination of both, for example very short
                  introductions with a projector and then a discussion.
                  Assume half an hour per panelist, yet this may change.
                  <br>
                  <br>
                  As a default starting point for discussion, allow me
                  to suggest the following: <br>
                  <br>
                  1. Topic Estimation in population modeling -  its
                  generalization for what Melanie suggested - feel free
                  to reshape it any way comfortable to you.
                  <br>
                  <br>
                  2. Writing format: Very short separate papers using
                  the topic as a title prefix. to have a common prefix
                  fro all panelists. Here is an example: Estimation in
                  population Modeling - application in Disease Models.
                  <br>
                  <br>
                  3. Presentation format: Short digital introductions of
                  about 15 minutes each - with only a few slides and a
                  discussion that will start with expanding prepared
                  topics encountered during discussions and review and
                  then answering questions from the audience.
                  <br>
                  <br>
                  This default can be changed during discussion. <br>
                  <br>
                  Please feel free to join this discussion if you are
                  interested in appearing in a population modeling panel
                  in SummerSim - even if you are not personally
                  addressed. This post is initially directed to those
                  who expressed interest on this list, yet we can
                  certainly expand the scope to include more panelists,
                  and I know of interest by others at this point.
                  <br>
                  <br>
                  I look forward to your opinions. <br>
                  <br>
                                   Jacob <br>
                  <br>
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                  <br>
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                    <br>
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                    <tt>Faculty of Public Health</tt><br>
                    <tt>Department of Health Economics and Health
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                    <tt>Department of Health Economics and Health
                      Management</tt><br>
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University of Bielefeld
Faculty of Public Health
Department of Health Economics and Health Management
P.O. Box 10 01 31
D-33501 Bielefeld, Germany

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