REFLEXING INTERFACES THE COMPLEX COEVOLUTION OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ECOSYSTEMS

Information and communication technologies are increasingly prolific worldwide, exposing the issues and challenges of the assimilation of existing living environments to the shift in technological communication infrastructure. Reflexing Interfaces: The Complex Coevolution of Information Technology Ecosystems discusses the application of complex theories in information and communication technology, with a focus on the interaction between living systems and information technologies. This innovative view provides researcher, scholars, and IT professionals with a fundamental resource on such compelling topics as virtual reality; fuzzy logic systems; and complexity science in artificial intelligence, evolutionary computation, neural networks, and 3-D modeling.

Franco Orsucci received his first degree in medicine and second degree in psychiatry at La Sapienza University in Rome (Italy). He has been a researcher at the Italian National Research Council. Now he is professor of clinical psychology and psychiatry at the Catholic University and Gemelli University Hospital (Rome). He is also a research fellow at the London University College, and founder and editor-in-chief of Chaos and Complexity Letters International Journal of Dynamical System Research (Nova Science, New York). His last published books are Changing Mind, Transitions in Natural and Artificial Environments (World Scientific, Singapore, 2002) and Bioethics in Complexity (Imperial College Press, London, 2004). He has also published more than 80 scientific articles on neuroscience and cognitive science.

Nicoletta Sala received degrees in physics ( Laurea ) and applied cybernetics from the University of Milan (Italy), a PhD in communication science from the Università della Svizzera italiana of Lugano (USI, Lugano, Switzerland), and postgraduates (two years for each) in Didactics of the communication and multimedia technologies and Journalism and mass media. She is a professor in information technology and in electronics and she teaches at University of Lugano (Mendrisio, Switzerland), and at University of Insubria (Varese, Italy). She is founder and co-editor of Chaos and Complexity Letters International Journal of Dynamical System Research (Nova Science, New York). Her research interests concern various scientific topics from interdisciplinary points of view and comprise the following areas: fractal geometry and complexity; mathematics in arts, architecture and industrial design; new media and IT in the learning environments; and virtual reality in education. She has authored 20 mathematics and information technology books, and edited 4 others. She has written 280 scientific papers.