LINGUIST List 9.1842

Mon Dec 28 1998

Calls: Language & Cognition, Sign Processes

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1. alan harris, Language and Cognition
2. alan harris, Sign Processes in Complex Systems

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 ECCS 1999: FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR PAPERS:

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**** ECCS99: European Conference on Cognitive Science 1999 ****
 Siena (Italy) 27th - 30th October 1999

ECCS is aimed at improving the interaction among European researchers
who work in the domain of Cognitive Science. In particular ECCS'99 is an
opportunity for:

* Having good discussions and exchanging information on interesting
 and advanced topics;
* Improving European CS research;
* Encouraging interdisciplinarity, thus allowing the consideration of a 
 human centred aproach for technology development.

ECCS'99 will also be a good "gym" for the Cognitive Science Conference
to be held in Europe in 2001.

The Conference scope will range from theoretical works to applications
and from the study of experimental methods to computer simulation and
field research.

We decided to organise the conference in workshops focusing on some
specific topics of general multidisciplinary relevance. The tentative
list of workshops includes:

 * Reasoning in action
 * Attention and consciousness
 * Distributed Cognition at work
 * Cognitive Technologies for Education
 * Language and Cognition

In addition there should be:

 * a Panel, on "Success and Failures of Connectionism" and
 * a General discussion on "Cognition and Co-operation"

The Conference will be held at the "Certosa di Pontignano". It is a
wonderful Chartreuse, located 10 km from Siena, where it is possible to
book for a full board accommodation. All the Conference activities will
be held there.

Other information available on the web:
http://www.media.unisi.it/eccs99


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 C A L L F O R P A P E R S
 deadline for abstracts submission:
 March 30th, 1999
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Paper submissions are invited for:

 * WORKSHOPS SESSION
 * POSTER SESSION

Deadlines are listed below.
Other information available on the web:
http://www.media.unisi.it/eccs99


 **** WORKSHOP SESSION *****
Paper submissions are invited for all the workshops' topics:

 * Reasoning in action
 * Attention and Consciousness
 * Distributed Cognition at work
 * Cognitive Technologies for Education
 * Language and Cognition

Videos, multimedia presentations and application demonstrations are
strongly encouraged.

Papers will be selected by anonymous review. Extended abstracts must
have not more than 4 A4 pages (at list 10 points font) including
images, tables and references. An additional cover page should be also
supplied listing title, authors' name and affiliation, authors' e-mail
and postal address and a ten lines abstract. The extended abstract
itself should not identify the author.

Submissions via e-mail are encouraged in HTML, PostScript, or plain text
format to:

 eccs99media.unisi.it

Images should be sent as attachments in GIF or JPEG format. If
electronic submission is not possible (due to network access problems,
video, etc...), please send a hard copy and a copy on a floppy disk to:

 ECCS'99
 Laboratorio Multimediale
 Universit degli studi di Siena
 Via dei Termini, 6
 I - 53100 Siena

Together with acceptance notification further information will be
provided for final papers format and submission.


 **** POSTER SESSION *****

Propositions for poster session are invited for all the conference
topics:
 * Reasoning in action
 * Attention and Consciousness
 * Distributed Cognition at work
 * Cognitive Technologies for Education
 * Language and Cognition

 * Success and Failures of "Connectionism" and
 * a General discussion on "Cognition and Co-operation"

Videos, multimedia presentations and application demonstrations are
strongly encouraged.

Propositions will be selected by anonymous review. They must have not
more than 2 A4 pages (at list 10 points font) including images, tables
and references. An additional cover page should be also supplied listing
title, authors' name and affiliation, authors' e-mail and postal address
and a ten lines abstract. The extended abstract itself should not
identify the author.

Submissions via e-mail are encouraged in HTML, PostScript, or plain text
format to:

 eccs99media.unisi.it

Images should be sent as attachments in GIF or JPEG format. If
electronic submission is not possible (due to network access problems,
video, etc...), please send a hard copy and a copy on a floppy disk to:

 ECCS'99
 Laboratorio Multimediale
 Universit degli studi di Siena
 Via dei Termini, 6
 I - 53100 Siena


Accepted proposal will be included in ECSS'99 Proceedings as short
papers. Together with acceptance notification further information will
be provided for final papers format and submission.

 ***** DEADLINES ********

 * Submission of Extended Abstracts: the 30th of March '99
 * Notification: the 15th of May '99
 * Submission of final papers: the 15th of July '99


Other information available on the web:
http://www.media.unisi.it/eccs99

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 Alan C. Harris, Ph. D. TELNOS: main off: 818-677-2853
 Professor, Communication/Linguistics direct off: 818-677-2874
 Department of Communication Studies
 California State University, Northridge home: 818-366-3165
 COMMS-8257 CSUN FAX: 818-677-2663 
 Northridge, CA 91330-8257 INTERNET email: ALAN.HARRISCSUN.EDU 
 WWW homepage: http://www.csun.edu/~vcspc005
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 IASS-AIS
 INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR SEMIOTIC STUDIES
 ASSOCIATION INTERNATIONALE DE SEMIOTIQUE
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 7th International Congress of the IASS-AIS - 1999/10/06-11
 "SIGN PROCESSES IN COMPLEX SYSTEMS"
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Dear Colleagues,

The 2nd Call for Papers for the 7th Congress of the IASS-AIS is
almost finished and will be distributed in the first weeks of
January. It will give many details concerning the Congress,
including the Invited Speakers and the Sections proposed so far.

IN ORDER TO GIVE MORE COLLEAGUES THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE,
THE DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION OF _ABSTRACTS_ (300 words; for details
see below) HAS NOW BEEN EXTENDED TO
- > 31 MARCH 1999.

PARTICIPANTS ARE ALSO INVITED TO SUBMIT _SESSION PROPOSALS_ BY
- > 31 JANUARY 1999.
THE PROPOSALS SHOULD BE SENT TO THE OFFICE OF THE ORGANIZING COMMITEE;
EVERY PROPOSAL HAS TO INCLUDE: THE TITLE, AN ABSTRACT (UP TO 500
WORDS) AND A LIST OF PARTICIPANTS.
All proposals will be examined by the Scientific Committee.

For introductory remarks to the title and the wide range of topics to
be covered in the Congress please visit the Congress website which
will be updated soon: "http://www.tu-dresden.de/sulifg/semiotics";.
In case you don't have access to the Web and are not (yet) included
in our mailing lists (i.e. you have not received the 1st CfP) please
send your snail mail address to the Organizing Committee.

BELOW YOU FIND A SHORT VERSION OF ALL NECESSARY INFORMATIONS AND THE
RELEVANT ADDRESSES.

We want to remind you that the 7th International Congress of the
IASS-AIS is being organized in close association with:

- > The 4th International Congress of Federacion Latinoamericana de
 Semiotica, La Coruna, 1999/09/27-10/02 on the general topic
 "Fin de Siglo / Fin de Milenio" (for details contact the
 organizers <agasudc.es> or <jmpazudc.es>, or visit the website:
 "http://www.udc.es/congremilenio";)
and
- > The 9th Congress of the German Association for Semiotic Studies
 DGS, to be held in Dresden October 3-6, 1999 on the general
 topic "Machines and History" (for details contact the Dresden
 Organizing Committee which is the same for the DGS and IASS-AIS
 Congress: <semioticmailbox.tu-dresden.de> or visit the website:
 "http://www.tu-dresden.de/sulifg/dgs";).

If you intend to participate not only in the 7th Congress of the
IASS-AIS, but also in one or both of these congresses, please indicate
this on the registration form.

Please feel free to distribute this information among your colleagues.

Best wishes & Season's Greetings

Jeff Bernard & Gloria Withalm

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 7th International Congress of the IASS-AIS

Title: "Sign Processes in Complex Systems"
 "Semioses dans les Systemes Complexes"
 "Significacion en Sistemos Complejos"
 "Zeichenprozesse in komplexen Systemen"

Place: Dresden, Germany / University of Technology
Date: 1999, October 6-11

URL CfP "http://www.tu-dresden.de/sulifg/semiotics";
 (incl. online registration)

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- > Abstracts:
The title of the proposed paper and an abstract of appr. 300 words
should be submitted, preferably in electronic form (disk or e-mail),
by 31 March 1999 to the Organizing Committee (NOT to the Secretary
General of the IASS-AIS!).

 Please indicate *5 key words* for your paper and relate your
topic to the following areas:
o theoretical questions
o empirical results
o methodological issues
o problems of application to
 o nature
 o culture
 o society
 o technology.

Please keep in mind that every individual presentation must not
exceed 30 MINUTES, DISCUSSION INCLUDED

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- > Financial support
There will be a limited number of scholarships for Non-OECD countries
available to help cover travel costs and/or food and lodging.
Applications should be directed to the Office of the Organzing
Committee (NOT to the Secretary General of the IASS-AIS!).
Please send the abstract of your proposed paper together with a short
CV and a list of publications.

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- > Congress fees & registration schedule:

Congress registration is required for participation. The forms for
online-registration and for registration by fax or mail are included
in the website.

Date registration / Fees
 Accompanying
 Participants Guests Students
until 1998/12/31 $ 80 $ 50 $ 50
1999/01/01--03/31 $ 110 $ 80 $ 80
after 1999/04/01 $ 160 $ 110 $ 110

You can either send a check or transfer the money to:
 Walter Schmitz / Lehrstuhl NdL
 account number: 05 540 070 00
 bank code: 850 800 00 (Dresdner Bank)
 code word: Semiotik

If you intend to pay by your Visa or American Express Card you are
kindly asked to indicate the card number and the expiring date.
For further details see the website.

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- > Congress Languages
 French, English, Spanish, German

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Organizing Committee:
- > Office
 TU Dresden
 Institut fuer Germanistik
 Projekt Semiotik
 D--01062 Dresden
 Germany
 Tel: +49-351-463-4381
 Tel: +49-351-463-5201 (answering machine)
 Fax: +49-351-463-7750
 eMail: <semioticmailbox.tu-dresden.de>

- > President
 Walter Schmitz
 Vice-President for Education
 Technische Universitaet Dresden
 Mommsenstrasse 13
 D--01062 Dresden
 Fax: +49 351 463-7769
 email: <wschmitzrek.tu-dresden.de>

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- > Conditions for Participation
Participation in the Congress is open to all semioticians.
Since it is the Congress of the IASS-AIS, participants are encouraged
to join the IASS-AIS.
For information on membership and membership benefits see the website:
 "http://vhf.msh-paris.fr/escom/Ais/AISindex.html";
 --> link "Membership Information"
or directly "http://vhf.msh-paris.fr/escom/Ais/IASS6-mem.html";
In case of difficulties with currency exchange regulations (or, in
general, with bank remittances), please send the membership form to
one of the Treasurers and the Secretary General, indicating that
the membership fee will be paid in Dresden.

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- > Scientific Committee 7th International Congress of the IASS-AIS
 Chair: Pierre Pellegrino (Switzerland);
Jeff Bernard (Austria), John Deely (U.S.A.), Gerard Deledalle (France),
Takashi Fujimoto (Japan), Adrian Gimate-Welsh (Mexico), Dinda L.
Gorlee (The Netherlands), Richard L. Lanigan (U.S.A.), Solomon Marcus
(Romania), Magdolna Orosz (Hungary), Roland Posner (Germany), Rosa
Maria Ravera, (Argentinia), Horst Ruthrof (Australia), Lucia Santaella
(Brazil), Thomas A. Sebeok (U.S.A.), Eero Tarasti (Finland), Vilmos
Voigt (Hungary), Gloria Withalm (Austria)

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 Jeff Bernard (Secretary General IASS-AIS)
 Gloria Withalm (Assistant Secretary General IASS-AIS)

 Institute for Socio-Semiotic Studies ISSS
 Waltergasse 5/1/12, A-1040 Vienna, Austria
 phone+fax +43-1-5045344
 email: <gloria.withalmuni-ak.ac.at>

 IASS-AIS homepage
 "http://vhf.msh-paris.fr/escom/Ais/AISindex.html";
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