organic computing : Organic Computing Initiative

Start of the third phase of priority program “Organic Computing”

The third phase of the priority program shifted its emphasis from research on fundamental insights into the principles of self-organisation to the design and experimental investigation of generic concepts for architectures and tools for realizing organic computer systems. The research projects focused on the following topics: Controlled self-organization in technical systems Technologies for Organic Computing

Dagstuhl workshop on “Organic Computing” “Controlled Self-Organization”

Due to increasing complexity we will not be able to explicitly design and manage all intelligent components of a digitally enhanced environment in every detail and anticipate every possible configuration. Therefore, our technical systems will have to act more independently, flexibly, and autonomously. We call such systems “organic”. Hence, an “Organic Computing System” is a

Start of the second phase of priority program Organic Computing

The second phase of the priority program shifted its emphasis from research on fundamental insights into the principles of self-organisation to the design and experimental investigation of generic concepts for architecture and tools for realizing organic computer systems. The research projects focused on the following topics: Emergent behavior in technical systems Technologies for Organic Computing

Start of the first phase of the DFG priority program (SPP) “Organic Computing”

The first phase of the priority program concentrated on research to obtain fundamental insights into the principles of self-organisation and to develop a technological basis for Organic Computing systems. Each project focused on one of the following topics: Emergent behavior in technical systems Technologies for Organic Computing