CFP Special Issue JVLC: Adaptation in Spatial Communication

Call for Papers - Special issue "Adaptation in Spatial Communication" Journal of Visual Languages and Computing (impact factor of 0.644) www.elsevier.com/locate/jvlc Motivation and Scope Spatial communication is a type of pragmatic communication, taking a variety of forms: from verbal or pictorial descriptions and depictions to instructions for agents about actions required to interact with their environment. People adapt their communication in form and content to the situation and communication partner dynamically during communication by reacting to changing situations. Today’s spatial assistance systems (e.g., car navigation systems and internet route planners) lack this flexibility. The identification and presentation of the relevant data to humans remains relatively crude and the structure of the communication processes is often based on ad-hoc observations and vague assumptions about the users' needs. Consequently, such systems are experienced as awkward, cognitively inadequate or patronizing. This special issue covers research advances pertinent to informed design of spatial assistance systems and present state-of-the-art research results. It aims at issues and open questions in adaptation in human spatial communication and emerging principles for human-machine spatial communication. The main objective is to draw parallels between human-to-human communication and human-machine interaction in order to inform further research, design and development towards adaptive spatial assistance systems. The key interest is in exploring the avenues to improve automatic processes that implement adaptive behavior in assistance systems and services.null