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From: Peter McBurney <[log in to unmask]> Reply to: [log in to unmask] > > PRELIMINARY CALL FOR PAPERS > > 2nd International Conference on > > VISUAL REPRESENTATIONS AND INTERPRETATIONS > > Liverpool, UK, September 9 - 12, 2002 > > Contributions are invited for a multi-disciplinary workshop on Visual > Representations and Interpretations. This will be a multi-disciplinary > meeting exploring all aspects of visual images, their interpretation, > representation and modeling, and their relationships to other forms of > human knowledge and activities. > > SCOPE AND AIMS OF THE WORKSHOP > The value of multi-disciplinary research, the exchanging of ideas and > methods across traditional discipline boundaries, is well recognised. > It could be argued that many of the advances in science and engineering > take place because the ideas, methods and the tools of thought from one > discipline become re-applied in others. > > The topic of "the visual" has become increasingly important as advances > in technology have led to multi-media and multi-modal representations, > and extended the range and scope of visual representation and > interpretation in our lives. Under this broad heading there are many > different perspectives and approaches, from across the entire spectrum > of human knowledge and activity. The development of advanced graphics > for computer games and film animations, for example, has drawn on and > led developments in computational geometry. Even outside the > technological sphere, recent controversies over artworks which some have > considered to be blasphemous show the power of the visual to manifest > wildly different interpretations, and to become a topic of everyday > conversation and a focus of political activity. > > One goal of this workshop on Visual Representations and Interpretations > is to break down cross-disciplinary barriers, by bringing together > people working in a wide variety of disciplines where visual > representations and interpretations are exploited. > > The first Workshop on Visual Representations and Interpretations was > held in Liverpool in 1998. Contributions to the workshop came from > researchers actively investigating visual representations and > interpretations in a wide variety of areas including: art, architecture, > biology, chemistry, clinical medicine, cognitive science, computer > science, education, engineering, graphic design, linguistics, > mathematics, philosophy, physics, psychology and social science. > > VRI2002 aims to build on this good beginning, and to provide a forum for > wide-ranging and multi-disciplinary discussion on visual representations > and interpretations. Contributions on any aspect of visual > representations and interpretations are welcomed, including, though of > course not limited to: > > - visual representation languages > - film and photographic interpretation > - art as argument > - diagrams and sketches > - the philosophy, sociology and politics of art and images > - formalization and representation of images > - visual human-machine interaction > - connections between visual and other human senses > - computational geometry > - diagrammatic reasoning > - the modeling of patterns and form > - blueprints and scale models > - visual metaphors and knowledge discovery > > SUBMISSIONS > Contributions in the form of original research papers are invited. > Papers should be a maximum of 12 pages in length. There will be the > opportunity to edit accepted papers after the Workshop for inclusion in > the final published proceedings. > > Paper submissions should be sent to: > > Grant Malcolm (Conference Chair) > Department of Computer Science > University of Liverpool > Chadwick Building > Peach Street > Liverpool L69 7ZF > UK > > Papers can also be submitted by email, PROVIDED THEY ARE IN PDF OR > POSTSCRIPT FORMAT,in which case they can be sent to: > > [log in to unmask] > > IMPORTANT DATES > > Submission of contributions: 1 April 2002 > Notification of Acceptance: 15 May 2002 > Submission deadline for pre-proceedings: 20 July 2002 > > VRI-2002 Conference: 9-12 September > 2002 > > Submission deadline for Elsevier volume: 30 September > 2002 > > The edited proceedings of the workshop will be published after the event > by Elsevier Science in a volume entitled "Multidisciplinary Studies of > Visual Representations and Interpretations" > > Submissions will be refereed by two or more members of the Program > Committee: > > PROGRAMME COMMITTEE > > Caroline Baillie (Liverpool, UK) > Michael Biggs (Hertfordshire, UK) > Ernst Binz (Mannheim, Germany) > Nicola Dioguardi (Milan, Italy) > Andrée Ehresmann (Amiens, France) > Paul Fishwick (Gainesville, USA) > Jean-Louis Giavitto (Evry, France) > Peter Giblin (Liverpool, UK) > Joseph Goguen (San Diego, USA) > David Goodsell (La Jolla, USA) > Leo Groarke (Waterloo, Canada) > Rom Harré (Oxford, UK, and Washington, USA) > Robin Hendry (Durham, UK) > Mike Holcombe (Sheffield, UK) > John Lee (Edinburgh, UK) > Charles Lund (Newcastle, UK) > Michael Leyton (New York, USA) > Peter McBurney (Liverpool, UK) > Grant Malcolm (Liverpool, UK) > Mary Meyer (Los Alamos, USA) > Arthur Miller (London, UK) > Irene Neilson (Liverpool, UK) > Ray Paton (Liverpool, UK) > Walter Schempp (Seigen, Germany) > > Travel and accommodation details will be posted in due course on the > conference web-page: > > http://www.csc.liv.ac.uk/~vri2/ > > Questions and inquiries should be directed to: > > Ray Paton > Department of Computer Science > University of Liverpool > Email: [log in to unmask] > **************************************************************** Peter McBurney Agent Applications, Research and Technology (Agent ART) Group Department of Computer Science University of Liverpool Liverpool L69 7ZF U.K. Tel: + 44 151 794 6768 Email: [log in to unmask] Web page: www.csc.liv.ac.uk/~peter/ ****************************************************************