Ebook: Computational Visualistics, Media Informatics, and Virtual Communities

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.

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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.

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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.



Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-ix
Digital Media Studies & Medieninformatik: Facts, Questions, and Comments....Pages 1-7
Media Informatics at the Technical University of Dresden....Pages 9-14
Media Informatics at the University of Munich....Pages 15-17
New Degree Programmes at Augsburg University: Bachelor’s/Masters for “Informatics and Multimedia”....Pages 19-23
Virtual Communities: Cooperation and Awareness Support....Pages 25-35
Virtual Institutes: Between Immersion and Communication....Pages 37-50
Computational Visualistics at the Otto-von-Guericke University of Magdeburg....Pages 51-55
Virtual Communities: Trust, Identity, Participation, and Technology....Pages 57-65
Towards an Understanding of the Psychology of Non-Photorealistic Rendering....Pages 67-78
Dynamic Visualisation for Feedback-driven Online Aggregation....Pages 79-90
The Representation of Shape for Retrieval of Pictures by Semantic Means....Pages 91-97
Specialisation in Media Technology at the University of Rostock....Pages 99-101
An examination of the use of Web-based Resources in an on-site M.Sc. Course in Multimedia Technology....Pages 103-110
Development of a Master’s of Science Degree within Multimedia Management....Pages 111-120
Media Informatics at the University of Ulm....Pages 121-123
Back Matter....Pages 125-133

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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.



Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-ix
Digital Media Studies & Medieninformatik: Facts, Questions, and Comments....Pages 1-7
Media Informatics at the Technical University of Dresden....Pages 9-14
Media Informatics at the University of Munich....Pages 15-17
New Degree Programmes at Augsburg University: Bachelor’s/Masters for “Informatics and Multimedia”....Pages 19-23
Virtual Communities: Cooperation and Awareness Support....Pages 25-35
Virtual Institutes: Between Immersion and Communication....Pages 37-50
Computational Visualistics at the Otto-von-Guericke University of Magdeburg....Pages 51-55
Virtual Communities: Trust, Identity, Participation, and Technology....Pages 57-65
Towards an Understanding of the Psychology of Non-Photorealistic Rendering....Pages 67-78
Dynamic Visualisation for Feedback-driven Online Aggregation....Pages 79-90
The Representation of Shape for Retrieval of Pictures by Semantic Means....Pages 91-97
Specialisation in Media Technology at the University of Rostock....Pages 99-101
An examination of the use of Web-based Resources in an on-site M.Sc. Course in Multimedia Technology....Pages 103-110
Development of a Master’s of Science Degree within Multimedia Management....Pages 111-120
Media Informatics at the University of Ulm....Pages 121-123
Back Matter....Pages 125-133
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