Acknowledgments
The guest editor gratefully acknowledges the assistance and support provided by Professor Robert Trappl, Editor-in-Chief of Cybernetics and Systems: An International Journal, Isabella Ghobrial-Willmann from the CBS editorial office; and a number of anonymous referees who reviewed the manuscripts of the articles included in this special issue.
The guest editor would also like to acknowledge the Australian Academy of Science continuing support under its International Scientific Collaborations Program, which encourages and supports research collaboration and scientific information and knowledge transfer between Australia and Europe.