[FOM] ESSLLI 2008 (from Rineke Verbrugge)
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20th European Summer School in Logic, Language and
Information
ESSLLI 2008
Monday, 4 August - Friday, 15 August 2008
Hamburg, Germany
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CALL FOR COURSE and WORKSHOP PROPOSALS
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The European Summer School in Logic, Language and
Information (ESSLLI)
is organized every year by the Association for Logic,
Language and
Information (FoLLI, http://www.folli.org) in different
sites around
Europe.
The main focus of ESSLLI is on the interface between
linguistics,
logic and computation. ESSLLI offers foundational,
introductory and
advanced courses, as well as workshops, covering a wide
variety of
topics within the three areas of interest: Language and
Computation,
Language and Logic, and Logic and Computation.
Previous summer schools have been highly successful,
attracting up to
500 students from Europe and elsewhere. The school has
developed into
an important meeting place and forum for discussion for
students and
researchers interested in the interdisciplinary study of
Logic,
Language and Information.
The ESSLLI 2008 Program Committee invites proposals for
foundational, introductory, and advanced courses, and for
workshops
for the 20th annual Summer School on a wide range of
timely topics
that have demonstrated their relevance in the following
fields:
- Logic and Language
- Logic and Computation
- Language and Computation
PROPOSAL SUBMISSION: Proposals should be submitted through
a web form
available at http://www.folli.org/submission.php
All proposals should be submitted no later than
******* Monday July 2, 2007. *******
Authors of proposals will be notified of the committee's
decision no
later than Monday September 10, 2007. Proposers should
follow the
guidelines below while preparing their submissions;
proposals that
deviate can not be considered.
GUIDELINES FOR SUBMISSION: Anyone interested in lecturing
or
organizing a workshop during ESSLLI-2006, please read the
following
information carefully.
ALL COURSES: Courses are taught by 1 or max. 2 lecturers.
They
consists of five sessions (a one-week course), each
session lasting 90
minutes. Lecturers who want to offer a long, two-week
course should
submit two independent one-week courses (for example an
introductory course in the first week of ESSLLI, and a
more advanced course during the second). The ESSLLI
program committee has the right to select only one of the
two proposed courses.
Timetable for Course Proposal Submissions:
July 2, 2007: Proposal Submission Deadline
Sep 10, 2007: Notification
June 2, 2008: Deadline for receipt of camera-ready
course
material (by ESSLLI Local Organizers)
FOUNDATIONAL COURSES: These are strictly elementary
courses not
assuming any background knowledge. They are intended for
people to
get acquainted with the problems and techniques of areas
new to them.
Ideally, they should allow researchers from other fields
to acquire
the key competences of neighboring disciplines, thus
encouraging the
development of a truly interdisciplinary research
community.
Foundational courses may presuppose some experience with
scientific
methods in general, so as to be able to concentrate on the
issues that
are germane to the area of the course.
INTRODUCTORY COURSES: Introductory courses are central to
the
activities of the Summer School. They are intended to
equip students
and young researchers with a good understanding of a
field's basic
methods and techniques. Introductory courses in, for
instance,
Language and Computation, can build on some knowledge of
the component
fields; e.g., an introductory course in computational
linguistics
should address an audience which is familiar with the
basics of
linguistics and computation. Proposals for introductory
courses should
indicate the level of the course as compared to standard
texts in the
area (if available).
ADVANCED COURSES: Advanced courses should be pitched at an
audience of
advanced Masters or PhD students. Proposals for advanced
courses
should specify the prerequisites in detail.
WORKSHOPS: The aim of the workshops is to provide a forum
for advanced
Ph.D. students and other researchers to present and
discuss their
work. Workshops should have a well defined theme, and
workshop
organizers should be specialists in the theme of the
workshop. It is a
strict requirement that organizers give a general
introduction to the
them during the first session of the workshop. They are
also
responsible for the organization and program of the
workshop
including inviting the submission of papers, reviewing,
expenses of
invited speakers, etc. In particular, each workshop
organizer will be
responsible for producing a Call for Papers for the
workshop by
November 11, 2007. The call must make it clear that the
workshop is
open to all members of the LLI community. It should also
note that
all workshop contributors must register for the Summer
School.
Timetable for Workshop Proposal Submissions:
July 2, 2007: Proposal Submission Deadline
Sep 10, 2007: Notification
Nov 11, 2007: Deadline for receipt of Call for Papers
(by ESSLLI PC chair)
Nov 18, 2007: Workshop organizers send out (First)
Call for Papers
Mar 17, 2008: Deadline for Papers (suggested)
Apr 28, 2008: Notification of Workshop Contributors
(suggested)
June 2, 2008: Deadline for receipt of camera-ready
copy of Workshop
Proceedings (by ESSLLI Local Organizers)
Notice that workshop speakers will be required to register
for the
Summer School; however, they will be able to register at a
reduced
rate to be determined by the Local Organizers.
FORMAT FOR PROPOSALS: The web-based form for submitting
course and
workshop proposals is accessible at
http://www.folli.org/submission.php. You will be required
to submit the following information:
* Name (name(s) of proposed lecturer(s)/organizer)
* Address (contact addresses of proposed
lecturer(s)/organizer;
where possible, please include phone and fax
numbers)
* Title (title of proposed course/workshop)
* Type (is this a workshop, a foundational course, an
introductory
course, or an advanced course?)
* Section (does your proposal fit in Language &
Computation,
Language & Logic or Logic & Computation? name only
one)
* Description (in at most 150 words, describe the
proposed contents and
substantiate timeliness and relevance to ESSLLI)
* External funding (will you be able to find external
funding to
help fund your travel and accommodation expenses? if
so, how?)
* Further particulars (any further information that is
required by
the above guidelines should be included here; in
particular, indicate
here your teaching experience in an
interdisciplinary field as the
one addressed by ESSLLI.)
FINANCIAL ASPECTS: Prospective lecturers and workshop
organizers
should be aware that all teaching and organizing at the
summer schools
is done on a voluntary basis in order to keep the
participants fees as
low as possible. Lecturers and organizers are not paid for
their
contribution, but are reimbursed for travel and
accommodation (up to a
fixed, maximum amount that will be notified to lecturers
when courses
are accepted). It should be stressed that while proposals
from all
over the world are welcomed, the Summer School cannot
guarantee full
reimbursement of travel costs, specially from destinations
outside
Europe.
Please note the following: In case a course is to be
taught by two
lecturers, a lump sum is reimbursed to cover travel and
accommodation
expenses for one lecturer. The splitting of the sum is up
to the
lecturers.
The local organizers highly appreciate it if, whenever
possible,
lecturers and workshop organizers find alternative funding
to cover
travel and accommodation expenses, and such issues might
be taken
into account when selecting courses.
PROGRAM COMMITTEE:
Chair:
Rineke Verbrugge
Institute of Artificial Intelligence
University of Groningen
Grote Kruisstraat 2/1
9712 TS Groningen
The Netherlands
phone +31 (0)50 571 81 41
e-mail : rineke (at) ai.rug.nl
www : http://www.ai.rug.nl/~rineke
Local co-chair:
Benedikt Löwe
Area Specialists:
Petra Hendriks and Philippe Schlenker (Logic and
Language)
Michael Kaminski and Enrico Franconi (Logic and
Computation)
Khalil Sima'an and Massimo Poesio (Language and
Computation)
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE:
Walter von Hahn and Cristina Vertan
FURTHER INFORMATION: The website for ESSLLI 2008 will
become operational in the second half of 2007. For this
year's summer school, please see the web site at
http://www.cs.tcd.ie/esslli2007/ .
With best regards,
Rineke Verbrugge
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