COPCOM 2011
1st International Workshop on Coping with Complexity

http://www.complexity2011.org
October 19-20, 2011 Cluj-Napoca, Romania


CALL FOR PAPERS


The Center for the Study of Complexity from Babes-Bolyai University (http://csc.centre.ubbcluj.ro) and the Romanian Institute for Science and Technology (http://www.rist.ro) cordially invite scientists and researchers over the vast field of Complexity to exchange ideas within the first edition of the Coping with Complexity Conference (COPCOM) in Cluj Napoca, on October 19-20, 2011.

COPCOM aims at opening a dialogue between international researchers and practitioners from different disciplines related to the study of complexity. As complexity is a term with different connotations in various fields of science, COPCOM aims to be an highly interdisciplinary forum to discuss specific approaches in coping with complexity, covering a wide area of topics.

We invite submissions presenting significant advances in Complexity in the form of:
+ full-length research papers,
+ abstracts (up to two pages)

Submitted papers will undergo a peer review process. Selection criteria will be based on relevance, originality, significance, impact, technical soundness and quality of the presentation. Contributions are expected to provide original results, insights and theoretical and/or experimental innovations. Full-length papers must be in PDF, not exceeding 12 pages and conforming to the Latex template at the Springer's Instructions for Authors page. Contributions (both full-length and abstracts) are welcome through the system available at http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=copcom2011.

PUBLICATION:

A booklet with the abstracts/full versions will be distributed at the conference. Full version of all accepted papers will be invited post-conference for publication in one of the following journals: Studia Universitas Babes-Bolyai, Series Informatica (http://cs.ubbcluj.ro/~studia-i/) and International Journal of Unconventional Computing (http://www.oldcitypublishing.com/IJUC/IJUC.html).

TOPICS OF INTEREST:

--- Interdiciplinary framework: Artificial Intelligence, Game Theory, and Decision Theory ---

• Philosophical and Computational aspects of AI and Complexity
• Metaheuristics and Complexity
• Multi-agent systems - Strategic/complex interactions
• Computational Game Theory
• Decision Theory. Multi-criteria optimization
• Complex Networks
• Complexity in Engineering
• Complexity in Sociology and Economics
• Models of economic and technological dynamics
• Models of Social Dynamics
• Combinatorial Optimization and Computational Complexity
• Unconventional Computing
• Physics and Society
• Disordered Systems
• Complexity in Natural Sciences
• Arts, Humanities and Complexity
• Applications


IMPORTANT DATES:

Submission: August, 15
Notification of Acceptance: September, 1
Deadline for Camera-ready: September, 15

REGISTRATION:

Will be free of charge but required, by email at info@complexity2011.org
(Deadline: September 15)

CONFIRMED SPEAKERS:

Jerome Durand-Lose (Orleans),
Miklos Kresz (Szeged),
others TBA.

CONTACT: info@complexity2011.org

Acknowledgment: This event is made possible in part through the support of a grant from the John Templeton Foundation. The opinions expressed in this conference are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the John Templeton Foundation.