SHAPE GRAMMAR IMPLEMENTATION: FROM THEORY TO USEABLE SOFTWARE
Important Dates (revised on 7th May 2010)
28th May Submissions due
14th June Notification of acceptance
25th June Revised submissions due
2nd July Publish final workshop agenda and abstracts on workshop web site
Sunday 11th July, 2:00 pm to 5:30pm Workshop
24th September Publish final workshop report

Shape grammar implementations lag far behind shape grammar theory restricting their application in design practice. This workshop is proposed to show “hands-on”, tell and discuss the current state-of-the-art, limitations and key challenges in shape grammar implementations. The goal is to identify requirements for implementation of shape grammars so that can they can be incorporated in design practice. Initial requirements for useable implementations we anticipate to cover three aspects:

  • How to integrate shape grammar implementations into the current software toolset (e.g. illustration and sketching software, CAD, CAE)?
  • How can designers articulate shape grammars (i.e. vocabulary and rules) in software implementations?
  • How to integrate shape grammar implementations into the product development process? How could they change these processes?

Further goals include identifying a set of benchmark problems for shape grammar implementations
and forming a network capable of responding to European research calls.   

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CLICK HERE FOR THE WORKSHOP REPORT

Workshop Chair
Prof. Dr. Kristina Shea (Kristina.shea@pe.mw.tum.de )
Prof Alison McKay (A.McKay@leeds.ac.uk )
Program Committee
Prof. Chris Earl, Open University, UK
Prof. Scott Chase, Aalborg University, Denmark
Prof. Jay McCormack, University of Idaho, USA
Prof. Terry Knight, MIT, USA
Dr. Rudi Stouffs, Delft, Netherlands
Workshop Notes

Abstracts should be a maximum of two pages long, including no more than one page of text plus up to a page of screenshots.

Workshop format:

The workshop will focus around existing shape grammar implementations. Short presentations (5 mins) will be given followed by longer hands-on demonstrations (15 min). This can even include key aspects of how the implementation was programmed, where interesting.

Submission information:

One page abstracts are solicited that describe the basic approach and nature of the demonstration. Presentations will be selected from the abstracts submitted. Preference will be given to those presenting a live software. All others are welcome to join for the discussion.

Attendees at the workshop need to register either as an addition to the DCC'10 conference registration at a cost of €25, or if not registered for the conference at a cost of €50. Please go the Registration page to register.

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