SMC2016 Special Session on Computational Awareness

Awareness is related to a system's ability to perceive, to feel, or to develop conscious experiences. For cybernetics the study of awareness is fundamental. Compared with other fields in the cybernetics community, computational awareness (CA) concentrates on approaches to gain understanding of awareness, and technologies to model, realize, and implement aware systems. The ultimate goal of CA research is to build systems that are aware, that are more autonomous and more human-like. This special session provides an opportunity for researchers from both academia and industry to present their latest work, discuss issues and share ideas with other researchers in the CA field.