EMCSR 2000 Programme

Mon., Apr.24 17.30-21.00 Informal Reception at the Offices of the Austrian Society for Cybernetic Studies
Tue., Apr.25 9.00 Conference Office on 1st Floor of the Main Building of the University of Vienna opens
10.00 GREAT FESTIVAL HALL

WELCOME
by the Chairman of the Meeting,
Prof.Dr.Robert Trappl, President, Austrian Society for Cybernetic Studies

OFFICIAL OPENING
by Magn.Prof.Dr.Georg Winckler, Rektor of the University of Vienna

INTRODUCTION TO THE MEETING
by the Chairman

PLENARY ADDRESS:
THE EMOTION MACHINE
Prof.Dr.Marvin Minsky,Media Lab, MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA

Break for Lunch
14.00-18.00 SYMPOSIA
Wed., Apr.26 9.00 ROSS ASHBY MEMORIAL LECTURE OF THE IFSR: (Room 47)
NEGOTIATING AGENTS: ISSUES, MODELS AND APPLICATIONS
Prof.Nicholas R. Jennings, Dept. of Electronics and Computer Science, University of Southampton, Highfield, United Kingdom
11.00-13.00 SYMPOSIA
Break for Lunch
14.00-18.00 SYMPOSIA
Thu., Apr.27 14.00-18.00 SYMPOSIA
Fri., Apr.28 8.30 PRESENTATION OF THE INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION FOR SYSTEMS RESEARCH (IFSR) (Room 47)
9.00 BEST PAPER AWARDS (Room 47)
9.30 PLENARY ADDRESS: (Room 47)
THE CHANGING FACE: ELECTRONIC PORTRAITS
Jasia Reichardt, London, UK
11.00-13.00 SYMPOSIA
Break for Lunch
14.00-15.30 SYMPOSIA
16.00-17.00 INVITED LECTURE ON THE OCCASION OF THE 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE AUSTRIAN INSTITUTE OF NONLINEAR STUDIES: (Room 34)
MAKING WAVES: THE PARADIGMS OF DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY AND THEIR IMPACT ON ARTIFICIAL LIFE AND EMBRYONICS
Prof.R.Gordon, Dept. of Radiology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada
20.00 Participants are kindly invited by the Mayor of Vienna and by the Austrian Society for Cybernetic Studies to a Heurigen

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