VRI'2002
GENERAL
INFORMATION
General
Info
Aim
of the Workshop
The value of multidisciplinary research, the exchanging of ideas and methods
across traditional discipline boundaries, is well recognised. It could
be argued that many of the advances in science and engineering take place
because the ideas, methods and the tools of thought from one discipline
become reapplied in others. One goal of this workshop on Visual Representations
and Interpretations is to break down cross-disciplinary barriers, by bringing
together people working in a wide variety of disciplines where visual
representations and interpretations are exploited. This will be a multidisciplinary
meeting exploring all aspects of visual images, their interpretation,
representation and modeling, and their relationships to other forms of
human knowledge and activities.
Why
Visual Representations and Interpretations?
The topic of "the visual" has become increasingly important
as advances in technology have led to multimedia and multimodal representations,
and extended the range and scope of visual representation and interpretation
in our lives. Under this broad heading there are many different perspectives
and approaches, from across the entire spectrum of human knowledge and
activity. The development of advanced graphics for computer games and
film animations, for example, has drawn on and led developments in computational
geometry. Even outside the technological sphere, recent controversies
over artworks which some have considered to be blasphemous show the power
of the visual to manifest wildly different interpretations, and to become
a topic of everyday conversation and a focus of political activity. The
first Workshop on Visual Representations and Interpretations was held
in Liverpool in 1998 and proved a great success. VRI2002 aims to build
on this good beginning, and thus provide a continuing forum for wide-ranging
and multidisciplinary discussion on visual representations and interpretations.
9th-12th
September
Liverpool, UK
Key
Contacts
Ray
Paton
(Enquiries)
Grant
Malcolm
(Papers)
