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Call for Nominations: E W Beth Dissertation Award 2011

Since 2002, FoLLI (the Association for Logic, Language, and Information, 
http://www.folli.org) awards the E.W. Beth Dissertation Prize to 
outstanding dissertations in the fields of Logic, Language, and 
Information. We invite submissions for the best dissertation which 
resulted in a Ph.D. degree in the year 2010. The dissertations will be 
judged on technical depth and strength, originality, and impact made in at 
least two of three fields of Logic, Language, and Computation. 
Interdisciplinarity is an important feature of the theses competing for 
the E.W. Beth Dissertation Prize.

Who qualifies.

Nominations of candidates are admitted who were awarded a Ph.D. degree in 
the areas of Logic, Language, or Information between January 1st, 2010 and 
December 31st, 2010. There is no restriction on the nationality of the 
candidate or the university where the Ph.D. was granted. After a careful 
consideration, FoLLI has decided to accept only dissertations written in 
English. Dissertations produced in 2010 but not written in English or not 
translated will be allowed for submission, after translation, also with 
the call next year (for 2011). The present call for nominations for the 
E.W. Beth Disertation Award 2011 will also accept nominations of full 
English translations of theses originally written in another language than 
English and defended in 2009 or 2010.

Prize.

The prize consists of:

   * a certificate

   * a donation of 2500 euros provided by the E.W. Beth Foundation

   * an invitation to submit the thesis (or a revised version of it) to
     the FoLLI Publications on Logic, Language and Information
     (Springer). For further information on this series see the FoLLI
     site.

How to submit.

Only electronic submissions are accepted. The following documents are 
required:

   * The thesis in pdf or ps format (doc/rtf not accepted);

   * A ten page abstract of the dissertation in ascii or pdf format;

   * A letter of nomination from the thesis supervisor.
     Self-nominations are not admitted: each nomination must be
     sponsored by the thesis supervisor. The letter of nomination
     should concisely describe the scope and significance of the
     dissertation and state when the degree was officially awarded;

   * Two additional letters of support, including at least one letter
     from a referee not affiliated with the academic institution that
     awarded the Ph.D. degree.

All documents must be submitted electronically to buszko@amu.edu.pl. Hard 
copy submissions are not admitted. In case of any problems with the email 
submission or a lack of notification within three working days, nominators 
should write to buszko@amu.edu.pl.

Important dates:

   * Deadline for Submissions: May 8, 2011.

   * Notification of Decision: July 10, 2011.

Committee :

   * Natasha Alechina (Nottingham)
   * Lev Beklemishev (Moscow)
   * Wojciech Buszkowski (chair) (Poznan)
   * Nissim Francez (Haifa)
   * Alexander Koller (Saarbruecken)
   * Dale Miller (Palaiseau)
   * Ian Pratt-Hartmann (Manchester)
   * Giovanni Sambin (Padua)
   * Rob van der Sandt (Nijmegen)
   * Colin Stirling (Edinburgh)
   * Rineke Verbrugge (Groningen)
   * Heinrich Wansing (Bochum)