Call for Abstracts & Papers - The Shape of Things - SHAPES@JOWO 2019

SHAPES@JOWO 2019 Call for Papers
The Shape of Things

http://www.loa.istc.cnr.it/workshops/SHAPES5/

Graz, Austria, September 23-25, 2019

The Joint Ontology WOrkshops (JOWO, https://www.iaoa.org/jowo/2019/) is a
venue of workshops that, together, address a wide spectrum of topics
related to ontology research, ranging from Cognitive Science to Knowledge
Representation, Natural Language Processing, Artificial Intelligence,
Logic, Philosophy, and Linguistics.


SCOPE
Shape, form and structure are elusive notions and yet are at the core of
several disciplines from the humanistic (like literature and the arts) to
the scientific (chemistry, biology, physics) and within these from the
formal (mathematics, logic) to the empirical (engineering,
cognitive science). These notions rely on common-sense meanings, everyday
perception and communication practices. Furthermore, formalisations of the
semantics and reasoning about shape, form, and structure are typically ad
hoc.

The Shapes workshop series is an interdisciplinary platform for the
discussion of all topics connected to shape (broadly
understood). Perspectives from psycho-linguistics, ontology, computer
science, artificial intelligence, mathematics, aesthetics, design science,
cognitive science and beyond are welcome to contribute and participate in
the workshop.

Special Focus 2019: architecture
Every edition of Shapes adds a special theme to drive attention to
particular uses and needs in interesting areas. This edition
drives attention to shape, form and structure in architecture. Architecture
is an intrinsically interdisciplinary domain that combines art, science and
technology, and is rooted in the study of culture, landscape, territory and
social practices. In addition to the regular SHAPES topics, we particularly
encourage contributions that shed some light on the use of shape, form and
structure in and across architectural works and architectural ways
of thinking.


SUBMISSION
We solicit the submission of:

a) extended abstracts of up to 4 pages  (talk only);
b) short papers 5-8 pages, long papers up to 14 pages (for inclusion in
JOWO proceedings).
c) pieces of art (music, video, sculpture, scale model...) together with an
abstract, or short or long papers (for inclusion in proceedings)

All text submissions must be in PDF format and must follow the IOS Press
formatting guidelines, available at

https://www.iospress.nl/service/authors/latex-and-word-tools-for-book-authors/

Accepted contributions will appear in the proceedings, which will be
published in the IAOA subseries of CEUR. (For previous editions of the JOWO
proceedings, see www.iaoa.org/jowo/ ).

Submission page: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=jowo2019

(Select the "Shape of Things” track)

IMPORTANT DATES
- May 31, 2019 - Submission of contributions to workshops
- July 1 , 2019 - Workshop paper acceptance notification
- July 20, 2019 - Deadline for final camera ready
- September 23-25, 2019 - SHAPES@JOWO


WORKSHOP ORGANIZERS
Rossella Stufano Melone (Politecnico di Bari, Bari, Italy)
Inge Hinterwaldner (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany)
Stefano Borgo (Laboratory for Applied Ontology, ISTC-CNR, Trento)
Oliver Kutz (KRDB, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano)


PROGRAM COMMITTEE
Mara Abel, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
Mihailo Antovic, University of Nis
Mehul Bhatt, Örebro University
Emilios Cambouropoulos, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Chiara Di Francescomarino, Fondazione Bruno Kessler-IRST
Christian Freksa, University of Bremen
Antony Galton, University of Exeter
Franca Giannini, IMATI CNR
Michael Gruninger, University of Toronto
Maria M. Hedblom, Photogeniq, Vienna
Kris Krois, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano
Frieder Nake, University of Bremen
Susanna Siegel, Harvard University