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<DIV><SPAN lang=EN-US
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size=4>Dear Xueshan,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-FAMILY: ; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph"><FONT
size=4>Thank you for your very great work I have chance to see
now.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-FAMILY: ; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph"><FONT
size=4>Maybe it will be possible to read all your book “Information Science:
Concept, System and Perspective” in the near future.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-FAMILY: ; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph"><FONT
size=4></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-FAMILY: ; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph"><FONT
size=4>Unfortunately, now I have no possibilities to answer with the same coin –
but in the future I will try to do this.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: ; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph"><FONT
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<DIV><FONT size=4><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-FAMILY: ; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph">Now we
are preparing the Jubilee <BR></SPAN><FONT color=#aa0000>GIT 2017</FONT><FONT
color=#000080>, the <STRONG>XV</STRONG>-th International Conference on
</FONT><FONT color=#000080>General Information Theory </FONT><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-FAMILY: ; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph">(<STRONG>GIT</STRONG>)
( <A
href="http://www.ithea.org/conferences/ITA2017/2017git.htm">http://www.ithea.org/conferences/ITA2017/2017git.htm</A>
) .</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4><SPAN></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4><SPAN>It will be part of no less Jubilee</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4><SPAN><STRONG><FONT color=#ff0000>I T A 2 0 1
7</FONT></STRONG></SPAN><SPAN class=title2
style="FONT-FAMILY: ; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><FONT color=#0000a0><STRONG>,
XX</STRONG>-th Joint International Scientific Events on </FONT></SPAN><SPAN
class=title1 style="FONT-FAMILY: ; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><FONT color=#ff0000>I N F
O R M A T I C S</FONT><FONT color=#000000> ( <A
href="http://www.ithea.org/conferences/itaf2017.htm">http://www.ithea.org/conferences/itaf2017.htm</A>
).</FONT></SPAN></FONT>
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<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Calibri>In addition, I am working on the Workshop on
General Information Theory, which will be organized in the frame
of<BR></FONT><FONT size=4 face=Calibri><FONT color=#ff0000>ISSI 2017</FONT>,
XI-th International Summer School on Informatics (<A
href="http://www.ithea.org/conferences/ITA2017/2017issi.htm">http://www.ithea.org/conferences/ITA2017/2017issi.htm</A>).</DIV></FONT>
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<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Calibri>Because of this, I shall point only one very
important aspect:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Calibri>Our understanding is <STRONG>just the
opposite</STRONG> of those of Wheeler's“It from Bit”!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Calibri>The GIT is based on proposition that
“<STRONG>Information is from everything</STRONG>”or “<STRONG>Bit from
It</STRONG>”!!!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Calibri></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Calibri>What is important, too, is that all
<STRONG>information theories</STRONG> have its place in the science and may be
explained and understood on the basis of GIT.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Calibri></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Calibri>This position we had fixed in the name or our
<STRONG>International Journal</STRONG> “<STRONG>Information Theories and
Applications</STRONG>”established in <STRONG>1993 </STRONG>! (<A
title=http://www.foibg.com/ijita/
href="http://www.foibg.com/ijita/">http://www.foibg.com/ijita/</A>)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Calibri>The name <STRONG>ITHEA</STRONG> is abbreviation
from “<STRONG>I</STRONG>nformation <STRONG>The</STRONG>ories and
<STRONG>A</STRONG>pplications”(<A
href="http://www.ithea.org/index.html">http://www.ithea.org/index.html</A>).</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Calibri>In <STRONG>2002</STRONG> we had established the
<STRONG>Institute of Information Theories and Applications</STRONG>
“<STRONG>ITHEA</STRONG>” (<A
href="http://www.ithea.org/institute/institute.html">http://www.ithea.org/institute/institute.html</A>).</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Calibri>One more jubilee! </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Calibri></FONT> </DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Calibri>Friendly greetings</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Calibri>Krassimir</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=yxs@pku.edu.cn
href="mailto:yxs@pku.edu.cn">Xueshan Yan</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, March 30, 2017 5:55 AM</DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=joe.brenner@bluewin.ch
href="mailto:joe.brenner@bluewin.ch">Joseph Brenner</A> ; <A
title=rafael@capurro.de href="mailto:rafael@capurro.de">Rafael Capurro</A> ; <A
title=pcmarijuan.iacs@aragon.es href="mailto:pcmarijuan.iacs@aragon.es">Pedro C.
Marijuán</A> ; <A title=wolfgang.hofkirchner@tuwien.ac.at
href="mailto:wolfgang.hofkirchner@tuwien.ac.at">Wolfgang Hofkirchner</A> ; <A
title=gordana.dodig-crnkovic@mdh.se
href="mailto:gordana.dodig-crnkovic@mdh.se">Gordana Dodig-Crnkovic</A> ; <A
title=deacon@berkeley.edu href="mailto:deacon@berkeley.edu">Terrence Deacon</A>
; <A title=sb.ikk@cbs.dk href="mailto:sb.ikk@cbs.dk">Søren Brier</A> ; <A
title=logan@physics.utoronto.ca href="mailto:logan@physics.utoronto.ca">Bob
Logan</A> ; <A title=moises.nisenbaum@ifrj.edu.br
href="mailto:moises.nisenbaum@ifrj.edu.br">Moisés A. Nisenbaum</A> ; <A
title=collierj@ukzn.ac.za href="mailto:collierj@ukzn.ac.za">John Collier</A> ;
<A title=karl.javorszky@gmail.com href="mailto:karl.javorszky@gmail.com">Karl
Javorszky</A> ; <A title=markov@foibg.com
href="mailto:markov@foibg.com">Krassimir Markov</A> ; <A
title=loet@leydesdorff.net href="mailto:loet@leydesdorff.net">Loet
Leydesdorff</A> ; <A title=alexhankey@gmail.com
href="mailto:alexhankey@gmail.com">Alex Hankey</A> ; <A
title=nikhil.joshi@lifel.org href="mailto:nikhil.joshi@lifel.org">Nikhil
Joshi</A> ; <A title=sakura@iii.u-tokyo.ac.jp
href="mailto:sakura@iii.u-tokyo.ac.jp">Osamu Sakura</A> ; <A
title=david.chapman@open.ac.uk href="mailto:david.chapman@open.ac.uk">David
Chapman</A> ; <A title=kolinkk@mail.ru href="mailto:kolinkk@mail.ru">Konstantin
Kolin</A> ; <A title=volkov.yuri@gmail.com
href="mailto:volkov.yuri@gmail.com">Yurii Volkov</A> ; <A
title=vasja.vehovar@fdv.uni-lj.si
href="mailto:vasja.vehovar@fdv.uni-lj.si">Vasja Vehovar</A> ; <A
title=spa@cs.purdue.edu href="mailto:spa@cs.purdue.edu">Wojciech Szpankowski</A>
; <A title=tom.siegfried@verizon.net href="mailto:tom.siegfried@verizon.net">Tom
Siegfried</A> ; <A title=juliruth@ozemail.com.au
href="mailto:juliruth@ozemail.com.au">Julie Ruth</A> ; <A
title=qinggao@fas.harvard.edu href="mailto:qinggao@fas.harvard.edu">Qing Gao</A>
; <A title=yanjiyi@ucas.ac.cn href="mailto:yanjiyi@ucas.ac.cn">Yan Jiyi</A> ; <A
title=zyx@bupt.edu.cn href="mailto:zyx@bupt.edu.cn">Zhong Yixin</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Informatist Information Science</DIV></DIV></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN lang=EN-US
style='FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman",serif'>Dear Joseph &
Rafael, Dear All,<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style='FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman",serif'><o:p></o:p></SPAN> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-INDENT: 14pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US
style='FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman",serif'>Artificial
Intelligence age. I have the Google Translation translate a chapter (Chapter 13
- Does Everything Come from Information?) excerpted from my book, I hope this
effort could play a little reference to Joseph and Rafael for your lasting
interests in Chinese classics and the consideration of their relationship with
Information Science, please enjoy it.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN lang=EN-US
style='FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman",serif'><o:p></o:p></SPAN> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-INDENT: 14pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US
style='FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman",serif'>A machine
translation version plus my minor corrections, full of mistakes, of course.
References omitted.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style='FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman",serif'><o:p></o:p></SPAN> </P>
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style='FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman",serif'><o:p></o:p></SPAN> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN lang=EN-US
style='FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman",serif'>Best wishes,
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style='FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman",serif'><o:p></o:p></SPAN> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN lang=EN-US
style='FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman",serif'>Xueshan<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN lang=EN-US
style='FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman",serif'>30 March,
2017<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style='FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman",serif'>Peking
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