[iaoa-general] Final CfP: SHAPES 3.0, Cyprus, November 2-6, CONTEXT conference

[Frank Loebe]

[distributed on request of Stefano Borgo]

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FINAL CALL FOR PAPERS:

SHAPES 3.0 - THE SHAPE OF THINGS
at the Ninth International and Interdisciplinary Conference on Modeling
and Using Context
Larnaca, Cyprus, 2-6 November 2015

http://www.shapes-research.org/
IAOA supported event (www.iaoa.org)

Submissions due: September 15, 2015
Workshop date:  November 2, 2015

KEYNOTES:

- John Bateman (Bremen): The Shape of Creativity
- Emilios Cambouropoulos (Thessaloniki): The Shape Of Music - The Music
Of Shape

ORGANISING COMMITTEE:
      Oliver Kutz (KRDB, Free University of Bolzano, Italy)
      Stefano Borgo (LOA, ISTC-CNR, Trento, Italy)
      Mehul Bhatt (University of Bremen, Germany)


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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, form and structure in music;
      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:  September 15
Notification of paper acceptance:   October 10
Camera-ready copies:   October 20
Online papers/proceedings:   November 1
Workshop date:  November 2, 2015


SUBMISSION POSSIBILITIES AND GUIDELINES:

http://www.shapes-research.org/


ONLINE SUBMISSIONS VIA:

https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=shapes30


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.

A limited number of student scholarships will be competitively made
available to assist students to participate in the workshop. Awarded
scholarships include a 1-year IAOA membership.


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:
Frieder Nake (Bremen)
Ingvar Johansson (Umeå)
Tarek Besold (Osnabrück)
Pieter Vermaas (Delft)
Michael Gruninger (Toronto)
Paulo E. Santos (Sao Paulo)
Tillman Weyde (London)
Giancarlo Guizzardi (Espírito Santo)
Maria Rosaria Stufano Melone (Bari)
Emilios Cambouropoulos (Thessaloniki)
Nicola Guarino (Trento)
Antony Galton (Exeter)

For more information, the workshop website can be accessed at:

http://www.shapes-research.org/


Organisers can be contacted by email at: shapes.workshop at gmail.com
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