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Tenbrink,
Symposium: Spatial Reasoning and Communication
Message 1: Symposium: Spatial Reasoning and Communication
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Date: 28-Sep-2006
From: Thora Tenbrink <tenbrinkinformatik.uni-bremen.de>
Subject: Symposium: Spatial Reasoning and Communication
Full Title: Symposium: Spatial Reasoning and Communication
Date: 02-Apr-2007 - 05-Apr-2007
Location: Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
Contact Person: Reinhard Moratz
Meeting Email: < click here to access email >
Web Site: http://www.aisb.org.uk/convention/aisb07/
Linguistic Field(s): Computational Linguistics
Call Deadline: 08-Jan-2007
Meeting Description:
The Symposium Spatial Reasoning and Communication is part of the AISB Artificial and Ambient Intelligence Convention 2007. It aims at bringing together recent research developments in spatial cognition in relation to ambient intelligence, addressing in particular the relationship between humans and intelligent technology interacting and communicating in spatial environments. It welcomes contributions to all aspects of spatial cognition concerning communication and computation.
Call for Papers
AISB'07 Artificial and Ambient Intelligence
April 2nd-5th 2007, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
http://www.aisb.org.uk/convention/aisb07/
Symposium: Spatial Reasoning and Communication
Outline:
Spatial cognition has a significant role in our everyday lives. When
commuting from our home to our work place, we need a spatial map that
enables us to find a reasonable route through the city's road network.
When looking for a folder or a textbook in our office, it helps if we
know the spatial location at which the item is to be found. When
constructing a building, it is essential to understand the
spatial-functional relations between the parts of the building: ceilings
have to be supported by walls, windows should be inside walls, etc.
Humans interacting with spatial environments typically do so without
major conscious efforts; also, communication about spatial relations
mainly proceeds smoothly. In spite of the fact that spatial language is
highly ambiguous and context-sensitive in many respects, humans
generally manage to agree on a suitable interpretation. Space has
become such an integral part of our lives that it is used even outside a
concrete spatial framework, in metaphorical ways, as in phrases like ''on
top of the world''. It can therefore be successfully argued that any
ambient intelligence must have the capability of some form of spatial
cognition, which needs to be successfully integrated with, and
communicated to, the humans interacting with the environment.
This symposium aims at bringing together recent research developments in
spatial cognition in relation to ambient intelligence, addressing in
particular the relationship between humans and intelligent technology
interacting and communicating in spatial environments. It welcomes
contributions to all aspects of spatial cognition concerning
communication and computation, including (but not limited to) new
results about:
- Formal analyses of spatial calculi and models;
- Integration of spatial calculi with other reasoning formalisms
(e.g., temporal calculi);
- Spatial database queries;
- Context-sensitive interpretation and formalization of spatial
language, and its mediation towards system-relevant aspects, for
example via spatial ontologies;
- Spatial human-machine communication via language and/or other modalities;
- Computational treatment of functional-spatial relationships in natural
environments;
- Handling of different spatial granularities;
- Dealing with uncertainty in spatial cognition.
Selected contributions will be considered for publication in an edited collection or a special issue for a journal.
Important dates:
08/01/07: Paper submission deadline. Papers should be sent to Reinhard Moratz in ECAI format (5 pages):
http://ecai2006.itc.it/cda/images/ecai2006.pdf
http://ecai2006.itc.it/cda/images/ecai2006.zip
05/02/07: Notifications
Organisers:
Hans W. Guesgen, University of Auckland, hanscs.auckland.ac.nz
Reinhard Moratz, Universitaet Bremen, moratzinformatik.uni-bremen.de
Thora Tenbrink, Universitaet Bremen, tenbrinkinformatik.uni-bremen.de
Invited Speakers
Tony Cohn
Kenny Coventry
The Program Committee includes:
John A. Bateman
Thomas Bittner
Laura Carlson
M. Teresa Escrig
Kathleen Stewart Hornsby
Lars Kulik
Stefan Woelfl
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