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SECOND CALL FOR PAPERS: (01)
SHAPES 2.0 - THE SHAPE OF THINGS
at the 4th World Congress and School on Universal Logic (UNI-LOG 2013)
March 29 - April 7, 2013 - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (02)
http://cindy.informatik.uni-bremen.de/cosy/events/shapes2/
IAOA supported event (www.iaoa.org) (03)
Program: Keynotes, Research Presentations, Demos (04)
Submissions due: November 26, 2012
Workshop date: 2 days between April 3-7, 2013 (05)
- INVITED KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
Antony Galton (University of Exeter, United Kingdom)
Barbara Tversky (Stanford University, and Columbia Teachers College, United
States)
Roberto Casati (Institut Nicod, France)
Roberto M. Cesar Jr (University of Sao Paulo, Brazil)
Simon Colton (Imperial College London, United Kingdom) (06)
- ORGANISING COMMITTEE:
Oliver Kutz (University of Bremen, Germany)
Mehul Bhatt (University of Bremen, Germany)
Paulo Santos (Centro Universitario da FEI, Sao Paulo, Brazil)
Stefano Borgo (LOA, ISTC-CNR, Trento; KRDB Free University of Bolzano, Italy) (07)
Sponsorships.
- CAPES - Brazilian Federal Agency
- IAOA - International Association for Ontology and its Application
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SHAPE, FORM, and STRUCTURE are some of the most elusive notions within many
different disciplines ranging from the natural sciences through engineering to
art. Several approaches have been proposed to study notions of shape, form and
structure from different viewpoints, yet a comprehensive formal treatment of
these notions is currently lacking and an interdisciplinary perspective has not
yet been put forward. (09)
This workshop serves as an interdisciplinary platform for the discussion of all
topics connected to shape (broadly understood): perspectives from
psycho-linguistics, ontology, logic, computer science, mathematics, aesthetics,
cognitive science and beyond are welcome to contribute and participate. (010)
We seek to provide a forum to stimulate and facilitate an active exchange on
interdisciplinary ideas, methods, and applications in the area of modelling
shape, form, pattern and function. The format of the workshop will combine
invited speakers, peer-reviewed full contributions, as well as short position
papers and demos, and will allow ample time for open discussions amongst the
participants. (011)
TOPICS INCLUDE: (012)
LINGUISTICS / PHILOSOPHY
shape and form in natural language
differences between shape, form, structure, and pattern
shape in natural and artificial objects (013)
COGNITION
shape perception and mental representation
gestalt vs. structuralist understanding of shape cognition
perception and shape (e.g. identifying objects from incomplete visual
information)
affordances, dispositions, and shape (014)
LOGICS, SPATIAL REPRESENTATIONS
formal characterisations of shape and form
logics for shape: e.g. fuzzy, modal, intensional, etc.
logics for topology, symmetry, shape similarity etc. (015)
design semantics, spatial semantics
shape and 3D space
shape and space in creative assistance systems (016)
ONTOLOGY
ontologies and classifications of shapes
ontological relations among shape, objects and functions
patterns as shapes of processes
forms and patterns in ontology (017)
APPLICATIONS
biology & chemistry: molecular shapes, shape in anatomy and phenotype
definitions, shape in medical image analysis and annotation
visual art and aesthetics; shape in Film and Photography; shape in
computational creativity
naive physics and geography: e.g. qualitative classifications of shapes of
geographic objects
design & architecture: shape grammars; CAD, symmetry and beauty in
architectural design
engineering: formal shape analysis in engineering processes (018)
KEY DATES: (019)
Paper, Abstract, and Demo submissions: November 26
Notification of paper acceptance: December 21
Camera-ready copies: January 25
Online papers/proceedings: February 28
Workshop date: between April 3-7, 2013 (020)
SUBMISSION POSSIBILITIES AND GUIDELINES: (021)
http://cindy.informatik.uni-bremen.de/cosy/events/shapes2/submissions/ (022)
ONLINE SUBMISSIONS VIA: (023)
http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=shapes20 (024)
SPECIAL STUDENT SESSION AND SCHOLARSHIPS: (025)
In addition to full paper contributions, extended abstracts or work-in-progress
short papers are invited. Such papers may be allotted a regular or a short
presentation slot. Please refer to the online submission guidelines. We
especially encourage young students or doctoral researchers to make use of the
short submission format. However, the short paper format is open to all
researchers. (026)
Limited number of student scholarships will be competitively made available to
assist students to participate in the workshop. (027)
DEMOS: (028)
We also invite proposals to present a system demonstration. Proposals should
address the relevance of the demo to the topics of the workshop. Demos are not
restricted to scientific projects; interdisciplinary collaborations involving
partnerships, e.g., between artists, designers, researchers, are welcome to
apply too. (029)
PROGRAM COMMITTEE: (030)
Colin Batchelor (RSC, Cambridge, United Kingdom)
John Bateman (University of Bremen, Germany)
Thomas Bittner (SUNY, Buffalo, United States)
Walter Carnielli (State Uni. of Campinas, Brazil)
Hannah Dee (Aberystwyth University, United Kingdom)
Christian Freksa (University of Bremen, Germany)
George Gkoutos (University of Cambridge, United Kingdom)
Michael Gruninger (University of Toronto, Canada)
Giancarlo Guizzardi (Federal University of Espírito Santo, Brazil)
Janna Hastings (University of Geneva, Switzerland)
Shyamanta Hazarika (Tezpur University, India)
Roberto Hirata Jr. (University of Sao Paulo, Brazil)
Ingvar Johansson (Umea University, Sweden)
Joao Kogler (University of Sao Paulo, Brazil)
Kai-Uwe Kuehnberger (University of Osnabrueck, Germany)
Frieder Nake (University of Bremen, Germany)
Susanna Siegel (Harvard University, United States)
Achille Varzi (Columbia University, United States)
Pieter Vermass (Delft University of Technology, Netherlands) (031)
For more information, the workshop website can be accessed at: (032)
http://cindy.informatik.uni-bremen.de/cosy/events/shapes2/ (033)
Organisers can be contacted by email at: shapes.workshop@xxxxxxxxx
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