Corpora: XIII. ESSLLI 2001, Helsinki

From: Marcus Kracht (kracht@math.fu-berlin.de)
Date: Wed Jun 14 2000 - 14:29:37 MET DST

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    [An HTML version of the Call for Proposals will be available via the
     FoLLI page <http://www.folli.uva.nl/Esslli/2001/esslli-2001.html>.
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                             SECOND CALL FOR PROPOSALS
                             -------------------------

       Thirteenth European Summer School in Logic, Language and Information
                                   ESSLLI-2001
                  August 13-24, 2001, Helsinki, Finland

                               CALL FOR PROPOSALS

    The main focus of the European Summer Schools in Logic, Language and
    Information is the interface between linguistics, logic and computation.
    Foundational, introductory and advanced courses together with workshops
    cover a wide variety of topics within six areas of interest: Logic,
    Computation, Language, Logic and Computation, Computation and Language,
    Language and Logic. Previous summer schools have been highly successful,
    attracting around 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-2001 is organised under the
    auspices of the European Association for Logic, Language and Information
    (FoLLI).

    The ESSLLI-2001 Programme Committee invites proposals for foundational,
    introductory, and advanced courses, and for workshops for the 13th
    annual Summer School on a wide range of topics in the following fields:

      Logic Language Computation
      Language and Logic Logic and Computation Language and 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.

    The Programme Committee welcomes proposals in all of the above areas.

    PROPOSAL SUBMISSION:
    All proposals (subject: ESSLLI-2001) should be submitted by electronic
    mail to the program chair, Marcus Kracht at <kracht@math.fu-berlin.de>,
    in plain ASCII text, as soon as possible, but no later than July 23,
    2000. Authors of proposals will be notified of the committee's decision
    no later than September 15, 1999. Proposers should follow the
    guidelines below while preparing their submissions; proposals that
    deviate substantially will not be considered.

    GUIDELINES FOR SUBMISSION:
    Anyone interested in lecturing or organising a workshop during
    ESSLLI-2001, please read the following information carefully.

    FOUNDATIONAL COURSES: These are really elementary courses not assuming
    any background knowledge. The number of foundational courses will be
    4-6. They are intended for people from other disciplines to get a feel
    for the problems and techniques of the area. Ideally, they should
    allow experienced researchers from other fields to acquire the key
    competences of neighbouring disciplines, thus encouraging the
    development of a truly interdisciplinary research community. Unlike
    the introductory courses they 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.

    Foundational courses are taught by 1 or max. 2 lecturers. They consist
    of five sessions (a one-week course) or ten sessions (a two-week course)
    each session lasts 90 minutes.

     Timetable for Foundational Course Proposal Submission

        Jul 23, 2000: Proposal Submission Deadline
        Sep 15, 2000: Notification
        Nov 15, 2000: Deadline for receipt of title, abstract, lecturer(s)
                        information, course description and prerequisites
        Jun 1, 2001: Deadline for receipt of camera-ready course material

    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, The introductory courses in the three basic disciplines
    should provide introductions to the field for non-specialists (an
    introductory course on logic, for instance, should address linguists and
    computer scientists, not logicians). Introductory courses in the
    interdisciplinary fields, on the other hand, can build on knowledge of
    the respective fields (an introductory course in computational
    linguistics should address an audience which is familiar with the
    basics of linguistics and computation).

    Introductory courses are taught by 1 or max. 2 lecturers. They consist
    of five sessions (a one-week course) or ten sessions (a two-week
    course), each session lasting 90 minutes.

    Proposals for introductory courses should indicate the level of the
    course as compared to standard texts in the area. For ease of reference
    a list of standard texts will be made available electronically.

     Timetable for Introductory Course Proposal Submission

        Jul 23, 2000: Proposal Submission Deadline
        Sep 15, 2000: Notification
        Nov 15, 2000: Deadline for receipt of title, abstract, lecturer(s)
                      information, course description and prerequisites
        Jun 1, 2001: Deadline for receipt of camera-ready course material

    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.

    Advanced courses are taught by 1 or max. 2 lecturers. They consist of
    five sessions (a one-week course) or ten sessions (a two-week course),
    each session lasting 90 minutes.

      Timetable for Advanced Course Proposal Submissions

        Jul 23, 2000: Proposal Submission Deadline
        Sep 15, 2000: Notification
        Nov 15, 2000: Deadline for receipt of title, abstract, lecturer(s)
                      information, course description and prerequisites
        Jun 1, 2001: Deadline for receipt of camera-ready course material

    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 organiser is paid. The organisers
    should be specialists in the theme of the workshop and give a general
    introduction in the first session. They are also responsible for the
    programme of the workshop, i.e., for finding speakers.

    Each workshop organiser will be responsible for producing a Call for
    Papers for the workshop by November 15, 2000. 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) or ten
    sessions (a two-week workshop). Sessions are normally 90 min.

      Timetable for Workshop Proposal Submissions

        Jul 23, 2000: Proposal Submission Deadline
        Sep 15, 2000: Notification
        Nov 15, 2000: Deadline for receipt of Call for Papers
        Dec 1, 2000: Send out Call for Papers
        Mar 15, 2001: Deadline for Papers (suggested)
        May 1, 2001: Notification of Workshop Contributors (suggested)
        May 15, 2001: Deadline for Provisional Workshop Programme
        Jun 1, 2001: Deadline for receipt of camera-ready copy of
                            Workshop notes
        Jun 1, 2001: Deadline for Final Workshop Programme

    FORMAT FOR PROPOSALS:
    Please submit your proposal in the following format:

    Name: --- Name(s) of proposed lecturer(s)/organiser.

    Address: --- Contact addresses of proposed lecturer(s)/organiser.
                       Where possible, please include phone and fax
                       numbers.

    Title: --- Title of proposed course/workshop.

    Type: --- State whether this is a workshop, an foundational
                       course, an introductory course, or an advanced
                       course.

    Section: --- Which of the six sections (Language, Logic,
                       Computation, Logic & Computation, Language
                       & Computation or Language & Logic) does the
                       proposal belong to? Please just name one.

    Description: --- A description of the proposed contents.
                       Not more than 150 words.

    External --- State whether (and if so: how) you will be able to
    funding: find external funding to subsidise your travel and
                       accommodation expenses.

    Further --- Any further information that is required by the
    particulars: above guidelines should be included here.

    FINANCIAL ASPECTS:
    Prospective lecturers and workshop organisers should be aware that all
    teaching and organising at the summer schools is done on a voluntary
    basis in order to keep the participants fees as low as possible.
    Lecturers and organisers are not paid for their contribution, but are
    reimbursed for travel and accommodation. In case of two lecturers, a
    lump sum is paid to cover travel expenses. The splitting of the sum
    is up to the lecturers. (However, please note that the organisers
    appreciate if, whenever possible, lecturers/organisers 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 Organising 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 Helsinki. Exceptions will be made depending on the financial
    situation.

    PROGRAM COMMITTEE:

      Marcus Kracht (chair)
      Attn: ESSLLI-2001
      II. Mathematisches Institut
      FU Berlin
      Arnimallee 3
      D - 14195 Berlin
      Germany
      Tel: +49 (30) 838 75445
      Fax: +49 (30) 838 75404
      Email: kracht@math.fu-berlin.de

           Bonnie Webber (Language)
         Jaakko Väänänen (Logic)
      Steffen Hölldobler (Computation and Logic)
          Claire Gardent (Language and Computation)
         Claude Kirchner (Computation)
        Michael Moortgat (Logic and Language)
     
      
    ORGANISING COMMITTEE:
         Ahti-Veikko Pietarinen
      Email: pietarin@cc.helsinki.fi

    FURTHER BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
    To obtain further information, please visit the web site for
    ESSLLI-2001 <http://www.folli.uva.nl/Esslli/2001/esslli-2001.html>.
    For this year's summer school see the web site for
    ESSLLI-2000 <http://www.folli.uva.nl/Esslli/2000/esslli-2000.html>.



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