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Abstract submission deadline: April 15, 2005
Introduction
Semiotics is a
field of research involved in the study of signs and meaning processes,
from the point of view of formal sciences, linguistics, and philosophy. The
ideas and concepts from semiotics are used by different researchers, as a
source of insights, within computer science. Our aim with this book is to
present different works that attempt to put together semiotics and AI
techniques in order to create new kinds of intelligent systems. This
interdisciplinary area, based on investigations of sign processes and
dedicated to the development of artificial intelligent systems, is dubbed
Computational Semiotics. It proposes a new kind of approach to intelligent
control and intelligent systems, where an explicit account for the notion
of sign is prominent. This focus on the notion of sign processes allows the
inheritance of a large body of theory developed under the scope of
semiotics studies that are put into service in order to help artificial
intelligence walk through new frontiers and bridge theoretical gaps that
have disturbed artificial intelligence studies for quite some time.
In this volume, we
aim at presenting the most representative research projects in
Computational Semiotics. Considering the relevance of Computational
Semiotics for future developments in Artificial Intelligence, we envision
that this is going to be the major contribution of this work. Even though
the main developments in the area stayed apart from the mainstream for
about 25 years, during the last decade, it began to attract the attention
of a growing number of researchers, being the foundation for new kinds of
theoretical frameworks and technologies.
The Overall Objective of the Book
This book intends to propagate theoretical frameworks about the
use of signs and sign systems in different research being conducted by
investigators from different fields around the world. We hope it will be
the first wide-scope account of the field of Computational Semiotics, not
focusing particularly on any of the different approaches proposed until
now, but giving the reader the opportunity to contemplate the many
tendencies in the field. Our intention is that the reader, after reading
this book, will gain a clear vision of the field as a whole, will be able
to understand why it is attracting the attention of the leading edge of the
community involved in AI, and will know the main challenges and promises
associated with it.
The
Target Audience
Due to its
inherited multi-disciplinary aspect, this book may have a diverse audience
composed of different communities. The audience may involve researchers
from areas such as Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Artificial
Life, Cognitive Science, Semiotics, and Philosophy.
Recommended
topics include but are not limited to the following:
- formal theoretical discussions regarding
sign systems
- simulation of meaning processes
- semiotic cognitive information processes
- organizational semiotics
- sign processing in autonomous agents
- GFACS and other semiotic operators
- general architectures of semiosis in artificial systems
- general architectures of intelligence based on semiotics
- applications of computational semiotics
- semiotics and the knowledge sciences
- methodological aspects of computational semiotics
- semiotics in control systems
- semiotics and knowledge representation
- semiotics and computational linguistics
- semiotics and information systems
- semiotics and evolutionary systems
- semiotics and artificial life
- semiotics, complexity and emergence
Submission
Procedure
Researchers
and practitioners are invited to submit on or before April 15,
2005, a 2-5 page manuscript proposal clearly explaining the mission
and concerns of the proposed chapter. Authors of accepted proposals
will be notified by May 15, 2005 about the status of their proposals
and sent chapter organizational guidelines. Full chapters are
expected to be submitted by August 15, 2005. All submitted chapters
will be reviewed on a blind review basis. The book is scheduled
to be published by Idea Group, Inc., www.idea-group.com, publisher
of the Idea Group Publishing, Information Science Publishing,
IRM Press, CyberTech Publishing and Idea Group Reference imprints.
Important Dates
April 15, 2005: Proposal submission
deadline
May 15, 2005: Notification of Acceptance
August 15, 2005: Full chapters are due
October 15, 2005: Notification about needed revisions
November 15, 2005: Revised chapters due
January 31, 2006: Feedback to authors
February 14, 2006: Final accepted chapters and disks
Inquiries and Submissions can be forwarded electronically
(Word document) or by mail to:
Ricardo Gudwin (gudwin [at] dca.fee.unicamp.br)
Joćo Queiroz (queirozj [at] dca.fee.unicamp.br)
DCA/FEEC/UNICAMP
Av. Albert Einstein - 400
Caixa Postal 6101
Campinas (SP) 13083-970
Brazil
Phones: +55 (19) 3788-3819, +55 (19) 3788-3706
Fax : +55 (19) 3289-1395
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