24.1523, Summer Schools: Music and the Origins of Language

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LINGUIST List: Vol-24-1523. Thu Apr 04 2013. ISSN: 1069 - 4875.

Subject: 24.1523, Summer Schools: Music and the Origins of Language

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Date: Thu, 04 Apr 2013 10:43:46
From: Ellen Geerts [elgeerts at ai.vub.ac.be]
Subject: Music and the Origins of Language/ Cortona, Italy

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 Music and the Origins of Language/ Cortona, Italy

Host Institution: Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Coordinating Institution: Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Website: http://ai.vub.ac.be/events/cortona-2013/

Dates: 15-Sep-2013 - 20-Sep-2013
Location: Cortona, Tuscany, Italy

Focus: The school is intended for post-docs, lecturers, and pre-docs with a 
background in computer science (artificial intelligence) or computational 
linguistics (corpus linguistics or natural language processing) and a strong 
interest in music and the origins of language. There will be background 
lectures that introduce concepts from biology, anthropology, psychology, 
music theory and linguistics that are helpful to understand the nature of 
creativity, the role and intimate relations between language and music, 
and the mechanisms underlying cultural evolution.
Minimum Education Level: MA


Description:
The  International Summer School on Agent-based Computational Models of
Creativity has a wide-ranging program of background lectures introducing
concepts from biology, anthropology, psychology, music theory and linguistics
that are helpful to understand the nature of creativity, the role and intimate
relations between language and music, and the mechanisms underlying cultural
evolution. It further contains technical lectures on the fundamental
computational components required for language processing as well as technical
ateliers to learn how to set up evolutionary linguistics experiments.
Participants have the opportunity to present their latest research in a poster
session. Embedded in the school is an ERC workshop of the Flow Machines
project on musical style and composition. The school also features artistic
ateliers in which participants create new creative works and engage in
performance.


Linguistic Field(s): Computational Linguistics


Subject Languages: English

Tuition: 740.00 EUR

Financial Aid: 
The Summer School has a limited number of stipends available for participants. 
The stipend includes registration, accommodation and meals, and a contribution 
to travel costs. 

Financial Aid Instructions:
Participants who wish to apply for a stipend must have a degree in artificial intelligence, 
computer science or an acceptable equivalent. Applicants who have demonstrable 
experience in (computational) linguistics and/or music will be prioritized.




Registration: 05-Apr-2013 to 15-May-2013

Contact Person: Ellen Geerts
                Phone: +32 2 629 37 00
                Email: elgeerts at ai.vub.ac.be

Apply by Email: cortona2013 at ai.vub.ac.be

Registration Instructions:
Please include the following details in your application:
- Name, current affiliation, and contact details.
- A short CV (including a recent photo).
- Additional background.
- Your programming experience.
- Which music instruments you play (if any).
- Which training your received in linguistics or natural language processing
(if any).
- Which languages you speak.
- Three of your publications most relevant for the Summer School.
- For pre-docs: a recommendation letter.
- (Optional) Abstract for a poster.



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