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You are hereby invited to our ninth "Evolution, Complexity and
Cognition (ECCO)" seminar of 2005:
Knowledge sharing and
creativity in social software systems
by
(MOSI, VUB)
Place: room 3C204 (building C, 3rd floor), VUB campus
Oefenplein
Time: Friday, April 8, at 17:30 h.
Abstract:
The last couple of years have seen the growing success of
"social software". This is software aiming to expand the
social network of the user. Examples include systems for dating,
finding friends, finding business contacts or finding academic
partners. Especially the business and academic variants seem to offer
the promise of knowledge being shared over computer mediated
communication channels. However, it is uncertain if such sharing will
occur, as many contacts created over social software systems have not
met face-to-face and may therefore lack the relational attributes
which lead to knowledge sharing in non-computer mediated
environments. Possible variables influencing the occurrence of
knowledge sharing processes over computer mediated communication
channels in social software environments will be presented.
As our social context in part influences the information to
which we have access, social software systems may allow information
from a greater diversity of domains to be assimilated by users of the
system. The second part of the presentation will discuss how
creativity may be influenced by this.
More info:
Tanguy Coenen - Working paper - How social software and rich computer mediated communication could
influence creativity
ECCO seminar programme following weeks
15 Apr: Nick Deschacht: Complexity Theory and
Marxism
22 Apr: M. Rodriguez, D. Steinbock & F. Heylighen:
Particle-Flow Networks for Individual and Collective Intelligence
Systems
29 Apr: Mixel Kiemen: The primacy of context:
bootstrapping from intuitive ideas
06 May: Julien Libbrecht: Application of cybernetic
principles to the organization of health care
13 May: Johan Bollen: Self-organization of Document
Networks
ECCO seminars normally take place each Friday at 17h30 in room
3C204 of the VUB Campus Etterbeek. Everyone interested is welcome,
although the largest group of attendants are usually ECCO
researchers. The seminars are very interactive, with small groups
(about 8-10 people). The intention is to discuss in depth the
research being proposed, and to look for interdisciplinary
connections with other ECCO-related themes. Seminars with discussion
last about two hours, after which the remaining participants go to
take a drink or a snack in the Opinio Café on the campus, to
continue the discussion in a more relaxed setting.
--
Francis Heylighen
"Evolution, Complexity and Cognition" research group
Free University of Brussels
http://pespmc1.vub.ac.be/HEYL.html
Francis Heylighen
"Evolution, Complexity and Cognition" research group
Free University of Brussels
http://pespmc1.vub.ac.be/HEYL.html
