Colin SCHMIDT (coschmi@ext.jussieu.fr)
Fri, 8 Nov 1996 00:01:59 +0100
> >SECOND CALL FOR PAPERS > >Second International Conference on Cognitive Technology, CT'97 > >Humanising the Information Age > > > >25 - 28 August 1997 >Venue: The University of Aizu, Japan > >supported by: >The University of Aizu, Japan >Center for Research in Journalism and Mass >Communication, University of North Carolina, USA, (host of CT'99) >Cognitive Sciences Centre, University of Southampton, UK >City University of Hong Kong (host of CT'95) > > > > >COGNITIVE TECHNOLOGY > >Cognitive Technology (CT) is the study of the interaction between people and >the objects they manipulate. It is concerned with how technologically >constructed tools and aids (A) bear on dynamic changes in human perception, >(B) affect natural human communication, and (C) act to control human >cognitive adaptation. > >Cognitive systems must be understood not only in terms of their goals and >computational constraints, but also in terms of the external physical and >social environments that shape and afford cognition. Such an understanding >can yield not only technological solutions to real world problems but also, >and mainly, tools designed to be sensitive to the cognitive capabilities and >affective characteristics of their users. > >CT takes a broader view of human capability than current research in Human >Computer Interface (HCI) and emphasises putting more of the human into the >interface without succumbing to the pretence that this can be achieved >simply by simulating human features on machines. It aims to redirect >progress in the Information Age away from mere advancements in Information >Technology and proposes to study human-tool interaction to increase, >primarily, human socio-cognitive awareness and to help people fulfil their >cognitive and social needs. > >CT should appeal to researchers across disciplines, especially those who are >interested in the psychological and socio-cultural implications of >developments in the interface between technology and human cognition. Any >technology which provides a tool has implications for CT; computer >technology has special importance because of its particular capacity to >provide multi-sensory stimuli and emulate human cognitive processes. > > >CONFERENCE THEME > >Problems and Praxis: >Exploring and formulating methods for studying Cognitive Technology. > >STATEMENT OF PURPOSE > >The First International Conference on Cognitive Technology (Hong Kong, 1995) >stressed the need for a radically new way of thinking about the impact >computer technology has on humans, especially on the human mind. Our main >aim at that time was a consideration of these effects with respect to >rendering the interface between people and computers more humane. > >Participants in the upcoming Second International Conference will expand on >that effort by exploring a number of related areas in greater detail. Of >primary concern is the need to establish clear and precise methods for >studying how environmental characteristics condition the processes of >cognitive formation. Within such a framework, empirical CT inquiries can be >directed towards specific areas of problems, the more important ones of >which are listed below. > >CONFERENCE SUB-THEMES > >Papers may be submitted for inclusion in any of the following thematic >subgroups. They should focus on addressing the issues from a Cognitive >Technology perspective and ought to include methodological considerations. > >1. Rethinking Progress: Towards a manifesto for the Information Age > >There is a perceived need to change from a 'more is better', product-driven >approach to technological development to a 'better is better' approach which >responds to, rather than dictates, human need. Papers are invited which >provide a theoretical consideration of how a Cognitive Technology approach >may be formulated and applied in order to resolve problems in the following >areas: > >o the relationship between current approaches to technological > development and other issues (ecological, socio-political, > psychological, and epistemological) which relate to ensuring/ > improving the quality of human life > >o the identification and evaluation of the goal structures implied > in various approaches to technological development > >o the reconciliation of technological development with the demands > of environmentalism. > > >2. Cognising at the Interface > >It is important to ensure that technological developments are oriented >towards affording cognition and not merely the provision of information. >Papers which are practically oriented towards methods of design and/or >demonstration of systems whose features reflect Cognitive Technology >principles, are particularly welcome. Areas to be addressed include: > >o global networking >o multi-media >o virtual reality >o robotics >o computer graphics >o databases. > >3. Empowering Humans > >Another concern is how Cognitive Technology can be applied to predict the >impact, positive or negative, of technological development on the processes >by which social groupings provide their members with opportunities for >growth. Areas of particular interest are: > >o the design of national information infrastructures >o the provision of technology access. > >4. Rethinking Education > >We need to apply Cognitive Technology methods to the building of a >technology infrastructure for education, one which optimises human >development/benefit within the current context of changing educational >systems. Papers are invited which explore this idea within the context of >any of the following areas: > >o computer-aided collaborative learning >o the design of self-access learning resources >o technological facilitation of student-teacher interactions >o the design of multifaceted online learning environments >o humanising and increasing the relevance of formal education >o facilitating interdisciplinary communication >o the impact of information tools on the construction of knowledge > within academic disciplines. > > >CALL FOR PAPERS > >If you are interested in considering these issues (or other similar ones) >and want to share your thoughts and hopes with like-minded people, please >submit either 6 hard copies of an extended abstract (approximately 1500 >words) or send it by email with attached files (preferably in Word 6.0) to: > >Jonathon Marsh >The Centre for the Advancement of University Teaching >The University of Hong Kong >Pok Fu Lam Road >Hong Kong. >(TEL) 852 2859 8995 >(FAX) 852 2540 9941 >(EMAIL) JPMARSH@HKUCC.HKU.HK > >All abstracts will be refereed by an independent panel of experts. The >opinions of the referees will determine the list of 30 papers to be >presented at the conference. > >Deadline for abstracts: 1 March 1997 >Notification of acceptance: 15 April 1997 >Full paper 31 May 1997 >Registration fee: before 1 July 1997: US$ (to be announced) > after 1 July 1997: US$ (to be announced) > >Further information can be obtained from: >Tosiyasu L. Kunii kunii@u-aizu.ac.jp >Jacob L. Mey jam@language.ou.dk >Barbara Gorayska csgoray@cityu.edu.hk >Jonathon Marsh jpmarsh@hkucc.hku.hk > > >INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMME COMMITTEE > >Honorary President of Conference > >Tosiyasu L. Kunii The University of Aizu, Japan > >Co-chairs of Conference > >Barbara Gorayska City University of Hong Kong, HK >Jacob L. Mey Odense University, Denmark > > >International Program Committee Members > >The preceding, and > >Hugh Applewhite Piltdown Technologies, USA >Frank Biocca The University of North Carolina, USA >Bruce L. Blum Johns Hopkins University, USA >Betty Lindsay Carter Novell Corporation, USA >Ho Mun Chan City University of Hong Kong, HK >Orville L. Clubb City University of Hong Kong, HK >Chris Colbourn The University of Southampton, UK >Kevin Cox City University of Hong Kong, HK >Will Fitzgerald IntellAgent Systems, USA >Laurence Goldstein Hong Kong University, HK >David Good Cambridge University, UK >Hartmut Haberland Roskilde University, Denmark >Stevan Harnad The University of Southampton, UK >Richard Janney The University of Munich, Germany >Benny Karpatschoff Copenhagen University, Denmark >Alex Kass Northwestern University, USA >Reinhard Keil-Slawik University of Paderborn, Germany >Robert M. Krauss Columbia University, USA >Myron W. Krueger Artificial Reality Corporation, USA >C.K. Leong University of Saskatchewan, Canada >Roger Lindsay Oxford-Brookes University, UK >Alec McHoul Murdoch University, Australia >Jonathon Marsh Hong Kong University, HK >John Nealon Oxford-Brookes University, UK >Rolf Pfeifer University Zurich-Irchel, Switzerland >Herbert Pick The University of Minnesota, USA >Tony Roberts The University of Southampton, UK >Roger Schank Institute for the Learning Sciences, USA >Colin T. Schmidt Sorbonne University, France >John Sillince The University of London, UK >John Spinks Hong Kong University, HK >Hiroshi Tamura Kyoto Institute of Technology, Japan >Peter Thomas The University of the West of England, UK >Steven Tripp The University of Aizu, Japan >Jacques J. Vidal The University of California at Los Angeles, > USA, & The University of Aizu, Japan >William S. Y. Wang City University of Hong Kong, HK >Yorick Wilks Sheffield University, UK >Albert Yonas The University of Minnesota, USA > > Colin T. 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