学术报告第201627期

报告题目：The  Yin Yang of Science and Technology: A neverending story

报  告 人：Luis  Valencia Cabrera, PhD (Department of Computer Science and Artificial  Intelligence, University of Seville)

报告时间：9月8日（星期四）下午3:30

报告地点：南一楼中311室

Abstract:  Popular in Chinese philosophy, yin and yang describe the inherent  interdependency of the contrary forces usually in the essence of everything.  This duality of opposite concepts, as the two sides of a coin, leads to a  dynamic balance behind any phenomena happening in nature.

Science  and Technology, products of the evolution of human knowledge and need of  discovery and growth, are not an exception of this duality, but a confirmation  of the same principles governing nature. As a matter of fact, any major  achievements in science implying a significant increase in our knowledge about  certain processes or rules behind the scene, usually require the use of  technology to aid in the search for the new theoretical results. On the other  hand, the most relevant results in technology, frequently come as a consequence  of relevant theoretical advances. The interrelation of theory and practice is  the essence of the progress in any knowledge area.

Coming  closer to our main research fields, it is worth highlighting the importance of  the computational tools in the discovery of new knowledge in areas ranging from  biology to economy, so that we can provide novel tools for other scientific  disciplines. Natural computing provides new computational paradigms to attack  relevant problems, through theoretical devices with very promising properties,  offering a different view of computing to solve problems. However, the study of  these models present its own problems, and traditional software tools based on  classical computing models can provide practical tools to aid in the design of  the theoretical models and solutions based on them.

All  in all, this interrelations science-technology, theory-practice, and inside each  field presenting again that  inherent  duality, supports the advance of human knowledge, getting us involved in this  wonderful neverending story.

Biography:  Luis Valencia Cabrera is a Lecturer in the Dept. of Computer Science and  Artificial Intelligence of the University of Seville since 2011. He got his PhD.  in Logics, Computing and Artificial Intelligence by the University of Sevilla in  February 2015. His main research lines are: Formal Languages Theory, Natural  Computing/Bio-inspired Computing Models (especially within Membrane Computing),  Computational Modelling, Population Dynamics, Artificial Intelligence, and  Software Development and Engineering. He has been author/co-author of over 25  publications in international indexed and non-indexed journals, 5 book chapters,  and tens of conference communications. He is a permanent member of the  Organizing Committee of the annual international conferences BWMC and NIT, a  member of the Web Committee of the International Membrane Computing Society and  a reviewer of several indexed journals. He is the main developer of MeCoSim  software, and collaborates actively in the development and maintenance of  P-Lingua framework.