Please distribute to others who may be interested... You are hereby invited to a seminar in our twelfth interdisciplinary series on Evolution, Complexity and Cognition <http://ecco.vub.ac.be/?q=node/108> (ECCO 2015-2016)
Time: Friday April 29, 14h-16h Place: *room **D.2.16, *building D, VUB ------------------------------ *The Offer Network Protocol: mathematical foundations and a roadmap for the development of a global brain* Francis Heylighen <http://[email protected]> (GBI,ECCO) Abstract: The capabilities of both human and technological agents can be described as systems of condition-action rules. These have the form A: X->Y: under a given condition X, the agent A is ready to perform an action that produces a new condition Y. This can also be formulated as: agent A is willing to offer Y, but first needs to have X. Coordination can be formulated as a problem of optimally matching the different needs and offers (input and output conditions) of a large number of agents. According to Chemical Organization Theory, this is a problem equivalent to letting a reaction network relax into the largest self-sustaining "organization". There are several mathematical and AI techniques that may improve on such self-organizing coordination. However, to maximize its power, we first need a universal protocol in which all human and technological agents can express their needs, offers, knowledge and capabilities, and a peer-to-peer medium in which they are listed. We call such a system an "offer network", and argue that it will boost globally distributed intelligence. This should in particular promote collaboration, efficiency, recycling, resilience, and the elimination of poverty. We outline the different steps needed to implement such a system at the global scale, using technologes such as the semantic web, Internet of Things, and reputation systems. ------------------------------ Upcoming Seminars *May 13 * Cristiano Castelfranchi *May 20* Marta Lenartowicz *May 27* Vincenzo De Florio *June 3 * Viktoras Veitas *June 10 * David R. Weinbaum (Weaver) *June 17* Nathalie Mezza-Garcia *June 24* Mixel Kiemen See also the ECCO/GBI calendar <https://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=azMyN252aWluM2JoMnU3MXY5OGt2ZzliOGdAZ3JvdXAuY2FsZW5kYXIuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbQ> . You can add this calendar to your calendar application through here <https://www.google.com/calendar/ical/k327nviin3bh2u71v98kvg9b8g%40group.calendar.google.com/public/basic.ics> More info about the ECCO seminar program: http://ecco.vub.ac.be/?q=node/108 -- Evo Evo Busseniers - Seminar Coordinator ECCO Group (VUB) <http://ecco.vub.ac.be/?q=node/1> Email: [email protected] Website: http://vub.academia.edu/EvoBusseniers <http://be.linkedin.com/in/weaver9/>
