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2nd CfP: History and Philosophy of Computing

7-10 Nov 2011
Gent, Belgium

SECOND CALL FOR PAPERS

International Conference on the History and Philosophy of Computing
7?10 November 2011
Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
http://www.computing-conference.ugent.be

Celebrating the 75th anniversary of the famous 1936
Papers by A. Church, E.L. Post and A.M. Turing.

From 7-10 November 2011 the Centre for Logic and Philosophy of Science,
Ghent University organizes an International Conference on the History
and Philosophy of computing.


The number of researchers working in fields related to computing is
growing rapidly in many different directions. As Mahoney once stated,
?the computer is not one thing but many different things, and the same
holds true of computing?. As a consequence, the computing sciences
collect the most diverse complex of experts: philosophers, logicians,
historians, mathematicians, computer scientists, programmers, engineers.
The number of involved subjects grows accordingly: from the foundational
issues to their applications; from the philosophical questions to
problems of realizability and design of specifications; from the
theoretical studies of computational barriers to the relevance of
machines for educational purposes. Given the significance of computing
for modern society, the relevance of its history and philosophy can
hardly be overestimated. The aim of this conference is to bring together
these two streams: we are strongly convinced that an interplay between
researchers with an interest in the history and philosophy of computing
can crucially add to the maturity of the field.

Topics of the conference include but are not restricted to:

? The history of computing
? Philosophical, foundational and practical issues of computability in
logic, mathematics and computer science
? Computation in the sciences

For a more detailed list of possible topics see
http://www.computing-conference.ugent.be/cfp

SUBMISSION DETAILS:

We cordially invite researchers working in a field relevant to the main
topics of the conference to submit a short abstract of approximately 200
words and an extended abstract of at most a 1000 words (references
included)  to

https://www.easychair.org/account/signin.cgi?conf=hapoc11

Abstracts must be written in English. Please note that the format of
uploaded files must be .pdf or .doc.  In order to access the submission
page, the creation of an EasyChair account will be required. Please
notice that what is called ?abstract? in the EasyChair ?Title, Abstract
and Other Information? section corresponds to the short abstract of this
call, and what is called ?paper? in the EasyChair ?Upload Paper? section
corresponds to the extended abstract of this call.

IMPORTANT DATES:

Submission deadline: May 15, 2011
Notification of acceptance: July 20, 2011
Deadline for Registration: 23 October, 2011

INVITED SPEAKERS:
Bill Aspray (University of Texas)
Martin Davis (New York University, UC Berkeley)
Fairouz Kamareddine (Heriot-Watt University Edinburgh)
Sybille Krämer (Freie Universität Berlin)
Giovanni Sambin (Universita' di Padova)
Raymond Turner (University of Essex)
Stephen Wolfram (Wolfram Research)

CONFERENCE CHAIRS:
Liesbeth De Mol and Giuseppe Primiero?

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE:
Liesbeth De Mol, Giuseppe Primiero, Dagmar Provijn, Jean-Paul van Bendegem

PROGRAMME COMMITTEE:?
G. Alberts (Amsterdam); S. Artemov (New York); M. Campbell-Kelly
(Warwick); L. Corry (Tel Aviv) M. Denecker (Leuven); A. Eden (Essex); L.
Floridi (Oxford&  Hertfordshire); R. Kahle (Lisbon); B. Loewe
(Amsterdam); J. Meheus (Ghent); E. Myin (Antwerp); S. Negri (Helsinki)
V. de Paiva (Palo Alto); S. Smets (Groningen); G. Sundholm (Leiden); C.
Toffalori (Camerino); J.-.P. van Bendegem (Brussels); M. van Dyck
(Ghent); B. van Kerkhove (Brussels & Hasselt); E. Weber (Ghent)

REGISTRATION

The registration to the conference will soon be opened at the following
webpage:

http://www.computing-conference.ugent.be/registration

Note that it is required for all attendees to register. It has been our
policy to keep registration fees as low as possible. IACAP members also
have a 10% discount on the fee.

The following fees apply:

Regular fee: 150 EUR
IACAP members: 135 EUR
Graduate Students: 100 EUR

This includes coffee breaks, the conference dinner and the book of
abstracts.

Accompanying persons: 50 EUR (dinner only).


GRANTS
The International Association for Computing and Philosophy
http://ia-cap.org/  will fund a $500 travel grant for an IACAP graduate
student to attend. IACAP graduate students who would like to apply for
this grant need to send a copy of their submission to Tony Beavers
(executivedirector@ia-cap.org), executive
director of IACAP. The Association also offers a 10% discount on the
conference fee for IACAP members.??

Student members of the Association for Symbolic Logic
http://www.aslonline.org/index.htm
also may apply for ASL travel support. Applications have to be addressed
directly to the ASL. For more information and application details on ASL
student travel awards see
http://www.aslonline.org/studenttravelawards.html
Note that the deadline for application is 7, 2011.


?SPECIAL ISSUES

A selection of papers will be published as a special issue of the
journal Philosophy&  Technology (Springer)
http://www.springer.com/philosophy/epistemology+and+philosophy+of
+science/journal/13347

We also intend to publish a selection of papers in a special issue of
History and Philosophy of Logic  (Taylor&  Francis)
http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/authors/thplauth.asp

More details will follow later.


CONTACT AND INFORMATION:
For further information please contact us at:?

computing.conference@ugent.be

or have a look at our website:
http://www.computing-conference.ugent.be