Visual Representations and Interpretations

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-X

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2. Introduction

   1. A Multidisciplinary Perspective on Visual Representations & Interpretations

      • Irene Neilson

      Pages 1-8

3. Visualisation for Effective Communication

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 9-9

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   2. Realism and Representation: Pictures, Models and Theories

      • Andrew Harrison

      Pages 11-20

   3. Words and Pictures — Goodman Revisited

      • John R. Lee

      Pages 21-31

   4. Mathematics and Knots

      • Ronald Brown

      Pages 32-42

   5. A Visual, Computational Object Language for Mathematics

      • Phillip Kent

      Pages 43-51

   6. A Visual Metaphor for Psychoanalytic Training and Supervision

      • C. A. Lund, R. C. Paton

      Pages 52-61

   7. Geomentality: Reframing the Landscape

      • Nancy de Freitas

      Pages 62-75

   8. Graphically Representing Causal Sequences in Accident Scenarios: Just Some of the Issues

      • Julia Hill, Peter Wright

      Pages 76-87

   9. Automated Interpretation of Visual Representations: Extracting Textual Information from WWW Images

      • A. Antonacopoulos, F. Delporte

      Pages 88-93

4. The Visual Dimension of Science

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 95-95

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   2. Models and Type-hierarchies: Cognitive Foundations of Iconic Thinking

      • Rom Harré

      Pages 97-111

   3. Defining Visual Representation as a Creative and Interactive Modality

      • Amy Ione

      Pages 112-120

   4. Theories and Models: the Interactive View

      • Robin Findlay Hendry

      Pages 121-130

   5. Visual Representations and Interpretations of Molecular Electronic Structure: The Survival and Re-emergence of Valence Bond Theory

      • David L. Cooper

      Pages 131-138

   6. The Language of Proteins

      • J. H. Parish

      Pages 139-145

   7. Atomistic vs. Continuous Representations in Molecular Biology

      • David S. Goodsell

      Pages 146-155

   8. NetWork: a Tool for Visualization of Genetic Network Structure and Dynamics

      • Vassili N. Serov, Olga V. Kirillova, Maria G. Samsonova

      Pages 156-160

5. Articulating the Design Process

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 161-161

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The value of multi-disciplinary research and the exchange of ideas and methods across traditional discipline boundaries are well recognised. Indeed, it could be justifiably argued that many of the advances in science and engineering take place because the ideas, methods and the tools of thought from one discipline become re­ applied in others. Sadly, it is also the case that many subject areas develop specialised vocabularies and concepts and can consequently approach more general problems in fairly narrow, subject-specific ways. Consequently barriers develop between disciplines that prevent the free flow of ideas and the collaborations that on Visual Representations could often bring success. VRI'98, a workshop focused & Interpretations, was intended to break down such barriers. The workshop was held in the Foresight Conference Centre, which occupies part of the former Liverpool Royal Infirmary, a Grade 2 listed building, which has been recently restored. The building combines a majestic architecture with the latest in new conference facilities and technologies and thus provided a very suitable setting for a workshop aimed at bringing the Arts and the Sciences together. of the workshop was to promote inter-disciplinary awareness across The main aim a range of disciplines where visual representations and interpretations are exploited. Contributions to the workshop were therefore invited from researchers who are actively investigating visual representations and interpretations: - artists, architects, biologists, chemists, clinicians, cognitive scientists, computer scientists, educationalists, engineers, graphic designers, linguists, mathematicians, philosophers, physicists, psychologists and social scientists.

• 3D
• Augmented Reality
• collaboration
• graphics
• navigation
• user interface
• visualization

• Department of Computer Science, Liverpool, UK

  Ray Paton

• Computer Science, Liverpool, UK

  Irene Neilson

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