1) review volume contains 'Author', 'Affiliation' and 'Abstract' text
2) and for review volume, the references / bibliography are coded at the end of each chapter.

The trim size of the book will be 9 by 6. The book will consist of approximately 200 pages. No pages will be printed in color.

The Editors agree that the contributors shall obtain written permission and pay all fees for use of any literary or illustration material
for which rights are held by others.

2010-04-12 GDC

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CALL FOR BOOK CHAPTERS

for the book

Information and Computation

Editors: Dr. Gordana Dodig-Crnkovic (Mälardalen University, Sweden) and Dr. Mark Burgin (UCLA, USA)

Overview

The book focuses on relations between information and computation. Information is a basic structure of the world, while computation is a process of the dynamic change of information. In order for anything to exist for an individual, the individual must get information on it, either by means of perception or by re-organization of the existing information into new patterns and networks in the brain. With the advent of World Wide Web and a prospect of semantic web, the ways of information supply for individuals, networks of humans and machines and for humanity as a whole are becoming strategically important in a number of ways. Information becomes pivotal for communication, research, education systems, government, businesses and basic functioning of everyday life. At the same time, information may be understood only if we understand its dynamics - time changes of informational structure, that is, we should understand information processing and its primary form - computation. As there is no information without (physical) representation, the dynamics of information is implemented on different levels of granularity by different physical processes, including the level of computation performed by computing machines. There are a lot of open problems of the nature of information and computation, as well as their relationships. How exactly is information dynamics implemented in computational systems, machines as well as living organisms? Are computers processing only data or information and knowledge as well? How does information processing relate to knowledge management and sciences, especially to science of information itself? What do we know of computational processes in machines and living organisms and how these processes are related? What can we learn from natural computational processes that can be useful for information systems and knowledge management? These and similar problems related to information and computation are treated in the book.

The topics for submissions include, but are not limited to:

- Information as a basic structure of the world

- Computation as information processing

- Problems of information science

- Problems of information science methodology

- Problems of information technology

- Problems of information retrieval systems

- Models of information, information processing and information flow

- Models of computation, communication and preservation

- Relations between computation and communication

- Relations between information, data and knowledge

- Natural processes as computation

- Computation as a modeling paradigm

- Information processing in humans, other living organism and computers

- Information processing and knowledge management

- Information dynamics

- Methodology of information science

Submitted papers must not have been previously published or be currently under consideration for publication elsewhere. Papers, which have appeared previously in proceedings of conferences, could be submitted to this special issue if they are substantially revised or improved from their earlier versions All papers will be rigorously refereed. Abstracts in the PDF or Word format should be submitted by e-mail to Dr. Gordana Dodig-Crnkovic (e-mail: gordana.dodig-crnkovic@mdh.se) before the end of November, 2008 and complete manuscripts in the PDF format should be submitted by e-mail before the end of February, 2009. Final submission is in the Word format.

For more information, please contact the Editors

Important Dates

Paper Abstract Due: End of December, 2008

Manuscript Submission: May 2009 Extended: Mid August

Review Notification: End of August, 2009 Extended: End of September

Final Paper Due: End of October, 2009 Extended: Mid November

Book manuscript camera-ready: End of November 2009

Expected Publication: Winter 2010

FORMAT

http://www.worldscientific.com/style/books_style.shtml Books Style Files 9.00" x 6.00" Word

The trim size of the book will be 9 by 6. The book will consist of approximately 200 pages. No pages will be printed in color.

The Editors agree that the contributors shall obtain written permission and pay all fees for use of any literary or illustration material
for which rights are held by others.