(DBWORLD) ER'97 Workshop: Call for Papers and Position Statements

Jeffrey Parsons (jeffreyp@morgan.ucs.mun.ca)
Fri, 20 Jun 1997 14:21:48 -0500 (CDT)

CALL FOR PAPERS AND POSITION STATEMENTS
Workshop on Cognition and Conceptual Modelling
to be held in conjunction with
The 16th International Conference on Conceptual Modeling (ER'97)
Los Angeles, California, USA
3 - 6 November 1997

WORKSHOP OVERVIEW

Conceptual Modeling, by its very name, involves constructing
representations of human knowledge. One of the primary uses of such
representations is to verify analysts' understanding of users' knowledge
of an application domain before proceeding with database design and
implementation. Much of the research in conceptual modeling deals with
developing formalisms (often graphical) to represent knowledge. However,
conceptual modeling research has paid surprisingly little attention to
developing representation formalisms based on the structure of knowledge.
This workshop will focus on using the "science of knowledge", or
cognition, to understand existing conceptual modeling techniques, to guide
the design of new techniques, and to provide criteria for evaluating
techniques and methods.

Cognition is the branch of cognitive psychology that seeks to understand
thought processes and the structure of knowledge. Such processes and
structures, in turn, can inform the conceptual modeling techniques that
are used to develop representations. The purpose of the workshop is to
advance the state-of-the-art in applying research on human cognition to
problems and issues in conceptual modeling.

TOPICS

The workshop will explore the applicability of a broad range of cognition
research to conceptual modeling. Relevant areas of interest include, but
are not restricted to:

o categorization
o abstraction mechanisms
o learning
o perception and visual attention
o reasoning
o incorporating cognitive relationships in semantic models
o models/constructs to improve user/analyst communication

PAPER/POSITION STATEMENT SUBMISSIONS

Researchers interested in participating in the workshop may submit either
a full paper (maximum 5,000 words) describing completed research, or a 1-3
page position statement describing their interest in the workshop theme.
Submissions should be sent as e-mail attachments (PostScript files, Word
documents, or WordPerfect documents), or three printed copies, to:

Jeffrey Parsons
jeff@salmon.busi.mun.ca

Faculty of Business Administration
Memorial University of Newfoundland
St. John's, NF A1B 3X5
CANADA

Submissions should include email and postal addresses of contact authors,
and must be received by July 31, 1997.

Potential participants are encouraged to email either of the workshop
organizers to discuss the suitability of specific research projects to the
workshop theme.

Workshop participants must register for the ER'97 conference and pay an
additional workshop fee of $50. Details of ER'97 can be found at
http://osm7.cs.byu.edu/ER97/

WORKSHOP ORGANIZERS

Jeffrey Parsons (Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada)
jeff@salmon.busi.mun.ca
Ramesh Venkataraman (University of Maryland, Baltimore County, USA)
venkatar@umbc.edu

IMPORTANT DATES

Submission deadline: July 31, 1997
Author Notification: August 31, 1997
ER'97 Dates: November 3-6, 1997
Workshop Dates: November 6-7, 1997

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