************************************************* Second call for papers: SHAPES 1.0 workshop, at CONTEXT 2011, Karlsruhe, Germany. http://www.sfbtr8.spatial-cognition.de/cosy/Events/shapes/ IAOA supported event (www.iaoa.org) Abstracts due: August 15 Full papers due: August 30 Workshop date: September 26/27 ************************************************* Invited Speakers: Ingvar Johansson - Shape is a Non-Quantifiable Physical Dimension Frieder Nake - Open and Closed: Some Reflections from the Boundaries of Form Professor for computer graphics at the department for computer science at the University of Bremen and visiting professor for hypermedia design at the University of the Arts Bremen. ************************************************* 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 the notions of shape, form and structure from different viewpoints, yet a comprehensive formal treatment of these notions is currently lacking and no real interdisciplinary perspective has been put forward. This workshop will serve as 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. We seek to provide a forum to stimulate and facilitate an active exchange on interdisciplinary applications, ideas, approaches, and methods 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 posters, and will allow ample time for open discussions amongst the participants. Topics include, but are not limited to: 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 complementarity between objects and holes, 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: Intention to submit (title, abstract, keywords): July 15 Full paper submissions: July 22 Notification of paper acceptance: August 19 Poster submissions: August 23 Poster notifications: August 26 All camera-ready copies: September 2 Online papers/proceedings: September 18 Workshop date: September 26 or 27 Page length: 6-10 pages Format: PDF, formatted according to the Context 2011 / Direct LNAI Templates. Online submissions via https://www.easychair.org/account/signin.cgi?conf=shapes10 Organising Committee: Oliver Kutz (University of Bremen, Germany) Mehul Bhatt (University of Bremen, Germany) Janna Hastings (EBI, Cambridge, UK; University of Geneva, Switzerland) Stefano Borgo (LOA, ISTC-CNR, Trento; KRDB Free University of Bolzano, Italy) Programme Committee: Colin Batchelor (RSC, Cambridge, UK) John Bateman (University of Bremen, Germany) Brandon Bennett (University of Leeds, UK) Thomas Bittner (University of Buffalo, USA) Simon Colton (Imperial College London, UK) Bianca Falcidieno (CNR IMATI-GE, Genova, Italy) Francesca Franco (Birkbeck College London, UK) Christian Freksa (University of Bremen, Germany) Antony Galton (University of Exeter, UK) George Gkoutos (University of Cambridge, UK) Michael Gruninger (University of Toronto, Canada) Riichiro Mizoguchi (Osaka University, Japan) Ian Pratt-Hartmann (University of Manchester, UK) George Stiny (MIT, USA) Achille Varzi (Columbia University, New York, USA) For more information, the workshop website can be accessed at: http://www.sfbtr8.spatial-cognition.de/cosy/Events/shapes/ and the organisers can be contacted by email at: shapes.workshop@gmail.com. Kind regards, Janna, Oliver, Stefano, Mehul