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Nachrichten, Termine, Experten
Nachrichten, Termine, Experten
COSIGN 2002 is intended for anyone with an interest in areas of overlap (or potential overlap) between semiotics and computers. This would include, but is not limited to, the following: computer scientists; HCI and AI practitioners; creators of expert systems; digital artists; designers; critics; semioticians; narratologists; etc.
Semiotics is the study of signs, symbols and signification, and is therefore the study of how meaning is created, encoded and understood. Computational semiotics is understood here to be the application of semiotic theories to computer systems and interactive digital media. Three possible aspects of this are:
* The way in which meaning can be created by, encoded in, or understood by, the computer (using systems or techniques based upon semiotics).
* The way in which meaning in interactive digital media is understood by the viewer or user (again using systems or techniques based upon semiotics).
* The way in which semiotics can be used as the starting point for a system for looking critically at the content of interactive digital media.
Media that make use of the unique capabilities of digital systems are of particular interest to this conference. These include: hypermedia; content analysis systems (particularly those that extract higher-level meaning); the semantic web (and similar systems); multimedia and the internet; digital art, net art and other technology-based or technology-oriented art forms, computer games, interactive narratives and other forms of interactive entertainment; virtual reality systems and virtual environments.
ORGANISING COMMITTEE
Elisabeth Andre - University of Augsburg (Germany)
Andy Clarke - Kinonet (UK)
Clive Fencott - University of Teeside (UK)
Craig Lindley - Interactive Institute (Sweden)
Grethe Mitchell - University of East London and Kinonet (UK)
Frank Nack - CWI (Netherlands)
PROGRAMME COMMITTEE (preliminary)
Elisabeth Andre - University of Augsburg (Germany)
Wilton Azavedo - Mackenzie Presbyterian University, S"o Paulo, (Brazil)
Paul Brna - Leeds University (UK)
Kevin Brooks - Motorola Human Interface Labs (USA)
Andrew Clarke - Kinonet (UK)
Clive Fencott - University of Teeside (UK)
Mathias Fuchs - Sibelius Academy, Helsinki (Finland)
Werner Kriechbaum - IBM (Germany)
James Lester - North Carolina University (USA)
Craig Lindley - Interactive Institute (Sweden)
Grethe Mitchell - University of East London and Kinonet (UK)
Frank Nack - CWI (Netherlands)
Mirko Petric - University of Split (Croatia)
Paolo Petta - OFAI (Austria)
Doug Rosenberg - University of Wisconsin-Madison (USA)
Ola Stockfelt - University of Goteborg/University of Skovde (Sweden)
Robert Wechsler - Palindrome Inter-media Performance Group (Germany)
ARTWORK COMMITTEE (preliminary)
Andrew Clarke - Kinonet (UK)
Silvia Eckermann - Digital artist (Austria)
Fatima Lasay - University of the Philippines (Philippines)
Luca Marchetti - Mediaart Journalist (Italy)
Grethe Mitchell - University of East London and Kinonet (UK)
Timothy Portlock - University of Illinois (USA)
David Rokeby - Digital Artist (Canada)
Doug Rosenberg - University of Wisconsin-Madison (USA)
Information on participating / attending:
Information about the conference are available at the following web address: http://www.kinonet.com/conferences/cosign2002/
The programme and online proceedings for COSIGN 2001 are available at the following web address: http://www.kinonet.com/conferences/cosign2001/program.html
COSIGN 2002 invites submissions in the following categories:
1. Academic Papers
2. Artworks
3. Posters
4. Technical Demonstrations
Details of the submission procedures are available at http://www.kinonet.com/conferences/cosign2002/cfp.html. Authors of accepted papers will be required to prepare an electronic version for the online conference proceedings (PDF), which will supplement the traditional printed volume.
IMPORTANT DATES AND DEADLINES
1) Academic Papers and Artworks
Submission date: 27th March 2002
Acceptance will be notified on or around 6th May 2002
Camera-ready copy by 10th June 2002
2) Posters and Technical Demonstrations
Submission date: 22nd April 2002
Acceptance will be notified on or around 21st May 2002
Camera-ready copy by 10th June 2002
Date:
09/02/2002 10:00 - 09/04/2002
Event venue:
Universität Augsburg
Universitätsstraße 2
86159 Augsburg
Bayern
Germany
Target group:
Scientists and scholars
Email address:
Relevance:
international
Subject areas:
Art / design, Information technology, Media and communication sciences, Music / theatre
Types of events:
Entry:
01/27/2002
Sender/author:
Klaus P. Prem
Department:
Stabsstelle Kommunikation und Marketing
Event is free:
unknown
Language of the text:
German
URL of this event: http://idw-online.de/en/event5226
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