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Second Call for Nominations: E. W. Beth Outstanding Dissertation Prize 2022


Since 1998, the Association for Logic, Language, and Information (FoLLI) has 
been awarding the annual E.W. Beth Dissertation Prize to outstanding Ph.D. 
dissertations in Logic, Language, and Information 
(https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://www.folli.info/?page_id=74__;!!IBzWLUs!Bu-03w2XDK2eGOXqc1uUkdyVOJ5GWDoykFviKTukwb3NZ1xRlQdMAWlNezvegeOHTLu8KjYTXa_YbQ$
 ), with financial support of the E.W. Beth Foundation 
(https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.knaw.nl/en/awards/funds/evert-willem-beth-stichting/evert-willem-beth-foundation__;!!IBzWLUs!Bu-03w2XDK2eGOXqc1uUkdyVOJ5GWDoykFviKTukwb3NZ1xRlQdMAWlNezvegeOHTLu8KjbOceJU1A$
 ).


In accordance with the aim of the Beth Foundation to continue and extend the 
work of the Dutch logician Evert Willem Beth, nominations are invited of 
outstanding dissertations on topics in the broad remit of ESSLLI, in logic, 
language, information and computation. Interdisciplinary dissertations with 
results impacting various of these research areas in their investigations are 
especially solicited. Nominations are now invited for outstanding dissertations 
in these areas resulting in a Ph.D. degree awarded in 2021.


The deadline for nominations is the 15th of April 2022.


Qualifications:

 - A Ph.D. dissertation on a related topic is eligible for the Beth 
Dissertation Prize 2022, if the degree was awarded  between January 1st and 
December 31st, 2021.

 - There are no restrictions on the nationality, ethnicity, age, gender or 
employment status of the author of the nominated dissertation, nor on the 
university, academic department or scientific institution formally conferring 
the Ph.D. degree, nor on the language in which the dissertation has originally 
been written.

-  If a nominated dissertation has originally been written in a language other 
than English, its file should still contain the required 10 page English 
abstract, see below. If the committee decides that a nominated dissertation in 
a language other than English requires translation to English for proper 
evaluation, the committee can transfer its nomination to the competition in 
2023. The English translation must in such cases be submitted before the 
deadline of the call for nominations in 2023. The committee may recommend the 
Beth Foundation to consider supporting such nominated dissertations for English 
translation, upon request by the author of the dissertation.



The prize consists of:


 - a certificate

 - a donation of 3000 euros, provided by the E.W. Beth Foundation, divided 
among the winners, should there be more than one winner

 - an invitation to submit the dissertation, possibly after revision, for 
publication in FoLLI Publications on Logic, Language and Information (Springer).



Only digital submissions are accepted, without exception. Hard copy submissions 
are not allowed. The following documents are to be submitted in a single 
nomination file in zip format:


 - The original dissertation in pdf format (ps/doc/rtf etc. not acceptable).

 - A ten-page English abstract of the dissertation, presenting the main results 
of each chapter.

 - A letter of nomination from the dissertation supervisor, which concisely 
describes the scope and significance of the dissertation, stating when the 
degree was officially awarded and the members of the Ph.D. committee. 
Nominations should contain the address, phone and email details of the 
nominator.

 - Two additional letters of support, including at least one from a referee not 
affiliated with the academic institution that awarded the Ph.D. degree, nor 
otherwise related to the nominee (e.g. former teachers, supervisors, 
co-authors, publishers or relatives) or the dissertation.

 - Self-nominations are not possible.


All pdf documents must be submitted electronically, as one zip file, via 
EasyChair by following the link 
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 . In case of any problems or questions please contact the chair of the 
committee Mehrnoosh Sadrzadeh (m.sadrza...@ucl.ac.uk).


The prize will be awarded by the chair of the FoLLI board at a ceremony during 
the 33rd ESSLLI summer school, in Galway, August 8-19, 2021.


Beth dissertation prize committee 2022:


Maria Aloni (University of Amsterdam)

Cleo Condoravdi(Stanford University)

Robin Cooper (University of Gothenburg)

Guy Emerson (University of Cambridge)

Katrin Erk (University of Texas at Austin)

Christoph Haase (University of Oxford)

Reinhard Muskens (University of Amsterdam)

Francesca Poggiolesi (CNRS, IHPST, University of Paris 1)

Mehrnoosh Sadrzadeh (University College London, chair)

Ana Sokolova (University of Salzburg)

Mark Steedman (University of Edinburgh)

Carla Umbach (University of Koeln)

Jouko Vaananen (University of Helsinki and University of Amsterdam)


FoLLI is committed to diversity and inclusion and we welcome dissertations from 
all under-represented groups.


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