May 24-25, 2004, Budapest, Hungary

Computer and Automation Research Institute,

Hungarian Academy of Sciences


 

CONTENTS
        Programme - NEW
        Registration and Hotel Reservation
        About Budapest
        General Travel Information
        General Information
        Instructions for Authors
        Sponsors
        Scope of the Workshop
        Topics
        Important Dates
        Related Event
        International Programme Committee
        Local Organizing Committee
        Contact
        Instruction for Authors (.rtf, .latex)
        Sample Paper (.pdf)
       

SPONSORS

• International Institution for Production Engineering Research (CIRP)

• Hungarian Academy of Sciences (HAS)

• Computer and Automation Research Institute (SZTAKI)

• Budapest University of Technology and Economics (BME)

• Research into Artifacts, Center for Engineering (RACE), The University of Tokyo

 
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SCOPE OF THE WORKSHOP

Emergent Synthesis is a new research direction in engineering science that was proposed and substantiated at the 1st Workshop on Emergent Synthesis held at Kobe University, 1998. The key questions of emergent synthesis are related to the design, manufacturing, utilization, and consumption of artifacts. In the new era we face an increasing complexity and uncertainty that arises from factors such as the diversification of culture, individualisation of lifestyle, globalisation of industrial activities, and a growing concern toward our natural environment. The increasing complexity and uncertainty bring about practical and theoretical difficulties in each domain of artifactual activities, from the planning phase up to post sales. Non-linear phenomena, incomplete data and knowledge, combinatorial explosion of states, dynamic changes in environment and the frame problem are some notable examples of these difficulties. The central question is realising an artifactual system that achieves its purpose under unpredictable conditions. It is difficult to approach problems like this by using traditional engineering principles, such as analysis and determinism. Methodologies based on emergent synthesis are to be investigated. Emergent Synthesis as an interdisciplinary area has strong connections to the fields of artificial life, artificial intelligence, multi-agent systems, evolutionary and emergent computation, soft computing, game theory, complex adaptive systems, reinforcement learning, and self-organization.

The Workshop’s objective is to provide an international forum to discuss the state-of-the-art of emergent synthesis, to disseminate the recent advances and to share views on perspectives of this area. The Workshop will include two plenary lectures and about 40 technical papers organised in a single track of sessions.

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TOPICS

The Workshop will cover a range of topics - from philosophical studies and theoretical developments to practical applications - that are relevant to emergent synthesis. Topics of interest include but are not limited to:

•            concepts for emergence toward engineering synthesis,

•           design theory with relation to emergence,

•            emergent synthesis methods for the design,

•            emergent synthesis methods for manufacturing systems,

•            emergent computation for utilizing artifactual systems,

•            relational emergence in artifactual environment,

•            modelling and simulation of emergent systems,

•            applications to technical and economic systems.

 
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IMPORTANT DATES

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RELATED EVENT

The 37th CIRP International Seminar on Manufacturing Systems

May 19-21, 2004, Budapest, Hungary

http://www.sztaki.hu/CIRP-ISMS2004

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INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMME COMMITTEE (to be invited)

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LOCAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE (to be invited)
Csáji, B.

Ekárt, A.

Gulyás, L.

Kádár, B.

Varga, L.Zs.

Viharos, Zs.J.

Zarándy, Á.

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CONTACT

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