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Date:  Wed, 25 Mar 1998 20:45:02 +0000
From:  Patrick Olivier <plo at aber.ac.uk>
Subject:  TwD'98 Call for Papers

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Date:  Wed, 25 Mar 1998 20:45:02 +0000
From:  Patrick Olivier <plo at aber.ac.uk>
Subject:  TwD'98 Call for Papers

           Thinking with Diagrams '98 (TwD\14698)

                *** CALL FOR PAPERS ***

                 The University of Wales
               Aberystwyth, United Kingdom
                   August 22-23, 1998

       http://www.aber.ac.uk/~plo/TwD98/twd98.htm

-  1 May, submission of full papers
-  15 July, submission of summary papers
-  22-23 August, TwD\14698

Diagrams  are essential in most fields of human activity.
There  is substantial interest in diagrams and their  use
in  many  academic disciplines for the potential benefits
they may confer on a wide range of tasks. Are we now in a
position  to  claim that we have a science  of  diagrams?
That is, a science which takes the nature of diagrams and
their use as the central phenomena of interest. A science
which  is  attempting to understand how  diagrams  differ
from other representational systems and trying to develop
principles   for   the  design  of  effective   graphical
representations. A science which considers  how  diagrams
communicate  information and how they are used  to  solve
problems.  If  we  have  a  science  of  diagrams  it  is
certainly    constituted   from   multiple   disciplines,
including:   cognitive  science,  psychology,  artificial
intelligence, logic, mathematics, and others.

If  there  is  a  science of diagrams,  then  like  other
sciences,  there  is  an  applications  or  "engineering"
discipline    that   exists   alongside   the    science.
Applications  and  engineering  provide  tests   of   the
theories  and  principles discovered by the  science  and
extend  the  scope  of the phenomena  to  be  studied  by
generating new uses of diagrams, new media for presenting
diagrams,  or novel classes of diagram. This applications
and  engineering  side of the science  of  diagrams  also
comprises  multiple  disciplines,  including:  education,
architecture,   computer  science,  mathematics,   human-
computer  interaction,  knowledge  acquisition,   graphic
design,  engineering,  history  of  science,  statistics,
medicine, biology, and others.

Two  authoritative  figures  in  the  field  have  agreed
to be the workshop's guest speakers:

Prof. Arthur I Miller
Professor of History and Philosophy of Science
University College London.

Prof. Aaron Sloman
Professor of AI Cognitive Science
University of Birmingham.

The  theme  of  TwD98  will be - Is there  a  Science  of
Diagrams?  By providing a forum for the presentation  and
discussion  of quality research on diagrams  and  diagram
use,  we  not only try to answer this question, but  more
importantly  attempt  draw together  the  many  different
approaches, theories and results that we have in the many
diverse disciplines that are concerned with diagrams. The
question  provides  a  vehicle on  which  to  attempt  to
integrate  what  is currently a disparate and  disordered
set  of  activities  into a more  rational  and  coherent
programme  of research. Is there any common core  to  the
activities which provides a basis for the claim that  the
"Thinking  with  Diagrams" community could  constitute  a
science?

For further information: Patrick Olivier (plo at aber.ac.uk)

Home page: http://www.aber.ac.uk/~plo/TwD98/twd98.htm

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Patrick Olivier
Department of Computer Science
University of Wales, Aberystwyth
Ceredigion, UK SY23 3DB
Tel: +44 1970 622447
Fax: +44 1970 622455
plo at aber.ac.uk
http://www.aber.ac.uk/~plo/

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