14th International Congress of Cybernetics and Systems of WOSC
14th International Congress of Cybernetics and Systems of WOSCWroclaw, Poland, 9-12 September 2008
Organised by
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WOSC – World Organisation of Systems and Cybernetics
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Institute of Information Science and Engineering, Faculty of Computer Science and Management, Wroclaw University of Technology, Poland
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International Honorary Committee
E. Andreewsky
A. Andrew
P. Auger
E. Bernard-Weil
C. Bilciu
B. Bouchon-Meunier
N. Bulz
Y. Cherruault
G. Constandache
A. Danzin
D. Dubois
D. Dutta Majumder
R. Espejo
L. Feng
J. Forrest
C. Franc¸ois
W. Gasparski
F. Geyer
A. Ghosal
B. Guo Qing
H. Haken
J. Kacprzyk
T. Kaczorek
G. Klir
A. Lopes Pereira
M. Manescu
I. Mirita
M. Mulej
M. Najim
A. Nigro
E. Otlacan
J. Ramaekers
G.P. Rao
J. Rose
B. Rudall
M. Schwaninger
L. Sifeng
M. Smith
V. Stefanuk
R. Valleé
J. van der Zouwen
L. Zadeh
Organising Committee
J. Jozefczyk – chair
D. Orski
W. Thomas
M. Turowska
D. Gajsior
G. Filcek
M. Kowalski
Previous Congresses of WOSC
1st Congress, London, 1969
2nd Congress, Oxford, 1972
3rd Congress, Bucharest, 1975
4th Congress, Amsterdam, 1978
5th Congress, Mexico City, 1981
6th Congress, Paris, 1984
7th Congress, London, 1987
8th Congress, New York City, 1990
9th Congress, New Delhi, 1993
10th Congress, Bucharest, 1996
11th Congress, London, 1999
12th Congress, Pittsburgh, 2002
13th Congress, Maribor, 2005
Congress topics
Artificial intelligence
Behavioural sciences
Biological and medical cybernetics
Cognition and systems
Complex systems
Control theory and engineering
Cybernetics and art
Cybernetics and economy
Dynamical systems
Ecological systems
Education and systems
Epistemology and praxeology
Fuzzy systems
General and mathematical systems theory
Grey systems
History of cybernetics and systems
Information and communication systems
Intelligent systems
Management and cybernetics
Manufacturing and transport systems
Pansystems
Social systems
Systems modelling, control, management and decision making
Uncertain systems
Important dates
Submission of invited sessions proposals – January 15, 2008
Submission of 2 pages-long extended abstracts and application forms –February 29, 2008
Notification of acceptance of papers on the basis of submitted abstract, and providing additional organisational information – April 15, 2008
Submission of the full text of papers and Congress fee – May 31, 2008
Submission of papers
Submissions should describe original completed or ongoing research work not submitted or published elsewhere.
The submitted abstracts and full papers should be prepared according to the templates available at: www.wosc-congress.pwr.wroc.pl
Accepted full papers should be no longer than 8 pages.
Accepted papers will be given 20-30 minutes for the presentation and discussion.
Accepted papers will be published in the Proceedings of the 14th International Congress of Cybernetics and Systems of WOSC. The Proceedings will be available at the Congress.
The author responsible for correspondence, including the author's name,telephone, fax number and e-mail address, has to be identified.
One of the authors of each accepted paper should register and present the paper at the Congress.
Address for submission
Authors are requested to submit their extended abstracts and full texts electronically as a PDF file by following the link instructions at the Congress home page: www.wosc-congress.pwr.wroc.pl
E-mail submission is also possible at: wosc-congress@pwr.wroc.pl
Congress fee
The fee for the participants will be 250 EUR. It covers admittance to all sessions, single copy of the Proceedings, refreshments and social events. The Congress fee is exclusive of accommodation charges.
Contributions cannot be included in the Proceedings, unless registration,full payment and full texts are received by May 31, 2008. This deadline should be strictly respected.
Congress language
The working language of the Congress is English.
Copyright
Extended versions of selected papers will be published in Kybernetes(the official journal of the World Organisation of Systems and Cybernetics) or in Systems Science (journal published in Poland in English). The Editors of the journals will take the final decisions about the publications after the papers have undergone a usual reviewing procedure.
Accommodation
Information about a hotel reservation will be available by May 31, 2008. Details will be announced on the Congress web site.
Congress venue
The 14th International Congress of Cybernetics and Systems of WOSC will take palace at Wroclaw University of Technology.
Wroclaw is the capital of Lower Silesia region located in south-western Poland, known for its over one hundred of bridges and over 1,000 years history with Polish, Czech, German and Austrian influences. Now it is known as a very young city with over 100,000 students from almost twenty universities and academia. Foreign visitors are offered direct international plane connections to Frankfurt, Munich and London.
Congress web site
For more information about the 14th International Congress of Cybernetics and Systems of WOSC please visit the web site: www.wosc-congress.pwr.wroc.pl
Contact addresses
Jerzy Jozefczyk, Wroclaw University of Technology, Wybrzeze Wyspianskiego 27,50-370 Wroclaw, Poland, Tel.:+48 71 320 38 84; Fax: +48 71 320 38 84; E-mail: Jerzy.Jozefczyk@pwr.wroc.pl
