Conferences in 2009

 

ISSS-2009
The 53st Annual Meeting of the International Society of the Systems Sciences
University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia, July 12-17, 2009
Getting (empirically) Back To(wards) (pre)(existential) Basics.
by Ron Cottam, Willy Ranson, Roger Vounckx.

 

ISSS-2009
The 53st Annual Meeting of the International Society of the Systems Sciences
University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia, July 12-17, 2009
Getting (empirically) Identity Survival: Grounds for Life?
by Ron Cottam, Willy Ranson, Roger Vounckx.

 

 
Conferences in 2007

 

ICCS-2007
International Conference on Complex Systems 2007
Boston, MA, October 28- November 2, 2007
Scale Hierarchy and Sub-cellular Life.

by Ron Cottam, Willy Ranson, Roger Vounckx.

CEC-2007
IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation
Singapore, September 25-28, 2007
Anticipation: Breaking the Evolutionary Time Barrier

by Ron Cottam, Willy Ranson, Roger Vounckx.

CASYS-2007
Eighth International Conference on Computing Anticipatory Systems
Liege, Belgium, August 6-11, 2007
Evolving Anticipative Capability

by Ron Cottam, Willy Ranson, Roger Vounckx.

ISSS-2007
The 51st Annual Meeting of the International Society of the Systems Sciences
Tokyo, Japan, August 5-10, 2007
What is Life/Living?

by Ron Cottam, Willy Ranson, Roger Vounckx.

 
Conferences in 2006

 

TUSCON-VII
The seventh biennial Conference Toward a Science of Consciousness Tuscon, Arizona, USA. 3-8 April, 2006
Consciousness Through the Resolution of Infinities
by Ron Cottam, Willy Ranson, Roger Vounckx.

ISSS-2006
Fifth meeting and Conference for the System Sciences
Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, Sonoma, California, USA
9-14 July, 2006
Living in Hyperscale: Internalization as a Search for Reunification.

by Ron Cottam, Willy Ranson, Roger Vounckx.
Replicating Robert Rosen's (M,R) Systems.
by Ron Cottam, Willy Ranson, Roger Vounckx.

 
Conferences in 2005

ECHO-V
Fifth International Conference on Emergence
Amiens, France. 7-9 October, 2005
Intelligent Inverse-anthropomorphic Emergence
by Ron Cottam, Willy Ranson, Roger Vounckx

CASYS-2005
Seventh International Conference on Computing Anticipatory Systems HEC, Liège, Belgium. 8-13 August, 2005

Anticipative-Anti-Anti-Anthropomorphism
by Ron Cottam, Willy Ranson, Roger Vounckx

 
Conferences in 2004

The AAAI Symposium Series
Stanford University in Stanford, California   22-24 March, 2004
Modeling Autonomic-Dependent Human-Robotic Cooperation as an Ecosystemic Communication Channel
by Ron Cottam, Willy Ranson, Roger Vounckx

ISSS-2004
The 48th Annual meeting and Conference for the System Sciences
Asilomar, Pacific Grove, Monterey, California.
4-9 July, 2004
Life and Simple Systems
by Ron Cottam, Willy Ranson, Roger Vounckx

PERMIS-04
Performance Metrics for Intelligent Systems Workshop

Gaitersburg, MD, USA. August 24-26, 2004

Intelligence?
by Ron Cottam, Willy Ranson, Roger Vounckx
Information, Intelligence and Beyond

by Ron Cottam, Willy Ranson, Roger Vounckx
Measuring Intelligence

by Ron Cottam, Willy Ranson, Roger Vounckx

 

ISRA-2004
From Robotics to Metabotics
Querétaro, México, C.P. 76170

 
Conferences in 2003

ISSS-2003
Forty-Seventh meeting and Conference for the System Sciences
Iraklion, Crete, Greece. 7-11 July, 2003

Knowing is not necessarily the same as Knowing:
Local-to-Global correlation across scales of a
Bi-rational Logical-Emotional Hierarchy
and their various assemblies.

by Ron Cottam, Willy Ranson, Roger Vounckx.
What is Life?: Emergence and Sapience.
by Ron Cottam, Willy Ranson, Roger Vounckx.

CASYS-2003
Sixth International Conference on Computing Anticipatory Systems
HEC, Liège, Belgium. 11-16 August, 2003
Back to the Future: Anatomy of a System
by Ron Cottam, Willy Ranson, Roger Vounckx

IPCAT-2003
Fifth International Workshop on Information Processing in Cells and Tissues

Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne, Switserland. September 8-11, 2003

PERMIS-03
Performance Metrics for Intelligent Systems Workshop

Gaitersburg, MD, USA. September 16-18, 2003

Abstract or Die: Life, Artificial Life and (v)organisms
by Ron Cottam, Willy Ranson, Roger Vounckx

KIMAS-03
International Conference on Integration of Knowledge Intensive Multi-Agent Systems

Cambridge MA, USA. October 1-3, 2003

Evolving Intelligence in Highly Structured Systems Tutorial Lecture
by Ron Cottam.
Autocreative Hierarchy II: Dynamics.

Self-organisation, Emergence and Level-changing

by Ron Cottam, Willy Ranson, Roger Vounckx
Sapient Structures for Sapient Control

by Ron Cottam, Willy Ranson, Roger Vounckx

ACAL-2003
The First Australian Conference on Artificial Life
Canberra, Australia. December, 6-7, 2003


 
Conferences in 2002

 

ICCS-2002
International Conference on Complex Systems
Nashua, June 9-14, 2002

Self-Organization and Complexity in Large Networked Information-processing    Systems.
by Ron Cottam, Willy Ranson, Roger Vounckx

PERMIS-2002
Performance Metrics for Intelligent Systems
Gaithersburg, MD, August 13-15, 2002
Lifelike Robotic Collaboration Requires Lifelike Information Integration
by Ron Cottam, Willy Ranson, Roger Vounckx.


 

IPCAT 2001
 

IPCAT-2001: Fourth International Workshop
on Information Processing
in Cells and Tissues


Organized jointly by EVOL and the Biocomputation Research Centre, Liverpool

 
Conferences in 2001

SEE-II
Second International Conference on
Semiosis, Evolution & Energy

Semiosis of the Biological, Physico-Chemical,
Computer-Robotics, Socioconceptual & Cosmic Realms

University of Toronto, Canada
Friday 5th October - Monday 8th October, 2001

Invited Paper: Cross-scale, richness, cross-assembly, Logic 1, Logic 2, pianos and builders
by Ron Cottam, Willy Ranson & Roger Vounckx

IPCAT-2001
Fourth International Workshop on
Information Processing in Cells and Tissues

The Nature and Processing of Biological Information

InterUniversity Micro Electronics Center, Belgium
Monday 13th August - Friday 17th August, 2001

Some Thoughts about Thinking Things
by Ron Cottam, Willy Ranson & Roger Vounckx

CASYS-2001
Fifth International Conference on
Computing Anticipatory Systems.
HEC, Liège, Belgium.
12-18 August, 2001

Steps towards anticipating the communicational-computational needs
of a physically grounded network.

by José-Luis Fernández-Villacañas, Ron Cottam, Carlos Bousoño and Willy Ranson

ISSS-2001
Forty-Fifth Annual Conference of
ISSS International Society of System Sciences

Asilomar, Pacific Groove, California, USA.
Friday July 8 - 13, 2001

Artificial Minds?
by Ron Cottam, Willy Ranson & Roger Vounckx


 
Conferences in 2000

ECHO-IV
Fourth International Conference on Emergence
Emergence, Complexity, Hierarchy, Organisation
University of Southern Denmark, Odense
Monday 31st July - Friday 4th August, 2000

" Establishment of a Complementary Bilateral Hierarchical Entity-Ecosystem Rationality "
by Willy Ranson, Ron Cottam & Roger Vounckx
" Executing Emergence! "
by Ron Cottam, Willy Ranson & Roger Vounckx

ISSS-2000
World Congress of the Systems Sciences
Understanding Complexity
Ryerson Polytechnic University, Toronto, Canada
Sunday 16th July- Saturday 22nd July 2000

In session "Foundations of Information Science"
" Attributing a Value to Information "
by Ron Cottam, Willy Ranson & Roger Vounckx
In session "What is Life/Living"
" Emergence Inversion: the Genesis of Life "
by Ron Cottam, Willy Ranson & Roger Vounckx


GWAL-2000
Fourth German Workshop on Artificial Life
Abstracting the Essential Features and Dynamics of Living Systems University of Beyreuth, Germany
Wednesday 5th April - Friday 7th April, 2000
" Progressive C++mulation of a Multilevel Evolutionary Hierarchy "
by Ron Cottam, Willy Ranson & Roger Vounckx
" Balls & Sticks, Complexity & Life "
by Ron Cottam, Willy Ranson & Roger Vounckx


Conferences in 1999

IASS/AIS-99
Seventh Word Congress of the
International Association for Semiotic Studies

Sign Processes in Complex Systems
Technical University of Dresden, Germany
Wednesday 6th October - Monday 11th October, 1999
" A Biologically-Consistent Diffuse Semiotic
Architecture for Survivalist Information-Processing
"
by Ron Cottam, Willy Ranson & Roger Vounckx

IPCAT-99
Third International Workshop on
Information Processing in Cells and Tissues

The Nature and Processing of Biological Information
University of Indianapolis, USA
Monday 23rd August - Tuesday 24th August, 1999
" A Diffuse Biosemiotic Model for Cell-to-Tissue Computational Closure"
by Ron Cottam, Willy Ranson & Roger Vounckx

CASYS-99
Third International Conference
on Computing Anticipatory Systems

Hyperincursion and Anticipation in Ordered Systems
HEC, Liège, Belgium
Monday 9th August - Saturday 14th August, 1999
" A Biologically Consistent Hierarchical Framework
for Self-Referencing Survivalist Computation
"
by Ron Cottam, Willy Ranson & Roger Vounckx

ISSS-99
Forty-Third Meeting of the
International Society for the System Sciences

The Systemic Foundations of the Information Age
Asilomar Conference Center, Pacific Groove, California, USA
Sunday 27th June - Friday 2nd July, 1999
" Life as its own Tool for Survival "
by Ron Cottam, Willy Ranson & Roger Vounckx


 
Conferences in 1998

ICCS-2
Second International Conference on Complex Systems
Emergence Structure & Function, Informatics,
Complexity, Dynamics, Self-Organisation

New England Complex Systems Institute, Nashua, NH, USA
Sunday 25th October - Friday 30th October, 1998
" Diffuse Rationality in Complex Systems "
by Ron Cottam, Willy Ranson & Roger Vounckx

GWAL-98
Third German Workshop on Artificial Life
Artificially Living and Life-Like Systems
University of Dortmund, Germany
Thursday 17th September - Friday 18th September, 1998
" Consciousness: the Precursor to Life? "
by Ron Cottam, Willy Ranson & Roger Vounckx

ECHO-III
Third International Conference on Emergence
Emergence, Complexity, Hierarchy, Organisation
Helsinki University of Technology, Finland
Monday 3rd August - Friday 7th August, 1998
" Emergence: Half a Quantum Jump? "
by Ron Cottam, Willy Ranson & Roger Vounckx

Analogy-98
Workshop on Advances in Analogy Research
Integration of Theory and Data from the Cognitive,
Computational and Neural Sciences

New Bulgarian University, Sofia, Bulgaria
Friday 17th July - Monday 20th July, 1998
" AQuARIUM: A Hierarchically-Supported
Mono-Symbolic Language for Analogic Integration
"
by Ron Cottam, Willy Ranson & Roger Vounckx

Tucson-III
Toward a Science of Consciousness
Philosophy, Neuroscience, Cognitive Science, Psychology,
Physical and Biological Sciences, Culture & Phenomenology

University of Arizona, USA
Monday 27th April - Saturday 2nd May, 1998
" Approach to Consciousness
through Hierarchical Metastatic Evolution
"
by Ron Cottam, Willy Ranson, Nils Langloh & Roger Vounckx


 
Conferences in 1997

MCB-97
International Workshop on
Mathematical & Computational Biology

Computational Morphogenesis,
Hierarchical Complexity and Digital Evolution

University of Aizu, Japan
Tuesday 21st October - Saturday 25th October, 1997
" A Unified Quasi-Particulate Framework for Evolution "
by Ron Cottam, Willy Ranson, Nils Langloh & Roger Vounckx

IPCAT-97
Second International Workshop on
Information Processing in Cells and Tissues

The Nature and Processing of Biological Information
University of Sheffield, UK
Monday 1st September - Thursday 4th September, 1997
" Localisation and Nonlocality in Computation "
by Ron Cottam, Nils Langloh, Willy Ranson & Roger Vounckx

AIDRI-97
Seventh Conference of the International Association
for the Development of Interdisciplinary Research

Learning: from Natural Principles to Artificial Methods
University of Geneva, Switzerland
Monday 23rd June - Thursday 26th June, 1997
" Post Digital Computation "
by Ron Cottam, Nils Langloh, Willy Ranson & Roger Vounckx

GWAL-97
Second German Workshop on Artificial Life
Artificially Living and Life-Like Systems
University of Dortmund, Germany
Thursday 17th April - Friday 18th April, 1997
" Computability as an Evolutionary Context "
by Ron Cottam, Nils Langloh, Willy Ranson & Roger Vounckx

NCPW-4
Fourth Neural Computation and Psychology Workshop
Connectionist Representations : Theory and Practice
Imperial College, London, UK
Wednesday 9th April - Friday 11th April, 1997
" Evolutionary Partial Comprehension "
by Ron Cottam, Nils Langloh, Willy Ranson & Roger Vounckx


 
Conferences prior to 1997

EinMag-95
Einstein Meets Magritte
Conference to mark the 25th anniversary of the
Vrije Universiteit Brussel: an interdisciplinary reflection
on science, nature, human action and society

Brussels Free University (VUB), Brussels, Belgium
Monday 29th May - Saturday 3rd June, 1995
" Humble Unification Theory:
Partial Comprehension in a Quasi-Particulate Universe
"
by Ron Cottam, Nils Langloh, Willy Ranson & Emilie Cottam

WOIT-91
Workshop on Optical Information Technology
An ESPRIT Basic Research Workshop
Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, Scotland
Monday 16th December - Tuesday 17th December, 1991
" Towards Distributed Statistical Processing - Aquarium:
A Query and Reflection Interaction Using Magic:
Mathematical Algorithms Generating Interdependent Confidences
"

by Nils Langloh, Ron Cottam, Roger Vounckx & Jan Cornelis
" A Passive Crystal Pixel Interchanger "
by Cathleen De Tandt, Willy Ranson,
Patrick Schrey, Roger Vounckx & Ron Cottam


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