19-20 October 2011
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COPCOM 2011
First International Conference on Coping with Complexity
October 19, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
www.complexity2011.org
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 are (not limited to):
Philosophical and Computational aspects of Complexity
Metaheuristics and Complexity
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
INVITED SPEAKERS: TBA
IMPORTANT DATES
Deadline for submission: August, 15
Notification of acceptance: September, 1
Deadline for camera-ready: September, 15
REGISTRATION is free of charge but required, by email at
complexity2011@cs.ubbcluj.ro (Deadline: September 15)
ACKNOWLEDGMENT: This event is made possible 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.
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Please note that COPCOM 2011, a free event, is colocated with NICSO 2011
(fifth edition of the International Workshop on Nature Inspired
Cooperative Strategies for Optimization).
http://www.nicso2011.org/
Opportunities for joint attendance of the two conferences will be provided.
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Ligia Chira CREMENE
Assistant Professor, PhD,
Department of Communications
Technical University of Cluj-Napoca
26-28, Baritiu street,
Office: room G5, 40-264-401241
http://users.utcluj.ro/~cligia
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