EMCSR 98 Programme

Mon., Apr.13 17.30-21.00 Informal Reception at the Offices of the Austrian Society for Cybernetic Studies
Tue., Apr.14 9.00 Conference Office on 1st Floor of the Main Building of the University of Vienna opens
10.00 GREAT FESTIVAL HALL

WELCOME
by Magn.Prof.Dr.Alfred Ebenbauer, Rektor of the University of Vienna

OFFICIAL OPENING
by the Federal Minister of Science and Transport, Dr.Caspar Einem

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

PLENARY ADDRESS:
CHALLENGES AT THE BEGINNING OF A NEW CENTURY
Prof.Dr.F.J.Radermacher, Director, Research Institute for Applied Knowledge Processing (FAW), Ulm, Germany

Break for Lunch
14.00-18.00 SYMPOSIA
Wed., Apr.15 9.00 ROSS ASHBY MEMORIAL LECTURE OF THE IFSR: (Room 47)
CHALLENGING THE COMPUTATIONAL METAPHOR: IMPLICATIONS FOR HOW WE THINK
Prof.Lynn Andrea Stein, Artificial Intelligence Laboratory and Laboratory of Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and The Bunting Institute, Radcliffe College, Cambridge, MA, USA
11.00-13.00 SYMPOSIA
Break for Lunch
14.00-18.00 SYMPOSIA
Thu., Apr.16 9.00-13.00 TUTORIAL: (Room 34)
APPLICATIONS OF FUZZY SET THEORY AND FUZZY LOGIC IN MEDICINE
Prof.Dr.Klaus-Peter Adlassnig, University of Vienna Medical School, Vienna, Austria
Break for Lunch
14.00-18.00 SYMPOSIA
Fri., Apr.17 8.30 PRESENTATION OF THE INTERNATIONAL FEDERATIONFOR SYSTEMS RESEARCH (IFSR) (Room 47)
9.00 BEST PAPER AWARDS (Room 47)
9.30 PLENARY ADDRESS: (Room 47)
WHY YOU SHOULD CARE ABOUT AGENTS
Prof.Dr.Michael Wooldridge, University of London, UK
11.00-13.00 SYMPOSIA
Break for Lunch
14.00-18.00 SYMPOSIA
20.00 Participants are kindly invited by the Mayor of Vienna and by the Austrian Society for Cybernetic Studies to a Heurigen

Johannes Matiasek
Last modified: Wed Feb 25 22:42:59 MET 1998