Semiotics and the Information Sciences Conference - Toronto October 13-15

Luiz Ernesto Merkle (lmerkle who-is-at julian.uwo.ca)
Thu, 24 Sep 1998 20:02:47 -0400 (EDT)

Hi,=20

Some of you may be interested on this conference. For me, it
represents an important niche to be explored by the "xmca" community. The
field is labeled by some as "Computer Semiotics", and it can be said that
it offers a different, but complementary perspective in comparison to
approaches such as Hermeneutics, or Theory of Activity whitin Computer and
Information Science and related areas.

Luiz

Conference Announcement

SEMIOTICS AND THE INFORMATION SCIENCES
Victoria College, University of Toronto
October 13-15, 1998
http://www.slis.indiana.edu/umikerse/Toronto98.html

Speakers
PETER B=D8GH ANDERSEN, Aarhus University=20
RODNEY CLARKE, University of Wollongong=20
BLAISE CRONIN, Indiana University=20
DERRICK DE KERCKHOVE, University of Toronto=20
UMBERTO ECO, University of Bologna=20
RENE J. JORNA, University of Gronigen=20
ROBERTA KEVELSON, The College of William and Mary=20
JEAN-GUY MEUNIER, Universit=E9 du Qu=E9bec =E0 Montr=E9al=20
ALEXANDER M. MEYSTEL, Drexel University=20
MIHAI NADIN, University of Wuppertal=20
FRANK NUESSEL, University of Louisville=20
WILLIAM PENCAK, Pennsylvania State University=20
FRAN=C7OIS RASTIER, Centre National de Recherches Scientifiques=20
BURGHARD B. RIEGER, University of Trier=20
CLARISSE SIECKENIUS DE SOUZA, Pontificia Universidade Catolica=20
RONALD K. STAMPER, University of Twente=20
JEAN UMIKER-SEBEOK, Indiana University=20
JAN C.A. VAN DER LUBBE, Delft University=20

Co-Organizers
Jean Umiker-Sebeok, Indiana University=20
Marcel Danesi, University of Toronto=20

Advisory Board
Donald J. Cunningham, Indiana University=20
Derrick DeKerckhove, University of Toronto=20
Paul Perron, University of Toronto=20
Manuela Gieri, University of Toronto=20
Rocco Capozzi, University of Toronto=20
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Conference Manager
Laura Shintani, Semiotics Research Unit, Victoria College=20

Conference Proceedings
To be published by Legas Press (Ottawa)=20
in: Working Papers in the Semiotic Sciences, Volume 2=20
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Sponsors
Program in Semiotics and Communication Theory, Victoria College=20
Faculty of Arts and Science, University of Toronto=20
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada=20
Center for Applied Semiotics, Indiana University=20
McLuhan Program, University of Toronto=20

Registration (starting on October 13)
Old Vic Building=20
73 Queen's Park Crescent=20
Victoria College=20
University of Toronto=20

Fee:=20
$75 (Canadian)=20
$40 (Canadian) for registrants of Semiotic Society of America meeting=
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(Oct. 15-18)=20
$15 (Canadian) for students=20

Further Information
Laura Shintani=20
Semiotics Research Unit, Victoria College=20
telephone: (416) 585-4498=20
fax: (416) 585-4584=20
e-mail: sru.victoria who-is-at utoronto.ca=20

Program

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 13

Registration starts at 10:00 AM in Foyer of Alumni Hall, Old Vic Building=
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Book Exhibits in Foyer=20
All Sessions are held in Alumni Hall, Old Vic Building=20
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Special Session I
Chair: Marcel Danesi=20
6:30-7:30 pm Roberta Kevelson,=20
"Peirce on the Evolution of Clich=E9 to Archetype"=20

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14

Registration starts at 8:00 AM in Foyer of Alumni Hall, Old Vic Building=20
Book Exhibits in Foyer=20
All Sessions are held in Alumni Hall, Old Vic Building=20

8:45 am Welcoming Ceremonies=20
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Session I
Chair: Jean Umiker-Sebeok=20

9:00 Umberto Eco "Interpreting Information"=20
10:00 Derrick De Kerckhove "Connecting in the Information Age"=20

11:00-11:30 Coffee Break=20

11:30 Rene J. Jorna "Psychology of Information or How to Deal with the
Virtual World of Today and the Future"=20

12:30-2:00 Lunch Break=20
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Session II

Chair: Manuela Gieri=20

2:00 Burghard B. Rieger, "Computing with Words: Granularity in Semiotic
Cognitive Information Processing (SCIP) Systems"=20

3:00 Peter B=F8gh Andersen, "Wind Currents, Propellers, and Rudders: An
Exercise in Dynamic Semiotics in the Domain of Maritime Navigation"=20

4:00-4:30 Coffee Break=20

4:30 Rodney Clarke, "Systemics into Information"=20
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5:30 Alexander M. Meystel, "Multiresolutional Semiotics of
Intelligence"=20
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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15

Registration starts at 8:00 AM in Foyer of Alumni Hall, Old Vic Building=20
Book Exhibits in Foyer=20
All Sessions are held in Alumni Hall, Old Vic Building=20
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Session III

Chair: Paul Perron=20

8:00 Jean-Guy Meunier, "The Semiotic Foundations of Information
Processing Models"=20

9:00 Mihai Nadin, "What Kind of Sign Is a Bit?"=20

10:00 Fran*ois Rastier, "On Signs and Texts: Cognitive Science and
Semiotics"=20
11:00-11:30 Coffee Break=20

11:30 William Pencak, "Harold Innis, Thorstein Veblen, and In-Formation"=
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12:30-2:00 Lunch Break=20
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Session IV

Chair: Donald J. Cunningham=20

2:00 Jean Umiker-Sebeok & Clarisse Sieckenius de Souza, "Meanings in
Computer Programs: User's Interpretation of Programmer's Intent"

3:00 Ronald K. Stamper, "Extending Semiotics for the Study of
Information"=20

4:00-4:30 Coffee Break=20

4:30 Jan C. A. van der Lubbe, "The Semiotic Approach to Abductive
Inference in Artificial Intelligence"=20

5:30 Frank Nuessel, "Philosophical Revolutions and twentieth Century
North American Linguistic Theory"=20
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Special Session II

Chairs: Jean Umiker-Sebeok & Marcel Danesi=20

6:30 pm Blaise Cronin, "The Sovereign Sign: Citations and the Market for
Symbolic Capital"=20

Refreshments follow the lecture=20