Thematic Research Networks

Computation Semiotics is dealing with:

1. the application of computational methods (Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Neural Networks etc.) in semiotic analysis of big (textual, visual, multimodal) corpora, and
2. the criticism of computational methods, and of informatics in general, from a semiotic viewpoint.

Coordination:

• Yannis Skarpelos, Professor, Department of Communication, Media and Culture, Panteion University (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. )   
• Titika Dimitroulia, Professor, Department of Theatre Studies, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. )

The network explores the complexity of semiosis in contemporary digital environments (e.g., video games, animation, interactive cinema etc.) and, more broadly, in new forms of art, interaction, and communication that employ technologies, such as Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality και Artificial Intelligence.

Coordination:

• Maria Katsaridou, Ionian University (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. )
• Loukia Kostopoulou, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. )

The network concerns the semiotic study of Typography/Text, Image, and Sound both individually but also in their interconnection in Graphic and Visual Communciation applications. The network’s membars are active in a wide range of relevant areas, like branding, dicual identity, advertising, graphic applications, publishing, posters, web, multimedia and social media design, etc. 

Coordination:
Evripides Zantides, Professor, Department of Multimedia and Graphic Arts, Cyprus University of Technology (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)

Webpage:
Semiotics and Visual Communication Research Lab  https://www.svclab.com/

Facebook:
Semiotics and Visual Communication Research Lab   https://www.facebook.com/svclab

The network focuses on the semiotic study of media texts/genres and especially on the media/arts relations and the hybrids they produce. Network members’ interests cover cinema, television, internet/websites etc. 

Coordination:
Loukia Kostopoulou, Senior Teaching & Research Fellow, School of French Language & Literature, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)

Webpage: 
https://semiolab.eu/index.php/gr/media-semiotics-research-group-gr

Facebook: Media Semiotics Research Group
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100075962861414