Stevens hosts Workshop on Cognition-Centric Systems Research

HOBOKEN, N.J. ― Stevens Institute of Technology is holding the first Internal Workshop on Cognition-Centric Systems on November 17, 2009 in response to an industry-sponsored initiative to learn more about how adaptive systems can be incorporated into the forefront of technology and engineering research. 

The ability of a complex system to adjust both allocation of resources and production output to the needs of its environment is critical to the sustainability and long-term value of an enterprise.  An evolved system is able to adapt and react to its environment and make the appropriate changes - it becomes truly a "thinking" system.  The capabilities that allow a system to sense changes in its environment, and then adapt accordingly, comprise its "cognitive" ability.

The Internal Workshop on Cognition-Centric Systems at Stevens is aimed at mapping the terrain for Cognition Centric Systems Engineering through a multi-disciplinary perspective. The workshop will be limited to Stevens faculty and interested industry representatives. Participants have been selected based on their expertise in the various disciplines of critical importance to the development of the field and will present research ideas on how to take significant steps towards cognition centric systems.

The perspectives presented will include:

• systems and enterprise engineering aspects
• architecture perspectives
• systems thinking perspectives
• artificial intelligence and machine learning
• cyber-security of cognition-centric systems
• cognition-centric software
• multi-agent systems
• knowledge management in complex adaptive systems
• cognitive radio and software defined radio
• sensor technologies
• data and physical network perspectives

During the workshop the participants will collectively outline a research agenda for cognition-centric system and identify the top experts worldwide who should be invited for a global-level follow-up roundtable on the subject as a track within the Conference on Systems Engineering Research , held at Stevens March 17-19, 2010. The strategic goal of this workshop is to position Stevens as a global thought leader in the field of cognition-centric systems and to explore critical collaboration potentials among Stevens faculty on various aspects of the problem.

Learn more at www.cognition-centric.com

For more information, please contact:

Ali Mostashari, PhD
Program Director, Infrastructure Systems, and Associate Professor
Babbio 619
Phone: 201-216-8723
Email: amostash@stevens.edu

About Stevens Institute of Technology

Founded in 1870 and celebrating 140 Years of Innovation, Stevens Institute of Technology, The Innovation University, is one of the leading technological universities in the world dedicated to learning and research. Through its broad-based curricula, nurturing of creative inventiveness, and cross disciplinary research, the Institute is at the forefront of global challenges in engineering, science, and technology management. Partnerships and collaboration between, and among, business, industry, government and other universities contribute to the enriched environment of the Institute. A new model for technology commercialization in academe, known as Technogenesis®, involves external partners in launching business enterprises to create broad opportunities and shared value.

Stevens offers baccalaureates, master’s and doctoral degrees in engineering, science, computer science and management, in addition to a baccalaureate degree in the humanities and liberal arts, and in business and technology. The university has a total enrollment of 2,234 undergraduate and 3,700 graduate students with more than 400 faculty. Stevens’ graduate programs have attracted international participation from China, India, Southeast Asia, Europe and Latin America. Additional information may be obtained from its web page at www.stevens.edu.

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