CoSLI 2013 - International Conference on workshop Computational Models of Spatial Language Interpretation and Generation (CoSLI-3)

Computational Models of Spatial Language Interpretation and Generation (CoSLI-3)
Organizers:
Robert Ross, Dublin Institute of Technology
Simon Dobnik, University of Gothenburg
John Kelleher, Dublin Institute of Technology
The development of a wide class of so-called situated systems such as robotics, virtual characters, and Geographic Information Systems is heavily dependent on the existence of adequate models of spatial language in order to allow users to interact with these systems when standard graphical, textual, or tactile modes of communication are infeasible or inconvenient.
While early models of spatial term semantics relied on geometrically motivated formal representations, it is now widely recognized that spatial term meaning is also dependent on functional and pragmatic features. Consequently, representations of spatial term semantics must accommodate geometric, functional and pragmatics aspects of situated meaning. The aim of this workshop is to draw together the often orthogonal views on formal symbolic and situated spatial language in order to foster theories and representations which do justice to the complexity and situated nature of spatial language use.

The CoSLI-3 workshop welcomes contributions dealing with any of the topics relevant to the main IWCS conference that address cognitive, symbolic, and situated theories and representations of spatial language. We particularly welcome contributions dealing with accounts that bridge the gap between formal representations and situated systems.