27.211, Confs: Cog Sci, Computational Ling, Neuroling, Philosophy of Lang, Semantics/USA

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Subject: 27.211, Confs: Cog Sci, Computational Ling, Neuroling, Philosophy of Lang, Semantics/USA

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Date: Tue, 12 Jan 2016 14:05:15
From: Simon Charlow [simon.charlow at rutgers.edu]
Subject: North American Summer School in Logic, Language, and Information 2016

North American Summer School in Logic, Language, and Information 2016 
Short Title: NASSLLI 2016 

Date: 08-Jul-2016 - 16-Jul-2016 
Location: Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA 
Contact: Christopher Potts 
Contact Email: nasslli2016 at easychair.org 
Meeting URL: http://ruccs.rutgers.edu/nasslli2016/ 

Linguistic Field(s): Cognitive Science; Computational Linguistics; Neurolinguistics; Philosophy of Language; Semantics 

Meeting Description: 

The seventh North American Summer School for Logic, Language, and Information
(NASSLLI) will be hosted by Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey - New
Brunswick from July 8-16. The summer school is aimed at graduate students and
advanced undergraduates in fields such as Cognitive Science, Computer Science,
Linguistics, and Philosophy. It will consist of a series of courses and
workshops, among which are five featured courses taught by Johan van Benthem,
Maria Bittner, Reinhard Muskens, Uli Sattler, and Brian Skyrms. In addition,
there will be intensive training on a small set of foundational topics the
weekend prior to the start of courses.

Featured courses:

- Johan van Benthem - Logic, Agency, and Games 
- Maria Bittner - Dynamic Semantics
- Reinhard Muskens - Multi-Modal Logic 
- Uli Sattler - An Introduction to Description Logics Techniques, Properties,
and Applications 
-  Brian Skyrms - Evolution and Learning Dynamics in Signaling Games 

Mini intensive courses:
- Camilo Thorne - Corpus Statistics with Open Source Tools
- Yoad Winter - Formal Semantics of Natural Language
- Nicholas Asher and Julie Hunter - Situated Dialogue
- Wei Xu - Social Media and Text Analytics
- Adam Bjorndahl - Topology, Logic, and Epistemology

Courses and workshops:

- James Pustejovsky and Elisabetta Jezek - Generative Lexicon Theory:
Integrating Theoretical and Empirical Methods
- Eric Pacuit - Logical and Probabilistic Models of Belief Changes
- Fabrizio Cariani and Alexis Wellwood - Foundational and empirical questions
in degree semantics with modality as a case study
- Sam Cumming and John Horty - Analysis by Default 
- Denis Bonnay and Dag Westerståhl - Interpreting Logical Expressions (why
they mean what they mean)
- Chris Barker and Jim Pryor - Functional Programming Techniques for
Philosophy and Linguistics
- Jakub Szymanik - Theories of Reasoning: Logic and Cognition
- Raquel Fernández - Fundamentals of Linguistic Interaction
- Jeremy Kuhn - New Advances in Sign Language Semantics
- Tim Hunter and Jeffrey Lidz - Where Linguistic Meaning Meets Non-linguistic
Cognition
- David Beaver, Craige Roberts, Mandy Simons and Judith Tonhauser - Questions
Under Discussion
- Greg Restall and Shawn Standefer - Proof Theory: Logical and Philosophical
Aspects
- Nitin Madnani and Beata Beigman Klebanov - NLP for Automated Evaluation of
Language Production
- Kyle Rawlins - Modeling Questions and Responses in Discourse
- Valeria De Paiva, Luiz Carlos Pereira and Edward Hermann Haeussler - Natural
Deduction for the Working Logician
- Daniel Altshuler and Sam Cumming - Workshop: Anaphora & Coherence (including
presenters Nicholas Asher, Hans Kamp, Craige Roberts, Hannah Rohde, and Una
Stojnic)
- Michael Moortgat, Glyn Morrill and Mehrnoosh Sadrzadeh - Workshop:
Statistical and Logical Models of Meaning 
- Alessandra Palmigiano, Helle Hvid Hansen, Marcus Pivato, Larry Moss, Eric
Pacuit and Viktor Winschel - Workshop: Logics for Social Behaviour

Registration will open in March. The rates are as follows: 

Early bird rates (deadline April 15): 

- Rutgers affiliate, not volunteering: $50 
- Academic: $150 
- Non-academic/industry: $350

Regular rates (register after April 15): 

- Rutgers affiliate, not volunteering: $75 
- Academic: $200
- Non-academic/industry: $400

There will be a scholarship competition open to students. More details will
follow in February.

For any questions, please email the organizers at nasslli2016 at gmail.com.

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