VaIL 2008 Announcement

[Sunny Fugate]

2nd Annual Visual and Iconic Language Conference

VaIL is a two day conference on the theory, use, misuse, history, and emergence of visual language being held on July 22nd & 23rd at the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center in San Diego, California

The purpose of VaIL is to foster interchange and innovation in the many interdisciplinary fields of visual language. This succinct 2-day conference encompasses a broad array of topic areas relevant to visual language. Within the context of this conference it is intended for the term "visual language'" to refer to all possible visual perceptual communication techniques including: representational and non-representational glyphs and icons, graphic design, signed language, gesture, acronyms, and visual aspects of all written language (hieroglyphic, ideographic, pictographic, syllabaries, or alphabets.)

VaIL2008 will feature papers, presentations, panel discussions, and featured speakers. The conference is sponsored and hosted by the Space and Naval Warfare, System Center, in San Diego, California.

There is no registration fee for VaIL 2008.

* Call for Papers -> http://www.visualanguage.org/VAIL2008CFP.pdf

* VaIL Discussion Group: http://groups.google.com/group/visual-language

* VaIL 2008 Conference website: http://www.visualanguage.org

* VaIL 2007 Website: http://cs.unm.edu/~vail

The conference invites the submission of papers on substantial, original, and unpublished research in disciplines which are relevant to the study and design of visual language. Topics of interest include but are not limited to:

    * Research areas and oustanding problems and theory

    * Applications of Visual Language:

          o Computer Icons, Road Signs, Military Common Operational Picture, Warnings & Hazards, Button and Device icons, Origami instructions, communication of quantitative information, computer-based communication/chat

          o Use of visual language in computing and virtual environments

    * Visual Language Specifications and Standards: ISO, ANSI, IEEE, military standards

    * Visual Language Linguistics: grammar, phonology, morphology, syntax, and semantics

    * Signed, manual, and gestural Languages

    * Historical development and evolution of visual language

    * Visual metaphor, iconicity, representation, and structure

    * Designing iconography and representational language

    * Human and automated production, perception, and recognition of visual and gestural language

    * Representation, metaphor, and iconicity

    * Future visions of visual language

Panel Topics

  * Visual language grammars and navigation

  * Gesture Writing Sytems

  * Cross-cultural visual communication

  * other topics by submission

Panel Session Format

Panel sessions are designed primarily for the informal discussion of interesting and innovative ideas and research. These sessions are open, meaning anyone in the group can present an overview short topic, concept, or research item. These informal discussion do not have to focus on original research, but can introduce the research and ideas of others giving proper credit.

Each panel sub-session will be 20 minutes with a concept or research introduction of at most 10 minutes leaving 10 minutes for open discussion & questions. Each panel will have a primary facilitator who will keep each topic limited to 20 minutes and help foster continued discussion.

It is up to the participants to have prepared in advance suitable material for the panel sessions. Although participants are not obligated to present panel topics, this informal interchange is highly encouraged. To foster archival of discussions material to the conference topics, participants are also encouraged to share notes taken these sessions using the conference website. In addition simple topic forms will be optionally provided for use during each discussion session.

Submission Instructions

Paper proceedings will be printed in full color where appropriate. Digital versions of the proceedings will be made available through the conference website and copies provided to all conference attendees.

Electronic submission of manuscripts (in PDF format) is required. Papers are limited to 10 pages. At least one author of each accepted paper is required to register to the conference and present the paper. Submitted PDF documents should adhere to the following requirements:

    * Optimized

    * Acrobat 4.0 compatibility

    * ALL graphics at least 300 dpi resolution, (higher if preferred)

    * ALL fonts MUST be embedded and subset

    * Postscript settings DO NOT override distiller settings

    * Page size is 612.0 x 792.0 points (8.5" x 11") 

The IEEE 2-column conference format is strongly suggested but not required. Storyboard, comic style layouts, or other innovative visual layouts may also be used at the author's discretion. Landscape page layouts are also acceptable provided there is a 1-inch top margin. Poster submissions must provide a paper adhering to the above formatting guidelines that clearly identifies the research topic, primary hypotheses, provides a brief overview of the research or study conducted, and any conclusions.

    * Author_template.pdf

    * Author_template.doc

    * Author_page_layout.pdf

Paper and poster abstracts are due by midnight of April 28, 2008. Acceptance notifications will be sent to each listed author on or before midnight of May 12, 2008. For accepted papers, final print-ready submissions are due by midnight of June 24. Submit your paper directly via email attachment to va...@visualanguage.org

Please include the following information in the submission email:

    * Contact Info: The name, primary phone, and email address of each author

    * Presenter Info: Names of presenting authors

    * Suggestions, questions, or comments

Registration

There is no registration fee for VaIL 2008.

Register by sending our elegant Cut-and-Paste Email Registration Form to va...@visualanguage.org

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General Chair

Sunny Fugate

Defense Researcher

SPAWAR Systems Center, San Diego

Program Chair

Dr Marion Ceruti

Defense Researcher

SPAWAR Systems Center, San Diego

©2007-2008 SPAWARSYSCEN

[sunny]

The correct dates for the conference are July 21st and 22nd.

v/r,

Sunny

> directly via email attachment to v...@visualanguage.org

>
> Please include the following information in the submission email:
>
> * Contact Info: The name, primary phone, and email address of
> each author
> * Presenter Info: Names of presenting authors
> * Suggestions, questions, or comments
>
> Registration
> There is no registration fee for VaIL 2008.
>
> Register by sending our elegant Cut-and-Paste Email Registration Form

> to v...@visualanguage.org