ecap10 - the 8th Conference on Computing and Philosophy goes Bavaria. Between October 4th and October 6th, 2010, the Philosophy of Science, Technology, and Engineering Department at TU München invites you to join this event which brings together scientists, engineers and philosophers.

ORGANIZATION
Klaus Mainzer, Technische Universität München,
Germany (Program Chair)

PROGRAM COMMITTEE
· Philip Brey, Department of Philosophy of Technology and Engineering Science, University of Twente, Netherlands
· Martin Buss, LSR - Institute for Automatic Control Engineering, Coordinator of the Excellence Research Cluster CoTeSys (Cognition in Technical Systems), Technische Universität München, Germany
· Gordana Dodig-Crnkovic, School of Innovation, Design and Engineering, Mälardalen University, Sweden
· Luciano Floridi, University of Hertfordshire and University of Oxford, UK
· Ruth Hagengruber, University of Paderborn, Germany
· Wolfgang M. Heckl, General Director of Deutsches Museum (München), Germany
· Christoph von der Malsburg, Universität Bochum, FIAS (Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Study), Germany
· Jean Sallantin, Directeur des Recherche au Laboratoire d'Informatique, de Robotique et de Microélectronique de Montpellier (LIRMM) (LIRMM), France
· Jordi Vallverdú, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Philosophy Department, Spain
· Walter Zimmerli, President of Technische Universität Cottbus, Germany


KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
· Manfred Broy, TU München: Logic, Modeling, and Computation
· Ruth Hagengruber, University of Paderborn: Philosophy's Task in Computation Science: Foundation or Critical Method?
· Christoph von der Malsburg, Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Study FIAS: Computing beyond Intelligent Design: Challenges for Life, Computer and Engineering Science
· Rolf Pfeifer, University of Zurich: Robotics, Embodied Intelligence, and Philosophy
· Jordi Vallverdú, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona: Artificial Emotions: Past, Present and Future


PROGRAM The conference is interdisciplinary: we invite papers from philosophy, computer science, robotics, engineering sciences, social sciences and related disciplines. Computing and thinking are the two sides of the same coin: biocomputing, AI, logic, cognition, ontology, knowledge systems, simulations, robotics, affective computing, epistemology, infoethics, robotethics, history among others, are expressions of the conceptual crossroads between researchers all around the world. ECAP10 will be devoted to the foundations and limits of man-machine interaction. Our thoughts and actions, our perception, imagination, and experience depend more and more on informational, computational, and robotic systems with increasing complexity and autonomy. What are their epistemic, ethical, and societal challenges for the future of mankind? ECAP10 will promote scholarly dialogues on all aspects of this computational & informational turn of society and the use of computers and robots in the service of philosophy.
Part of the conference is a guided tour in the Center for New Technologies in the Deutsches Museum at the occasion of the exhibition "Artificial Life in Practice? - An Exhibition on Robotics" and Robot Demonstrations in the Research Laboratory of Robotics (Technische Universität München).

TRACKS
I. Philosophy of Computer Science
Chair: Prof. Dr. Raymond Turner (School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering, University of Essex)
Co-Chair: dr. dr. (UBL) Rainhard Z. Bengez (Philosophy of Science, Technology, and Engineering Department, TU München)

II. Philosophy of Information and Cognition
Chair: Prof. Dr. Luciano Floridi (Chair of Philosophy of Information and UNESCO Chair in Information and Computer Ethics, University of Hertfordshire, UK)
Co-Chair: Prof. Dr. Holger Lyre (Lehrstuhl für Theoretische Philosophie/Philosophie des Geistes, Universität Magedeburg)

III. Robotics, AI, and Cognitive Systems
Chair: Dr. Dr. Jean Sallantin (Directeur des Recherche au Laboratoire d'Informatique, de Robotique et de Microélectronique de Montpellier (LIRMM))
Co-Chair: Prof. Dr. Michael Beetz (Chair of Computer Science, Head of IAS Group, TU München)

IV. Computational Neuroscience of Emotions and Consciousness
Chair: Prof. Dr. Günther Palm (Institut für Neuroinformatik, Universität Ulm)
Co-Chair: Prof. Dr. Christoph von der Malsburg (Institut für Neuroinformatik, Universität Bochum, Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Study FIAS)

V. Computational Approaches to Thoughts and Actions
Chair: Prof. Dr. Ruth Hagengruber (Lehrstuhl für Philosophie, Universität Paderborn)
Co-Chair: Dr. Uwe Riss (SAP Karlsruhe, Germany)

VI. From Information to Knowledge Society
Chair: Prof. Dr. Klaus Kornwachs (Lehrstuhl für Technikphilosophie, TU Cottbus)
Co-Chair: Prof. Dr. Philip Brey (Chair in Philosophy of Technology and Engineering Science, University Twente, Netherlands)

VII. IT, Cultural Diversity and Technoscience Studies
Chair: Prof. Dr. Jutta Weber (Centre for Gender Research, University Uppsala, Sweden)
Co-Chair: Prof. Dr. Charles Ess (Institute of Information and Media Studies, Aarhus University, Denmark)

VIII. Information Ethics and Roboethics
Chair: Prof. Dr. Gordana Dodig-Crnkovic (School of Innovation, Design and Engineering, Mälardalen University, Sweden)
Co-Chair: Kolja, Kühnlenz, PhD (Junior Fellow at IAS - Institute for Advanced Studies, TU München, Germany)

IX. Technological Singularity and Acceleration Studies
Chair: Prof. Dr. Amnon Eden (School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering, University of Essex)
Co-Chair: Prof. Anthony Beavers, PhD (Department of Philosophy, The University of Evansville, USA)

X. Crossroads
Chair: Prof. Dr. David Casacuberta (Philosophy Department, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona)
Co-Chair: Dr. Wolfgang Pietsch (Philosophy of Science, Technology, and Engineering Department, TU München)