Organic Computing - the goals

Once fully developed, Organic Computing will be a conceptual framework, indeed a branch of science, that will form the basis for understanding the organic structure of Life on its molecular, organismic, cognitive and societal levels, and for building an organically structured information technology.

A system is called organic if all of its components and subsystems are well coordinated in a purposeful manner. Organic structures realize themselves as hierarchically nested processes, structured such as to be able to meet upcoming challenges by goal-oriented reactions.

The concepts of Organic Computing will not rely on the algorithmic division of labor, but on processes of evolution, development, self-organization, adaptation, learning, teaching, and goal orientation.

None of the existing fields of science and technology have the full intellectual infrastructure, perspectives, motivation, methodology or experimental models to embrace the issue in its full extent, interdisciplinary collaboration is needed, existing relevant activities need to be encouraged and coordinated, and eventually a new Science of Organization needs to be established.