29 Mar - 7 Apr 2013
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
********************************************************************** SECOND CALL FOR PAPERS: 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 http://cindy.informatik.uni-bremen.de/cosy/events/shapes2/ IAOA supported event (www.iaoa.org) Program: Keynotes, Research Presentations, Demos Submissions due: November 26, 2012 Workshop date: 2 days between April 3-7, 2013 - 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) - 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) Sponsorships. - CAPES - Brazilian Federal Agency - IAOA - International Association for Ontology and its Application ********************************************************************** 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. 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. 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. TOPICS INCLUDE: LINGUISTICS / PHILOSOPHY shape and form in natural language differences between shape, form, structure, and pattern shape in natural and artificial objects 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 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. design semantics, spatial semantics shape and 3D space shape and space in creative assistance systems ONTOLOGY ontologies and classifications of shapes ontological relations among shape, objects and functions patterns as shapes of processes forms and patterns in ontology 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 KEY DATES: 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 SUBMISSION POSSIBILITIES AND GUIDELINES: http://cindy.informatik.uni-bremen.de/cosy/events/shapes2/submissions/ ONLINE SUBMISSIONS VIA: http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=shapes20 SPECIAL STUDENT SESSION AND SCHOLARSHIPS: 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. Limited number of student scholarships will be competitively made available to assist students to participate in the workshop. DEMOS: 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. PROGRAM COMMITTEE: 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 Esprito 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) For more information, the workshop website can be accessed at: http://cindy.informatik.uni-bremen.de/cosy/events/shapes2/ Organisers can be contacted by email at: shapes.workshop@gmail.com *********************************************************************