9-11 August 2010
Portland OR, U.S.A.
Diagrams 2010 Sixth International Conference on the Theory and Application of Diagrams http://www.diagrams-conference.org/2010/ diagrams2010@diagrams-conference.org 9-11 August 2010 Portland, Oregon, USA ================================================================= Diagrams is an international and interdisciplinary conference series, covering all aspects of research on the theory and application of diagrams. Recent advances in technology have enabled the use of diagrams, sketches and other visualizations to become an integral part of our lives. For effective communication with these novel and sophisticated visual representations, we need insight into how diagrams are used, how they are represented, which types are available and when it is appropriate to use them. These concerns have triggered a surge of interest in the study of diagrammatic notations for communication, cognition, creative thought, computation and problem-solving. The study of diagrammatic notations and their use must be pursued as an interdisciplinary endeavour. Diagrams is the only conference series that provides a united forum for all areas that are concerned with the study of diagrams: for example, architecture, artificial intelligence, cartography, cognitive science, computer science, education, graphic design, history of science, human-computer interaction, linguistics, logic, mathematics, philosophy, psychology, and software modelling. Diagrams 2010 is the sixth event in this conference series, which was launched in Edinburgh in 2000. Diagrams attracts a large number of researchers from virtually all related fields mentioned, placing the conference as a major international event in the area. Diagrams 2010 will be co-located with the 32nd Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society (Cogsci-2010). This co-location will provide a lively and stimulating environment, enabling researchers from related communities to exchange ideas and more widely disseminate research results. Diagrams 2010 will consist of sessions including presentations of refereed papers, posters, and also tutorial and workshop sessions. For the first time in history of Diagrams we will organize workshops and postgraduate student sessions. We invite submissions of: - long research papers (15 pages) - short research papers (7 pages) - posters (3 pages) - tutorial proposals (1 page; see the conference web page for full details) - workshop proposals (1 page; see the conference web page for full details) that focus on any aspect of diagrams research. Long papers should present original research results. Short papers and posters should present original research contributions, position or problem statements, summarise software to support the use of diagrams, or integrate results published elsewhere which are of interest to the Diagrams community. All submissions will be fully peer reviewed. The proceedings will be published by Springer in their Lecture Notes in Computer Science series, www.springer.com/lncs. Full details on the preparation of submissions can be found on the conference web site www.diagrams-conference.org/2010/ Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: - applications of diagrams - computational models of reasoning with, and interpretation of, diagrams - design of diagrammatic notations - diagram understanding by humans or machines - diagram aesthetics and layout - educational uses of diagrams - graphical communication - heterogeneous notations involving diagrams - history of diagrammatic notations - information visualization using diagrams - novel uses of diagrams - psychological issues pertaining to perception, comprehension or production of diagrams - reasoning with diagrams - software to support the use of diagrams - theoretical aspects of diagrams including, for example, classification and formalization - usability issues concerning diagrams. Important dates =============== Abstract submission: 8 January 2010 Paper, tutorial and workshop proposal submissions: 18 January 2010 Poster submission: 1 February 2010 Notification for workshops: 8 February 2010 Notification for papers and tutorials: 1 March 2010 Notification for posters: 8 March 2010 Camera ready copies due: 29 March 2010 Graduate symposium submissions: 5 April 2010 Notification for graduate symposium submissions: 19 April 2010 Diagrams 2010 conference: 9-11 August 2010 Organizers ========== Conference Chairs: Ashok Goel (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA) Mateja Jamnik (Cambridge University, UK) N. Hari Narayanan (Auburn University, USA) Workshop Chair: Unmesh Kurup (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA) Tutorial Chair: Stephanie Elzer (Millersville University, USA) Graduate Symposium Chair: Jim Davies (Carleton University, Canada) Program Committee ================= Gerard Allwein (Naval Research Laboratory, USA) Michael Anderson (University of Hartford, USA) Dave Barker-Plummer (Stanford University, USA) Alan Blackwell (Cambridge University, UK) Dorothea Blostein (Queen's University, Canada) Paolo Bottoni (University of Rome, Italy) Chandra B. Chandrasekaran (Ohio State University, USA) Peter Cheng (University of Sussex, UK) Phil Cox (Dalhousie University, Canada) Richard Cox (University of Sussex, UK) Frithjof Dau (University of Wollongong, Australia) Max J. Egenhofer (University of Maine, USA) Jacques Fleuriot (University of Edinburgh, UK) Jean Flower (Autodesk, UK) John Gero (George Mason University, USA) Mark D. Gross (Carnegie Mellon University, USA) Corin Gurr (University of Reading, UK) Mary Hegarty (University of California, Santa Barbara, USA) John Howse (University of Brighton, UK) Hans Kestler (University of Ulm, Germany) Zenon Kulpa (Institute of Fundamental Technological Research, Poland) John Lee (University of Edinburgh, UK) Richard Lowe (Curtin University of Technology, Australia) Kim Marriott (Monash University, Australia) Bernd Meyer (Monash University, Australia) Nathaniel Miller (University of Northern Colerado, USA) Mark Minas (Universitaet der Bundeswehr, Germany) Nancy Nersessian (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA) Jesse Norman (University College London, UK) Luis Pineda (Universidad Nacional Autunoma de Mexico, Mexico City) Helen Purchase (Glasgow University, UK) Peter Rodgers (University of Kent, UK) Frank Ruskey (University of Victoria, Canada) Atsushi Shimojima (Doshisha University, Japan) Sun-Joo Shin (Yale University, USA) Gem Stapleton (University of Brighton, UK) Nik Swoboda (Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, Spain) Susan Trickett (Naval Research Laboratory, USA) Barbara Tversky (Stanford University, USA) Contact Us ========== diagrams2010@diagrams-conference.org