Just when you thought the ECCO website couldn't get much more
impressive, it has ;-)
Demos
We added a new section on "Software and demos
of computer simulations".This provides access to the
different computer programs developed by ECCO people (basically
Carlos, Marko and Frank). Some examples are interactive access to
Carlos's self-organizing traffic lights, and a form interface to the
two "particle flow" applications that Marko is working on
right now (which is why they are not always online).
I especially like the one that answers verbal IQ test questions.
But I'm biased of course, since it is based on my own idea ;-) Please
test it out when you can: as the questions you enter and the system's
answers are logged, your contribution will help us to improve its
performance.
Working papers
I would like to develop the working papers
section, by starting with a numbering system from 2005. A
suggested format is:
Gershenson C. (2005). Self-organizing
Traffic Lights (ECCO working paper:
2005-01).
(i.e. simply the year, followed by a two
digit numbering starting with the first paper added to the archive
that year). Any suggestions for a better numbering
format?
As to producing papers, I would suggest
the following general procedure:
1) somebody develops an idea, alone or in
collaboration (e.g. using the collaboratory)
2) the idea is presented in an ECCO
seminar, and undergoes discussion by the participants
3) taking into account the comments and
suggestions, the outline (PowerPoint text) of the presentation is
developed into a working paper, published on the website
4) the working paper is read and commented
upon by ECCO members and possibly others
5) taking into account the further
comments, the paper is improved and submitted for publication to a
journal or conference
This means we already have quite some
material to be elaborated into working papers, e.g. Dirk's ideas
about sensor networks, Marko's work on network models, Laetitia's
proposal for the FWO (to be presented as a seminar in a month or so),
Erden's seminar, several of the texts that were written in the
collaboratory...
To submit working papers:
1) simply link them or upload them (in PDF
format) to the working papers section of the website as a
"draft", as yet without number
2) invite ECCO members to read your
paper
3) if at least one "experienced"
member (i.e one with several publications) considers your text good
enough to be an official working paper, it gets the next available
number and thus becomes part of the working paper series
--
Francis Heylighen
Evolution, Complexity and Cognition group
Free University of Brussels
http://pespmc1.vub.ac.be/HEYL.html
Francis Heylighen
Evolution, Complexity and Cognition group
Free University of Brussels
http://pespmc1.vub.ac.be/HEYL.html
