A forum for the fundamental physical foundations of computation & information since 1986

Current Focus/theme

Is the Group's Mission (right) realized by the universal nilpotent computational rewrite system as defined in Rowlands' World Scientific 2007 book 'Zero to Infinity'? (new publication) 

Will this rewrite system provide all the algebraic language and 3D geometric descriptions of the actual physical world? As is already the case for Standard Model elementary particle physics and the DNA/RNA genetic code, so as to explain 'How the laws of physics are rewritten as the laws of life?'. Join us on the exciting on going investigations of these fundamental questions.

On Going Investigations
The Conscious Brain as the role model for the Computer; Information as Meaning (semantics) what Biological Brains Process! Quantum Information Processing/Holography. An explanation of the morphology and dynamics of Living Systems, DNA, the Biological Cell, the Brain, Consciousness, Natural Language and Creativity.

Notice to Members & a Call for Papers

August 15-18th 2012, a Joint 8th Vigier Symposium BCSCMsG programme
The Physics of Reality, Space, Time, Matter, Cosmos
3-4 days of speaker presentations are planned at the BCS London Offices

Group members may register as spectators at the BCS at no charge unless they wish to take lunch; or submit a paper, which if accepted for presentation and subsequent publication in the Vigier American Institute of Physics Proceedings is subject to the symposium registration fee. For administrative purposes an email of any proposed paper for Vigier 8 should be sent to p.rowlands@liverpool.ac.uk.
For the latest information on Symposium organisation and the preparation of papers; go to

http://www.mindspring.com/~cerebroscopic/index8.html

Mission Milestones updated 1 October 2010

Keywords/Illustrations, universal quantum computational rewrite system, Dirac code, semantics, universal grammar, the nilpotent Dirac equation, 3+1 relativistic space time, Standard Model elementary particle physics, general relativity, the quantum measurement problem, the Quantum Carnot engine, evolutionary cosmology time reversal asymmetry, the 3D nilpotent Heisenberg Lie Group, quantum holography.

Previous themes, Wider Perspectives in Computation and Cybernetics in the 21st Century, A Quantum Biosphere in A Quantum Universe

Programme: coming/recent

'The 8th BCSCMsG International Symposium' Computational Self Organized Emergence ', at CASYS 11 now taking place on August 8 - 13th. Two sessions are being planned, beginning with a tutorial to familiarize delegates with the Nilpotent Universal Computational Rewrite System. Our invited speaker will be Professor Walter Schempp (to be confirmed). This is a call for papers and to alert delegates, see link for paper submissions and early registration.

The Fifth International Symposium on Quantum Interaction (QI'2011), 26/7th - 29th June 2011, Aberdeen, United Kingdom.

Quantum Interaction (QI) is an emerging field which is applying quantum theory (QT) to domainssuch as artificial intelligence, human language, cognition, information retrieval, biology, political science, economics, organisations and social interaction.

After highly successful previous meetings (QI'2007 at Stanford, QI'2008 at Oxford, QI'2009 at Saarbruecken, QI'2010 at Washington DC), the Fifth International Quantum Interaction Symposium will take place in Aberdeen, UK from 26/7th to 29th June 2011. This is also a call for papers.

This symposium will bring together researchers interested in how QT addresses problems in non-quantum domains. QI'2011 will also include a half day tutorial session on 26th June 2011, with a number of leading researchers delivering tutorial on the foundations of QT, the application of QT to human cognition and decision making, and QT inspired semantic information processing.

'The Observer and the Observed' Seminars in honour of Rabbi Dr Lionel Blue, the broadcaster, at Grey College, the University of Durham, Organiser, Master of Grey College and Professor of Applied Physics, Martyn Chamberlain. Topic on May 3rd at 19.30 'Brain, mind & consciousness: is there a quantum explanation for the operation of the brain?' Invited speaker Dr Peter Marcer. BCS members welcome.

July 12 - 16th, 7th Vigier Symposium at Imperial College, London
'The Search for Fundamental Theory' consisting of
24 speaker presentations open to the Group's BCS membership
Invited speakers
Professors Lou Kauffman, Avshalom Elityur, Walter Schempp

Papers to be published in an American Institute of Physics Proceedings.

Wednesday 10 February 2010 at 19.00 joint meeting with BCS Bedford Branch
Location, the University of Bedfordshire, Bedford campus
The Logic of Self Organizing Systems
speaker Peter Rowlands, University of Liverpool

August 3 - 8 Liege, Belgium 7th BCSCMsG International CASYS 09 Symposium
 Grammatical Cosmos II, dedicated to the Quantum Hologram
focus - Intelligence, Consciousness &
How The Laws of  Physics Become the Laws of Life
Invited speakers
Professor Giuseppe Vitiello, Salerno University
Dr Keith Bowden, London University, Birkbeck
see latest Report and paper Abstracts

follows the highly successful CASYS 07 Grammatical Cosmos I
see the American Institute of Physics and International Journal of Computing Anticipatory Systems Proceedings & Peter Rowlands'
2007 World Scientific book Zero to Infinity expressing
Symposia focii since 1999 as a single semantic Worldview 

16th March 2009 Pilot (email) AGM 19.00 - 19.30 for BCS members only
at BCS London Offices, WC2E 7HA
followed by 'Were Bohr and Einstein both right?'
speaker, Peter Marcer, BCSCMsG chairman
Free of charge, non-BCS members welcome 

Past programmes