20th European Meeting on Cybernetics and Systems Research Event

OESTERREICHISCHE STUDIENGESELLSCHAFT FUER KYBERNETIK
1010 Wien, Freyung 6, Stiege 6; Tel.: 5336112-0, Fax: 5336112-77, sec@ofai.at

EINLADUNG

zum weltweit groessten Kongress fuer Kybernetik und Systemforschung, dem
20th EUROPEAN MEETING ON CYBERNETICS AND SYSTEMS RESEARCH
(EMCSR 2010)
vom 6. - 9. April 2010 im Hauptgebaeude der Universitaet Wien.

Wed., Apr. 7

9.00 PRESENTATION OF THE INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION FOR SYSTEMS RESEARCH (IFSR) (Room 41)

9.30 ROSS ASHBY MEMORIAL LECTURE OF THE IFSR (Room 41)
GRAND CHALLENGES FOR COMPUTER SCIENCE RESEARCH
Prof. Dr. Johann Eder
University of Klagenfurt, Austria

11.00-13.00 SYMPOSIA

Break for Lunch

14.00-19.00 SYMPOSIA

Symposium C: The Cybernetics of Cybernetics: Cybernetics, Interaction and Conversation

R. Glanville, UK

Wednesday, April 7, a.m. Room 34

11:00-11:30
Universal University Coordination Scenario
M.F. Schreiber, Vienna University of Economics and Business, Austria
11:30-12:00
TXT2 - Art on Interaction and Conversation
G. Davidson, K. Williams, I. Grimstead, B. Goffin, Artstation, Cardiff, United Kingdom
12:00-12:30
How (Not) To Make Terrorists?
R. Pla-Lopez, Universitat de València, Burjassot, Spain
12:30-13:00
Balancing Security with Liberty; through Global Education for Cyber-systemically Informed Freedom
G. Boyd, V. Zeman, Education Department Concordia University, Montreal, Canada

Wednesday, April 7, p.m. Room 34

14:00-14:30
Conversation and control in the animal
J. van der Merwe, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, Cape Town, South Africa
14:30-15:00
Cybernetics for Post-Humans: Symbiotic Games of the Limited Creator
D.V. Galkin, Tomsk State University, Russia
15:00-15:30
Error
R. Glanville, CybernEthics Research, Southsea, United Kingdom
15:30-16:00
Coffee Break
16:00-17:00
Discussion

Symposium H: Management, Organizational Change, and Innovation

M. Mulej, Slovenia, G. Steiner, Austria, and S. Umpleby, USA

Wednesday, April 7, a.m. Room 50

11:00-11:30
Crisis Prevention - What Is Necessary to Avoid the Next Crisis?
M. Schwaninger, S. Groesser, University of St. Gallen, Switzerland
11:30-12:00
The credit crisis: the iceberg overturns
J.D.M. Kruisinga, Independent, The Hague, The Netherlands
12:00-12:30
The information requirements and resources for managing dynamic multi-project companies
I. Perko, A. Hauc, I. Vrecko, University of Maribor, Slovenia
12:30-13:00
Managing Konwledge Assets for Competitiveness in the Konwledge Era
M. Ristovska, Z. Popovska, M. Stankosky, University “Ss Cyril and Methodius”, Skopje, Macedonia

Wednesday, April 7, p.m. Room 50

14:00-14:30
Innovation Project Participants Interaction Optimization Models
I. Dubina, Altai State University, Barnaul, Russia
14:30-15:00
Knowledge Creation, Explicit Knowledge and Control
H. Nechansky, nechansky - Engineering Efficiency, Vienna, Austria
15:00-15:30
Innovation Sustaining Life In Change, Crisis - An Overarching Systemic, Semiotic Evolutional Attempt
H. Loeckenhoff, Independent Research, Backnang, Germany
15:30-16:00
Coffee Break
16:00-16:30
“Creating Sustainable Futures by Innovation from within”: Radical Change is in Demand of Radical Innovation
M.F. Peschl, C. Raffl, T. Fundneider, S. Blachfellner, University of Vienna, Austria
16:30-17:00
Coyotes, Jazz, and Creative Teams: Facing and Seeking Variance
R. Derickson, K.S. Long, V.S. Gordon, A. Tana, W. Tremblay, Innovation Affinity Group, Broomfield, USA
17:00-17:30
How Transdisciplinarity becomes a Member in the Club of Science - Some Preliminary Thoughts on the Contribution of Systems Theory to Theorizing Transdisciplinarity
B. Freyer, J. Bingen, S. Helgenberger, University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences BOKU, Vienna, Austria
17:30-18:00
Current Discourses in Management Science: Comparing Interpretive and Constructivist Approaches
A. Paucar-Caceres, R. Harnden, Manchester Metropolitan University Business School, United Kingdom

Symposium J: From Agent Theory to Agent Implementation - AT2AI-7

J. Mueller, Germany, and P. Petta, Austria

Wednesday, April 7, a.m. Room 47

11:00-11:30
Security in Agent-Mediated Negotiation Frameworks
R. Ssekibuule, Makerere University Kampala, Uganda
11:30-12:00
EnvSupport: A Framework for Developing Virtual Environments
K. Jander, L. Braubach, A. Pokahr, University of Hamburg, Germany
12:00-12:30
Use and Reuse of Multi-Agent Models and Techniques in a Distributed Systems Development Framework
A. Poggi, M. Tomaiuolo, Università degli Studi di Parma, Italy
12:30-13:00
Component-Based Agent Architectures to Build Dedicated Agent Frameworks
V. Noel, J.-P. Arcangeli, M.-P. Gleizes, Université de Toulouse, France

Symposium K: Agent-Based Modeling and Simulation

S. Bandini, Italy, G. Vizzari, Italy, and P. Petta, Austria

Wednesday, April 7, p.m. Room 46

14:00-14:30
Combining Multi Agent System modeling and System Dynamics modeling
E. Gebetsroither, Austrian Institute of Technology, Vienna, Austria
14:30-15:00
A Model and Language for Simulating Asynchronous Automata Networks
S. Bandini, A. Bonomi, G. Vizzari, University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy
15:00-15:30
Development of a game simulation to analyze coalitions in agents
D. Lala, T. Nishida, Kyoto University, Japan
15:30-16:00
Coffee Break
16:00-16:30
Agent-based Exploration of Wirings of Biological Neural Networks
Oe. Guercan, O. Dikenelli, K.S. Tuerker, Ege University Bornova, Izmir, Turkey
16:30-17:00
A Framework for Processing Agent Based Pedestrian Activity Simulations in Shopping Environments
J. Dijkstra, J. Jessurun, H. Timmermans, B. de Vries, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands
17:00-17:30
Designing an Agent-based Simulation of Collective Emotions
S. Rank, Austrian Research Institute for Artificial Intelligence, Vienna, Austria
17:30-18:00
Large-scale Agent-based Simulation of Air-traffic
D. Sislak, P. Volf, M. Pechoucek, Czech Technical University, Prague, Czech Republic
18:00-18:30
Learning by Modeling: Insights from an Agent-based Model of University-Industry Relationships
A. Pyka, G. Triulzi, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany
18:30-19:00
Wrap up discussion

Symposium N: Challenges, Visions and Roadmaps of Systems Sciences

G. Ossimitz, Austria and G. Chroust, Austria

Wednesday, April 7, p.m. Room 41

14:00-14:30
Systems Science Informing Service (Systems) Science
J. Wilby, The Business School, University of Hull, United Kingdom
14:30-15:00
Metanoia and Aporias: Linking Systems Thinking with Yin/Yang Daoism
T. Vlk, G. Ossimitz, Technical University Graz, Austria
15:00-15:30
Generic System Structures of Catastrophes
M. Mrotzek, C.R. Binder, University of Graz, Austria
15:30-16:00
Coffee Break
16:00-16:30
Critical Reflections on Lean Systems Thinking
A.J. Gregory, University of Hull, United Kingdom
16:30-17:00
Winn - Going beyond Zero-sum Enterprises
G. Frankl, G. Ossimitz, University of Klagenfurt, Austria