Selected clips from NKS 2003 (the very first conference) have graciously been made available to us by Jeff Grote (jeffgrote.com):

• NKS and Mathematics (panel with S. Wolfram, G. Chaitin, M. Szudzik and R. Rucker)
• NKS and Physics (Stephen Wolfram)
• NKS and Technology
• NKS Open Problems
• NKS Q&A
• The Future of NKS

Also courtesy Jeff Grote: materials from the 2007 Burlington, VT, conference.

• NKS 2007 Stephen Wolfram Keynote (Audio)
• NKS 2007 Photos
• NKS 2007 Stephen Wolfram Keynote: Q & A (Audio)
• NKS 2007 Stephen Wolfram's Tribute to Greg Chaitin (Audio)
• NKS 2007 Panel Discussion (Audio)

NKS 2006 (the international Wolfram Science conference) has been announced.

The will be held June 16-18 in Washington, DC.

keynote address (two versions have been prepared: one for broadband, and one for modem)

The four videos will soon be re-converted to fix a few existing problems. Says Victor: "I found the problem with the Wolfram video. For some unknown reason, the audio in the missing sections did not copy to the MPEG format when we were converting from the original Premiere timeline. My spot checks of the MPEG version missed the missing audio sections. My apologies. [...] Will go ahead and create RealMedia versions of all keynotes, first of Lecture 3, at no charge of course, and then of the other three. [...]"

(introduced by Anthony Martin)
(The Youthful Dreams of NKS, introduced by Jason Cawley)

Stephen Wolfram's videoconference was a very interactive and extremely exciting event that lasted three hours and ten minutes. Only the first two hours can be viewed above. Todd Rowland's keynote is 58 minutes long and is available in its entirety through the posted link.

Stephen Wolfram's video might remind the viewer about the 1979 QED Richard Feynman video taped at the Univ. of Auckland, in New Zealand because by some surprising and hard to explain coincidence the audio is dropped (at least in the converted .rm file) for a somewhat long period of time 20 minutes into the video (and then again for a short period of time later on) although everything was perfect at the time of the conference. So we're looking into what may have caused this and how to best remedy it as quickly as possible.

(Distinguished Invited Lecture)
(What is the NKS Approach to Mathematics?)

The other two are forthcoming, while we're testing how these two are being delivered.

Thus we'd greatly appreciate if you could let us know how they play for you.

Nov 21

From Victor Root (PhotoSolutions) this brief report, indicating that the conversion of the keynote talks is almost done: "Hi Adrian, [...] All the editing on the four lectures has been completed. Two have already been transferred to the final (MPEG1) format which Kurt requested. I will be be transferring the final four MPEGs to DVD and will let you know when they are ready to pick up (probably by Wednesday this week). Thanks again. [...] Best, Victor" So very likely next time we write here it would be to point you to the video recordings.

Nov 11

The four video recordings of

• 's inaugural talk,
• Prof. 's lecture,
• 's interactive video-address and
• 's closing keynote address

Nov 4

The conference is over now. Everything went very well. Enrique Zeleny's presentation in the second day had to be canceled, for minor technical reasons. Also the scheduled round table on the relative significance of positional number systems with negative digits had to be canceled as well, since Stephen's videoconference ended at 11:25pm our time, and there was no time left for another session. The videoconference went very well, as went the rest of the conference. Many thanks to all that participated and let's stay in touch.

Oct 31

Meanwhile pictures from the first day are still here.

Oct 30

All keynote talks will be made available on the web in video format in three weeks' time.

Camera broke Saturday night, but the pictures from the second day are safe. They will be posted shortly. Meanwhile here's a picture of Eric Rowland with the cover of the 2004 conference binder and his presentation notebooks from Friday night (one, two).

Oct 29

Today's highlights:

When	Where	What	Who
12:30-14:00	IMU Frangipani	Extended Analog Computers	Prof. Jonathan Mills
16:00-18:00	IMU Dogwood	Distinguished Lecture	Prof. Ray J. Solomonoff
20:15-23:25	IMU Frangipani	Videointeraction with	Stephen Wolfram

Oct 28

Here are some pictures from the first day of the conference.

Everything is ready, the Conference starts today with Matthew Szudzik's talk at 4pm.

Oct 27

Later today Matthew Szudzik and Todd Rowland are expected to arrive.

Dag Sørebø is now in Bloomington. The conference starts tomorrow.

Maps and coordinates, for our distinguished guests:

• IU Bloomington campus map (.pdf version).
• Lindley Hall on the map (along with IMU, to the North).
• Floor plan of Lindley (first floor, LH102 is to the left).

Paul Jean Letourneau kindly agrees to give an invited presentation to the conference:

"Cellular Automata with Memory: Phenomena and Emulations"

A tentative program outline has now been posted (includes presentations scheduled times).

Most recent NKSWire includes an announcement about the 2005 Midwest NKS Conference.

The Computer Science Department announces the conference on the departmental website. The 2005 Midwest NKS Conference is now only a month away.

Matthew Frank (the struggle) graciously accepts our invitation to the conference.

He will present: An NKS Approach to the Black-Scholes Equation.

IU School of Informatics issues a press release announcing the conference.

Dates updated on the timeline page, conference program sketched.

Shane Johnson wins the open contest for the conference poster.

The following invited talks have been confirmed:

An open submission contest is under way to create a conference poster that can be used to advertise the conference by regular mail. Here's a mock-up of what it might look like.

A partial list of confirmed invited speakers has been compiled.

It can be found in the Call for Papers and Advisory Committee section.

We're thrilled to report that we have received confirmation for the following keynote talk:

Stephen Wolfram Dr. Wolfram will be delivering his keynote via videoconference.

This videoaddress made possible by the expert technical assistance of Mr. Roger Dooley from Wolfram Research and by that of Mr. Steven Egyhazi of Indiana University UITS.

Papers and notebooks can now be submitted for review (see above).

From Norway, formerly with the Univ. of Bergen, Dag Sørebø (Norsk Sikkerhetsinstitutt) has kindly agreed to join the conference advisory committee.

With warmest gratitude we welcome a new conference sponsor:

The web forum is now protected with this simple combination: (midwest/conference).

Early registration will start on July 15 (ending on Sept. 30, when late registration starts).
Registration fees for this conference have been determined as follows:

Our most heartfelt thanks go to a new conference sponsor:

We gratefully acknowledge the generous contributions of our first external sponsors:

An account has been established for our conference by the the IU Conferences Office and is now active. Departments, programs, centers or individuals that entertain the idea of contributing as sponsors to this conference in exchange for proper recognition on the website (and in the conference proceedings) should contact Ms. Mary Morgan in the office for the specific functional details having to do with the transfer of funds.

Have generously confirmed participation on the conference advisory committee:

Prof. Bahman Kalantari (Rutgers Univesity) joins the conference advisory committee.

Prof. Gautam Dasgupta (Columbia Univesity) joins the conference advisory committee.

Have kindly confirmed participation on the conference advisory committee:

Have generously agreed to participate on the advisory committee:

The existing web forum works perfectly well but we plan to set up a much better one, based on Sakai (v2.0) in a few weeks to allow for customized workspaces. The new forum will also allow the posting of materials by conference presenters (notebooks, pdfs, etc.)

Prof. Jonathan Mills (Indiana University Computer Science) joins the advisory committee.

Prof. Christian Jacob (University of Calgary) joins the advisory committee.

Have kindly agreed to join the conference's advisory committee:

Conference announced on NKSwire today (text of announcement).

The main www.wolframscience.com also links to us now (see link below NKS on-line).

Text of conference announcement posted today on the NKS forum.

Prof. Mike Dunn, Dean of Indiana University's School of Informatics has kindly agreed to deliver the welcoming address to the conference participants during the Opening Reception Friday evening in State Room East.

Have kindly agreed to participate on the conference's advisory committee:

We're trying to confirm the following keynote speakers:

It is determined that a regional NKS conference is a good idea.

Catherine Boucher (by telephone), Todd Rowland (by e-mail), Prof. Andy Hanson (Chairman of the Computer Science Dept.), Prof. Dirk van Gucht (during an early morning breakfast at the Runcible Spoon), Prof. Paul W. Purdom, Anthony Martin and Mary C. Morgan (from the IU Conferences Office) help crystalize this idea a bit further.

A Seminar on the Properties of Positional Number Systems with Negative Digits starts.
Prof. Paul W. Purdom acts as a moderator in this seminar.