31.1071, FYI: 2nd Call for Nominations: E. W. Beth Outstanding Dissertation Prize 2020

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Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2020 12:43:06
From: Robin Cooper [robin.cooper at ling.gu.se]
Subject: 2nd Call for Nominations: E. W. Beth Outstanding Dissertation Prize 2020

 
Since 2002, the Association for Logic, Language, and Information (FoLLI) has
awarded the annual E.W. Beth Dissertation Prize to outstanding Ph.D.
dissertations in Logic, Language, and Information
(http://www.folli.info/?page_id=74), with financial support of the E.W. Beth
Foundation
(https://www.knaw.nl/en/awards/funds/evert-willem-beth-stichting/evert-willem-
beth-foundation). Nominations are now invited for the best dissertation in
these areas resulting in a Ph.D. degree awarded in 2019.

Deadline: 15 April 2020.

Qualifications:
- Ph.D. degree has been awarded in Logic, Language, or Information January 1 -
December 31, 2019.
- There are no restrictions on the nationality, ethnicity, age, gender or
employment status of the author of the nominated dissertation, nor on the
university, academic department or scientific institution formally conferring
the Ph.D. degree, nor on the language in which the dissertation has originally
been written.
-  Per the aim of the Beth Foundation to continue and extend the work of the
Dutch logician Evert Willem Beth, nominations are invited of excellent
dissertations on current topics in philosophical and mathematical logic,
computer science logic, philosophy of science, philosophy of language, history
of logic, history of the philosophy of science and scientific philosophy in
general, as well as the current theoretical and foundational developments in
information and computation, language and cognition. Dissertations with
results more broadly impacting various research areas in their
interdisciplinary investigations are especially solicited.
-  If a nominated dissertation has originally been written in a language other
than English, its dossier should still contain the required 10 page English
abstract, see below. If the committee decides that a nominated dissertation in
a language other than English requires translation to English for proper
evaluation, the committee can transfer its nomination to the competition in
2021. The English translation must in such cases be submitted before the
deadline of the call for nominations in 2021. The committee may recommend the
Beth Foundation to consider supporting such nominated dissertations for
English translation, upon request by the author of the dissertation.

The prize includes:
- a certificate
- a donation of 3000 euros, provided by the E.W. Beth Foundation
- an invitation to submit the dissertation, possibly after revision, for
publication in FoLLI Publications on Logic, Language and Information
(Springer)

Only digital submissions accepted, no exception. The following documents are
to be submitted in the nomination dossier:
- The original dissertation in pdf format (ps/doc/rtf etc. not acceptable)
- A ten-page English abstract of the dissertation, presenting the main results
of each chapter
- A letter of nomination from the dissertation supervisor, which concisely
describes the scope and significance of the dissertation, stating when the
degree was officially awarded and the members of the Ph.D. committee,
including the address, phone and email details of the nominator
- Two additional letters of support, including at least one from a referee not
affiliated with the academic institution that awarded the Ph.D. degree, nor
otherwise related to the nominee (e.g. former teachers, supervisors,
co-authors, publishers or relatives) or the dissertation
- no self-nominations

All pdf documents must be submitted electronically, as one zip file, via
EasyChair by following the link
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=bdp2020. In case of any problems or
questions please contact the chair of the committee Mehrnoosh Sadrzadeh
(m.sadrzadeh at ucl.ac.uk).

The prize will be awarded by the chair of the FoLLI board at a ceremony at the
32nd ESSLLI summer school in University of Utrecht, August 3-14, 2020.

Prize committee 2020: http://www.folli.info/?page_id=74
 



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