Computational semiotics is an interdisciplinary field that applies, conducts, and draws on research in logic, mathematics, the theory and practice of computation, formal and natural language studies, the cognitive sciences generally, and semiotics proper.
A common theme of this work is the adoption of a sign-theoretic perspective on issues of artificial intelligence and knowledge representation.
Many of its applications lie in the field of human-computer interaction (HCI) and fundamental devices of recognition.
This strand involves formalizing semiotic methods of analysis and implementing them as algorithms on computers to process large digital data sets.
On the other side, Meunier argues that semiotics and computation are compatible and combining them provides more logical consistency in understanding forms of meaning.