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Call for Nominations: 2018 E W Beth Dissertation Prize

Ladies and gentlemen,

Since 2002, FoLLI (the Association for Logic, Language, and Information, 
http://www.folli.info) has awarded 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 
awarded in 2017.

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, 2017 and December 
31st, 2017. Theses must be written in English; however, the Committee accepts 
submissions of English translations of theses originally written in other 
languages, and for which a PhD was awarded in the preceding two years (i.e. 
between January 1st, 2015 and December 31st, 2017). There is no restriction on 
the nationality of the candidate or on the university where the Ph.D. was 
granted.

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).

How to submit

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

    The thesis in pdf format (ps/doc/rtf not accepted).
    A ten-page abstract of the dissertation in pdf format.
    A letter of nomination from the thesis supervisor
      (see below).
    Two additional letters of support, including at least one
      from a referee not affiliated with the academic
      institution that awarded the Ph.D. degree.

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. Nominations should contain the email contact details of the nominator.

All documents must be submitted electronically (preferably as a zip file) to 
Ian Pratt-Hartmann (ipratt@cs.man.ac.uk). Hard copy submissions are not 
allowed. In case of any problems with the email submission or a lack of 
notification within three working days, nominators should write to Ian 
Pratt-Hartmann.


The prize will be awarded at the ESSLLI summer school in Sofia. The current 
(tentative) date for the presentation ceremony is August 17th, 2018.

Queries: Ian Pratt-Hartmann (ipratt@cs.man.ac.uk)

Important dates:

Deadline for Submissions: April 23rd, 2018.
Notification of Decision: July 2nd, 2018.
ESSLLI summer school (Sofia): August 6th--17th, 2018.

Committee

Emmanuel Chemla (ENS, CNRS)
Andrew Fish (University of Brighton)
Sujata Ghosh (Indian Statistical Institute, Chennai)
Nina Gierasimczuk (Technical University of Denmark Copenhagen)
Wesley Holliday (University of California, Berkeley)
Thomas Icard (Stanford University)
Andreas Maletti (Leipzig University)
Angelo Montanari (University of Udine)
Sanjian Li (University of Technology Sydney)
Larry Moss (Indiana University, Bloomington)
Ian Pratt-Hartmann, Chair (University of Manchester)


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