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Mihai Nadin: Design, Semiotics, Anticipation

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Disegno (disegno@mome.hu), 6/02
Journal of Design Culture
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Intelligence at any price? A criterion for defining AI

AI & Soc (2023)
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Brute Force Computation and Intelligence

International Journal of Computers, 8, 25-30
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Foresight AND Hindsight

Heinz von Foerster’s “The cause lies in the future” December 27, 2020.
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Technofascism

October 18, 2020
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We are our actions. Would N.A. Bernstein Research BCI?

Was recently published on the book Bernstein’s Construction of Movement: Original Text and Commentaries. The article brings to light original contributions on human motion researched and published 80 years ago, contrasting older methods with contemporary brain-computer imaging.
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Aiming AI at a Moving Target: Health (or Disease)

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Medicine, anticipation, meaning

Cybernetics and Human Knowing. Vol. 26 (2019), no. 4, pp. 9–31
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Mona Lisa Looks at Us. And Smiles

Doi:10.20944/preprints201911.0074.v1
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Anticipatory Architecture

Perception-controlled interior architecture, supported by existing “smart” materials (mirror, glass, wrap, sensors), multimedia, blockchain technology, and virtual reality adapt to the user’s/inhabitant’s needs. Applications include living spaces for highly mobile professionals (neo-nomads), nursing homes, rehabilitation centers, hospital rooms.…


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The Adaptive Car

Functions that include anticipatory features can make vehicles safer and prevent accidents, adapting to weather and road conditions. They also “learn” the driver and adapt to his/her driving style and individual characteristics (e.g., age, health) …


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Engineered Perception Architecture for Healthcare

(with Dr. Asma Naz). Proceedings of the 12th ACM International Conference on Pervasive Technologies Related to Assistive Environments, Rhodes, Greece, June 05 – 07, 2019, pp. 77-85.…


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Art as Invention

Sherban Epuré in Memoriam
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Even those who avoid technology cannot live without it.

Ziarul Financiar, February 5, 2016
https://www.zf.ro/ziarul-de-duminica/mihai-nadin-chiar-si-cei-care-evita-orice-contact-cu-tehnologia-nu-pot-trai-fara-ea-detitus-vijeu-15032006

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Emotional Qualities of VR Space

(with A. Naz, R. Kopper, R.P. McMahan) 2017 IEEE Virtual Reality, April 2017, pp. 3-11.
Piscataway NJ: IEEE Publishers. April 2017. DOI: 10.1109/VR.2017.7892225
http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7892225/
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Meaning in the Age of Big Data

Empirical Research on Semiotics and Visual Rhetoric (M. Danesi, Ed.) pp. 86-127. Hershey PA: IGI Global Publishers, 2018. DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-5622-0.ch006
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In folly ripe. In reason rotten. Putting machine theology to rest

https://arxiv.org/abs/1712.04306


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Application of Fuzzy Logic in Design of an Aesthetics-Based Interactive Architectural Space

International Journal of Applied Research on Information Technology and Computing, 9:2, 2018, pp.113-134 (with Asma Naz)
http://www.indianjournals.com/ijor.aspx?target=ijor:ijaritac&volume=9&issue=2&article=001
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Architecture as Service: a case of design on demand (DoD)

Journal of Ambient Intelligence and Humanized Computing (with Asma Naz). December 2018. doi 10.1007/s12652-018-1147-y
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs12652-018-1147-y


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We don’t need more data to make better decisions

Interview in Nimirium Insights
#222 15/05/2018


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Machine Intelligence: a chimera

AI & SOCIETY
© Springer-Verlag London Ltd., part of Springer Nature 2018
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Honouring the 80th Birthday of Professor Mihai Nadin

Comitetul Român de Istoria şi Filosofia Stiinţei şi Tehnicii
Romanian Committee for the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology…


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Semiotic Engineering – An Opportunity or an Opportunity Missed?

S.D.J. Barbosa, K. Breitman (eds.), Conversations Around Semiotic
Engineering, DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-56291-9_6
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Predictive and Anticipatory Computing

Encyclopedia of Computer Science and Technology, Second Edition DOI: 10.1081/E-ECST2-120054027
Copyright © 2017 by Taylor & Francis.
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Anticipation and Computation: Is Anticipatory Computing Possible?

Anticipation Across Disciplines (M. Nadin, Ed.) Cognitive Science Monographs. Cham CH: Springer. Vol. 29, pp. 283-339. September 2015
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„Wer viel misst, misst Mist“

brand eins Wirtschaftsmagazin
Ausgabe 12/2015 – Schwerpunkt Geschwindigkeit
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“Who measures much, measures garbage”

Interview in Brand Eins–December 2015
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Presentation: Anticipation and Semiotics – One Cannot Not Interact


Presentation by Dr. Mihai Nadin at the Tartu International Semiotics Summer School, August 19, 2015.
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Variability by Another Name: “Repetition Without Repetition”

Anticipation: Learning from the Past. The Russian/Soviet Contributions to the Science of Anticipation. (M. Nadin, Editor) Springer Cognitive Systems Monographs 25 August 2015, pp. 329-337.
http://www.springer.com/gp/book/9783319194455
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Can Predictive Computation Reach the Level of Anticipatory Computing?

International Journal of Applied Research on Information Technology and Computing, 5 (3), September-December 2014, pp. 171-200.
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The Internet of Everything—computation past the infancy of computer technology

Presentation at the Wateringhole, January 23, 2015
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Semiotics is Fundamental Science

in Knowledge discovery, transfer, and management in the information age / Murray E. Jennex, Editor, IGI Global book series Advances in Knowledge Acquisition, Transfer, and Management, 2014
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G-Complexity, Quantum Computation and Anticipatory Processes

Computer Communication & Collaboration (Vol. 2, Issue 1, 2014)
http://www.bapress.ca/ccc/ccc2014_1/3_13072418.pdf
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Despre aer condiţionat si carţi de credit (On air-conditioning and credit cards) (in Romanian)

Two modern conveniences that Nadin eventually had to accept: credit cards and air-conditioning. Both have taken over the world. But what happens when the electric power on which these 2 things depend goes out?
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The Intractable and the Undecidable—Computation and Anticipatory Processes

International Journal of Applied Research on Information Technology and Computing, vol.4:3, pp. 4-26, 2013
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Enslaved by Digital Technology

Interview with Roberto Simanowski in Dichtung Digital: A Journal of art and culture in digital media, No. 43 – 2013-11-16.

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One Cannot Not Interact: Semiotic Approaches to User Interface Design

Presentation in the session Semiotic Approaches to User Interface Design at CHI 2000: The Future is Here
The Hague, Netherlands, April 1-6, 2000.
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Reassessing the Foundations of Semiotics: Preliminaries

International Journal of Signs and Semiotic Systems, 2(1), 1-31, January-June 2012
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Antecapere ergo sum: what price knowledge?

AI&Society, February 2012
25th Anniversary Volume. A FAUSTIAN EXCHANGE: WHAT IS TO BE HUMAN IN THE ERA OF UBIQUITOUS TECHNOLOGY
Springer London
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Processos semioticos e de informacao a semiotica da computacao.

Published in: TECCOGS—Revista Digital de Tecnologias Cognitivas, Edicaos 5, 2011, pp. 89-120

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Computation, Information, Meaning. Anticipation and Games

International Journal of Applied Research on Information Technology and Computing (IJARITAC), Vol. 2, Issue 1, 2011. pp. 1-27

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Anticipatory Computing: from a High-Level Theory to Hybrid Computing Implementations

International Journal of Applied Research on Information Technology and Computing (IJARITAC), Vol. 1, No. 1, 2010. pp. 1-27
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Anticipation and the Artificial. Aesthetics, ethics, and synthetic life.

Special issue on Ethics and Aesthetics of Technologies, in AI & Society. London: Springer, 2009.
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From Our Minds to the Artificial Digital Mind

From Our Minds to the Artificial Digital Mind. Preface to Screen- und Interfacedesign. Gestaltung und Usability fü r Hard- und Software (Screen and Interface Design. Creativity and Usability for Hardware and Software). Berlin/Heidelberg/New York: Springer Verlag, 2007. pp. 1-3. (Also …


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We Are What We Do

Design – The Basic Paradox (Wolfgang Jonas, Matthias Götz, Eds.) January, 2003
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Human-computer interaction: the need for understanding and applying anticipation

Computer Science Department, Stanford University, 23 May 2002


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Where is the “Human” in Human-Computer Interaction?

Proceedings of the 2nd Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction/NORDICHI,
Aarhus, Denmark (O. W. Bertelsen, S. Bodker, K. Kuutti, Eds.) . New York: ACM. 2002
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One cannot NOT Interact (Knowledge-based systems)

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Acument (1998-2001)

Acument is the trademarked name for an “associative encyclopedia” intended for clients in business and industry.
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Interview: Unsere Universitäten müssen umdenken (Our Universities Must do Some Rethinking)

FOCUS Nr.14, 3 Apr. 2000, p.165 (in German)
The national/international magazine FOCUS interviewed Mihai Nadin, at the time, Professor of Computational Design, the first such program in the world, (University of Wuppertal), regarding the integration of digital technology. The German …


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One cannot NOT Interact

(The Future is Here) Workshop: Semiotic Approaches to User Interface Design, The Hague, 2 April 2000
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The Message is the Medium

A response to Marshall McLuhan.
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What Kind Of Sign Is A Bit?

Semiotics and the Information Sciences, Victoria College, University of Toronto, 13-15 October 1998
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The Associative Encyclopedia (since 1996)

A journey of 1000 miles begins with one step…then another…then another. But if you’ve taken the wrong path, how do you get back to the right one? Researchers are still looking for something better than the pencil in order to …


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Negotiating the World of Make-Believe: The Aesthetic Compass

Real-Time Imaging, 1 (1995). London: Academic Press

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Multimedia Perspectives: Promises and Challenges (Multimediale Visionen. Versprechen und Herausfoerderung)

in Living, 6:1, 1993, 33-36 (in German)
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What Difference Does Digital Make?

New Media Showcase, 1:1, 1991, 5-8
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A conceptual framework for human-machine interaction

International Interactive Communication Society, New York, 14 November 1990


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Intelligence for Animation

GI-20. Jahrestagung l, II. Informatik auf dem Weg zum Anwender. Proceedings of the 20th Annual Conference of the German Society of Information and Computer Sciences. Berlin/New York: Springer Verlag, 1990, pp. 589-601
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Interactive Diagrams for Design Genetics

Intelligent CAD Systems, vol. II Berlin/ New York: Springer Verlag, 1989, pp. 245-261
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Arki/Arketek (1989)

The project was created and built for the design competition entitled “Inventing the Future,” in collaboration with Pino Trogu and was considered one of the best entries.
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Toy Design (1989)

It is known that play is serious work for the very young. Based on his work on mind, Nadin initiated a program in Toy Design at SUNY-FIT (New York City) to train designers to develop the minds of the very …


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Interface design and evaluation

Advances in Human-ComputerInteraction, Vol. 2 (R. Hartson, D. Hix, Eds.). Norwood, NJ: Ablex Publishing Corp, 1988
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Interface design: A semiotic paradigm

Semiotica 69-3/4. Amsterdam: Mouton de Gruyter, 1988, pp. 269-302.
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Docent and MetaDocent – Multimedia Navigation (1988-2004)

Gothic panel paintings formed the subject for the development of the CD-ROM medium, in which image and sound were integrated. Docent, a hypercard-based software program, was integrated in the CD-ROM for interactive learning.
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Design Machine (1986-1988)

The development of a design machine based on artificial intelligence procedures and neural network processing was determined by three aspects: How do designers design? What do they design? What is peculiar to the design process?
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The aesthetic challenge of the impossible

[Die ästhetische Herausforderung des Unmöglichen]
Bilder/Images Digital. Computerkünstler in Deutschland. Munich: Barke Verlag, 1986
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Advanced Computing Center for the Arts and Design (ACCAD) (1986)

One of Nadin’s major assignments as Eminent Scholar in Art and Design Technology (at the Ohio State University) was to draw up a plan for a center in which research in the art and design possibilities of digital technology would …


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The intelligent interface. Understanding and being understood by computers

Breakthrough Trends in Graphic Arts (seminar), Computer Graphic Arts 85, Pratt Center for Computer Graphics in Design, New York, 8 -11 December 1985


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Interface Design. A Semiotic Paradigm

(keynote address) Fourth Annual Computer Graphics Conference: Applications on the Leading Edge, University of Oregon Continuation Center, Eugene, 27-29 October 1985
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Design as Interface

University of Essen, Germany, 9 July 1984
Graduate seminar, Department of Industrial Design, Ohio State University, Columbus, February, 1985


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The Electronic Book (1983-1984)

Nadin researched aspects of intelligent interfaces in collaboration with Brown University (Andries van Dam, Steve Feiner). The main goal was to determine the extent to which data could be compressed for the elaboration of a digital book. Design for interaction


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The computer: using it or being used?

Design and Technology Update: Adapting to the Forces of Change, Rochester Institute of Technology, NY, 9-11 May 1983.…


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Computers for Design. Design for Computers (since 1982)

Teaching at a school of art and design, Nadin perceived the importance of the early personal computers, not as a substitute for talent, but as an aid to creativity. …


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Visualization (since 1981)

To visualize means to make visible. The main impetus behind visualizing comes from the experience of design. New research fields have been opened through the visualization of many previously “unseeable” phenomena.…


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