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XIII. ESSLLI 2001 in Helsinki


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                         FIRST CALL FOR PROPOSALS 
                         ------------------------

   Thirteenth European Summer School in Logic, Language and Information
                               ESSLLI-2001
              August 13-24, 2001, Helsinki, Finland 

                           CALL FOR PROPOSALS

The main focus of the European Summer Schools in Logic, Language and 
Information is the interface between linguistics, logic and computation.  
Foundational, introductory and advanced courses together with workshops 
cover a wide variety of topics within six areas of interest: Logic, 
Computation, Language, Logic and Computation, Computation and Language, 
Language and Logic.  Previous summer schools have been highly successful, 
attracting around 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.  ESSLLI-2001 is organised under the 
auspices of the European Association for Logic, Language and Information 
(FoLLI).

The ESSLLI-2001 Programme Committee invites proposals for foundational, 
introductory, and advanced courses, and for workshops for the 13th 
annual Summer School on a wide range of topics in the following fields:

  Logic                Language                Computation
  Language and Logic   Logic and Computation   Language and Computation

In addition to courses and workshops there will be a Student Session. A 
Call for Papers for the Student Session will be distributed separately.

The Programme Committee welcomes proposals in all of the above areas.


PROPOSAL SUBMISSION:
All proposals (subject: ESSLLI-2001) should be submitted by electronic 
mail to the program chair, Marcus Kracht at <kracht@math.fu-berlin.de>, 
in plain ASCII text, as soon as possible, but no later than July 23, 
2000.  Authors of proposals will be notified of the committee's decision 
no later than September 15, 1999.  Proposers should follow the 
guidelines below while preparing their submissions; proposals that 
deviate substantially will not be considered.

GUIDELINES FOR SUBMISSION:
Anyone interested in lecturing or organising a workshop during 
ESSLLI-2001, please read the following information carefully.


FOUNDATIONAL COURSES: These are really elementary courses not assuming 
any background knowledge.  The number of foundational courses will be 
4-6. They are intended for people or other disciplines to get a feel 
for the problems and techniques of other areas. Ideally, they should
allow experienced researchers from other fields to acquire the key 
competences of neighbouring disciplines, thus encouraging the 
development of a truly interdisciplinary research community. Unlike 
the introductory courses they may presuppose some experience with 
scientific methods in general, so as to be able to concentrate on 
the issues than are germane to the area of the course. 

Foundational courses are taught by 1 or max.  2 lecturers. They consist 
of five sessions (a one-week course) or ten sessions (a two-week course) 
each session lasts 90 minutes.

 Timetable for Foundational Course Proposal Submission

    Jul  23, 2000: Proposal Submission Deadline
    Sep  15, 2000: Notification
    Nov  15, 2000: Deadline for receipt of title, abstract, lecturer(s)
                    information, course description and prerequisites
    Jun   1, 2001: Deadline for receipt of camera-ready course material


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, The introductory courses in the three basic disciplines 
should provide introductions to the field for non-specialists (an 
introductory course on logic, for instance, should address linguists and 
computer scientists, not logicians). Introductory courses in the 
interdisciplinary fields, on the other hand, can build on knowledge of 
the respective fields (an introductory course in computational 
linguistics should address an audience which is familiar with the 
basics of linguistics and computation).

Introductory courses are taught by 1 or max. 2 lecturers. They consist 
of five sessions (a one-week course) or ten sessions (a two-week 
course), each session lasting 90 minutes.

Proposals for introductory courses should indicate the level of the 
course as compared to standard texts in the area.  For ease of reference 
a list of standard texts will be made available electronically.

 Timetable for Introductory Course Proposal Submission

    Jul 23, 2000: Proposal Submission Deadline
    Sep 15, 2000: Notification
    Nov 15, 2000: Deadline for receipt of title, abstract, lecturer(s)
                  information, course description and prerequisites
    Jun  1, 2001: Deadline for receipt of camera-ready course material

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 some detail.

Advanced courses are taught by 1 or max.  2 lecturers.  They consist of 
five sessions (a one-week course) or ten sessions (a two-week course), 
each session lasting 90 minutes.

  Timetable for Advanced Course Proposal Submissions

    Jul 23, 2000: Proposal Submission Deadline
    Sep 15, 2000: Notification
    Nov 15, 2000: Deadline for receipt of title, abstract, lecturer(s)
                  information, course description and prerequisites
    Jun  1, 2001: Deadline for receipt of camera-ready course material


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.  
A workshop has a theme. At most one organiser is paid.  The organisers 
should be specialists in the theme of the workshop and give a general 
introduction in the first session.  They are also responsible for the 
programme of the workshop, i.e., for finding speakers.

Each workshop organiser will be responsible for producing a Call for 
Papers for the workshop by November 15, 2000.  The call must make it 
clear that the workshop is open to all members of the LLI community. 
It should also note that all workshop contributors must register for 
the Summer School.

A workshop consists of five sessions (a one-week workshop) or ten 
sessions (a two-week workshop).  Sessions are normally 90 min.

  Timetable for Workshop Proposal Submissions

    Jul 23, 2000: Proposal Submission Deadline
    Sep 15, 2000: Notification
    Nov 15, 2000: Deadline for receipt of Call for Papers
    Dec  1, 2000: Send out Call for Papers
    Mar 15, 2001: Deadline for Papers (suggested)
    May  1, 2001: Notification of Workshop Contributors (suggested)
    May 15, 2001: Deadline for Provisional Workshop Programme
    Jun  1, 2001: Deadline for receipt of camera-ready copy of 
			Workshop notes
    Jun  1, 2001: Deadline for Final Workshop Programme


FORMAT FOR PROPOSALS:
Please submit your proposal in the following format:

Name:         ---  Name(s) of proposed lecturer(s)/organiser.

Address:      ---  Contact addresses of proposed lecturer(s)/organiser.
                   Where possible, please include phone and fax 
                   numbers.

Title:        ---  Title of proposed course/workshop.

Type:         ---  State whether this is a workshop, an foundational 
                   course, an introductory course, or an advanced 
                   course.

Section:      ---  Which of the  six sections (Language, Logic,
                   Computation, Logic & Computation, Language
                   & Computation or Language & Logic) does the
                   proposal belong to? Please just name one.

Description:  ---  A description of the proposed contents.
                   Not more than 150 words.

External      ---  State whether (and if so: how) you will be able to
funding:           find external funding to subsidise your travel and
                   accommodation expenses.

Further       ---  Any further information that is required by the
particulars:       above guidelines should be included here.


FINANCIAL ASPECTS:
Prospective lecturers and workshop organisers should be aware that all 
teaching and organising at the summer schools is done on a voluntary 
basis in order to keep the participants fees as low as possible.  
Lecturers and organisers are not paid for their contribution, but are 
reimbursed for travel and accommodation. In case of two lecturers, a 
lump sum is paid to cover travel expenses. The splitting of the sum 
is up to the lecturers.  (However, please note that the organisers 
appreciate if, whenever possible, lecturers/organisers find 
alternative funding to cover travel and accommodation expenses.)

Workshop speakers are required to register for the Summer School; 
however, workshop speakers will be able to register at a reduced 
rate to be determined by the Organising Committee.

Finally, it should be stressed that while proposals from all over the 
world are welcomed, the Summer School can in general guarantee only 
to reimburse travel costs for travel from destinations within Europe 
to Helsinki. Exceptions will be made depending on the financial 
situation.


PROGRAM COMMITTEE:

  Marcus Kracht (chair)
  Attn: ESSLLI-2001
  II. Mathematisches Institut
  FU Berlin
  Arnimallee 3
  D - 14195 Berlin
  Germany
  Tel: +49 (30) 838 75445
  Fax: +49 (30) 838 75404
  Email: kracht@math.fu-berlin.de

       Bonnie Webber (Language)
     Jaakko Väänänen (Logic)
  Steffen Hölldobler (Computation and Logic)
      Claire Gardent (Language and Computation)
     Claude Kirchner (Computation)
    Michael Moortgat (Logic and Language)
 
  
ORGANISING COMMITTEE:
     Ahti-Veikko Pietarinen
  Email: pietarin@cc.helsinki.fi


FURTHER BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
To obtain further information, please visit the web site for
ESSLLI-2001 <http://www.folli.uva.nl/Esslli/2001/esslli-2001.html>.
For this year's summer school see the web site for 
ESSLLI-2000 <http://www.folli.uva.nl/Esslli/2000/esslli-2000.html>.