Cognitive infocommunications
Cognitive infocommunications (CogInfoCom) investigates the link between the research areas of infocommunications and the cognitive sciences, as well as the various engineering applications which have emerged as the synergic combination of these sciences. The primary goal of CogInfoCom is to provide a systematic view of how cognitive processes can co-evolve with infocommunications devices so that the capabilities of the human brain may not only be extended through these devices, irrespective of geographical distance, but may also interact with the capabilities of any artificially cognitive system. This merging and extension of cognitive capabilities is targeted towards engineering applications  in which artificial and/or natural cognitive systems are enabled to work together more effectively. Two important dimensions of cognitive infocommunications are the mode of communication and the type of communication. The mode of communication refers to the actors at the two endpoints of communication: The type of communication refers to the type of information that is conveyed between the two communicating entities, and the way in which this is done: Remarks. The first draft definition of CogInfoCom was given in "Cognitive Infocommunications: CogInfoCom". The definition was finalized based on the paper with the joint participation of the Startup Committee at  the 1st International Workshop on Cognitive Infocommunications, held in Tokyo, Japan in 2010. A recent overview and further information can be found in, and in the two special issues on CogInfoCom which have been published since then, and at the official website of CogInfoCom.