Conferences in 2015

IS4IS-2015
ISIS Summit Vienna 2015
Vienna University of Technology, June 3-7, 2015.
The Metascalar Nature of Information.
by Ron Cottam, Willy Ranson, Roger Vounckx.
Accepted

IS4IS-2015
ISIS Summit Vienna 2015
Vienna University of Technology, June 3-7, 2015.
Scale, Hyperscale and Metascalar Information in Living Systems.

by Ron Cottam, Willy Ranson, Roger Vounckx.
Accepted

 
Conferences in 2014

ASC-2014
The 50th anniversary of the American Society for Cybernetics
George Washington University, Washington DC, August 3 through August 9, 2014.
Cybernetics: Living in Hyperscale.

by Ron Cottam, Willy Ranson, Roger Vounckx.

ISSS-2014
The 58th Annual Meeting of the International Society of the Systems Sciences
George Washington University, Washington DC, July 27 through August 1, 2014.
Workshop: Implementing Hierarchical Birationality.

by Ron Cottam, Willy Ranson, Roger Vounckx.

ISSS-2014
The 58th Annual Meeting of the International Society of the Systems Sciences
George Washington University, Washington DC, July 27 through August 1, 2014.
System Duality: Birational Hierarchy.

by Ron Cottam, Willy Ranson, Roger Vounckx.

Tuscon 2014
Toward a Science of Consciousness 2014
The 20th Anniversary Conference. Center for Consciousness Studies.
Accepted. April 21-26, 2014, Tucson, Arizona.

Consciousness, Intelligence and Sapience in Multiscalar Systems
by Ron Cottam, Willy Ranson and Roger Vounckx

IJAS 2014
Conference of The International Journal of Arts & Sciences
Valetta, Malta, Europe. 2-6 March 2014 Valetta, Malta, Europe.

Identity Survival: Grounds for Life?
by Ron Cottam, Willy Ranson and Roger Vounckx

 
Conferences in 2012

AISB/IACAP
NATURAL/UNCONVENTIONAL COMPUTING AND ITS PHILOSOPHICAL SIGNIFICANCE
World Congress 2012 in honour of Alan Turing, Birmingham, UK, 2-6 July 2012

Computing like Nature
INVITED TALK by Ron Cottam

IPCAT 2012
9th International Conference on Information Processing in Cells and Tissues
31st March to 2nd April 2012, Trinity College, Cambridge, UK.

Closing the Gap between Life and Physics
by Ron Cottam, Willy Ranson, Roger Vounckx

 
Conferences in 2011

ACIB 11
1st Annual Conference on Integral Biomathics, Stirling University, Scotland, 29-31 August 2011
The INBIOSA project brings together experts across many disciplines who believe that science requires a transformative step in order to address many of the vexing challenges in the world today.

Towards cross-modeling between life and solid-state physics
by Ron Cottam, Willy Ranson, Roger Vounckx

iBioMath 2011 - Eu
First European Workshop on Integral Biomathics: iBioMath 2011, Paris, France, 12 August 2011
First European Workshop on Integral Biomathics: iBioMath 2011 - E 12 August, 2011 - Paris, France In conjunction with the European Conference on Artificial Life ECAL 11, the 20th Anniversary Edition “Back to the Origins of Alife”

Trans-temporal Cancerous Life

by Ron Cottam, Willy Ranson, Roger Vounckx

CASYS-2011
10th International Conference on Computing Anticipatory Systems HEC, Liège, Belgium. 8-13 August, 2005
Anticipative Stasis Neglect as a Creator of Consciousness
by Ron Cottam, Willy Ranson, Roger Vounckx

 
Conferences in 2010

ISSS-2010
The 54st Annual Meeting of the International Society of the Systems Sciences

Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, ON, Canada, July 18-23, 2010
Rights, Responsibilities and Resilience
or Auntie Phyllis and the Bloody Great Fork

Ron Cottam as a Plenary Guest Speaker
Not 2, but 3 : Always!.
by Ron Cottam, Willy Ranson, Roger Vounckx.

 
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.

Identity Survival: Grounds for Life?
by Ron Cottam, Willy Ranson, Roger Vounckx.

Toward a Science of Consciousness 2009
Investigating Inner Experience, Brain, Mind, Technology.
Hong Kong, China, June 11-14, 2009
Anticipatory Hyperscalar Evolution of the Self.
by Ron Cottam, Willy Ranson, Roger Vounckx.

 
Conferences in 2007

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.

 
Conferences in 2006

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

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

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

 
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

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


 
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
Gait hersburg, 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

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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