Panel Discussion* on

Human-Centric Information Processing, Methods and Processing Environments

Organized and Chaired by:
Andrzej Bargiela and Witold Pedrycz

18:15 – 19:15
14 October 2008

The idea of Human-Centric Information Processing was prompted by the pioneering work of Zadeh Towards a theory of fuzzy information granulation and its centrality in human reasoning and fuzzy logic (Zadeh, 1997). Since the publication of this seminal work a large number of researchers have focused on identifying the nature of information granulation and its specific relationship to human-centric information processing. We now begin to witness the rich and manifold results of this concentrated research effort of the last decade.

This intent of this Panel is to highlight the milestones of human-centric information processing and relate these to the emerging computational methods and the processing environments. The Panel, formed by the leading contributors to the fields, will offer position statements on the relevant research contributions and will prompt a discussion among the panelists and the participants. The position statements will cover the following essential issues:

  • fundamental methodologies
  • granular computing paradigm
  • functional architectures of granular information processing
  • human-centric information processing hierarchies
  • granular modelling applications
  • mapping of the granular computing paradigm onto new processing environments.

*All are invited.