We would like to thank all the authors and all the invited speakers for their participation!

The COPCOM 2011 volume can be obtained by mail at info@complexity2011.org.

We are looking forward to meeting you all again!

The Centre for the Study of Complexity from Babes-Bolyai University, the Romanian Institute for Science and Technology, and the Adaptive Systems Laboratory from the Technical University of Cluj-Napoca cordially invite scientists and researchers over the vast field of Complexity to exchange ideas within the first edition of the Coping with Complexity Conference (COPCOM) in Cluj Napoca, on October 19-20, 2011.

Target topics include but are not limited to:

• Philosophical and Computational aspects of Complexity
• Complexity in Natural Sciences
• Arts, Humanities and Complexity
• Metaheuristics ans Complexity
• Complex Networks
• Combinatorial Optimization and Computational Complexity
• Unconventional Computing
• Models of Social Dynamics
• Complexity in Sociology and Economics
• Physics and Society
• Disordered Systems
• Applications.