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[apologies for cross-posting] [note the new submission web site and extended deadline] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ESSLLI Monday, 20 July -- Friday, 31 July 2009 Bordeaux, France 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. *** Call for Course and Workshop Proposals *** The ESSLLI 2009 Program Committee invites proposals for foundational, introductory, and advanced courses, and for workshops for the 21st annual Summer School in the broad interdisciplinary area connecting logic, linguistics, computer science and the cognitive sciences. The Summer School program is organized around the components: * Language and Computation * Language and Logic * Logic and Computation. We also welcome proposals that do not exactly fit one of these three categories. All proposals should be submitted no later than: EXTENDED Deadline: Monday, September 8, 2008. Authors of proposals will be notified of the committee's decision no later than: Wednesday October 22, 2008. Proposals should be submitted through a web form available at: http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=esslli2009. *** Guidelines for Submission *** Anyone interested in lecturing a course or organizing a workshop during ESSLLI-2009, should follow the guidelines below, and those on the website, while preparing a submission. Proposals that deviate can not be considered. Courses are taught by 1 or max. 2 lecturers, and workshops are organized by 1 or max. 2 organizers. Lecturers and organizers should have obtained a PhD in their field at the time of the proposal. Courses and workshops last a week and consist of five sessions, of 90 minutes each. Lecturers who want to offer a long, two-week, course should submit two independent one-week courses. The ESSLLI program committee has the right to select only one of the two proposed courses. *** 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 *** Next to the courses there is room for a number of 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. Organizers are required to give a general introduction to the theme of the workshop during the first session. They are also responsible for the organization and program of the workshop including inviting the submission of papers, setting up a program committee, reviewing, expenses of invited speakers, etc. In particular, each workshop organizer will be responsible for sending out a first Call for Papers for the workshop by November 17, 2008. The call must make it clear that the workshop is open to all members of the ESSLLI community. It should also note that all workshop contributors must register for the Summer School. Important dates are: * Nov 17, 08 & Call for Workshop Papers * Feb 15, 09 & Deadline for Submissions * Apr 15, 09 & Notification * June 1, 09 & Deadline for Proceedings Workshop speakers will be required to register for the Summer School; they are entitled to the reduced student rate. *** Proposals Format *** The submission form at: http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=esslli2009 will require you to submit the following information: * Name (name(s) of proposed lecturer(s)/organizer) * Address (contact addresses of proposed lecturer(s)/organizer; email, phone, fax, homepage) * Title (title of proposed course/workshop) * Type (is this a workshop, a foundational course, an introductory course, or an advanced course? If a course is introductory or advanced, what are the prerequisites?) * Section (does your proposal fit in Language & Computation, Language & Logic or Logic & Computation?) * Description (describe the proposed contents of the course, outline the program, and substantiate timeliness and relevance to ESSLLI in at most one page a4) * External funding (will you be able to find external funding to help fund your travel and accommodation expenses? if so, how?) * Further particulars (any other relevant information; e.g., experience with the field, with teaching, with ESSLLI; other information) *** 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 they are reimbursed for travel and/or accommodation expenses, up to a fixed maximum amount specified after notification. Lecturers and workshop organizers are allowed a fee-waiver. In case a course is to be taught by two lecturers, or a workshop is organized by two organizers, a lump sum is reimbursed to cover travel and/or accommodation expenses for one of them. The splitting of the sum is up to the lecturers/organizers. It should be emphasized that while proposals from all over the world are welcomed, the Summer School cannot guarantee full reimbursement of travel costs. 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. *** Programm Committtee *** Chair: Uwe Moennich (SfS, Tuebingen) Seminar fuer Sprachwissenschaft Universitaet Tuebingen Wilhelmstrasse 19 72074 Tuebingen, Germany phone: +49-7071-29-74035 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://tcl.sfs.uni-tuebingen.de/~um Local co-chair: Richard Moot (LaBRI, Bordeaux) Area Specialists: Marco Baroni and Claire Gardent (Language and Computation) Paul Egre and Kjell Johan Saeboe (Language and Logic) Alex Rabinovich and Ulrike Sattler (Logic and Computation) *** Organizing Committee *** Chair: Christian Retore (LaBRI Bordeaux) *** Further Information *** The website for ESSLLI 2009 can be found at: http://esslli2009.labri.fr The website of this year's summer school at: http://www.illc.uva.nl/ESSLLI2008/