[Corpora-List] ESSLLI 2007 - Final Call for Course and Workshop Proposals

From: Tomaz Erjavec (tomaz.erjavec@ijs.si)
Date: Mon Jun 12 2006 - 22:13:48 MET DST

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         19th European Summer School in Logic, Language and Information
                                  ESSLLI 2007
                      August 6 - 17, 2007, Dublin, Ireland
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             THIRD AND FINAL CALL FOR COURSE and WORKSHOP PROPOSALS
             ------------------------------------------------------
             **** Submission deadline: Thursday June 15, 2006. ****

    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.

    The ESSLLI 2007 Program Committee invites proposals for foundational,
    introductory, and advanced courses, and for workshops for the 19th
    annual Summer School on a wide range of timely topics that have
    demonstrated their relevance in the following fields:

        - Logic and Language
        - Logic and Computation
        - Language and Computation

    PROPOSAL SUBMISSION: Proposals should be submitted through a web form
    available at http://www.folli.org/submission.php

    All proposals should be submitted no later than

                     ******* Thursday June 15, 2006. *******

    Authors of proposals will be notified of the committee's decision by
    October 2006. Proposers should follow the guidelines below while
    preparing their submissions; proposals that deviate can not be
    considered.

    GUIDELINES FOR SUBMISSION: Anyone interested in lecturing or
    organizing a workshop during ESSLLI-2007, please read the following
    information carefully.

    ALL COURSES: Courses are taught by 1 or max. 2 lecturers. They
    consists of five sessions (a one-week course), each session lasting 90
    minutes. Lecturers who want to offer a long, two-week course should
    structure it as two independent one week courses (ideally, with an
    introductory part in the first week of ESSLLI, and a more advanced part
    during the second). The ESSLLI program committee has the right to
    select only one of the two proposed courses.

    Timetable for Course Proposal Submission:

        Jun 15, 2006: Proposal Submission Deadline
        Sep 15, 2006: Notification
        Jun 1, 2007: Deadline for receipt of camera-ready course
                      material (by ESSLLI Local Organizers)

    FOUNDATIONAL COURSES: These are strictly elementary courses not
    assuming any background knowledge. They are intended for people 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 competences of neighboring disciplines, thus encouraging the
    development of a truly interdisciplinary research community.
    Foundational courses 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.

    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. 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 available).

    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: 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. It is a
    strict requirement that organizers give a general introduction to the
    them 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. Each workshop organizer will be responsible for
    producing the 1st Call for Papers in December, 2006. 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.

    Timetable for Workshop Proposal Submissions

        Jun 15, 2006: Proposal Submission Deadline
        Sep 15, 2006: Notification
        Nov 15, 2005: Deadline for receipt of Call for Papers
                      (by ESSLLI PC chair)
        Dec 1, 2006: Workshop organizers send out (First) Call for Papers
        Feb 15, 2007: Deadline for Papers (suggested)
        May 1, 2007: Notification of Workshop Contributors (suggested)
        Jun 1, 2007: Deadline for receipt of camera-ready copy of Workshop
                      Proceedings (by ESSLLI 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: The web-based form for submitting course and
    workshop proposals will be accessible at
    http://www.folli.org/submission.php. You will be required to submit
    the following information:

        * Name (name(s) of proposed lecturer(s)/organizer)

        * Address (contact addresses of proposed lecturer(s)/organizer;
          where possible, please include phone and fax numbers)

        * Title (title of proposed course/workshop)

        * Type (is this a workshop, a foundational course, an introductory
          course, or an advanced course?)

        * Section (does your proposal fit in Language & Computation,
          Language & Logic or Logic & Computation? name only one)

        * Description (in at most 150 words, describe the proposed contents and
                      substantiate timeliness and relevance to ESSLLI)

        * External funding (will you be able to find external funding to
          help fund your travel and accommodation expenses? if so, how?)

        * Further particulars (any further information that is required by
          the above guidelines should be included here; in particular, indicate
          here your teaching experience in an interdisciplinary field as the
          one addressed by 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 a
    fixed, maximum amount that will be notified to lecturers when courses
    are accepted). It should be stressed that while proposals from all
    over the world are welcomed, the Summer School cannot guarantee full
    reimbursement of travel costs, especially from destinations outside
    Europe.

    Please note the following: In case a course is to be taught by two
    lecturers, a lump sum is reimbursed to cover travel and accommodation
    expenses for one lecturer. The splitting of the sum is up to the
    lecturers.

    The local organizers highly appreciate it if, whenever possible,
    lecturers and workshop organizers find alternative funding to cover
    travel and accommodation expenses, and such issues might be taken
    into account when selecting courses.

    PROGRAM COMMITTEE:

    Chair:
        Tomaz Erjavec
        Jozef Stefan Institute
        Jamova 39
        SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
        e-mail : tomaz.erjavec (at) ijs.si
        www : http://nl.ijs.si/et/

    Local co-chair:
        Tim Fernando

    Area Specialists:
        Nissim Francez and Makoto Kanazawa (Logic and Language)
        Michael Fisher and Balder ten Cate (Logic and Computation)
        Dan Cristea and Geert-Jan Kruijff (Language and Computation)

    ORGANIZING COMMITTEE:
        Carl Vogel (chair)

    FURTHER INFORMATION: The Web site for ESSLLI 2007 will become
    operational in the second half of 2006. For this year's summer school,
    please see the web site at http://esslli2006.lcc.uma.es/

    -- 
    Tomaz Erjavec                | Dept. of Knowledge Technologies
    email: tomaz.erjavec@ijs.si  | Jozef Stefan Institute
    www:   http://nl.ijs.si/et/  | Jamova 39
    fax:   (+386 1) 477-3131     | SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
    



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