Discussion Meeting on ``Causally Open Systems''
Venue: PPISR campus, Bidlur, Greater Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Date: July 21, 2018
As part of activity under the aegis of
the Center for Foundational Study (CFS), PPISR,
a one-day meeting on the broad theme of "causally open systems"
covering from a physics perspective
topics such as decoherence, causality, entropy, but
also including more open-ended subjects such as free will,
consciousness & its relation to
artificial intelligence,
and
the description of the interface between consciousness and
the material world.
Sponsored by: Admar Mutt Educational Foundation (AMEF)
Advisory Committee
- HH Shri Vishwapriya Theertha Swamiji, Udupi Shri Admar Mutt
- HH Shri Eeshapriya Theertha Swamiji, Udupi Shri Admar Mutt
Patrons
- Prof. A. B. Halgeri, Director, PPISR
- Prof. K. Srihari, Secretary, AMEF
Conveners
- Prof. R. Srikanth, Theoretical Sciences Division, PPISR
- Prof. Sujit Sarkar, Theoretical Sciences Division, PPISR
- Prof. U. Ramagopal, Biological Sciences Division, PPISR
Invited Speakers
-
Prof. Ganesh Sundaram, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham (deemed
University), Amritapuri, India
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Prof. Nithin Nagaraj, NIAS, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
-
Prof. Vivek Narayanan, Rochester Inst. of Technology,
Rochester, NY, USA
Participants
- Dr. S. Aravinda, Matscience, Chennai, India
- Mr. Rahul Sharma, , Theoretical Sciences Division, PPISR
- Mr. Ranjith Kumar, , Theoretical Sciences Division, PPISR
- Mr. U. Shrikant, , Theoretical Sciences Division, PPISR
- Mr. Y. R. Kartik, , Theoretical Sciences Division, PPISR
- Mr. N. Vinod Rao, , Theoretical Sciences Division, PPISR
Program
- 10:45 am: Arrival and tea
- 11 am: Welcome address by Prof. A. B. Halgeri, Director, PPISR.
- 11:15 am --12:00 noon: Prof Nithin Nagaraj: "Causality Testing - Practical Approaches & Challenges"
- 12:00 -- 12:45 pm: Prof. Vivek Narayanan: "Consciousness in the Universe and Copernican principle of mediocrity"
- 12:45 -- 2:00 pm: Lunch
- 2:00 -- 2:45 pm: Prof. R. Srikanth: "A Semiotic Approach to
Causality and Consciousness in Vedantic Philosophy"
- 2:45 -- 3:30 pm: Panel Discussion headed by Prof. Ganesh S. on "The Importance
of and Challenges
in integrating Science and Consciousness Studies"
- 3:30 -- 4:00 pm: Tea break
- 4:00 -- 4:15 pm: Tree (sapling) planting
- 4:15 -- 4:30 pm: Departure