ATLAS ATLAS - 2016 2018 HONORING Dr. Raymond T. Yeh & Dr. Ioan-Aurel Pop WELCOME TO ATLAS 15th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION 2018 ATLAS Transdisciplinary-Transnational-Transcultural (T3) International Conference will be held at the Babeș-Bolyai ATLAS 2018 University of Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Babeș-Bolyai University is classifed as an advanced research and education univer- INTERNATIONAL sity in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. It is the only university in Ro- mania which offers a PhD degree in transdisciplinarity. With COMMITTEE more than 41,000 students, it is the largest university in the country. The Babeș-Bolyai University offers study programs Prof. Dr. Basarab Nicolescu (France), member of the in Romanian, Hungarian, German, English, and French. The Romanian Academy, Chair university was named after two prominent scientists from Prof. Dr. Atila Ertas (USA), Vice-chair Transylvania, the Romanian bacteriologist Victor Babeș and Prof. Dr. Gustavo Avilés (Mexico) the Hungarian mathematician János Bolyai. Prof. Dr. Søren Brier (Danemark) 3 FOCUS OF THE CONFERENCE Prof. Dr. Fr. Ioan Chirila (Romania) 2018 ATLAS Transdisciplinary-Transnational-Transcultural (T3) Prof. Dr. Fr. Doru Costache (Australia) International Conference program will consist of invited and selected papers emphasizing transdisciplinary, transnational Prof. Dr. Ubiratan d'Ambrosio, member of the Acad- and transcultural global problems. The general theme of this emy of Sciences of São Paulo (Brazil) conference is ‘’Being Transdisciplinary”. Plenary sessions Prof. Dr. Paul Gibbs (United Kingdom) and keynote panels will be presented by prominent speakers. Prof. Dr. Esin O. Işik (Turkey) T Round table discussions on specifc TD topics will also be organized. Dr. Clara Janés, member of the Royal Spanish Acad- emy (Spain) Co-Organizers • Babeș-Bolyai University of Cluj-Napoca, Romania Dr. Sacha Kagan (Germany) • The Academy of Transdisciplinary Learning & Advanced Prof. Dr. Daniel Neira (Chili) INTERNATIONAL Studies (ATLAS) Prof. Dr. Derrick Tate (China) • Mechanical Engineering Department, Texas Tech University Prof. Dr. Peter J. Whitehouse (Canada) CONFERENCE • International Center for Transdisciplinary Research & Studies (CIRET), France h 3 2018 ATLAS T International Partners • Cluj-Napoca City Hall Conference • Permanent Delegation of Romania at UNESCO • National Commission of Romania for UNESCO (CNR- ATLAS 2018 BABEȘ-BOLYAI UNIVERSITY, UNESCO) CLUJ-NAPOCA, ROMANIA • Romanian Academy LOCAL COMMITTEE • Romanian Cultural Institute (ICR) June 3-6, 2018 • Faculty of European Studies (FSE) Prof. Dr. Vistrian Maties (Technical University of Cluj- • Foundation for the Study of Nanoneurosciences and Neuroregeneration (FSNN) Napoca and CIRET, Paris) – Chair • RoNeuro Institute Dr. Liciniu Kovacs (Transylvania Business School, • Institute of European Research, Cluj-Napoca, Romania University Babeş-Bolyai, Cluj-Napoca) • Technical University of Cluj-Napoca (TUCN), Romania Dr. Magda Stavinschi (Institute for Transdisciplinary Conference Theme • The Institute for Transdisciplinary Studies in Science, Spirituality, Society (IT4S), Bucharest, Romania Studies in Science, Spirituality, Society (IT4S), Bucha- rest and CIRET, Paris) Being FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Catalin Varga (Faculty of Orthodox Theology, Dr. Atila Ertas University Babeş-Bolyai, Cluj-Napoca) Texas Tech University, Mechanical Engineering Department Transdisciplinary Lubbock, Texas 79409-1021 Dr. Stelian Pasca Tușa (Faculty of Orthodox Theology, Phone: (806) 834-5788; email: ([email protected]) University Babeş-Bolyai, Cluj-Napoca) Diffusion and Religious Reformation in Sixteenth-Century Transylvania. How the Jesuits Dealt with the Orthodox and 2018 ATLAS CONFERENCE Catholic Ideas, The Edwin Mellen Press, 2014, „De manibus Prof. Dr. Ioan-Aurel Pop Vallacorum scismaticorum…” Romanians and Power in the HONORING President of the Mediaeval Kingdom of Hungary (The Thirteenth and Four- DR. RAYMOND T. YEH and Romanian Academy and teenth Centuries), Editura Peter Lang, 2013, as well as the President of the University volume Biserică, societate și cultură în Transilvania secolului DR. IOAN-AUREL POP Babeş-Bolyai al XVI-lea. Între acceptare și excludere, Editura Academiei Române, 2012. 9 Ioan-Aurel POP, historian and professor at the Faculty of History and Philosophy of Babeș-Bolyai University in Cluj- MONDAY June 4, 2018 Napoca, Department of Medieval and Early Modern History, Art History, and he is member of the Romanian Academy (in 2001, he was elected correspondent member, and he be- came full member in 2010). He was elected President of the CONFERENCE Prof. Dr. Raymond T. Yeh Romanian Academy in April 2018. REGISTRATION TheATLAS After high school studies at ”Andrei Șaguna” National Col- 8:00 - 9:00, Monday, June 4 Honorary Board Member lege in Brașov (as head of the class, 1974) and university studies at the Faculty of History and Philosophy of Cluj-Na- Raymond Yeh taught at several universities for more than poca, in history (as head of the class, 1979), he became a 20 years and helped two Computer Science departments to secondary school teacher, then assistant lecturer, associate top ten national rankings as chairman of department. He was professor and professor at the same department at the Uni- CONFERENCE also the CDC distinguished chair Professor at the University versity of Cluj-Napoca. In 1989, he obtained his Ph.D. with OPENING SESSION of Minnesota. He holds honorary professorship at fve univer- a thesis dedicated to the history of Romanian institutions in sities. Dr. Yeh is the founding editor-in-chief of IEEE Transac- Transylvania during the XIV-XVI centuries, for which he won, tions on Software Engineering and was on the editorial board after publication, the ”George Bariţiu” award of the Romanian 9:00 - 10:00, Monday, June 4 of various journals. He also founded the Technical Commit- Academy (1991). tee on Software Engineering and International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE) within the IEEE Computer Ioan-Aurel Pop has been granted many national and interna- tional awards, the title Doctor Honoris Causa of the univer- Society. Prof. Dr. Ioan-Aurel Pop, President of the Romanian sities in Alba Iulia, Timișoara, Oradea, Cahul, Galați, Sibiu, Academy and President of the University Babeş-Bolyai Dr. Yeh co-founded two successful software companies and Târgu Mureș, State University of Chișinău,”Ion Creangă” two professional societies. He has been a consultant to many Pedagogical University of Chișinău. He has been elected, in HE Emil Boc, Mayor of the town of Cluj-Napoca nations including United Nations, United States, China, Ja- March 2012 (reelected in 2016), rector of Babeș-Bolyai Uni- pan, Singapore, Sweden, Taiwan, and works with execu- versity of Cluj-Napoca and in March 2013 member of the Eu- HS Andrei, Metropolitan of Cluj, Maramureș and Sălaj tives of many leading edge global companies as well as with ropean Academy of Sciences and Arts in Salzburg (Austria). HE Adrian Cioroianu, Ambassador of Romania at founders of start-up companies. He has published 10 techni- Since 1999, he is correspondent member of the European UNESCO cal books and coauthored two business books. Dr. Yeh is an Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters in Paris (France), IEEE Centennial Medal laureate, and a recipient of the Pio- and, since 2015, member of Virgilian National Academy of Prof. Dr. Nicolae Păun, Dean of the Faculty of Euro- neer in Information Technology Award from the government Mantova (Italy), but he is also member of various historical or- pean Affairs of Taiwan, among others. He is a fellow of Institute of Electri- ganizations with national and international prestige. Ioan-Au- Prof. Dr. Atila Ertas, President of ATLAS cal and Electronic Engineers (IEEE), the Society for Design rel Pop served as director of the Romanian Cultural Institute and Process Science (SDPS), and a senior research fellow in New York (USA) and of the Romanian Institute for Culture Prof. Dr. Basarab Nicolescu, Chair of the Conference at IC2 Institute at the University of Texas at Austin. Dr. Yeh and Humanistic Research in Venice (Italy). Moreover, since had been a long term volunteer at the City of Ten Thousand 1993, he is director of the Centre for Transylvanian Studies Buddhas, a Buddhist monastery located in northern Califor- COFFEE BREAKS of the Romanian Academy. Ioan-Aurel POP is also author nia since 2003. and co-author of over ffty (50) books, treatises and manuals, Monday, 10:50 - 11:15 and over three hundred (300) studies and articles. Among his and most recent publications we mention Istoria, adevărul și mi- Monday, 16:40 - 17:00 turile, second edition, Editura Enciclopedică, 2014; Cultural Dr. Atila Ertas, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, re- INVITED SPEAKER - 1 ceived his masters and Ph.D. from Texas A&M University. He CONFERENCE is a Senior Research Fellow of the IC2 Institute at the Univer- OPENING ADDRESS Dr. Paul Gibbs sity of Texas Austin, a Fellow of American Society of Mechani- cal Engineers, a Fellow of Society of Design and Process Sci- Dr. Basarab Nicolescu 10:25 - 10:50, Monday, June 4 ence, and a Fellow and honorary member of The Academy of Transdisciplinary Learning & Advanced Studies (ATLAS). Dr. 10:00 - 10:25, Monday, June 4 Ertas has earned both national and international reputation in engineering design. Dr. Ertas is the author of a number of research & text books, and technical papers that cover many engineering technical felds. Dr. Ertas’ contributions to teach- Prof. Dr. Basarab Nicolescu ing and research