EMCSR 2002 Schedule

Tuesday, April 2, p.m. Room 50

14:00-14:30

What is Systems Science?
L. Löfgren, University of Lund, Sweden

14:30-15:00

Theory of Incursive Synchronization of Delayed Systems and Anticipatory Computing of Chaos
D. Dubois, University of Liège, Belgium

15:00-15:30

Systems Science: Is It Necessary?
J.L. Elohim, Mautern a.d.Donau, Austria

15.30-16.00

Coffee Break

16:00-16:30

The Quantum Theory of Evolution, A Sketch
G.L. Farre, Georgetown University, USA

16:30-17:00

Community and Autopoiesis
L. England, Brigham Young University, Provo, USA

17:00-17:30

Uncertainty Optimization for Belief Revision Systems: Summary of Results
A. Ramer, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia

17:30-18:00

Integrated Science General Education (ISGE): 'Stealth' Systems Science for Every University
L. Troncale, California State Polytech University, Pomona, USA

Wednesday, April 3, p.m. Room 47

16:00-16:30

Linking Model Construction in General System Problem Solving with Hidden Markov Models
D. Van Welden, E. Noldus, University of Ghent, Belgium

16:30-17:00

Analysis and Application of Chaotic Permutation Systems
J. Scharinger, Johannes Kepler University, Linz, Austria

17:00-17:30

Optimization of Inventory Control Systems Based on the Past Data
N.A. Nechval, K.N. Nechval, E.K. Vasermanis, University of Latvia, Latvia

17:30-18:00

An Algebraic Characterization of the Tree Automata Inference
I. Sierocki, Technical University of Wroclaw, Poland

Thursday, April 4, p.m. Room 47

14:00-14:30

New Variants of Genetic Algorithms Applied to Problems of Combinatorial Optimization
M. Affenzeller, Johannes Kepler University, Linz, Austria

14:30-15:00

An Approach to the Control Synthesis of State Machines
F. Capkovic, Slovak Akademy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia

15:00-15:30

Convergence Theorems of Fuzzy Valued Martingales and Smartingales in the Graph Kurotowski-Mosco Sense
M. Geng, S. Li, Bejing Polytechnic University, China

15.30-16.00

Coffee Break

16:00-16:30

On the Intrinsic Limiting Zeros if the Sampling Period Tends to Zero
M. de la Sen, R. Barcena, A.J. Garrido, Universidad del Pais Vasco, Bilbao, Spain

16:30-17:00

Analysis of Gas Mixture Using Sensor Array and Artificial Neural Network
T. Sobanski, N. Saffarpour, Johannes Kepler University, Linz, Austria

Wednesday, April 3, a.m. Room 41

THE COMPONENT MARKET

11:00-11:30

General Existence of Component Markets
H. Hahn, K. Turowski, University of the Federal Armed Forces, Munich, Germany

11:30-12:00

In Search for Efficiency in Software Development - Internal Market Models for Software Component Reuse
T. Friedli, M. Naedele, F. Knecht, J. Hulvej, University of St.Gallen, Switzerland

12:00-12:30

A Modeling Structure for Leveraging Domain Knowledge
D. Hybertson, The MITRE Corp., McLean, VA, USA

12:30-13:00

A Software as an Innovation
M. Mulej, Z. Zenko, V. Potocan, University of Maribor, Slovenia

Wednesday, April 3, p.m. Room 41

COMPONENTS: SPECIFICATION AND SELECTION

14:00-14:30

Concepts and Techniques for Design Asset Reuse in a Software System-Family Approach
A. Fried, H. Prähofer, Johannes Kepler University, Linz, Austria

14:30-15:00

Component-Oriented Requirements Expression
G. Kotonya, J. Hutchinson, W. Onyino, P. Sawyer, Lancaster University, UK

15:00-15:30

Systemic Issues of Software Confederations
J. Kral, M. Zemlicka, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic

Thursday, April 4, p.m. Room 41

COMPONENTS: DESCRIPTION AND TRUST

14:00-14:30

Self-Descriptive Software Components
R.T. Mittermeir, H. Pozewaunig, University of Klagenfurt, Austria

14:30-15:00

Legal Aspects of Mobile Agents
M. Sonntag, Johannes Kepler University, Linz, Austria

15:00-15:30

Systemic Aspects of Component Based System Development
E. Schoitsch, M. Thuswald, Austrian Research Centers, Seibersdorf, Austria

15.30-16

Coffee Break

HUMAN, ASPECTS IN COMPONENT-BASED DEVELOPMENT

16:00-16:30

Motivational Issues in Component Based Software Development
G. Chroust, Johannes Kepler University, Linz, Austria

16:30-17:00

Human Problems when Changing from COBOL to COP
M. Knasmüller, BMD Systemhaus GmbH, Steyr, Austria

17:00-17:30

Introducing a Component Oriented Design Approach in a SME: A Software Process Improvement Experiment
L. Intonti, V. Vessia, G. Bux, Software Design, Modugno, Italy

Wednesday, April 3, p.m. Room 41

16:00-16:30

The Differentia Specifica of the Social Information Process
G. Stockinger, Federal University of Bahia, Salvador, Brazil

16:30-17:00

What's Emergent in Emergent Computing?
K.A. Brunner, Vienna University of Technology, Austria

17:00-17:30

Causality and Emergence
B. Klauninger, University of Technology, Vienna, Austria

Friday, April 5, a.m. Room 41

11:00-11:30

The Five-Leveled Cybersemiotic Model of FIS
S. Brier, Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University, Frederiksberg, Denmark

11:30-12:00

System Properties under Composition
G. Chroust, Johannes Kepler University, Linz, Austria

12:00-12:30

Exploring the Unknown Needs Organized Integrity - Exercise, Experience & Expertise
M.A. Kalaidjieva, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria

12:30-13:00

Information Generating System: Towards Concept of Information Generating Social Systems
A. Rosicky, University of Economics, Prague, Czech Republic

Friday, April 5, p.m. Room 41

14:00-14:30

The Psychological Significance of Reentry
T. Marks-Tarlow, R. Robertson, A. Combs, University of North Carolina, Asheville, USA

14:30-15:00

Social Information and Self-Organisation
C. Fuchs, Vienna University of Technology, Austria

15:00-15:30

Clue to the Information Theory in the Pioneers' Works
P. Rocchi, IBM, Rome, Italy

Thursday, April 4, p.m. Room 34

14:00-14:30

Design Ethics in the Future World of Cyborgs
T. Airaksinen, University of Helsinki, Finland

14:30-15:00

Designing Ethical Systems: A Case Study in Adaptive Community Regulation
T. Flynn, M.E. Chase, Slippery Rock University, USA

15:00-15:30

Good, Evil and Technology: Towards a Design of an Engineering Ethics Course
W.W. Gasparski, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland

15.30-16.00

Coffee Break

16:00-16:30

Systems and Concepts of Postmodern Urban Design
I. Aravot, Technion, Haifa, Israel

16:30-17:00

Elements of a Hierarchical Representation for Architectural Design and Decision Support
G. Suter, A. Mahdavi, R. Krishnamurti, Vienna University of Technology, Austria

17:00-17:30

Adventures in the Design-Performance Space
A. Mahdavi, B. Gurtekin, Vienna University of Technology, Austria

Friday, April 5, a.m. Room 34

11:00-11:30

Combinatorial Evolution of Composite Systems
M.S. Levin, Ben-Gurion University, Beer Sheva, Israel

11:30-12:00

Towards a Virtual Laboratory for Building Performance and Control
A. Mahdavi, A. Metzger, G. Zimmermann, University of Kaiserslautern, Germany

Symposium F: Biocybernetics and Mathematical Biology
L.M.Ricciardi, Italy

Tuesday, April 2, p.m. Room 34

14:00-14:30

A Cybernetic Approach to Sequence Learning
F.E. Lauria, University of Naples "Federico II", Italy

14:30-15:00

On Modeling the Rising Phase of Myosin Head Displacements in Single Molecules Processes
A. Di Crescenzo, B. Martinucci, L.M. Ricciardi, Università della Basilicata, Potenza, Italy

15:00-15:30

Signal Transmission in a Small Network of Simplified Model Neurones
T. Toth, S.W. Hughes, V. Crunelli, School of Biosciences, Cardiff University, UK

15.30-16.00

Coffee Break

16:00-16:30

On Comparison of Solutions to Diffusion and Jump-Diffusion Equations
M. Abundo, Università "Tor Vergata", Rome, Italy

16:30-17:00

Gaussian Processes and Neural Modeling: An Asymptotic Analysis
E. Di Nardo, E. Pirozzi, A.G. Nobile, L.M. Ricciardi, Università della Basilicata, Potenza, Italy

17:00-17:30

Towards Modeling Refractoriness for Single Neuron's Activity
V. Giorno, A.G. Nobile, A. Buonocore, L.M. Ricciardi, Università di Salerno, Baronissi, Italy

Wednesday, April 3, p.m. Room 50

14:00-14:30

Systems Theory and Medicine - Can we Bridge the Gap?
F. Tretter, Bezirkskrankenhaus Haar/Munich, Germany

14:30-15:00

Fractal Properties of the Thyrotropic Feedback Control Implications of a Nonlinear Model Compared with Empirical Data
J.W. Dietrich, A. Tesche, C.R. Pickardt, U. Mitzdorf, Ludwig Maximilians University, Munich, Germany

15:00-15:30

A Basic Mathematical Model of the Dopamine Synapse
J. Scherer, F. Tretter, E. Eberle, Bezirkskrankenhaus Haar/Munich, Germany

15.30-16.00

Coffee Break

16:00-16:30

Model Maker, a Model Creation Tool for Rule-Based Support in Medical Decision Making
F.M.H.M. Dupuits, Maastricht University, The Netherlands

16:30-17:00

Model-based Analysis of Gated Cardiac PET Images: A Comparison between Different Geometric Methods
A. Khorsand, S. Graf, H. Sochor, C. Pirich, G. Porenta, University of Vienna, Austria

17:00-17:30

Case-Control Studies in Coronary Interventions: A Novel Algorithm Using Case-Based Reasoning
M. Gyöngyösi, M. Ploner, G. Porenta, W. Sperker, P. Wexberg, C. Strehblow, D. Glogar, University of Vienna, Austria

17:30-18:00

Optimization of Dosage of Certain Drugs via the Dual Control Approach
K.N. Nechval, N.A. Nechval, E.K. Vasermanis, Aviation University of Riga, Latvia

Wednesday, April 3, a.m. Room 34

11:00-11:30

Integrating Anthropological Approaches to the Study of Culture: The "Hard" and the "Soft"
M. Fischer, University of Kent at Canterbury, UK

11:30-12:00

From Database Query to Cultural Questions
J. Bagg, University of Kent at Canterbury, UK

12:00-12:30

Modelling Adaptive Dynamics and Social Knowledge
S. Bharwani, M. Fischer, N. Ryan, University of Kent at Canterbury, UK

12:30-13:00

Modelling Competing Contextual Rules: Conflict Resolution in Punjab, Pakistan
S.M. Lyon, University of Kent at Canterbury, UK

13:00-13:30

Considering Culture as a System
G. Marshall, Marshall Consulting, Buckinghamshire, UK

Wednesday, April 3, p.m. Room 34

14:00-14:30

Ritual, Ideation and Performance: A Case Study of Multimedia in Anthropological Research - the Mambila Nggwun Ritual
D. Zeitlyn, M. Fischer, University of Kent at Canterbury, UK

14:30-18:00

Panel Discussion:

Mathematical Modeling and Anthropology: Its Rationale, Past Successes and Future Directions
Organizer: D. Read, University of California, Los Angeles, USA
Panelists: P.Ballonoff, USA, I.Ezhkova, Belgium, M.Fischer, UK, P.Jorion,USA, D.Kronenfeld, USA, M.Leaf, USA, F.K.Lehman, USA, D.Read, USA, S. van der Leeuw, France, D.R.White, USA

Order of 5 Minute papers:

Why Model?
S.E. van der Leeuw, Université de Paris I, France

What is "Formal" Analysis
M. Leaf, University of Texas, Dallas, USA

Mathematical Modeling Issues in Analytical Representations of Human Societies
D. Read, University of California, Los Angeles, USA

Notes on the Progress of Cultural Theory
P. Ballonoff, Ballonoff Consulting Service, Alexandria, Virginia, USA

On the Application of Discrete Mathematics to Questions in Anthropology
F.K.L. Chit Hlaing, University of Illinois, Urbana, USA

Classification, Symbolic Representation and Ritual: Information vs. Meaning in Cultural Processes
M. Fischer, University of Kent at Canterbury, UK

Network Analysis and Social Dynamics
D.R. White, University of California, Irvine, USA

Accounting for Human Activity through Physics
P. Jorion, Los Angeles, USA

Culture and Society: The Role of Distributed Cognition
D. Kronenfeld, University of California, Riverside, USA

Challenges of Cultural Theory: Theory of Cognitive States
I. Ezhkova, International Institute of Applied Technologies, Brussels, Belgium

15.30-16.00

Coffee Break

16:00-18:00

Panel and Audience Discussion

Thursday, April 4, p.m. Room 50

14:00-14:30

Self-Transformation, a New Approach to Development
V. Pozdniakov, S.A. Umpleby, Voronezh State University, Ukraine

14:30-15:00

Social Learning through Process Improvement in Russia
T.A. Medvedeva, S.A. Umpleby, Siberian State University of Transport, Novosibirsk, Russia

15:00-15:30

Quality of Products and Organizational Culture
V. Gouchtchina, Voronezh State University, Russia

15.30-16.00

Coffee Break

16:00-16:30

Doing Business in Russia: Foreign Investors' Needs and Expectation
N. Fedotova, Irkutsk State Academy of Economics, Russia

16:30-17:00

Evolving Innovation Proficiency with a Corporate Mind
M. Emmering, Nyenrode University, Breukelen, The Netherlands

17:00-17:30

Research Ethics in Action: Cybernetic, Praxiological, and Systemic Perspectives in an Evaluation System
A. Collen, Saybrook Graduate School, CA, USA

Friday, April 5, a.m. Room 50

11:00-11:30

Managing Complexity by Recursion
B. Schiemenz, Philipps-University Marburg, Germany

11:30-12:00

Evolution of Metaphors of Organisation and Development of Information Society
C. Mesjasz, Cracow University of Economics, Poland

12:00-12:30

Comparing Cultural Systems: Comparative Analysis of Russian and American National Mentalities
N. Prokopishina, South-Russia State University of Technology, Novocherkassk, Russia

12:30-13:00

Should Knowledge of Management Be Organized as Theories or as Methods?
S.A. Umpleby, The George Washington University, USA

Friday, April 5, p.m. Room 50

14:00-14:30

Informal Systems Thinking or Systems Theory - The Case of Ideas About Innovation in Slovenia
M. Mulej, Z. Zenko, V. Potocan, M. Pivka, D. Ursic, N. Mulej, University of Maribor, Slovenia

14:30-15:00

Theories of Change as an Intellectual Technology: Toward a Third Order Cybernetics
O.M. Melnychenko, Kherson State Technical University, Ukraine

Friday, April 5, a.m. Room 48

11:00-11:30

Project Scheduling with Fuzzy Real Options
C. Carlsson, R. Fuller, Eötvös Lorand University, Budapest, Hungary

11:30-12:00

Neural Networks and Chaos Analysis for Pollutant Estimation of Waste Incinerators
M. Annunziato, I. Bertini, G. Elisei, A. Pannicelli, S. Pizzuti, ENEA, Rome, Italy

12:00-12:30

On Probabilistic Fuzzy Numbers
P. Majlender, Abo Akademi University, Abo, Finland

12:30-13:00

The Knowledge Based Technique of Fuzzy Cognitive Maps for Modeling Complex Systems
C. Stylios, University of Ionnina, Greece

Friday, April 5, p.m. Room 48

14:00-14:30

Data Mining on Fuzzy Signatures - Straightforward Methods
T. Vamos, I. Soos, A. Koczka-Nagy, G. Biro, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary

14:30-15:00

Multiple Hybridation in Genetic Algorithms
R. Popa, D. Aiordachioaie, V. Nicolau, Galati University, Romania

15:00-15:30

Medical Diagnosis with a Hesitancy Margin
T. Gerstenkorn, A. Tepavcevic, University of Lodz, Poland

15:30-16:00

Interval-Valued Approach for Representing Medical Binary Fuzzy Relations
B. Haddad, M. Yaseen, Amman University, Jordan

Friday, April 5, a.m. Room 47

11:00-11:30

Automatic Hyperparameters Adaption in Support Vector Machines
D. Anguita, A. Boni, F. Riviecco, Università di Genova, Italy

11:30-12:00

Knowledge Transfer between Neural Networks
K. McGarry, J. MacIntyre, University of Sunderland, UK

12:00-12:30

Using Genetic Algorithms for Intelligent Optimisation of Multiple Classifier Systems in Complex Data Domains
M.C. Fairhurst, K. Sirlantzis, University of Kent at Canterbury, UK

12:30-13:00

Application of Evolutionary Algorithms for Adjusting Neural Network Controller
S. Konjicija, W. Bär, University of Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegowina

Friday, April 5, p.m. Room 47

14:00-14:30

DEVS Simulation of Spiking Neural Networks
R. Mayrhofer, M. Affenzeller, H. Prähofer, G. Höfer, A. Fried, Johannes Kepler University, Linz, Austria

14:30-15:00

NSL/ASL: A Framework for Modeling and Simulation of Biologically Inspired Neural Based Adaptive Autonomous Robotic Agents
A. Weitzenfeld, Instituto Tecnologico Autonomo de Mexico, Mexico

15:00-15:30

Survival Analysis by Means of a Novel Neural Network Model
A. Eleuteri, , R. Tagliaferri, S. De Placido, M. De Laurentiis, Università di Napoli Federico II, Italy

15:30-16:00

Noise-to-State Stability for Stochastic Hopfield Neural Networks with Delays
Y. Fu, X. Mao, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland

Symposium L: AT2AI-3: From Agent Theory to Agent Implementation
J.P.Müller, Germany, and P.Petta, Austria
Symposium L - AT2AI 3 - Web Page

Wednesday, April 3, a.m. Room 46

10:50-11:00

J.Müller & P.Petta: Welcome and Introduction

11:00-13:00

Agent-Oriented Software Engineering I

A Comparative Analysis of Multiagent System Development Methodologies: Towards a Unified Approach
A. Sabas, S. Delisle, M. Badri, Université du Quebec a Trois-Rivieres, Canada

Agent Reactive Component for SMART
L. Mariani, E. Merelli, Università di Camerino, Italy

Interfacing IndiGolog and OAA - A Toolkit for Advanced Multiagent Applications
A. Lapouchnian, Y. Lesperance, York University, Toronto, Canada

Middleware and Programming Support for Agent Systems
F. Bellifemine, F. Bergenti, A. Poggi, G. Rimassa, P. Turci, Università degli Studi di Parma, Italy

Wednesday, April 3, p.m. Room 46

14:00-15:30

Corporate Memories Management

A Multi-Agent Architecture for Distributed Corporate Memories
F. Gandon, INRIA Sophia Antipolis, France

An Intranet Based Multi-Agent System for Corporate Memory Management
A. Poggi, G. Rimassa, P. Turci, Università degli Studi di Parma, Italy

A Multi-Agent Architecture for Knowledge Sharing
S. Mercer, S. Greenwood, H.M.G. Communication Center, Milton Keynes, UK

15.30-16.00

Coffee Break

16:00-18:00

Agent-Oriented Software Engineering II

Heterogeneous Agents Situated in Heterogeneous Spaces
S. Bandini, S. Manzoni, C. Simone, Università di Milano Bicocca, Italy

Reflection in Simulating and Testing Agents
A.M. Uhrmacher, B. Kullick, J. Lemcke, University of Rostock, Germany

Formal Model of a Multiagent System
B. Mermet, Université du Havre, France

Theory and Practice of Behavior in Open Computational Systems
M. Fredriksson, R. Gustavsson, Blekinge Institute of Technology, Ronneby, Sweden

Thursday, April 4, p.m. Room 46

14:00-15:30

Communication, Coordination, and Cooperation I

Contract Management for Transfer Jobs in Multiagent Robotic System
K. Pröll, Polytechnic University of Upper Austria, Hagenberg, Austria

Coordination Tools for the Development of Agent-based Systems
E. Denti, A. Omicini, A. Ricci, Università degli Studi di Bologna, Italy

XRole: XML Roles for Agent Interaction
G. Cabri, L. Leonardi, F. Zambonelli, Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Italy

15.30-16.00

Coffee Break

16:00-17:30

Communication, Coordination, and Cooperation II

Towards Structured Libraries of Communicative Acts
J.M. Serrano, S. Ossowski, University Rey Juan Carlos, Mostoles, Spain

Towards an Alternative Semantics for FIPA ACL
M. Viroli, A. Omicini, Università degli Studi di Bologna, Italy

Reduction of Task Complexity in Coalition Planning
V. Marik, M. Pechoucek, J. Barta, Czech Technical University, Prague, Czech Republic

Friday, April 5, a.m. Room 46

11:30-13:00

Information Access and Integration

Entish: Agent Based Language for Web Service Integration
S. Ambroszkiewicz, T. Nowak, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland

XMAS: An XML-Based Mobile Agent System for Mobile Travel Business
W. Qiang, H.K. Pe Hin, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Multidimensional Matchmaking for Electronic Markets
D. Veit, J.P. Müller, C. Weinhardt, University of Karlsruhe, Germany

14:00-15:00

Symposium Wrap-Up

Symposium M: ACE 2002: Agent Construction and Emotions
C.Pinto-Ferreira, Portugal, R.Ventura, Portugal, and P.Petta, Austria
Symposium M - ACE 2002 - Web Page

Tuesday, April 2, p.m. Room 46

13:20-13:30

Welcome & Introduction
Carlos Pinto-Ferreira, R. Ventura, P.Petta

13:30-15:30

ACE: Theory

Emotion and Attention: Some (Empirically Inspired) Distinctions
L. Faucher, C. Tappolet, Université de Quebec a Montreal, Canada

Agency, Affiliation and Emotions
P. Dumouchel, Université du Quebec a Montreal, Canada

Formal Representation of Double-Bind Situations Using Feeling Rules and Triad Relations for Emotional Communication
T. Nomura, Hannan University, Osaka, Japan

AI Emotions: Will One Know Them When One Sees Them?
Z. Arzi-Gonczarowski, Typographics Ltd., Jerusalem, Israel

15.30-16.00

Coffee Break

16:00-18:00

ACE: Implementations

Affect Appraisals for Decision Making in Artificial Intelligences
P. Baillie, D. Lukose, U.S.Q., Toowoomba, Australia

Learning Emotions in Virtual Environments
M. Poel, R. op den Akker, A. Nijholt, A.-J.van Kesteren, University of Twente, Enschede, Netherlands

From Reactive to Emotion-based Agents: A Prescriptive Model
R. Ventura, C. Pinto-Ferreira, Insitute for Systems and Robotics, Lisboa, Portugal

Emotional and Cognitive Adaptation in Real Environments
S. Gadanho, Institute for Systems and Robotics (ISR), Portugal

Symposium N: Bayesian Techniques for Mining Data and Texts, and the Discovery of Surprising Knowledge
Y.Kodratoff, France

Tuesday, April 2, p.m. Room 48

14:00-14:30

A Bayesian Discriminant Analysis for Lexical Semantic Tagging
N. Turenne, Biometrie et Intelligence Artificielle, Paris, France

14:30-15:00

Musical Knowledge and Elective Affinities: Get the Former to Actualise the Latter
F. Rousseaux, IRCAM, Paris, France

15:00-15:30

A Study of the Effect of Noisy Data in Rule Extraction Systems
J. Aze, Université Paris-Sud, France

Symposium O: Theory and Applications of Artificial Intelligence
V.Marik, Czech Republic, and E.Buchberger, Austria

Wednesday, April 3, a.m. Room 48

11:00-11:30

Mathematical Knowledge Representation and Reasoning Based on Strong Relevant Logic
J. Cheng, Saitama University, Japan

11:30-12:00

Framework of Knowledge Support of Simulation in Engineering
M. Valasek, Z. Zdrahal, P. Mulholland, Technical University Prague, Czech Republik

12:00-12:30

Ontological Knowledge Modelling in Support of e-Democracy
M. Mach, J. Paralic, Technical University of Kosice, Slovakia

12:30-13:00

Granular Algebra: Towards a Calculus of Semi-Partitions for Analysis, Manipulation and Verification of Tabular Systems
A. Ligeza, Institute of Automatics AGH, Poland

Wednesday, April 3, p.m. Room 48

14:00-14:30

Algebraic-Graphical Methods of Knowledge Analysis and Verification -Theoretical Aspects
M. Szpyrka, University of Mining and Metallurgy, Krakow, Poland

14:30-15:00

SumatraTT: Towards a Universal Data Preprocessor
P. Aubrecht, F. Zelezny, P. Miksovsky, O. Stepankova, Czech Technical University, Prague, Czech Republic

15:00-15:30

An Example-Based Semantic Parser for Natural Language
M. Genereux, ÖFAI, Vienna, Austria

Thursday, April 4, p.m. Room 48

14:00-14:30

Varying Cardinality in Metonymic Extensions to Nouns
H. Horacek, University of the Saarland, Germany

14:30-15:00

From the Qualitative to the Quantitative Spatial Domain
J. Pais, C. Pinto-Ferreira, Instituto Superior Tecnico, Lisboa, Portugal

15:00-15:30

Improving the Generalization by Features Algorithm
E. Tipans, A. Borisov, Riga Technical University, Latvia

15.30-16.00

Coffee Break

16:00-16:30

Application of Artificial Intelligence in Telerobotics
P. Stepan, L. Preucil, Czech Technical University, Prague, Czech Republic

16:30-17:00

Some Aspects of the Simulation of Cognitive Behavior of a Supervisory Human Operator in Complex Working Environments
L. Janku, L. Lhotska, V. Eck, Czech Technical University, Prague, Czech Republic

17:00-17:30

ECG Signal Classification Using AI Methods
M. Fejtova, L. Lhotska, J. Macek, O. Kittnar, Czech Technical University, Prague, Czech Republic

Symposium P: Communication and Computers
A M.Tjoa, Austria

Tuesday, April 2, p.m. Room 41

14:00-14:30

An Exact Algorithm for CFA Problem in WAN with Combined Cost Criterion and with Budget and Delay Constraints
M. Gola, A. Kasprzak, Wroclaw University of Technology, Poland

14:30-15:00

An Adaptive Approach to High Compression of Images Based on Karhunen-Loeve Transform
M. Lucenteforte, D. Ponzio, Università di Torino, Italy

15:00-15:30

The Virtual GULLIVER Project
A. Nijholt, M. Stuk, J. Zwiers, University of Twente, Enschede, Netherlands

15.30-16.00

Coffee Break

16:00-16:30

Information Filtering for Emergency Management
S. Nishida, M. Nakatani, Y. Hijikata, Osaka University, Japan

16:30-17:00

MDM of Distributed Data and XML Approach for Communication
I. Valova, B. Zhechev, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria

Symposium Q: History of Cybernetics and Information Technology
F.Pichler, Austria

Tuesday, April 2, p.m. Room 47

14:00-14:30 SPECIAL LECTURE:

Control System Theory Evolution: The Role of IFAC
P. Albertos, S. Kahne, Universidad Politecnica de Valencia, Spain

14:30-15:00

Fifty Years Information Theory - Solved and Unsolved Problems
E.-G. Woschni, Technical University Chemnitz, Germany

15:00-15:30

The Many Roots of Cybernetics
R. Vallee, Université Paris-Nord, France

15.30-16.00

Coffee Break

16:00-16:30

Historical Trends in Systems Theory
M. Locke, Leipzig, Germany

16:30-17:00

Historical Comments Regarding Norbert WIENER's Discussion of NEWTONian and BERGSONian Time
E. Selzer, Wien, Austria

17:00-17:30

Transdisciplinarity in Management Education and Research: Some Evidence on the Contribution of System Theory and Cybernetics
M. Schwaninger, University St. Gallen, Switzerland

17:30-18:00

Multilevel Systems Approach in Hypermedia Intelligent Tutoring
M.A. Garay Garcell, M. Sandi Pinheiro, V. Teixeira Sandi, Research Center for Systems Engineering, La Habana, Cuba

Wednesday, April 3, a.m. Room 47

11:00-11:30

Wilhelm Cauer: His Life and the Reception of his Work
E. Cauer, W. Mathis, University of Hannover, Germany

11:30-12:00

The Scientific Work of Wilhelm Cauer and its Key Position at the Transition from Electrical Telegraph Techniques to Linear Systems Theory
R. Pauli, Technical University Munich, Germany

12:00-12:30

The Austrian Virtual Museum for the History of Information and Communication Technologies
C. Stary, Johannes Kepler University, Linz, Austria

12:30-13:00

The Introduction of the IBM 650 Computer in Austria in the Years 1959-1965
F. Hochleitner, Vienna, Austria

Wednesday, April 3, p.m. Room 47

14:00-14:30

E.B. Fleissner and A. Figl
O. Horak, Matzendorf-Hölles, Austria

14:30-15:00

On the Development of the Lieben Vacuum Tube (LRS-Relais)
F. Pichler, Johannes Kepler University, Linz, Austria