%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%   22nd European Summer School in Logic, Language and Information ESSLLI 2010, 9-20 August, 2010, University of Copenhagen, Denmark %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% CALL FOR COURSE and WORKSHOP PROPOSALS The European Summer School in Logic, Language and Information (ESSLLI)   is organized every year by the Association for Logic, Language and Information (FoLLI, http://www.folli.org) in different   sites around Europe. The main focus of ESSLLI is on the interface between linguistics, logic and computation. ESSLLI offers   foundational, introductory and advanced courses, as well as workshops, covering 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. For more information, visit the FoLLI website, as well as ESSLLI?2009   website: http://esslli2009.labri.fr/. The ESSLLI 2010 Program Committee invites proposals for foundational,   introductory, and advanced courses, and for workshops for the 22nd annual Summer School on important topics of active research in   the broad interdisciplinary area connecting logic, linguistics, computer science, and the cognitive sciences, structured within the 3   traditional ESSLLI streams: -Language and Computation -Language and Logic -Logic and Computation We also welcome proposals that do not exactly fit one of these categories. PROPOSAL SUBMISSION: All proposals should be submitted, using a   prescribed form that will be available soon on the ESSLLI 2010 website www.hum.ku.dk/esslli2010, through EasyChair on   http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=esslli2010, not later than ******* Monday, September 7, 2009 ******* Proposers must hold PhD or equivalent degrees and should follow the   guidelines below while preparing their submissions; proposals that do not conform with these guidelines may not be considered. GUIDELINES FOR COURSE AND WORKSHOP PROPOSALS: ALL COURSES: Courses are given over one week (Monday-Friday) and   consist of five 90 minutes sessions, one per day. Course proposals should give a brief overview of the topic and a tentative   content and structure of the course, as well as state the course?s _object_ives and clearly specify prerequisites, if any. Lecturers who   want to offer a long, two-week course, should submit two independent one-week courses (for example an introductory course in the first week   of ESSLLI, and a more advanced course during the second). The ESSLLI program committee has the right to select only one of the two   proposed courses. TI_meta_BLE FOR COURSE PROPOSAL SUBMISSION:   Sep 7, 2009: Proposal Submission Deadline   Oct 19, 2009: Notification Deadline   Jun 30, 2010: Deadline for receipt of camera-ready course material   by the ESSLLI?2010 local organizers FOUNDATIONAL COURSES: These are strictly elementary courses not   assuming any background knowledge. They are intended for people who wish 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 competencies of neighboring   disciplines, thus encouraging the development of a truly   interdisciplinary research community. Foundational courses should require no special   prerequisites, but may presuppose some experience with scientific methods and general appreciation of the field of the course. INTRODUCTORY COURSES: Introductory courses are central to the   activities of the Summer School. They are intended to provide an introduction to the (interdisciplinary) field for students, young   researchers, and other non-specialists, and to equip them with a good understanding of the course field's basic methods and techniques. Such   courses should enable experienced researchers from other fields to acquire the key competencies of neighboring disciplines, thus   encouraging the development of a truly interdisciplinary research community. 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 any). 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 detail. WORKSHOPS: Workshops run over one week and consist of five 90-minutes   sessions, one per day. The aim of the workshops is to provide a forum for advanced Ph.D. students and other researchers to   present and discuss their work. Workshops should have a well defined theme, and workshop organizers should be specialists in the   theme of the workshop. The proposals for workshops should justify the choice of topic, give an estimate of the number of attendants and   expected submissions, and provide a list of at least 15 potential submitters working in the field of the workshop. The organizers are   required to give a general introduction to the theme during the first session of the workshop. They are also responsible for the   organization and program of the workshop including inviting the   submission of papers, reviewing, expenses of invited speakers, etc. In particular,   each workshop organizer will be responsible for sending out a Call for Papers for the workshop and to organize the selection of the   submissions by the deadlines specified below. The call for workshop submissions must make it clear that the workshop is open to all   members of the ESSLLI community and should indicate that all workshop contributors must register for the Summer School. TI_meta_BLE FOR WORKSHOP PROPOSAL SUBMISSIONS:   Sep 7, 2009: Proposal Submission Deadline   Oct 19, 2009: Notification Deadline   Nov 02, 2009: Deadline for submission of the Calls for Papers to   ESSLLI?2010 PC chair   Nov 09, 2009: Workshop organizers send out First Call for Papers   Jan 25, 2010: Workshop organizers send out Second Call for Papers   Mar 08, 2010: Workshop organizers send out Third Call for Papers   Apr 12, 2010: Suggested deadline for submissions to the workshops   May 24, 2010: Suggested deadline for notification of workshop contributors   Jun 30, 2010: Deadline for submission of camera-ready copy of   workshop proceedings to the ESSLLI?2010 Local Organizers. Notice that workshop speakers will be required to register for the   Summer School; however, they will be able to register at a reduced rate to be determined by the Local Organizers. FORMAT FOR PROPOSALS: A form for submitting course and workshop   proposals will be available soon on the ESSLLI 2010 website www.hum.ku.dk/esslli2010. The proposers are required to submit the following information: * Name(s) of proposing lecturer(s)/ workshop organizer(s), at most two   per course or workshop * Contact addresses, homepages, phones, and fax numbers (if   available), of proposing lecturer(s)/ workshop organizer(s); * _title_ of proposed course/workshop; * Type (workshop, foundational, introductory, or advanced course) * Stream (one of: Language & Computation, Language & Logic, Logic &   Computation) * De_script_ion (in at most 300 words, provide justification, relevance   to ESSLLI, proposed contents and structure of the courses, resp.    expected participation in the workshops) * External funding (whether the proposers will be able to obtain   external funding for travel and accommodation expenses) * Further particulars (any further information that is required by the   above guidelines should be included here; in particular, course    _object_ives and prerequisites, as well as the lecturers teaching   experience relevant to the proposed course, and generally in the    interdisciplinary field scope of ESSLLI.) 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   (up to fixed maximum amounts, that will be communicated to the lecturers upon notification). It should be stressed that while   proposals from all over the world are welcomed, the School cannot   guarantee full reimbursement of travel costs, especially from destinations   outside Europe. Please note that in case a course or workshop is to be taught/organized by two lecturers, a lump sum will be reimbursed to   cover travel and accommodation expenses for one lecturer; the splitting of that sum is up to the lecturers. The local organizers would highly appreciate it if, whenever possible,   lecturers and workshop organizers find alternative funding to cover travel and accommodation expenses, as that would help us keep the cost   of attending ESSLLI?2010 lower. ESSLLI 2010 PROGRAM COMMITTEE: Chair: Valentin Goranko (Technical Univ. of Denmark) Area Specialists: Language and Computation: Walter Daelemans (Univ. of Antwerp) Sabine Schulte im Walde (Univ. of Stuttgart) Language and Logic: Yoad Winter (Utrecht Univ.) Raffaella Bernardi (Free Univ. of Bozen-Bolzano) Logic and Computation: Anuj Dawar (Univ. of Cambridge) Ken Shan (State Univ. of New Jersey, Rutgers) ESSLLI 2010 Program Committee dedicated email account: esslli2...@gmail.com ESSLLI 2010 ORGANIZING COMMITTEE: Chair: Vincent Hendricks (University of Copenhagen) Organizing Manager: Rasmus Rendsvig ESSLLI 2010 website: www.hum.ku.dk/esslli2010