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.i...@aragon.es
http://sites.google.com/site/pedrocmarijuan/
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