CALL FOR COURSE AND WORKSHOP PROPOSALS
34th European Summer School in Logic, Language and Information – ESSLLI
2023
31 July–11 August, 2023, Ljubljana, Slovenia
https://2023.esslli.eu/
Important Dates
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13 January 2023: Course Title submission deadline (mandatory)
20 January 2023: Final submission
3 March 2023: Notification
Introduction
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Under the auspices of the Association for Logic, Language, and
Information (FoLLI), the European Summer School in Logic, Language, and
Information (ESSLLI) runs every year. Except for 2021, where the school
was virtual, it runs in a different European country each year. It takes
place over two weeks in the summer, hosts approximately 50 different
courses at both introductory and advanced levels, and attracts around
400 participants from all over the world.
Since 1989, ESSLLI has been providing outstanding interdisciplinary
educational opportunities in the fields of Computer Science, Cognitive
Science, Linguistics, Logic, Philosophy, and beyond. It comes from a
community which recognizes that advances in our common areas require the
contributions of multiple interrelated disciplines.
The main focus of ESSLLI is the interface between linguistics, logic and
computation, with special emphasis in human linguistic and cognitive
ability. Courses, both introductory and advanced, cover a wide variety
of topics within the combined areas of interest: Logic and Computation,
Computation and Language, and Language and Logic. Workshops are also
organized, providing opportunities for in-depth discussion of issues at
the forefront of research, as well as a series of invited evening
lectures.
Topics and Format
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Proposals for courses and workshops at ESSLLI 2023 are invited in all
areas of Logic, Linguistics and Computer Sciences. Cross-disciplinary
and innovative topics are particularly encouraged.
Each course and workshop will consist of five 90 minute sessions,
offered daily (Monday-Friday) in a single week. Proposals for two-week
courses should be structured and submitted as two independent one-week
courses, e.g. as an introductory course followed by an advanced one. In
such cases, the ESSLLI program committee reserves the right to accept
just one of the two proposals.
All instructional and organizational work at ESSLLI is performed
completely on a voluntary basis, so as to keep participation fees to a
minimum. However, organizers and instructors have their registration
fees waived, and are reimbursed for travel and accommodation expenses up
to a level to be determined and communicated with the proposal
notification. ESSLLI can only guarantee reimbursement for at most one
course/workshop organizer, and cannot guarantee full reimbursement of
travel costs for lecturers or organizers from outside of Europe. The
ESSLLI organizers would appreciate any help in controlling the School's
expenses by seeking partial or complete coverage of travel and
accommodation expenses from other sources.
Categories
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Each proposal should fall under one of the following categories.
Foundational Courses
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Such courses are designed to present the basics of a research area, to
people with no prior knowledge in that area. They should be of
elementary level, without prerequisites in the course's topic, though
possibly assuming a level of general scientific maturity in the relevant
discipline. They should enable researchers from related disciplines to
develop a level of comfort with the fundamental concepts and techniques
of the course's topic, thereby contributing to the interdisciplinary
nature of our research community.
Introductory Courses
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Introductory courses are central to ESSLLI's mission. They are intended
to introduce a research field to students, young researchers, and other
non-specialists, and to foster a sound understanding of its basic
methods and techniques. Such courses should enable researchers from
related disciplines to develop some comfort and competence in the topic
considered. Introductory courses in a cross-disciplinary area may
presuppose general knowledge of the related disciplines.
Advanced Courses
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Advanced courses are targeted primarily to graduate students who wish to
acquire a level of comfort and understanding in the current research of
a field.
Workshops
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Workshops focus on specialized topics, usually of current interest.
Workshop organizers are responsible for soliciting papers and selecting
the workshop program. They are also responsible for publishing
proceedings if they decide to have proceedings.
Proposal Guidelines
===================
Course and workshop proposals should closely follow these guidelines to
ensure full consideration.
Course and Workshop proposals can be submitted by no more than two
lecturers/organizers and they are presented by no more than these two
lecturers/organizers. All instructors and organizers must possess a PhD
or equivalent degree by the submission deadline.
Course proposals should mention explicitly the intended course category.
Proposals for introductory courses should indicate the intended level,
for example as it relates to standard textbooks and monographs in the
area. Proposals for advanced courses should specify the prerequisites in
detail.
Proposals of Courses given at ESSLLI the previous year will have a lower
priority of being accepted in the current year.
Proposals must be in PDF format include all of the following:
1. Personal information for each proposer: Name, affiliation, contact
address, email, homepage (optional)
2. General proposal information: Title, category
3. Contents information:
a. Abstract of up to 150 words
b. Motivation and description (up to two pages)
c. Tentative outline
d. Expected level and prerequisites
e. Appropriate references (e.g. textbooks, monographs, proceedings,
surveys)
4. Information on the proposer and course:
a. Will your course appeal to students outside of the main
discipline of the course?
b. Include information on your experience in the intensive one-week
interdisciplinary setting
c. Include evidence that the course proposer is an excellent
lecturer
5. Information from workshop organizers:
a. Include information on relevant preceding meetings and events,
if applicable
b. Include information about potential external funding for
participants
Submission Information
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**By January 13, 2023:** You are asked to submit in EasyChair at least
the name(s) of the instructor(s), the ESSLLI area+course level and a
short abstract.
**By January 20:** Your submission must be completed by uploading a PDF
with the actual proposal as detailed above.
Submission Portal
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Please submit your proposals to
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=esslli2023
Childcare
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If there is enough interest, ESSLLI will provide information on private
child care services available during the summer school.
EACSL Sponsorship
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The EACSL will support one Logic and Computation course or workshop
addressing topics of interest to Computer Science Logic (CSL)
conferences. The selected course or workshop will be designated an EACSL
course/workshop in the programme. If you wish to be considered for this,
please indicate so in your proposal.
Organizing Committee
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Slavko Žitnik (University of Ljubljana) (chair)
Špela Vintar (University of Ljubljana)
Timotej Knez (University of Ljubljana)
Mojca Brglez (University of Ljubljana)
Matej Klemen (University of Ljubljana)
Aleš Žagar (University of Ljubljana)
Program Committee
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Juha Kontinen (University of Helsinki) (chair)
Kaja Dobrovoljc (University of Ljubljana) (local co-chair)
Area Chairs Language and Computation (LaCo)
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Kilian Evang (Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf)
Miryam de Lhoneux (KU Leuven)
Shane Steinert-Threlkeld (University of Washington)
Area Chairs Language and Logic (LaLo)
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Ivano Ciardelli (University of Padua)
Agata Renans (Ruhr-Universität Bochum)
Jacopo Romoli (Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf)
Area Chairs Logic and Computation (LoCo)
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Natasha Alechina (Utrecht University)
Alessandra Palmigiano (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
Lutz Straßburger (Inria Saclay & École Polytechnique)
ESSLLI Steering Committee
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Darja Fiser (University of Ljubljana) (chair)
Phokion Kolaitis (University of California, Santa Cruz) (vice-chair)
Roman Kuznets (TU Wien)
Petya Osenova (Bulgarian Academy of Sciences and Sofia University)
(secretary)
Jakub Szymanik (University of Amsterdam)
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