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Willy Ranson 's List of Publications and Conference Papers Vandermeiren, W.; Stiens, J.; De Tandt, C.; Ranson, W.; Shkerdin, G.; Vounckx, R. Wafer scale non-destructive metrology on sub-wavelength diffraction gratings by means of Wood's anomaly. In review process at SPIE Photonics Europe. 16-19 April 2012 V. Matvejev, C. De Tandt, W. Ranson,D. Mangelings, M. Zizi, J. Stiens. THz Excess Absorption by nL-volume Water-Alcohol Mixtures: Model and Experimental Verification. International Forum on THz Spectroscopy and Imaging, page xxx, Kaiserslautern, Germany, March 2012. Ron Cottam, Willy Ranson, Roger Vounckx. Closing the Gap between Life and Physics IPCAT 2012, LNCS 7223, pp. 212-215, 2012 Eds. M. A. Lones et al. © Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2012 Matvejev V., Ielasi F., De Tandt C., Ranson W., Willaert R., and Stiens J. Label-Free Investigation of Yeast Cell Physiology in Capillary Tubes Sensed by THz Waves. Proceedings ESA Workshop on Millimetre-Wave Technology and Applications, issue 6, 2011. V. Matvejev, J. Stiens, C. De Tandt, W. Ranson, A. Pourkazemi, B. Zhu, M. Zizi, R. Vounckx Integrated THz Bio-Sensing Technique: Hydration Shell Observation 10th Belgian Day on Biomedical Engineering – joint meeting with IEEE EMBS Benelux Chapter. p99. Brussels Begium. December 12th , 2011. Vladimir Matvejev, Cathleen De Tandt, Willy Ranson, Johan Stiens Integrated Waveguide Structure for Highly Sensitive THz Spectroscopy of Nano-Liter Liquids in Capillary Tubes Progress in Electromagnetics Research-PIER, vol.121, pp.89 - 101, eds. Weng Cho CHEW, Published by E M W PUBLISHING, 2011. Ron Cottam, Willy Ranson, Roger Vounckx. Towards cross-modeling between life and solid-state physics ACIB 11 1st Annual Conference on Integral Biomathics, Stirling University, Scotland, 29-31 August 2011 Ron Cottam, Willy Ranson, Roger Vounckx. Trans-temporal Cancerous Life iBioMath 2011 - Eu. First European Workshop on Integral Biomathics: iBioMath 2011 - 12 August, 2011 - Paris, France In conjunction with the European Conference on Artificial Life ECAL 11, the 20th Anniversary Edition “Back to the Origins of Alife” Ron Cottam, Willy Ranson, Roger Vounckx. Anticipative Stasis Neglect as a Creator of Consciousness CASYS-2011. 10th International Conference on Computing Anticipatory Systems. HEC, Liège, Belgium. 8-13 August, 2011. Amna Elhawil, Johan Stiens, Cathleen De Tandt,Willy Ranson and Roger Vounckx Thin-film sensing using circular split-ring resonators at mm-wave frequencies Applied Physics A: Materials Science and Processing, DOI: 10.1007/s00339-010-6239-2 © Springer-Verlag 2011 V. Matvejev, F. Ielasi, C . De Tandt, W. Ranson, R. Willaert, J. Stiens Label-Free Investigation of Microgravity Influenced Cell Growth in Capillary Tubes Sensed by THz 6th ESA Workshop on Millimetre Wave Technology and Applications. Espoo, Finland. May 23 - 25, 2011. Stiens, J.; Vandermeiren, W.; Shkerdin, G.; Kotov, V.; De Tandt, C.; Ranson, W.; Borghs, G.; Vounckx, R. Evanescent wave modulator for medium infrared wavelengths 8-12 µm Physics ans Simulations of Optoelectronic Devices XVIII Proceedings of the SPIE Photonics West - The International Society for Optical Engineering Volume: pp: 759711-1 - 759711-9, Photonics West San Francisco USA, 2010 S. Islam, J. Stiens, G. Poesen, I. Jaeger, C. De Tandt, W. Ranson, W. De Raedt, R. Vounckx Effect of inter-element spacings variation on the performance of linear grounded frequency selective surface arrays in W-band MICROWAVE AND OPTICAL TECHNOLOGY LETTERS Volume: 52 Issue: 1 Pages: 155-160 Published: 2010 A. Elhawil, J. Stiens, C. De Tandt,W. Ranson and B. ZHU Left-handed meta-material at D-band using single circular split-ring resonator. Published by: 14th Annual Symposium of the IEEE Photonics Benelux Chapter, 2010. A. Elhawil, J. Stiens, C. De Tandt,W. Ranson and R. Vounckx An Equivalent Circuit Model of Single Circular Open-ring Resonators. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, vol.16, n. 2, pp.380 - 385, 2010 Ron Cottam, Willy Ranson, Roger Vounckx. Not 2, but 3 : Always! ISSS-2010, 54st Annual Conference of the International Society of the Systems Sciences. Governance for a Resilient Planet. Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, ON, Canada. July 18-23, 2010 Amna Elhawil, Johan Stiens, Cathleen De Tandt,Willy Ranson and Roger Vounckx An experimental study of the effects of various parameters on the resonant and efficiency of circular split-ring resonators. SPIE Photonics Europe, Brussels, 12-16 April 2010 Won the best paper prize in SPIE Photonics 2010 Amna Elhawil, Johan Stiens, Cathleen De Tandt,Willy Ranson and Roger Vounckx Thin-film sensing using circular split-ring resonators at mm-wave frequencies META'10, 2nd International Conference on Metamaterials, Photonic Cristals and Plasmonics. Cairo Egypt. 22-25 february, 2010. V. Matvejev, C. De Tandt, W. Ranson and J. Stiens Wet Silicon Bulk Micromachined THz Waveguides for Low-Loss Integrated Sensor Applications IRMMW-THz 2010, The 35th International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves, Rome, Italy, from the 5th to the 10th of September 2010. Conference Paper, p 2 pp., Piscataway NJ, USA: IEEE, 2010. Ron Cottam, Willy Ranson, Roger Vounckx. Anticipatory Hyperscalar Evolution of the Self. Toward a Science of Consciousness 2009. Investigating Inner Experience, Brain, Mind, Technology. Hong Kong, China, June 11-14, 2009 Ron Cottam, Willy Ranson, Roger Vounckx. A Difference in What? General Systems Bulletin. Edited by Jennifer Wilby, The International Society for the Systems Sciences. Volume 38, p 7-8, 2009. Ron Cottam, Willy Ranson, Roger Vounckx. Getting (empirically) Back To(wards) (pre)(existential) Basics Proceedings of the 53st Annual Conference of the International Society of the Systems Sciences. Making Liveable, Sustainable Systems Unremarkable. p 1-11. Copyright © 2009. ISBN 978-1-906740-02-3 Ron Cottam, Willy Ranson, Roger Vounckx. Identity Survival: Grounds for Life? Proceedings of the 53st Annual Conference of the International Society of the Systems Sciences. Making Liveable, Sustainable Systems Unremarkable. Copyright © 2009. ISBN 978-1-906740-02-3 Ronn Cottam, Willy Ranson, Roger Vounckx. Ecosystemic Computation Chapter in Book: Evolutionary Computation. Copyright © ISBN 978-953-7619-X-X. 2009 In publication. Ron Cottam, Willy Ranson, Roger Vounckx. The Mind as an Evolving Anticipative Capability Journal of Mind Theory. Rigor in cognitieve science. p 39-110, Volume 0, number 1, 2008. ISBN: 978-84-613-3020-1. Ron Cottam, Willy Ranson, Roger Vounckx. Bi-Sapient Structures for Intelligent Control Springer Book: Toward Artificial Sapience. R.V. Mayorga, L. Perlovsky (eds.), Springer Publishing Company. Copyright © Springer 2008. Ron Cottam, Willy Ranson, Roger Vounckx. Hyperscale puts the sapiens into homo Special issue in the Journal of "New Mathematics and Natural Computation: NM-NC" In publication. Ron Cottam, Willy Ranson, Roger Vounckx. Re-Mapping Robert Rosen's (M,R) Systems Chemistry & Biodiversity, p 2352-2368, Vol.4, Issue 10, 2007. Copyright © 2007 Verlag Helvetica Chimica Acta AG, Zürich ISSN: 1612-1872 (print), 1612-1880 (online). DOI: 10.1002/cbdv.200790192 Ron Cottam, Willy Ranson, Roger Vounckx. Anticipation: Breaking the Evolutionary Time Barrier Proceedings of the 2007 IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation, p 4653-4660. IEEE Catalog Number 075H8963C. ISBN 1-4244-1340-0. Library of Congress: 2007928155. Copyright ©2007 IEEE. Ron Cottam, Willy Ranson, Roger Vounckx. Variable-Formality Decision-Making in Artificial Systems. General Systems Bulletin. Volume 36, p 7-8, 2007. Edited by Jennifer Wilby, The International Society for the Systems Sciences. Ron Cottam, Willy Ranson, Roger Vounckx. Evolving Anticipative Capability CASYS-2007. Eighth International Conference on Computing Anticipatory Systems. HEC, Liège, Belgium. 6-11 August, 2007. Ron Cottam, Willy Ranson, Roger Vounckx. What is Life/Living? ISSS 2007. The 51th Annual meeting and Conference for the System Sciences. Tokyo, Japan, August 5-10, 2007. Ron Cottam, Willy Ranson, Roger Vounckx. System Theory without Systems: Hierarchy Theory without Hierarchies ISSS 2007. The 51th Annual meeting and Conference for the System Sciences. Tokyo, Japan, August 5-10, 2007. Ron Cottam, Willy Ranson, Roger Vounckx. Anticipative Anti-Anti-Anthropomorphism International Journal of Computing Anticipatory Systems. Vol. 17, p 286-291, 2006. Edited by Daniel M. Dubois. Published by CHAOS. Centre for Hyperincursion and Anticipation in Ordered Systems. ISBN: 2-930396-03-2 ISSN:1373-5411 Copyright © 2006 by CHAOS K. Pappaert, P. Van Hummelen, C. De Tandt, W. Ranson , G. Desmet. Influence of the Flow Velocity on the Hybridization Rate in Convection-driven DNA Microarray Analysis NanoTech Montreux, 2006 Ron Cottam, Willy Ranson and Roger Vounckx. Replicating Robert Rosen's (M,R) Systems Proceedings of the 50th Annual Conference of ISSS 2006. p 2006-378 ISBN 0-9740735-7-1. Editors: Jennifer Wilby, Janet K. Allen, Cecilia Loureiro-Koechlin. 2006 Ron Cottam, Willy Ranson and Roger Vounckx. Living in Hyperscale: Internalization as a Search for Reunification Proceedings of the 50th Annual Conference of ISSS 2006. p 2006-362. ISBN 0-9740735-7-1. Editors: Jennifer Wilby, Janet K. Allen, Cecilia Loureiro-Koechlin. 2006 F. Detobel, K.Pappaert, P. Van Hummelen, De Tandt C., Willy Ranson and G. Desmet. Influence of the Flow Velocity on the Hybridization Rate in Convection-driven DNA Microarray Analysis NanoTech Montreux, November 14-16, 2006. R. Willaert, C. Vanhee, C. De Tandt, W. Ranson, R. Vounckx, L. Wyns. Design and Construction of a Microfluidic Device for Studying Protein Nucleation and Crystallisation ECM23, 23rd European Crystallographic Meeting, Leuven, Belgium, 6-11 August, 2006. Ron Cottam, Willy Ranson, Roger Vounckx. Replicating Robert Rosen's (M,R) Systems ISSS 2006. The 50th Annual meeting and Conference for the System Sciences. Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, Sonoma, California, USA. 9-14 July, 2006. Ron Cottam, Willy Ranson, Roger Vounckx. Living in Hyperscale: Internalization as a Search for Reunification ISSS 2006. The 50th Annual meeting and Conference for the System Sciences. Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, Sonoma, California, USA. 9-14 July, 2006. Ron Cottam, Willy Ranson, Roger Vounckx. Consciousness Through the Resolution of Infinities Tucson VII - Toward a Science of Consciousness 2006. The seventh biennial Conference Toward a Science of Consciousness, Tuscon, Arizona, USA. 3-8 April, 2006. Ron Cottam, Willy Ranson, Roger Vounckx. Life and Simple Systems Systems Research and Behavioral Science. Syst. Res. 22, p 413-430 (2005). DOI:10.1002/sres.716. Copyright ©2005 John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. Ron Cottam, Willy Ranson, Roger Vounckx. Intelligent Inverse-anthropomorphic Emergence ECHO-V. Fifth International Conference on Emergence. Amiens, France. 7-9 October, 2005. Ron Cottam, Willy Ranson, Roger Vounckx. Intelligent Inverse-anthropomorphic Emergence Cahiers de topologie et géométrie différentielle catégoriques, tome 46, nr 3 (2005), p. 216-217 Copyright: Andrée C. Ehresman et les auteurs. Tome 46, nr 3 (2005), p. 216-217 Ron Cottam, Willy Ranson, Roger Vounckx. Intelligent Inverse-anthropomorphic Emergence ECHO-V. Fifth International Conference on Emergence. Amiens, France. 7-9 October, 2005. Ron Cottam, Willy Ranson, Roger Vounckx. Anticipative-Anti-Anti-Anthropomorphism CASYS-2005, Symposium 1, p 12. Abstract book. Editor: Daniel Dubois. Copyright©2005 by CHAOS. ISSN/ISBN: 1373-4903 / 2-9600262-9-2. Ron Cottam, Willy Ranson, Roger Vounckx. Diffuse rationality in complex systems Unifying Themes in Complex Systems, Volume II Perseus Books ©2004 Westview Press 081334123X Ron Cottam, Willy Ranson, Roger Vounckx. Back to the Future: Anatomy of a System. CP718, Computing Anticipatory Systems: CASYS'03-Sixth International Conference, edited by D. M. Dubois., p 160-164, ©2004 American Institute of Physics ISBN 0-7354-0198-5/$22.00 D. Clicq, S. Vankrunkelsven, Nico Vervoort Willy Ranson, C. De Tandt, H. Ottevaere, G. V. Baron and G. Desmet. Axial Dispersion Measurements of Bodenstein > 100,000 Flows Through Nano-Channels Etched on Flat Surfaces Journal of Chemical Engineering Science, Volume 507, Pages 2783-2790, 2004. D. Clicq, S. Vankrunkelsven, Willy Ranson, C. De Tandt, G. V. Baron and G. Desmet. High-resolution liquid chromatographic separations in 400 nm deep micro-machined silicon channels and fluorescence charge-coupled device camera detection under stopped-flow conditions. Analytica Chimica Acta, Volume 59, Pages 79-86, Issue 1, 1 April 2004. Ron Cottam, Willy Ranson, Roger Vounckx. Intelligence? PERMIS 2004. Performance Metrics for Intelligent Systems. NIST, Gaitersburg, MD, USA. August 24-26 2004. Ron Cottam, Willy Ranson, Roger Vounckx. Information, Intelligence and Beyond PERMIS 2004. Performance Metrics for Intelligent Systems. NIST, Gaitersburg, MD, USA. August 24-26 2004. Ron Cottam, Willy Ranson, Roger Vounckx. Measuring Intelligence PERMIS 2004. Performance Metrics for Intelligent Systems. NIST, Gaitersburg, MD, USA. August 24-26 2004. Ron Cottam, Willy Ranson, Roger Vounckx. Life and Simple Systems ISSS 2004. The 48th Annual meeting and Conference for the System Sciences. Asilomar, Pacific Grove, Monterey, California, USA. 4-9 July, 2004. Ron Cottam, Willy Ranson, Roger Vounckx. Modeling Autonomic-Dependent Human-Robotic Cooperation as an Ecosystemic Communication Channel The 2004 AAAI Spring Symposium Series. Stanford University in Stanford, California. March 22-24, 2004. Ron Cottam, Willy Ranson, Roger Vounckx. Back to the Future: Anatomy of a System International Journal of Computing Anticipatory Systems. American Insitute of Physics. In publication, 2004. Sarah Vankrunkelsven, David Clicq, Kris Pappaert, Willy Ranson,Cathleen De Tandt, Heidi Ottevaere, Hugo Thienpont, Gino V. Baron, and Gert Desmet. A Novel Micro-step Separation Device for the Size Separation of Cells. Journal of Electrophoresis 2004, 25, p 1714-1722. Ron Cottam, Willy Ranson, Roger Vounckx. Autocreative Hierarchy I: Structure- Ecosystemic Dependence and Autonomy S.E.E.D. Journal (Semiotics, Evolution, Energy, and Development). Volume 4,(2), p 24-41, 2004. Ron Cottam, Willy Ranson, Roger Vounckx. Autocreative Hierarchy II: Dynamics. Self-organisation, Emergence and Level-changing S.E.E.D. Journal (Semiotics, Evolution, Energy, and Development). Volume 4, (2), p 42-60, 2004. Ron Cottam, Willy Ranson, Roger Vounckx. A Dialogue on Causality, Relations and Other Things S.E.E.D. Journal (Semiotics, Evolution, Energy, and Development). Volume 4,(2), p 61-80, 2004. Ron Cottam, Willy Ranson, Roger Vounckx. "The long road to Intelligence" 2004. Ron Cottam, Willy Ranson, Roger Vounckx. Sapient Structures for Sapient Control New Scientific Fields. Computational Sapience (Wisdom) and Sapient (Wise) Systems. SYNERGIE, A newsletter from the faculty of Engineering. University of Regina, California, USA. December 2003 Ron Cottam, Willy Ranson, Roger Vounckx. Sapient Structures for Sapient Control IEEE KIMAS 2003. Proceedings of the International Conference on Integration of Knowledge Intensive Multi-Agent Systems. p 178-181, 2003. ISBN 0-7803-7958-6 Editor Henry Hexmoor Driessens, E.; Vandevelde, B.; Borghs, G.; Stiens, J.; De Tandt, C.; Ranson, W.; Vounckx, R.; Shkerdin, G.; Kotov, V. Thermal investigation of local temperature increase of GaAs substrates under incident laser beam [laser sensor applications] 9th International Workshop on Thermal Investigations of IC's and Systems Pages: 145-8 Published: 2003 Ron Cottam, Willy Ranson, Roger Vounckx. "Back to the Future: Anatomy of a System", in 6th International Conference on Computing Anticipatory Systems, Symposium 3 ed. D. Dubois, Ed. Liège: CHAOS, 2003, p. 11. Ron Cottam, Willy Ranson, Roger Vounckx. "Abstract or Die: Life, Artificial Life and (v)organisms". E. R. Messina and A. M. Meystel, Eds. Gaitersburg: NIST, 2003, pp. 1-7. Ron Cottam, Willy Ranson, Roger Vounckx. Autocreative Hierarchy II: Dynamics. Self-organisation, Emergence and Level-changing IEEE KIMAS 2003. Proceedings of the International Conference on Integration of Knowledge Intensive Multi-Agent Systems. p 766-773, 2003 . ISBN 0-7803-7958-6 Editor Henry Hexmoor Ron Cottam, Willy Ranson, Roger Vounckx. Abstract or Die: Life, Artificial Life and (v)organisms PERMIS 2003. Performance Metrics for Intelligent Systems. NIST, Gaitersburg, MD, USA. September 16-18, 2003. Ron Cottam, Willy Ranson, Roger Vounckx. Back to the Future: Anatomy of a System CASYS-2003. Sixth International Conference on Computing Anticipatory Systems. HEC, Liège, Belgium. 11-16 August, 2003. Ron Cottam, Willy Ranson, Roger Vounckx. Knowing is not necessarily the same as Knowing: Local-to-Global Correlation Accross Scales of a Bi-Rational Logical-Emotional Hierarchy and their various Assemblies. ISSS 2003. Forty-Seventh meeting and Conference for the System Sciences. Iraklion, Crete, Greece. 7-11 July, 2003 Ron Cottam, Willy Ranson, Roger Vounckx. What is Life?: Emergence and Sapience ISSS 2003. Forty-Seventh meeting and Conference for the System Sciences. Iraklion, Crete, Greece. 7-11 July, 2003 D. Clicq, N. Vervoort, Willy Ranson, C. De Tandt, R. Vounckx, H. Ottevaere, j. Buijs, C. Gooijer, F. Ariese, G.V. Baron, G. Desmet. Sub-second liquid chromatographic separations by means of shear-dreaven chromatography. Journal of Chromatography A, Published By Elsevier Science B.V., p 33-42, Vol. 979, 2002. Ron Cottam, Willy Ranson and Roger Vounckx. Lifelike Robotic Collaboration requires Lifelike Information Integration. Proceedings of the 2002 PerMIS Workshop.. National Institute of Standards and Technology. Technology Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce. NIST Special Publication 990. Edited by E.R. Messina and A.M. Meystel. p 167-174, 2002. CLICQ DAVID, VERVOORT NICO, RANSON WILLY, DE TANDT Cathleen, VOUNCKX ROGER, OTTEVAERE HEIDI, BUIJS J., GOOIJER C., ARIESE F., BARON G.V., DESMET GERT Sub-second liquid chromatographic separations by means of shear-driven chromatography. J. Chromatography A, Published By Elsevier Science B.V., Vol. 979, pp 33-42, 2002 Ron Cottam, Willy Ranson, Roger Vounckx. Self-Organization and Complexity in Large Networked Information-processing Systems. ICCS 2002. International Conference on Complex Systems. Nashua, NH, June 9-14, 2002. V. Kotov, J. Stiens, G. Shkerdin, W. Ranson, C. De Tandt, G. Borghs, R. Vounckx Impact of deformation potential scattering on free-carrier induced optical nonlinearities: An experimental study in GaAs Journal of Applied Physics. Vol 91(7) p3992-3999, 2002. Ron Cottam, Willy Ranson, Roger Vounckx. Invited Paper: Cross-scale, richness, cross-assembly, Logic 1, Logic 2, pianos and builders. 2nd SEE Conference. The integration of Information Processing. University of Toronto. October 6,7,8, 2001. Ron Cottam, Willy Ranson, Roger Vounckx. Invited Paper:: Some Thoughts about Thinking Things. IPCAT'2001. Fourth International Workshop on Information Processing in Cells and Tissues. IMEC-VUB Belgium, 13-17 August 2001. José-Luis Fernández-Villacañas, Ron Cottam, Carlos Bousoño and Willy Ranson. Invited Paper: Steps towards anticipating the communicational-computational needs of a physically grounded network. CASYS-2001. Fifth International Conference on Computing Anticipatory Systems. HEC, Liège, Belgium. 12-18 August, 2001. Ron Cottam, Willy Ranson, Roger Vounckx. Artificial Minds? ISSS-2001. Proceedings of the Forty-Fifth Annual Conference of ISSS International Society of System Sciences. Asilomar, Pacific Groove, California, 2001. p 01-114 ISBN 09664183-6-0. Editors: Jennifer Wilby, Janet K. Allen. L. Y. Sheng, C. De Tandt, W. Ranson, R. Vounckx. Reliability Characterization of Thermal Micro-structures Implemented on 0.8 µm CMOS Chips. Microelectronics Reliability 41, 2001, p 307-315. ©2001 Elsevier Science Ltd. Ron Cottam, Willy Ranson, Roger Vounckx. A Biologically Consistent Hierarchical Framework for Self-Referencing Survivalist Computation. CP517, Computing Anticipatory Systems: CASYS'99-Third International Conference, edited by D. M. Dubois., p 252-262, ©2000 American Institute of Physics ISBN 1-56396-933-5/00/$17.00 Ron Cottam, Willy Ranson, Roger Vounckx. A Diffuse Semiotic Model for Cell-to-Tissue Computational Closure. BioSystems 55 (2000), p 159-171. Willy Ranson, Ron Cottam, Roger Vounckx. Establishment of a Complementary Bilateral Hierarchical Entity-Ecosystem Rationality. ECHO-IV Fourth International Conference on Emergence, Complexity, Hierarchy, Organisation. University of Southern Denmark, Odense. Monday 31st July - Friday 4th August, 2000. Ron Cottam, Willy Ranson, Roger Vounckx. Executing Emergence! ECHO-IV Fourth International Conference on Emergence, Complexity, Hierarchy, Organisation. University of Southern Denmark, Odense. Monday 31st July - Friday 4th August, 2000. Ron Cottam, Willy Ranson, Roger Vounckx. Emergence Inversion: the Genesis of Life. World Congress of the Systems Sciences. Understanding Complexity: Systems Sciences in the New Millennium. Ryerson Polytechnic University, Toronto, Canada. Sunday 16th July- Saturday 22nd July 2000. Ron Cottam, Willy Ranson, Roger Vounckx. Attributing a Value to Information. World Congress of the Systems Sciences. Understanding Complexity: Systems Sciences in the New Millennium. Ryerson Polytechnic University, Toronto, Canada. Sunday 16th July- Saturday 22nd July 2000. L. Y. Sheng, C. De Tandt, W. Ranson, R. Vounckx. Reliability Characterization of Thermal Micro-structures Implemented on 0.8 µProceedings o m CMOS Chips. IInternational Reliability Physics Symposium. IRPS 2000, San Jose, California.ISBN: 0-7803-5860-0/ IEEE No 00CH37059. Vol 38, Ron Cottam, Willy Ranson, Roger Vounckx. Invited Paper: Progressive C++mulation of a Multilevel Evolutionary Hierarchy. GWAL-2000 Fourth German Workshop on Artificial Life Abstracting the Essential Features and Dynamics of Living Systems. University of Beyreuth, Germany,Wednesday 5th April - Friday 7th April, 2000 Ron Cottam, Willy Ranson, Roger Vounckx. Invited Paper: Balls & Sticks, Complexity & Life. GWAL-2000 Fourth German Workshop on Artificial Life Abstracting the Essential Features and Dynamics of Living Systems. University of Beyreuth, Germany,Wednesday 5th April - Friday 7th April, 2000 L. Y. Sheng, C. De Tandt, W. Ranson, R. Vounckx. A Novel Suspended Microstructure Strengthened by a Sharpened Wedge. Proceedings of SAFE99.STW Technology Foundation.p413-416. 1999. ISBN: 90-73461-17-0 Ron Cottam, Willy Ranson, Roger Vounckx. "A Biologically-Consistent Diffuse Semiotic Architecture for Survivalist Information-Processing", in 7th International Congres of the International Association for Semiotic Studies: Sign Processes in Complex Systems." D. L. Gorlée, Ed. Dresden, Germany: Universitätsverlag, Dresden, 1999, p. 130. Ron Cottam, Willy Ranson, Roger Vounckx. A Biologically Consistent Hierarchical Framework for Self-Referencing Survivalist Computation. In Proceedings of Computing Anticipatery Systems: CASYS-98. Second International Conference, AIP Conference Proceedings 465, p 252-262. Woodburry, New York: American Institute of Physics. 1999. J. Stiens, W. Ranson, C. De Tandt, E. Van Damme, P. Muys, R. Vounckx. High index diffraction gratings: An alternative for efficiently pumping solid-state lasers. IEEE-LEOS Benelux, 15 november 1999. Ron Cottam, Willy Ranson, Roger Vounckx. A Biologically-Consistent Diffuse Semiotic Architecture for Survivalist Information Processing. IASS/AIS-99. Seventh Word Congress of the International Association for Semiotic Studies. Sign Processes in Complex Systems. Technical University of Dresden, Germany, 6- 11 October, 1999. Ron Cottam, Willy Ranson, Roger Vounckx. Invited Paper: A Diffuse Semiotic Model for Cell-to-Tissue Computational Closure. IPCAT-99. Third International Workshop on Information Processing in Cells and Tissues. The Nature and Processing of Biological Information. University of Indianapolis, USA. 23-24 August, 1999. Ron Cottam, Willy Ranson, Roger Vounckx. Invited Paper: A Biologically Consistent Hierarchical Framework for Self-Referencing Survivalist Computation. CASYS-99. Third International Conference on Computing Anticipatory Systems. Hyperincursion and Anticipation in Ordered Systems. HEC, Liège, Belgium. 9-14 August, 1999. Ron Cottam, Willy Ranson, Roger Vounckx. Life as its own Tool for Survival. ISSS-99. Forty-Third Meeting of the International Society for the System Sciences Humanity, Science, Technology: The Systemic Foundations of the Information Age Pacific Groove, California, USA. 27th June - 2nd July, 1999. ISBN 09664183-2-8. Editors: Janet K. Allen,Martin L.W. Hall, Jennifer Wilby. J. Stiens, W. Ranson, C. De Tandt, V. Kotov,G. Shkerdin, G. Borghs, P. Muys, R. Vounckx. Etched semiconductor promises high rep rates. Opto & Laser Europe. Issue 63, p19, June 1999. J. Stiens, W. Ranson, C. De Tandt, P. Muys, V. Kotov, G. Borghs, R. Vounckx. A Resonant Intracavity Modulator for Q-Switching a CO2 Laser in a new Parameter Regime. EOS-SPIE Conference on Industrial Lasers & Inspection, Munich, Germany, 14-18 June, 1999. A. Goulet, N. Nieuborg, H. Thienpont, A. Kirk, P. Koczyk, P. Heremans, M. Kuijk, C. de Tandt, W. Ranson, R. Vounckx and I. Veretennicoff Polarization-Based Reconfigurable Optical Interconnects in Free-Space, Optical Processing Modules IEEE Photonics Technology LettersVol. 10, No. 3367-369March 1998 Ron Cottam, Willy Ranson, Roger Vounckx. "Approach to Cousciousness through Hierarchical Metastatic Evolution", in Toward a Science of Consciousness: Tuscon III. Tuscon, Arizona: University of Arizona, 1998, p. 147. Ron Cottam, Willy Ranson, Roger Vounckx. Diffuse Rationality in Complex Systems. InterJournal of Complex Systems, 235. 1998 J. Stiens, W. Ranson, C. De Tandt, V. Kotov,G. Shkerdin, G. Borghs, P. Muys, R. Vounckx. Design Issues of an Intracavity Modulator for a Q-Switched CO2 Laser. Proc. Symposium of IEEE-LEOS, Benelux Chapter, p 125-128, November 1998. A. Goulet, O. Ruiz, J. Genoe, D. Coppee, C. De Tandt, W. Ranson, K. Helderweirt, P. Heremans, R. Vounckx, I. Veretennicoff and H. Thienpont. Realisation of Optoelectronic Logic Operations using Thyristor Differential Pairs and Diffractive Optical Elements. Symposium IEEE/LEOS Benelux Chapter, Gent, pp. 157-160, 1998. R. Buczynski, R. Ortega, T. Szoplik, S. Jankowski, C. De Tandt, W. Ranson, R. Vounckx, P. Heremans, I. Veretennicoff and H. Thienpont. An Optoelectronic Demonstrator for Early Image Processing Based on Mathematical Morphology Operations. Symposium IEEE/LEOS Benelux Chapter, Gent, pp. 265-268, 1998. H. Thienpont, N. Nieuborg, A. Goulet, A. Kirk, P. Koczyk, P. Heremans, M. Kuijk, C. De Tandt, W. Ranson, R. Vounckx and I. Veretennicoff. Reconfigurable optical interconnects in free-space optical processing modules based on polarization-selective diffractive optical elements. Diffractive Optics and Micro-optics. Vol. 10105-107 OSA Technical Digest Series, (Optical Society of America), Washington DC, 1998 Ron Cottam, Willy Ranson, Roger Vounckx. Emergence: Half a quantum Jump? Acta Polytechnica Scandinavica Mathematics, Computing and Management in Engineering Series, No. 91, Emergence, Complexity, Hierarchy, Organization, pp 12-19. Edited by George L. Farre and Tarkko Oksala Finnish Academy of Technology, Espoo, 1998. ISBN: 952-5148-59-9 Hugo Thienpont, Nancy Nieuborg, Alain Goulet, Pawel Koczyk, Cathleen De Tandt, Willy Ranson, Roger Vounckx, Irina Veretennicoff. Reconfigurable optical interconnects in free-space optical processing modules based on polarization-selective diffractive-optical elements. Optical Society of America. Diffractive Optics and Micro-Optics. Summer Topical Meetings Kona Surf Hotel Kailua-Kona, Hawaii June 8-11, 1998 Ron Cottam, Willy Ranson and Roger Vounckx. AQuARIUM: a Hierarchically-Supported Mono-Symbolic Language for Analogic Integration. Advances in Analogy Research: Integration of Theory and Data from the Cognitive, Computational and Neural Sciences, pp.408-409. Edited by Keith Holyoak, Dedre Gentner and Boicho Kokinov, New Bulgarian University, Sofia (1998). ISBN: 954-535-200-0. Ron Cottam, Willy Ranson, Roger Vounckx. Consciousness: The Precursor to Life? Proceedings of the Third German Workshop on Artificial Life, Edited by C. Wilke, S. Altmeyer, and T. Martinetz, Verlag Harri Deutsch (1998). pp. 239-248. ISBN 3-8171-1591-1. Ron Cottam, Willy Ranson, Roger Vounckx. Emergence: Half a quantum Jump? ECHO III. Conference on Emergence, Complexity, Hierarchie, Organisation. Universal Development in Cognitieve Context. Helsinki. August 3-7, 1998. Ron Cottam, Willy Ranson, Roger Vounckx. AQuARIUM: A Hierarchically-Supported Mono-Symbolic Language for Analogic Integration. p 408. NBU Series in Cognitive Science. Advances in Analogy Research: Integration of Theory and Data from the Cognitive, Computational, and Neural Sciences. Edited by Keith Holyoak, Dedre Gentner, and Boicho Kokinov. New Bulgarian University, Sofia, 1998. ISBN: 954-535-200-0. Ron Cottam, Nils Langloh, Willy Ranson and Roger Vounckx. Localisation and Nonlocality in Computation. p 197-202. Information Processing in Cells and Tissues. Edited by Mike Holcombe and Ray Paton. Plenum Press, New York, 1998. ISBN: 0-306-45839-X. A. Goulet, N. Nieuborg, A. Kirk, P. Koczyk, P. Heremans, M. Kuijk, C. De Tandt, W. Ranson, R. Vounckx, I. Veretennicoff, H. Thienpont. Demonstration of a reconfigurable fanout interconnection system using arrays of optical thyristors. SPIE Proceedings : Optics in Computing Vol. 3490147-150 Pierre Chavel, David A.B. Miller, Hugo Thienpont1998. R. Vounckx, J. Stiens, C. De Tandt, W. Ranson, G. Borghs, G. Shkerdin, V. Kotov, G. Nemova B. DHoedt, R. Windisch, P. Heremans, B. Dutta, S. Schoberth, J. Genoe, M. Kuijk, P. Kiesel, G.H. Dohler. Invited Paper: Optoelectronic Devices and Nanometer Precision. Joint Japanese Flemisch Seminar on Nanostructures and Low Dimensional Systems, Technical Digest, pp.34-37 May 15-16 1998. H. Thienpont, N. Nieuborg, A. Goulet, A. Kirk, P. Koczyk, P. Heremans, M. Kuijk, C. De Tandt, W. Ranson, R. Vounckx and I. Veretennicoff. Reconfigurable optical interconnects in free-space optical processing modules based on polarization-selective diffractive optical elements. Diffractive Optics and Micro-optics, Vol. 10, OSA Technical Digest Series, (Optical Society of America, Washington DC, 1998), pp. 105-107. Ron Cottam, Nils Langloh, Willy Ranson & Roger Vounckx. Approach to Consciousness through Hierarchical Metastatic Evolution. Consciousness Research Abstracts, Toward a science of consciousness Tuscon III, p 27, 1998. A. Goulet, N. Nieuborg, H. Thienpont, A. Kirk, P. Koczyk, P. Heremans, M. Kuijk, C. De Tandt, W. Ranson, R. Vounckx, and I. Veretennicoff. Polarisation-Based Reconfigurable Optical Interconnects in Free-Space Optical Processing Modules. IEEE. Photonics Technology Letters, vol 10, nr 3, p 367-369, March 1998. Ron Cottam, Willy Ranson, Nils Langloh & Roger Vounckx. A Unified Quasi-Particulate Framework for Evolution. Technical Report, 97-1-010, Mathematical and Computational Biology: Computational Morphogenesis, Hierarchical Complexity, and Digital Evolution, p 29. The University of Aizu, Japan, 1997. Ron Cottam, Nils Langloh, Willy Ranson & Roger Vounckx. Localisation and Nonlocality in Computation. 2nd International Workshop on Information Processing in Cells and Tissues. University of Sheffield, UK, September 1997. Ron Cottam, Nils Langloh, Willy Ranson & Roger Vounckx. Post Digital Computation. 7th Conference of the International Association for the Development of Interdisciplinary Research: Learning: from Natural Principles to Artificial Methods. University of Geneva, Switserland, June 1997. Ron Cottam, Nils Langloh, Willy Ranson & Roger Vounckx. Computability as an Evolutionary Context. 2nd German Workshop on Artificial Life. University of Dortmund, Germany, April 1997. Ron Cottam, Nils Langloh, Willy Ranson & Roger Vounckx. Evolutionary Partial Comprehension. 4th Neural Computation and Psychology Workshop: Connectionist Representations: Theory and Practice. Imperial College, London, UK, April 1997. N. Nieuborg, A. Goulet, H. Thienpont, A. Kirk, P. Koczyk, P. Heremans, M. Kuijk, C. de Tandt, W. Ranson, R. Vounckx, I. Veretennicoff Reconfigurable optical interconnects in free-space optical processing modules using polarization-selective diffractive optical elements. Proceedings 1997 Symposium of the IEEE/LEOS Benelux Chapter, Eindhoven, The Netherlands, pp. 125 - 128, 1997. J. Stiens, W. Ranson, R. Cottam, C. De Tandt, R. Vounckx, V. Kotov, G. Shkerdin, B. DHoedt, and R. Baets. World News: Germanium improves modulator efficiency. Laser Focus World, pp43-44, May 1997. J.Stiens, C. De Tandt, W. Ranson, R. Vounckx and G. Borghs. Investigation of the depletion-modulation characteristics of low power 10.6 µm IR modulators based on the resonant plasma effect. IEEE Phot. Techn. Letters 9 (6), pp. 770-772 (1997) J. Stiens, W. Ranson, R. Cottam, C. De Tandt, R. Vounckx, V. Kotov, G. Shkerdin, B. DHoedt, and R. Baets. Experimental Characterisation of Reactive Ion Etched Germanium diffraction gratings at 10.6 µm wavelength. Appl. Phys. Lett., 69(23), pp. 3453-3455 (1996). J. Stiens, C. De Tandt, W. Ranson, R. Vounckx and G. Borghs. Low voltage free-carrier-modulation in the Integrated Mirror Optical Switch. Electronic Letters. In preparation (1996) Ron Cottam, Nils Langloh, Willy Ranson and Emilie Cottam. Humble Unification Theorie: Partial Comprehension in a Quasi-Particulate Universe. EinMag-95. Einstein Meets Margritte. Conference to mark the 25th anniversary of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel: an interdisciplinary reflection on science, nature, human action and society. Brussels, Belgium. 29 May - 3 June 1995. J. Stiens, C. De Tandt, W. Ranson, R. Vounckx, P. Demeester, and I. Moerman. Experimental study of an InGaAs-InP resonant plasma waveguide modulator for medium-infrared light. Appl. Phys. Lett. 65 (18), pp. 2341-2343 (1994). W. Peiffer, H. Thienpont, I. Veretennicoff, C. De Tandt, W. Ranson, R. Vounckx, A. Koster. Silicon IMplanted OXide-based optical logic gates for use in silicon smart pixel circuitry.: device characterisation, modeling and optimizaton. Optical Computing '94, Technical Digest, p. 347-348, 1994. H. Thienpont, W. Peiffer, I. Veretennicoff, C. De Tandt, W. Ranson, R. Vounckx and A. Koster Silicon implanted oxide multifunctional optical switches for smart pixel arrays. Cleo/Europe '94, Technical Digest, pp. 351, 1994. J. Stiens, C. De Tandt, W. Ranson, R. Vounckx, I. Veretennicoff, and G. Borghs. Proposal for a High Speed Resonant Plasma Modulator with sub-Watt Power Dissipation for use in medium-IR Lidar Applications. SPIE Proc. 2310, 84-95 (1994). H. Thienpont, W. Peiffer, I. Veretennicoff, C. De Tandt, W. Ranson, R. Vounckx, A. Koster. Optical logic planes with Silicon IMplanted OXide technology : a first step towards low-cost smart pixels. Frontiers in Information Optics, ICO Topical Meeting Japan, Technical Digest, pp. 293, 1994. J. Stiens, C. De Tandt, W. Ranson, and R. Vounckx. Materials and Structures for the 10.6µm IMOS. URSI-Proc., pp. 3-5 , Brussels, Belgium (1993). J. Stiens, C. De Tandt, W. Ranson, and R. Vounckx. The Integrated Mirror Optical Switch, a CO2 modulator with possible applications in satellite communications and in integrated optics. Nieuwe kansen in de ruimtevaart, FLAG-Proc., Leuven , Belgium (1993). H. Thienpont, W. Peiffer, W. Ranson, C. De Tandt, R. Vounckx, I. Veretennicoff, A. Koster, S.Laval. Silicon based optical logic planes : towards a second HEATOR generation. International Topical Meeting on Optical Computing, Palm Springs, 1993 J. Stiens, C. De Tandt, W. Ranson, R. Vounckx, I. Veretennicoff, G. Borghs, I. Moerman, P. Demeester. Resonant III-V Semiconductor Layer and a Grating Coupler Integrated in a Waveguide Modulator for Far-Infrared Light. OSA Proceedings on Photonics in Switching, 1993, Vol. 16, pp.51-54. J. Stiens, C. De Tandt, W. Ranson, R. Vounckx, I. Veretennicoff, G. Borghs, and P. Demeester. A resonant III-V semiconductor layer and a grating coupler integrated in a waveguide modulator for far-infrared light. Technical Digest of Topical Meeting on Photonics in Switching 93, PTuD11, Palm Springs, U.S.A (1993). H. Thienpont, W. Peiffer, N. Nieuborg, I. Veretennicoff, W. Ranson, C. De Tandt, R. Vounckx. A. Koster, S. Laval. Optical information processing planes with Silicon technology International Conference on Optical Information. Processing, SPIE Proc. Vol. 2051, St. Petersburg, pp. 180-192, Russia, 1993. C. De Tandt, W. Ranson, P. Schrey, R. Vounckx and R. Cottam. A Passive Crystal Pixel Interchanger. In Optical Information Technology. ESPRIT Basic Research Series. Editors: S.D. Smith and R.F. Neale. SpringerVerlag. 1991. ISBN 3-540-56563-9 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg New York. C. De Tandt, W. Ranson, P. Schrey, R. Vounckx and R. Cottam. A Passive Crystal Pixel Interchanger. WOIT-91 Workshop on Optical Information Technology. An ESPRIT Basic Research Workshop. Heriot- Watt University, Edinburgh, Scotland. 16-17 dec 1991 H. Thienpont, H. Dupont, A. Amorim, M. Vertongen, W. Ranson, C. De Tandt, R. Vounckx, I. Veretennicoff and A. Koster. Dispersive alloptical bistability in thin film Si - arrays: towards a second HEATOR generation. Presented at Int. Journal of e on Coherent and Nonlinear Optics ICONO '91, St - Petersburg (24-27.09.91). H. Thienpont, I. Van de Voorde, I. Verbesselt, W. Ranson, C. De Tandt, R. Vounckx and I. Veretennicoff. Hybrid electrically assisted thermo-optic resonators for prototype digital optics : from element to array. Optical Computing and Processing, Vol 1, No 2, pp. 145-155, 1991. H. Thienpont, I. Van de Voorde, I. Verbesselt, W. Ranson, C. De Tandt, R. Vounckx and I. Veretennicoff. Scaling effects on the characteristics of thermo-optic SEED arrays. Topical Meeting on Optical Computing '90, Kobe Conference Record of the International Topical Meeting, Eds. Tsujiuchi J., Ichioka Y., Ishihara S., p. 369, 1990. H. Thienpont, S. Van Holder, W. Ranson, C. De Tandt, R. Vounckx and I. Veretennicoff. Thermo-optic SEED-arrays for optical information processing. International Congress on Optical Science and Engineering, March 1990, The Hague, SPIE Proc 1280, 1990. H. Thienpont, S. Vanholder, W. Ranson, C. De Tandt, R. Vounckx and I. Veretennicoff. Thermo-Optic SEED-Arrays for Optical Information Processing. 1990 International Optical Meeting on Optical Computing. KOBE, JAPAN, April 8-12 ,1990. E. Vandenhaute, W. Ranson, J. Cornelis, A. Barel, O. Steenhaut. Contrast Enhancement of IR Thermographic Images by Microwave Heating in Biomedical Applications. Berlin, April 1985. Published in Applikation mikro- und optoelektronischer Systemelemente, pp 71-75. P. Luypaert, A.Van de Capelle, E. Van Lil and W. Ranson. Approximation of the field components of T.E. and T.M.-modes in waveguides and cavities with general cross section. Proceedings of the 8th European Microwave Conference, Paris, France, pp. 423-427, Sep, 1978
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