*Please distribute to others who may be interested...* You are hereby invited to the next weekly seminar in our interdisciplinary series on Evolution, Complexity and Cognition<http://ecco.vub.ac.be/?q=node/108>(ECCO).
*Time*:* Friday, October 21st* 14:00-16:00 p.m (note: this year, all seminars take place on Fridays, 14-16 pm, unless announced otherwise) *Place*: Room B 0.036 (building B, level 0, close to the human sciences computer rooms), on the VUB Campus Etterbeek (Pleinlaan 2, 1050 Brussels), in collaboration with MOSI. Coffee available. Free entrance: everybody welcome! * * ------------------------------ Hierarchical organization and self-organization *Eva Busseniers* <[email protected]>* (University of Gent)* *Abstract:* In this seminar, we look at the difference between hierarchical organization and self-organization. Organization is a structure with function. First, we try to define hierarchy on the structure. We do this by using graph theory. Next, we look at the function of an organization, how a common goal or global pattern is set and reached. We use some existing theory about self-organization here. Finally, we investigate how these two approaches agree. *Background Papers*: 1. Self-organization in Communicating Groups: the emergence of coordination, shared references and collective intelligence<http://pespmc1.vub.ac.be/Papers/Barcelona-LanguageSO.pdf>- Francis Heylighen 2. Scale-free and hierarchical structures in complex networks<http://nd.edu/%7Enetworks/Publication%20Categories/03%20Journal%20Articles/Physics/Scalefree-Hierarchical_Sitges%20Proceedings-Complex%20Networks,%20.pdf>- Albert-László Barabási, Zoltán Dezsö, Erzsébet Ravasz, Soon-Hyung Yook and Zoltán Oltvai *The speaker:* Eva Busseniers studied mathematics at the university of Ghent, and has just graduated as a Master in "Pure Mathematics". ------------------------------ *Upcoming Seminars* *October 25 (Tuesday!)* McLuhan, Media, Emergence and Complexity Theory Robert K Logan <http://www.physics.utoronto.ca/Members/logan> (University of Toronto) *October 28* An actor based approach to co-innovate Small Business and education in Knowledge Chains. Wim Gielingh <[email protected]> and Theo Lohman <[email protected]> *November 4 *The Future Internet as a Global Brain: an update of the theory Francis Heylighen <http://pespmc1.vub.ac.be/HEYL.html> (ECCO,VUB)* November 25 *Languaging as a process of second order or joint coordination Joachim De Beule (VUB) <http://arti.vub.ac.be/%7Ejoachim/> *December 2 (full day) Workshop:* Worldviews and religiosity: a non-theististic perspective on human experience, meaning and purpose (multiple speakers, see program <http://ecco.vub.ac.be/?q=node/151>) * December 9 *The origins of the origin: points and cycles as cognitive attractors for ultimate explanations. Clement Vidal <http://clement.vidal.philosophons.com/>(ECCO,VUB) * December 16* The Complexity of Architecture Philip Rutten <[email protected]> * **December 20 (Tuesday!)** *Transformation of uncertainty in the therapeutic process. Jon Echanove (AoEC <http://www.aoec.cn.com/>, China) (ECCO) * * More info about the ECCO seminar program: http://ecco.vub.ac.be/?q=node/108
