<div dir="auto">Dear Emanuel, Gordana, <div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I'd risk the unpredictable nature of the decision making in the running of contemporary science. As some friends keep telling me : Van Gogh has never in his life managed to sell a painting for money. (We all know the Mendel story.)</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">So if Emanuel shows you that an invitation to expand a chain of thought can turn out to be lacking in seriosity, I would add that a lack of an invitation to expand a chain of thought may turn out to be the sign of lacking the necessary understanding of the subject matter. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Anyway, the job of someone who tries to tell something basically new is to tell and retell until the radically new approach becomes mainstream. This is what I do.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">My second post this week shall introduce to you the subject of matching individual objects to places in the context of Sumerian kings and their advisors discussing the non-individuality of their respective harems' ladies. I shall show that we in the 21st century can work out a more politically correct approach which does not oversimplify the individuality of logical objects. Let me express my hope that by putting the subject of interconnecting places and objects attributes in such a web of associations, the functions of the brain will be activated. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">To summarise :</div><div dir="auto">1. Decisions in the social struggle centered on fashion, haute cousine, art and science are equally irrational; </div><div dir="auto">2. I'd take up the slot vacated by Emanuel, </div><div dir="auto">3. Be prepared to be talked to like children if you behave like children. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Karl </div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">Am 06.11.2017 05:44 schrieb "Emanuel Diamant" <<a href="mailto:emanl.245@gmail.com">emanl.245@gmail.com</a>>:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-US" link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class="m_3583276329971782556WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">Dear Gordana, <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">I received your invitation letters (dated Nov. 5 and Nov. 1). However, I think, I will not be able to accept your kind offer.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">For the following reason: After the Vienna 2015 Summit, I was invited (by MDPI Information journal) to submit an extended version of my conference paper to the journal’s <i>Special Issue: </i><a href="http://www.mdpi.com/journal/information/special_issues/ISIS-2015" target="_blank"><i><span style="color:black">Selected Papers from the ISIS Summit Vienna 2015</span></i></a><i>. <u></u><u></u></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">A few days after I have submitted my paper, I was informed “that your manuscript has been declined for publication in Information”. No further explanation or editorial comments were provided (Guest Editors of the Issue were M. Burgin and </span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">W. Hofkirchner).<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">As it follows from your invitation letter, M. Burgin will again be the Chief Editor for all volumes of the Gothenburg Summit selected papers. <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">As you understand, I cannot allow myself to be subjected again to M. Burgin’s editorial customs. Therefore, I am sorry but I must turn down your kind proposal.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">My publication ambitions are pretty well satisfied with the publication in the MDPI Proceedings, 2017, Vol. 1, Issue 3, and the attention the two of my papers have achieved among the readers: Wu Kun’s paper – 148 reads / 56 downloads, Burgin’s paper – 216 reads / 67 downloads. (Not so bad, as you see).<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">I appreciate your efforts in Gothenburg Summit organization.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">Best regards,<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">Emanuel.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">------------------------------<wbr>------------------------------<wbr>---- <u></u><u></u></span></p><div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #e1e1e1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><b>From:</b> Gordana Dodig Crnkovic [mailto:<a href="mailto:gordana.dodig-crnkovic@chalmers.se" target="_blank">gordana.dodig-<wbr>crnkovic@chalmers.se</a>] <br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, November 01, 2017 12:17 PM<br><b>To:</b> Emanuel Diamant<br><b>Cc:</b> markburgin<br><b>Subject:</b> INVITATION TO WORLD SCIENTIFIC VOLUME ON THE STUDY OF INFORMATION<u></u><u></u></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Avenir","serif";color:black">Dear Emanuel,</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Avenir","serif";color:black">As a result of Gothenburg meeting of the International Society for the study of information, Mark Burgin and I are preparing two volumes with World Scientific. </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Avenir","serif";color:black">We would be very happy if you could contribute to the volume addressing <b>Philosophy and Methodology of Information.</b></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Avenir","serif";color:black">We would expected a contribution on the topic you presented on the summit.</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:6.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Avenir","serif";color:black">This is the first volume of two, the second one being dedicated to <b>Theoretical Information Studies.</b></span><span style="color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:6.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Avenir","serif";color:black">The books aim to chart the new interconnected territory and thus to set the foundation for the emerging research field of <b>The study of information</b>, presenting within the same context contemporary research in theoretical, philosophical and methodological aspects of information, with the goal of enabling new insights coming from cross-fertilization among the research fields. The structure of the books is given in the end of this message.</span><span style="color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0cm"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Avenir","serif";color:black">The schedule for the book project is defined by the following deadlines:</span><span style="color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:3.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Avenir","serif";color:black">Expression of intention to contribute: <b>November 15, 2017</b></span><span style="color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:3.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Avenir","serif";color:black">Paper submission: <b>January 15, 2018</b></span><span style="color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:3.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Avenir","serif";color:black">Notification of acceptance/rejection: <b>February 15, 2018</b></span><span style="color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:3.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Avenir","serif";color:black">Submission of the final version of the paper: <b>March 1, 2018</b>.</span><span style="color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Avenir","serif";color:black"> </span><span style="color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:6.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Avenir","serif";color:black">In the expression of intention to contribute, please send us your tentative: </span><span style="color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:3.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Avenir","serif";color:black">1. Title</span><span style="color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:3.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Avenir","serif";color:black">2. Abstract (200-500 words) and </span><span style="color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:3.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Avenir","serif";color:black">3. Length of the proposed paper. </span><span style="color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:3.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Avenir","serif";color:black">The typical length of a paper is 15 pages. However, both shorter and longer papers could be accepted where appropriate.</span><span style="color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:6.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Avenir","serif";color:black">The final formatting of all papers will be in Word or LaTeX.</span><span style="color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:6.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Avenir","serif";color:black">As usual, it is responsibility of the author to make certain that the content of the contribution is significantly new and not submitted for publication in any other venue - journal, conference, book or other. All papers will be peer reviewed by at least two independent experts in the field.</span><span style="color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:6.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Avenir","serif";color:black"> </span><span style="color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:6.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Avenir","serif";color:black">If you do not intend to submit a paper, please let us know as soon as possible.</span><span style="color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:6.0pt"><span style="color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:6.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Avenir","serif";color:black">Looking forward to hearing from you.</span><span style="color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:6.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Avenir","serif";color:black">Gordana and Mark </span><span style="color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:6.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Avenir","serif";color:black">Editors</span><span style="color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:6.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Avenir","serif";color:black"> </span><span style="color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:6.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Avenir","serif";color:black">The structure of the planned volumes is as follows.</span><span style="color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:6.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Avenir","serif";color:black"> </span><span style="color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:6.0pt"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Avenir","serif";color:black">Vol 1 Philosophy and Methodology of Information</span></b><span style="color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:6.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Avenir","serif";color:black">(G. Dodig-Crnkovic and M. Burgin, edts.)</span><span style="color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:6.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Avenir","serif";color:black">Part 1. Philosophy of information</span><span style="color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:6.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Avenir","serif";color:black">Part 2. Methodology of information</span><span style="color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:6.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Avenir","serif";color:black">Part 3. Philosophy of information studies</span><span style="color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:6.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Avenir","serif";color:black">Part 4. Methodology of information studies</span><span style="color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:6.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Avenir","serif";color:black"> </span><span style="color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:6.0pt"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Avenir","serif";color:black">Vol 2 Theoretical Information Studies</span></b><span style="color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:6.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Avenir","serif";color:black">(M. Burgin and G. Dodig-Crnkovic, edts.)</span><span style="color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:6.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Avenir","serif";color:black">Part 1. Foundations of information</span><span style="color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:6.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Avenir","serif";color:black">Part 2. Information theory</span><span style="color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:6.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Avenir","serif";color:black">Part 3. Information as a natural phenomenon</span><span style="color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:6.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Avenir","serif";color:black">Part 4. Cognition and intelligence in natural and artificial systems</span><span style="color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:6.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Avenir","serif";color:black">Part 5. Social, economic and legal aspects of information</span><span style="color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:6.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Avenir","serif";color:black">Part 6. Technological aspects of information</span><span style="color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:6.0pt"><span style="color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:6.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:6.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"><img border="0" width="225" height="135" id="m_3583276329971782556_x0000_i1025" src="cid:image001.png@01D356CA.2F860090"><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Avenir","serif";color:black">______________________________<wbr>________________</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Avenir-Book","serif";color:black">Gordana Dodig Crnkovic, Professor of Computer Science</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"-webkit-standard","serif";color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Avenir-Book","serif";color:black">Department of Computer Science and Engineering</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"-webkit-standard","serif";color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Avenir-Book","serif";color:black">Chalmers University of Technology </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"-webkit-standard","serif";color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Avenir-Book","serif";color:black">School of Innovation, Design and Engineering, Mälardalen University</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"-webkit-standard","serif";color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Avenir-Book","serif";color:black"><a href="http://www.mrtc.mdh.se/~gdc" target="_blank"><span style="color:purple">http://www.mrtc.mdh.se/~gdc</span></a>/</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"-webkit-standard","serif";color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Avenir-Book","serif";color:black">General Chair of is4si summit 2017</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"-webkit-standard","serif";color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Avenir-Book","serif";color:black"><a href="http://is4si-2017.org/" target="_blank">http://is4si-2017.org</a> </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"-webkit-standard","serif";color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"-webkit-standard","serif";color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br>______________________________<wbr>_________________<br>
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