[Reader-list] Leonardo Abstracts Service - Call for Submissions

[nisar keshvani]

As part of the Leonardo Educators Initiative, the Leonardo
Abstracts Service (LABS) is pleased to announce its first cycle
of shortlisted peer reviewed abstracts. Scholars published in
the first cycle in the Leonardo Electronic Almanac October 2004
are:

* Peter Anders: A Procedural Model for the Integration of
Physical and Cyberspaces in Architecture
Thesis Supervisors: Roy Ascott, Michael Phillips, Michael Punt

* Principles of Metadesign: Processes and Levels of Co-Creation
in the New Design Space by Elisa Giaccardi
Thesis Supervisor: Roy Ascott

* Fatima Lasay: Phase Space Portraits of the Nuestra Señora
delos Dolores of Baclayon
Thesis Supervisor: Santiago Albano Pilar

* Maureen A. Nappi: Language, Memory and Volition: Toward an
Aesthetics of Computer Arts
Thesis Supervisors: Benjamin Binstock and Judith R. Weissman

LABS is seeking PhD, Masters and MFA thesis abstracts for its
next publication cycle. Authors of theses interested in having
their thesis abstract considered for publication should fill out
the Thesis Abstract Submittal form at
http://leonardolabs.pomona.edu

Deadline for submission is: 15 November 2004

What is LABS?
LABS is a comprehensive database of Ph.D., Masters and MFA
thesis abstracts in the emerging intersection between art,
science and technology. Individuals receiving advanced degrees
in the arts (visual, sound, performance, text), computer
sciences, the sciences and/or technology, which in some way
investigate philosophical, historical, or critical applications
of science or technology to the arts, are invited to submit an
abstract of their thesis for publication consideration in this
database.

The LABS project does not seek to duplicate existing thesis
databases but rather to give visibility to interdisciplinary
work that is often hard to retrieve from existing databases. The
abstracts are available online at Pomona College, Claremont,
California, so that interested persons can access them at no
cost.

The English language peer review panel for 2004/2005 are Pau
Alsina, Jody Berland, Sean Cubitt, Frieder Nake, Sheila Pinkel
and Stephen Petersen.

What is the Leonardo International Academic Community?
The Leonardo International Academic Community is a mailing list
to encourage discussion and exchange of ideas (to join email: lea
[@] mitpress [dot] mit [dot] edu with a brief introduction)
amongst leaders and thinkers in academia. Academics also receive
the Leonardo International Faculty Alerts - announcing job and
other opportunities in the field.