Corpora: (FoLLI) E.W. Beth Dissertation Award: Call for Nominations

[Maarten de Rijke]

The E.W. Beth Dissertation Prize: Call for Nominations

Nominations are invited for the E.W. Beth Dissertation Prize
awarded by the European Association for Logic, Language and
Information (FoLLI) to outstanding dissertations in the fields of
Logic, Language and Information.  As no prize has been awarded
during 2001, this year we invite nominations for two prizes, for
2001 and for 2002.  The award, which is 2500 Euros, donated by the
E.W. Beth Foundation, will be split between the two winners.


Who Qualifies?
Those who were awarded the PhD degree in the area of Logic, Language
and Information between either of the following periods:

January 1, 2000 - December 31, 2000 (for the 2001 prize) or
January 1, 2001 - December 31, 2001 (for the 2002 prize).


How to Submit?
We only accept electronic submissions.  The following documents
are required:

 * The thesis in pdf or ps format (doc/rtf not accepted)
 * A one page abstract in ascii format
 * A letter of nomination from the supervisor. Self-nominations
   are not possible; 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 thesis was submitted.
 * 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.  Hard copy
submissions are not possible.

For detailed submission instructions please visit
http://www.cs.nott.ac.uk/~nza/beth


Important Dates
Deadline for Submissions:   April 1, 2002
Notification of Decision:   June 1, 2002

The prize will be handed to the winners during the European
Summer School in Logic, Language and Information in Trento
(Italy), August 5-16, 2002, probably on Friday August 9.  Prize
winners will be expected to attend the ceremony; funding to make
this possible is currently being secured.


Members of the E.W. Beth Dissertation Prize Committee:

Anne Abeille (to be confirmed)
Natasha Alechina (chair)
Patrick Blackburn
Nissim Francez
Valentin Goranko
Marcus Kracht
Larry Moss
Francesco Orilia
Manfred Pinkal
Christian Retore
Rob van der Sandt
Henriette de Swart