28.829, FYI: Beth Prize 2017: Call for Nominations

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Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2017 15:51:41
From: Ian Pratt-Hartmann [ipratt at cs.man.ac.uk]
Subject: Beth Prize 2017: Call for Nominations

 
E. W. Beth Dissertation Prize, 2017: Call for Nominations

Since 2002, FoLLI (the Association for Logic, Language, and Information,
http://www.folli.info) has awarded the E.W. Beth Dissertation Prize to
outstanding dissertations in the fields of Logic, Language, and Information.
We invite submissions for the best dissertation which resulted in a Ph.D.
degree awarded in 2016. 

Qualification:

Nominations of candidates are admitted who were awarded a Ph.D. degree in the
areas of Logic, Language, or Information between January 1st, 2016 and
December 31st, 2016. Theses must be written in English; however, the Committee
accepts submissions of English translations of theses originally written in
other languages, and for which a PhD was awarded in the preceding two years
(i.e. between January 1st, 2014 and December 31st, 2015). There is no
restriction on the nationality of the candidate or on the university where the
Ph.D. was granted. 

Prize:

- 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 FoLLI
Publications on Logic, Language and Information (Springer). 

Submission:

Only electronic submissions are accepted.

- The thesis in pdf format (ps/doc/rtf not accepted)
- A ten-page abstract of the dissertation in pdf format
- A letter of nomination from the thesis supervisor (see below)
- Two additional letters of support, including at least one from a referee not
affiliated with the academic institution that awarded the Ph.D. degree

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. Nominations should contain the email contact details of
the nominator. 
    
All documents must be submitted electronically (preferably as a zip file) to
Ian Pratt-Hartmann (ipratt at cs.man.ac.uk). Hard copy submissions are not
allowed. In case of any problems with the email submission or a lack of
notification within three working days, nominators should write to Ian
Pratt-Hartmann.

The prize will be awarded at the ESSLLI summer school in Toulouse. The current
(tentative) date for the presentation ceremony is July 26th, 2017. 

Queries: Ian Pratt-Hartmann (ipratt at cs.man.ac.uk)

Important Dates:

Deadline for Submissions: April 21st, 2017
Notification of Decision: June 19th, 2017
ESSLLI summer school: July 17th--28th, 2017

Committee:

Raffaella Bernardi (University of Trento)             
Julian Bradfield (University of Edinburgh) 
Ernie Davis (New York University)
Sujata Ghosh (Indian Statistical Institute, Chennai)
Nina Gierasimczuk (Technical University of Denmark, Copenhagen) 
Thomas Icard (Stanford University) 
Carsten Lutz (University of Bremen)  
Andreas Maletti (Leipzig University)
Sanjian Li (University of Technology Sydney) 
Larry Moss (Indiana University Bloomington)   
Ian Pratt-Hartmann (University of Manchester)  
Mehrnoosh Sadrzadeh (Queen Mary University of London)
Yoad Winter (Utrecht University)
 



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