ESSLLI 2004: Deadline for Proposals (Course and Workshop)

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ESSLLI 2004: Deadline for Proposals (Course and Workshop) - July 16th, 2003

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Sixteenth European Summer School in Logic, Language and Information
ESSLLI-2004
August 9-21, 2004, Nancy, France
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FINAL CALL FOR COURSE and WORKSHOP PROPOSALS
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- proposal deadline: Wednesday July 16, 2003 -
NOTE: While the official deadline has passed, proposals that arrive
over the next few days will still be considered.

The main focus of the European Summer Schools in Logic, Language and
Information is on the interface between linguistics, logic and
computation. Foundational, introductory and advanced courses together with
workshops cover 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. ESSLLI-2004 is organized under the auspices of the
European Association for Logic, Language and Information (FoLLI).

The ESSLLI-2004 Program Committee invites proposals for foundational,
introductory, and advanced courses, and for workshops for the 16th annual
Summer School on a wide range of timely topics that have demonstrated
their relevance in the following fields:

LANGUAGE & COMPUTATION
LANGUAGE & LOGIC
LOGIC & 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.

PROPOSAL SUBMISSION: Proposals should be submitted through a web form
available through <http://www.esslli.org/2004/submission.html>. All
proposals should be submitted no later than Wednesday July 16, 2003.
Authors of proposals will be notified of the committee's decision no later
than Wednesday September 17, 2003. Proposers should follow the guidelines
below while preparing their submissions; proposals that deviate can not be
considered.

GUIDELINES FOR SUBMISSION: Anyone interested in lecturing or organizing a
workshop during ESSLLI-2004, please read the following information
carefully.

ALL COURSES: Courses are taught by 1 or max. 2 lecturers. They typically
consist of five sessions (a one-week course) or ten sessions (a two-week
course). Each session lasts 90 minutes.

Timetable for Course Proposal Submission:
Jul 16, 2003: Proposal Submission Deadline
Sep 17, 2003: Notification
Nov 15, 2003: Deadline for receipt of title, abstract,
lecturer(s) information, course description
and prerequisites
Jun 2, 2004: Deadline for receipt of camera-ready course
material

FOUNDATIONAL COURSES: These are really 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 some detail.

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
program 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, 2003. 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). Sessions are
normally 90 minutes.

Timetable for Workshop Proposal Submissions
Jul 16, 2003: Proposal Submission Deadline
Sep 17, 2003: Notification
Nov 15, 2003: Deadline for receipt of Call for Papers
(by ESSLLI PC chair)
Dec 1, 2003: Workshop organizers send out (First) Call for Papers
Mar 12, 2004: Deadline for Papers (suggested)
Apr 30, 2004: Notification of Workshop Contributors (suggested)
May 14, 2004: Deadline for Provisional Workshop Program
May 31, 2004: Deadline for receipt of camera-ready copy of Workshop
notes
May 31, 2004: Deadline for Final Workshop Program

FORMAT FOR PROPOSALS: The web-based form for submitting course and
workshop proposals is accessible at
<http://www.esslli.org/2004/submission.html>. You will be required to
submit the following information:
* 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 (is this a workshop, a foundational course, an introductory
course, or an advanced course?)
* Section (does your proposal fit in Language & Computation,
Language & Logic or Logic & Computation? name only one)
* Description (in at most 150 words, describe the proposed contents and
substantiate timeliness and relevance to ESSLLI)
* External funding (will you be able to find external funding to
help fund your travel and accommodation expenses? if so, how?)
* Further particulars (any further information that is required by
the above 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. The guidelines for funding and
reimbursement are as follows. As pointed out above, as a rule each
course/workshop lasts a single week and is taught/organized by a single
lecturer/organizer. For each course/workshop of one week, one
lecturer/organizer will be reimbursed for his/her travel expenses
(economy/APEX only) and his/her accomodation for the duration of the one
week course/workshop (plus the weekend preceding or following the course,
so as to enable the purchase of reasonably priced plane tickets).
Lecturers/organizers of one week courses/workshops are entitled to attend
the entire two-week summer school without having to pay registration fees;
their accommodation will only be paid for for a single week, though). In
case a course is to be taught by two lecturers, a lump sum is paid to
cover travel and accommodation expenses. The splitting of the sum is up to
the lecturers. In exceptional cases, a course may last two weeks instead
of a single week; for the purpose of reimbursements, a two week course
counts as two one week courses, which means that up to two lecturers can
get their travel expenses refunded (economy/APEX only), and either two
lecturers can each get one week of accommodation or a single lecturer gets
the full two weeks of accommodation refunded. Two week workshops are not
an option. Please allow us to underline that the organizers highly
appreciate it if, whenever possible, lecturers and workshop 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 in general guarantee only to reimburse travel costs for travel
from destinations within Europe to Nancy. Exceptions will be made
depending on the financial situation.

PROGRAM COMMITTEE:
Chair:
Antal van den Bosch
Attn: ESSLLI-2004
ILK / Computational Linguistics
Tilburg University
P.O. Box 90153
NL-5000 LE Tilburg
The Netherlands
Phone: +31.13.4663117
Email: Antal.vdnBosch@kub.nl
Local co-chair:
Philippe de Groote (Philippe.de.Groote@loria.fr)
Language and Logic:
Tim Fernando (Tim.Fernando@tcd.ie)
Ge'rard Huet (Gerard.Huet@inria.fr)
Logic and Computation:
David Pym (d.j.pym@bath.ac.uk)
Francesca Rossi (frossi@math.unipd.it)
Language and Computation:
Paul Buitelaar (paulb@dfki.de)
Detlef Prescher (prescher@science.uva.nl)
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE:
Patrick Blackburn (chair)
Email: Patrick.Blackburn@loria.fr

FURTHER INFORMATION: To obtain further information, visit the ESSLLI
site through <http://www.esslli.org>. For this year's summer school,
please see the web site for ESSLLI-2003 at
<http://www.logic.at/esslli03