Workshop on Shape Computation

这个奖资助了一个关于形状计算的研讨会。这次活动延续了1997年5月由加州大学洛杉矶分校发起的关于相同主题的早期活动的讨论。形状计算的重点是形状语法的研究和应用。形状语法最初是用来直接用钢笔和铅笔、纸上的图画和物理模型计算形状的，不需要中间的符号结构或抽象表示。该方法的新颖之处在于，形状语法可能允许在固定的计算方案中以多种方式查看和解释空间元素（点、曲线、曲面和实体）的任何排列——形状可以在计算中的任何时间划分为部分。形状语法已经成功地推动了许多主题领域的设计过程。这次讲习班将集中讨论理论改进、计算机实施、在设计科学中的应用以及在图书馆和信息科学中的应用。

This award funds a workshop on Shape Computation. This event continues discussions began at an earlier event on the same set of topics sponsored by UCLA in May of 1997.Shape computation is focused on the study and application of shape grammars. Shape grammers were developed originally to compute with shapes directly in pen and pencil, paper drawings and physical models, with no requirement for intermediate stmbolic structures or abstract representations. The approach is novel in that shape grammars possibly allow for any arrngement of spatial elements (points, curves, surfaces, and solids) to be seen and interpreted in many ways within a fixed computational scheme - shapes can be divided into parts at any time within a computation. Shape grammars have been successful in furthering the process of design in many topical areas. This workshop will concentrate on theoretical refinements, computer implementation, applications in design sciences and applications in library and information sciences.