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Tue Feb 24 2004

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  • Diagram Conference, Conference Registration for Diagrams 2004

    Message 1: Conference Registration for Diagrams 2004

     Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2004 16:45:22 +1100 (EST)
    From: Diagram Conference <d2k4mail.csse.monash.edu.au>
    Subject: Conference Registration for Diagrams 2004


    Conference Registration for Diagrams 2004

    Apologies if you receive this email more than once. ---------------------------------------------------

    Diagrams 2004: Third International Conference on Theory and Application of Diagrams

    March 22-24, 2004 Cambridge University, UK

    Conference registration for the Diagrams 2004 conference is now available at the conference website. Go to

    http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~d2k4/

    and click on the "Registration" button for all registration information. This page includes details about accommodation, travel and costs. The registration procedure, along with procedures for credit card payment, are all available online.

    Note two important dates with regard to conference registration:

    Feb 22, 2004: Deadline to apply for funding assistance (This includes assistance for students - see the website for more details) Mar 5, 2004: Deadline for early registration

    The programme for the conference can also be viewed at the conference website.

    About the conference - ------------------

    "Diagrams" is an international and interdisciplinary conference series on the theory and application of diagrams from any field of enquiry.

    >From early history, diagrams have been pervasive in human communication. Recent advances in multimedia technology have introduced increasingly sophisticated visual representations into everyday life. We need to improve our understanding of the role of diagrams and sketches in communication, cognition, creative thought, and problem-solving. These concerns have triggered a surge of interest in the study of diagrammatic notations, especially in academic disciplines dealing with cognition, computation and communication.

    The study of diagrammatic communication as a whole must be pursued as an interdisciplinary endeavor. "Diagrams 2004" is the third event in this conference series, which was successfully launched in Edinburgh in September 2000. It attracts a large number of researchers from virtually all academic fields that are studying the nature of diagrammatic representations, their use in human communication, and cognitive or computational mechanisms for processing diagrams. By combining several earlier workshop and symposia series that were held in the US and Europe [Reasoning with Diagrammatic Representations (DR), US; Thinking with Diagrams (TWD), Europe; Theory of Visual Languages (TVL), Europe], "Diagrams" has emerged as a major international conference on this topic.

    It is the only conference that provides a united forum for all areas that are concerned with the study of diagrams: architecture, artificial intelligence, cartography, cognitive science, computer science, education, graphic design, history of science, human-computer interaction, linguistics, philosophy and logic, and psychology, to name a few.

    Topics of interest include but are not limited to:

    * diagram understanding by humans or machines * reasoning with diagrammatic representations * diagram usage in scientific discovery| * history of diagrammatic languages and notations| * formalization of diagrammatic notations| * novel uses of diagrammatic notations| * design of diagrammatic notations * interactive graphical communication * psychological issues pertaining to perception, comprehension, and production of diagrams * computational models of reasoning with and interpretation of diagrams * role of diagrams in applied areas such as visualization * spatial information and diagrams * usability issues concerning diagrams| * design with diagrams

    "Diagrams 2004" will consist of technical sessions with presentations of refereed papers, posters and tutorial sessions. The tutorials will provide introductions to diagram research in various disciplines in order to foster a lively interdisciplinary exchange.