Computational Visualistics, Media Informatics, and Virtual Communities (Bildwissenschaft, 11) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3824445506 ISBN 13: 9783824445509

Publisher: Deutscher Universitätsverlag, 2003

Synopsis

In recent years there has been a rising awareness within the international scientific commu­ nity that there is a need to study the various aspects of the integration of images and new me­ dia both from the point of view of computer science as well as from other areas which deal with users' interface to information sources, in particular design, psychology, education, po­ litical science, sociology, and philosophy. To a certain extent the view of the topic from any single one of these disciplines leads to a one-sided analysis. Indeed, interdisciplinary approaches involving two or more of them ap­ plied to selected research problems have emerged. Examples of scientific conferences which embody such approaches are CHI and the German "Mensch und Computer" Conferences, where in particular the collaboration between disciplines is furthered. Truly interdisciplinary research involving pairs of disciplines, or even triplets or quadruples of these areas, are still few and far between.

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About the Author

Dr. Jochen Schneider und Prof. Dr. Thomas Strothotte lehren am Institut für Simulation und Graphik der Universität Magdeburg.
Prof. Dr. Winfried Marotzki lehrt am Institut für Erziehungswissenschaft der Universität Magedburg.

From the Back Cover

The study of images and new media from a technical point of view is a subject for computer science, which needs to be complemented with that of other disciplines reflecting on and producing media and images, in particular design, psychology, education, political science, sociology, and philosophy. Interdisciplinary approaches involving two or more areas applied to selected research problems are therefore more and more common.

A number of research universities world wide have installed degree programs in which experts from the different areas lead the next generation of scientists toward interdisciplinary research. Such degree programs place a large burden on their students, as they are to integrate in their minds the teaching of various different subjects - often with the goal of achieving a deeper understanding of the interdisciplinary nature of the subjects than their professors from any one of the contributing subjects might have.

In April, 2003 representatives of a group of mostly German research universities offering degree programs in the areas of Computational Visualistics and Media Informatics met for the first time in Magdeburg, Germany. Their goal is to collaborate in research and research-oriented teaching through the exchange of ideas, information and experience. This volume collects information on their views of their own degree and research programs as a starting point for discussions. First examples of interdisciplinary research being carried out in the area are also included.

Edition details

• Publisher: Deutscher Universitätsverlag
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3824445506
• ISBN 13: 9783824445509
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 143
• Editor: Schneider Jochen, Strothotte Thomas, Marotzki Winfried