27.2442, FYI: Call for Proposals: ESSLLI 2017/Toulouse, France

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Subject: 27.2442, FYI: Call for Proposals: ESSLLI 2017/Toulouse, France

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Date: Thu, 02 Jun 2016 11:00:11
From: Shravan Vasishth [vasishth.shravan at gmail.com]
Subject: Call for Proposals: ESSLLI 2017/Toulouse, France

Call for Course and Workshop Proposals

29th European Summer School in Logic, Language and Information - ESSLLI 2017
17-28 July, 2017, Toulouse, France
https://www.irit.fr/esslli2017

IMPORTANT DATES

15 July 2016: Proposal submission deadline
30 September 2016: Notification

SUBMISSION PORTAL
Please submit your proposals here:

https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=esslli2017

TOPICS AND FORMAT

Proposals for courses and workshops at ESSLLI 2017 are invited in all areas of
Logic, Linguistics and Computing Sciences. Cross-disciplinary and innovative
topics are particularly encouraged.

Each course and workshop will consist of five 90 minute sessions, offered
daily (Monday-Friday) in a single week. Proposals for two-week courses should
be structured and submitted as two independent one-week courses, e.g. as an
introductory course followed by an advanced one. In such cases, the ESSLLI
programme committee reserves the right to accept just one of the two
proposals.

All instructional and organizational work at ESSLLI is performed completely on
a voluntary basis, so as to keep participation fees to a minimum. However,
organizers and instructors have their registration fees waived, and are
reimbursed for travel and accommodation expenses up to a level to be
determined and communicated with the proposal notification. ESSLLI can only
guarantee reimbursement for at most one course/workshop organizer, and can not
guarantee full reimbursement of travel costs for lecturers or organizers from
outside of Europe. The ESSLLI organizers would appreciate any help in
controlling the School's expenses by seeking complete coverage of travel and
accommodation expenses from other sources.

The organizers want to point at the possibility of an EACSL sponsorship,
mentioned at the end of this call

CATEGORIES

Each proposal should fall under one of the following categories.

* FOUNDATIONAL COURSES *
Such courses are designed to present the basics of a research area, to people
with no prior knowledge in that area. They should be of elementary level,
without prerequisites in the course's topic, though possibly assuming a level
of general scientific maturity in the relevant discipline. They should enable
researchers from related disciplines to develop a level of comfort with the
fundamental concepts and techniques of the course's topic, thereby
contributing to the interdisciplinary nature of our research community.

* INTRODUCTORY COURSES *
Introductory courses are central to ESSLLI's mission. They are intended to
introduce a research field to students, young researchers, and other
non-specialists, and to foster a sound understanding of its basic methods and
techniques. Such courses should enable researchers from related disciplines to
develop some comfort and competence in the topic considered. Introductory
courses in a cross-disciplinary area may presuppose general knowledge of the
related disciplines.

* ADVANCED COURSES *
Advanced courses are targeted primarily to graduate students who wish to
acquire a level of comfort and understanding in the current research of a
field.

* WORKSHOPS *
Workshops focus on specialized topics, usually of current interest. Workshops
organizers are responsible for soliciting papers and selecting the workshop
programme. They are also responsible for publishing proceedings if they decide
to have proceedings.

PROPOSAL GUIDELINES

Course and workshop proposals should follow closely the following guidelines
to ensure full consideration.

Each course proposal can be submitted by no more than two instructors, and
each workshop by no more than two organizers. All instructors and organizers
must possess a PhD or equivalent degree by the submission deadline.

Course proposals should mention explicitly the intended course category.
Proposals for introductory courses should indicate the intended level, for
example as it relates to standard textbooks and monographs in the area.
Proposals for advanced courses should specify the prerequisites in detail.

Proposals must be submitted in PDF format via:

https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=esslli2017

and include all of the following:

a. Personal information for each proposer: Name, affiliation, contact address,
email, homepage (optional)

b. General proposal information: Title, category

c. Contents information:

- Abstract of up to 150 words
- Motivation and description (up to two pages)
- Tentative outline
- Expected level and prerequisites
- Appropriate references (e.g. textbooks, monographs, proceedings, surveys)

d. Practical information:

- Relevant preceding meetings and events, if applicable
- Potential external funding for participants

EACSL SPONSORSHIP

The EACSL offers to act as a sponsor for one course or workshop in the areas
of Logic and Computation covered by the Computer Science Logic (CSL)
conferences. This course or workshop will be designated an EACSL
course/workshop. If you wish to be considered for this, please indicate so on
your proposal.

PROGRAMME COMMITTEE

Chair:
- Shravan Vasishth, Universitaet Potsdam
Local co-chair: 
- Philippe Balbiani, IRIT, Toulouse
Language and Computation:
- Sebastian Pado, Universitaet Stuttgart
- Mehrnoosh Sadrzadeh, University of London
Language and Logic:
- Denis Bonnay, l’Universite Paris Ouest
- Jessica Rett, UCLA
Logic and Computation:
- Tomer Kotek, Technische Universitaet Wien
- Anna Zamansky, University of Haifa

FURTHER INFORMATION:
Please send any queries you may have to vasishth.shravan at gmail.com

Linguistic Field(s): Cognitive Science
                     Computational Linguistics
                     General Linguistics
                     Linguistic Theories
                     Morphology
                     Neurolinguistics
                     Philosophy of Language
                     Psycholinguistics
                     Syntax
                     Text/Corpus Linguistics

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