Special Interest Group · Est. 2024

LLM4ABM

Generative AI meets Agent-Based Simulation

A community exploring what large language models can bring to agent-based modelling, across the full modelling cycle: from conceptual design, through implementation and validation, to communicating results.

Illustration of a grid of simulated agents, with a changing few highlighted and linked, representing agents communicating through a language model.
A Special Interest Group of the European Social Simulation Association

What we do

Monthly discussion meetings

Online, interactive sessions exploring cutting-edge topics shaping ABM and AI.

The full modelling cycle

From conceptual design to implementation, validation, and communicating results.

Beyond social science

Investigating applications of LLMs in ABM well beyond Computational Social Science.

Every discipline welcome

Computer Science, Social Sciences, Philosophy, Operations Research, Maths, and more.

Upcoming events

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Date TBA

September Discussion Meeting

September 2026 · date to be announced

Topic to be announced. Join the SIG to be among the first to hear when the date and topic are confirmed.

No meeting this month

August Discussion Meeting

August 2026

Quite a few of us are heading to the Social Simulation Conference 2026 (SSC2026) in Durham, UK, for our special track, Generative AI meets Agent-Based Modelling. As a result, there will be no monthly discussion meeting in August.

Latest news

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15 August 2026

Our new website is live

We have launched our new website today. It is still a work in progress, so if you have any suggestions, please send us a message.

6 July 2026

SSC2026 special track fills all its slots

The LLM4ABM special track at the Social Simulation Conference 2026 (SSC2026) in Durham, UK, has received enough submissions to fill all available slots.

23 February 2026

SSC2026 special track proposal accepted

Our LLM4ABM special track proposal for the Social Simulation Conference 2026 (SSC2026) in Durham, UK, has been accepted. Title: Generative AI meets Agent-Based Modelling.

Everyone is welcome

Newcomers and experts alike are invited to join us. Membership is free, and takes a minute to set up.

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