[Fis] FIS in Varna

[Pedro C. Marijuan]

Dear FISers,

The fis summer conference in Varna just took place 5-6 July --our 20 
years of activities were celebrated too, FIS 20th. Rather unfortunately 
not many people attended: half dozen from Spain related to Juan 
Castellanos and me (from Madrid and Zaragoza); and a few parties around 
Krassimir from Bulgaria and Ukraine. But we had a great time 
(discussions and exchanges, banquets, beach) and the place is really 
beautifull & prices quite affordable. The idea, quite possible to 
realize,  is that every year that we do not have a plenary fis or isis 
conference, we arrange a small summer school in Varna.

Among the exchanges this year, the retinue of "basic concepts" around 
information generated the most intense debate--is there any concept 
prior to information? Joseph's contribution was also discussed by 
Krassimir addressed to the Russian colleagues (in Russian). Computer 
related ontologies, new schemes to handle Big Data, and brain 
exploration through AI and EEG  by a very advanced Egyptian team were 
quite exciting discussion topics too. For the future, we think that 
spinoff companies could be enticed to participate, developing new 
products and taking profit from some of those initiatives. In any case, 
the interaction with brilliant ITHEA colleagues from Bulgaria, Russia, 
Ukraine,  Armenia, Belarus, Egypt... is a valuable experience itself.

And that's all!

best wishes---Pedro

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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.iacs at aragon.es
http://sites.google.com/site/pedrocmarijuan/
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