14th international congress of
cybernetics and systems OF WOSC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

First announcement

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call for papers

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wrocław, Poland

September 9–12, 2008

Organised by

• WOSC – World Organisation of Systems and Cybernetics
• Institute of Information Science and Engineering, Faculty of Computer Science and Management, Wrocław University of Technology, Poland

 

International Honorary Committee

 

Organising Committee

 

J. Józefczyk – chair

D. Orski

W. Thomas

M. Turowska

D. Gąsior

G. Filcek

M. Kowalski

 

Previous Congresses of WOSC

1^st Congress, London, 1969

2^nd Congress, Oxford, 1972

3^rd Congress, Bucharest, 1975

4^th Congress, Amsterdam, 1978

5^th Congress, Mexico City, 1981

6^th Congress, Paris, 1984

7^th Congress, London, 1987

8^th Congress, New York City, 1990

9^th Congress, New Delhi, 1993

10^th Congress, Bucharest, 1996

11^th Congress, London, 1999

12^th Congress, Pittsburgh, 2002

13^th Congress, Maribor, 2005

 

Congress topics

• artificial intelligence
• behavioural sciences
• biological and medical cybernetics
• complex systems
• cognition and systems
• control theory and engineering
• cybernetics and art
• cybernetics and economy
• dynamical systems
• ecological systems
• education and systems
• epistemology and praxeology
• fuzzy systems
• general and mathematical systems theory
• grey systems
• history of cybernetics and systems
• information and communication systems
• intelligent systems
• management and cybernetics
• manufacturing and transport systems
• pansystems
• social systems
• systems modelling, control, management and decision making
• uncertain systems

 

Important dates

·         Submission of invited sessions proposals
                                                                                                          January 15, 2008

·         Submission of 2 pages-long extended abstracts and application forms
                                                                                                          February 29, 2008

·         Notification of acceptance of papers on the basis of submitted abstract,
and providing additional organisational information
                                                                                                          April 15, 2008

·         Submission of the full text of papers and Congress fee
                                                                                                          May 31, 2008

 

Submission of papers

• Submissions should describe original completed or ongoing research work not submitted or published elsewhere.
• The submitted abstracts and full papers should be prepared according to the templates available at http://www.wosc-congress.pwr.wroc.pl.
• Accepted full papers should be no longer than 8 pages.
• Accepted papers will be given 20-30 minutes for the presentation and discussion.
• Accepted papers will be published in the Proceedings of the 14^th International Congress of Cybernetics and Systems of WOSC. The Proceedings will be available at the Congress.
• The author responsible for correspondence, including the author’s name, telephone, fax number and e-mail address, has to be identified.
• One of the authors of each accepted paper should register and present the paper at the Congress.

Address for submission

• Authors are requested to submit their extended abstracts and full texts electronically as a PDF file by following the link instructions at the Congress home page: http://www.wosc-congress.pwr.wroc.pl.
• E-mail submission is also possible at wosc-congress@pwr.wroc.pl.

 

Congress fee

The fee for the participants will be 250 EUR. It covers admittance to all sessions, single copy of the Proceedings, refreshments and social events. The Congress fee is exclusive of accommodation charges.

Contributions cannot be included in the Proceedings, unless registration, full payment and full texts are received by May 31, 2008. This deadline should be strictly respected.

 

Congress language

The working language of the Congress is English.

 

Copyright

Extended versions of selected papers will be published in Kybernetes (the official journal of the World Organisation of Systems and Cybernetics) or in SYSTEMS SCIENCE (journal published in Poland in English) . The Editors of the journals will take the final decisions about the publications after the papers have undergone a usual reviewing procedure.

 

Accommodation

Information about a hotel reservation will be available by May 31, 2008. Details will be announced on the Congress website.

 

Congress Venue

The 14^th International Congress of Cybernetics and Systems of WOSC will take palace at Wroclaw University of Technology.

Wroclaw is the capital of Lower Silesia region located in south-western Poland, known for its over one hundred of bridges and over one thousand years history with Polish, Czech, German and Austrian influences. Now it is known as a very young city with over 100,000 students from almost twenty universities and academia. Foreign visitors are offered direct international plane connections to Frankfurt, Munich and London.

 

 

Congress website

For more information about the 14^th International Congress of Cybernetics and Systems of WOSC please visit the website: http://www.wosc-congress.pwr.wroc.pl.

 

Contact addresses

Jerzy Józefczyk

Wroclaw University of Technology

Wybrzeże Wyspianskiego 27

50–370 Wrocław, Poland

Phone: +48 71 320 38 84

Fax: +48 71 320 38 84