The Cybernetics Society: CybCon '88

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CybCon '88

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON CYBERNETICS
Held at Birkbeck College, University of London, on 17 September 1988.

09.55 Opening Remarks: Dr H.A. Fatmi.

FIRST SESSION
Chairman: Dr B.Warburton

10.00-10.25. "Volterra Kernel Extraction using Central Moments."
Dr A. D. Irving.

10.30-10.45. "Connectivities, Combinatorics and Binary Events."
Dr B. E. P. Clements.

10.50-11.05. "Approach to Cybernetic Medicine." Dr A. Imran.

11.10-11.25. "A Model of Memory." Dr. A. Vella.

SECOND SESSION
Chairman: Dr A.D. Irving.

11.30-11.55. "Ways Forward with the Memory Channel Machine."
Dr A. V. Reader.

12.00-12.15. "Unsupervised Learning in a Model Neurone." Dr A. G. Booth.

12.20-12.35. "Intervention." Dr J. Wilk.

12.40-12.55. "The Brain as a 'Hot' Cellular Automaton." Dr J. Slechta.

THIRD SESSION
Chairman: Professor G. Pask

14.30-14.55. "Building a Science of Complexity." Professor F. Heylighen.

15.00-15.25. "A Methodological Issue." Professor M.F.H. Roe.

15.30-15.55 "The Reducibility of Information to matter: towards a Physical Theory of Knowledge." Dr P.A.M. Gelepithis.

FOURTH SESSION
Chairman: Professor M.F.H. Roe

16.30-16.55 "A Metaphysical Speculation about a Primary State."
Dr J.C. Harwell.

17.00-17.25 "Directionalised Thought and Conceptualisation."
Professor G. Pask.

17.30 GENERAL DISCUSSION

18.30 Closing Remarks and Vote of Thanks: Dr G. Woyka

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