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Extension of submission deadline: ESSLLI 2009
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ESSLLI 2009
Monday, 20 July -- Friday, 31 July 2009
Bordeaux, France
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.
*** Call for Course and Workshop Proposals ***
The ESSLLI 2009 Program Committee invites proposals for foundational,
introductory, and advanced courses, and for workshops for the 21st annual
Summer School in the broad interdisciplinary area connecting logic,
linguistics, computer science and the cognitive sciences. The Summer
School program is organized around the components:
* Language and Computation
* Language and Logic
* Logic and Computation.
We also welcome proposals that do not exactly fit one of these three
categories. All proposals should be submitted no later than:
EXTENDED Deadline: Monday, September 8, 2008.
Authors of proposals will be notified of the committee's decision no later
than:
Wednesday October 22, 2008.
Proposals should be submitted through a web form available at:
http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=esslli2009.
*** Guidelines for Submission ***
Anyone interested in lecturing a course or organizing a workshop during
ESSLLI-2009, should follow the guidelines below, and those on the website,
while preparing a submission. Proposals that deviate can not be
considered. Courses are taught by 1 or max. 2 lecturers, and workshops are
organized by 1 or max. 2 organizers. Lecturers and organizers should have
obtained a PhD in their field at the time of the proposal. Courses and
workshops last a week and consist of five sessions, of 90 minutes each.
Lecturers who want to offer a long, two-week, course should submit two
independent one-week courses. The ESSLLI program committee has the right
to select only one of the two proposed courses.
*** 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 ***
Next to the courses there is room for a number of 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. Organizers are required to give a general
introduction to the theme of the workshop during the first session. They
are also responsible for the organization and program of the workshop
including inviting the submission of papers, setting up a program
committee, reviewing, expenses of invited speakers, etc. In particular,
each workshop organizer will be responsible for sending out a first Call
for Papers for the workshop by November 17, 2008. The call must make it
clear that the workshop is open to all members of the ESSLLI community.
It should also note that all workshop contributors must register for the
Summer School. Important dates are:
* Nov 17, 08 & Call for Workshop Papers
* Feb 15, 09 & Deadline for Submissions
* Apr 15, 09 & Notification
* June 1, 09 & Deadline for Proceedings
Workshop speakers will be required to register for the Summer School; they
are entitled to the reduced student rate.
*** Proposals Format ***
The submission form at:
http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=esslli2009
will require you to submit the following information:
* Name (name(s) of proposed lecturer(s)/organizer)
* Address (contact addresses of proposed lecturer(s)/organizer; email,
phone, fax, homepage)
* Title (title of proposed course/workshop)
* Type (is this a workshop, a foundational course, an introductory course,
or an advanced course? If a course is introductory or advanced, what are
the prerequisites?)
* Section (does your proposal fit in Language & Computation, Language &
Logic or Logic & Computation?)
* Description (describe the proposed contents of the course, outline the
program, and substantiate timeliness and relevance to ESSLLI in at most
one page a4)
* External funding (will you be able to find external funding to help fund
your travel and accommodation expenses? if so, how?)
* Further particulars (any other relevant information; e.g., experience
with the field, with teaching, with ESSLLI; other information)
*** 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 they are reimbursed
for travel and/or accommodation expenses, up to a fixed maximum amount
specified after notification. Lecturers and workshop organizers are
allowed a fee-waiver. In case a course is to be taught by two lecturers,
or a workshop is organized by two organizers, a lump sum is reimbursed to
cover travel and/or accommodation expenses for one of them. The splitting
of the sum is up to the lecturers/organizers. It should be emphasized that
while proposals from all over the world are welcomed, the Summer School
cannot guarantee full reimbursement of travel costs.
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.
*** Programm Committtee ***
Chair:
Uwe Moennich (SfS, Tuebingen)
Seminar fuer Sprachwissenschaft
Universitaet Tuebingen
Wilhelmstrasse 19
72074 Tuebingen, Germany
phone: +49-7071-29-74035
e-mail: um@sfs.uni-tuebingen.de
http://tcl.sfs.uni-tuebingen.de/~um
Local co-chair:
Richard Moot (LaBRI, Bordeaux)
Area Specialists:
Marco Baroni and Claire Gardent
(Language and Computation)
Paul Egre and Kjell Johan Saeboe
(Language and Logic)
Alex Rabinovich and Ulrike Sattler
(Logic and Computation)
*** Organizing Committee ***
Chair:
Christian Retore (LaBRI Bordeaux)
*** Further Information ***
The website for ESSLLI 2009 can be found at:
http://esslli2009.labri.fr
The website of this year's summer school at:
http://www.illc.uva.nl/ESSLLI2008/