Scientific Application of the Image
Closing event of the Pattern exhibition: Symposium in the Lecture Hall of the Budapest Kunsthalle (1146 Budapest Dózsa György út 37.),
organised by the Soros Foundation Hungary C3: Center for Culture & Communication
Sunday, 3 October 1999 10.00 - 19.00

- vision research, visual perception - image processing, AI methods - polyeders, non-euclidian geometry - molecules, crystals, X-ray diffraction fractals - chemical waves and patterns - image applications in ancient and modern chemistry - image, mathematics, art -

 
Programme
 
10.00-10.40

Lajos Szilassi (JGyTF, Szeged): Euclides, Bolyai, Escher and Space
video (in hungarian)
The content of the presentation in HTML format (in hungarian)

10.40-11.20

János Kertész (BME, Budapest): Fractals: Why are they beautiful, and what are they good for?
video (in hungarian)

11.20-12.00

Tamás Tél (ELTE, Budapest): Patterns in Streams
video (in hungarian)

12.00-12.20

Break

12.20-13.00

Marica Presic (University of Belgrade, Faculty of Mathematics): From Image to Deduction and Back
video (in english)

13.00-13.40

James Elkins (School of the Art Institute of Chicago, USA): The Unrepresentable: The Concept of the Sublime in Contemporary Painting, Physics, and Astronomy
video (in english)

13.40-15.00

Lunch Break

15.00-15.40

Tamás Szirányi (MTA SzTAKI): The Image as Seen by the Computer
video (in hungarian)

15.40-16.20

Alajos Kálmán (MTA KKKI, Budapest): Crystals, Cathedrals, Symmetries and Molecular Abstractions
video (in hungarian)
The content of the presentation in HTML format (in hungarian)

16.20-16.45

András Volford (BME, Budapest): Chemical Waves
video (in hungarian)
The content of the presentation in HTML format (in hungarian)

16.45-17.10

Break

17.10-17.50

Ilona Kovács (Rutgers University, NJ, USA): Under Time’s Spell: E. J. Marey and Modern Neuroscience
video (in hungarian)
The content of the presentation in HTML format (in hungarian)

17.50-18.30

Lajos Nyikos (MTA KFKI): Image, Chemistry, Alchemy
video (in hungarian)

18.30-19.00

Discussion/Debate
video (in hungarian)