SDC'10 Program

Sunday 13 June 2010
19:15 - 21:00 Pre-Workshop Mixer Meet in lobby of Hotel St Christophe, 2 ave Victor Hugo, walk to Le Passage, 10 rue Villars, Aix. The restaurant is couple of minutes walk from the hotel.

Day One

Monday 14 June 2010
08:00 - 08:30 Registration
08:30 - 08:45 Introduction: John Gero Aims and goals of the workshop; modus operandus.
08:45 - 10:00 Session 1: Design Science – State-of-the-Art
Chair: Ramesh Krishnamurti

 

  Ruth Dalton Navigating Complex Buildings: Cognition, Neuroscience and Architectural Design
  Jeff Nickerson Showing Connection
  Ewa Grabska The Theoretical Framework for Creative Visual Thinking
  Rudi Stouffs Sortal Grammars for Urban Design
  Ramesh Krishnamurti Bridging Parametric Shape and Parametric Design
  Papers Discussion  
10:00 - 10:30 Break
10:30 - 11:30

Session 1: General Discussion Design Science
Rapporteur:
Jeff Nickerson

11:30 - 12:45 Session 2: Computer Science – State-of-the-Art
Chair: Christian Freksa
  Christian Freksa Design for Spatial Computing
  Tracy Hammond Dialectical Creativity: Sketch-Negate-Create
  Mehul Bhatt Spatial Computing for Design: An Artificial Intelligence Perspective
  Juval Portugali SIRN – Synergetic Inter-Representation Networks: An Approach to Urban Planning and Design with Implications to Visual-Spatial Reasoning
  Max Egenhofer Qualitative Spatial-Relation Reasoning for Design
  Papers Discussion  
12:45 - 14:15 Lunch: at La Mado
14:15 - 15:15

Session 2: General Discussion Computer Science
Rapporteur:
Tracy Hammond

15:15 - 16:30 Session 3: Cognitive Science – State-of-the-Art
Chair: Barbara Tversky
  Nora Newcombe Thinking about Spatial Thinking: New Typology, New Assessments
  Maria Kozhevnikov Visual-object Versus Visual-spatial Representations: Insights from Studying Visualization in Artists and Scientists
  Christoph Hölscher On the Role of Spatial Analysis in Design Synthesis: The Case of Wayfinding
  Gabi Goldschmidt Ubiquitous Serendipity: Potential Visual Design Stimuli Are Everywhere
  Barbara Tversky Spraction: Integrating Space, Action, and Abstraction
  Papers Discussion  
16:30 - 17:00 Break
17:00 - 18:00 Session 3: General Discussion – Cognitive Science
Rapporteur: Gabi Goldschmidt
20:00 Dinner: at Les Deux Frères

Day Two

Tuesday 15 June 2010
09:00 - 10:00 Session 4: Neuroscience – State-of-the-Art
Chair: Jeff Zacks
  Lila Chrysikou Creative States: A Cognitive Neuroscience Approach to Understanding and Improving Creativity in Design
  Jeff Zacks Spatial Transformations of Scene Stimuli: It’s an Upright World
  Albert Postma Losing One's Way in a Digital World: VR Studies on Navigation
  Vinod Goel Creating Artifacts: Integrating Cognitive and Neural Perspectives
  Papers Discussion  
10:00 - 10:30 Break
10:30 - 11:30 Session 4: General Discussion Neuroscience
Rapporteur: Lila Chrysikou
11:30 - 12:45 Working Groups
12:45 - 14:15 Lunch: at La Mado
14:15 - 14:45 Rapporteurs Presentations and Discussion
Chair:
John Gero
14:45 - 15:45 Working Groups Presentations and Discussion
15:45 - 16:15 Break
16:15 - 16:45 Concluding Discussion and Report