Professor Thomas Marlowe has been a member of the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science at Seton Hall University for almost 40 years, and has taught a wide variety of courses in both disciplines. Until he went on phased retirement in 2017, he was coordinator and advisor for the Computer Science program. Professor Marlowe enjoys working with students and with professional colleagues—almost all his research is collaborative. His professional interests include in mathematics, abstract algebra and discrete mathematics; in computer science, programming languages, real-time systems, and software engineering, and pedagogy; and in information science, collaboration and knowledge management. The connection between graphs and algebraic structures is a recurrent theme.

Professor Marlowe has Ph.D. in Computer Science, from Rutgers, The State University, and a Ph.D. in Mathematics, also from Rutgers. Professor Marlowe has many publications and academic distinctions, with over 100 publications in refereed conferences and journals in mathematics, computer science and information science. Some of the more recent and more significant include:

• J. Marlowe, J.R. Laracy, “Logic as a Key to Integrating the Curriculum for STEM Majors”, Journal on Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics: JSCI Volume 15 - Number 4 - Year 2017, pp. 63-71, ISSN: 1690-4524 (Online)
• Kirova, T.J. Marlowe, C.S. Ku, “Monitoring and Reducing Application Fragility through Traceability and Effective Regression Testing”, Genie Logiciel, No 115, 2-9, December 2015.
• Rountev, S. Kagan, T. J. Marlowe, “Interprocedural Dataflow Analysis in the Presence of Large Libraries”, Proceedings of CC 2006, 216, Lecture Notes in Computer Science 3923, 2006.
• P. Masticola, T. J. Marlowe, B. G. Ryder, "Multisource Data Flow Problems'', ACM Transactions on Programming Languages and Systems, 17 (5), 777 -803, September 1995.
• D. Stoyenko, T. J. Marlowe, "Polynomial-Time Program Transformations and Schedulability Analysis of Parallel Real-time Programs with Restricted Resource Contention'', Journal of Real-Time Systems, 4 (4), 1992.
• J. Marlowe, B. G. Ryder, "Properties of data flow frameworks: A unified model'', Acta Informatica, 28 (2), 121 -164, 1991.

Dr. Andres Tremante is the new director of the Center for Diversity and Student Success in the College of Engineering and Computing (CD-SSEC). In this position, Dr. Tremante is responsible for all aspects of the College's K-12 programs and pre-college STEM activities, working closely with the college advisors and associate deans to improve student success, graduation & retention rates and in advancing the mission of the college. He will also support the Industry-University Cooperative Programs and the ERC's Diversity and Inclusion areas for PATHS-UP and CELL-MET. He is also the deputy director of the CELL-MET Culture of Inclusion Thrust Area.

Dr. Tremante received his bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from Universidad Simon Bolivar and his doctoral degree from Arts et Métiers Paris Tech. He joined FIU in 2008 after 25 years of experience in Europe and Latin America, mostly in academia and the oil industry. He brings forward a long record of teaching, scholarly research, academic service and strong credentials for leadership as the director of CD-SSEC.

Professor Nagib Callaos is the Founding President of the a 32 years old Multi-Disciplinary Organization oriented to 1) solve real life problems which mostly require multi-disciplinary teams and 2) to synergistically relate all disciplinary and inter-disciplinary departments of the University Simon Bolivar with the public and the private sectors as well as with business and the Venezuelan society at large. He is also the Founding President of the IIIS and the Founding Editor in Chief of the Journal of Systemics, Cybernetics, and Informatics (JSCI). He is former Dean of Research and Development of the University Simon Bolivar.

Professor Callaos was also the founding president of several organizations on research, development, and technological innovation, e.g. The Foundation of Research and Development of the University Simon Bolivar, the founding president of the Venezuelan Fund for Technological Innovations (created by presidential decree), which required the evaluation of projects from any discipline as well as technological innovations that required multi-disciplinary teams, The Venezuelan Association of Executives in Patents and Copyrights. As a professional, Dr. Callaos was for many years consultant in Information Systems in the largest corporations in Venezuela including its Central Bank. In this context he is the Founding president of a consulting 32 years old consulting firm in information systems and software engineering.  His main research, academic, and professional activities, along almost 50 years were in the area of Systemic Methodologies of Information System Development, Group Decision Support Systems, and Action-Research mainly via Operations Research. He tutored more than 100 undergraduate and graduate theses and produced more than 100 research papers and reflection articles. He has also edited, or co-edited many books, mostly conferences proceedings.

The purpose of this Conversational panel is to describe the incremental Action-Design e Incremental Implementation of Inter-National Networks and a Meta-Network for Inter-Disciplinary Communication (NmNIC), for Collaborative Learning, and Meta-Education Support. A more detailed draft will be delivered to this conversational panel in order to keep collecting data and information with regards to its Action-Design e incremental Implementation.

A first approximation to what would be as follows. We encourage the attendees and/or panelist to apply their critical thinking oriented to improve this initial idea or to comment on its potential unfeasibility.

Because of the incremental approach recommended, via Action-Design and Action-Learning, the initial step in the implemetation of (NmNIC), will be through a highly flexible, versatile and diversified organization, which might be substituted or complemented with international multidisciplinary societies and/or associations with less flexibility/diversity and with more specific purposes and means to achieve them.

Initially, (NmNIC) will be constituted by founding individual members who might later recommend:

• organizational/institutional members,
• local members (department, divisions, etc. of larger organizations)
• national members: national associations or societies
• regional members: geographical regions which might include cities in larger countries.

The recommended architecture for (NmNIC), is a federated network of networks where each node may be associated to both: individuals or groups. It is estimated that the initial nodes will be basically associated with individuals and later group/organizational/institutional nodes would be gradually included. Each individual may work toward the creation of a network, hence the name od Meta-Network or Network of Networks. (NoNIC).

The International Institute of Informatics and Systemics (IIIS) could provide the organizational support for the implementation and consolidation of NoNIC through the following means:

• Hosting NoNIC’s meetings in the context of conferences organized by the IIIS
• Including NoNIC’s publications in the context of the proceedings produced by IIIS and/or the Journal of Informatics and Systemics (JSCI)
• Including information about NoNIC’s activities in the IIIS web page and in its conferences web pages.
• Including informational material regarding NoNIC’s plans and activities to be delivered at the registration desks of the conferences organized by IIIS
• Distributing informational content among the IIIS’s members via emails.
• Using specific projects to be implemented by the IIIS in a synergic way with NoNIC. An example of these projects might be the one related to the Inter-National, Inter-Disciplinary, Integration Groups: IIIG. IIIGs might be an adequate bridge between the IIIS and NoNIC
• Identifying synergic relationships between both organizations: IIIS and NoNIC
• Other means on which both organizations might agree.

As we said above, a potential organizational bridge between the International Institute of Informatics and Systemics (IIIS) and the (NoNIC) might be the Inter-National, Interdisciplinary, and Integration Groups (IIIG).