A Call for Papers for a special issue of:
       Computational and Mathematical
          Organization Theory

          on the subject of:

      Socially Situated Intelligence
            and Organizations

   Submission deadline: 2nd November 1998

Web page: http://www.cpm.mmu.ac.uk/~bruce/ssi/cmot.html


About the Subject

In recent years it has been increasingly recognized that
many important aspects of intelligence are grounded in
close interactions with a physical environment - what is
called embodied intelligence. This special issue addresses
the importance of aspects of intelligence and intelligent
behavior that are grounded in interaction with a social
environment.

Much research into intelligence and adaptive behavior has
been done from the point of view of single agents. Even
work into intelligence and adaptation in social situations
has taken an approach where the intelligence or ability to
adapt is built into the agent separately from the social
situation it is then put into. However, it is clear that there
may be a significant difference between an intelligence
that has evolved (or at least significantly developed) in a
social context, and an intelligence that is not socially
grounded in this way. The special issue aims at identifying
the basic differences between these two conceptions of
intelligence and wants to further a better understanding of
the specific mechanisms which make natural or artificial
agents social. In particular, this special issue aims at
submissions which study the social embeddedness of
intelligence and intelligent behavior and the extent to
which socially situated intelligence influences the
formation, stabilization and development of organizational
structures. In addition to mathematical models we
encourage submissions using computer simulations,
artificial intelligence and artificial life models and
techniques in order to study socially situated intelligence. 

Models and computer simulations can target both artificial
and natural agents, so that the following fields are
relevant: ethology, sociology, social sciences,
anthropology, artificial life and related fields. We
particularly encourage submissions which compare models
and computer simulations with actual human or animal
forms of social organizations. 

In the adaptive behavior research community the use of
autonomous robots which are acting in the real world as
models of animals (ants, crickets etc.) has become an
accepted tool for scientific investigation which yields
insight into animal behavior and provides a means to
implement 'life-like' robots. In the same way
organizational theory can possibly benefit from the study
of robotic models which are interacting in a non-trivial
way in a complex environment. Robots as models of
social agents are relevant to this special issue only if they
clearly address the issue of social embeddedness of
intelligence and its implications for organization theory. 



Examples of Relevant Topics

     evolution and operation of organizations 

     emergence and self-organization versus design of
     sociality and organizations 

     sociality as a prerequisite for the development and
     evolution of intelligence 

     cooperative and competitive models of agents in
     organizations 

     the impact and emergence of roles and norms in
     the formation of societies and organizations 

     modeling other agents in societies and
     organizations: theory of mind and folk psychology 

     modeling individuals and relationships in a social
     environments: effective heuristics for socially
     embedded agents 

     mechanisms and levels of social coordination,

     organization and control in organizations 

     co-evolution of social intelligence: prerequisites,
     differences and interdependencies between socially
     situated and individual intelligence 

     the role, impact, and adaptive value of social
     intelligence in societies of agents (either real or
     artificial) 

     evolution of organizations: the role of language,
     communication, social learning and imitation 
     the role of memes and genes in the evolution of
     human organization and culture 

     applications which require artificial social
     intelligence 

     the role of teaching and education in the
     development of socially situated intelligence 
     robotic societies as models of organizations 
     contributions from artificial life and robotics to
     organization theory 

     ...related issues. 



About CMOT

Computational and Mathematical Organization Theory is
an international journal which is published by Kluwer
Academic publishers. Editors in Chief: Kathleen M.
Carley and William A. Wallace. The journal provides an
international forum for research that advances
organizational theory and analysis through the use of
computational and mathematical techniques. More
information about the journal including its aims and
scope, subscription and styles for can be found at URL:

     http://www.wkap.nl/journalhome.htm/1381-298X



Submission Information

Submissions should be original full papers, that are not
published, nor under consideration for publication
elsewhere, although revised versions of conference papers
will be considered. Submitted papers should arrive no
later than November 2, 1998. Authors intending to
submit a manuscript are advised to contact the guest
editors as soon as possible to discuss paper ideas and
suitability for this issue. Email to
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The procedure for submission is the normal one for
CMOT, but be sure to specify that your paper is intended
for this special issue in a covering letter. 

Submit a cover letter, five copies of your manuscript, and
an abstract. CMOT will acknowledge receipt of your
manuscript. Manuscripts are not returned after review.
The cover letter should contain the following information
(failure to provide this information may delay the review
of your manuscript): 

   1.A request that the paper be submitted for this
     special issue (as opposed to being a general
     submission to CMOT). 
   2.Names and addresses, email, fax, and phone of up
     to four possible reviewers (or identify individuals
     that CMOT should not use). 
   3.The statement I (we) affirm that my (our)
     manuscript conforms to the submission policy of
     Computational and Mathematical Organization
     Theory (see submission policy). 
   4.In 50 words or less, justify how and why paper is
     appropriate for publication in this special issue of
     CMOT. 
   5.The name, address, email, phone, and fax number
     for author to whom correspondence should be sent.

Send manuscripts to: 

     Kelly Riddle
     Computational and Mathematical
     Organization Theory
     Journal Editorial Office 
     Kluwer Academic Publishers 
     101 Philip Drive Norwell, 
     Massachusetts 02061, USA.

Phone: (+1) 617-871-6300 Fax: (+1)
617-878-0449 
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Full information about the submission and formatting of
papers can be found at URL: 

http://www.hss.cmu.edu/HTML/departments/sds/faculty/cmot_web.html



Important Dates

     Submission Deadline - 2 November 1998 
     Notification of Acceptance - 12 January 1999 
     Deadline for final versions - 5 February 1999 
     Actual Issue - around June/July/August 1999 



Guest Editors of the Special Issue

    Bruce Edmonds,
    Centre for Policy Modelling,
    Manchester Metropolitan University,
    Aytoun Building, Aytoun St.,
    Manchester M1 3GH. UK.
    http://www.cpm.mmu.ac.uk/~bruce
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    Fax: +44 (0) 161-247 6802 
    Tel: +44 (0) 161-247 6479
                              
    Kerstin Dautenhahn,
    The University of Reading
    Department of Cybernetics
    Whiteknights, PO Box 225
    Reading, RG6 6AY. UK.
    http://www.cyber.rdg.ac.uk/people/kd/WWW/
    E-mail: [log in to unmask]
    Fax: +44 (0) 118 -931 8220 
    Tel: +44 (0) 118 -931 8218 or 6372


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