Organic Computing - a Generic Approach to Controlled Self-organization in Adaptive Systems

Speaker: Prof. Hartmut Schmeck, University of Karlsruhe
Host: Prof. Neno MedvidovicAbstract:
Organic Computing is a recent paradigm for the design and management of complex technical systems, addressing the need for adaptive, self-organizing systems which are capable of dealing with changing requirements and unanticipated situations in a robust and trustworthy way and which allow an external "observer" or "user" to interfere and influence the system whenever it does not show acceptable behavior by itself. Research in this area is supported by a priority program of the German Research Foundation ( www.organic-computing.de/SPP ). The talk will present the generic observer/controller architecture of Organic Computing and describe our research on organic traffic control and on smart energy systems. Furthermore, the talk will highlight the close connection to COMMputation, a newly formed focus area of research at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, emphasizing the inherent combination of communication and computation in a broad range of complex application systems.Biography:
Hartmut Schmeck is a Full Professor of Applied Informatics at the University of Karlsruhe within the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology - KIT (Gernany). He is (co-)author of more than 110 publications on advanced algorithms and architectures, in particular on bio-inspired methods in optimization and algorithms for reconfigurable architectures. His current major research interest is on self-organization and adaptivity in complex technical systems. He is the principal investigator of research projects on information and communication technologies in energy and traffic systems. He has been program and conference chair for several international workshops and conferences, is a key member of the "Organic Computing Initiative" and coordinator of the DFG priority program SPP 1183 on "Organic Computing". At the KIT, he is the Scientific Spokesperson of the newly formed KIT-Focus Area "COMMputation" addressing the inherent combination of communication and computation that is a characteristic feature of smart application systems.

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