Call for Participation

[Dr. Francis T. Marchese]

*** Call For Participation ***

Conference on Understanding Images

Sponsored By

NYC ACM/SIGGRAPH 
     and
Pace University's 
School of Computer Science and Information Systems

To Be Held at:

Pace University
New York City, New York
May 21-22,1993



Artists, designers, scientists, engineers and educators share the problem
of moving information from one mind to another.  Traditionally, they have
used pictures, words, demonstrations, music and dance to communicate
imagery.  However, expressing complex notions such as God and infinity or a
seemingly well defined concept such as a flower can present challenges
which far exceed their technical skills.

The explosive use of computers as visualization and expression tools has
compounded this problem.  In hypermedia, multimedia and virtual reality
systems vast amounts of information confront the observer or participant.
Wading through a multitude of simultaneous images and sounds in possibly
unfamiliar representations, a confounded user asks: What does it all mean?

Since image construction, transmission, reception, decipherment and
ultimate understanding are complex tasks strongly influenced by physiology,
education and culture; and since electronic media radically amplify each
processing step, then we, as electronic communicators, must determine the
fundamental paradigms for composing imagery for understanding.

Therefore, the purpose of this conference is to bring together a breadth of
disciplines, including, but not limited to, the physical, biological and
computational sciences, technology, art, psychology, philosophy and
education, in order to define and discuss the issues essential to image
understanding within the computer graphics context.  To this end we seek
proposals for individual presentations, panel discussions, static displays,
interactive environments, performances and beyond.


Submissions:
Contributors are requested to submit a one page proposal by January 15,
1993.  Accepted presentations will be included in the proceedings.


Direct all inquires and submissions to:
  Professor Francis T. Marchese
  Department of Computer Science
  Pace University
  New York, NY 10038  USA

  Email:  MARCHESF at PACEVM.Bitnet          
  Phone:  212-346-1803
  Fax:    212-346-1933