20.098 E W Beth Dissertation Prize (logic, language, information)

                Humanist Discussion Group, Vol. 20, No. 98.
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         Date: Fri, 07 Jul 2006 14:19:05 +0100
         From: Carlos Areces <Carlos.Areces_at_loria.fr>
         Subject: E. W. Beth Dissertation Prize: call for submissions

E. W. Beth Dissertation Prize: call for submissions.
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Since 2002, FoLLI (the European Association for
Logic, Language, and Information, www.folli.org)
awards the E. W. Beth Dissertation Prize to
outstanding dissertations in the fields of Logic,
Language, and Information. Submissions are
invited for 2005. The prize will be awarded to
the best dissertation which resulted in a Ph.D.
in the year 2005. The dissertations will be
judged on technical depth and strength,
originality, and impact made in at least two of
the three fields of Logic, Language, and Computation.

Who qualifies
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Nominations of candidates are admitted who were
awarded a Ph.D. degree in the areas of Logic,
Language, or Information between January 1st,
2005 and December 31st, 2005. There is no
restriction on the nationality of the candidate
or the university where the Ph.D. was granted.
After a careful consideration, FoLLI has decided
to accept only dissertations written in English.
Dissertations produced in 2005 but not written in
English or not translated will be allowed for
submission, after translation, also with the call next year (for 2006).

Prize
~~~~~
The prize consists of

* a certificate
* a donation of 2500 euros provided by the E. W. Beth Foundation.
* an invitation to submit the thesis (or a
revised version of it) to the new series of books
in Logic, Language and Information to be
published by Springer-Verlag as part of LNCS or
LNCS/LNAI. (Further information on this series is available on the FoLLI site)

How to submit
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Only electronic submissions are accepted. The following documents are required:

    1. the thesis in pdf or ps format (doc/rtf not accepted);
    2. a ten page abstract of the dissertation in ascii or pdf format;
    3. a letter of nomination from the thesis
supervisor. Self-nominations are not admitted:
each nomination must be sponsored by the thesis
supervisor. The letter of nomination should
concisely describe the scope and significance of
the dissertation and state when the degree was officially awarded;
    4. two additional letters of support,
including at least one letter from a referee not
affiliated with the academic institution that awarded the Ph.D. degree.

All documents must be submitted electronically to

                 beth_award_at_dimi.uniud.it

Hard copy submissions are not admitted.

In case of any problems with the email submission
or a lack of notification within three working
days after submission, nominators should write to
policriti_at_dimi.uniud.it or areces_at_loria.fr

Important dates
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Deadline for Submissions: July 31, 2006.
Notification of Decision: November 15, 2006.

Committee
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* Anne Abeillé (Université Paris 7)
* Johan van Benthem (University of Amsterdam)
* Nissim Francez (The Technion, Haifa)
* Valentin Goranko (University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg)
* Alessandro Lenci (University of Pisa)
* Ewa Orlowska (Institute of Telecommunications, Poland)
* Gerald Penn (University of Toronto)
* Alberto Policriti (chair) (Università di Udine)
* Rob van der Sandt (University of Nijmegen)
* Wolfgang Thomas (RWTH Aachen)
Received on Tue Jul 11 2006 - 03:02:55 EDT