COSIGN

Workshop

In addition to the pre-conference tutorial day, COSIGN will also be running a workshop on sampling and recombinant information. This is being provided for COSIGN by Andruid Kerne from the Interface Ecology Lab of Texas A&M University.

The aim of the workshop is to provide a thorough investigation of the processes involving samples, surrogates (a term from library science, meaning, a replacement for an original item, which gives some description of the item, and how it can be obtained), and recombinant information. This investigation will include:

Identifying the aesthetic and usability criteria of those who put together and those who use collections
Understanding the contexts of these recombinant processes
Analysing the sensory characteristics and semiotic functions of surrogates as signs
Developing new ideas about how digital tools can support recombinant processes
Exploring the roles for metadata in surrogates and recombination
imagining functionalities for algorithms and tools

Full details of the workshop are available (in Abode Acrobat format). To participate in the workshop, please send a position paper to Andruid Kerne (andruid at cs.tamu.edu) by 20st August, 2004. For information on the cost of this event - including special rates for students and early-birds - please go to the registration page.

For more information on the COSIGN 2004 conference, and on the previous COSIGN events, follow the links.