ESSLLI 2001 FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT

[Ahti Pietarinen]

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   The 13th European Summer School in Logic, Language and Information
                               ESSLLI'01
                         University of Helsinki
                                Finland
                           August 13-24, 2001

                     http://www.helsinki.fi/esslli


The 13th European Summer School in Logic, Language and Information
(ESSLLI'01)  will take place at the University of Helsinki, Helsinki,
Finland, during two weeks in August, from August 13 until 24.

The ESSLLI Summer Schools are organised under the auspices of FoLLI
(http://www.folli.uva.nl), the European Association for Logic, Language
and Information.

The main focus of the European Summer Schools 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
  * Language
  * Computation
  * Logic and Language
  * Logic and Computation
  * Language and Computation

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. In addition to courses, workshops and evening lectures
there will be a Student Session and a Social Program. The number of
courses offered is around 50.

LOCAL INFORMATION:
A gateway between East and West, the city of Helsinki is one of the nine
European Cities of Culture for the millennium. The scientific program of
ESSLLI'01 will be held in the Helsinki University Main Building, located
on the University city campus at the very centre of Helsinki. The
accommodation for students will be arranged in University houses at the
city campus.

PROGRAM COMMITTEE:
    Marcus Kracht       (Chair) <kracht at math.fu-berlin.de>
    Bonnie Webber       (Language)
    Jouko Väänänen      (Logic)
    Steffen Hölldobler  (Computation and Logic)
    Claire Gardent      (Language and Computation)
    Claude Kirchner     (Computation)
    Michael Moortgat    (Logic and Language)

ORGANISING COMMITTEE:
    Gabriel Sandu       (Chair, Dept. Philosophy)
    Jouko Väänänen      (Dept. Mathematics)
    Fred Karlsson       (Dept. General Linguistics)
    Timo Honkela        (Media Lab)
    Sara Negri          (Dept. Philosophy)
    Ilkka Niiniluoto    (Dept. Philosophy)
    Irmeli Todd         (Dept. Philosophy)
    Ahti Pietarinen     (Dept. Philosophy,secretariat)
    <esslli at helsinki.fi>

ESSLLI'01 is organised by the Department of Philosophy (coordinator), the
Department of Mathematics, the Department of General Linguistics at the
University of Helsinki, and the Media Lab at the Helsinki University of
Art and Design.

SATELLITE EVENTS:
The Association for the Mathematics of Language will hold its annual
meeting (MOL8) in conjunction with ESSLLI'01 in Helsinki, in August 10-12,
2001.

CONTACT ADDRESSES:
Please visit ESSLLI'01 Home Page

        http://www.helsinki.fi/esslli

for updated information concerning the scientific program, registration
fees and procedures, grants, accommodation, satellite events, and other
practical information. For further enquiries concerning ESSLLI'01, please
contact the Organising Committee at <esslli at helsinki.fi>, or write to

ESSLLI 2001 Secretariat
Department of Philosophy
P.O. Box 24
Unioninkatu 40 B
00014 Helsinki University
Finland

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