EMCSR 2004 Programme

Tue., Apr. 13   9.00 Conference Office on 1st Floor of the Main Building of the University of Vienna opens
10.00 GREAT FESTIVAL HALL

WELCOME
by Prof. Dr. Georg Winckler,
Rector of the University of Vienna

WELCOME
by Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Schütz,
Rector of the Medical University of Vienna

OFFICIAL OPENING
by th Federal Minister of Education, Science and Culture, Elisabeth Gehrer

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

PLENARY ADDRESS:
COMPUTATIONAL HUMOR: HUMOROUS INTERACTION WITH THE COMPUTER
Prof. Dr. Anton Nijholt,University of Twente,The Netherlands

Break for Lunch
14.00-18.00 SYMPOSIA
Wed., Apr. 14 9.00 PRESENTATION OF THE INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION FOR SYSTEMS RESEARCH (IFSR) (Room 47)
9.30 ROSS ASHBY MEMORIAL LECTURE OF THE IFSR (Room 47)
FROM MACROSCOPIC TO ULTRAMICROSCOPIC: SOME CURRENT PROBLEMS IN BIOCYBERNETICS
Prof.Dr. Luigi Ricciardi, Universitá di Napoli Federico II, Italy
11.00-13.00 SYMPOSIA
Break for Lunch
14.00-18.00 SYMPOSIA
Thu., Apr. 15 14.00-17.30 SYMPOSIA
Fri., Apr. 16 9.00 BEST PAPER AWARDS (Room 47)
9.30 PLENARY ADDRESS (Room 47)
PROGRAMMING FOR PEACE: COMPUTER-AIDED METHODS FOR INTERNATIONAL CONFLICT RESOLUTION AND PREVENTION
Prof. Dr. Robert Trappl, Medical University of Vienna and Austrian Research Institute for Artificial Intelligence, Austria
11.00-13.00 SYMPOSIA
Break for Lunch
14.00-16.00 SYMPOSIA
20.00 Participants are kindly invited by the Mayor of Vienna and by the Austrian Society for Cybernetic Studies to a Heurigen