Towards a Post-Bertalanffy Systemics

Gianfranco Minati, Mathematician, Founder and president of the Italian Systems Society (AIRS); Doctoral lecturer at the Polytechnic of Milan; Member of the scientific committee of Conferences and Systems Societies. He is author of 32 chapters in books; editor of 7 books and journals; author or co-author of 15 books; author of 30 articles and of academic publications. His current research interest focuses on 1) Modelling processes of emergence by using Meta-Structures; 2) the emerging of a post-Bertalanffy Systemics; 3) the Dynamic Usage of Models (DYSAM), Logical Openness; 4) Architecture and Design as the design of social meta-structures to influence processes of emergence in social systems.Mario R. Abram, Physicist, is an active member of the Italian Systems Society (AIRS). He worked mainly in ENEL (Italian Power Agency), at Research Department (Automatica Research Center), then in Cesi S.p.A. and Cesi Ricerca S.p.A. He experienced hybrid and digitalsimulation systems, working on models of power systems, thermoelectric and nuclear power plants and processes control. He participated in the building of real-time simulators for thermoelectric power plants and their application to control systems testing and tuning, in the development of supervision and control systems for power testing facilities and distribution networks. Also he worked on the application of neural networks to power systems supervision and investigated safety conditions in interactions between infrastructures. He authored several publications in systems science.  His research interests include: dynamical systems, modelling and simulation of processes and interactions between infrastructural networks. Eliano Pessa, Theoretical Physicist, is actually Full Professor of General Psychology and Cognitive Modeling at the University of Pavia, Italy. He has already been Dean of the Department of Psychology and of the Inter-departmental Research Center on Cognitive Science in the same university. In the past he has been Associate Professor of Artificial Intelligence at the University of Rome “La Sapienza”, Faculty of Psychology. He is author or co-author of 10 books and of a large number of papers on scientific journals, books, proceedings of international conferences. His scientific research interests include: quantum theories of brain operation, computational neuroscience, artificial neural networks, models of emergence processes, quantum field theory, models of phase transitions in condensed matter, models of human memory and visual perception, models of decision making, models of statistical reasoning.

• Quantum Effects in Linguistic Endeavors.- Cross-Frequency Modulation, Network Information Integration and Cognitive Performance in Complex Systems.- Testing Different Learning Strategies on a Simple Connectionist Model of Numerical Fact Retrieval.- Dynamical Systems and Automata.- Towards the Study of New Nuclear Energies.- Decomposing Dynamical Systems.- For a Topology of Dynamical Systems.- EPAS: Artificial Intelligent System for Assistance.- From Systemic Complexity to Systemic Simplicity: A New Networking Node Approach.- Formal Concept Analysis in Statistical Hypothesis Testing.- Emergence in Neural Netwok Models of Cognitive Processing.- Beyond Networks: Search for Relevant Subsets in Complex Systems.- From Elementary Pragmatic Model (EPM) to Evolutive Elementary Pragmatic Model (E2PM).- Systemic Approach and Meaningful Complexity in Biology.- Changing Framework in Explaining Complex Dynamics: Convergences on Systemic Accounts From Two Different Case Studies.- Perceptions of Landscape. Observed and Observing Systems.- Thinking Smart City with a Focus on Emerging Identity Elements.- Architecture and Systemics. In Praise of Roughness.- Emergences in Social Systems. Perceptual Factors, Affordances and Performances in Architecture.- Bank of Experiences. A Tool to Enhance Creativity, Enterprises and Countries.- ;Systems and Organizations. Theoretical Tools, Conceptual Distinctions and Epistemological Implications.- General System(s) Theory 2.0: A Brief Outline.- Phenomenology of Emergence in Music. Presentation of the Processes of Systemic Emergence in the Contrapuntal and Improvizational Aspects of Baroque Music.- Fractal Self-Similarity. From Geometric Structures to Dynamical Coherent Dynamics.- Enhancement in Mathematical Abilities: A System Approach.- The Effect of Written Approval on Pupils’ Academic and Social Behavior: An Exploratory Study in a Northern Italian Middle School.