Re: [Fis] News from Moscow
Pedro writes: very few people from Western countries could attend (just 4)... ... the discussion of the institutional aspects we have to cover, particularly concerning the ISIS organization. As I questioned before, I see no problem in organizing a private party at Moscow. However, I see a big problem in taking this party as the forum in charge of deliberating and able to take important decisions in name of the FIS community. ---Julio Stern Date: Mon, 27 May 2013 17:07:08 +0200 From: pcmarijuan.i...@aragon.es To: fis@listas.unizar.es Subject: [Fis] News from Moscow Dear FISers, During the past days, 21 -24 May, the 5th FIS 1st ISIS conference has taken place in Moscow. As expected, very few people from Western countries could attend (just 4), but an important Chinese delegation (9) and a remarkable presence of the Russian Academy of sciences, research and learning institutions, professional colleges, library science, etc., made for a very relevant conference. We had intriguing presentations in biomolecular matters, biological systems organization, neuroscience, consciousness, socially oriented discussions, educational matters, etc. as well as criticisms on the current techno-utopian orientations of IT. The debates on what are the most important directions for info science development were complemented by the discussion of the institutional aspects we have to cover, particularly concerning the ISIS organization. Thanks to Konstantin Colin (past ISIS President) for the excellent organization work done, with the technical help of a number of parties, among them Nick, Victoria, Boris, etc. A number of scholars and researchers of the Organizing Committee and the Program Committee did also contribute... The challenge now is for Wolfgang Hofkirchner, elected ISIS President and organizer of 2nd ISIS 6th FIS in Vienna 2015 --good luck Wolfgang!! At FIS we should continue with our regular discussion sessions, better organized... there will be news about that soon. Also we will receive news from ISIS preparations, particularly concerning the organization of info science research. Robert Jahn, current secretary, is working in these matters. It was a great time in Moscow--best wishes to all ---Pedro PS. By the way, during these days I had no mail access and could not see until now (amidst the cloud of several hundred messages) that some FIS parties have ostensibly ignored the rule of two messages per week, and indulged in say personal styles of discussion. Please, stop that. -- - Pedro C. Marijuán Grupo de Bioinformación / Bioinformation Group Instituto Aragonés de Ciencias de la Salud Centro de Investigación Biomédica de Aragón (CIBA) Avda. San Juan Bosco, 13, planta X 50009 Zaragoza, Spain Tfno. +34 976 71 3526 ( 6818) pcmarijuan.i...@aragon.es http://sites.google.com/site/pedrocmarijuan/ - ___ fis mailing list fis@listas.unizar.es https://webmail.unizar.es/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fis ___ fis mailing list fis@listas.unizar.es https://webmail.unizar.es/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fis
Re: [Fis] fis Digest, Vol 570, Issue 2
Dear All: I have to agree with Xueshan Yan on that one: In G.Batesson (1979) Mind and Nature: A Necessary Unity NY: Dutton. We find at the Glassary p. 228: Information: Any difference taht makes a difference. see also Ch.3, Multiple Versions of the World, Sec.1, The Case of Difference. All the best, ---Julio Stern From: lo...@physics.utoronto.ca Date: Sun, 14 Apr 2013 09:45:54 -0400 To: y...@pku.edu.cn CC: fis@listas.unizar.es Subject: Re: [Fis] fis Digest, Vol 570, Issue 2 Dear Dr. Yan I make reference to the MacKay quote in my article that can be found here: www.mdpi.com/2078-2489/3/1/68/pdf I make reference to Hayles, K. How We Became Posthuman; University of Chicago Press: Chicago, IL, USA, 1999. where you will find an extensive discussion of Donald MacKay's formulation of his definition of information: Information is a distinction that makes a difference–MacKay If you google Information is a distinction that makes a difference you will find many more references to this quote. with kind regards - Bob Logan On 2013-04-14, at 4:52 AM, Xueshan Yan wrote:Information is a distinction that makes a difference __ Robert K. LoganChief Scientist - sLab at OCADProf. Emeritus - Physics - U. of Toronto www.physics.utoronto.ca/Members/logan ___ fis mailing list fis@listas.unizar.es https://webmail.unizar.es/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fis ___ fis mailing list fis@listas.unizar.es https://webmail.unizar.es/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fis
Re: [Fis] FIS News (Moscow 2013)
A find it very strange to transform the FIS Conference into a private party. Of course anyone can throw a party, but how come is this one now the FIS-2013 Conference ?! ---Julio Stern At the time being, to my knowledge (I could not follow very well the process), only the members of the ISIS board have been enlisted as foreign participants. Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2013 12:28:45 +0200 To: joe.bren...@bluewin.ch; pcmarijuan.i...@aragon.es; fis@listas.unizar.es From: darv...@iif.hu Subject: Re: [Fis] FIS News (Moscow 2013) Dear Pedro, Joe, and all FISers, Great news! As I notified you before, the Symmetry Festival 2013 (Delft, The Netherlands, 2-6 August) http://symmetry.hu/festival2013.html is open and glad to host a FIS symposium on symmetries in information studies. The Festival consists of a series of symposia, and FIS would well fit among them. You are welcome! Best wishes, Gyuri . Symmetry Festival 2013, Delft, 2-7 August Download and print the poster in A3 size, post it at your department, throughout your parent institution, and distribute among colleagues outside. Thank you for your contribution to publicize the event! . A recent publication online: Physical consequences of a new gauge-symmetry and its associated conservation law . Greetings from Budapest __ Gyorgy Darvas E-mail ; Skype: darvasgy; S Y M M E T R I O N Address: 29 Eotvos St., Budapest, H-1067 Hungary Phone: 36 (1) 302-6965; Monograph: Symmetry; Course of lectures on Symmetry, Course of lectures on Interactions in Kinetic Fields and the Conservation of IFCS ___ ___ fis mailing list fis@listas.unizar.es https://webmail.unizar.es/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fis ___ fis mailing list fis@listas.unizar.es https://webmail.unizar.es/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fis
