Seminars 2006-2007

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user warning: Table 'cache_filter' is marked as crashed and should be repaired query: UPDATE cache_filter SET data = 'Third ECCO seminar series program, 2007 \nWhen? Wednesdays at 2 pm. The seminars last about two hours with approximatively one hour of presentation, and one hour of discussions.\nWhere? The seminar room is B 0.036 (building B, level 0, close to the human sciences computer rooms), on the <a href=\"http://www.vub.ac.be/english/infoabout/campuses/index.html\" class=\"external\">VUB Campus Etterbeek</a>. Coffee and drinks are available.\nWhat about? The intention is to discuss in depth the research being proposed by the speaker, and to look for interdisciplinary connections with other themes related broadly to the <a href=\"http://ecco.vub.ac.be\" class=\"external\">Evolution, Complexity and Cognition (ECCO)</a> domain. The seminars are very interactive and informal, with small groups (about 8-10 people). Abstracts of the talks can be found in the <a href=\"/system/files/ecco_seminars_2007_2.pdf\">PDF</a> program, or by following the "discussion" link.\nFor whom? Everybody interested in transdisciplinary research related to complex systems, evolution and cognition welcome.\n<table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"5\" border=\"1\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>   Date... </td>\n<td>Speaker</td>\n<td>Topic</td>\n<td>More</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td>10 Jan</td>\n<td><a href=\"http://homepages.vub.ac.be/~cgershen/\">Carlos Gershenson</a></td>\n<td>Towards Self-organizing Bureaucracies</td>\n<td>\n<a href=\"http://pespmc1.vub.ac.be/ECCO/Seminars/SOBs-ECCO.pdf\" class=\"external\">Presentation</a> <a href=\"http://uk.arxiv.org/abs/nlin.AO/0603045\">Paper </a> <a href=\"/?q=node/1657\">Discussion </a>\n</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td>17 Jan</td>\n<td><a href=\"http://pcp.vub.ac.be/HEYL.html\">Francis Heylighen</a></td>\n<td>Characteristics and Problems of the Gifted: neural propagation depth and flow motivation as a model of intelligence and creativity</td>\n<td>\n<a href=\"http://pespmc1.vub.ac.be/ECCO/Seminars/Giftednessseminar.pdf\">Presentation</a><a href=\"http://pespmc1.vub.ac.be/ECCO/Seminars/Giftednessseminar.pdf\"> Paper</a> <a href=\"/?q=node/1617\">Discussion </a>\n</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td>25 Jan</td>\n<td>Jan Bernheim</td>\n<td>A Progressive Evolutionary Worldview</td>\n<td><a href=\"http://pcp.vub.ac.be/ECCO/Seminars/Bernheim2007.ppt\">Presentation</a> <a href=\"/?q=node/1825\">Discussion</a></td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td>31 Jan</td>\n<td><a href=\"http://clement.vidal.philosophons.com/\">Clément Vidal</a></td>\n<td>A Minimal Philosophical Agenda. Worldview Construction as a Philosophical Method</td>\n<td>\n<a href=\" http://complexity.vub.ac.be/%7Eclement/seminars2007/ecco-clem.ppt\">Presentation</a> <a href=\"http://complexity.vub.ac.be/%7Eclement/vidal2007-wp.pdf\">Paper</a> <a href=\"/?q=node/1660\">Discussion</a>\n</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td>7 Feb</td>\n<td><a href=\"www.mixel.be\">Mixel Kiemen</a></td>\n<td>Complex-Adaptive information processing</td>\n<td>\n<a href=\"/?q=node/1661\">Presentation Discussion</a>\n</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td>14 Feb</td>\n<td>Wim Christiaens</td>\n<td>Apostel\'s Concept of Causality: Defining Being by Folding "logic" on "life"</td>\n<td><a href=\"/?q=node/1662\">Discussion</a></td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td>21 Feb</td>\n<td>Dirk Kenis</td>\n<td>Knowledge Management in Virtual Communities: opportunities for Agile Group Decision Support Systems (GDSS)</td>\n<td>\n<a href=\"http://complexity.vub.ac.be/%7Eclement/seminars2007/ecco-kenis.pps\">Presentation</a> <a href=\"/?q=node/1663\">Discussion</a>\n</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td>28 Feb</td>\n<td>Erden Göktepe</td>\n<td>Mediating International Agents: a Question of Efficiency</td>\n<td>\n<a href=\"/?q=node/1664\">Discussion</a>\n<a href=\"http://complexity.vub.ac.be/%7Eclement/seminars2007/ecco-goktepe-28022007.ppt\">Presentation</a>\n</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">14 Mar</td>\n<td valign=\"top\">Helen De Cruz</td>\n<td valign=\"top\">Universal Selection Theory and the Evolution of Mathematics</td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<a href=\"/?q=node/1659\">Discussion</a>\n<a href=\"http://complexity.vub.ac.be/~clement/seminars2007/ecco-decruz-14032007.pdf\">Paper</a>\n</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">23 Mar</td>\n<td valign=\"top\">Arnold de Loof</td>\n<td valign=\"top\">"Life": Compartmental Organization, Communication and Problem-Solving Activity.</td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<a href=\"/node/2153\">Discussion</a>\n<a href=\"http://complexity.vub.ac.be/~clement/seminars2007/ecco-deloof-23032007.ppt\">Presentation </a>\n</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">28 Mar</td>\n<td valign=\"top\">Mehmet Tezcan</td>\n<td valign=\"top\">A complex systems critique to mainstream IR theory: A case study of foreign policy integration in Europe as a complex system</td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<a href=\"/?q=node/1867\">Discussion </a>\n<a href=\"http://complexity.vub.ac.be/%7Eclement/seminars2007/ecco-tezcan-28032007.ppt\">Presentation</a>\n</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">18 Apr</td>\n<td valign=\"top\"><a href=\"http://memetics.chielens.net/\">Klaas Chielens</a></td>\n<td valign=\"top\">The Status of Memetics as a Science: update</td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<a href=\"/node/2154\">Discussion</a>\n<a href=\"http://complexity.vub.ac.be/~clement/seminars2007/ecco-chielens-18042007.pdf\">Presentation </a>\n</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">2 May  </td>\n<td valign=\"top\">Carlos Gershenson</td>\n<td valign=\"top\">Design and Control of Self-organizing Systems (at 2 pm in the Promotiezaal (D.2.01), followed by a reception in the STOA.)</td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\nPhD Defense.\n<a href=\"http://www.knosos.be/node/2261\">Discussion</a>\n</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td>16 May</td>\n<td><a href=\"http://www.pauliliano.com\">Paul Iliano</a></td>\n<td>Improving Lives Effectively: creating a clear model and practical roadmaps for individuals and leaders in government, business and nonprofit</td>\n<td>\n<a href=\"http://www.knosos.be/node/2622\">Discussion</a>\n<a href=\"http://complexity.vub.ac.be/~clement/seminars2007/ecco-iliano-16052007.ppt\">Presentation</a>\n</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">23 May</td>\n<td valign=\"top\">Karin Verelst</td>\n<td valign=\"top\">Deixis and Truth from Aristotle to Poincaré</td>\n<td valign=\"top\"><a href=\"/node/2152\">Discussion</a></td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">30 May</td>\n<td valign=\"top\">Francis Heylighen</td>\n<td valign=\"top\">Stigmergy: a fundamental mechanism of cognition, cooperation and self-organization</td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<a href=\"http://www.knosos.be/node/2623\">Discussion</a>\n<a href=\"http://complexity.vub.ac.be/~clement/seminars2007/ecco-heylighen-30052007.pdf\">Presentation </a>\n</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td>6 June</td>\n<td><a href=\"http://www.pauliliano.com\">Paul Iliano</a></td>\n<td>Improving Personal Control. Synthesizing cybernetic control and Apostel\'s worldview construction kit into a practical framework for increasing our ability to control </td>\n<td>\n<a href=\"http://www.knosos.be/node/2679\">Discussion</a>\n<a href=\"http://complexity.vub.ac.be/~clement/seminars2007/ecco-iliano-06062007.ppt\">Presentation</a>\n</td>\n</tr>\n</tbody>\n</table>\nFinal announcements with an abstract and additional information are distributed by email about 5 days before the seminar. If you wish to receive these, please subscribe to the <a href=\"http://complexity.vub.ac.be\" class=\"external\">Brussels Complexity mailing list</a>.\nIf you wish to present a seminar in our series, please contact <a href=\"http://clement.vidal.philosophons.com/\" class=\"external\">C. 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Third ECCO seminar series program, 2007

When?
Wednesdays at 2 pm. The seminars last about two hours with approximatively one hour of presentation, and one hour of discussions.

Where?
The seminar room is B 0.036 (building B, level 0, close to the human sciences computer rooms), on the VUB Campus Etterbeek. Coffee and drinks are available.

What about?
The intention is to discuss in depth the research being proposed by the speaker, and to look for interdisciplinary connections with other themes related broadly to the Evolution, Complexity and Cognition (ECCO) domain. The seminars are very interactive and informal, with small groups (about 8-10 people). Abstracts of the talks can be found in the PDF program, or by following the "discussion" link.

For whom?
Everybody interested in transdisciplinary research related to complex systems, evolution and cognition welcome.

Date...	Speaker	Topic	More
10 Jan	Carlos Gershenson	Towards Self-organizing Bureaucracies	Presentation Paper Discussion
17 Jan	Francis Heylighen	Characteristics and Problems of the Gifted: neural propagation depth and flow motivation as a model of intelligence and creativity	Presentation Paper Discussion
25 Jan	Jan Bernheim	A Progressive Evolutionary Worldview	Presentation Discussion
31 Jan	Clément Vidal	A Minimal Philosophical Agenda. Worldview Construction as a Philosophical Method	Presentation Paper Discussion
7 Feb	Mixel Kiemen	Complex-Adaptive information processing	Presentation Discussion
14 Feb	Wim Christiaens	Apostel's Concept of Causality: Defining Being by Folding "logic" on "life"	Discussion
21 Feb	Dirk Kenis	Knowledge Management in Virtual Communities: opportunities for Agile Group Decision Support Systems (GDSS)	Presentation Discussion
28 Feb	Erden Göktepe	Mediating International Agents: a Question of Efficiency	Discussion Presentation
14 Mar	Helen De Cruz	Universal Selection Theory and the Evolution of Mathematics	Discussion Paper
23 Mar	Arnold de Loof	"Life": Compartmental Organization, Communication and Problem-Solving Activity.	Discussion Presentation
28 Mar	Mehmet Tezcan	A complex systems critique to mainstream IR theory: A case study of foreign policy integration in Europe as a complex system	Discussion Presentation
18 Apr	Klaas Chielens	The Status of Memetics as a Science: update	Discussion Presentation
2 May	Carlos Gershenson	Design and Control of Self-organizing Systems (at 2 pm in the Promotiezaal (D.2.01), followed by a reception in the STOA.)	PhD Defense. Discussion
16 May	Paul Iliano	Improving Lives Effectively: creating a clear model and practical roadmaps for individuals and leaders in government, business and nonprofit	Discussion Presentation
23 May	Karin Verelst	Deixis and Truth from Aristotle to Poincaré	Discussion
30 May	Francis Heylighen	Stigmergy: a fundamental mechanism of cognition, cooperation and self-organization	Discussion Presentation
6 June	Paul Iliano	Improving Personal Control. Synthesizing cybernetic control and Apostel's worldview construction kit into a practical framework for increasing our ability to control	Discussion Presentation

Final announcements with an abstract and additional information are distributed by email about 5 days before the seminar. If you wish to receive these, please subscribe to the Brussels Complexity mailing list.

If you wish to present a seminar in our series, please contact C. Vidal with your proposal and check the instructions for presenters .

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