CALL FOR PARTICIPATION (early registration deadline: 30 April): European Summer School in Logic, Language and Information (ESSLLI'01), August 13-24, 2001 (Helsinki, Finland)

[Ahti Pietarinen]

- If you want to receive detailed information including the ESSLLI 2001
  poster please send us (esslli at helsinki.fi) your complete address.

             ** Early registration deadline: 30 April 2001 **


!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  CALL FOR PARTICIPATION  !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


          13th European Summer School in Logic, Language and Information
                                   ESSLLI 2001

                             University of Helsinki
                                     FINLAND
                               August 13-24, 2001

                         http://www.helsinki.fi/esslli

		** Early registration deadline: 30 April 2001 **


GENERAL INFORMATION

The 13th European Summer School in Logic, Language and Information
(ESSLLI'01) takes 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 Summer School is the interface between linguistics,
logic and computation. Foundational, introductory and advanced courses,
workshops and special events cover a wide variety of topics within six
areas of interest:

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

The number of courses offered is over 50. 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, researchers and IT professionals
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.


COURSE PROGRAM

The full scientific program can be found at our home page. Evening
Lectures are given by

 * Edward L. Keenan "Spinoza Lecture" (UCLA)
 * Yannis Moschovakis "Vienna Circle Lecture" (UCLA)
 * Keith Devlin (Saint Mary's College, California)
 * Jaakko Hintikka (Boston & Helsinki)
 * Bonnie Webber (Edinburgh)


WORKSHOPS

Please visit our home page for detailed information.


TRAVEL AND LOCAL INFORMATION

By plane to Helsinki airport and then a 30-minute nonstop coach or taxi
service to the main railway station. From the railway station 5-minute walk
to the university.

A gateway between East and West, the city of Helsinki (population 1M) is
the capital of Finland and one of the nine European Cities of Culture for
the millennium. It is located at the south coast of Finland, within an
easy reach from the main airports worldwide, or inside Europe by car or
regular train services, or using the ferry services operating within the
Baltic region.

The scientific program of ESSLLI'01 will be held in the University Main
Building, located on the University city campus at the centre of Helsinki.
The accommodation will be arranged at the University Summer Hotel close to
the city campus. The accommodation includes sauna and breakfast.


REGISTRATION

ESSLLI 2001 is now open for registration. The registration fee for
students is EUR 190, for scholars EUR 350, and for industrial affiliates
EUR 600. Please see our home page for the on-line registration form and
detailed instructions.

** Early registration deadline: 30 April 2001 **


GRANTS

There will be a limited number of grants available, to partially support
travel, registration and accommodation. Instructions for grant
applications are on our home page.

** Deadline for grant applications: 31 May 2001 **


SPEACIAL EVENTS

In the weekend preceding ESSLLI, a "Finnish for Foreigners" language
course is organised. During ESSLLI, there are excursions and other social
events. Helsinki Summer School (http://summerschool.helsinki.fi) will
offer special deals for ESSLLI participants who want to choose some of
their courses and earn credits.


SATELLITE EVENTS

The Association for the Mathematics of Language will stage its annual
meeting (MoL7) in conjunction with ESSLLI, in the weekend preceding
ESSLLI (August 10-12). The Formal Grammar Conference will be held in
conjunction with the Mathematics of Language Conference. ESSLLI
participants are entitled to reduced registration fees.


PROGRAM COMMITTEE

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


CONTACT ADDRESS

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
  c/o Department of Philosophy
  P.O. Box 24
  00014 Helsinki University
  Finland

ESSLLI'01 is organised by the Department of Philosophy (coordinator), the
Department of Mathematics, the Department of General Linguistics, and the
Department of Computer Science at the University of Helsinki.


ORGANISING COMMITTEE

    Gabriel Sandu	(Chair, Philosophy)
    Jouko Väänänen	(Mathematics)
    Fred Karlsson	(General Linguistics)
    Ilkka Niiniluoto	(Philosophy)
    Martti Tienari	(Computer Science)
    Ahti Pietarinen	(Philosophy, secretariat) <esslli at helsinki.fi>

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