Speakers
Co-Organizers
Advisory Board
Conference Manager
Conference Proceedings
Sponsors
Registration
Further Information
Program

Speakers

JAMES  ALBUS, National Institute of Standards and Technology
PETER BØGH ANDERSEN, Aarhus University
RODNEY CLARKE, University of Wollongong
BLAISE CRONIN, Indiana University
DERRICK DE KERCKHOVE, University of Toronto
UMBERTO ECO, University of Bologna
RENE J. JORNA, University of Gronigen
ROBERTA KEVELSON, The College of William and Mary
JEAN-GUY MEUNIER, Université du Québec à Montréal
ALEXANDER M. MEYSTEL, Drexel University
MIHAI NADIN, University of Wuppertal
FRANK NUESSEL, University of Louisville
WILLIAM PENCAK, Pennsylvania State University
FRANÇOIS RASTIER, Centre National de Recherches Scientifiques
BURGHARD B. RIEGER, University of Trier
CLARISSE SIECKENIUS DE SOUZA, Pontificia Universidade Catolica
RONALD K. STAMPER, University of Twente
JEAN UMIKER-SEBEOK, Indiana University

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Co-Organizers

Jean Umiker-Sebeok, Indiana University
Marcel Danesi, University of Toronto
 

Advisory Board

Donald J. Cunningham, Indiana University
Derrick DeKerckhove, University of Toronto
Paul Perron, University of Toronto
Manuela Gieri, University of Toronto
Rocco Capozzi, University of Toronto
 

Conference Manager

Laura Shintani, Semiotics Research Unit, Victoria College
 

Conference Proceedings

To be published by Legas Press (Ottawa)
in: Working Papers in the Semiotic Sciences, Volume 2
 

Sponsors

• Program in Semiotics and Communication Theory, Victoria College
• Faculty of Arts and Science, University of Toronto
• Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
• Center for Applied Semiotics, Indiana University
• McLuhan Program, University of Toronto

Registration (starting on October 13)

Old Vic Building
73 Queen's Park Crescent
Victoria College
University of Toronto

Fee:

• $75 (Canadian)
• $40 (Canadian) for registrants of Semiotic Society of America meeting (Oct. 15-18)
• $15 (Canadian) for students

Further Information

Laura Shintani
Semiotics Research Unit, Victoria College
telephone: (416) 585-4498
fax: (416) 585-4584
e-mail: sru.victoria@utoronto.ca

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Program

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 13

Special Session I

6:30-7:30 pm   Roberta Kevelson, "Peirce on the Evolution of Cliché to Archetype"

Refreshments follow the lecture.

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14

8:45 am   Welcoming Ceremonies
 

Session I

  9:00   Umberto Eco "Interpreting Information"
10:00   Derrick De Kerckhove "Connecting in the Information Age"

11:00-11:30     Coffee Break

11:30   Rene J. Jorna "Psychology of Information or How to Deal with the Virtual World of Today and the Future"

12:30-2:00      Lunch Break
 

Session II

2:00    Burghard B. Rieger, "Computing with Words: Granularity in Semiotic Cognitive Information Processing (SCIP) Systems"

3:00    Peter Bøgh Andersen, "Wind Currents, Propellers, and Rudders: An Exercise in Dynamic Semiotics in the Domain of Maritime Navigation"

4:00-4:30       Coffee Break

4:30    Rodney Clarke, "Systemics into Information"
 
5:30    Alexander M. Meystel, "Multiresolutional Semiotics of Intelligence"

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15

Session III

8:00    Jean-Guy Meunier, "The Semiotic Foundations of Information Processing Models"

9:00    Mihai Nadin, "What Kind of Sign Is a Bit?"

10:00   Fran*ois Rastier, "On Signs and Texts: Cognitive Science and Semiotics"

11:00-11:30     Coffee Break

11:30   William Pencak, "Harold Innis, Thorstein Veblen, and In-Formation"

12:30-2:00      Lunch Break
 

Session IV

2:00    Jean Umiker-Sebeok & Clarisse Sieckenius de Souza, "Meanings in Computer Programs: User's Interpretation of Programmer's Intent

3:00    Ronald K. Stamper, "Extending Semiotics for the Study of Information"

4:00-4:30       Coffee Break

4:30    James Albus, "Engineering of Mind"

5:30    Frank Nuessel, "Philosophical Revolutions and Twentieth Century North American Linguistic Theory"
 

Special Session II

6:30 pm   Blaise Cronin, "The Sovereign Sign: Citations and the Market for Symbolic Capital"

Refreshments follow the lecture