Heinrich Wansing (wansing@rz.uni-leipzig.de)
Sat, 11 Apr 1998 16:51:56 +0200 (METDST)
[An HTML version of the Call for Proposals will be made available via the FoLLI web page at http://www.wins.uva.nl/research/folli/. The usual apologies apply if you receive multiple copies of this message.] Eleventh European Summer School in Logic, Language and Information ESSLLI-99 August 1999, Utrecht, The Netherlands FIRST CALL FOR PROPOSALS The main focus of the European Summer Schools in Logic, Language and Information is the interface between linguistics, logic and computation. Foundational, introductory and advanced courses together with workshops cover a wide variety of topics within six areas of interest: Logic, Computation, Language, Logic and Computation, Computation and Language, Language and Logic. Previous summer schools have been highly successful, attracting around 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. ESSLLI-99 is organized under the auspices of the European Association for Logic, Language and Information (FoLLI). The ESSLLI-99 Programme Committee invites proposals for foundational, introductory, and advanced courses, and for workshops for the 11th annual Summer School on a wide range of topics in the following fields: Logic Language Computation Language and Logic Logic and Computation Language and Computation In addition to courses and workshops there will be a Student Session. A Call for Papers for the Student Session will be distributed separately. The Programme Committee welcomes proposals in all of the above areas. PROPOSAL SUBMISSION: All proposals (subjset: ESSLLI-99) should be submitted by electronic mail to the program chair, at wansing@rz.uni-leipzig.de, in plain ASCII text as soon as possible, but no later than June 15, 1998. Authors of proposals will be notified of the committee's decision no later than September 1, 1998. Proposers should follow the guidelines below while preparing their submissions; proposals that deviate substantially will not be considered. GUIDELINES FOR SUBMISSION: Anyone interested in lecturing or organizing a workshop during ESSLLI-99, please read the following information carefully. FOUNDATIONAL COURSES: These are really elementary courses not assuming any background knowledge. The number of foundational courses will be 4-6. Foundational courses are taught by 1 or max. 2 lecturers. They consist of five sessions (a one-week course) or ten sessions (a two-week course) each session lasts 90 minutes. Timetable for Foundational Course Proposal Submission Jun 15, 98: Proposal Submission Deadlines Sep 1, 98: Notification Nov 15, 98: Deadline for receipt of title, abstract, lecturer(s) information, course description and prerequisites Jun 1, 99: Deadline for receipt of camera-ready course material 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, and to allow experienced researchers from other fields to acquire the key competences of neighboring disciplines, thus encouraging the development of a truly interdisciplinary research community. The introductory courses in the three basic disciplines should provide introductions to the field for non-specialists (an introductory course on logic, for instance, should address linguists and computer scientists, not logicians). Introductory courses in the interdisciplinary fields, on the other hand, can build on knowledge of the respective fields (an introductory course in computational linguistics should address an audience which is familiar with the basics of linguistics and computation). Introductory courses are taught by 1 or max. 2 lecturers. They consist of five sessions (a one-week course) or ten sessions (a two-week course) each session lasts 90 minutes. Proposals for introductory courses should indicate the level of the course as compared to standard texts in the area. For ease of reference a list of standard texts will be made available electronically. Timetable for Introductory Course Proposal Submission Jun 15, 98: Proposal Submission Deadlines Sep 1, 98: Notification Nov 15, 98: Deadline for receipt of title, abstract, lecturer(s) information, course description and prerequisites Jun 1, 99: Deadline for receipt of camera-ready course material 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 some detail. Advanced courses are taught by 1 or max. 2 lecturers. They consist of five sessions (a one-week course) or ten sessions (a two-week course) each session lasts 90 minutes. Timetable for Advanced Course Proposal Submissions Jun 15, 98: Proposal Submission Deadline Sep 1, 98: Notification Nov 15, 98: Deadline for receipt of title, abstract, lecturer(s) information, course description and prerequisites Jun 1, 99: Deadline for receipt of camera-ready course material 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. A workshop has a theme. At most one organizer is paid. The organizers should be specialists in the theme of the workshop and give a general introduction in the first session. They are also responsible for the programme of the workshop, i.e., for finding speakers. Each workshop organizer will be responsible for producing a Call for Papers for the workshop by November 15, 1998. 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. A workshop consists of five sessions (a one-week workshop) or ten sessions (a two-week workshop). Sessions are normally 90 min. Timetable for Workshop Proposal Submissions Jun 15, 98: Proposal Submission Deadline Sep 1, 98: Notification Nov 15, 98: Deadline for receipt of Call for Papers Dec 1, 98: Send out Call for Papers Mar 15, 99: Deadline for Papers (suggested) May 1, 99: Notification of Workshop Contributors (suggested) May 15, 99: Deadline for Provisional Workshop Programme Jun 1, 99: Deadline for receipt of camera-ready copy of workshop notes Jun 1, 99: Deadline for Final Workshop Programme FORMAT FOR PROPOSALS: Please submit your proposal in the following format: 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: --- State whether this is a workshop, an foundational course, an introductory course, or an advanced course. Section: --- Which of the six sections (Language, Logic, Computation, Logic & Computation, Language & Computation or Language & Logic) does the proposal belong to? Please just name one. Description: --- A description of the proposed contents. Not more than 150 words. External --- State whether (and if so: how) you will be able to find funding: external funding to subsidize your travel and accommodation expenses. Further --- Any further information that is required by the above particulars: guidelines should be included here. 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. In case of two lecturers, a lump sum is paid to cover travel expenses. The splitting of the sum is up to the lecturers. (However, please note that the organizers appreciate it if, whenever possible, lecturers/organizers find alternative funding to cover travel and accommodation expenses.) Workshop speakers are required to register for the Summer School; however, workshop speakers will be able to register at a reduced rate to be determined by the Organizing Committee. Finally, it should be stressed that while proposals from all over the world are welcomed, the Summer School can only afford to reimburse travel costs for travel from destinations within Europe to Saarbruecken. PROGRAM COMMITTEE: Heinrich Wansing (chair) Attn: ESSLLI-99 Institute of Logic and Philosophy of Science University of Leipzig Augustusplatz 9 04109 Leipzig Germany Tel: +49 341 9735 773 (770) or +49 351 463 5489 Fax: +49 341 9735 798 Email: wansing@rz.uni-leipzig.de N.N. (Language and Computation) Lev Beklemishev (Logic) Ulrich Furbach (Computation and Logic) Alex Lascarides (Language and Computation) Antonio di Nola (Computation) Henriette de Swart (Logic and Language) ORGANIZING COMMITTEE: Michael Moortgat (chair) Utrecht Institute of Linguistics OTS Utrecht University Trans 10, 3512 JK Utrecht The Netherlands Tel: +31 30 2536043 (secretary: +31 30 2536006) Fax: +31 30 2536000 Email: moortgat@let.ruu.nl FURTHER BACKGROUND INFORMATION: To obtain further information, please visit the web site for ESSLLI-98 (http://www.coli.uni-sb.de/esslli/) or FoLLI's home page on the web (http://www.wins.uva.nl/research/folli/). ******************************************************* Heinrich Wansing University of Leipzig Institute of Logic and Philosophy of Science Augustusplatz 9 04109 Leipzig Germany Tel: +49 (0)341 9735773 Fax: +49 (0)341 9735798 www: http://www.uni-leipzig.de/~logik/wansing/index.htm *******************************************************
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