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Call for Nominations: 2012 E W Beth Dissertation Prize

E. W. Beth Dissertation Prize: 2012 call for nominations

(See www.folli.org)

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 2011. 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, 2011 and 
December 31st, 2011. 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 2011 but not written in English or not 
translated will be allowed for submission, after translation, also with 
the call next year (for dissertations defended in 2012). The present call 
for nominations for the E.W. Beth Disertation Award 2012 will also accept 
nominations of full English translations of theses originally written in 
another language than English and defended in 2010 or 2011.

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:

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

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

3. 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;

4. 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 15, 2012.
Notification of Decision: July 8, 2012.

Committee :

Chris Barker (New York)
Wojciech Buszkowski (chair) (Poznan)
Dale Miller (Palaiseau)
Larry Moss (Bloomington)
Ian Pratt-Hartmann (Manchester)
Ruy de Queiroz (Recife)
Giovanni Sambin (Padua)
Rob van der Sandt (Nijmegen)
Rineke Verbrugge (Groningen)
Heinrich Wansing (Bochum)