The Third International Tbilisi Symposium
on Language, Logic and Computation
Batumi, Georgia
September 12-16, 1999
First Announcement and Call for Papers
In 1999, the Tbilisi International Symposium on Language, Logic and
Computation, will be held in the Black Sea coast resort Batumi from 12th
to 16th of September. The Symposium is organized by the Centre for
Language, Logic and Speech (Tbilisi State University), in conjunction with
the Institute for Logic, Language and Computation of the University of
Amsterdam. The 1999 meeting is the third installment of a series of
biannual Symposia. The first meeting was held in the Georgian mountain
resort Gudauri and the second took place in the capital of Georgia Tbilisi.
The Third Symposium is dedicated to the memory of the prominent Georgian
logician Shalva Pkhakadze.
THEMES
The Symposium welcomes papers on current research in all aspects of
Linguistics, Logic and Computation, including but not limited to:
Natural language semantics/pragmatics
Algebraic and relational semantics
Natural language processing
Logic in AI and natural language
Natural language and logic programming
Automated reasoning
Natural language and databases
Information retrieval from text
Natural language and internet
Constructive logic and modal systems
In line with the main trend in this field we strongly encourage the
submission of papers concerning applications of logic to computation and
the application of logic and computation to language description and
modelling.
SUBMISSION OF PAPERS
Abstracts of papers submitted for presentation should not exceed 2 000
words. The abstracts should include, on the first page: title, author's
name, affiliation, complete mailing address, phone, fax and e-mail address,
an abstract of 200 words maximum, and up to five key- words. The abstracts
should be submitted electronically (ASCII, LaTeX, or PostScript) to the
following e-mail addresses:
The collection volume of the short versions (Theses) will be available
during the Symposium. The Proceedings with full size (8-12 pages) papers
are planned immediately after the Symposium.
IMPORTANT DATES
Submission deadline: April 15 , 1999
Notification of acceptance: June 15, 1999
Symposium: September 12-16, 1999
TUTORIALS
In parallel with the Symposium three tutorials are given by outstanding
scholars for students and post-graduates. These tutorials are explicitly
meant to address interdisciplinary issues in the fields of logic and
language, algebraic logic, and computation and morphology.
RELATED EVENTS
The Symposium will be immediately preceded by the Conference on Logical
Programming and Automatic Reasoning (LPAR) which will be held in Tbilisi
from 6th to 10th of September 1999. Some of its participants plan to be
present on the both forums. The web site of LPAR is
http://www.csd.uu.se/~voronkov/lpar99.html
INVITED SPEAKERS
J. van Benthem (University of Amsterdam)
G. Gottlob (Vienna University of Technology)
J. D. McCawley (University of Chicago)
J. M. Font (University of Barcelona); to be confirmed
I. Hodkinson (Imperial College, London)
I. Melchuk (University of Montreal)
A. Zaenen (Xerox Research Centre Europe, Grenoble); to be confirmed
LECTURERS FOR TUTORIALS
W. Blok (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Chicago); to be
confirmed
L. Karttunen (Xerox Research Centre Europe, Grenoble); to be confirmed
D. Westerstahl (Göteborg University); to be confirmed
SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE
chair
D. de Jongh (University of Amsterdam)
Th. Gamkrelidze (Tbilisi State University)
A. Voronkov (Uppsala University)
members
A. Anisimov (Kiev State University)
Ju. Apresjan (Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow)
J. van Benthem (University of Amsterdam)
W. Blok (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Chicago)
N. Chanishvili (Tbilisi State University)
R. Cooper (Göteborg University)
Ju. Ershov (Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk)
J. Ginzburg (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
R. Goldblatt (Victoria University of Wellington)
E. Hajicova (Charles University, Prague)
L. Jablonskij (Moscow State University)
Z. Khasidashvili (Ben Gurion University, Beer Sheva)
V. Matrosov (Russian Academy of Sciences, Irkutsk)
H. Ono (JAIST, Ishikawa)
B. Partee (University of Massachusetts)
G. Sambin (University of Padua)
E. Vallduvi (University Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona)
C. Vogel (Trinity College, Dublin)
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
general
I. van Loon (University of Amsterdam, Chair)
P. Dekker (University of Amsterdam)
G. Erbach (Universität des Saarlandes, Saarbrücken)
V. Finn (Institute for Scientific & Technical Information, Moscow)
T. Kutsia (Institute of Symbolic Computation, University of Linz)
D. Pearce (GmbH, Saarbrücken)
E. Tavadze-Melini (Royal Technical High School, Stockholm)
local
T. Khurodze (pro-rector of the Tbilisi State University, Chair)
R. Asatiani, M. Abashidze, G.Bezhanishvili, R. Grigolia,
E. Soselia, L. Chkaidze, G. Chikoidze, L. Godabrelidze,
N. Javashvili, L. Lortkipanidze, M. Tandashvili
(all Georgian Academy of Sciences)
Kh. Rukhaia, K. Phkhakadze, N. Shengelaia (Tbilisi State University)
D. Baladze, M. Putkaradze, N. Soselia (Batumi University)
PARTICIPANT'S FEE
Participant's fee - 200 ECU (not obligatory for participants from C&EE
including NIS)
TRAVEL
Batumi can be reached in two ways:
By plane to Tbilisi and then by bus (6 hours) or by train (1 night) to
Batumi; a special bus trip is planned, which includes a visit to Zestafoni,
the place of birth of the prominent Georgian logician Shalva Phakadze to
the memory of whom the Symposium is dedicated. By plane via Trabzon, a
Turkish city close to the Georgian frontier, and then a 3 hours trip by a
comfortable bus, which leaves each half hour for Batumi.
LOCATION
Georgia is an ancient country situated between Black and Kaspian Seas,
Caucasus Mountains and Turkey. This is the country of the Golden Fleece,
myth of Argonauts, Jason and Medea, Promethee, chained to the Caucasus
Mountains. Georgia is famous for its high quality wines, exquisite cuisine
and cordial hospitality.
The Symposium will be hosted by the Tbilisi State University, the chief
centre of education in the country which has several outstanding scholars
in science, art and politics among its graduates.
The Symposium will be held in Batumi, the main city of Georgian subtropical
region Adjara. Batumi is encircled by the Black Sea resorts: Makhindjauri,
the Green Cape, Tsikhisdziri, aand Kobuleti. The environment of the city
abounds with citric and tea plantations, magnolia, palm, eucalyptus and bay
tree groves. Near the Green Cape the famous Botanical Garden is situated.
The climate is mild, seawater warm, the bathing season lasts from May to
October.
The conference's venue---Batumi University---is the main educational centre
of the region.
INFORMATION
Information on registration and accommodation will appear in future
announcements. For more information you may take a look at:
http://www.illc.uva.nl/Batumi/
or contact:
George Chikoidze
Dept. of Language Modelling
Inst. of Control Systems
Georgian Academy of Sciences
34, K. Gamsakhurdia
380060 Tbilisi
Georgia
phone: +995 32 382136
fax: +995 32 942391
chiko@contsys.acnet.ge
or
Ingrid van Loon
Institute for Logic, Language and Computation
University of Amsterdam
Plantage Muidergracht 24
NL-1018 TV Amsterdam
The Netherlands
phone: +31 20 525 6051
fax: +31 20 525 5206
ingrid@wins.uva.nl