From: Chrystopher Nehaniv Subject: CFP: Computation for Metaphors, Analogy and Agents - Aizu, Japan Date: Tue, 02 Dec 1997 22:15:40 +0900 Organization: University of Aizu __________________________________________ Computation for Metaphors, Analogy and Agents: An International Workshop * 6-10 April 1998 - University of Aizu Aizu-Wakamatsu City, Japan (* Pending Final Funding Approval) __________________________________________ Aims and Objectives Metaphor and analogy have served as powerful methods in language, cognition and the history of science for human agents and cultures. Software, robotic and living agents also show or may take advantage of such methods in interacting with their worlds. The focus of this workshop is the phenomena of meaning transfer between different domains (minds, systems, technologies, cultures, etc.) and their computational structure and design. The tools of transfer include imitation, analogy, metaphor, and narrativity which support learning, reasoning, understanding and culture for agents coping with their worlds. In metaphor, meaning transferred (between different agents or from one realm to another within a single system) may be, for example, symbolic or non-representational knowledge, particular sets of behaviours, a structural description or finite-state automaton model of a physical phenomenon, cognitive models and hierarchical categories, coordinate systems affording understanding, or a paradigmatic viewpoint for construction of science or social reality. This workshop seeks to bring together researchers from various disciplines where aspects of descriptive, mathematical, computational or design knowledge concerning metaphor and analogy have emerged, including, for example, embodied intelligence, robotics, software and virtual agents, semiotics, linguistics, cognitive science, psychology, philosophy, cultural anthropology, history of science, consciousness studies, mathematics, algebraic engineering, and intelligent systems. Suggested Topics * algebraic, computational, symbolic or non-representational approaches to metaphor * analogy as a cognitive and linguistic phenomena * computational nature of metaphor and analogy * applications within agents (including living organisms, software agents and robots). * issues of grounding of analogies * cross-cultural, cross-technology, cross-species understanding of metaphors * imitation, narrativity and metaphor * social intelligence and sharing of metaphors by human and non-human agents * automatic generation and manipulation of metaphor and analogy * embodied and situated, computational systems and meaning transfer * empowering metaphors * metaphors in scientific discourse * evolution of metaphor in language and culture * metaphor and cognitive technology * algebraic engineering * formal models affording understanding Invited Plenary Speakers (partial list) * * Rodney A. Brooks, MIT AI Lab, U.S.A. * * Kerstin Dautenhahn, University of Reading, U.K. * * Joseph Goguen, University of California, Santa Diego, U.S.A. & Oxford Univ., U.K. * * John L. Rhodes, UC Berkeley, U.S.A. Advisory Committee * Joseph Goguen, University of California, Santa Cruz, U.S.A. & Oxford Univ., U.K. * Douglas R. Hofstadter, Indiana University, U.S.A. * Melanie Mitchell, Sante Fe Institute, U.S.A. International Program Committee (tentative partial list) * Meurig Beynon, University of Warwick, U.K. * Lawrence Bull, University of the West of England, U.K. * Zixue Cheng, Univ. Aizu, Japan * Donna J. Haraway, University of California, Santa Diego, U.S.A. * Masami Ito, Kyoto Sangyo University, Japan * Kerstin Dautenhahn, University of Reading, U.K. * Robert M. French, University of Liege, Belgium * Joseph Goguen, University of California, Santa Cruz, U.S.A. & Oxford Univ., U.K. * Minetada Osano, Univ. Aizu, Japan * Chrystopher L. Nehaniv (Chair), Univ. Aizu, Japan * Thomas S. Ray, ATR Human Information Research Labs, Japan & University of Delaware, U.S.A. * John L. Rhodes, UC Berkeley, U.S.A. * Paul Thagard, University of Waterloo, Canada Local Organization * Zixue Cheng, Univ. Aizu, Japan * Chrystopher L. Nehaniv, Univ. Aizu, Japan * Minetada Osano, Univ. Aizu, Japan Publication & Submissions: We plan to publish a high-quality post-conference proceedings volume with an internationally recognized scientific publisher. Prospective authors are invited to send a electronic postscript submission or three hardcopies to the program chair at the address below by January 1, 1998. Fontsize should be 11 point and the length may vary between 4-6 pages. Authors will be notified of acceptance or rejection by February 15, 1998, and final versions for the working notes will be due March 10, 1998. A working papers volume will also be published and available at the workshop. Submissions and requests for further information should be sent to the program chair: Prof. C. L. Nehaniv - CMA^2 Cybernetics & Software Systems Group University of Aizu Aizu-Wakamatsu City, Fukushima Pref. 965 Japan nehaniv@u-aizu.ac.jp _________________________________________________________________ Links & Updates at: http://www.u-aizu.ac.jp/CMAA/welcome.html