the 21st century is an era of great challenge for humankind; we are combating terrorism, climate change, poverty, human rights issues and last but not least non-communicable diseases (ncds). the burden of the latter has become so large that it is being recognized by world leaders globally as an area that it is in need of much greater attention. in light of this concern, the world health organiz...

Der Workshop „Informatik – Begeisterung 2016“ hat das Ziel wirksame Kommunikationspraktiken und spannende Informatikinhalte für unterschiedliche Altersstufen und Bildungshintergründe auszutauschen und zu diskutieren. Es wurden 15 Beiträge als wissenschaftlicher Kurzbeitrag, populärwissenschaftlicher Kurzbeitrag bzw. Zusammenfassung/Abstract eines Vortrags eingereicht, 13 Beiträge werden im Rahm...

Isabelle Olivieri passed away on Saturday 10 December at 4 a.m. She passed away quietly after having fought not only with an admirable courage against her cancer but also against a paraneoplastic syndrome, which heavily handicapped her for the last years of her life. Isabelle would have passed 60 years in March 2017. She entered the Agronomic College (AgroParisTech) in Paris in 1977, specialize...

Howard Schachman, renowned physical chemist and protein chemist, professor at the University of California, Berkeley, extraordinary teacher, and a lifetime fighter for civil liberties, died on August 5 in Oakland California at age 97 from complications of pneumonia. Schachman’s active career spanned fundamental work on virus structure, the development of the analytical ultracentrifuge and its u...

An argument is a reason or justification of a claim. It has an intrinsic strength and may be attacked by other arguments. Hence, the evaluation of its overall strength is mandatory. Such an evaluation is done by acceptability semantics. In this talk, we provide the foundations of a semantics, i.e., key concepts and principles on which an evaluation is based. Each concept (principle) is describe...

PPSN 2016 hosts a total number of 16 tutorials covering a broad range of current research in evolutionary computation. The tutorials range from introductory to advanced and specialized but can all be attended without prior requirements. All PPSN attendees are cordially invited to take this opportunity to learn about ongoing research activities

George Klein, famous cancer biologist and acclaimed writer on matters of science, human responsibility, and the human condition, decorated by innumerable awards, honorary doctorates and other honors, elected member of this Academy and many other learned societies, including the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences and the American Philosophical Society, and Member of the Nobel Assembly of Karolins...