15-26 Aug 2016
Bolzano, Italy
Call for Course and Workshop Proposals
28th European Summer School in Logic, Language and Information - ESSLLI 2016
15-26 August, 2016
Faculty of Computer Science, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy
in collaboration with University of Trento, Italy
IMPORTANT DATES
1 June 2015: Proposal submission deadline
23 September 2015: Notification
20 July 2016: Course material due
TOPICS AND FORMAT
Proposals for courses and workshops at ESSLLI 2016 are invited in all
areas of Logic, Linguistics and Computing Sciences. Cross-disciplinary and
innovative topics are particularly encouraged.
Each course and workshop will consist of five 90 minute sessions, offered
daily (Monday-Friday) in a single week. Proposals for two-week courses
should be structured and submitted as two independent one-week courses,
e.g. as an introductory course followed by an advanced one. In such cases,
the ESSLLI programme committee reserves the right to accept just one of
the two proposals.
All instructional and organizational work at ESSLLI is performed
completely on a voluntary basis, so as to keep participation fees to a
minimum. However, organizers and instructors have their registration fees
waived, and are reimbursed for travel and accommodation expenses up to a
level to be determined and communicated with the proposal notification.
ESSLLI can only guarantee reimbursement for at most one course/workshop
organizer, and can not guarantee full reimbursement of travel costs for
lecturers or organizers from outside of Europe. The ESSLLI organizers
would appreciate any help in controlling the School's expenses by seeking
complete coverage of travel and accommodation expenses from other sources.
CATEGORIES
Each proposal should fall under one of the following categories.
* FOUNDATIONAL COURSES * Such courses are designed to present the basics
of a research area, to people with no prior knowledge in that area. They
should be of elementary level, without prerequisites in the course's
topic, though possibly assuming a level of general scientific maturity in
the relevant discipline. They should enable researchers from related
disciplines to develop a level of comfort with the fundamental concepts
and techniques of the course's topic, thereby contributing to the
interdisciplinary nature of our research community.
* INTRODUCTORY COURSES * Introductory courses are central to ESSLLI's
mission. They are intended to introduce a research field to students,
young researchers, and other non-specialists, and to foster a sound
understanding of its basic methods and techniques. Such courses should
enable researchers from related disciplines to develop some comfort and
competence in the topic considered. Introductory courses in a
cross-disciplinary area may presuppose general knowledge of the related
disciplines.
* ADVANCED COURSES * Advanced courses are targeted primarily to graduate
students who wish to acquire a level of comfort and understanding in the
current research of a field.
* WORKSHOPS * Workshops focus on specialized topics, usually of current
interest. Workshops organizers are responsible for soliciting papers and
selecting the workshop programme. They are also responsible for publishing
proceedings if they decide to have proceedings.
PROPOSAL GUIDELINES
Course and workshop proposals should follow closely the following
guidelines to ensure full consideration.
Each course may have no more than two instructors, and each workshop no
more than two organizers. All instructors and organizers must possess a
PhD or equivalent degree by the submission deadline.
Course proposals should mention explicitly the intended course category.
Proposals for introductory courses should indicate the intended level, for
example as it relates to standard textbooks and monographs in the area.
Proposals for advanced courses should specify the prerequisites in detail.
Proposals must be submitted in PDF format via:
https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=esslli2016
and include all of the following:
a. Personal information for each proposer: Name, affiliation, contact
address, email, homepage (optional)
b. General proposal information: Title, category
c. Contents information:
Abstract of up to 150 words
Motivation and description (up to two pages)
Tentative outline
Expected level and prerequisites
Appropriate references (e.g. textbooks, monographs, proceedings, surveys)
d. Practical information:
Relevant preceding meetings and events, if applicable
Potential external funding for participants
PROGRAMME COMMITTEE
Chair:
Claire Gardent (LORIA, CNRS & Universit?? de Lorraine, Nancy, France)
Local co-chair:
Raffaella Bernardi (DISI, Trento)
Language and Computation:
Katrin Erk (University of Texas, Austin)
Alexander Koller (University of Potsdam)
Language and Logic:
Chris Barker (Linguistics, NYU)
Stephanie Solt (ZAS Berlin)
Logic and Computation:
Dietmar Berwanger (LSV, CNRS & ENS de Cachan)
Luciano Serafini (DKM Trento)
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE CHAIR:
Diego Calvanese (Free Univ. of Bozen-Bolzano)
FURTHER INFORMATION:
Please send any queries you may have to claire.gardent@loria.fr