29.748, FYI: E. W. Beth Dissertation Prize, 2018: Call

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Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2018 16:56:20
From: Ian Pratt-Hartmann [ipratt at cs.man.ac.uk]
Subject: E. W. Beth Dissertation Prize, 2018: Call

 
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 2017. 

Who qualifies:

Nominations of candidates are admitted who were awarded a Ph.D. degree in the
areas of Logic, Language, or Information between January 1, 2017 and December
31, 2017. 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 1, 2015 and December 31, 2017). There is no restriction on the
nationality of the candidate or on the university where the Ph.D. was granted.

Prize:

The prize consists of:

- 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). 

How to submit:

Only electronic submissions are accepted. The following documents are
required:

- 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 Sofia.  

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

Important dates:

Deadline for Submissions: April 23, 2018.
Notification of Decision: July 2, 2018.
ESSLLI summer school (Sofia): August 6--17, 2018.

Committee:

Emmanuel Chemla (ENS, CNRS)
Andrew Fish (University of Brighton)
Sujata Ghosh (Indian Statistical Institute, Chennai)
Nina Gierasimczuk (Technical University of Denmark Copenhagen) 
Wesley Holliday (University of California, Berkeley)
Thomas Icard (Stanford University) 
Andreas Maletti (Leipzig University)
Angelo Montanari (University of Udine)
Sanjian Li (University of Technology Sydney) 
Larry Moss (Indiana University, Bloomington)   
Ian Pratt-Hartmann, Chair (University of Manchester)
 



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