Design generally entails representations and reasoning in multiple
modalities. Designers, for example, reason with drawings, sketches
and diagrams on one hand, and with functional, behavioral, causal,
structural models on the other. The special issue on multi-modal
design will focus on the interaction of design representations and
reasoning in different modalities. For example, how might a design
representation in one modality be coupled with a design representation
in another? How might a design representation in one modality be
transformed into a representation in another modality? How might a
design representation in one modality enable an inference required by
reasoning in another modality? How might control of reasoning shift
from one modality to another?
The special issue is open to papers on these (and closely related)
issues in all design domains, but the domain of engineering systems,
devices and mechanisms is of particular interest. Similarly, the
special issue is open to papers on any two (or more) modalities of
design representation and reasoning, but the modalities of
drawings/sketches/diagrams on one hand and of
functional/behavioral/causal/structural models on the other are of
particular interest.
We especially welcome papers on the following topics:
- automatic generation of functional/behavioral/causal/structural
models of systems/devices/mechanisms from drawings/sketches/diagrams;
- automatic generation of drawings/sketches/diagrams from
functional/behavioral/causal/structural models;
- strongly-coupled use of drawings/sketches/diagrams and
functional/behavioral/causal/structural models in automated or
interactive design synthesis/analysis;
- cognitive models of (a), (b), or (c) above.
All submissions will be anonymously reviewed by at least two expert
reviewers, and a selection for publication made on the basis of these
reviews.
Information about the format and style required for
AIEDAM papers can be found at
www.cs.wpi.edu/~aiedam/Instructions/.
However, note that all
submissions for special issues go to the Guest Editors, and not to the
Editor in Chief.
Important dates:
Intent to submit (with Title & Abstract) January 1, 2007
Submission deadline for full papers: May 1, 2007 ***
Reviews due August 1, 2007
Notification and reviews to authors: September 1, 2007
Revised version submission deadline: November 1, 2007
Issue to CUP: December 1, 2007
Guest editors:
Please direct all enquiries and submissions to the guest editors:
Ashok Goel
School of Interactive and Intelligent Computing
College of Computing
Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, GA 30332-0280
USA
Email: goel [at] cc.gatech.edu
Randall Davis
MIT Computer Science and AI Laboratory
Stata Center 237
32 Vassar Street
Cambridge, MA 02139-4307
USA
Email: davis [at] csail.mit.edu
John Gero
Krasnow Institute for Advanced Study
George Mason University
Fairfax, Virginia 22030
Email: john [at] johngero.com
