Summary of Activities in JAIST (2002. April 1. –2003. March 31.)

George Kampis (Visiting Assoc. Prof., Fujitsu Chair of Complex Systems)


Japanese Publications (pending)

[C1] and [F1] are currently under translation, to be published also in Japanese, especially,

to attract students. Full lecture texts starting with [PL1&2] are on the JAIST Web page.


Teaching in JAIST

[C1] Graduate course. Title: “A Methodology of Human Knowledge” (2002 Fall Semester)

Syllabus: http://www.jaist.ac.jp/~g-kampis/Course/Syllabus.html

Lecture notes in fulltext: http://www.jaist.ac.jp/~g-kampis/Human_Knowledge.html


Papers

[F1] G. Kampis (2002): "Towards an Evolutionary Technology"

http://www.jaist.ac.jp/~g-kampis/EvoTech/Towards.html

[F2] G. Kampis (2002): "Complexity is a Cue to the Mind"

http://www.jaist.ac.jp/~g-kampis/BBS/Complexity_is_a_Cue_to_the_Mind.html

[F3] G. Kampis (2002): "A Causal Model of Evolution"

http://www.jaist.ac.jp/~g-kampis/SEAL02/A_Causal_Model_of_Evolution.htm

[F4] G. Kampis (2002): "Chaotic Itinerancy: a Multi-Disciplinary Perspective"
http://www.jaist.ac.jp/~g-kampis/Chaos/CI.pdf

[F5] G. Kampis – L. Gulyas (2003): “Causal Structures in Embodied Systems"

http://www.jaist.ac.jp/~g-kampis/ERCIM/Kampis-Gulyas.html


Lectures at International Conferences and Visits

[L1] G. Kampis: “Knowledge Without Knowing”, at:

World Congress of Sociology (Brisbane, AU), 2002 July 7-15.

abstract: http://www.jaist.ac.jp/~g-kampis/Brisbane/Knowledge_Without_Knowing.htm

[L2] G.Kampis: “Causal Intentionality”, at:

Intentionality: Past and Future (Miskolc, Hungary), 2002 June 21-23.

abstract: http://hps.elte.hu/intentionality/Abstracts.htm#Kampis

full text: http://www.jaist.ac.jp/~g-kampis/Intentionality/Causal_Intentionality.html

[L3] G. Kampis: “Dynamic Models of the Mind”, at:

7th Tamagawa Dynamic Brain Forum (Visegrad, Hung.), 2002 September 8-11.

http://www.jaist.ac.jp/~g-kampis/DBF/Dynamic_Models_of_the_Mind_abstract.htm

full text: http://www.jaist.ac.jp/~g-kampis/DBF/Dynamic_Models_of_the_Mind.html

[L4] G. Kampis: “A Causal Model of Evolution”, invited seminar lecture at the

Center for the Study of Complex Systems, U. Michigan, Ann Arbor, 2003. Feb. 20.,

Department of Philosophy, U. Cincinnati, Feb, 24.

abstract: http://www.pscs.umich.edu/calendar/abstracts-w03.html#Kampis

full text: http://www.jaist.ac.jp/~g-kampis/USA/Causal_Model.html

[L5] G. Kampis: “Complexity and the Mind”, invited talk at

GLCA Meeeting (Kalamazoo College, MI), 2003. Feb. 21.

abstract: http://www.jaist.ac.jp/~g-kampis/USA/Four_Talks.html

full text: http://www.jaist.ac.jp/~g-kampis/USA/Complexity_and_Mind.html

[L6] G. Kampis: “Evolution Theory & Complex Systems: Building Blocks of Interdisciplinarity”

Department of Interdisciplinary Studies (Wayne State U., Detroit), 2003. Feb. 25.

abstract: http://www.jaist.ac.jp/~g-kampis/USA/Four_Talks.html

[L7] G. Kampis: “Multiple Dynamics in Causal Systems and Their Relevance for Cognition”

Conference on the Dynamics of Perception (U. Memphis, TN), 2003. Feb. 27.

abstract: http://www.jaist.ac.jp/~g-kampis/USA/Four_Talks.html

full text: www.jaist.ac.jp/~g-kampis/USA/Multiple_Dynamics.html


Public Research Lectures in Japan

[PL1] "Representation, Causality and Complexity" (JAIST, May 13.)

http://www.jaist.ac.jp/~g-kampis/Lecture_One/First_Title_Page.html

[PL2] "Causality, Logic and Dynamical Systems" (JAIST, May 27.)
http://www.jaist.ac.jp/~g-kampis/Lecture_Two/Lecture_Two.html

[PL3] "Active Perception" (Tamagawa University, March 14.)

http://www.jaist.ac.jp/~g-kampis/ActiveP/Active_Perception.html

[PL4] (see [CF2])


Organizational Work

[CF1] International Intentionality conference in Hungary (June 21-23., 2002)

Co-organizer (with G. Forrai) of the international conference “Intentionality: Past

and Future”, Miskolc, Hungary, June 21-23 2002.

http://hps.elte.hu/intentionality/

[CF2] Causality Workshop at JAIST (March 27., 2003)

A small workshop on causality in complex systems.

http://www.jaist.ac.jp/~g-kampis/Workshop/Workshop.html


Editorial Work

[BK1] Edited book “Intentionality: Past and Future (ed. G. Forrai and G. Kampis)

The edited and reviewed papers of the conference [CF1] will be published in 2003

(submitted to Kluwer, Boston Studies in Philosophy of Science; currently under review).

[BK2] My book “Active Nature (in Hungarian)

A collection of my recent papers in Hungarian. Currently in press at Typotex, Budapest.

contents (in Hungarian): http://www.jaist.ac.jp/~g-kampis/ActiveP/The%20Active%20Nature.html


Work With Students

Juha Makinen PhD student, JAIST (consultant),

Laszlo Gulyas PhD student, Harvard Univ. (Boston) and SZTAKI, Budapest

(thesis advisor)

Sandor Soos PhD student, ELTE Budapest (thesis advisor)

Gabor Posa PhD track, ELTE Budapest (supervisor)

Katalin Mund M.Sc. student, sociology, ELTE Budapest (consultant)


Refereeing Activities

Marta Ujvary D.Sc. dissertation, analytic philosophy (Hung.Acad.Sci.)

Gabor Forrai D.Sc. dissertation, analytic philosophy (Hung.Acad.Sci.)