Canterbury, UK, 2-6 July 2012

Diagrams is an international interdisciplinary conference series, covering all aspects of research on the theory and application of diagrams. In 2012 it will be held at the University of Kent which overlooks the historic city of Canterbury in the UK.

Diagrams is the only conference series that provides a united forum for all areas that are concerned with the study of diagrams, including architecture, art, artificial intelligence, cartography, cognitive science, computer science, education, graphic design, history of science, human-computer interaction, linguistics, logic, mathematics, philosophy, psychology, and software modelling. The conference attracts a large number of researchers from these related fields, positioning Diagrams as a major international event in interdisciplinary research.

The conference proceedings will be published in the Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) series.

Diagrams 2012 will include presentations of refereed papers, posters, tutorials, workshop sessions, and a graduate symposium. We invite submissions that focus on any aspect of diagrams research.

Three satellite workshops will be taking place alongside Diagrams 2012:

• July 2: The 3rd International Workshop on Euler Diagrams organised by Peter Chapman and Luana Micallef.
• July 2: Technology-Enhanced Diagrams Research organised by Richard Cox and Jonathan San Diego.
• July 6: Accessible Graphics: Diagrams for Vision Impaired People organised by Cagatay Goncu and and Kim Marriott.

We will be holding a tutorial during Diagrams 2012:

• Learning to use the Openbox: A Framework for the Implementation of Heterogeneous Reasoning

Conference subjects include, but are not limited to:

• applications of diagrams
• computational models of reasoning with, and interpretation of, diagrams
• design of diagrammatic notations
• diagram understanding by humans or machines
• diagram aesthetics and layout
• educational uses of diagrams
• evaluation of diagrammatic notations
• graphical communication
• heterogeneous notations involving diagrams
• history of diagrammatic notations
• information visualization using diagrams
• psychological issues pertaining to perception, comprehension or production of diagrams
• software to support the use of diagrams
• theoretical aspects of diagrams including, for example, classification and formalization
• usability and human-computer interaction issues concerning diagrams

Important Dates:

    workshop proposal deadline 24 November 2011
    paper abstracts deadline 8 December 2011
    workshop notification 13 December 2011
    Full version of papers 15 December 2011
    poster submission deadline 15 December 2011
    tutorial proposal deadline 17 December 2011
    paper notification 6 February 2012
    tutorial notification 6 February 2012
    poster notification 13 February 2012
    paper and poster camera ready copies due 1 March 2012
    graduate symposium submission deadline 29 March 2012
    graduate symposium notification 19 April 2012
    graduate symposium camera ready copies due 3 May 2012
    early registration deadline 11 May 2012
    main conference dates 2-6 July 2012

Contact us by email: diagrams2012@diagrams-conference.org.

Diagrams 2012 is financially supported by: