[Fis] FIS in Varna

[Pedro C. Marijuan]

Dear FISers,

Just a few brief points on the many themes open.

Pridi's morphogenesis: The new computer fabrication techs based on 3D 
printers are opening a new realm of artificial morphogenesis. We are 
achieving, finally, something very similar to the intususpection growth 
of life, which is based on cellular signaling strategies coupled to 
force fields and electrical fields. This signaling involvement, 
basically in the control of the cellular life-cycle, is very interesting 
to me and have done some work . We could have an special section about 
that, maybe in a "New Biology" session next year in Varna, and maybe 
also in Vienna. Also with a European Projects and Innovation transfer 
session.

Perennial information question: given the open-ended characteristic of 
information and the proliferation of hundreds of "definitions", 
advocating for a consensus is the most prudent strategy. Also it is 
needed  a new way of thinking consolidating different approaches to 
"informational entities" from a naturalistic and empirical perspective. 
The prejudice of looking for a general info doctrine out from physical 
fields, or from classical info theory, or from logics, keeps us into our 
beloved "cul de sac".

Information flow: in the same way that understanding the "energy flow" 
in the biosphere, in the 50's and 60's (eg, Morowitz, Margalef) changed 
quite a bit the bioenergetic panorama, establishing the "laws" of the 
"information flow" could do the same effect in information science 
today; not only in biology, think also in enterprises, cities, 
countries, etc. I already posted on new urban science, how it relies on 
information flows (legitimately!). Quite a panoply of "informational 
entities" are based in communication and self-production intertwining of 
flows. Communication is held for the sake of self-production.

Great Domains of Science: Information Science(s) constitute with the 
Social, the Biological, and the Physical the four great domains of 
contemporary science (echoing Rosenbloom, modified)--that should be our 
working perspective. Not just that we are enlarging classical Library 
Science.

Varna's, Vienna's ... Both are we are quite complementary. Fortunately 
we are counting with two channels for our face-to-face communication. 
One devoted to the most general, and the other for the link with 
research & technical fields. Next week I will make some comments on 
Wolfgang's text, as I think it needs a little bit more of scientific 
contents (say related to info science & natural science) in order to 
attract active researchers in these fields.

best greetings

--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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