May, 2023 - Smart Semiotics

Transformism. Can art transform us and inspire for change?

“The spectator is the most important element in the art of the future.” Marcel Duchamp Imagine entering a museum and seeing an extraordinary work of art. It invites you to question reality and answer simple […]

Commentary on Jean-Guy Meunier’s presentation ‘Can Semiotics Become Computational.’

By Michael Mair, May 2023 Introduction It is many weeks now since Jean-Guy Meunier’s exposition on semiotics and computation. I was awed by his erudition, and by the systematic way he approached the subject, particularly […]

“Systemic Semiotics” – webinar by Professor Piotr Sadowski (Dublin)

Abstract Systemic semiotics applies the theory of autonomous systems to the study of communication and meaning. Autonomous systems, such as living organisms, have the capacity to maintain homeostasis—a state of internal functional equilibrium in respect […]

WEBINAR

From Artificial Intelligence to Artificial Wisdom

November 27, 2025 0

From Artificial Intelligence to Artificial Wisdom By Dr. Robert Finkelstein Robotic Technology Inc.,President and University of Maryland As with “intelligence,” there are many definitions of wisdom and none are totally satisfactory. Our pragmatic definition of wisdom is: a system […]

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Webinar on the semiotics of today’s orientalism.

October 2, 2025 0

Webinar on the semiotics of today’s orientalism by Professor Lia Yoka (Aristotle University Thessaloniki) Orientalist painting: rigid metaphors, flexible meanings Abstract The allure and cultural backwardness of an imaginary East in dominant Western discourse, a set of values and stereotypes […]

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Smart Semiotics webinar – “The semiotics of contemporary currency design”

February 26, 2025 0

Title: “The semiotics of contemporary currency design” Description: Banknotes and coins are material objects that circulate in our everyday lives. We recognize them as such thanks to their appearance and, particularly, to their design. In […]

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Facial expression, a gateway to affective semiotics

December 29, 2024 0

Announcing a webinar on Facial expression, a gateway to affective semiotics by Marc Mehu, Department of Psychology, Webster Vienna Private University. Sunday January 19, 2025, at 04:00 PM GMT (UTC +0) In communication, the access to […]

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Attention Mechanism in AI Systems and its Relevance for Textual Pragmatics,a webinar by Prof. Kristian Bankov (New Bulgarian University)

November 26, 2024 0

Attention mechanism in AI systems and its relevance for textual pragmatics Sun, 8 Dec 2024, 15:00 UTC Prof. Kristian Bankov, New Bulgarian University The discovery of the attention mechanism in deep learning algorithms became for […]

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