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condor.psych.ucsb.edu>CALL FOR PARTICIPATION Mind III: The Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society of Ireland Theme: Spatial Cognition University College Dublin, Ireland August 17 -19, 1998 Cognitive scientists study many different phenomena within the general topic of spatial cognition. Those concerned with environmental spatial perception and cognition study how intelligent agents build internal representations of physical space from perceptual experience and inference, the nature of these representations, and how these representations guide action. Other cognitive scientists are concerned with how spatial information is communicated linguistically and through graphic devices, such as maps and diagrams. Some others study the power of spatial metaphors, both in language and graphics, for communicating and reasoning about non-spatial information. In addition to these theoretical concerns, recent technological advances have given rise to an array of applications that depend heavily on assumptions as to the nature of spatial cognition, in particular interfaces to geographical information systems, the integration of vision and natural language processing, route guidance systems, multimedia visualization systems, multimodal interfaces and virtual reality. These advances have highlighted the need to better understand human spatial cognition, so that we can design computer and information systems that interface with the human information processing system. The aim of this conference is to bring together researchers from different Cognitive Science disciplines (Psychology, Computer Science, Linguistics and Cognitive Geography) who are studying these different aspects of spatial cognition. The conference will provide a forum for researchers to share insights about different aspects of spatial cognition and from the perspective of different disciplines. This conference aims to encourage both basic research on spatial cognition and applied research on the application and evaluation of models of spatial cognition. Aspects of spatial cognition covered by this conference include but are not limited to: - Environmental spatial perception and cognition (navigation, locomotion and wayfinding) - Representation of spatial information in memory - Development of spatial cognition - Comprehension and use of spatial representations (diagrams, maps, graphs) in thinking - Spatial language - Integration of spatial and linguistic representations - Computational models of spatial cognition - Application of research on spatial cognition to the design of computer and information systems - Application of research on spatial cognition to environmental design Program Committee: Ruth Byrne, Trinity College Dublin Jerome Feldman, University of California, Berkeley Mary Hegarty, University of California, Santa Barbara (Program Chair) Christopher Habel, University of Hamburg George Lakoff, University of California, Berkeley Robert H. Logie, University of Aberdeen Jack Loomis, University of California, Santa Barbara Paul Mc Kevitt, Aalborg University and University of Sheffield Daniel R. Montello, University of California, Santa Barbara N. Hari Naryanan, Auburn University and Georgia Institute of Technology Patrick Olivier, University of Wales, Aberystwyth Sean O Nuallain, Dublin City University (Co-Chair) Terry Regier, University of Chicago Keith Stenning, Edinburgh University Michael Spivey Knowlton, Cornell University Arnold Smith, National Research Council, Canada Barbara Tversky, Stanford University Local Organizing Committee: Sean O Nuallain, Dublin City University Tony Veale, Dublin City University Ronan Reilly, University College Dublin Submission Details: Papers of 3000 to 5000 words in length should be submitted to the address below, to arrive by March 1, 1998. Please send 3 hardcopy versions of your paper, as electronic equivalents do not always give perfect reproductions across different platforms. Mary Hegarty Department of Psychology University of California, Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA 93106 U.S.A. Phone: (805) 893-3750 Fax: (805) 893-4303 Email: hegartyMail to author|Respond to list|Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue