Translated by Bruno Menon.

Evolving strategies for hypermedia creation – especially the Web – depend to a large extent on technological choices and possibilities, which in turn are constantly shaped by the logics of creation, their mode, models, work, product and services.  In such a scenario of interdependency, the advancement of interface design, collaborative writing, interactive and collaborative scripting, and representations of space and time, should regularly be studied and defined, at the conceptual and implementation level, as novel tools and usages appear. The research activity carried out in the field of interactive scientific and cultural mediation by information and communication scientists within Paragraphe Laboratory is nourished by this constant watch on technology, ergonomics and cognitive science.

In this interdisciplinary perspective, the CRAC group from Université Paris 8, which specializes in cognitive science, joined Paragraphe in 2005. This association is consistent with the laboratory’s logic of interdisciplinary development. It will allow cross fertilization between technological approaches and human and social sciences, by creating a favorable environment for research done in common, both empirical and theoretical.

Paragraphe Laboratory endeavors to carry out a reflection that shows the continuous mutual influence of these perspectives. On this ground, Paragraphe is now recognized as one of the major research institutions, from the theoretical as well as R&D standpoints.

Activity

Conference organization (2004-2008)

H2PTM

Paragraphe has been organizing for 18 years a bilingual international conference that takes place every other year: “Hypertext, Hypermedia, projects, tools, and methods” (H2PTM). The conference’s themes offer a meeting point between information technology and information science on the one hand, and human and social sciences on the other. This conference bears testimony of the truly interdisciplinary nature of the laboratory and favors an actual and valuable commitment of every research group in it.

The eighth H2PTM conference was held from November 29th to December 1st, 2005 at Université Paris 8; it was dedicated to the topic “creating meaning in the digital era”; its proceedings have been published by Hermes Publishing Company under the title “Créer, jouer, échanger : expériences de réseaux” (“Creating, playing, exchanging: network experiments”). Co-chair: I. Saleh.

The ninth instance of the conference was held in Hammamet, Tunisia, on October 29th, 30th, and 31st, 2007; its proceedings have been published by Hermes Publishing Company under the title “Collaborer, Echanger, Inventer : Expériences de réseaux” (“Collaborating, Exchanging, Inventing: network experinents”). Co-chair: I. Saleh.

The tenth instance of H2PTM will take place at Paris 8. It gives an account of the progress of research about and development of hypertext and hypermedia in the last twenty years, and an assessment of their prospects for the years to come.

Conference Web sites: H2PTM 2009.

E-Poetry

The e-poetry symposia, created in Buffalo by Loss Glazier in 2001, are a major event for the circulation of digital poetry. Every other year, they give to researchers and authors of all countries an opportunity to get together, to exchange, and to exhibit the state-of-the-art research and creation in the field.

E-Poetry Symposium 2007 was organized by Paragraphe Laboratory at Paris 8 University, on May 21st to 25th 2007, with support from the Scientific Council, T3L Master, Electronic Poetry Center (New York University at Buffalo) and West Virginia University. Co-chair: P. Bootz.

Conference E-Poetry 2009 Information

ICHSL.6

The 6th International Conference on Human-System Learning (ICHSL.6): What is Learning. May, 14th -16th  2008 - Toulouse, France. Organized in partnership with LAAS. Co-chair: K. Zreik.

HyperUrbain (HyperUrban)

First international conference on the effect of IT on the conception of the social metropolis. March, 29th, 2007. Paris 8 University. Chair: K. Zreik.

L’art a-t-il besoin du numérique (Does art need digital technology?)
Cerisy-la-Salle International Conference, July 20th - 30th, 2004; proceedings: Hermes Publishing Company, Paris, September 2006. Chair: J.-P. Balpe.

Conference HyperUrbain 2 Information

Partner of the following Conferences :

Le 10e Colloque International sur le Document Electronique (CiDE.10) : Le document numérique dans le monde de la science et de la recherche, Nancy, organisé en collaboration avec l’INIST 2 - 4 juillet 2007.

International Conference on Design Sciences & Technology Digital Thinking in Architecture, Civil Engineering, Archaeology, Urban Planning and Design : Finding the Ways, September : 19-21, 2007 - Montreal – Canada, Site de la conférence

CIDE.9 : Le Document Electronique, Fribourg, Suisse, septembre 2006.

CiDE.8 : Multilinguisme / Multilingualism, 8th International Conference on Electronic Document, 25-28 mai 2005, Beyrouth, Liban

Exposition Intrusion 0-1 Montbéliard qui s’est déroulée du 1er au 22 décembre 2004. 

Workshops (2004-2008)

Our Laboratory organizes severals workshops associating PhD students and Permanent Members. They aim to present recent works and studies in a scientific framework, and to motive interdisciplinar interactions. Each scientific teams also propose workshops on specific topics.

Etat et nouvelles perspectives du Web sémantique et social : autour du langage IEML de Pierre Levy (Social and Semantic Web : State of the Art and Perspectives. Pierre Levy's IEML Language)
05 - 13 - 2008, Université Paris 8.

Etat et nouvelles perspectives du Web sémantique : langage IEML de Pierre Levy (Social and Semantic Web : State of the Art and Perspectives. Pierre Levy's IEML Language)
06 - 05 - 2007, Université Paris 8.

Intelligence artificielle et complexité. Vers les univers distribués (Artificial Intelligence and Complexity. Toward Distribuated Universes)
05 - 19 - 2006, Université Paris 8.

Interfaces tangibles (Tangible interfaces)
06 - 16 - 2006, Université Paris 8.

Usages, Usagers et outils pour le Web (Practices, User, and Web Tools)
06 - 08 - 2006, Université Paris 8.

META - New Media and the Layering of Perception, Observation and Creation
05 - 19 - 2006, Université Paris 8. 

Environnements FOAD et Perspectives (E-learning Environment and Perspectives)
11 - 08 - 2005, Université de Paris 8.

Littérature numérique (Numeric Literature)
10 - 20 - 2005, Université Paris 8.

Interface Homme/Machine (Human-Machine Interface)
06 - 16 - 2005, Université Paris 8.

Les Bibliothèques à l'ère du numérique : nouveaux lieux ? nouveaux usages (Libraries under the Numeric Era)
05 - 12 - 2005, Université Paris 8. 

Intelligence Artificielle et Jeux Vidéo (Artificial Intelligence and Video Games)
05 - 10 - 2005, Université Paris 8.

Organisation des connaissances (Knowledge Organization)
01 - 20 - 2005, Université Paris 8.

Paris- Utrecht Minisymposium
05 - 07 - 2004, Universiteit Utrecht.

Jouer avec une histoire: un défi pour les média interactifs (Playing with History : Challlenges for Interactive Medias)
12 - 16 - 2004, CNAM-Paris.

Interfaces adaptatives (Adaptative Interface)
06 - 17 - 2004, Université Paris 8.

Organisation des connaissances (Knowledge Organization)
06 - 03 - 2004, Université Paris 8.

Web : Espaces de navigation, objets d’exploration (Web : Navigation Space & Exploration)
05 - 13 - 2004, Université Paris 8

Bibliothèques numériques (Numeric Libraries)
04 - 08 - 2004, Université Paris 8

Littérature numérique (Numeric literature)
03 - 24 - 2004, Université Paris 8.

Usages des cartographies de l’information (Information mapping pratices)
03 - 11 - 2004, Université Paris 8.

Document Numérique (Numeric file)
01- 15 - 2004,  Université Paris 8.