Dear Mehrnoosh: c/c Board of the Association for Logic, Language and Information
Thanks for your message informing me that the nomination of my ex-student Alfredo Roque Friere has not been chosen for the Beth Prize 2020. . I have to confess that I feel a bit disappointed with this decision. Of course we have to thank the board of referees, who work "pro bono" in favor of science, and undoubtedly do their best, and I also extend my full compliments to all the young scholars who have won this prize. I am absolutely sure they deserve it , However, I see with deep concerns that work from Africa, Latin America, Caribbean countries Iran, Arabic countries, India, Oceania Southeast Asia, and other non-central european and non-anglo-centred regions have never been selected for the Beth Prize. For sure, good science is not restricted to Center Europe and North-America--it's hard to believe that in 22 years the Association for Logic, Language and Information has not been able to select any PhD thesis outside Center Europe, US, and Canada. A sad evidence ot this is that the 32 winners since 1998, are distributed among Poland (3), Germany (5), France (3), US (8), UK (2), Italy (1), Canada (2), Netherlands (4), Czech Republic (1), Austria (1), Spain(1) and Russia (1). I'm afraid there is no evidence that this will be different in 2020. To have their work recognized is of vital importance for young researchers everywhere, but specially for people in Africa, Latin America, Caribbean countries Iran, Arabic countries, India, Oceania, Southeast Asia,etc, for all the political reasons we know. In particular, I ask you please to write a letter confirming that my ex-student Alfredo Roque Freire, candidate for the 2020 prize was considered, or short-listed, to the 2020 Beth Prize - this will be of higher relevance for his future career. I urge you to extend this letter to the 2020 committee and to the leaders of the Association for Logic, Language and Information, with my appeal to create a committee to take care of this point. Yours sincerely, Walter Carnielli Em qui, 16 de jul de 2020 05:58, BDP2020 <[email protected]> escreveu: > > Dear Walter Carnielli, > > It is with sadness that I have to inform you that your nomination has not > been chosen as the winner of the Beth Prize 2020. We received 30 nominations > this year, many of them outstanding, and the committee has had to work very > hard to choose the best ones. > > If I can be of any further assistance, please let me know. > > Best, > Mehrnoosh -- Você está recebendo esta mensagem porque se inscreveu no grupo "LOGICA-L" dos Grupos do Google. Para cancelar inscrição nesse grupo e parar de receber e-mails dele, envie um e-mail para [email protected]. Para ver esta discussão na web, acesse https://groups.google.com/a/dimap.ufrn.br/d/msgid/logica-l/CAOrCsLcHuRvjjht%3Dogzz%3DoOMc9pse8qvJ7JnZvd-UvyS0rJp_g%40mail.gmail.com.
