Autopoiesis Perspective on Information, Communication and Social Systems (APICSS'2016) September 11-14, 2016 that will be held in the city of Gdansk, Poland. The workshop is organized in conjunction with Federated Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems FedCSIS'2016 (http://www.fedcsis.org).

Deadline for Paper Submission: April 18, 2016.

Please visit: https://fedcsis.org/2016/apicss for workshop and submission details.

Conference proceedings will be published in a volume with ISBN, ISSN and DOI numbers and posted at the conference WWW site. Conference proceedings will be indexed in BazEkon and submitted for indexation in: Thomson Reuters - Conference Proceedings Citation Index, SciVerse Scopus, Inspec, Index Copernicus, DBLP Computer Science Bibliography and Google Scholar.

The main scope of the workshop is to present the latest advances of autopoietic systems in heterogeneous fields. The workshop would cover the whole range of theoretical and practical aspects, technologies and systems, and its aim is to bring together specialists to exchange ideas and promote fruitful discussions on:

·        self-organizing into desirable structure and patterns;

·        self-configuration following high level specification;

·        self-optimization to adapt to changing environment without direct human input;

·        self-healing to recover from faults;

·        self-protection against malicious attacks.

Therefore, taking into account the theories on autopoiesis, a discussion between researchers from all disciplines is expected. This includes formal, cognitive, engineering and philosophical aspects of autopoiesis. The topics and areas include, but are not limited to:

Self-adaptive and self-organizing Information Systems:

·        auto-configuration,

·        viable systems,

·        adaptability, learning and self-production of information systems,

·        QoS (Quality of Service) for self-producting systems,

·        self-organizing geographic connectivity maps,

·        self-organizing artificial intelligence.

·        self-tuning databases.

Self-adaptive and self-organizing Communication Systems:

·        evolutionary networks,

·        interacting autonomous systems,

·        self-maintained networks,

·        self-organizing data visualization,

·        policy-based self-management.

Self-adaptive and self-organizing Social Systems:

·        virtual organizations,

·        socio-economic cybernetics,

·        self-organizing social networks.

• The 7th International Conference on Society and Information Technologies: ICSIT 2016
• The 7th International Conference on Education, Training and Informatics: ICETI 2016

• Pre- and post-conference virtual sessions.
• Virtual participation.
• Two-tier reviewing combining double-blind and non-blind methods.
• Access to reviewers’ comments and evaluation average.
• Waiving the registration fee of effective invited session organizers.
• Best papers awards.
• Publication of best papers in the Journal of Systemics, Cybernetics, and Informatics (JSCI), which is indexed in EBSCO, Cabell, DOAJ (Directory of Open Access Journals), and Google Scholar, and listed in Cabell Directory of Publishing Opportunities and in Ulrich’s Periodical Directory. (All papers to be presented at the conference will be included in the conference printed and electronic proceedings)

CaTaC’16: Culture, Technology, Communication: Common world, different
futures?

Venue: University of West London
Dates: June 16-18, 2016
Conference Co-organizers:
* José Abdelnour-Nocera, Local host(School of Computing and Technology,
University of West London)
* Charles Ess, CaTaC Co-chair (Department of Media and Communication,
University of Oslo)
* Maja van der Velden, CaTaC Co-chair (Department of Informatics,
University of Oslo)
Programme Committee
* Herbert Hrachovec, (Philosophy Department, University of Vienna)
* Michele M. Strano, Program Chair (Communication Studies, Bridgewater
College)

The tenth biennial conference on “Culture, Technology, Communication” –
(CaTaC)’16 – will take place on June 15-17, 2016, at the Brentford site
of the University of West London. The Brentford site and nearby Ealing
Campus (including hotels and restaurants) are very conveniently located
for arrival via Heathrow as well as from London by tube. (For initial
orientation, please see:
<http://www.uwl.ac.uk/about-us/our-location/ealing-site>)

CaTaC'16 will be open for papers located within culture, technology, and
communication, applying different theoretical and methodological
perspectives, genres, and styles.
In addition, CaTaC'16 will have three themes:
* Culture, Technology, and Communication: Is Another Design Possible?
Design is complicit in the creation and sustainment of our unjust,
unsafe, and unsustainable world. The technologies, products, and
services we design today will shape the lives of generations to come,
human as well as nonhuman. For this theme we invite papers that
critically explore technologies used today and alternative technology
designs and design perspectives that make other futures possible.

* Culture, Technology, and Communication in Design for Development
For this theme we invite papers that report on and address the main
challenges for design and innovation in the Global South. We would also
like to see good examples of design for community development in the
Global North to understand points of convergence and divergence with
experiences in the Global South.

* Culture, Technology, and Communication in Practice?
We invite papers that have the practice of information and communication
technologies in specific cultural contexts as their main focus. Examples
include:
· Cultural diversity and global ICTs , e.g., global health information
systems, Wikipedia, social media, surveillance and sousveillance, Big
Data collection and analysis, etc.
· Global and local cultures of computing , e.g. outsourcing, global
development teams; the identity of migrants and the experience of
migration; appropriation, creolization, hybridization between cultures
and also between technologies;
· The construction of identity using online social media, gaming, and
blogging platforms;
· Political activism through social media vis-à-vis governmental and
corporate censorship, control of access, etc.;
· Privacy issues in media environments that encourage public identities;
· Additional ethical issues evoked in the design, implementation,
usages, and (counter-) responses to ICTs across diverse cultural
contexts, especially vis-à-vis efforts to sustain and enhance local
cultural identities, practices, norms, etc.

Please see our website, <http://philo.at/ocs2/index.php/london16/>.
Additional conference details, including registration fees, and keynote
speakers, will be announced soon on the conference website. Both short
(3-5 pages) and long (10-15 pages) original papers are sought for
presentation. Panel proposals addressing a specific theme or topic are
also encouraged: please include names of committed participants and
(provisional) presentation titles.

Important Dates:
Paper submission for peer-review: February 15, 2016
Notification of acceptance: April 1, 2016
Final papers and panel descriptions due for Conference Proceedings: May
1, 2016
The Conference Proceedings will be published on the conference website
with an ISBN number. Authors retain copyright to their papers and are
welcome to attach a Creative Commons license indication on their work.
Additional conference details, including registration fees, and keynote
speakers, will be announced soon on the conference website.

international conference to be held in September 7th-9th 2016, Salford, Greater Manchester, UK.

Important Dates:

January 8th 2016              - Submissions due

March 18th 2016               - Notification of acceptance/rejection

April 15th 2016                  - Submission of camera ready papers

July 1st 2016                       - Deadline for early bird registration

Sept 7th-9th 2016            - Conference dates.

More information available at: http://www.hcc12.net.

Please distribute to any persons and lists you think might benefit from knowing of the conference.

Best regards,

Kai Kimppa

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Kai Kimppa

Postdoctoral Researcher, Information Systems, Turku School of Economics, University of Turku

IFIP: National Representative to TC9, Member of WG 9.2 and Vice Chair of SIG 9.2.2

Research Interests: IT & Ethics: Online Games, eGovernment, eHealth, Professional Ethics, Responsible Research and Innovation, IPRs; User Interface Design and Usability.

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