The SHAPES 1.0 CFP is out:
http://www.sfbtr8.spatial-cognition.de/cosy/Events/shapes/
The Shape of Things 
CONTEXT 2011, Karlsruhe, Germany,
Shape, Form, and Structure
Shape, Form, and Structure are some of the most elusive notions within diverse
disciplines ranging from humanities (literature, arts) to sciences (chemistry,
biology, physics etc.) and within these from the formal (like mathematics) to
the empirical disciplines (such as engineering and cognitive science). Even
within domains such as computer science and artificial intelligence, these
notions are replete with commonsense meanings (think of everyday perception and
communication), and formalisations of the semantics and reasoning about shape,
form, and structure are often adhoc. Whereas several approaches have been
proposed within the aforementioned disciplines to study the notions of shape,
form and structure from different viewpoints, a comprehensive formal treatment
of these notions is currently lacking and no real interdisciplinary perspective
has been put forward.
This workshop will provide an interdisciplinary platform for the discussion of
all topics connected to shape (broadly understood): perspectives from psycho-
linguistics, ontology, computer science, mathematics, aesthetics, cognitive
science and beyond are welcome to contribute and participate in the workshop.
We seek to facilitate a discussion between researchers from all disciplines
interested in representing shape and reasoning about it. This includes formal,
cognitive, linguistic, engineering and/or philosophical aspects of space, as
well as their application in the sciences and in the arts.
We also welcome contributions on the relationship among representations of
shape at different levels of detail (e.g. 2D, 3D) and in different logics, and
with respect to different qualitative and quantitative dimensions, such as
topology, distance, symmetry, orientation, etc.
SUBMISSION DATES AND PROCEDURE:
http://www.sfbtr8.spatial-cognition.de/cosy/Events/shapes/submissions/
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Francesca Franco
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