EMCSR 2004

EMCSR 2004

Seventeenth European Meeting on Cybernetics and Systems Research University of Vienna (Main Building) 13-16 April 2004

ÖSTERREICHISCHE STUDIENGESELLSCHAFT FÜR KYBERNETIK(Austrian Society for Cybernetic Studies)

In cooperation with: University of Vienna, Department of Medical Cybernetics and Artificial Intelligence and International Federation for Systems Research

Chairman - Robert Trapp1, President Austrian Society for Cybernetic Studies

Secretariat - I. Ghobrial-Willmann, U. Schulz

International Programme Committee has been appointed and an Organizing Committee aims to provide the "style of 1972" but with the "content of 2004"

Conference fee

• EUR 230 – if received before 31 January 2004

• EUR 280 – if received later

• EUR 330 – if paid at the conference desk

The conference fee includes participation in the Seventeenth European Meeting, attendance at the official reception, coffee during breaks, and the volumes of the proceedings available at the Meeting.

Symposia

The following have been arranged

• Systems ScienceG.J. Klir, USA

• Mathematical Methods in Cybernetics and Systems TheoryY. Rav, France

• Cybernetics, Interaction and ConversationR. Glanville, UK

• Designing, Systems and Their EthicsW. Gasparski, Poland

• Biocybernetics and Mathematical BiologyL.M. Ricciardi, Italy

• Systems Science in MedicineF. Tretter, Germany, G. Ossimitz, Austria and G. Porenta, Austria

• Cultural SystemsM. Fischer, UK, and D. Read, USA

• Cognitive Rationality, Relativity and ClarityP. Ballonoff, USA, I. Ezhkova, Belgium

• Management, Organizational Change and InnovationM. Mulej, Slovenia

• Paradigm Changes Due to Component-Based System DevelopmentG. Chroust,Austria, and C. Hoyer, Austria

• Soft Computing and Knowledge-Based SystemsC. Carisson, Finland, and K.-P. Adlaßnig, Austria

• Artificial Neural Networks and Adaptive SystemsG. Dorffner, Austria

• AT2AI-4: From Agent Theory to Agent ImplementationJ.P. Müller,Germany, and P. Petta, Austria

• ACE 2004: Agent Construction and EmotionsC. Pinto-Ferreira, Portugal,R. Ventura, Portugal, and P. Petta, Austria

• Theory and Applications of Artificial IntelligenceV. Marik, Czech Republic, and E. Buchberger, Austria

• Computer Control and Robot SystemsA. Weinmann, Austria

• Communication and ComputersA. M. Tjoa, Austria

• History of Cybernetics, Information Technology and Systems ResearchF. Pichler, Austria

Secretariat: Österreichische Studiengesellschaft für Kybernetik, A-1010 Wien, Freyung 6, Stg. 6 Austria. Tel: +43-1-5336112-60; Fax:+43-1-4277-9631; E-mail: sec@oefai.at; URL: http://www.oefai.at/emcsr/