COSIGN

COSIGN 2003, the third international conference on Computational Semiotics for Games and New Media was held at the University of Teesside, Middlesbrough, UK from the 10th - 12th of September 2003. The following is the final programme and the list of accepted papers and artworks.

Wednesday, 10th September, 2003

8:30 - 9:30	On-Site Registration
9:30 - 10:00	Opening
10:00 - 10:30	Semiotics, Embodied Interaction and Messages as Medium Shaleph O'Neill (Napier University, UK) David Benyon (Napier University, UK)
10:30 - 11:00	A Recombinant Information Space Andruid Kerne (Texas A&M Department of Computer Science, USA) Vikram Sundaram (Texas A&M Department of Computer Science, USA)
11:00 - 11:30	Coffee Break
11:30 - 12:00	Selected Paintings and Sculpture Ivo Flammer (Artist, France)
12:00 - 12:30	Melitzah Risa Horowitz (Artist, Canada)

12:30 - 14:00

Lunch

14:00 - 15:00	KEYNOTE PRESENTATION Marc Cavazza
15:00 - 16:00	Coffee Break and Viewing of the Posters and Artworks
16:00 - 16:30	Contact Expressions for Touching Technologies Kevin McGee (Linköping University, Sweden) Annika Harup (IT University of Göteborg, Sweden)
16:30 - 17:00	Expressive AI: A Semiotic Analysis of Machinic Affordances Michael Mateas (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA)
17:00 - 18:00	Day Summary and Discussion

Thursday, 11th September, 2003

9:30 - 10:00	From text to interface - Theatre and Digital Media Wolf Ka (res publica, France)
10:00 - 10:30	Symbolic Activities in Virtual Spaces Leonie Schäfer(Fraunhofer FIT, Germany) Uta Pankoke-Babatz (Fraunhofer FIT, Germany) Wolfgang Prinz (Fraunhofer FIT, Germany) Bozana Bokan (Fraunhofer FIT, Germany) Amanda Oldroyd (BTExact, UK) Ava Fatah gen. Schieck (University College London, UK)
10:30 - 11:00	Coffee Break
11:00 - 11:30	Sucker Today Ennio Bertrand (Artist, Italy)
11:30 - 12:00	Messages for a First Person Perspective Maia Engeli (University of Plymouth, UK)
12:00 - 12:30	IDTension: The Simulation of Narrative Nicholas Szilas (IDTension, France)

12:30 - 14:00

Lunch

14:00 - 15:00	KEYNOTE PRESENTATION Ernest W. Adams
15:00 - 16:00	Coffee Break and Viewing of the Posters and Artworks
16:00 - 16:30	Signs from a Strange Planet: Role Play and Social Performance in Anarchy Online Andrew Burn (Institute of Education, University of London, UK) Diane Carr (Institute of Education, University of London, UK)
16:30 - 17:30	Day Summary and Discussion

19:30 - late

Social Event
Conference Dinner and Late Bar

Friday, 12th September, 2003

9:30 - 10:00	Synaesthetic Performance in the Club Scene Annet Dekker (Netherlands Media Art Institute & Montevideo Time Based Arts, The Netherlands)
10:00 - 10:30	Fly's Eye Andrea Polli (Hunter College, USA)
10:30 - 11:00	Coffee Break
11:00 - 12:00	KEYNOTE PRESENTATION Lev Manovich

12:00 - 13:00

Lunch

13:00 - 13:30	Lexicon Andy Deck (Artist, USA)
13:30 - 14:00	Un Système Complet de Représentation Graphique David Bihanic (Thomson Multimedia & University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, France)
14:00 - 15:00	Day Summary and Final Discussion

Arts Exhibits

The following artworks will be on display.

Sucker Today
Ennio Bertrand

"Years" and other works
David Daniels

Lexicon
Andy Deck

Selected Paintings and Sculpture
Ivo Flammer

MoveMental
Carolien Hermans/Benjamin Scheers

Melitzah
Risa Horowitz

Fly's Eye
Andrea Polli