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beijing conference opens grand perspectives (photo: miranda kajtazi)

the beijing conference “towards a new science of information”, hosted by the social information science institute at the huazhong university of science and technology in wuhan and the chinese association of artificial intelligence, counted a total of 63 participants (29 from abroad).

this conference was a milestone in the tradition of the fis (foundations of information science) conferences for two reasons:

– for the first time experts and representatives of such great a variety gathered under the banner of this conference; and

– we took the decision to found an “international society for information studies” and to hold conferences every 2 years.

let’s go on the long march! (photo: miranda kajtazi)