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  • 17 December 2019, Computational Linguistics Seminar, Aida Nematzadeh

    Date & Time: Tuesday 17 December 2019, 16:00
    Speaker: Aida Nematzadeh (DeepMind)
    Title: Learning language by observing the world and learning about the world from language
    Location: Room F2.19, Science Park 107, Amsterdam
    For more information, see http://projects.illc.uva.nl/LaCo/CLS/.
  • 17 December 2019, Logic of Conceivability seminar, Fabrizio Cariani

    Date & Time: Tuesday 17 December 2019, 16:00-18:00
    Speaker: Fabrizio Cariani
    Title: Indirect Evidence and the Easy Foreknowledge Puzzle
    Location: ILLC Seminar Room F1.15, Science Park 107, Amsterdam
  • 17 December 2019, Set Theory Seminar, Hrafn Oddsson

    Date & Time: Tuesday 17 December 2019, 14:30-15:30
    Speaker: Hrafn Oddsson
    Title: A Model for Paradefinite Set Theory
    Location: ILLC Seminar Room F1.15, Science Park 107, Amsterdam

    Abstract: A paradefinite logic is a logic that is both paraconsistent and paracomplete. In this talk we introduce a framework for models of paradefinite set theories based of Thierry Libert's work in paraconsistent set theory. We then present a model of paradefinite set theory which can be seen as the result of enriching the classical von Neumann universe of sets with various non-classical sets. We will also discuss the axiomatization of the theory of this model.

    For more information, see http://events.illc.uva.nl/settheory/ or contact Lorenzo Galeotti at .
  • 13 December 2019, Cool Logic, Angelica Hill

    Date & Time: Friday 13 December 2019, 18:30-19:30
    Speaker: Angelica Hill
    Title: Not-so-picky predicates: An analysis of Spanish's que+wh-phrase construction and the puzzle of question-embedding predicates
    Location: ILLC Seminar Room F1.15, Science Park 107, Amsterdam

    The literature on question-embedding predicates has generally focused on the restrictions of certain predicates and the complements they can take as argument. However, the discussion becomes even more convoluted when we take the analysis cross-linguistically. My presentation explores a construction that exists in Spanish, but not in English, which allows a speaker to unambiguously report a question that this construction demands a more detailed analysis of question-embedding predicates. I will present such an analysis as well as introduce a test in order to highlight a correlation between a property shared by all verbs that share this construction that take this construction, which is not shared by predicates that do not. It's going to be very verby!

    For more information, see http://events.illc.uva.nl/coollogic/talks/112 or contact Cool Logic at .
  • 13 December 2019, joint EXPRESS-DiP Colloquium, Melissa Fusco

    Date & Time: Friday 13 December 2019, 16:00-17:30
    Speaker: Melissa Fusco (Columbia)
    Title: Agential Free Choice
    Location: ILLC Seminar Room F1.15, Science Park 107, Amsterdam
    For more information, see here or at http://projects.illc.uva.nl/LoLa/DIP-Colloquium/event/35136/ or contact Giorgio Sbardolini at .
  • 12 December 2019, Logic and Interactive Rationality (LIRa), Hans van Ditmarsch

    Date & Time: Thursday 12 December 2019, 16:30-18:00
    Speaker: Hans van Ditmarsch (CNRS, LORIA)
    Title: Dynamic epistemic logic for distributed computing – asynchrony and concurrency
    Location: ILLC Seminar Room F1.15, Science Park 107, Amsterdam
  • 11 December 2019, Truthmakers Semantics Workshop

    Date & Time: Wednesday 11 December 2019, 09:30-16:15
    Location: ILLC Seminar Room F1.15, Science Park 107, Amsterdam

    Speakers: Mark Jago (Nottingham), Peter Hawke (Amsterdam / St Andrews), Aybüke Özgün (Amsterdam / St Andrews), Janneke van Lith (Utrecht), Johannes Korbmacher (Utrecht), Maria Aloni (Amsterdam).

  • 10 December 2019, EXPRESS Seminar, Melissa Fusco

    Date & Time: Tuesday 10 December 2019, 16:00-17:30
    Speaker: Melissa Fusco (Columbia)
    Title: Sluicing on Free Choice
    Location: ILLC Room F2.19, Science Park 107, Amsterdam

    I explore the implications of the Tense Phrase deletion operation known as sluicing (Ross 1969) for the semantic and pragmatic literature on the Free Choice effect (Kamp, 1973; von Wright, 1969). I argue that the time-honored ‘I don’t know which’-riders on Free Choice sentences, traditionally taken to show that the effect is pragmatic, are sensitive to scope. Careful attention to such riders suggests that these sluices do not show cancellation on Free Choice antecedents in which disjunction scopes narrower than the modal.

  • 10 December 2019, Music cognition reading group: deep learning modality & harmony

    Date & Time: Tuesday 10 December 2019, 12:30-14:00
    Location: ILLC Seminar Room F1.15, Science Park 107, Amsterdam

    We turn our attention to two of the best papers at ISMIR 2019. The selected papers use two popular deep learning models, convolutional neural networks and transformers, to tackle loosely related tasks: predicting modality and chord transcription. The goal is to get beyond the technicalities of these deep learning models, and also discuss their assumptions and broader implications.

  • 9 December 2019, Causal Inference Lab reading group

    Date & Time: Monday 9 December 2019, 09:30-10:30
    Location: Room F2.01 (PhD meeting room), ILLC, Science Park 107, Amsterdam

    The Causal Inference Lab will meet on Monday to discuss the following paper:

    Nadya Vasilyeva, Thomas Blanchard & Tania Lombrozo (2018), Stable Causal Relationships Are Better Causal Relationships doi.org/10.1111/cogs.12605

    Everyone with an interest in causal reasoning is very welcome to come along!

    For more information, see http://projects.illc.uva.nl/cil/page_Reading-Group/ or contact Dean McHugh at .
  • 6 December 2019, Computational Social Choice Seminar, Mehmet Ismail

    Date & Time: Friday 6 December 2019, 16:00
    Speaker: Mehmet Ismail (London)
    Title: One for all, all for one—von Neumann, Wald, Rawls, and Pareto
    Location: Room F0.25, Science Park 107, Amsterdam
    For more information, see here or at https://staff.science.uva.nl/u.endriss/seminar/ or contact Ulle Endriss at .
  • 5 December 2019, Logic and Interactive Rationality (LIRa), cancelled

    Date & Time: Thursday 5 December 2019, 16:30-18:30
    Location: ILLC Seminar Room F1.15, Science Park 107, Amsterdam
  • 5 December 2019, CoSaQ seminar, Heming Strømholt Bremnes

    Date & Time: Thursday 5 December 2019, 11:00-12:00
    Speaker: Heming Strømholt Bremnes
    Title: The impact of complexity on the procedural semantics of quantifiers: An EEG study
    Location: Room 5.08, PC Hoofthuis, Spuistraat 134, Amsterdam

    Previous studies of the neurocomputation of quantifiers have shown that complexity impacts which brain areas are activated in processing. However, there are critical issues with the previous experiments. Firstly, the formal properties of the quantifiers that are grouped together have not been properly controlled. Secondly, the poor temporal resolution of fMRI prevents studying the different stages of quantifier computation, specifically which cognitive resources are recruited at different stages. Taking the quantifier classes in Szymanik (2016) into account, this study was interested in whether the memory component required to compute proportional quantifiers ('most', 'fewest of') was reflected in online neuronal activity, as recorded by EEG. In particular, we expect that event related potentials associated with memory should be modulated differently by proportional quantifiers, compared to cardinal and Aristotelian ones. In this talk, I will present behavioral and neural data, and hope to discuss the theoretical significance of these.

    For more information, see http://www.jakubszymanik.com/CoSaQ/seminar/.
  • 4 December 2019, LUNCH Seminar, Davide Grossi

    Date & Time: Wednesday 4 December 2019, 13:00-14:00
    Speaker: Davide Grossi
    Title: Tales of Deliberation. Told by 1 Journalist, 1 Politician, 6 Comedians, 12 (Angry) Men … and 3 Sciences
    Location: ILLC Common Room (F1.21), Science Park 107, Amsterdam

    How do deliberating groups work? And can we design deliberative processes that can guarantee well-informed decisions? In this talk I will introduce, in a light way, a number of features of deliberative processes that I consider central, show their relevance for research in logic, economics and linguistics, and highlight some challenges for the development of a science of deliberative processes.

    For more information, see https://events.illc.uva.nl/LUNCH/ or contact Sirin Botan at , or Zoi Terzopoulou at .
  • 3 December 2019, Statistical Inference Workshop

    Date & Time: Tuesday 3 December 2019, 14:00-18:00
    Location: Room F2.01, ILLC, Science Park 107, Amsterdam
    Target audience: philosophers of science, scientists interested in causal inference, PhD students
    Costs: free

    The workshop focuses on philosophical and methodological problems connected to causal inference. The topics covered by participants range from econometric modeling to medical research. The list of participants includes Sebastian Køhlert (How Empirical is Empirical Modelling Really? On Probabilism in Econometrics), Jan-Willem Romeijn (Shrinking and extremizing: two studies in meta-analysis), and Mariusz Maziarz (How to make inferences from inconsistent empirical results?). All the participants are welcome but please register by sending an email.

    For more information, see here or contact Mariusz Maziarz at .
  • 28 November 2019, Logic and Interactive Rationality (LIRa), Rasmus Rendsvig

    Date & Time: Thursday 28 November 2019, 13:00-14:30
    Speaker: Rasmus Rendsvig
    Location: ILLC Seminar Room F1.15, Science Park 107, Amsterdam
  • 28 November 2019, CoSaQ reading group, Arnold Kochari

    Date & Time: Thursday 28 November 2019, 11:00-12:00
    Speaker: Arnold Kochari
    Title: Review of research into symbolic and nonsymbolic quantity processing by the brain
    Location: PCH room 5.08, Spuistraat 134, Amsterdam

    Humans can perceive, represent and compare quantities that are presented nonsymbolically (e.g., as arrays of objects visually or as a series of tones aurally), as well as quantities that are presented using arbitrary symbols and natural language. In the former case, we can make an approximation of the quantity of elements and compare them. In the latter case, a set of conventions can be learnt to represent the cardinality (e.g., Arabic digits, number words, Roman numerals etc. such as ‘7’ or ’seven’) or a relationship between cardinalities (e.g., quantifiers such as ’many’, ’few’). At this meeting, I will start by giving an overview of the vast amount of research that has been conducted to investigate neural processes underpinning representation and comparison of cardinality of nonsymbolic arrays and number symbols. I will then try to relate this to the research that has been done on quantifiers as another way to symbolically refer to (relationships between) quantities. This is a project in progress, so throughout the presentation, I would like to get your feedback.

  • 27 November 2019, D80: Workshop on the occasion of Dick de Jongh's 80th Birthday

    Date & Time: Wednesday 27 November 2019, 10:00-18:00
    Location: Room F1.21, ILLC, Science Park 107, Amsterdam

    On 27 November 2019, the ILLC is organising a workshop and reception to celebrate Dick de Jongh's 80th birthday. The workshop will take place in the ILLC Common Room, to be followed by a Reception (in the same place). Everybody at ILLC is most welcome to attend!

    For more information, see http://festschriften.illc.uva.nl/D80/ or contact Nick Bezhanishvili at .
  • 26 November 2019, Computational Social Choice Seminar, Zoi Terzopoulou

    Date & Time: Tuesday 26 November 2019, 15:30
    Speaker: Zoi Terzopoulou (ILLC)
    Title: Strategic Manipulation with Incomplete Preferences
    Location: Room F3.20, Science Park 107, Amsterdam
    For more information, see here or at https://staff.science.uva.nl/u.endriss/seminar/ or contact Ulle Endriss at .
  • 25 November 2019, Computational Social Choice Seminar, Simon Rey

    Date & Time: Monday 25 November 2019, 15:30
    Speaker: Simon Rey
    Title: A Review of the Computational Social Choice Literature on Participatory Budgeting
    Location: Room F1.15, Science Park 107, Amsterdam
    For more information, see here or at https://staff.fnwi.uva.nl/u.endriss/seminar/ or contact Ulle Endriss at .
  • 22 November 2019, Cool Logic, Thomas Randriamahazaka

    Date & Time: Friday 22 November 2019, 18:30-19:30
    Speaker: Thomas Randriamahazaka
    Title: Meinong and the lambdas: a new neo-Meinongian logic
    Location: ILLC Seminar Room F1.15, Science Park 107, Amsterdam

    Meinong, the founder of object theory, has often been accused of being inconsistent and ontologically unparsimonious, in part because his theory allows for nonexistent and even impossible objects. However, his insights have been used to develop the so-called neo-Meinongian logics, i.e. consistent versions of object theory that can be used as foundations for formal semantics. In this talk, I review the problems with the naive version of object theory and presents the main neo-Meinongian strategies to solve them. I then propose my own neo-Meiongian logic, based the notions of complex property and lambda-abstraction.

    For more information, see http://events.illc.uva.nl/coollogic/talks/111 or contact Cool Logic at .
  • 19 November 2019, Computational Social Choice Seminar, Jan Maly

    Date & Time: Tuesday 19 November 2019, 16:00
    Speaker: Jan Maly (Vienna)
    Title: Approval-Based Shortlisting
    Location: Room F1.15, Science Park 107, Amsterdam
    For more information, see here or at https://staff.science.uva.nl/u.endriss/seminar/ or contact Ulle Endriss at .
  • 19 November 2019, Music Cognition Reading Group

    Date & Time: Tuesday 19 November 2019, 12:30-14:00
    Title: Universality and diversity in human song
    Location: ILLC Seminar Room F1.15, Science Park 107, Amsterdam

    After a break, we are continuing the Music Cognition Reading Group with an exciting paper to be published in Science next week: Universality and diversity in human song (10.31234/osf.io/emq8r). This is the result of the Natural History of Song project, in which Samuel Mehr and many collegues collected a large sample of audio recordings and ethnographic descriptions of the world's musics. Remarkably, it is the first study to systematically check whether music is indeed present in all cultures (spoiler: it is). And that's just the beginning. The paper goes on to map the variation found in those musics, reporting lots of diversity — and some potential universals...

    To find out more, feel free to join. You can bring your lunch, if you like.

    For more information, see https://musicreadinggroup.wordpress.com/ or contact Bas Cornelissen at .
  • 15 - 16 November 2019, 7th annual conference of the Dutch Research School of Philosophy, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

    Date & Time: 15 - 16 November 2019, 10:00-18:30
    Location: Amsterdam, the Netherlands
    Target audience: Senior Researchers, PhD students, ReMa students

    The Nederlandse Onderzoeksschool Wijsbegeerte (OZSW), or the Dutch Research School of Philosophy, was established at the end of 2012. It incorporates the former Onderzoeksschool Ethiek (OZSE). The OZSW is an initiative of 11 departments at Dutch universities doing research in philosophy. Its general purpose is to strengthen the discipline of philosophy by promoting and facilitating collaboration between the participating universities in the areas of research and the training of young researchers (PhD students and Research Master students). This annual conference is one of its activities.

    Keynote speakers: Anne Phillips (London School of Economics), Barbara Vetter (Freie Universität Berlin), Pauline Kleingeld (Rijksuniversiteit Groningen) and Ruth Sonderegger (Academy of Fine Arts Vienna)

    For more information, see https://www.ozsw.nl/2019-conference/.
  • 14 November 2019, Joint LoC-LIRa Session, Barbara Vetter

    Date & Time: Thursday 14 November 2019, 16:30-18:00
    Speaker: Barbara Vetter
    Title: An Agency-based Approach to Modal Knowledge
    Location: ILLC Seminar Room F1.15, Science Park 107, Amsterdam
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    12 November 2019, ABC Lecture Series, Robert J Zatorre

    Date & Time: Tuesday 12 November 2019, 17:00-19:00
    Speaker: Robert J Zatorre
    Title: Why do we love music. A view from cognitive science
    Location: Roeterseilandcampus, Building M, room 1.01, Plantagemuidergracht 12, 1018 TV, Amsterdam

    In this lecture I will present findings from cognitive neuroscience that bear on the question of how we get from perception of sound patterns to pleasurable responses. I will first discuss evidence that corticocortical loops from and to the auditory cortex are responsible not only for perceptual processes but also for working memory, sensory-motor, and predictive functions that are essential to produce and perceive music. Then, I will discuss neuroimaging and brain modulation studies from our lab focusing on the dopaminergic reward system, its involvement in musical pleasure, and what happens when that system is disrupted.

  • 12 November 2019, EXPRESS Seminar, Ellen Breitholtz

    Date & Time: Tuesday 12 November 2019, 16:00
    Speaker: Ellen Breitholtz
    Title: Enthymemes and topoi in dialogue – an approach to reasoning in conversation
    Location: Room F2.19, Science Park 107, Amsterdam
  • 11 November 2019, AUC Logic Lectures Series, Johan van Benthem

    Date & Time: Monday 11 November 2019, 18:00-19:00
    Speaker: Johan van Benthem (ILLC/UvA, Stanford, Tsingua)
    Title: Logic and Information Flow
    Location: AUC Common Room, Science Park 113, Amsterdam

    Abstract: Starting from logical patterns in inferences, we broaden our scope to other information-producing actions such as questions and observations. These, too, have valid patterns that can be described using techniques from modern logic. Finally, we discuss the foundational issue of two complementary perspectives on logic: as a description of laws about an unchanging reality, and as a provider of forms of rational social activity.

    Reference: Johan van Benthem, 'Fanning the Flames of Reason', & Nieuw Archief voor Wiskunde 5/16:1, 2015, 52–61.

    For more information, contact Dora Achourioti at .
  • 11 November 2019, Causal Inference Lab reading group

    Date & Time: Monday 11 November 2019, 09:30-10:30
    Location: Room F2.02 (PhD meeting room), ILLC, Science Park 107, Amsterdam

    The Causal Inference Lab reading group will meet on Monday November 11 at the ILLC to discuss to discuss chapter 7 of Judea Pearl's celebrated book, Causality (https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511803161.009).

    Everyone with an interest in causal reasoning is very welcome to attend.

    For more information, see http://projects.illc.uva.nl/cil/page_Reading-Group/ or contact Dean McHugh at .
  • 11 November 2019, Ace Incubation Program

    Date: Monday 11 November 2019
    Location: Startup Village, Science Park 608, Amsterdam

    We support students, academics and tech professionals who are starting or growing their business. Our help consists of training & coaching and introductions to our extensive network of industry leaders, business professionals, investors and service providers. By supporting knowledge-based startups and scale-ups, we strive to build a learning ground for creating impactful companies of the future.

  • 8 November 2019, Cool Logic, Dominik Wehr

    Date & Time: Friday 8 November 2019, 18:30-19:30
    Speaker: Dominik Wehr
    Title: Type Theory as the Foundation of Mathematics
    Location: ILLC Seminar Room F1.15, Science Park 107, Amsterdam

    With the Principia Mathematica, Whitehead and Russel famously put forward a type theory as a foundation of mathematics. Since then, events such as the discovery of the Curry-Howard correspondence and the introduction of dependent types have drastically changed the face of type theory. Modern type theories thus give rise to attractive foundations of mathematics which are very different from that of the Principia Mathematica.

    The talk will begin with a slightly simplified overview of some of the
    inner workings of dependent type theories and their intrinsic logic. This will be followed by a more general discussion of the foundations obtained from such type theories.

    For more information, see http://events.illc.uva.nl/coollogic/talks/108 or contact Cool Logic at .
  • 8 November 2019, DIP Colloquium, Gennaro Chierchia

    Date & Time: Friday 8 November 2019, 16:00-17:30
    Speaker: Gennaro Chierchia (Harvard)
    Title: Dynamic Predication
    Location: ILLC Seminar Room F1.15, Science Park 107, Amsterdam
  • 7 November 2019, Logic and Interactive Rationality (LIRa), Natasha Alechina

    Date & Time: Thursday 7 November 2019, 16:30-18:00
    Speaker: Natasha Alechina (University of Nottingham)
    Title: On the relative expressivity of Group and Coalition Announcement Logics
    Location: ILLC Seminar Room F1.15, Science Park 107, Amsterdam
  • 6 November 2019, Algebra|Coalgebra Seminar, Rafał Gruszczyński

    Date & Time: Wednesday 6 November 2019, 16:00-17:00
    Speaker: Rafał Gruszczyński
    Title: Points of Boolean contact algebras
    Location: KdVI Seminar Room F3.20, Science Park 107, Amsterdam
    For more information, see https://events.illc.uva.nl/alg-coalg/ or contact Jan Rooduijn at .
  • 5 November 2019, Computational Social Choice Seminar, Simon Rey

    Date & Time: Tuesday 5 November 2019, 16:00
    Speaker: Simon Rey (ILLC)
    Title: Almost Group Envy-free Allocation of Indivisible Goods and Chores
    Location: Room F3.20, Science Park 107, Amsterdam
    For more information, see here or at https://staff.science.uva.nl/u.endriss/seminar/ or contact Ulle Endriss at .
  • 4 November 2019, ILLC Current Affairs Meeting

    Date & Time: Monday 4 November 2019, 16:00-17:30
    Location: Room F1.21, ILLC Common Room, Science Park 107, Amsterdam

    As in the previous editions, the purpose of this meeting is to inform you about various issues that are currently of importance in the ILLC and / or the Master of Logic programme. All ILLC staff, PhD students and guests are invited to attend.

    Drinks will be served afterwards.

    For more information, contact .
  • 31 October 2019, Logic and Interactive Rationality (LIRa), Atefeh Keshavarzi Zafarghandi

    Date & Time: Thursday 31 October 2019, 16:30-18:00
    Speaker: Atefeh Keshavarzi Zafarghandi
    Title: Discussion Games for Preferred Semantics of Abstract Dialectical Frameworks
    Location: ILLC Seminar Room F1.15, Science Park 107, Amsterdam
  • 30 October - 6 November 2019, ILLC MasterClass Logica voor docenten wiskunde C

    Date & Time: 30 October - 6 November 2019, 15:15-18:00

    Naar aanleiding van de MasterClass eerder dit jaar organiseert het ILLC een volgende MasterClass Logica gericht op Wiskunde C docenten met als doel deze groep te voorzien van achtergronden in de logica. De MasterClass zal bestaan uit 2 colleges en optioneel, mocht daar behoefte voor blijken te zijn, een derde college.

    For more information, see http://events.illc.uva.nl/MasterClass/Logica2019-2/ or contact Peter van Ormondt at .
  • 29 October 2019, Workshop the next step in valorisation

    Date & Time: Tuesday 29 October 2019, 08:30-10:30
    Location: UvA, Amsterdam Science Park. Exact location TBA

    With your research activities you generate ideas constantly. That’s not too difficult. But to turn an idea into a business case is usually more complicated. In this workshop the experts from IXA share different models on why and how to transform your idea into a more concrete concept which can be turned into a solid business case.

    For more information, see https://www.ixa.nl/events/workshop-the-next-step-in-valorisation/ or contact Caroline Kleine Staarman at .
  • 29 October 2019, Computational Linguistics Seminar, Arabella J. Sinclair

    Date: Tuesday 29 October 2019
    Speaker: Arabella J. Sinclair (University of Amsterdam)
    Title: Modelling Speaker Adaptation in Second Language Learner Dialogue
    Location: Room F3.20, Science Park 107, Amsterdam
    For more information, see http://projects.illc.uva.nl/LaCo/CLS/.
  • 28 October 2019, Causal Inference Lab reading group

    Date & Time: Monday 28 October 2019, 14:00-15:00
    Location: ILLC Seminar Room F1.15, Science Park 107, Amsterdam
    Target audience: Everyone with an interest in causal inference

    The Causal Inference Lab reading group will meet to discuss Johnson and Keil (2014), "Causal inference and the hierarchical structure of experience" http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/a0038192.

    A PDF of the paper is available at https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4244254/pdf/nihms630864.pdf

    For more information, see http://projects.illc.uva.nl/cil/page_Reading-Group/ or contact Dean McHugh at .
  • 25 October 2019, Friday Funday

    Date & Time: Friday 25 October 2019, 18:00-21:00
    Location: Poesiat & Krater, Polderweg 648 1093 KP Amsterdam

    Some PhDs and Postdocs (namely, Milica Denić, Janie Sinclair and Dean McHugh) thought it would be welcome to create an opportunity for members of the ILLC to meet outside of official events, especially given the diversity of separate research groups at the ILLC.

    To this end, we have reserved some space at Poesiat & Krater (very close to Science Park) this Friday from 6pm on, if anyone would like to join to meet people from around the ILLC.

    For more information, contact Dean McHugh at .
  • 25 October 2019, Set Theory Seminar, Asaf Karagila

    Date & Time: Friday 25 October 2019, 12:00-13:00
    Speaker: Asaf Karagila
    Title: Stranger Things: The ZF-verse obtained by adding just one Cohen to L
    Location: ILLC Seminar Room F1.15, Science Park 107, Amsterdam

    Abstract

    Adding a single Cohen real to L provides us with a lattice of intermediate models, but if we only consider models of ZFC, these models are all somehow very similar (except L itself). Without assuming the Axiom of Choice in those intermediate models we have a very different picture. We will discuss the construction of the Bristol model, which is a model between L and L[c], which does not have the form L(x) for any set x.

    For more information, see http://events.illc.uva.nl/settheory/ or contact Benedikt Loewe at .
  • 25 October 2019, Dutch Social Choice Colloquium

    Date: Friday 25 October 2019
    Location: Amsterdam

    Speakers will include Piotr Faliszewski, Boas Kluiving and Hans Peters.

    For more information, see http://events.illc.uva.nl/DSCC/meetings.php.
  • 23 October 2019, Algebra|Coalgebra Seminar, Tommaso Moraschini

    Date & Time: Wednesday 23 October 2019, 16:00-17:00
    Speaker: Tommaso Moraschini
    Title: Profinite Heyting algebras and the representation problem for Esakia spaces
    Location: Seminar Room F1.15, ILLC, Science Park 107, Amsterdam
    For more information, see here or at https://events.illc.uva.nl/alg-coalg/ or contact Jan Rooduijn at .
  • 23 - 25 October 2019, 16th International Conference on Formal Aspects of Component Software (FACS 2019), Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Date: 23 - 25 October 2019
    Location: Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Component-based software development proposes sound engineering principles and techniques to cope with the complexity of present-day software systems. However, many challenging conceptual and technological issues remain in component-based software development theory and practice. Furthermore, the advent of service-oriented and cloud computing, cyber-physical systems, and the Internet of Things has brought to the fore new dimensions, such as quality of service and robustness to withstand faults, which require revisiting established concepts and developing new ones.

    FACS 2019 is concerned with how formal methods can be applied to component-based software and system development. Formal methods have provided foundations for component-based software through research on mathematical models for components, composition and adaptation, and rigorous approaches to verification, deployment, testing, and certification.

    For more information, see http://facs2019.org/.
  • 18 October 2019, DIP Colloquium, Fabian Schlotterbeck

    Date & Time: Friday 18 October 2019, 16:00-17:30
    Speaker: Fabian Schlotterbeck (Tübingen)
    Title: Vagueness and competition in the understanding of spatial propositions
    Location: ILLC Seminar Room F1.15, Science Park 107, Amsterdam

    In this first DIP Colloquium of the 2019/20 academic year, Fabian Schlotterbeck (Tübingen) will present his work on spatial propositions (e.g. 'above', 'beside').

  • 18 October 2019, MoL thesis presentations, MoL students

    Date & Time: Friday 18 October 2019, 11:00-12:00
    Speaker: MoL students
    Title: MoL thesis presentations
    Location: Room F2.19, Science Park 107, Amsterdam

    During the MoL thesis presentation events, MoL students present their ongoing thesis projects to the ILLC community. For the students it is an opportunity to receive feedback on their research from experts outside of their supervisory team. For us it is an opportunity to get an overview of the variety of research questions our students are currently working on.

    The first 'MoL thesis presentation' event of the current academic year will feature presentations of the students graduating in the first semester:
    - Federico Schiaffino. A Mental Time Travel framework in Narrative Discourses (van Lambalgen)
    - Pedro Del Valle Inclan. Harmony and Logical Form (Schloder & Incurvati)
    - Luca van der Kamp. Manipulation and Dynamics of Social Networks (Velázquez Quesada & Smets)
    - Hrafn Oddsson. Paraconsistent Set Theory and the Anti-consistency Axiom (Khomskii)

    For more information, contact Maria Aloni at .
  • 18 - 21 October 2019, The Seventh International Conference on Logic, Rationality and Interaction (LORI-VII), South-West University, Chongqing, China

    Date: 18 - 21 October 2019
    Location: South-West University, Chongqing, China
    Deadline: Monday 27 May 2019

    The ​ International Conference on Logic, Rationality and Interaction (LORI) ​ conference series aims at bringing
    together researchers working on a wide variety of logic-related fields that concern the understanding of rationality and interaction. The series aims at fostering a view of Logic as an interdisciplinary endeavor, and supports the creation of an East-Asian community of interdisciplinary researchers.

    For more information, see http://golori.org/lori2019/ or contact Meiyun Guo at .
  • 17 October 2019, ILLC Lecture, Martha Lewis

    Date & Time: Thursday 17 October 2019, 11:00
    Speaker: Martha Lewis
    Title: Compositionality in Semantic Spaces
    Location: Room F1.15, Science Park 107, Amsterdam
    For more information, see here or contact Ulle Endriss at .
  • 17 October 2019, ILLC Lecture, Alvaro Torralba

    Date & Time: Thursday 17 October 2019, 10:00
    Speaker: Alvaro Torralba
    Title: Dominance Analysis in AI Planning
    Location: Room F1.15, Science Park 107, Amsterdam
    For more information, see here or contact Ulle Endriss at .
  • 17 October 2019, Media training by Science on Air - a practical introduction to the world of mass and social media

    Date & Time: Thursday 17 October 2019, 08:30-10:30
    Location: Hoge School van Amsterdam, exact location TBA

    [This event is organised in Dutch only.] Waarom zou je je kostbare tijd en energie stoppen in genereren van media aandacht? Hoe trek je de aandacht van journalisten voor je verhaal? En wat zijn de geheimen van het geven van een goed interview? Media aandacht kan je onderzoeks carrière stimuleren, maar ook tegen je werken. Kortom een goed doordachte mediastrategie is een must voor elke onderzoeker. Deze interactieve workshop helpt je op weg bij het ontwikkelen van jouw persoonlijke media strategie.

  • 16 October 2019, Logic of Conceivability seminar, Dominic Gregory

    Date & Time: Wednesday 16 October 2019, 10:00-12:00
    Speaker: Dominic Gregory (Sheffield)
    Title: Counterfactuals and imagery-based beliefs about possibility
    Location: Faculty Room, Department of Philosophy, UvA, Oude Turfmarkt 141, Amsterdam
  • 15 October 2019, CLS Mini-Workshop

    Date & Time: Tuesday 15 October 2019, 15:00-17:30
    Speaker: Desmond Elliot (University of Copenhagen), Stella Frank (University of Edinburgh), Aurelie Herbelot (University of Trento)
    Location: ILLC Seminar Room F1.15, Science Park 107, Amsterdam
    For more information, see http://projects.illc.uva.nl/LaCo/CLS/.
  • 15 October 2019, ILLC Lecture, Ronald de Haan

    Date & Time: Tuesday 15 October 2019, 11:00
    Speaker: Ronald de Haan
    Title: Using Computational Complexity in AI
    Location: Room F1.15, Science Park 107, Amsterdam
    For more information, see here or contact Ulle Endriss at .
  • 15 October 2019, ILLC Lecture, Daan Bloembergen

    Date & Time: Tuesday 15 October 2019, 10:00
    Speaker: Daan Bloembergen
    Title: Learning to Cooperate in Multi-Agent Systems
    Location: Room F1.15, Science Park 107, Amsterdam
    For more information, see here or contact Ulle Endriss at .
  • 10 October 2019, Workshop Introduction in valorisation

    Date & Time: Thursday 10 October 2019, 08:30-10:30
    Location: Roeterseilandcampus, Nieuwe Achtergracht 166, Amsterdam, room REC310.A A2.12

    Valorising research, you hear it more and more often. Writing a valorization paragraph is also increasingly becoming part of a research proposal. If this is new to you or you want to know more about how you can apply the subject of valorisation. Then this workshop is for you.

    For more information, see https://www.ixa.nl/events/workshop-introduction-in-valorisation/ or contact Caroline Kleine Staarman at .
  • 10 - 11 October 2019, Workshop on Algebraic and Proof Theoretic Methods in Non-Classical Logic

    Date: 10 - 11 October 2019
    Location: Potgieterzaal (Room C0.01), University Library, Singel 425, Amsterdam

    The goal of this workshop is to provide a platform for Dutch and international experts to share their knowledge and expertise on the application of algebraic and proof theoretic methods to the study of non-classical logics. The workshop is associated with the PhD defense of Frederik Möllerström Lauridsen.

    Invited speakers: Nick Galatos (University of Denver), Mai Gehrke (Laboratoire J.A. Dieudonné), Rosalie Iemhoff (Utrecht University) and George Metcalfe (University of Bern).

    For more information, see https://staff.fnwi.uva.nl/f.m.lauridsen/workshop.html or contact Frederik Lauridsen at .
  • 8 October 2019, EXPRESS Seminar, Hedde Zeijlstra

    Date & Time: Tuesday 8 October 2019, 16:00-17:30
    Speaker: Hedde Zeijlstra
    Title: Until’s Janus head
    Location: ILLC Seminar Room F1.15, Science Park 107, Amsterdam
  • 8 October 2019, CLC Lab meeting

    Date & Time: Tuesday 8 October 2019, 15:00-16:00
    Title: Reading: "Different languages, similar encoding efficiency"
    Location: Room F2.02, ILLC, Science Park 107, Amsterdam

    In the CLC Lab meeting, we will discuss the paper  'Different languages, similar encoding efficiency: Comparable information rates across the human communicative niche.' by Coupé, C., Oh, Y., Dediu, D., & Pellegrino, F. (2019).

    For more information, see here or at http://projects.illc.uva.nl/LaCo/clclab/ or contact Bas Cornelissen at .
  • 7 October 2019, Causal Inference Lab reading group

    Date & Time: Monday 7 October 2019, 14:00-15:00
    Location: Room F2.02 (PostDoc meeting room), ILLC, Science Park 107, Amsterdam

    The Causal Inference Lab will host their first meeting of the 2019/20 academic year, discussing:

    Walsh & Sloman (2011), The Meaning of Cause and Prevent (https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-0017.2010.01409).

    Everyone with an interest in causal reasoning is very welcome to come and discuss the paper with us.

    For more information, see http://projects.illc.uva.nl/cil/page_Reading-Group/ or contact Dean McHugh at .
  • 4 October 2019, ILLC Open Day

    Date & Time: Friday 4 October 2019, 18:00
    Location: ILLC, Science Park 107, Amsterdam

    This year the ILLC will organise its very own Open Day. It will take place on Friday October 4th, so please mark this day in your calendars.

    On this day, ILLC invites all colleagues at UvA and CWI interested in
    our research to visit the institute, watch posters and demos, attend
    flash talks and enjoy drinks afterwards.

    More information about the Open Day will follow soon.

  • 3 October 2019, Logic and Interactive Rationality (LIRa), Gaia Belardinelli

    Date & Time: Thursday 3 October 2019, 16:30-18:00
    Speaker: Gaia Belardinelli
    Title: Gatekeepers in Social Networks: Logics for Communicative Actions.
    Location: ILLC Seminar Room F1.15, Science Park 107, Amsterdam
  • 2 October 2019, Algebra|Coalgebra Seminar, Jetze Zoethout

    Date & Time: Wednesday 2 October 2019, 16:00-17:00
    Speaker: Jetze Zoethout (Utrecht University)
    Title: Internal PCAs and their Slices
    Location: Room F1.15, ILLC, Science Park 107, Amsterdam
    For more information, see https://events.illc.uva.nl/alg-coalg or contact Jan Rooduijn at .
  • 2 October 2019, Algebra|Coalgebra Seminar, Martijn den Besten

    Date & Time: Wednesday 2 October 2019, 15:00-16:00
    Speaker: Martijn den Besten (ILLC)
    Title: A Quillen model structure for bigroupoids and pseudofunctors
    Location: Room F1.15, ILLC, Science Park 107, Amsterdam
    For more information, see https://events.illc.uva.nl/alg-coalg or contact Jan Rooduijn at .
  • 1 October 2019, Algebra|Coalgebra Seminar, Vincenzo Ciancia

    Date & Time: Tuesday 1 October 2019, 16:00-17:00
    Speaker: Vincenzo Ciancia (Institute of Information Science and Technologies 'A. Faedo')
    Title: Spatial Model Checking and Applications to Medical Image Analysis
    Location: Room F1.15, ILLC, Science Park 107, Amsterdam
    For more information, see https://events.illc.uva.nl/alg-coalg or contact Jan Rooduijn at .
  • 27 September 2019, Computational Linguistics Seminar, Vinodkumar Prabhakaran

    Date: Friday 27 September 2019
    Speaker: Vinodkumar Prabhakaran (Google)
    Title: NLP and Society: Towards Socially Responsible NLP
    Location: ILLC Seminar Room F1.15, Science Park 107, Amsterdam
    For more information, see http://projects.illc.uva.nl/LaCo/CLS/.
  • 26 September 2019, Logic and Interactive Rationality (LIRa), Raul Fervari

    Date & Time: Thursday 26 September 2019, 16:30-18:00
    Speaker: Raul Fervari (Universidad de Córdoba)
    Title: Separation logics: a modal perspective.
    Location: ILLC Seminar Room F1.15, Science Park 107, Amsterdam
  • 20 September 2019, Cool Logic, Leo Lobski

    Date & Time: Friday 20 September 2019, 18:30-19:30
    Speaker: Leo Lobski
    Title: Spiders and flows in quantum computation
    Location: ILLC Seminar Room F1.15, Science Park 107, Amsterdam

    Abstract:

    We briefly introduce measurement based quantum computation (MBQC) and in particular the formalism of measurement patterns. This is conveniently expressed in a graphical language known as ZX-calculus. We proceed to impose certain determinism conditions on the measurement patterns which guarantee that the patterns are implementable in practice. It turns out there are purely graph-theoretic conditions corresponding to the determinism conditions. The aim of the talk is to give an exposition of this connection.

    For more information, see https://events.illc.uva.nl/coollogic/talks/107 or contact Cool Logic at .
  • 19 September 2019, Logic and Interactive Rationality (LIRa), Erman Acar

    Date & Time: Thursday 19 September 2019, 16:30-18:00
    Speaker: Erman Acar (VU Amsterdam)
    Title: When Satisfiability is easier than Model Checking: A Fragment of Strategy Logic
    Location: ILLC Seminar Room F1.15, Science Park 107, Amsterdam
  • 16 - 20 September 2019, Thirteenth International Tbilisi Symposium on Language, Logic and Computation (TbiLLC 2019), Batumi, Georgia

    Date: 16 - 20 September 2019
    Location: Batumi, Georgia
    Deadline: Monday 1 April 2019

    The Thirteenth International Tbilisi Symposium on Logic, Language, and Computation will be held 16-20 September 2019 in Batumi, Georgia.

    The Symposium series is organized by the Tbilisi State University and the Institute for Logic, Language and Computation (ILLC) of the University of Amsterdam in conjunction with the Institute of Linguistics and Information Science of the Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf. The programme will include tutorials on Logic, Language and Computation, and a series of invited lecturers. There will be two workshops (on Language and on Logic and Computation) embedded in the conference programme.

    For more information, see http://events.illc.uva.nl/Tbilisi/Tbilisi2019/ or contact Peter van Ormondt at .
  • 13 September 2019, Computational Social Choice Seminar, Aidan Lyon

    Date & Time: Friday 13 September 2019, 16:00
    Speaker: Aidan Lyon (DelphiCloud)
    Title: DelphiCloud: Eliciting and Aggregating Expert Estimates
    Location: Room F1.15, Science Park 107, Amsterdam
    For more information, see here or at https://staff.science.uva.nl/u.endriss/seminar/ or contact Ulle Endriss at .
  • 12 September 2019, Logic and Interactive Rationality (LIRa), René Mellema

    Date & Time: Thursday 12 September 2019, 16:30-18:30
    Speaker: René Mellema
    Title: An Inquisitive Dynamic Epistemic Logic with Factual Change.
    Location: ILLC Seminar Room F1.15, Science Park 107, Amsterdam
  • 11 September 2019, Algebra|Coalgebra, Taichi Uemura

    Date & Time: Wednesday 11 September 2019, 16:00-17:00
    Speaker: Taichi Uemura
    Title: Exponentiability and Theories of Dependent Types
    Location: Room F1.15, ILLC, Science Park 107, Amsterdam
    For more information, see here or at https://events.illc.uva.nl/alg-coalg/ or contact Jan Rooduijn at .
  • 10 September 2019, Computational Linguistics Seminar, Zeynep Akata

    Date & Time: Tuesday 10 September 2019, 16:00
    Speaker: Zeynep Akata (University of Amsterdam)
    Title: Representing and Explaining Novel Concepts with Minimal Supervision
    Location: ILLC Seminar Room F1.15, Science Park 107, Amsterdam

    Clearly explaining a rationale for a classification decision to an end-user can be as important as the decision itself. Existing approaches for deep visual recognition are generally opaque and do not output any justification text; contemporary vision-language models can describe image content but fail to take into account class-discriminative image properties which justify visual predictions. In this talk, I will present my past and current work on Zero-Shot Learning, Vision and Language for Generative Modeling and Explainable Artificial Intelligence where we show (1) how to generalize image classification models to cases when no visual training data is available, (2) how to generate images and image features using detailed visual descriptions, and (3) how our models focus on discriminating properties of the visible object, jointly predict a class label, explain why/not the predicted label is chosen for the image.

    For more information, see http://projects.illc.uva.nl/LaCo/CLS/.
  • 30 August 2019, Welcoming the new MoL students with pizza

    Date & Time: Friday 30 August 2019, 17:00
    Location: Café Polder, Science Park 201, Amsterdam

    Like every year we welcome the new MoL students with drinks and pizza outside Polder.

    You're all welcome to join!

  • 27 August 2019, CoSaQ seminar, Stefan Heim

    Date & Time: Tuesday 27 August 2019, 15:30-17:00
    Speaker: Stefan Heim
    Title: If so many are “few” for me, how few are “many” for you? Intra- and inter-individual sources of variability in quantifier processing
    Location: Room 4.11, PC Hoofthuis, Amsterdam
    For more information, see http://www.jakubszymanik.com/CoSaQ/seminar/.
  • 27 - 30 August 2019, The 30th International Conference on Concurrency Theory (CONCUR 2019), Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Date: 27 - 30 August 2019
    Location: Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    Deadline: Monday 15 April 2019

    The purpose of the CONCUR conferences is to bring together researchers, developers, and students in order to advance the theory of concurrency, and promote its applications.

    CONCUR is co-located with:
    - the 17th International Conference on Formal Modelling and Analysis of Timed Systems (FORMATS 2019)
    - the Combined 26th International Workshop on Expressiveness in Concurrency and 16th Workshop on Structural Operational Semantics (EXPRESS/SOS 2019)
    - the 8th IFIP WG 1.8 Workshop on Trends in Concurrency Theory (TRENDS 2019)
    - the 4th International workshop on TIming Performance engineering for Safety critical systems (TIPS 2019)
    - the 9th Young Researchers Workshop on Concurrency Theory (YR-CONCUR 2019)

    For more information, see https://event.cwi.nl/concur2019/.
  • 26 August 2019, Combined 26th International Workshop on Expressiveness in Concurrency and 16th Workshop on Structural Operational Semantics (EXPRESS/SOS 2019), Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Date: Monday 26 August 2019
    Location: Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    Deadline: Friday 21 June 2019

    The EXPRESS/SOS workshop series aims at bringing together researchers interested in the formal semantics of systems and programming concepts, and in the expressiveness of computational models.

    Invited speakers: Yuxin Deng (East China Normal University, China) - Tom Hirschowitz (CNRS / Savoie Mont Blanc University, France) - Kirstin Peters (TU Berlin, Germany).

  • 26 August 2019, 2nd International Workshop on Recent Advancement in Concurrency and Logic (RADICAL 2019) , Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Date: Monday 26 August 2019
    Location: Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    Deadline: Friday 5 July 2019

    Concurrency and Logics are two of the most active research areas in the theoretical computer science domain. The literature in these fields is extensive and provides a plethora of logics and models for reasoning about intelligent and distributed systems. More recently, the interplay of concurrency and logic with other research areas has received much attention, as witnessed by recent editions of AI conferences. All these examples share the challenge of developing novel theories and tools for automated reasoning that take into account the behaviour of concurrent and multi-agent entities.

    The workshop aims to bring together researchers working on different aspects of logic and concurrency in AI, multi-agent systems, and computer science, both from a theoretical and a practical point of view. Besides, it aims to promote research on Foundation of AI in other research communities that are traditionally Theoretical Computer Science-oriented.

  • 5 - 16 August 2019, 31st European Summer School in Logic, Language and Information (ESSLLI 2019), Riga, Latvia

    Date: 5 - 16 August 2019
    Location: Riga, Latvia
    Deadline: Saturday 30 June 2018

    The European Summer School in Logic, Language and Information (ESSLLI) is an annual event under the auspices of the Association for Logic, Language and Information (FoLLI) and brings together logicians, linguists, computer scientists, and philosophers to study language, logic, and information, and their interconnections.

    For more information, see http://esslli2019.folli.info/ or contact .
  • 3 July 2019, ILLC Midsummernight Colloquium 2019

    Date & Time: Wednesday 3 July 2019, 16:00
    Location: Room F1.21, ILLC Common room, Science Park 107, Amsterdam

    The ILLC Colloquium is a half-yearly festive event (respectively the New Year's Colloquium and the Midsummernight Colloquium) that brings together the three research groups at the ILLC. Each colloquium consists of three main talks by representatives from the Logic and Language group, the Language and Computation group and the Logic and Computation group, which are occasionally followed by Wild Idea Talks. The colloquium is concluded by a get together of the entire ILLC community.

  • 1 July 2019, Computational Social Choice Seminar, Lefteris Kirousis

    Date & Time: Monday 1 July 2019, 15:00
    Speaker: Lefteris Kirousis
    Title: Abstract Possibility Domains: Algorithms and Characterizations
    Location: ILLC Room F1.15, Science Park 107, Amsterdam
    For more information, see here or at https://staff.fnwi.uva.nl/u.endriss/seminar/ or contact Ulle Endriss at .
  • 1 July 2019, GROLOG/LIRa Logic Afternoon

    Date & Time: Monday 1 July 2019, 14:00-17:00
    Location: Room Beta, Faculty of Philosophy, Oude Boteringestraat 52, Groningen

    Speakers:

    • Roberto Ciuni (Philosophy, University of Padova): Information-based oughts and their interaction with knowledge and belief
    • Karolina Krzyzanowska (ILLC, University of Amsterdam): Minimal rationality constraints for conditional obligation
    • Louwe Kuijer (Computer Science, University of Liverpool): True clauses, false connections, and the limits of pragmatic explanations
  • 1 July 2019, Causal Inference Lab, Ivar Kolvoort

    Date & Time: Monday 1 July 2019, 14:00-16:00
    Speaker: Ivar Kolvoort
    Title: Causal Inference Lab seminar
    Location: Room F2.02 (PostDoc meeting room), ILLC, Science Park 107, Amsterdam

    To conclude the Causal Inference Lab's academic year, Ivar Kolvoort will present his recent work on the psychology of causal reasoning. All who are interested in discussing casual inference are very welcome to attend.

    For more information, see http://projects.illc.uva.nl/cil/page_Reading-Group/ or contact Dean McHugh at .
  • 28 June 2019, DIP Colloquium, Jeroen Smid

    Date & Time: Friday 28 June 2019, 16:00-17:30
    Speaker: Jeroen Smid (Manchester)
    Title: Mind the Gap! The Space between Coincidence and Colocation
    Location: ILLC Seminar Room F1.15, Science Park 107, Amsterdam
  • 28 June 2019, Colloquium on Mathematical Logic, Makoto Fujiwara

    Date & Time: Friday 28 June 2019, 16:00-17:00
    Speaker: Makoto Fujiwara (Meiji, Konstanz)
    Title: Constructivism and weak logical principles in arithmetic
    Location: ILLC Seminar Room F1.15, Science Park 107, Amsterdam
    For more information, see here or at https://www.staff.science.uu.nl/~ooste110/seminar.html or contact Benno van den Berg at .
  • 28 June 2019, Amsterdam Mind and Brain symposium, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

    Date & Time: Friday 28 June 2019, 14:30-23:00
    Location: Amsterdam, the Netherlands

    AMBition is a coalition of four leading neuroscience research institutes (NIN, Amsterdam UMC, IBBA and ABC) aimed at building sustainable bridges between Amsterdam’s top research groups in the fields of brain and mind research. With the launch of AMBition, Amsterdam’s international visibility as an attractive and inspiring centre for mind and brain research will grow greatly, pushing Amsterdam in joining the league of worldwide leading institutes in this field. The kick-off of AMBition is scheduled for the 28th of June 2019 during a symposium in the KIT Royal Tropical Institute in Amsterdam.

  • 28 June 2019, ABC Networking Day 2019

    Date & Time: Friday 28 June 2019, 10:00-14:00
    Location: KIT Royal Tropical Institute, Mauritskade 63, 1092 AD Amsterdam, the Netherlands

    The ABC Networking Day provides you with the opportunity to discover all research treasures that ABC holds, and connect with other ABC researchers. All researchers (PhDs, post-docs, assistant/associate/full professors) are invited to attend and actively participate.

    The Networking Day will consist of ABC Highlights (talks that showcase recent work from the different ABC research Themes and Transversal Perspectives) and Pitch talks (flash talks that are all about getting to know each other, to foster fresh collaborations, and, possibly, to team-up for grant proposals), followed by a lunch where the discussions continue in an informal atmosphere. Directly following the ABC Networking Day the AMBition Kick-off meeting will take place, also at the KIT.

  • 26 June 2019, Algebra|Coalgebra Seminar, Jim de Groot

    Date & Time: Wednesday 26 June 2019, 16:00-17:00
    Speaker: Jim de Groot (The Australian National University)
    Title: Coalgebraic positive logic and lifting functors
    Location: KdVI Seminar Room F3.20, Science Park 107, Amsterdam
    For more information, see https://events.illc.uva.nl/alg-coalg.
  • 26 - 27 June 2019, Inquisitiveness Below and Beyond the Sentence Boundary 3 (InqBnB3)

    Date: 26 - 27 June 2019
    Location: Room C1.23, OMHP (Oudemanhuispoort), Oudemanhuispoort 4-6, Amsterdam

    The InqBnB workshop series brings together researchers working on inquisitive semantics and closely related topics. We are particularly interested in research that studies the semantics/pragmatics of questions and other inquisitive constructions, and in work investigating expressions which interact with the meaning of questions in interesting ways.

  • 25 June 2019, Computational Social Choice Seminar, cancelled

    Date: Tuesday 25 June 2019
    Speaker: Frank Feys (Delft)
    Title: Arrow's Theorem through a Fixpoint Argument (cancelled)

    Unfortunately this talk had to be cancelled due to circumstances: it may be rescheduled at a later date.

    For more information, see https://staff.science.uva.nl/u.endriss/seminar/ or contact Ulle Endriss at .
  • 20 June 2019, Workshop "Bilateral approaches to meaning"

    Date & Time: Thursday 20 June 2019, 18:00
    Location: ILLC, Amsterdam
    Deadline: Friday 15 February 2019

    Traditional semantics gives the meaning of expressions in terms of conditions on one kind of primitive (e.g. truth, assertion, belief). Bilateral approaches hold that the meaning of expressions is characterized in terms of conditions on two, usually opposite primitives (e.g. truth and falsity, assertion and rejection, belief and disbelief). Recent years have witnessed the independent development of a variety of bilateral approaches to analyze phenomena such as negation, epistemic modality and counterfactuals, from both a proof-theoretic and a model-theoretic perspective. The workshop will bring together researchers from either perspective in order to provide a venue for the systematic exploration of commonalities, differences and potential interactions between such approaches.

    Invited speakers: Maria Aloni (ILLC, Amsterdam), Teresa Marques (Logos, Barcelona), Greg Restall (Melbourne) and David Ripley (Monash).

    For more information, see https://inferentialexpressivism.com/workshop/ or contact Luca Incurvati at .
  • 20 June 2019, ABC lecture, Suzanne Haber | University of Rochester

    Date & Time: Thursday 20 June 2019, 16:00-18:00
    Speaker: Suzanne Haber | University of Rochester (NY)

    The Haber lab focuses on the neural network that underlies incentive learning and decision-making that leads to the development of action plans.

  • 19 - 21 June 2019, KNAW Colloquium and Master Class on Musicality and Genomics

    Date & Time: 19 - 21 June 2019, 13:00-17:00
    Location: KNAW, Trippenhuis, Kloveniersburgwal 29, 1011 JV Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    Deadline: Wednesday 15 May 2019

    This Academy Colloquium on Musicality and Genomics will bring together leading experts from neurobiology, cognitive psychology, music cognition and genetics to discuss (Day 1) the phenotypes of musicality, how to measure them, and genetic techniques for studying human variation. and (Day 2) the possibilities for combining musicality indices with the latest genomic methods, genetic pleiotropy between traits, and the instalment of an international consortium on the biological bases of musicality.

    The Colloquium is by invitation only; The Masterclass is open to young researchers,PhD-students, and master students.
    For more information, see http://mcg.uva.nl/musicality2019/ or contact .
  • 14 June 2019, DIP Colloquium, Kyle Hammet-Blumberg

    Date & Time: Friday 14 June 2019, 16:00-17:30
    Speaker: Kyle Hammet-Blumberg (NYU)
    Title: Beliefs, Desires and Descriptions
    Location: ILLC Seminar Room F1.15, Science Park 107, Amsterdam
  • 14 June 2019, Dutch Social Choice Colloquium

    Date: Friday 14 June 2019
    Location: Rotterdam

    Speakers: Wulf Gaertner (Osnabrück and Berlin), Kirsten Rohde (Rotterdam), and Erik Schokkaert (Leuven).

    For more information, see http://events.illc.uva.nl/DSCC/meetings.php.
  • 12 June 2019, JOHAN@70

    Date & Time: Wednesday 12 June 2019, 10:00-19:00
    Location: Room F1.21, ILLC Common room, Science Park 107, Amsterdam

    On 12 June 2019, ILLC is organizing a workshop and reception to celebrate Johan van Benthem's 70th birthday. The workshop consists of talks by Johan and some of his many former PhD students at UvA and Stanford. The workshop will take place in the ILLC Common Room, to be followed by a Reception (in the same place). Everybody at ILLC is most welcome to attend!

    Confirmed speakers, in addition to Johan himself, include in alphabetical order: Nina Gierasimczuk (DTU, Copenhagen), Peter Hawke (ILLC), Fenrong Liu (Tsinghua and ILLC), Oivier Roy (Univ. of Bayreuth), Shane Steinert-Threlkeld (ILLC) and Martin Stokhof (ILLC).

    For more information, see http://festschriften.illc.uva.nl/J70/ or contact Alexandru Baltag at .
  • 11 June 2019, Computational Social Choice Seminar, Hossein Khani

    Date & Time: Tuesday 11 June 2019, 16:00
    Speaker: Hossein Khani (Paris)
    Title: Ordinal Power Indices
    Location: Room F0.22, Science Park 107, Amsterdam
    For more information, see here or at https://staff.science.uva.nl/u.endriss/seminar/ or contact Ulle Endriss at .
  • 6 - 7 June 2019, 3rd ILLC Workshop on Collective Decision Making

    Date: 6 - 7 June 2019
    Location: De Doelenzaal, University Library, Singel 425, Amsterdam

    The scientific programme of this informal workshop will be structured around a number of invited talks on topics broadly related to the design and analysis of mechanisms for collective decision making. Everyone is welcome to attend. This includes in particular ILLC staff and students. Registration is required and free until 25 May 2019.

    For more information, see http://www.illc.uva.nl/~ulle/workshop-2019/ or contact Ulle Endriss at .
  • 5 June 2019, Vossius Center for the History of Humanities and Sciences , Hein van den Berg and Lukas Verburgt

    Date & Time: Wednesday 5 June 2019, 15:00-17:00
    Speaker: Hein van den Berg (UvA) and Lukas Verburgt (UU)
    Title: The Philosophical Tradition in Context Seminar
    Location: Faculty Room, Department of Philosophy, UvA, Oude Turfmarkt 141 Amsterdam

    Hein van den Berg (UvA) and Lukas Verburgt (UU) will present their ongoing research at the first seminar of The Philosophical Tradition in Context Seminar series of the Department of Philosophy at the University of Amsterdam. The seminar aims to bring scholars from philosophy of science, history of science and humanities, history of philosophy, metaphysics and comparative philosophy together to reflect on the interaction of philosophy and science with society and politics, and the methodology of philosophy, science and humanities.

  • 3 June 2019, Humanities & AI: Chances for Value Creation

    Date & Time: Monday 3 June 2019, 15:15-17:30
    Location: Humanities Lab AVS, Binnengasthuisstraat 9, 1012 ZA, Amsterdam

    On Monday June 3rd 2019 IXA organises an inspiration session for scientists of the faculty of Humanities of University of Amsterdam and the faculty of Humanities of the Vrije Universiteit.
    In this inspiration session we will explore the chances for value creation between the domains of Humanities and Artificial Intelligence.

    For more information, see https://www.ixa.nl/events/humanities-ai-chances-for-value-creation/ or contact Silvia Goddijn at .
  • 3 June 2019, Causal Inference Lab reading group

    Date & Time: Monday 3 June 2019, 13:00-15:00
    Title: Causal Inference Lab reading group
    Location: Room F2.02 (PostDoc meeting room), ILLC, Science Park 107, Amsterdam

    The Causal Inference Lab's biweekly reading group will meet to discuss the psychology of modality.

    In particular, we will discuss Phillips & Knobe (2018), `The psychological representation of modality' (preprint).

    Everyone who would like to discuss the above paper is very welcome to join!

    For more information, see http://projects.illc.uva.nl/cil/page_Reading-Group/ or contact Dean McHugh at .
  • 31 May 2019, Cool Logic, Thomas Randriamahazaka

    Date & Time: Friday 31 May 2019, 18:00-19:00
    Speaker: Thomas Randriamahazaka
    Title: What do I know? Circumstantialism and logical omniscience
    Location: ILLC Seminar Room F1.15, Science Park 107, Amsterdam

    The possible world semantics of epistology induces a theory of content which has the undesirable feature of 'logical omniscience', where any sentence that is 'necessary' (i.e. true in all possible worlds) is automatically considered to be 'known' by all agents. In this talk, I distinguish between several kinds of logical omniscience and investigate how different sorts of circumstantialist accounts can avoid them. I propose my own semantics for knowledge, based on Fine's truthmaker semantics, that manage to avoid (some kind of) logical omniscience while maintaining moderate rationality.

    For more information, see here or at http://events.illc.uva.nl/coollogic/talks/106 or contact Rachael Colley at .
  • 28 May 2019, Computational Linguistics Seminar, Iacer Calixto

    Date & Time: Tuesday 28 May 2019, 16:00
    Speaker: Iacer Calixto (University of Amsterdam)
    Location: ILLC Seminar Room F1.15, Science Park 107, Amsterdam
    For more information, see http://projects.illc.uva.nl/LaCo/CLS/.
  • 27 May 2019, Logic and Interactive Rationality (LIRa), Adam Bjorndahl / Emiliano Lorini

    Date & Time: Monday 27 May 2019, 12:00-14:00
    Speaker: Adam Bjorndahl (Carnegie) / Emiliano Lorini (CNRS, IRIT, Toulouse)
    Title: Measurement and Action / Rethinking Epistemic Logic with Belief Bases
    Location: ILLC Seminar Room F1.15, Science Park 107, Amsterdam
  • 24 May 2019, DIP Colloquium, Una Stojnic

    Date & Time: Friday 24 May 2019, 16:00-17:30
    Speaker: Una Stojnic (Columbia)
    Title: Anatomy of Arguments in Natural Language Discourse
    Location: ILLC Seminar Room F1.15, Science Park 107, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
  • 23 May 2019, Logic and Interactive Rationality (LIRa), Bart Verheij 

    Date & Time: Thursday 23 May 2019, 16:30-18:00
    Speaker: Bart Verheij (University of Groningen)
    Title: Artificial Intelligence and the Logic of Argumentation
    Location: ILLC Seminar Room F1.15, Science Park 107, Amsterdam
  • 23 May 2019, Computational Linguistics Seminar, Caio Corro

    Date & Time: Thursday 23 May 2019, 14:00
    Speaker: Caio Corro (University of Amsterdam)
    Title: Learning a neural parser in a low-resource scenario with a structured latent variable model
    Location: ILLC Seminar Room F1.15, Science Park 107, Amsterdam
    For more information, see http://projects.illc.uva.nl/LaCo/CLS/.
  • 22 May 2019, Algebra|Coalgebra Seminar, Helle Hvid Hansen

    Date & Time: Wednesday 22 May 2019, 16:00-17:00
    Speaker: Helle Hvid Hansen (Delft University of Technology)
    Title: Completeness of Game Logic
    Location: Room F1.15, ILLC, Science Park 107, Amsterdam
    For more information, see https://events.illc.uva.nl/alg-coalg or contact Frederik Lauridsen at .
  • 22 May 2019, LUNCH Seminar, Iris van Rooij

    Date & Time: Wednesday 22 May 2019, 13:00-14:00
    Speaker: Iris van Rooij
    Title: Why Cognitive Scientists Should Care About Computational Complexity
    Location: ILLC Common Room (F1.21), Science Park 107, Amsterdam
    For more information, see here or at https://events.illc.uva.nl/LUNCH/ or contact Sirin Botan at , or Zoi Terzopoulou at .
  • 21 May 2019, EXPRESS seminar, Una Stojnic

    Date & Time: Tuesday 21 May 2019, 16:00-17:30
    Speaker: Una Stojnic (Columbia)
    Title: Contextualizing Modality
    Location: ILLC seminar room F1.15, Science Park 107, Amsterdam
    For more information, see here or contact Leila Bussière at .
  • 20 May 2019, Causal Inference Lab, Sander Beckers

    Date & Time: Monday 20 May 2019, 13:00-15:00
    Speaker: Sander Beckers
    Title: A Principled Definition of Actual Causation
    Location: ILLC Seminar Room F1.15, Science Park 107, Amsterdam

    The Causal Inference Lab is pleased to announce that Sander Beckers (Utrecht) will visit the ILLC to present his work on definitions of actual causation.

  • 17 May 2019, Cool Logic, Matteo Ferrari

    Date & Time: Friday 17 May 2019, 18:00-19:00
    Speaker: Matteo Ferrari
    Title: Traplezing: Making sense of Fiction
    Location: ILLC Seminar Room F1.15, Science Park 107, Amsterdam

    There is a reason why we take some every-day ontological practices for granted. It is for the same reason that people in Trafalgar Square can‘t see England. ‘‘Pegasus flies’’, ‘‘Sherlock Holmes is intelligent’’ and ‘‘Apollo is not a rock-star”: all these things are conventionally accepted. The question is: how can we make sense of them? Or, to complicate the picture, consider ‘‘Ajax liked daises’’ or ‘‘Reptilians exist’’. This only gets more puzzling; but why so?

    The existence of fictional characters challenges our way of deciding whether a sentence is true or not. Different philosophical stories seem to run into different formal problems and vice versa. In short, during this talk we will discuss stories about stories and try to make sense of our ontological practices.

    Join us for drinks and snacks afterwards!

    For more information, see https://events.illc.uva.nl/coollogic/ or contact Zhuoye Zhao at .
  • 17 May 2019, The Human Factor: Doing Philosophy in a Messy World by Asking Inconvenient Questions, Catarina Dutilh Novaes

    Date & Time: Friday 17 May 2019, 15:45-17:00
    Speaker: Catarina Dutilh Novaes
    Location: Aula of VU, Main Building, De Boelelaan 1105, 1081 HV Amsterdam

    Catarina Dutilh Novaes will hold her inaugural lecture on May 17th at 15.45; reception will follow. The location is the Aula of the VU, in the VU main building.

    For more information, contact Catarina Dutilh Novaes at .
  • 16 May 2019, Logic and Interactive Rationality (LIRa), Thomas Schindler

    Date & Time: Thursday 16 May 2019, 16:30-18:00
    Speaker: Thomas Schindler
    Title: Unrestricted quantification and universal classes
    Location: ILLC Seminar Room F1.15, Science Park 107, Amsterdam
  • 15 May 2019, Launch of UvA's new Research Priority Area, Human(e) AI

    Date & Time: Wednesday 15 May 2019, 09:15-17:30
    Location: UvA Roeterseiland Campus

    Researchers and students from all faculties at the UvA are warmly invited to the event of AI at the University of Amsterdam. This
    interdisciplinary one-day event will celebrate and showcase the diversity of AI research and education at the university. During the day, the Rector Magnificus and key UvA researchers will provide an overview of AI research at UvA and participate in panels discussing the three main foci of the new Research Priority Area of Human(e) AI: AI & Society, AI & Public Values and AI & Science.

  • 14 May 2019, Joint Computational Linguistics Seminar / ABC Lecture, David Poeppel

    Date & Time: Tuesday 14 May 2019, 16:00
    Speaker: David Poeppel (New York University and Max-Planck-Institute)
    Title: Title: Brain rhythms and the encoding of structure
    Location: Room M1.02, Roeterseiland Building M, Plantage Muidergracht 12, Amsterdam
    For more information, see http://projects.illc.uva.nl/LaCo/CLS/.
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    11 May 2019, Joel Hamkins in Amsterdam 2019

    Date & Time: Saturday 11 May 2019, 10:30-17:00
    Location: Room C1.13, Belle van Zuylenzaal, Single 421–427, Amsterdam

    On Saturday, 11 May 2019, Professor Joel David Hamkins, the Sir Peter Strawson Fellow at University College Oxford, is visiting Amsterdam to speak at the Wijsgerig Festival DRIFT on the topic of Het zijn en de dingen. We used this opportunity to arrange for a small informal workshop on mathematical logic and set theory during the day. Speakers are Robert Paßmann, Sam Adam-Day, and Joel Hamkins. Everyone is cordially invited.

    For more information, see http://events.illc.uva.nl/Workshops/Hamkins2019/ or contact Benedikt Löwe at .
  • 9 May 2019, Logic and Interactive Rationality (LIRa), Fan Yang

    Date & Time: Thursday 9 May 2019, 16:30-18:00
    Speaker: Fan Yang (University of Helsinki)
    Title: Logics for first-order team properties
    Location: ILLC Seminar Room F1.15, Science Park 107, Amsterdam
  • 7 May 2019, EXPRESS seminar, Giorgio Sbardolini

    Date & Time: Tuesday 7 May 2019, 16:00
    Speaker: Giorgio Sbardolini
    Title: Aboutness paradox
    Location: ILLC seminar room F1.15, Science Park 107, Amsterdam
    For more information, see here or contact Leila Bussière at .
  • 6 May 2019, Causal inference Lab reading group

    Date & Time: Monday 6 May 2019, 13:00-15:00
    Title: Causal inference lab reading group
    Location: ILLC PostDoc Meeting Room F2.02, Science Park 107, Amsterdam

    The Causal Inference Lab's reading group will meet to discuss Lee's paper,

    'Motivating the Causal Modeling Semantics of Counterfactuals, or, Why We Should Favor the Causal Modeling Semantics over the Possible-Worlds Semantics' (https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-48357-2_5).

    Anyone interested in discussing the above paper, and causality more generally, is very welcome to join.

    For more information, see http://projects.illc.uva.nl/cil/page_Reading-Group/ or contact Dean McHugh at .
  • 3 May 2019, Computational Social Choice Seminar, Suzanne Bloks

    Date & Time: Friday 3 May 2019, 16:00
    Speaker: Suzanne Bloks (ILLC)
    Title: Minimum-sized Condorcet Winning Sets in Preference Profiles
    Location: Room F1.15, Science Park 107, Amsterdam
    For more information, see here or at https://staff.science.uva.nl/u.endriss/seminar/ or contact Ulle Endriss at .
  • 2 May 2019, Logic and Interactive Rationality (LIRa), Kaibo Xie 

    Date & Time: Thursday 2 May 2019, 16:30-18:00
    Speaker: Kaibo Xie (ILLC)
    Title: A non-strict-interventionist account for nested counterfactuals
    Location: ILLC Seminar Room F1.15, Science Park 107, Amsterdam
  • 1 May 2019, Algebra|Coalgebra Seminar, Raheleh Jalali

    Date & Time: Wednesday 1 May 2019, 16:00-17:00
    Speaker: Raheleh Jalali (Institute of Mathematics of the Czech Academy of Sciences)
    Title: A universal proof theoretical approach to interpolation
    Location: Room F1.15, ILLC, Science Park 107, Amsterdam
    For more information, see https://events.illc.uva.nl/alg-coalg or contact Frederik Lauridsen at .
  • 26 April 2019, DIP Colloquium, Jim Pryor

    Date & Time: Friday 26 April 2019, 16:00-17:30
    Speaker: Jim Pryor (NYU)
    Title: De Jure Codesignation
    Location: ILLC Room F1.15, Science Park 107, Amsterdam
  • 25 April 2019, Logic and Interactive Rationality (LIRa), Kees van Deemter 

    Date & Time: Thursday 25 April 2019, 16:30-18:00
    Speaker: Kees van Deemter (University of Utrecht and University of Aberdeen)
    Title: The Elusive Benefits of Vagueness
    Location: ILLC Seminar Room F1.15, Science Park 107, Amsterdam
  • 24 April 2019, Logic of Conceivability seminar, Igor Douven

    Date & Time: Wednesday 24 April 2019, 16:30-18:00
    Speaker: Igor Douven (CNRS, Paris)
    Title: Abductive Conditionals as a Test Case for Inferentialism
    Location: Room F3.20, ILLC, Science Park 107, Amsterdam
  • 17 April 2019, Joint LIRa-Algebra|Coalgebra Session, Valentin Goranko

    Date & Time: Wednesday 17 April 2019, 16:30-18:00
    Speaker: Valentin Goranko
    Title: Towards a Logic for Conditional Strategic Reasoning
    Location: ILLC Seminar Room F1.15, Science Park 107, Amsterdam
  • 16 April 2019, EXPRESS Seminar, Filippo Ferrari

    Date & Time: Tuesday 16 April 2019, 16:00-17:30
    Speaker: Filippo Ferrari
    Title: Logical Anti-Exceptionalism and Logical Normativity
    Location: ILLC seminar room F1.15, Science Park 107, Amsterdam
    For more information, see here or at https://inferentialexpressivism.com/seminar/ or contact Leila Bussière at .
  • 15 April 2019, AUC Logic Lectures Series, Maria Aloni

    Date & Time: Monday 15 April 2019, 18:00-19:00
    Speaker: Maria Aloni (ILLC/UvA)
    Title: Logic and Language: the case of Free Choice
    Location: AUC Common Room, Science Park 113, Amsterdam

    Formal semantics investigates natural langauge meanings using tools from formal logic. In the presentation i will briefly introduce the field and then discuss then case of free choice (FC) inferences, where conjunctive meanings are derived from disjunctive sentences contrary to the prescrtiptions of classical logic.

    There have been two main approaches to the challenge that FC inferences present for logic-based accounts of linguistic meanings: a pragmatic approach where FC inferences are treated as conversational implicatures derived as the product of rational interactions between cooperative language users and a semantic approach where FC inferences are treated as sematic entailments and therefore require the development of non-classical modal logics. After comparing the two approaches I will defend a novel hybrid appraoch where FC inferences are derived by allowing pragmatic principles intrude in the recursive process of meaning composition.

    For more information, contact Dora Achourioti at .
  • 15 April 2019, FNWI Faculteitscolloquium, Raquel Fernández

    Date & Time: Monday 15 April 2019, 16:00-16:45
    Speaker: Raquel Fernández
    Title: Computational Models of Conversation
    Location: Room C1.110, Science Park 904, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
  • 15 April 2019, MoL thesis presentations: Mathematics

    Date & Time: Monday 15 April 2019, 15:00-17:00
    Speaker: MoL students
    Title: MoL thesis presentations: Mathematics
    Location: Room F2.19, ILLC, Science Park 107, Amsterdam
    For more information, contact Maria Aloni at .
  • 11 April 2019, Logic and Interactive Rationality (LIRa), Ana Lucia Vargas Sandoval 

    Date & Time: Thursday 11 April 2019, 16:30-18:00
    Speaker: Ana Lucia Vargas Sandoval (ILLC)
    Title: On the learning with positive and with complete data
    Location: ILLC Seminar Room F1.15, Science Park 107, Amsterdam
  • 10 - 17 April 2019, Entrepeneurship in Informatics & Math

    Date: 10 - 17 April 2019
    Location: Startup Village, Science Park 608 Amsterdam
    Target audience: Professors, PD's, PhD's, Technicians, MoL students

    Are you curious about entrepreneurship and do you want to know what it takes to start your own company? ACE Incubator presents a unique entrepreneurship program in collaboration with Innovation Exchange Amsterdam (IXA). The program offers you a unique opportunity to learn the basics of venture creation and pick your brains on potential business ideas in the fields of Informatics, Math & Logic.

    The dates for the program are April 10 + 17 (2 days) with a week
    in-between.

  • 8 April 2019, MoL thesis presentations: Language, Computation and AI

    Date & Time: Monday 8 April 2019, 15:00-17:00
    Speaker: MoL students
    Title: MoL thesis presentations: Language, Computation and AI
    Location: Room F2.19, ILLC, Science Park 107, Amsterdam
    For more information, contact Maria Aloni at .
  • 8 April 2019, Causal Inference Lab reading group

    Date & Time: Monday 8 April 2019, 13:00-15:00
    Title: Causal Inference Lab reading group
    Location: ILLC PostDoc Meeting Room F2.02, Science Park 107, Amsterdam

    The ILLC's Causal Inference Lab will host its bi-weekly reading group, where we will discuss the role of time in causal learning. In particular, we will discuss the following two papers:

    Bramley et al. (2018), Time in Causal Structure Learning http://cicl.stanford.edu/papers/bramley2018time.pdf

    Davis, Bramley & Rehder, Causal Structure Learning with Continuous Variables in Continuous Time
    https://zach-davis.github.io/files/cvct_online_preprint.pdf

    All who are interested in discussing causality are very welcome to attend!

    For more information, see http://projects.illc.uva.nl/cil/page_Reading-Group/ or contact Dean McHugh at .
  • 5 April 2019, DIP Colloquium, Ivano Ciardelli

    Date & Time: Friday 5 April 2019, 16:00-17:30
    Speaker: Ivano Ciardelli (Munich)
    Title: Restriction without quantification: embedding and probability for indicative
    Location: Room F2.19, ILLC ILLC, Science Park 107, Amsterdam
  • 5 April 2019, Computational Social Choice Seminar, Daan Bloembergen

    Date & Time: Friday 5 April 2019, 16:00
    Speaker: Daan Bloembergen (CWI)
    Title: On Rational Delegations in Liquid Democracy
    Location: Room F1.15, Science Park 107, Amsterdam
    For more information, see here or at https://staff.science.uva.nl/u.endriss/seminar/ or contact Ulle Endriss at .
  • 4 April 2019, Logic and Interactive Rationality (LIRa), Malvin Gattinger

    Date & Time: Thursday 4 April 2019, 16:30-18:00
    Speaker: Malvin Gattinger (University of Groningen)
    Title: Adding Boolean Definitions to Public Announcement Logic
    Location: ILLC Seminar Room F1.15, Science Park 107, Amsterdam
  • 3 April 2019, ILLC Current Affairs Meeting

    Date & Time: Wednesday 3 April 2019, 16:30-18:00
    Location: ILLC Common Room, ILLC, Science Park 107, Amsterdam
    As in the previous editions, the purpose of this meeting is to inform you about various issues that are currently of importance in the ILLC and / or the Master of Logic programme. All ILLC staff, PhD students and guests are invited to attend.
    For more information, contact .
  • 3 April 2019, Algebra|Coalgebra Seminar, Sebastian Enqvist

    Date & Time: Wednesday 3 April 2019, 14:00-15:00
    Speaker: Sebastian Enqvist (Stockholm University)
    Title: Flat fixpoint logics with converse modalities
    Location: ILLC Seminar Room F1.15, Science Park 107, Amsterdam
    For more information, see https://events.illc.uva.nl/alg-coalg/.
  • 2 April 2019, Computational Linguistics Seminar, Sandro Pezzelle

    Date & Time: Tuesday 2 April 2019, 16:00
    Speaker: Sandro Pezzelle (University of Amsterdam)
    Title: Grounding Vague Expressions in Vision
    Location: ILLC Seminar Room F1.15, Science Park 107, The Netherlands

    Expressions like "most" or "big" are known to be vague, that is, their interpretation can be borderline and not generally-agreed. Moreover, their use is context-dependent, in a way that an entity can be "big" in one context, but not in another. Interestingly, the meaning of these expressions is shown to be mostly quantitative when they are used to refer to entities (or sets of entities) in real-world contexts; for example, "few" is used by speakers only to refer to a given range of (low) proportions. By exploiting state-of-the-art, cognitively-inspired computational techniques, I tackle the issue of modelling the meaning of vague expressions from their use in grounded contexts, specifically Vision. In the first, longer part of the talk, I will provide an overview of my recent investigations on vague quantifiers ("few", "many", "all", etc.), both at the behavioural and computational level. In the second part, shorter, I will present ongoing research on gradable adjectives ("big", "small", etc.). Any feedback and comment is more than welcome!

    For more information, see http://projects.illc.uva.nl/LaCo/CLS/.
  • 1 April 2019, MoL thesis presentations: Philosophy

    Date & Time: Monday 1 April 2019, 15:00-17:00
    Speaker: MoL students
    Title: MoL thesis presentations: Philosophy
    Location: Room F2.19, ILLC, Science Park 107, Amsterdam
    For more information, contact Maria Aloni at .
  • 29 March 2019, LUNCH Seminar, Arianna Betti (cancelled)

    Date & Time: Friday 29 March 2019, 13:00-14:00
    Speaker: Arianna Betti
    Location: ILLC Common Room (F1.21), Science Park 107, Amsterdam
    For more information, see https://events.illc.uva.nl/LUNCH/ or contact Sirin Botan at , or Zoi Terzopoulou at .
  • 28 March 2019, Logic and Interactive Rationality (LIRa), Peter Hawke 

    Date & Time: Thursday 28 March 2019, 16:30-18:00
    Speaker: Peter Hawke (ILLC)
    Title: Logical Omniscience and Knowledge Per se
    Location: ILLC Seminar Room F1.15, Science Park 107, Amsterdam
  • 27 March 2019, Algebra|Coalgebra Seminar, Graham Leigh

    Date & Time: Wednesday 27 March 2019, 16:00-17:00
    Speaker: Graham Leigh (University of Gothenburg)
    Title: Cyclic proofs for circular reasoning
    Location: ILLC Seminar Room F1.15, Science Park 107, Amsterdam
    For more information, see https://events.illc.uva.nl/alg-coalg/.
  • 27 March 2019, Computational Social Choice Seminar, Dominik Peters

    Date & Time: Wednesday 27 March 2019, 16:00
    Speaker: Dominik Peters (Oxford)
    Title: Truthful Aggregation of Budget Proposals
    Location: Room F3.20, Science Park 107, Amsterdam
    For more information, see here or at https://staff.science.uva.nl/u.endriss/seminar/ or contact Ulle Endriss at .
  • 27 March 2019, EXPRESS seminar, Sebastian Speitel

    Date & Time: Wednesday 27 March 2019, 16:00-17:30
    Speaker: Sebastian Speitel (San Diego)
    Title: Combined Criteria of Logicality
    Location: Room F2.19, ILLC, Science Park 107, Amsterdam
    For more information, see here or at https://inferentialexpressivism.com/seminar/ or contact Leila Bussière at .
  • 25 March 2019, Causal Inference Lab reading group

    Date & Time: Monday 25 March 2019, 13:00-15:00
    Title: Causal Inference Lab reading group
    Location: ILLC PostDoc Meeting Room F2.02, Science Park 107, Amsterdam

    The ILLC's Causal Inference Lab will host its bi-weekly reading group, where we will discuss temporal logics and neural networks for causal inference. In particular, we will discuss the following two (short!) papers:

    Kleinberg, Antoniotti, Ramakrishnan & Mishra (2007). Modal logic, temporal models and neural circuits: what connects them. http://www.skleinberg.org/papers/TR07.pdfKleinberg & Mishra (2009). The temporal logic of causal structures. http://www.skleinberg.org/papers/uai09.pdf

    All who are interested in discussing causality are very welcome to attend!

    For more information, see http://projects.illc.uva.nl/cil/page_Reading-Group/ or contact Dean McHugh at .
  • 22 March 2019, Computational Social Choice Seminar, Z. Emel Öztürk

    Date & Time: Friday 22 March 2019, 16:00
    Speaker: Z. Emel Öztürk (UvA)
    Title: An Efficient, Fair and Stable Solution to the River Sharing Problem
    Location: Room F1.15, Science Park 107, Amsterdam
    For more information, see here or at https://staff.science.uva.nl/u.endriss/seminar/ or contact Ulle Endriss at .
  • 21 March 2019, Logic and Interactive Rationality (LIRa), Fausto Barbero 

    Date & Time: Thursday 21 March 2019, 16:30-18:00
    Speaker: Fausto Barbero (University of Helsinki)
    Title: Interventionist Counterfactuals in Team Semantics.
    Location: ILLC Seminar Room F1.15, Science Park 107, Amsterdam
  • 20 March 2019, Logic of Conceivability seminar, Margot Strohminger

    Date & Time: Wednesday 20 March 2019, 10:00-12:00
    Speaker: Margot Strohminger (Oxford)
    Title: Offline Belief and Belief in Conditionals
    Location: Faculty room, Department of Philosophy, Oude Turfmarkt 141-143, Amsterdam
  • 18 March 2019, Computational Social Choice Seminar, Jérôme Lang

    Date & Time: Monday 18 March 2019, 15:00
    Speaker: Jérôme Lang (Paris)
    Title: Single Transferable Vote: Incomplete Knowledge and Communication Issues
    Location: Room F0.20, Science Park 107, Amsterdam
    For more information, see here or at https://staff.science.uva.nl/u.endriss/seminar/ or contact Ulle Endriss at .
  • 14 March 2019, Spinoza Lectures, Catherine Malabou

    Date & Time: Thursday 14 March 2019, 20:15-22:00
    Speaker: Catherine Malabou
    Title: Morality and Horizontality
    Location: Aula, Oude Lutherse kerk, Singel 411, Amsterdam

    Abstract:
    What has become of mutual aid, a key concept in traditional anarchism, and profoundly analyzed by Kropotkin? Being currently left aside by both post-anarchist thinkers and post-structuralist philosophers because of its supposed naturalist and rationalist grounding, it seems to live a new life under the name of «effective altruism» (Singer, Parfitt). Effective altruism opens the prospect of a decentralized morals, in which the issues of justice and the good are not referred to overarching values, but determined horizontally, out of a form of calculation. Is effective altruism a political promise or a social scandal?

  • 14 March 2019, Logic and Interactive Rationality (LIRa), Bahareh Afshari

    Date & Time: Thursday 14 March 2019, 16:30-18:00
    Speaker: Bahareh Afshari
    Title: An infinitary treatment of fixed point modal logic
    Location: ILLC Seminar Room F1.15, Science Park 107, Amsterdam
  • 14 March 2019, DIP Colloquium, Geoffrey K. Pullum

    Date & Time: Thursday 14 March 2019, 16:00-17:30
    Speaker: Geoffrey K. Pullum (Edinburgh)(Abstract)
    Title: Formalization and Prediction in Theoretical Syntax
    Location: Room F2.19, ILLC ILLC, Science Park 107, Amsterdam
  • 14 March 2019, 'Distinguished Lectures on Quantum Software', Gilles Brassard, Nicolas Gisin, Renato Renner, Stacey Jeffery, Christian Schaffner

    Date & Time: Thursday 14 March 2019, 12:45-18:30
    Speaker: Gilles Brassard (University of Montreal), Nicolas Gisin (University of Geneva), Renato Renner (ETH Zürich), Stacey Jeffery (CWI/QuSoft), Christian Schaffner (UvA/CWI/QuSoft)
    Location: Room D1.09, OMHP (Oudemanhuispoort), Oudemanhuispoort 4-6, Amsterdam

    On March 14 we will bring together 5 outstanding speakers on the subject of Quantum Cryptography and Foundations.

  • 13 March 2019, Algebra|Coalgebra Seminar, Levin Hornischer

    Date & Time: Wednesday 13 March 2019, 16:00-17:00
    Speaker: Levin Hornischer (ILLC)
    Title: Trajectory domains: analyzing the behavior of transition systems
    Location: Room F1.15, ILLC, Science Park 107, Amsterdam
    For more information, see https://events.illc.uva.nl/alg-coalg or contact Frederik Lauridsen at .
  • 12 March 2019, Computational Linguistics Seminar, Victoria Yaneva

    Date & Time: Tuesday 12 March 2019, 16:00
    Speaker: Victoria Yaneva (University of Wolverhampton)
    Title: Applying Behavioural Data to NLP Models for Solving Ambiguity and Non-compositionality
    Location: ILLC Seminar Room F1.15, Science Park 107, Amsterdam

    p> When processing a text, both humans and machines must cope with ambiguity and non-compositionality. These phenomena represent a considerable challenge for NLP systems, while at the same time there is limited evidence from online measures on how humans solve them during natural reading. We approach these two problems as one and hypothesize that obtaining information on how humans process ambiguous and non-compositional phrases can improve the computational treatment of such instances. I will present experiments on using eye-tracking data to improve NLP models for two tasks: classifying the different roles of the pronoun It (nominal anaphoric, clause anaphoric and non-referential), as well as the identification of multi-word expressions. The experiments test whether gaze-based features improve the performance of state-of-the-art NLP models and the extent to which gaze features can be used to partially or entirely substitute the crafting of linguistic ones. The best-performing models are then analysed to better understand the cognitive processing of these linguistic phenomena and findings are discussed with respect to the E-Z model of reading and the processing stages during which disambiguation occurs.

    For more information, see http://projects.illc.uva.nl/LaCo/CLS/.
  • 11 March 2019, AUC Logic Lectures Series, Rens Bod

    Date & Time: Monday 11 March 2019, 18:00-19:00
    Speaker: Rens Bod (ILLC/UvA)
    Title: Reasoning Patterns in the Humanities
    Location: AUC Common Room, Science Park 113, Amsterdam

    The central theme of my lecture is the way in which scholars throughout the ages have sought to identify reasoning patterns in disciplines like philology, art theory, musicology, linguistics, literary theory and historiography. What rules can we apply if we wish to determine whether a tale about the past is trustworthy? By what criteria are we to distinguish consonant from dissonant musical intervals? What rules jointly describe all possible grammatical sentences in a language? How can modern digital methods enhance pattern-seeking in the humanities? I contend that the hallowed opposition between the sciences (mathematical, experimental, dominated by universal laws) and the humanities (allegedly concerned with unique events and hermeneutic methods) is a mistake born of a myopic failure to appreciate the way of reasoning that lies at the heart of this inquiry.

    For more information, contact Dora Achourioti at .
  • 11 March 2019, Data Science Career Fair (VU Amsterdam)

    Date & Time: Monday 11 March 2019, 15:00-19:30
    Location: VU University Amsterdam, Boelelaan 1105
    Target audience: MoL students and PhD candidates

    Amsterdam Data Science and the Big Data Alliance are pleased to announce that registration is now open for the second edition of the Data Science Career Fair in Amsterdam. The career fair will take place on Monday, 11 March from 15:00-19:30 at VU University Amsterdam.

    We kindly invite all Master & PhD students keen to follow a Technical, Data Science or AI career with a tech background (e.g. AI, Data Science, Econometrics, Business analytics, Computer Science, Informatics, Information Systems Software Engineering etc.) to participate in this career fair.

  • 11 March 2019, Causal Inference Lab reading group

    Date & Time: Monday 11 March 2019, 13:00-15:00
    Title: Causal Inference Lab reading group
    Location: ILLC PostDoc Meeting Room F2.02, Science Park 107, Amsterdam

    The Causal Inference Lab is hosting a reading group on judgements of actual causation as part of its reading group (Mondays 13:00-15:00 at the ILLC). We will read the following (very brief!) papers:

    Pearl (2019). On the interpretation of do(x).
    Hitchcock (2017). Actual causation: What’s the use?
    Hitchcock (2012). Portable causal dependence: a tale of consilience.

    All are very welcome to discuss the above papers with us on Monday.

    For more information, see http://projects.illc.uva.nl/cil/page_Reading-Group/ or contact Dean McHugh at .
  • 8 March 2019, Heyting Day 2019: Frege's Der Gedanke

    Date & Time: Friday 8 March 2019, 10:00-16:30
    Location: Trippenhuis KNAW, Kloveniersburgwal 29, 1011 JV Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Heyting Day 2019 is devoted to Frege’s momentous philosophical paper Der Gedanke (1918-1919), which addresses such fundamental questions as 'What is truth? What is meaning? How can thoughts be shared?' The talks organised on Heyting Day provide historical background and illustrate how Frege’s work is still relevant to
    the lively contemporary debate.

  • 7 March 2019, Logic and Interactive Rationality (LIRa), Shane Steinert-Threlkeld

    Date: Thursday 7 March 2019
    Speaker: Shane Steinert-Threlkeld (ILLC)
    Title: Explaining Semantic Universals
    Location: ILLC Seminar Room F1.15, Science Park 107, Amsterdam
  • 6 March 2019, EXPRESS Seminar, Mariangela Cocchiaro

    Date & Time: Wednesday 6 March 2019, 12:15
    Speaker: Mariangela Cocchiaro
    Title: The significance of Economics for the epistemology of peer disagreement
    Location: ILLC seminar room F1.15, Science Park 107, Amsterdam
    For more information, see here or at https://inferentialexpressivism.com/seminar/ or contact Leïla Bussière at .
  • 5 March 2019, Computational Linguistics Seminar, Afra Alishahi

    Date & Time: Tuesday 5 March 2019, 14:00
    Speaker: Afra Alishahi (Tilburg)
    Title: Getting closer to reality: Grounding and interaction in models of human language acquisition
    Location: Room F2.19, ILLC, Science Park 107, Amsterdam
    For more information, see http://projects.illc.uva.nl/LaCo/CLS/.
  • 5 March 2019, NWO presents the new Science PPP fund at IXA

    Date & Time: Tuesday 5 March 2019, 10:00-11:00
    Location: Room B0.160, Science Park 904, Amsterdam

    Do you want to know more about funding opportunities for research projects with industry? NWO is coming to visit us to present the new Science PPP Fund. The Science PPP Fund offers EUR 12 million for bottom-up research carried out within public-private partnerships between knowledge institutions and companies. Projects need to follow within scope and budget of the top sectors Chemistry (incl. BBE), Energy, High-Tech Systems & Materials, Agri & Food and ICT. The call opens at the beginning of February.

    If you want to sign up for this presentation, send an email to

  • 4 March 2019, A world full of patterns, Rens Bod

    Date & Time: Monday 4 March 2019, 16:30-17:00
    Speaker: Rens Bod
    Location: ILLC common room, F1.21, Science Park 107, Amsterdam
    For more information, see here or at http://devergetenwetenschappen.blogspot.com/ or contact Jelle Zuidema at .
  • 4 March 2019, Computational Social Choice Seminar, Adrian Haret

    Date & Time: Monday 4 March 2019, 15:00
    Speaker: Adrian Haret (Vienna)
    Title: Preference Aggregation with Incomplete CP-nets
    Location: Room F1.15, Science Park 107, Amsterdam
    For more information, see here or at https://staff.science.uva.nl/u.endriss/seminar/ or contact Ulle Endriss at .
  • 4 March 2019, Causal Inference Lab

    Date & Time: Monday 4 March 2019, 13:00-15:00
    Title: CIL Reading group: Bayesian inference
    Location: F2.02 (PostDoc meeting room)

    The Causal Inference Lab is hosting a reading group on Bayesian inference as part of its biweekly reading group (Mondays 13:00-15:00 at the ILLC).

    We will read two papers: Sanborn and Chater (2016), The Bayesian brain without probabilities and Bonawitz, Denison, Gopnik & Griffiths (2014), Win-Stay, Lose-Sample: A simple sequential algorithm for approximating Bayesian inference.

    All are welcome to discuss the above papers with us on Monday.

    For more information, see here or at http://projects.illc.uva.nl/cil/page_Reading-Group/ or contact Dean McHugh at .
  • 1 March 2019, Cool Logic, Angelica Hill

    Date & Time: Friday 1 March 2019, 18:00-19:00
    Speaker: Angelica Hill
    Title: An introduction to Event Calculus as a model for the semantics of tense in natural language
    Location: ILLC Seminar Room F1.15, Science Park 107, Amsterdam

    Event Calculus (EC) was originally created for modeling commands in programming within the field of Artificial Intelligence. However, in their book, "The Proper Treatment of Events" the ILLC's Michiel van Lambalgen and his co-author Fritz Hamm take a cognitive scientific approach and show that EC is also an extremely effective model for the semantics of tense in natural language (as opposed to say, possible world semantics).

    In the presentation we'll go over the basics of EC, dive into the wonderful world of tense, aspect, and events, and see how EC intuitively captures our understanding of temporality expressed in language. I'll also discuss what I am currently working on, specifically, how I intend to use EC to tackle some current issues with a certain type of conditional. It's gonna be inTense!

    For more information, see here or at https://events.illc.uva.nl/coollogic/talks/101 or contact Rachael Colley at .
  • 1 March 2019, Computational Social Choice Seminar, Arianna Novaro

    Date & Time: Friday 1 March 2019, 16:00
    Speaker: Arianna Novaro (Toulouse)
    Title: Collective Decisions with Logic-based Goals
    Location: ILLC Room F1.15, Science Park 107, Amsterdam
    For more information, see here or at https://staff.science.uva.nl/u.endriss/seminar/ or contact Ulle Endriss at .
  • 28 February 2019, Logic and Interactive Rationality (LIRa), Katrin Schulz

    Date & Time: Thursday 28 February 2019, 16:30-18:00
    Speaker: Katrin Schulz
    Title: Conditionals, Causality and Conditional Probability
    Location: ILLC Seminar Room F1.15, Science Park 107, Amsterdam
  • 28 February 2019, Computational Social Choice Seminar, Marija Slavkovik

    Date & Time: Thursday 28 February 2019, 15:00
    Speaker: Marija Slavkovik (Bergen)
    Title: Aggregation of Likelihood Judgments
    Location: ILLC Seminar Room F1.15, Science Park 107, Amsterdam
    For more information, see here or at https://staff.science.uva.nl/u.endriss/seminar/ or contact Ulle Endriss at .
  • 27 February 2019, Algebra|Coalgebra Seminar, Clemens Kupke

    Date & Time: Wednesday 27 February 2019, 16:00-17:00
    Speaker: Clemens Kupke (University of Strathclyde)
    Title: Coalgebra Learning via Duality
    Location: Room F1.15, ILLC, Science Park 107, Amsterdam
    For more information, see https://events.illc.uva.nl/alg-coalg or contact Frederik Lauridsen at .
  • 22 February 2019, DIP Colloquium, Jacopo Romoli

    Date & Time: Friday 22 February 2019, 16:00-17:30
    Speaker: Jacopo Romoli (Ulster)
    Title: Homogeneity or implicature: an experimental approach
    Location: ILLC Seminar Room F1.15, Science Park 107, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
  • 21 February 2019, Spinoza Lectures, Catherine Malabou

    Date & Time: Thursday 21 February 2019, 20:15-22:00
    Speaker: Catherine Malabou
    Title: Beyond the "archic" Principle
    Location: Aula, Oude Lutherse kerk, Singel 411, Amsterdam

    Abstract:
    In contemporary Western philosophy, destruction or deconstruction of metaphysics has been presented by prominent thinkers like Levinas, Derrida or Schürmann as the liberation of an an-archic way of thinking. The possibility of questioning and acting beyond the «arkhè», beyond the principle (commandment and beginning at the same time), has opened new perspectives in ontology and ethics. Levinas, for example, characterizes the relation to the Other in terms of «an-archic responsibility». Interestingly, such an ontological and ethical anarchy has always been strictly distinguished from political anarchism. Can we envisage a confrontation between the two traditions? Is "post anarchism" a satisfactory way of setting it up?

  • 21 February 2019, Logic and Interactive Rationality (LIRa), Leendert van Maanen

    Date & Time: Thursday 21 February 2019, 16:30-18:00
    Speaker: Leendert van Maanen
    Title: Evidence accumulation modeling to understand simple and complex behavior.
    Location: ILLC Seminar Room F1.15, Science Park 107, Amsterdam
  • 20 February 2019, LUNCH Seminar, Martha Lewis

    Date & Time: Wednesday 20 February 2019, 13:00-14:00
    Speaker: Martha Lewis
    Title: Compositionality in vector space models of meaning
    Location: ILLC Common Room (F1.21), Science Park 107, Amsterdam

    We interact with computers every day, and often using something like human language. There is therefore a huge amount of research going into how to represent human language computationally. Modelling words as vectors has been one of the most successful approaches over recent years. However, it is not immediately clear how to combine word vectors together to make phrases and sentences. On the other hand, formal semantics gives a clear
    account of how to compose words, but it is not so obvious how to represent their meanings. I will give an overview of the model I work with that shows how to combine word vectors using formal semantics. I will also describe its limitations and will appreciate ideas and questions.

    For more information, see https://events.illc.uva.nl/LUNCH/ or contact Sirin Botan at , or Zoi Terzopoulou at .
  • 18 February 2019, Causal Inference Lab

    Date & Time: Monday 18 February 2019, 13:00-15:00
    Title: Causal Inference Lab reading group
    Location: ILLC PostDoc Meeting Room F2.02, Science Park 107, Amsterdam

    The ILLC has a new group, called the Causal Inference Lab, dedicated to investigating causality. The group hosts a reading group every second Monday, 13:00-15:00, which everyone very welcome to attend.

    For our next session, Monday 18 February 13:00-15:00, we will read Rachael Briggs' paper, 'Interventionist Counterfactuals' (https://doi.org/10.1007/s11098-012-9908-5). Briggs applies causal models to represent the truth-conditionals of counterfactuals such as "If you had taken the train or the metro, you would have arrived on time."

    If you are interested in discussing causal inference with us, please do come along!

    For more information, see here or at http://projects.illc.uva.nl/cil/page_Reading-Group/ or contact Dean McHugh at .
  • 15 February 2019, Cool Logic, Leo Lobski

    Date & Time: Friday 15 February 2019, 18:00-19:00
    Speaker: Leo Lobski
    Title: An Introduction to Graphical Linear Algebra (or how to do rigorous mathematics with wires and boxes)
    Location: ILLC seminar room F1.15, Science Park 107, Amsterdam

    We introduce the graphical language of string diagrams, which allow us to reason about mathematical structures by drawing pictures. Specifically, we use string diagrams to define monoids and comonoids, and demonstrate how the matrices of natural numbers arise from interactions between a monoid and a comonoid. By studying a certain class of categories known as PROPs, we will see that the diagrammatic approach is in fact in one-to-one correspondence with the algebraic one. We proceed to outline how this generalises to matrices with rational entries, thus recasting all of the (rational, finite-dimensional) linear algebra in terms of string diagrams.

    Join us for snacks and drinks in the common room after the talk!

    For more information, see https://events.illc.uva.nl/coollogic/talks/100 or contact Mina Young Pedersen at .
  • 14 February 2019, Logic and Interactive Rationality (LIRa), Aidan Lyon

    Date & Time: Thursday 14 February 2019, 16:30-18:00
    Speaker: Aidan Lyon (ILLC)
    Title: Psychedelic Experience and the Mathematics of Hallucination
    Location: ILLC Seminar Room F1.15, Science Park 107, Amsterdam
  • 12 February 2019, Computational Linguistics Seminar, Angelilki Lazaridou

    Date & Time: Tuesday 12 February 2019, 16:00
    Speaker: Angelilki Lazaridou (Google Deep Mind)
    Title: Emergence of (linguistic) communication through multi-agent interactions
    Location: Room F3.20, KdV, Science Park 107, Amsterdam
    For more information, see http://projects.illc.uva.nl/LaCo/CLS/ or contact Raquel Fernandez at .
  • 8 February 2019, Computational Social Choice Seminar, Femke Bekius

    Date & Time: Friday 8 February 2019, 16:30
    Speaker: Femke Bekius (Delft)
    Title: Game Concepts to Understand Collective Decision-Making on Complex Systems
    Location: ILLC Room F1.15, Science Park 107, Amsterdam
    For more information, see here or at https://staff.science.uva.nl/u.endriss/seminar/ or contact Ulle Endriss at .
  • 1 February 2019, Cool Logic, Jack Harding

    Date & Time: Friday 1 February 2019, 18:00-19:00
    Speaker: Jack Harding
    Title: Diagnostic Classifiers for Language Models
    Location: ILLC seminar room F1.15, Science Park 107, Amsterdam

    How do neural language models keep track of number agreement between subject and verb? We show that `diagnostic classifiers', trained to predict number from the internal states of a language model, provide a detailed understanding of how, when, and where this information is represented. Moreover, they give us insight into when and where number information is corrupted in cases where the language model ends up making agreement errors. To demonstrate the causal role played by the representations we find, we then use agreement information to influence the course of the LSTM during the processing of difficult sentences. Results from such an intervention reveal a large increase in the language model's accuracy. Together, these results show that diagnostic classifiers give us an unrivalled detailed look into the representation of linguistic information in neural models, and demonstrate that this knowledge can be used to improve their performance.As always, after the talk there will be beers and snack in the common room.

    For more information, see https://events.illc.uva.nl/coollogic/talks/98 or contact Rachael Colley at .
  • 1 February 2019, Lecture, Giancarlo Guizzadi

    Date & Time: Friday 1 February 2019, 10:30-12:00
    Speaker: Giancarlo Guizzadi (Free University of Bolzano-Bozen)
    Title: Conceptual Models as Ontological Contracts
    Location: Room F2.19, ILLC, Science Park 107, Amsterdam
    For more information, see here or contact .
  • 31 January 2019, Logic and Interactive Rationality (LIRa), Gabrielle Gramelsberger

    Date & Time: Thursday 31 January 2019, 16:30-18:00
    Speaker: Gabrielle Gramelsberger
    Title: The challenge of non-linearity and the need for computer-based modelling and simulation in science
    Location: ILLC Seminar Room F1.15, Science Park 107, Amsterdam
  • 30 January 2019, Algebra|Coalgebra Seminar, David Gabelaia

    Date & Time: Wednesday 30 January 2019, 16:00-17:00
    Speaker: David Gabelaia (Tbilisi State University, A. Razmadze Mathematical Institute)
    Title: Modal logics of polygons and beyond
    Location: Room F1.15, ILLC, Science Park 107, Amsterdam
    For more information, see http://events.illc.uva.nl/alg-coalg or contact Frederik Lauridsen at .
  • 28 January 2019, Logic and Interactive Rationality (LIRa), Dag Westerstahl

    Date & Time: Monday 28 January 2019, 16:30-18:00
    Speaker: Dag Westerstahl
    Title: Logicality revisited: constants vs. consequence
    Location: ILLC Seminar Room F1.15, Science Park 107, Amsterdam
  • 28 January 2019, Computational Linguistics Seminar, Reshmi Gopalakrishna Pillai

    Date & Time: Monday 28 January 2019, 14:00
    Speaker: Reshmi Gopalakrishna Pillai (University of Wolverhampton)
    Title: Identifying indicators and reasons for psychological stress in social media content
    For more information, see http://projects.illc.uva.nl/LaCo/CLS/.
  • 25 January 2019, Open Access: turning promises into reality

    Date & Time: Friday 25 January 2019, 14:30-17:00
    Location: Turing room, Science Park 123, 1098 XG Amsterdam

    CWI organizes a meeting concerning Open Access aimed for a broad audience. It will be devoted to a discussion of Plan S, an initiative for Open Access publishing, launched in September 2018, and supported by an international consortium of research funders, including NWO, and to two radical initiatives, SciPost, and Open Research Central.

  • 25 January 2019, LUNCH Seminar, Catholijn Jonker

    Date & Time: Friday 25 January 2019, 13:00-14:00
    Speaker: Catholijn Jonker (TU Delft)
    Title: Shared mental models in the context of Explainable AI
    Location: ILLC Common Room (F1.21), Science Park 107, Amsterdam

    Shared mental models in the context of Explainable AI

    Explainable AI is receiving a lot of attention these days. This is fantastic and important given the increasing use and impact of artificial intelligence, in particular Machine Learning. I think I have been working on Explainable AI for many years now, and I have always approached this from a Knowledge Representation point of view in which Shared Mental Models (and Team Mental Models) have played a big role. I would like to discuss this with you and come to some joint insights as to their possible roles in Explainable Machine Learning.

    For more information, see https://events.illc.uva.nl/LUNCH/ or contact Sirin Botan at , or Zoi Terzopoulou at .
  • 24 January 2019, AI? That's logical!, Frank van Harmelen

    Date & Time: Thursday 24 January 2019, 20:00
    Speaker: Frank van Harmelen (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
    Location: De Balie, Amsterdam

    Abstract:
    The history of AI has been a continuous swing of the pendulum between the extremes of logical reasoning and statistical learning; or, as Judea Pearl has it: between Greek philosophers and Babylonian curve fitters. In recent years, the pendulum has swung strongly towards the statistical methods. We'll take a close look at the history of AI, and we'll identify the strong and weak points of both schools of thought. This will lead to a set of challenges to be taken up by logicians if they are interested in contributing to one of the most exciting intellectual endeavours of our time.

    The talk is the public part of the conference SYSMICS2019, an international scientific meeting in the area of logic.

  • 24 January 2019, Computational Linguistics Seminar, Duygu Ataman

    Date & Time: Thursday 24 January 2019, 11:00
    Speaker: Duygu Ataman (University of Zürich)
    Title: A Latent Morphology Model for Open-Vocabulary Neural Machine Translation
    Location: ILLC Seminar Room F1.15, Science Park 107, Amsterdam
    For more information, see http://projects.illc.uva.nl/LaCo/CLS/.
  • 23 January 2019, Book Presentation by Rens Bod (in Dutch)

    Date & Time: Wednesday 23 January 2019, 17:00
    Location: Uitgeverij Prometheus, Herengracht 48, te Amsterdam

    Met veel genoegen nodigt Uitgeverij Prometheus u uit voor de presentatie van Een wereld vol patronen van Rens Bod. De presentatie vindt plaats op woensdag 23 januari om 17.00 uur ten huize van de uitgeverij, Herengracht 48, te Amsterdam. De eerste exemplaren van het boek worden in ontvangst genomen door Geert ten Dam, Voorzitter College van Bestuur van de Universiteit van Amsterdam, en Mirjam van Praag, Voorzitter College van Bestuur van de Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.

  • 22 January 2019, Utrecht Logic In Progress Seminar (TULIPS), Daniel Cohnitz

    Date & Time: Tuesday 22 January 2019, 16:00-17:30
    Speaker: Daniel Cohnitz (Utrecht)
    Title: How to adopt a logic
    Location: Van Ravensteijnzaal, Kromme Nieuwegracht 80, Utrecht
    For more information, see https://tulips.sites.uu.nl/upcoming-talks/.
  • 21 - 25 January 2019, Syntax Meets Semantics 2019 (SYSMICS 2019), Amsterdam, the Netherlands

    Date: 21 - 25 January 2019
    Location: Doelenzaal, University Library, Singel 425 Amsterdam, the Netherlands
    Deadline: Friday 19 October 2018

    Substructural logics are formal reasoning systems that refine classical logic by weakening structural rules in a Gentzen-style sequent calculus. Traditionally, substructural logics have been investigated using proof theoretic and algebraic methods. In recent years, combined approaches have started to emerge. The programme of the SYSMICS conference will focus on interactions between syntactic and semantic methods in substructural logics. This conference is the last of a series of meetings planned in the SYSMICS RISE project during 2016-2019.

    For more information, see http://events.illc.uva.nl/SYSMICS2019/.
  • 18 January 2019, Dutch Social Choice Colloquium

    Date & Time: Friday 18 January 2019, 13:30-18:00
    Location: Maasstricht

    Speakers: Kristof Bosmans, Bettina Klaus, Flip Klijn, Jordi Massó, Ton Storcken.

  • 17 January 2019, ILLC Meeting on ICT Facilities

    Date & Time: Thursday 17 January 2019, 16:00-17:00
    Location: ILLC, room F1.15, Science Park 107, Amsterdam

    We are planning a meeting to discuss ICT facilities available to people at ILLC. In particular, we would like to make an inventory of
    what is available now and to whom. And we wish to discuss if this is
    enough, or if more is needed. And if so, what exactly.

    For more information, contact Peter van Ormondt at .
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    14 January 2019, ILLC New Year's Colloquium 2019

    Date & Time: Monday 14 January 2019, 16:00-17:15
    Location: ILLC Common Room, Room F1.21, Science Park 107, Amsterdam

    The ILLC Colloquium is a half-yearly festive event (either the New Year's Colloquium, the Midsummernight Colloquium or the Midwinter Colloquium) that brings together the three research groups at the ILLC. Each colloquium consists of three main talks by representatives from the Logic and Language group, the Language and Computation group and the Logic and Computation group, which are occasionally followed by Wild Idea Talks. The colloquium is concluded by a get together of the entire ILLC community.

    For more information, see http://www.illc.uva.nl/ILLCColloquium/ or contact Christian Schaffner at .
  • 7 - 11 January 2019, "Lean together", workshop on the Lean proof assistant, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Date: 7 - 11 January 2019
    Location: Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    From 7-11 January next year there will be a workshop on the Lean proof assistant at the Free University in Amsterdam.

    The workshop will include introductory tutorials, scientific talks, and collaboration time for developers and users. Tutorials will be aimed at a mathematically experienced audience with little background in formal methods. Presentation topics may include (but are not limited to) the development of formal theories and libraries, tools and automation for formalization, the use of proof assistants in mathematics and computer science education, translating between formal and informal mathematics, and theoretical aspects of proof assistants. We welcome relevant work in proof assistants other than Lean. Participants who are interested in giving a talk or running a tutorial or discussion are asked to contact the organizers

Calls for Paper

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    18 - 20 December 2019, 22nd Amsterdam Colloquium, Amsterdam Science Park

    Date: 18 - 20 December 2019
    Location: Amsterdam Science Park
    Target audience: Linguists, philosophers, logicians, cognitive scientists and computer scientists who share an interest in the formal study of the semantics and pragmatics of natural and formal languages
    Deadline: Sunday 1 September 2019

    The 22nd Amsterdam Colloquium will be held on 18-20 December, 2019 to bring together linguists, philosophers, logicians, cognitive scientists and computer scientists who share an interest in the formal study of the semantics and pragmatics of natural and formal languages.

    The Amsterdam Colloquium will feature two workshops: one on Semantic Universals, featuring Terry Regier (Berkeley) and Suzi Lima (University of Toronto); and one on Super Linguistics, featuring Cornelia Ebert (Berlin) and Gabe Greenberg (UCLA).

    The regular programme will feature talks by Kathryn Davidson (Harvard), Lucas Champollion (NYU), Imogen Dickie (St Andrews) and Fabrizio Cariani (Northwestern). The Amsterdam Colloquium will also feature one evening lecture by Ian Rumfitt (Oxford), jointly organized with the E.W. Beth Foundation.

    The Amsterdam Colloquium invites the submission of anonymous abstracts of at most two pages. The deadline for the submission of abstracts is September 1, 2019. Authors will be notified of acceptance by October 20, 2019. Full papers (10 pages) to be included in the proceedings are due on December 1, 2019. The proceedings of the Amsterdam Colloquium will be downloadable from the Amsterdam Colloquium website during the conference.

    For more information, see http://events.illc.uva.nl/AC/AC2019/ or contact Floris Roelofsen at .
  • 16 - 20 December 2019, XVIIIth Simposio Latino Americano de Logica Matematica (SLALM 2019), Conception, Chile

    Date: 16 - 20 December 2019
    Location: Conception, Chile
    Deadline: Sunday 2 June 2019

    The SLALM was conceived in the late 1960s by Abraham Robinson, who at the time was President of the ASL. It brings together the community of researchers in logic in Latin America and is nourished by the crucial participation of researchers from around the world.

    The Programme Committee cordially invites all researchers to submit their abstracts and posters for presentation.

    For more information, see http://slalmxviii.udec.cl.
  • 11 December 2019, 4th International Workshop on MIning and REasoning with Legal texts (MIREL 2019), Madrid, Spain

    Date: Wednesday 11 December 2019
    Location: Madrid, Spain
    Deadline: Monday 4 November 2019

    MIREL-2019 workshop aims at bridging the gap between the community working on legal ontologies and NLP parsers and the community working on reasoning methods and formal logic, in line with the objectives of the MIREL (MIning and REasoning with Legal texts) project.

    The workshop aims at fostering the scientific discussion between approaches based on language technologies applied to the legal domain (representing legal knowledge) and those based on legal reasoning (using the legal knowledge to build specialized services and applications).

    We invite submissions of long (up to 12 pages) and short (up to 7 pages) papers, in LNCS format. The proceedings will be published in a volume of the CEUR proceedings series.

  • 8 - 13 December 2019, 1st World Congress of the Brazilian Academy of Philosophy (CREATIVITY 2019) in Honor of Newton da Costa 90th Birthday, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

    Date: 8 - 13 December 2019
    Location: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

    The event will take place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, December 8-13, 2019 Everybody is welcome to join us for a major philosophical event in one of the most beautiful and fascinating cities in the world.

    All papers related in one way or another to creativity are welcome, in particular those dealing with the following issues:
    - Creativity in Art, Science, Philosophy and Nature
    - How to create? Inspiration? Methodology?
    - How does creation appear, develop, manifest?

  • 4 - 6 December 2019, Conference for Philosophy of Science and Formal Methods in Philosophy (CoPS-FaM-19), Gdansk, Poland

    Date: 4 - 6 December 2019
    Location: Gdansk, Poland
    Deadline: Saturday 31 August 2019

    The International Conference for Philosophy of Science and Formal Methods in Philosophy (CoPS-FaM-19) of the Polish Association for Logic and Philosophy of Science will take place on December 4-6, 2019 at the University of Gdansk (in cooperation with the University of Warsaw). The conference will feature invited and contributed talks in Mathematical Logic,Philosophy of Mathematics & Philosophy of Science,Philosophical Logic, andFormal Philosophy (including formal epistemology, formal ethics, and applications of formal methods to philosophical issues in general etc.).

    Keynote speakers: Hitoshi Omori (Ruhr-Universität Bochum), Oystein Linnebo (University of Oslo), Miriam Schoenfield (MIT), Stanislav Speranski (St. Petersburg State University) and Katya Tentori (University of Trento).

    We are looking for high-quality abstracts with innovative elements, but we also will aim at diversity in terms of research topics and presenters (e.g. career stage, being part of underrepresented groups, or geographical origin). Submissions from PhD candidates, early career researchers, and researchers from underrepresented groups are especially welcome.

    For more information, see http://lopsegdansk.blogspot.com/p/cops-fam-19-cfp.html or contact Rafal Urbaniak at .
  • 29 November 2019, 5th Workshop on Connexive Logics, Bochum, Germany

    Date: Friday 29 November 2019
    Location: Bochum, Germany
    Deadline: Tuesday 15 October 2019

    Systems of connexive logic have been motivated by considerations on a content connection between the antecedent and succedent of valid implications and by applications that range from Aristotle's syllogistic to Categorial Grammar and the study of causal implications. After four workshops on connexive logics in Istanbul, Raesfeld Castle, Kyoto and Bochum, a fifth workshop on connexive logics will take place in Bochum (Germany) on the 29th of November, 2019.

    The fifth workshop aims at discussing directions for future research in connexive logics. Special focus will be given on historical aspects as well as connections to conditional logics. The workshop will be collocated with a workshop on the Logic of Paradox, from the 25th to 27th, and a workshop on FDE-based modal logic on the 28th. Keynote speakers: Vincenzo Crupi, Andrea Iacona, Spencer Johnston and Marko Malink.

    Any papers related to connexive logics are welcome. Submissions of extended abstracts (up to five pages) should be sent to both organizers as a pdf file. Topics of interest include (but are not limited to) the following:
    - Historical considerations of the notion of connexivity;
    - Discussions on the notion of connexive logics;
    - Examinations of various systems of connexive logics;
    - Relations between connexive logics and other nonclassical logics, such as conditional logics;
    - Philosophical implications of connexive logics;
    - Discussions on the relation between Experimental philosophy and connexivity.

    For more information, see http://plato.stanford.edu/archives/fall2014/entries/logic-connexive/ or contact Hitoshi Omori at , or Heinrich Wansing at .
  • 29 - 30 November 2019, XI Autumn Conference in Logic (XI Jesienna Konferencja Logiki) , Lublin, Poland

    Date: 29 - 30 November 2019
    Location: Lublin, Poland

    The conference will take place in Lublin at the Catholic University of Lublin (Poland) on November 29-30, 2019. The subject this year will be "Advances in Philosophical Logic". Invited keynote speakers: Valentin Goranko, Stockholm University Ondrej Majer, Czech Academy of Science Antonino Rotolo, University of Bologna Marek Sergot, Imperial College London.

    For more information, see http://www.philosophy.kul.pl/logic or contact Alicja Pluta at .
  • 28 - 29 November 2019, Mental Representations in a Mechanical World, Bochum, Germany

    Date: 28 - 29 November 2019
    Location: Bochum, Germany
    Deadline: Sunday 16 June 2019

    The concept of representation is ubiquitous in cognitive science and in the philosophy of mind. Neural representations are postulated by neuroscientists to explain sub-personal phenomena such as the processing of visual information in the brain, while mental representations are taken to explain person-level phenomena, such as imagination, or consciousness. But non-representationalists contend that postulating representations of any sort is unnecessary or problematic. This workshop investigates the status of representations in a mechanical account of the mind and cognition. One core question will be whether the status of neural and mental representation is equally problematic. A second core question concerns the relationship between neural and mental representations.

    Speakers: Joe Dewhurst (LMU), Carrie Figdor (Iowa), Jolien Francken (Amsterdam), Matej Kohar (RUB), Beate Krickel (RUB), Marcin Milkowski (Polish Academy of Sciences) and Karina Vold (Cambridge).

    A number of further presentation slots have been reserved for interested scholars selected by double-blind peer review process. The contributions should be suitable for a 30 minute presentation.

    For more information, see http://meta4e.com/workshop/.
  • 20 - 22 November 2019, Circularity in Syntax and Semantics (CiSS), Gothenburg, Sweden

    Date: 20 - 22 November 2019
    Location: Gothenburg, Sweden
    Deadline: Friday 6 September 2019

    The conference is dedicated to aspects of circularity and ill-foundedness in formal methods. The aim is to gather together researchers who study and/or utilise these phenomena from different perspectives such as provability, formal reasoning, construction, computation and complexity. The 2019 Lindström Lectures will be held in connection with CiSS and delivered by Johan van Benthem.

    As well as invited speakers there will be sessions for contributed talks. Topics of interest include (but are not restricted to): Logics with circular or self-referential semantics,  Models of infinite computation, including automata and games, Non-wellfounded or circular derivation systems for provability, satisfiability, type-checking, etc., Impredicative constructions in foundations, Self-reference in natural and formal languages and their treatment, and  Philosophical considerations of any of the above topics.

    For more information, see http://www.cse.chalmers.se/~bahafs/CiSS2019/ or contact Bahareh Afshari at .
  • 19 - 22 November 2019, The 18th International Conference of the Italian Association for Artificial Intelligence (AIIA 2019), Rende, Italy

    Date: 19 - 22 November 2019
    Location: Rende, Italy
    Deadline: Tuesday 25 June 2019

    AIIA 2019 is organized by the Italian Association for Artificial Intelligence (AIIA – Associazione Italiana per l’Intelligenza Artificiale), which is a non-profit scientific society founded in 1988 devoted to the promotion of Artificial Intelligence. The society aims to increase the public awareness of AI, encourage the teaching of it and promote research in the field. The conference covers broadly the many aspects of theoretical and applied Artificial Intelligence. A Doctoral Consortium and a series of workshops dedicated to specific topics enhance the program.

    AIIA 2019 welcomes submissions covering all areas of AI, including (but not limited to) machine learning, search, planning, knowledge representation, reasoning, constraint satisfaction, natural language processing, robotics and perception, and multiagent systems. We encourage all types of high-quality contributions including theoretical, engineering and applied papers. We also encourage contributions on AI techniques in the context of novel application domains, such as security, sustainability, health care, transportation, and commerce.

    Besides regular original papers, in this edition we also welcome discussion papers containing descriptions of results recently published or accepted for the presentation in international conferences. Discussion papers are expected to be more broadly accessible than regular papers, they are an opportunity for the authors to present their recent results to the AI community, and a valuable addition for the attendees of AIIA 2019.

    For more information, see https://aiia2019.mat.unical.it.
  • 19 - 22 November 2019, First Workshop on Artificial Intelligence and fOrmal VERification, Logic, Automata, and sYnthesis (OVERLAY), Rende, Italy

    Date: 19 - 22 November 2019
    Location: Rende, Italy
    Deadline: Friday 6 September 2019

    The increasing adoption of Artificial Intelligence techniques in safety-critical systems, employed in real world scenarios, requires the design of reliable, robust and verifiable methodologies. The combined efforts of notable Italian researchers, that have been collaborating for several years in complementary fields such as specification, verification, and synthesis of reactive systems, artificial intelligence, controller synthesis, etc., has led to the creation of a new research group on Artificial Intelligence and fOrmal VERification, Logic, Automata, and sYnthesis (OVERLAY). The group aims at investigating novel methods and algorithms supporting the design and development of autonomous safety-critical systems.

    The workshop, part of the AIxIA 2019 conference, is the first official initiative supported by OVERLAY, presenting the research group and its current results to the Italian AI scientific community. The event aims at establishing a stable, long-term scientific forum on relevant topics connected to the relationships between Artificial Intelligence and Formal Methods, by providing a stimulating environment where researchers can discuss about opportunities and challenges at the border of the two areas.

    We elicit the contribution of extended abstracts (4 pages + references) discussing the interaction of Artificial Intelligence and Formal Methods. Contributed papers can present recent results at the border of the two fields, new research directions, challenges and perspectives. Presentation of results recently published in other scientific journals or conferences is welcome.

    For more information, see https://overlay.uniud.it/workshop/2019/ or contact .
  • 14 - 16 November 2019, Eleventh French PhilMath Workshop (FPMW 11), Paris, France

    Date: 14 - 16 November 2019
    Location: Paris, France
    Deadline: Sunday 1 September 2019

    This workshop is the eleventh in an annual series of workshops in philosophy of mathematics organized by a team of scholars from France and abroad. As in past years, the forthcoming workshop, held at the universities Panthéon Sorbonne and Paris Diderot, will consist in a three-day meeting and will feature 4 invited as well as 6 contributed talks.

    The confirmed invited speakers are: Arianna Betti (University of Amsterdam, ILLC), Patricia Blanchette (University of Notre Dame). Tim Button (Cambridge University) and Frederic Patras (CNRS, Laboratoire J.A. Dieudonne).

    Concerning the six contributed talks, submissions of papers in any topic of philosophy of mathematics broadly construed are welcome. Each talk should be no longer than 45 minutes, and will be followed by a 30 minute discussion. The languages of the workshop are French and English.

    Younger scholars and graduate students working on their dissertations are encouraged to submit, as the workshop will provide them with an opportunity to discuss their work with internationally renowned experts in the field.

  • 9 - 10 November 2019, Twentieth Annual Midwest PhilMath Workshop (MWPMW 20), Notre Dame IN, U.S.A.

    Date: 9 - 10 November 2019
    Location: Notre Dame IN, U.S.A.
    Deadline: Sunday 15 September 2019

    As usual, the plan is for a full day of talks and discussions on Saturday and a half day on Sunday. As usual, too, there will be a workshop lunch and workshop dinner on Saturday, with all participants invited to attend as guests of the university.

    We are pleased to have Marc Lange and Rebecca Morris joining us as invited speakers.

    If you would like to give a talk, please email a pdf of your talk or a substantial summary of it. We would like to have all proposals for talks by September 15th so that we can set the program by late September. Talks should be 35-40 minutes in length, with 15-20 minutes left for discussion.

  • 1 - 3 November 2019, 8th International Workshop on Many-Valued Logic (ManyVal 2019), Bucharest, Romania

    Date: 1 - 3 November 2019
    Location: Bucharest, Romania
    Deadline: Monday 24 June 2019

    ManyVal is a series of international workshops on the logical and algebraic aspects of many-valued reasoning. The aim of the workshops is to gather both established and young researchers sharing an interest for a specific topic. Accordingly, each edition has a sharp focus. The attendance is limited in order to facilitate close and informal interaction. There are no parallel sessions.

    ManyVal 2019 will focus on Probabilities, modalities and algebraic structures in many-valued logics.

    Regular contributions will be based on an extended abstract of 2 pages (written in plain LaTex), excepting the references. While many-valued logic is our main topic, contributions from adjacent areas are also welcome.

  • 31 October - 2 November 2019, 30th Novembertagung on the History and Philosophy of Mathematics, Strasbourg, France

    Date: 31 October - 2 November 2019
    Location: Strasbourg, France
    Deadline: Wednesday 15 May 2019

    The Novembertagung on the History and Philosophy of Mathematics is an annual international conference aimed at PhD and postdoctoral students (young scholars) in the history and philosophy of mathematics.

    Mathematical knowledge is commonly thought of as being essentially universal: its truths are eternal and incontrovertible, its propositions understandable and agreeable by all, independent of linguistic, cultural, ethnic or religious backgrounds. However, global knowledge, as mathematics seems to be, is always produced locally. As such, it hinges upon collectively shared ways of practicing, writing, and communicating mathematics. This year's Novembertagung invites participants to reflect on the theme 'Mathematical Cultures, Values, & Norms'. The invited speakers are June Barrow-Green (Open University) and Roy Wagner (ETH Zurich).

    We are looking for contributions by PhD students and early career researchers on the theme of this years conference: Mathematical Cultures, Values and Norms. Contributions less strictly related to this theme are also welcome; however, establishing links with the theme will allow for more fruitful discussions, and as such is recommended. We are happy to host presentations pertaining to historical, historiographical, or philosophical discussions of this theme.

  • 29 - 30 October 2019, 5th International Conference on the History and Philosophy of Computing (HaPoC 2019), Bergamo, Italy

    Date: 29 - 30 October 2019
    Location: Bergamo, Italy
    Deadline: Tuesday 30 April 2019

    Today more than ever computers have taken center stage in our lives: science, economy, politics, art, there is no single human endeavour that has been left unaffected by Information Technologies. People connected to the Internet can enjoy an unprecedented amount of information and computing power at their disposal, but more and more negative side effects of a widespread use of computers are brought to our attention: automation bias, echo chambers, shortened attention spans, job displacement, election hacking are just a few examples. The need to conduct a systematic and well-informed discussion in a context ranging from theoretical and mathematical problems to labour and resource exploitation issues is evident.

    HaPoC's appeal to historical and philosophical reflection aims at addressing this shortcoming. We aim to bring together researchers exploring the various aspects of computation: historians, philosophers, computer scientists, sociologists, anthropologists, designers, manufacturers, practitioners, artists, logicians, mathematicians, each with their own experience and expertise, all part of a society impacted by computation, and all necessary to the creation of a better discourse.

    For HaPoC 2019, we welcome contributions from scholars who intend to participate in the debate on the impact of computers on culture, science, and society from the perspective of their area of expertise, and who are open to engage in interdisciplinary discussions across multiple fields. Accepted papers will be presented in 30 minute slots including discussion.

  • 28 - 31 October 2019, 22nd International Conference on Principles and Practice of Multi-Agent Systems (PRIMA 2019), Torino, Italy

    Date: 28 - 31 October 2019
    Location: Torino, Italy
    Deadline: Sunday 30 June 2019

    Software systems are becoming more intelligent in the kind of functionality they offer users. At the same time, systems are becoming more decentralized, with components that represent autonomous entities who must communicate among themselves to achieve their goals. Examples of such systems range from healthcare and emergency relief and disaster management to e-business and smarts grids. A multiagent worldview is crucial to properly conceptualizing, building, and governing such systems. It offers abstractions such as intelligent agent, protocol, norm, organization, trust, incentive, and so on, and is rooted in solid computational and software engineering foundations. As a large but still growing research field of Computer Science, multiagent systems today remain a unique enabler of interdisciplinary research.

    PRIMA 2019 invites submissions of original, unpublished, theoretical and applied work strongly relevant to multiagent systems, including reports on the development of prototype and deployed agent systems, and of experiments that demonstrate novel agent system capabilities.

    The papers can be submitted as Regular Papers or Short ('early-innovation') Papers. All the submitted papers must be in a form suitable for double-blind review. We expect to publish the PRIMA 2019 proceedings in Springer's Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence series (LNCS/LNAI).

    For more information, see http://prima2019.di.unito.it.
  • 26 - 27 October 2019, The Fourteenth International Workshop on Ontology Matching (OM-2019), Auckland, New Zealand

    Date: 26 - 27 October 2019
    Location: Auckland, New Zealand
    Deadline: Friday 28 June 2019

    Ontology matching is a key interoperability enabler for the Semantic Web, as well as a useful technique in some classical data integration tasks dealing with the semantic heterogeneity problem. It takes ontologies as input and determines as output an alignment, that is, a set of correspondences between the semantically related entities of those ontologies. These correspondences can be used for various tasks, such as ontology merging, data interlinking, query answering or process mapping.

    The workshop has three goals: 1. To bring together leaders from academia, industry and user institutions to assess how academic advances are addressing real-world requirements. 2. To conduct an extensive and rigorous evaluation of ontology matching and instance matching (link discovery) approaches through the OAEI 2019 campaign. 3. To examine new uses, similarities and differences from database schema matching, which has received decades of attention but is just beginning to transition to mainstream tools.

    This year, in sync with the main conference, we encourage submissions specifically devoted to: (i) datasets, benchmarks and replication studies, services, software, methodologies, protocols and measures (not necessarily related to OAEI), and (ii) application of the matching technology in real-life scenarios and assessment of its usefulness to the final users.

    Contributions to the workshop can be made in terms of technical papers and posters/statements of interest addressing different issues of ontology matching as well as participating in the OAEI 2019 campaign. Long technical papers should be of max. 12 pages. Short technical papers should be of max. 5 pages. Posters/statements of interest should not exceed 2 pages.

    For more information, see http://om2019.ontologymatching.org/.
  • 24 - 26 October 2019, Conference on Rational Approaches in Language Science (RAILS), Saarbruecken, Germany

    Date: 24 - 26 October 2019
    Location: Saarbruecken, Germany
    Deadline: Saturday 1 June 2019

    The language sciences increasingly have in common their adoption of rational probabilistic approaches, such as Bayesian, Information Theoretic, and Game Theoretic frameworks. The goal of this conference is to bring together speech and language researchers whose scientific contributions reflect the full diversity of disciplines and methodologies - from speech to discourse, on-line processing to corpus-based investigation, through to language change and evolution - that have benefited from, and share, such rational explanations.

    Keynote speakers: Gerhard Jaeger (Tuebingen University), Gina Kuperberg (Tufts University), Hannah Rohde (University of Edinburgh) and Rory Turnbull (University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa).

    We therefore seek submissions from across the language sciences - including speech science, theoretical linguistics, empirical linguistics, psycholinguistics and neuroscience, computational linguistics, as well as language development, change and evolution - which apply rational probabilistic explanations to linguistic phenomena, or bring novel experimental findings to bear on such accounts.

    Submissions in the form of 400 word abstracts are to be submitted electronically. Submission will be considered for either oral or poster presentation.

    For more information, see http://rails.sfb1102.uni-saarland.de/.
  • 16 - 19 October 2019, 26th International Symposium on Temporal Representation and Reasoning (TIME 2019), Malaga, Spain

    Date: 16 - 19 October 2019
    Location: Malaga, Spain
    Deadline: Sunday 23 June 2019

    Since 1994, the TIME International Symposium on Temporal Representation and Reasoning aims to bring together researchers in the area of temporal reasoning in Computer Science. TIME 2019 will be organized as a combination of technical paper presentations, keynote talks, and tutorials, encompassing three tracks (Time in Artificial Intelligence, Temporal DataBases, Temporal Logic and Reasoning).

    TIME 2019 accepts submission in PDF format, not longer than 15 pages excluding references and appendix, formatted following the LIPIcs instructions, and preferibly redacted in LaTex. Submitted papers will be refereed for quality, correctness, originality, and relevance to the conference. Submissions to TIME 2019 must be original, and parallel submissions of the same material to other conferences or journals is not allowed.

    For more information, see https://sites.google.com/unife.it/time-2019.
  • 15 - 16 October 2019, 4th Workshop on Philosophy, Logic and Analytical Metaphysics (Filomena 2019), Bergen, Norway

    Date: 15 - 16 October 2019
    Location: Bergen, Norway
    Deadline: Sunday 30 June 2019

    The 4th of the FILOMENA Workshop (FIlosofia, LOgica e MEtafísica aNAlítica) has the purpose of gathering logicians working at the intersection of Logic and Metaphysics, through the application of formal methods in Philosophy. Our keynote speakers are: Daniel Durante (UFRN, Brazil), Michaela Mcsweeney (Boston University, USA) and Peter  Peter Verdee (UCLouvain, Belgium).

    The 4th Filomena Workshop will be followed on the 17-18 by the workshop 'How do logics explain?'. All participants of Filomena are cordially invited to attend this workshop as well.

    The workshop will allow 45 minutes for each contributed talk, divided into 30 minutes for exposition followed by 15 minutes of discussion. Topics of interest for our workshop include, but are not limited to: Logic and metaphysics Science and metaphysics Pluralism vs. monism Logic revision Paradoxes. Abstracts should be written in English, have at most 500 words and be prepared for blind review.

  • 14 - 16 October 2019, 7th International Conference on Statistical Language & Speech Processing (SLSP 2019), Ljubljana, Slovenia

    Date: 14 - 16 October 2019
    Location: Ljubljana, Slovenia
    Deadline: Saturday 8 June 2019

    SLSP is a yearly conference series aimed at promoting and displaying excellent research on the wide spectrum of statistical methods that are currently in use in computational language or speech processing. It aims at attracting contributions from both fields. Though there exist large conferences and workshops hosting contributions to any of these areas, SLSP is a more focused meeting where synergies between the two domains will hopefully happen. In SLSP 2019, significant room will be reserved to young scholars at the beginning of their career and particular focus will be put on methodology.

    SLSP 2019 will consist of invited talks, peer-reviewed contributions and posters.

    The conference invites submissions discussing the employment of statistical models (including machine learning) within language and speech processing. Authors are invited to submit non-anonymized papers in English presenting original and unpublished research. Papers should not exceed 12 single-spaced pages (all included) and should be prepared according to the standard format for Springer Verlag's LNCS series.

    For more information, see http://slsp2019.irdta.eu/ or contact .
  • 11 - 12 October 2019, Defeasible Inference in Philosophy & AI, Los Angeles CA, U.S.A.

    Date: 11 - 12 October 2019
    Location: Los Angeles CA, U.S.A.
    Deadline: Monday 15 July 2019

    The purpose of this workshop is to bring together researchers from philosophy, computer science, and allied disciplines who work on non-monotonic logics and defeasible inference. The idea is to bring traditional philosophical reflections on these topics-- such as defeat in epistemology, prima facie duties in ethics, and belief revision in philosophy of science-- together with the rich tradition of non-monotonic logics in computer science and artificial intelligence, including default logic and logic programming.

    This will be a 1.5 day workshop (half day Friday 11 October afternoon, full day Saturday 12 October), with approximately 30 participants, including 4 invited talks, 2-3 contributed talks, and a poster session.

    Those interested in presenting a paper for a contributed talk should submit an anonymised draft of the paper, and those interested in presenting a poster should submit a short 2-6 page anonymised draft of the poster presentation, in PDF format via EasyChair.

    For more information, see https://philevents.org/event/show/72806 or contact Sean Walsh at .
  • 9 October 2019, Dynamic Logic: New Trends and Applications (DaLí 2019), Porto, Portugal

    Date: Wednesday 9 October 2019
    Location: Porto, Portugal
    Deadline: Friday 14 June 2019

    Building on the pioneer intuitions of Floyd-Hoare logic, dynamic logic was introduced in the 70's as a suitable logic to reason about, and verify, classic imperative programs. Since then, the original intuitions grew to an entire family of logics, which became increasingly popular for assertional reasoning about a wide range of computational systems. Simultaneously, their object (i.e. the very notion of a program) evolved in unexpected ways. This lead to dynamic logics tailored to specific programming paradigms and extended to new computing domains, including probabilistic, continuous and quantum computation. Both its theoretical relevance and practical potential make dynamic logic a topic of interest in a number of scientific venues, from wide-scope software engineering conferences to modal logic specific events. However, no specific event is exclusively dedicated to it. This workshop aims at filling fill such a gap, joining an heterogeneous community of colleagues, from Academia to Industry, from Mathematics to Computer Science.

    Submissions are invited on the general field of dynamic logic, its variants and applications, including, but not restricted to

    • Dynamic logic, foundations and applications
    • Logics with regular modalities
    • Modal/temporal/epistemic logics
    • Kleene and action algebras and their variants
    • Quantum dynamic logic
    • Coalgebraic modal/dynamic logics
    • Graded and fuzzy dynamic logics
    • Dynamic logics for cyber-physical systems
    • Dynamic epistemic logic
    • Complexity and decidability of variants of dynamic logics and temporal logics
    • Model checking, model generation and theorem proving for dynamic logics
    For more information, see http://workshop.dali.di.uminho.pt/.
  • Call for papers for EPTCS volume on theorem proving components for educational software

    Deadline: Monday 18 November 2019

    The programme of the workshop ThEdu'19 was comprised of one invited contribution and four regular contributions, whose abstract are in the workshop web-page. Now postproceedings are planned to collect the contributions upgraded to full papers. We welcome submission of papers presenting original unpublished work which is not been submitted for publication elsewhere.  This is a call open for everyone, also those who did not participate in the workshop. All papers will undergo review according to EPTCS standards.

    Scope: Computer Theorem Proving is becoming a paradigm as well as a technologica base for a new generation of educational software in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. Topics of interest include:
    - methods of automated deduction applied to checking students' input;
    - methods of automated deduction applied to prove post-conditions for particular problem solutions;
    - combinations of deduction and computation enabling systems to propose next steps;
    - automated provers specific for dynamic geometry systems;
    - proof and proving in mathematics education.

    The Programme Committee cordially invites all researchers to submit their papers for presentation. Submission deadline is 18 November, 2019.

  • 2 - 4 October 2019, Trends in Logic 2019, Moscow, Russia

    Date: 2 - 4 October 2019
    Location: Moscow, Russia
    Deadline: Wednesday 8 May 2019

    The 19th Trends in Logic international conference will be held in Moscow, Russia from October 2 to October 4, 2019. It is organized by the National Research University Higher School of Economics and the journal Studia Logica.

    Invited Speakers:
    • Lev Beklemishev (Moscow, Russia)
    • Johan van Benthem (Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
    • Per Martin-Löf (Stokholm, Sweden)
    • Graham Priest (New York, USA)

    We invite submissions presenting substantial recent advances in formal philosophical logic.

  • 23 - 25 September 2019, 1st International Workshop on Ontologies for Digital Humanities and their Social Analysis (WODHSA), Graz, Austria

    Date: 23 - 25 September 2019
    Location: Graz, Austria
    Deadline: Tuesday 30 April 2019

    This workshop is part of The Joint Ontology WOrkshops (JOWO) Episode V. The purpose of the workshop is twofold: on the one hand, to gather original research work about both application and theoretical issues emerging in the elaboration of conceptual models, ontologies, and Semantic Web technologies for the Digital Humanities (DH) and, on the other hand, to collect studies on the philosophical and social impact of such models.

    The complementary character of these two kinds of contributions should allow both modelers and users to be more aware of the modeling choices behind models and applications and of the theories that constitute the background of such choices. This would enhance transparency and reliability of the adopted models and thus understanding and trust on the side of stakeholders and users.

    We welcome two types of submissions: research articles (for presenting original unpublished work, neither submitted to, nor accepted for, any other venue) and extended abstracts (for presenting work in progress, brief descriptions of doctoral theses, or general overviews of research projects). Papers should be submitted non-anonymously in PDF format following IOS Press formatting guidelines.

    For more information, see http://www.loa.istc.cnr.it/WODHSA/.
  • 23 - 26 September 2019, German conference on Artificial Intelligence (KI 2019), Kassel, Germany

    Date: 23 - 26 September 2019
    Location: Kassel, Germany
    Deadline: Sunday 12 May 2019

    KI 2019 is the 42nd edition of the German Conference on Artificial Intelligence organized in cooperation with the AI Chapter of the German Society for Informatics (GI-FBKI).

    KI traditionally brings together academic and industrial researchers from all areas of AI, providing an ideal place for exchanging news and research results of intelligent system technology. While KI is primarily attended by researchers from Germany and neighboring countries, it warmly welcomes international participation.

    We invite papers, which have to be in English and formatted according to the Springer LNCS style, in the following three categories:
    - Full technical papers reporting on new research that makes a substantial technical contribution to the field
    - Technical communications reporting on research in progress or other issues of interest to the AI community
    - Abstracts of papers accepted at (most recent editions of) major AI conferences
    Submission deadline; May 12th, 2019.

    We also invite proposals for workshops and tutorials to be held at the first day (September 23) of the conference week. Topics include all subareas of artificial intelligence as well as their foundations and applications. Submission deadline: March 1, 2019.

    Finally, the doctoral consortium provides an opportunity for PhD students to discuss their research interests and career objectives with established researchers in AI and network with other participants. Submission deadline: June 10th, 2019.

    For more information, see http://www.ki2019.de or contact .
  • 23 - 25 September 2019, Joint Ontology WOrkshops (JOWO 2019), Graz, Austria

    Date: 23 - 25 September 2019
    Location: Graz, Austria
    Deadline: Wednesday 15 May 2019

    The JOWO workshops address a wide spectrum of topics related to ontology research, ranging from Cognitive Science to Knowledge Representation, Natural Language Processing, Artificial Intelligence, Logic, Philosophy, and Linguistics. JOWO is especially suitable for interdisciplinary and innovative formats.

    The following workshops are being organized:

    • 2nd International Workshop on Bad or Good Ontology (BOG)
    • Cognition And OntologieS (CAOS IV)
    • Contextual Representations of Events and Objects in Language (CREOL).
    • Workshop on Data meets Applied Ontologies in Open Science and Innovation (DAO-SI)
    • 10th International Workshop on Formal Ontologies meet Industry (FOMI)
    • Workshop on Foundational Ontology (FOUST).
    • Ontologies and Data in Life Sciences 2019 (ODLS 2019)
    • The Shape of Things (SHAPES 5.0).
    • Social, Legal and Economic Entities (SoLEE)
    • Second Workshop on INteraction-based Knowledge Sharing (WINKS-2)
    • 1st International Workshop on Ontologies for Digital Humanities and their Social Analysis (WODHSA)
    • 4th International Workshop on Ontology Modularity, Contextuality, and Evolution (WOMoCoE 2019)

    In addition, JOWO 2019 will host five tutorials:

    • Data-driven ontology engineering with Relational Concept Analysis (DOnEReCA)
    • Introduction to Foundational Ontologies (FOUNT)
    • Semantic similarity and machine learning with ontologies.
    • SNOMED CT Tutorial
    • Top Level Ontologies (ISO/IEC 21838)

    Papers should be submitted non-anonymously in PDF format following IOS Press formatting guidelines. As in earlier years, selected contributions to JOWO workshops with a minimum of 5 pages will be published in a joint CEUR proceedings volume.

    For more information, see https://www.iaoa.org/jowo/2019/ or contact .
  • 23 - 25 September 2019, Workshop on Ontology of Social, Legal and Economic Entities (SoLEE 2019), Graz, Austria

    Date: 23 - 25 September 2019
    Location: Graz, Austria
    Deadline: Wednesday 15 May 2019

    Understanding the ontological nature of social, legal and economic concepts and institutions is crucial for providing principled modelling in many important domains such as enterprise modelling, business processes, and social ontology. A significant number of fundamental concepts that are ubiquitous in economics, social, and legal sciences - such as value, risk, capability, good, service, exchange, transaction, competition, social norm, group, institution - have only recently been approached from a specifically ontological perspective. It is therefore important to offer a venue to gather the recent contributions to this topic.

    This workshop is part of the Joint Ontology Workshops (JOWO 2019), and relates mainly to two previous events (SoLE-BD and Ontology of Economics 2018).  The goals of the workshop are:
    - to collect approaches to deal with social, legal and economic entities in foundational and applied ontologies,
    - discuss applications of these approaches to social, legal and economic entities in ontologies for biomedicine and business informatics, and
    - serve as a meeting point for stakeholders from applied ontology and the respective domain disciplines.

    The workshop encourages submissions on both theoretical and methodological issues in the use of ontologies for modelling social, legal and economic concepts and institutions, as well as submissions on concrete use of ontologies in application for these domains. Papers should be between 5 and 10 pages long be formatted according to the IOS Press formatting guidelines.

    For more information, see https://solee-2019.github.io/.
  • 23 - 25 September 2019, 4th International Workshop on Cognition and Ontologies (CAOS 2019), Graz, Austria

    Date: 23 - 25 September 2019
    Location: Graz, Austria
    Deadline: Friday 31 May 2019

    The purpose of the workshop is to bridge the gap between the cognitive sciences and research on ontologies and, thus, to create a venue for researchers interested in interdisciplinary aspects of knowledge representation. More specifically CAOS addresses the difficult question of how key cognitive phenomena and concepts (and the involved terminology) can be found across language, psychology and reasoning and how this can be formally and ontologically understood, analyzed and represented.

    We aim to address to an interdisciplinary audience, by inviting scholars in philosophy, computer science, logic, conceptual modelling, knowledge representation, and cognitive science to contribute to the discussion.

    This workshop is part of The Joint Ontology Workshops JOWO 2019.

    We welcome submissions on topics related to the ontology of hypothesized building blocks of cognition (such as image schemas, affordances, and related notions) and of cognitive capacities (such as concept invention, language acquisition), as well as system-demonstrations modelling these capacities in application settings. We also welcome submissions addressing the cognitive and epistemological adequacy of ontological modelling.

    We welcome two types of submissions:
    - Regular articles (8-12 pages including the bibliography) for presenting original unpublished work, neither submitted to, nor accepted for, any other venue.
    - Short articles (6 pages including the bibliography) for presenting brief descriptions of ongoing research and projects, preliminary approaches, position papers, or descriptions of related previously published research.

    For more information, see https://caos.inf.unibz.it/.
  • 23 - 25 September 2019, 3rd Workshop on Foundational Ontology (FOUST III) , Graz, Austria

    Date: 23 - 25 September 2019
    Location: Graz, Austria
    Deadline: Friday 31 May 2019

    Foundational ontologies are attempts to systematise those categories of thought or reality which are common to all or almost all subject-matters. Commonly considered examples of such categories include 'object', 'quality', 'function', 'role', 'process', 'event', 'time', and 'place'. Amongst existing foundational ontologies, there is both a substantial measure of agreement and some dramatic disagreements. There is currently no uniform consensus concerning how a foundational ontology should be organised, how far its 'reach' should be (e.g., is the distinction between physical and non-physical entities sufficiently fundamental to be included here?), and even what role it should play in relation to more specialised domain ontologies.

    The purpose of this workshop is to provide a forum for researchers to present work on specific foundational ontologies as well as foundational ontologies in general and their relations to each other and to the wider ontological enterprise. The FOUST III workshop will be co-located with the Joint Ontology Workshops (JOWO 2019).

    We encourage different types of contribution: full research paper (not exceeding 10 pages) and short papers (not exceeding 6 pages). Both types must include an abstract of no more than 300 words.

    For more information, see http://foust.inf.unibz.it/ or contact .
  • 23 - 25 September 2019, 2nd International Workshop on Bad Or Good Ontology (BOG 2019), Graz, Austria

    Date: 23 - 25 September 2019
    Location: Graz, Austria
    Deadline: Friday 31 May 2019

    As ontologies are used in more domains and applications and as they grow in size, the consequences of bad ontology design become more critical. Bad ontologies may be inconsistent, have unwanted consequences, be ridden with anti-patterns, or simply be incomprehensible. In general, bad ontologies present design mistakes that make their use and maintenance problematic or impossible.

    This workshop, part of the Joint Ontology Workshops (JOWO 2019), aims to bring together research on all aspects to bad or good ontology design, including use cases and systematic reviews of bad or good ontology design, techniques and tools for diagnosing, explaining, and repairing bad ontologies, and approaches or benchmarks for evaluating such techniques.

    We welcome original contributions about all topics related to bad or good ontologies, including but not limited to: - systematic analysis of ontologies for symptoms of bad ontology design - cataloguing of symptoms of bad ontology design - methods for detecting or explaining symptoms - metrics and methods to gauge ontology quality - design methods that likely result in bad ontologies - principled methods to avoid building bad ontologies - benchmarks of bad or good ontologies for evaluating diagnostic and repairing methods.

    Submissions should be uploaded via EasyChair. They can be accepted for publication as short papers (between 5 - 7 pages) or regular papers (between 10 - 12 pages).

    For more information, see http://bog.inf.unibz.it/.
  • 23 - 25 September 2019, Second Workshop on INteraction-based Knowledge Sharing (WINKS-2), Graz, Austria

    Date: 23 - 25 September 2019
    Location: Graz, Austria
    Deadline: Saturday 15 June 2019

    This Second Workshop on INteraction-based Knowledge Sharing (WINKS-2) collocated with JOWO 2019 is aimed at researchers and practitioners investigating issues related to aspects of (autonomous) knowledge sharing, where the integration of knowledge is inherently interaction-based, irrespective of whether the interaction is machine to machine, or human to machine.

    Gradually expanding, distributed systems heighten the need of dynamic interactive knowledge-sharing processes and ever more sophisticated mechanisms are used to acquire and elicit knowledge. A paradigm shift has emerged that views knowledge creation, curation and evolution as a collaborative and interactive process between autonomous entities. As a highly interdisciplinary workshop, WINKS-2 invites submissions that address the fundamental issues and challenges posed by interaction-based approaches to knowledge sharing. At the same time, we are interested in submissions that provide solutions for allowing knowledge sharing interactively, with a particular focus on the processes, mechanisms and protocols underlying the proposed solution.

    3 types of submissions are sollicited:
    - Full papers: mature work describing original research and its validation (10-12 pages including references)
     - Short papers: research papers describing interesting new open issues and challenges, and opinions on the status of the field (5-6 pages including references)
     - Demonstration notes: research papers describing the development of a system that is to be part of the system demonstration session of the workshop (5-6 pages including references).
    Papers should be submitted non-anonymously in PDF format following IOS Press formatting guidelines. All submissions should be double-blind and will receive a minimum of two peer reviews.

    For more information, see https://www.iiia.csic.es/winks-2/.
  • 23 - 26 September 2019, 8th Workshop on Dynamics of Knowledge and Belief (DKB-2019) and 7th Workshop KI & Kognition (KIK-2019): Formal and Cognitive Reasoning , Kassel, Germany

    Date: 23 - 26 September 2019
    Location: Kassel, Germany
    Deadline: Monday 15 July 2019

    Information for real life AI applications is usually pervaded by uncertainty and subject to change, and thus demands for non-classical reasoning approaches. At the same time, psychological findings indicate that human reasoning cannot be completely described by classical logical systems. Sources of explanations are incomplete knowledge, incorrect beliefs, or inconsistencies. A wide range of reasoning mechanism has to be considered, such as analogical or defeasible reasoning. The field of knowledge representation and reasoning offers a rich palette of methods for uncertain reasoning both to describe human reasoning and to model AI approaches.

    The aim of this series of workshops is to address recent challenges and to present novel approaches to uncertain reasoning and belief change in their broad senses, and in particular provide a forum for research work linking different paradigms of reasoning.

    We welcome original papers on any of the workshop topics or related topics. We put a special focus on papers from both fields that provide a base for connecting formal-logical models of knowledge representation and cognitive models of reasoning and learning, addressing formal as well as experimental or heuristic issues.

  • 20 - 24 September 2019, 35th International Conference on Logic Programming (ICLP 2019), Las Cruces NM, U.S.A.

    Date: 20 - 24 September 2019
    Location: Las Cruces NM, U.S.A.
    Deadline: Saturday 27 April 2019

    Since the first conference held in Marseille in 1982, ICLP has been the premier international event for presenting research in logic programming. Contributions are sought in all areas of logic programming, including but not restricted to Foundations, Languages, Declarative programming, Implementation, Related Paradigms and Synergies, and Applications.

    Besides the main track, ICLP 2019 will host additional tracks and special sessions:
    - Applications Track
    - Sister Conferences and Journal Presentation Track
    - Special Session: Women in Logic Programming
    - Research Challenges in Logic Programming Track

    Three kinds of regular papers will be accepted: Technical papers for technically sound, innovative ideas that can advance the state of logic programming, Application papers that impact interesting application domains, and System and tool papers which emphasize novelty, practicality, usability, and availability of the systems and tools described. All submissions must be written in English and describe original, previously unpublished research, and must not simultaneously be submitted for publication elsewhere. Deadline: 27 April 2019.

    Additionally, those interested in organizing a workshop at ICLP 2019 are invited to submit a workshop proposal. Deadline: 15 April 2019.

    For more information, see https://www.cs.nmsu.edu/ALP/iclp2019/.
  • 20 - 22 September 2019, 11th Semantics and Philosophy in Europe Colloquium (SPE11), Warsaw, Poland

    Date: 20 - 22 September 2019
    Location: Warsaw, Poland
    Deadline: Friday 31 May 2019

    The purpose of the Semantics and Philosophy in Europe (SPE) colloquia is to provide a forum for presenting research in the interface between linguistic semantics and various areas of philosophy (philosophy of language, philosophy of mind/cognition, metaphysics etc.). This year's Semantics and Philosophy in Europe Colloquium features a general session as well as two special sessions (preceded by tutorials):
    1 - Subjectivity: Theoretical and Experimental Perspectives
    2 - Truthmaker Semantics and Situations

    There will also be two invited lectures on the influence of the Lvov-Warsaw School on contemporary semantics and philosophy of language.

    We invite abstract submissions for 40-minute talks (30 min + 10min discussion) on the topic of either the general session or one of the two special sessions. Abstracts should contain original research that, at the time of submission, has neither been published nor accepted for publication. One person can submit at most one abstract as sole author and one abstract as co-author (or two co-authored abstracts).

    For the general session, we invite any contributions on topics at the interface of linguistics an philosophy, including but not limited to work on truth and meaning, the architecture of language, reference, attitude reports, the formal ontology of language, the relation between syntax, semantics, and pragmatics, semantics and the brain, and semantics of other symbolic systems.

    For more information, see https://spe2019.uw.edu.pl/index.html.
  • 20 - 25 September 2019, Epistemic Extensions of Logic Programming (EELP 2019), Las Cruces NM, U.S.A.

    Date: 20 - 25 September 2019
    Location: Las Cruces NM, U.S.A.
    Deadline: Wednesday 10 July 2019

    Several successful logic programming languages have been proposed in the literature. Researchers have long recognized the need for epistemic operators in these languages.  A central question is that of the definition of a rigorous and intuitive semantics for such epistemic operators, which is still subject of ongoing research. Notions of equivalence, structural properties, and the inter-relationships between logic programming languages and established logics are all subjects being actively investigated.

    Another important topic is that of practical solvers to compute answers to logic programs that contain epistemic operators. Several solvers are actively developed, building on established solvers, or using rewriting-based approaches. For practical applications, additional language features are actively explored in order to be able to apply epistemic extensions of logic programming langauges to practical problems.

    The goal of this workshop is to facilitate discussions regarding these topics and a productive exchange of ideas. The workshop is part of the International Conference of Logic Programming (ICLP) 2019.

    We welcome two categories of submissions:

    - Full Papers, that is, original, unpublished research (at most 15 pages), and - Extended Abstracts of already published research (at most 2 pages).

  • 17 - 19 September 2019, 5th Global Conference on Artificial Intelligence (GCAI 2019), Bolzano, Italy

    Date: 17 - 19 September 2019
    Location: Bolzano, Italy
    Deadline: Friday 14 June 2019

    he core objective of GCAI 2019 is to bring together the two main souls of AI, namely symbolic reasoning and machine/deep learning, applied to both software and robotic systems.  GCAI 2019 will be held as part of the Bolzano Rules and Artificial INtelligence Summit (BRAIN 2019).

    GCAI 2019 accepts submissions of two types: Full paper submissions, which must be original and cannot be submitted simultaneously elsewhere, and Extended abstract submissions, which report on ongoing or preliminary work, or on work that is central to symbolic reasoning and/or machine/deep learning applied to both software and robotic systems, but that has already been submitted or recently published elsewhere as a full paper.

    Submissions in all areas of artificial intelligence are welcome. With a special focus theme on "beneficial AI", BRAIN 2019 aims at presenting the latest advancements in AI and rules and their adoption in IT systems towards improving key fields such as environment, health and societies. Submissions that address this theme within the general topics of GCAI are especially welcome.

    For more information, see https://gcai2019.inf.unibz.it/.
  • 16 - 20 September 2019, Workshop on Syntax, Semantics, and Pragmatics of Aspect Across Modalities (SSPAM), Batumi, Georgia

    Date: 16 - 20 September 2019
    Location: Batumi, Georgia
    Deadline: Monday 1 April 2019

    The workshop “Syntax, Semantics, and Pragmatics of Aspect Across Modalities” wants to discuss recent advances in the research on inner and outer aspects and their interaction. This workshop will take place at the 13th International Tbilisi Symposium on Language, Logic and Computation.

    It is commonly assumed in both semantics and syntax that there is a distinction between inner aspect (lexical or predicational aspect) and outer aspect (grammatical aspect) (e.g. Smith 1991/97; Cinque 1999; Travis 2010 for spoken languages; Bross 2018 for sign languages). Inner aspect pertains to the distinction between telic and atelic predicates at the level of the VP (the verb and its argument(s)), and the compositional derivation of telicity, going back to works by Verkuyl (1972) and Krifka (1989). Outer aspect, on the other hand, is concerned with, e.g., imperfective (IPF) and perfective (PF) verb forms that are associated with (im)perfective meanings in finite sentences (see, e.g., Klein 1994). At the same time both levels of aspect interact, with grammatical aspect commonly taken to operate on the level of inner aspect (see, e.g., de Swart 1998 for an early treatment of this interaction). The workshop “Syntax, Semantics, and Pragmatics of Aspect Across Modalities” wants to discuss recent advances in the research on inner and outer aspects and their interaction.

  • 16 - 19 September 2019, 3rd International Joint Conference on Rules and Reasoning (RuleML+RR 2019), Bolzano, Italy

    Date: 16 - 19 September 2019
    Location: Bolzano, Italy
    Deadline: Friday 24 May 2019

    The International Joint Conference on Rules and Reasoning (RuleML+RR) is the leading international joint conference in the field of rule-based reasoning. Stemming from the synergy between the well-known RuleML and RR events, one of the main goals of this conference is to build bridges between academia and industry.

    RuleML+RR 2019 aims to bring together rigorous researchers and inventive practitioners, interested in the foundations and applications of rules and reasoning in academia, industry, engineering, business, finance, healthcare and other application areas. It provides a forum for stimulating cooperation and cross-fertilization between the many different communities focused on the research, development and applications of rule-based systems. RuleML+RR 2019 is part of BRAIN 2019, the Bolzano Rules and Artificial Intelligence Summit.

    High-quality papers related to theoretical advances, novel technologies, and innovative applications concerning knowledge representation and reasoning with rules are solicited. Particularly encouraged are submissions that combine one or more of the conference topics with the overall focus theme on "Beneficial AI" of the BRAIN 2019 Summit.

    We accept long papers (presenting original and significant research and/or development results) and short papers (consisely describing general results or specific applications, systems, or position statements). Submitted papers must not substantially overlap with papers that have been published or that are simultaneously submitted to a journal or a conference/workshop with formal proceedings.

    In addition to regular submissions, RuleML+RR 2019 will host an Industry Track together with the DecisionCAMP 2019, the 13th International Rule Challenge, and a joint Doctoral Consortium with the Global Conference on Artificial Intelligence (GCAI 2019).

    For more information, see http://2019.ruleml-rr.org.
  • 15 - 20 September 2019, 19th International Workshop on OCL and Textual Modeling (OCL 2019), Munich, Germany

    Date: 15 - 20 September 2019
    Location: Munich, Germany
    Deadline: Sunday 14 July 2019

    The goal of this workshop is to create a forum where researchers and practitioners interested in building models using OCL or other kinds of textual languages (e.g., OCL, textual MOF, Epsilon, or Alloy) can directly interact, report advances, share results, identify tools for language development, and discuss appropriate standards. In particular, the workshop will encourage discussions for achieving synergy from different modeling language concepts and modeling language use. The close interaction will enable researchers and practitioners to identify common interests and options for potential cooperation.

    The workshop will be co-located with MODELS 2019 ACM/IEEE 22nd International Conference on Model Driven Engineering Languages and System.

    Four types of submissions will be considered:
    * Presentation only submission (not included in the workshop proceedings), e.g., for already published work. Authors should submit a short (1 page) abstract of their presentation.
    * Short papers (between 5 and 7 pages) describing new ideas or position papers.
    * Tool papers (between 5 and 7 pages) describing tools supporting textual modeling tools
    * Full papers (between 10 and 14 pages).

    We particularly encourage submissions describing applications and case studies of textual modeling as well as test suites and benchmark collections for evaluating textual modeling tools.

    For more information, see http://oclworkshop.github.io.
  • 12 - 14 September 2019, Workshop: Assertion and Proof (WAP 2019), Lecce, Italy

    Date: 12 - 14 September 2019
    Location: Lecce, Italy
    Deadline: Friday 5 July 2019

    The notion of assertion plays a key inferential role and has a long tradition in logic. It is a key ingredient in most logical systems, either implicitly or explicitly. The idea of assertion thus appears strongly invariant across a range of logical theories, logical methods, and logical notations.

    The aim of the workshop is to bring together scholars interested in the analysis of the logical notion of assertion and other related notions such as inference, proof, argument, meaning of logical constants that may receive an assertion-based interpretation.

    A satellite event to WAP 2019 is the workshop "Peirce on Assertion".

    Please send an abstract of no more than 500 words by email. In the body of the email in which you submit the abstract, please include author name(s), the title of the talk and your affiliation. Include the abstract in a separate document (PDF) attached in the email with no identifying information in the document.

  • 10 - 13 September 2019, Twenty-second International Conference on Text, Speech, & Dialogue (TSD 2019), Ljubljana, Slovenia

    Date: 10 - 13 September 2019
    Location: Ljubljana, Slovenia
    Deadline: Sunday 31 March 2019

    The history of the International Conference of Text, Speech and Dialogue (TSD) dates back to 1997 when the event was held for the first time, that time as an international workshop, in Mariánské Lázně. The essential idea behind the project was to establish a scientific meeting platform that would act as a bridge between the East and the West. Since then an uninterrupted row of the TSD conferences has been organised by Brno (even years) and Plzeň (odd years) crews.

    TSD2019 will explore the topics in the field of speech and natural language processing, in particular:
    corpora, texts, transcription, and translation;
    speech analysis, recognition, and synthesis;
    their intertwining within dialogue systems.

    The organizing committee invites papers to be presented during the conference. Topics of the 22nd conference will include (but are not limited to): Speech Recognition, Corpora and Language Resources, Speech and Spoken Language Generation, Tagging, Classification and Parsing of Text and Speech, Semantic Processing of Text and Speech, Integrating Applications of Text and Speech Processing , Automatic Dialogue Systems, and Multimodal Techniques and Modeling.

    For more information, see http://www.tsdconference.org/tsd2019/ or contact Ms Lucie Tauchenova at .
  • 9 - 13 September 2019, 12th International Conference on Words (WORDS 2019), Loughborough, England

    Date: 9 - 13 September 2019
    Location: Loughborough, England
    Deadline: Friday 12 April 2019

    WORDS is a biannual international conference covering the mathematical theory of words (sequences of symbols) from all points of view: combinatorial, algebraic, algorithmic, as well as its applications to biology, linguistics, physics, and others.

    Invited Speakers: Florin Manea (Kiel), Svetlana Puzynina (St. Petersburg), Antonio Restivo (Palermo), Gwenaël Richomme (Montpellier), Aleksi Saarela (Turku), and Kristina Vuskovic (Leeds).

    Submitted papers should not exceed 12 pages and be prepared according to the following guidelines and LNCS-style LaTeX2e. All proofs omitted due to space constraints should be given in an appendix or made accessible through a reliable link to a freely available electronic preprint (updated before submission). Only original submission which have not been submitted for publication elsewhere will be considered.

    For more information, see http://words2019.lboro.ac.uk or contact .
  • 4 - 6 September 2019, The 12th International Symposium on Frontiers of Combining Systems (FroCoS 2019), London, England

    Date: 4 - 6 September 2019
    Location: London, England
    Deadline: Wednesday 1 May 2019

    FroCoS is the main international event for research on the development of techniques and methods for the combination and integration of formal systems, their modularization and analysis. The first FroCoS symposium was held in Munich, Germany, in 1996. Initially held every two years, since 2004 it has been organized annually with alternate years forming part of IJCAR. If we also count the IJCAR editions, this year FroCoS celebrates its 20th edition.

    FroCoS 2019 will be co-located with the 28th International Conference on Automated Reasoning with Analytic Tableaux and Related Methods (TABLEAUX 2019). The two conferences will provide a rich programme of workshops, tutorials, invited talks, paper presentations and system descriptions. Like its predecessors, FroCoS 2019 seeks to offer a common forum for research in the general area of combination, modularization, and integration of systems, with emphasis on logic-based methods and their practical use.

    The program committee seeks high-quality submissions describing original work, written in English, not overlapping with published or simultaneously submitted work to a journal or conference with archival proceedings. Selection criteria include accuracy and originality of ideas, clarity and significance of results, and quality of presentation.

    For more information, see https://www.frocos2019.org or contact .
  • 4 - 6 September 2019, 23nd Workshop on Semantics and Pragmatics of Dialogue (SemDial 2019 / LondonLogue), London (U.K.)

    Date: 4 - 6 September 2019
    Location: London (U.K.)
    Deadline: Saturday 1 June 2019

    LondonLogue will be the 23rd edition of the SemDial workshop series which aims to bring together researchers working on the semantics and pragmatics of dialogue in fields such as formal semantics and pragmatics, computational linguistics, artificial intelligence, philosophy, psychology, and neuroscience. In 2019 the workshop will be hosted by Queen Mary University of London by the Cognitive Science Group (CogSci), and Computational Linguistics Lab and Human Interaction Lab.

    For more information, see https://semdial2019.github.io/.
  • 3 - 5 September 2019, 28th International Conference on Automated Reasoning with Analytic Tableaux and Related Methods (TABLEAUX 2019), London, England

    Date: 3 - 5 September 2019
    Location: London, England
    Deadline: Wednesday 1 May 2019

    TABLEAUX is the main international conference at which research on all aspects - theoretical foundations, implementation techniques, systems development and applications - of the mechanization of tableaux-based reasoning and related methods is presented. Tableau methods offer a convenient and flexible set of tools for automated reasoning in classical logic, extensions of classical logic, and a large number of non-classical logics. For many logics, tableau methods can be generated automatically. Areas of application include verification of software and computer systems, deductive databases, knowledge representation and its required inference engines, teaching, and system diagnosis.

    TABLEAUX 2019 will be co-located with the 12th International Symposium on Frontiers of Combining Systems (FroCoS 2019). The conferences will provide a rich programme of workshops, tutorials, invited talks, paper presentations and system descriptions.

    We invite submissions on any of the topics of interest to the conference. Submissions are invited in three categories:
    (A) research papers reporting original theoretical research or applications, with length up to 15 pages;
    (B) system descriptions, with length up to 9 pages;
    (C) position papers and brief reports on work in progress, with length up to 9 pages.

    We also welcome papers describing applications of tableau procedures to real-world examples. Such papers should be tailored to the tableau community and should focus on the role of reasoning and on logical aspects of the solution.

    For more information, see https://www.tableaux2019.org or contact .
  • 3 - 5 September 2019, Working Formal Methods Symposium 2019 (FROM 2019), Timisoara, Romania

    Date: 3 - 5 September 2019
    Location: Timisoara, Romania
    Deadline: Friday 21 June 2019

    FROM 2019 is the third event in a yearly workshop series. It aims to bring together researchers and practitioners who work on formal methods by contributing new theoretical results, methods, techniques, and frameworks, and/or make the formal methods to work by creating or using software tools that apply theoretical contributions. The program of the symposium will include invited lectures and regular contributions. FROM 2019 will be held in conjunction with SYNASC 2019.

    Submissions on the general topic of theoretical computer science, formal methods and applications are solicited. We expect submissions of regular papers of maximum fifteen (15) pages, formatted according to the EPTCS macro package. The paper must represent original work and should not be submitted to another conference at the same time. Regular contributions should be preceded by the submission of a a short abstract.

    For more information, see http://from2019.projects.uvt.ro.
  • 2 - 6 September 2019, 12th Conference on Recent Advances in Natural Language Processing (RANLP 2019), Varna, Bulgaria

    Date: 2 - 6 September 2019
    Location: Varna, Bulgaria
    Deadline: Tuesday 8 January 2019

    RANLP (Recent Advances in Natural Language Processing) is one of the most competitive and influential NLP conferences. The event is held biennially and traditionally includes pre-conference tutorials, main conference with Student Research Workshop, and post-conference specialised workshops.

    All RANLP conferences feature keynote talks by leading experts in NLP. The confirmed keynote speakers at RANLP 2019 include Kenneth Church (Baidu USA), Hinrich Schütze (Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich) and Kyunghyun Cho (New York University).

    RANLP-2019 invites workshop proposals on any topic of interest to the Natural Language Processing (NLP) community, ranging from fundamental research issues to more applied industrial or commercial aspects. The format of each workshop will be determined by its organisers. Workshops can vary in length from a half day to full 1-2 days and can also feature demo sessions.

    For more information, see http://lml.bas.bg/ranlp2019/.
  • 2 - 4 September 2019, Tenth International Symposium on Games, Automata, Logics, and Formal Verification (GandALF 2019), Bordeaux, France

    Date: 2 - 4 September 2019
    Location: Bordeaux, France
    Deadline: Wednesday 15 May 2019

    The aim of the GandALF symposium is to bring together researchers from academia and industry which are actively working in the fields of Games, Automata, Logics, and Formal Verification. The symposium covers a large number of research subjects, ranging from theory to applications, and stimulate cross-fertilization.

    Papers focused on formal methods are especially welcome. Authors are invited to submit original research or tool papers on all relevant topics in these areas. Papers discussing new ideas that are at an early stage of development are also welcome.

    For more information, see https://gandalf2019.sciencesconf.org/.
  • 2 - 6 September 2019, Workshop Continuity, Computability, Constructivity - From Logic to Algorithms (CCC 2019), Ljubljana, Slovenia

    Date: 2 - 6 September 2019
    Location: Ljubljana, Slovenia
    Deadline: Monday 1 July 2019

    CCC is a workshop series that brings together researchers applying logical methods to the development of algorithms, with a particular focus on computation with infinite data, where issues of continuity, computability and constructivity play major roles. Specific topics include exact real number computation, computable analysis, effective descriptive set theory, constructive analysis, and related areas. The overall aim is to apply logical methods in these disciplines to provide a sound foundation for obtaining exact and provably correct algorithms for computations with real numbers and other continuous data, which are of increasing importance in safety critical applications and scientific computation.

    Invited Speakers: Hannes Diener (Christchurch, New Zealand) , Fabian Immler (Pittsburgh, USA), Florian Steinberg (Paris, France), Thomas Streicher (Darmstadt, France) and Holger Thies (Fukuoka, Japan). Tutorial Speaker: Helmut Schwichtenberg (Munich, Germany).

    Extended abstracts (1-2 pages) of original work are welcome. The workshop specifically invites contributions in the areas of Exact real number computation, Correctness of algorithms on infinite data, Computable analysis, Complexity of real numbers, real-valued functions, etc., Effective descriptive set theory, Domain theory, Constructive analysis, Category-theoretic approaches to computation on infinite data, Weihrauch degrees,  and related areas.

    For more information, see https://www.fmf.uni-lj.si/~simpson/ccc2019.
  • 2 - 3 September 2019, 2nd Irvine-London-Munich-PoliMi-Salzburg Conference in Philosophy and Foundations of Physics (ILMPS 2019), Salzburg, Austria

    Date: 2 - 3 September 2019
    Location: Salzburg, Austria
    Deadline: Monday 1 July 2019

    Over the past decades, important contributions to the mathematical and conceptual foundations of physical theories have been made within the philosophical community. Conversely, critical analysis of the formal structures of our best physical theories inform central philosophical concerns, and in some cases new theorems have been proven and new lines of argument developed that are of philosophical significance. This conference series aims to bring together philosophers, physicists, and mathematicians working on such issues. This year's event will be held on September 2-3, 2019 at the University of Salzburg (Austria). It will immediately precede a workshop on "Symmetry and Equivalence in Physics" taking place on September 3-4, 2019.

    We invite the submission of papers on any topic of philosophy and foundations of physics by younger researchers. Submissions by graduate students and post-doctoral scholars are particularly encouraged and will be given priority. Papers of no longer than 5000 words should be submitted via EasyChair by 1 July, 2019. Submissions should include a title, and a brief abstract (up to 200 words), and should be blinded for peer review. They should be PDF files.

  • CfP special issue of "Information" on Emerging Techniques for Cryptography

    Deadline: Friday 31 January 2020

    Cryptography forms the underlying basis for many security solutions in today's computer systems and networks, securing data while it is being stored, transferred, and processed. As security and privacy problems increase in real-world applications with emerging threats, new and innovative cryptography solutions are needed in order to ensure our computer systems and networks are protected.

    This Special Issue will specifically focus on new and innovative cryptography solutions aiming to address emerging threats and existing threats in more efficient manner. The particular topics of interest for this Special Issue include, but are not limited to, the following:
    - Foundational theory and mathematics for emerging computer systems and networks
    - Provable security of emerging techniques for cryptography
    - The proposal and analysis of cryptographic primitives for emerging computer systems and networks
    - Cryptanalytic attacks on emerging computer systems and networks
    - Cryptographic applications in cloud computing and IoT

    Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All papers will be peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website.

  • 1 - 4 September 2019, 4th International Workshop on AI aspects in Reasoning, Languages, and Computation (AIRLangComp’19), Leipzig, Germany

    Date: 1 - 4 September 2019
    Location: Leipzig, Germany
    Deadline: Tuesday 14 May 2019

    There is general realization that computational models of human reasoning can be improved by integration of heterogeneous resources of information and AI techniques, e.g., multidimensional diagrams, images, language, syntax, semantics, memory. While the event targets promotion of integrated computational approaches, we invite contributions from any individual area related to information, formal and natural languages, computation, reasoning.

    We welcome submissions of papers on the workshop topics, without limiting to them, across approaches, methods, theories, and applications. The total length of a paper should not exceed 10 pages IEEE style (including tables, figures and references). Papers will be refereed and accepted on the basis of their scientific merit and relevance to the workshop.

  • 30 - 31 August 2019, Bayes By The Sea 2019: Formal Epistemology, Statistics, & Game Theory, Ancona, Italy

    Date: 30 - 31 August 2019
    Location: Ancona, Italy
    Deadline: Tuesday 25 June 2019

    The second edition of the Bayes By the Sea conference: 'Formal Epistemology, Statistics, and Game Theory' aims to bring together philosophers of statistics and of the scientific method, methodologists and metascientists, as well as economists and game-theorists, in order to refresh the debate on the foundations of the sciences from new perspectives, with a special focus on scientific rationality, scientific misconduct, science economics, foundations of statistics and the scientific method, in diverse scientific ecosystems characterized by distinctive practices, structures, and institutions.

    A special attention will be devoted this year also to formal/conceptual tools of game theory/rational choice theory in representing and studying the interactions of agents operating in scientific ecosystems as strategic behavior of rational players, whose repeated interactions shape the current scientific practices.

    We welcome contributions from: (Formal/Social) Epistemology, Philosophy and Foundations of Statistics, Metascience and Scientific Methodology, (Epistemic) Game Theory, Decision Theory, Science Economics, Law, and Ethics.

  • 25 - 30 August 2019, The 27th International Conference on Automated Deduction (CADE-27), Natal, Brazil

    Date: 25 - 30 August 2019
    Location: Natal, Brazil
    Deadline: Friday 15 February 2019

    The conference on Automated Deduction (CADE) is the major international forum at which research on all aspects of automated deduction is presented. The conference programme includes invited talks, paper presentations, workshops, tutorials, and system competitions. Furthermore, the Herbrand Award for Distinguished Contributions to Automated Deduction and the new Skolem Award(s) for influential historical CADE papers is presented at the conference.

    High-quality submissions on the general topic of automated deduction, including foundations, applications, implementations, theoretical results, practical experiences and user studies are solicited. Submissions can be made in two categories: regular papers and system descriptions. Abstract submission deadline: 15 February 2019.

    Additionally, CADE-27 sollicits proposals for
    - workshops, to take place before the main conference
    - tutorials, either half-day or full-day events
    - system competitions, to foster the development of automated reasoning systems
    Submission deadline: 15 November 2018.

    For more information, see http://www.cade-27.info.
  • 25 - 26 August 2019, Automated Reasoning: Challenges, Applications, Directions, Exemplary achievements (ARCADE 2019), Natal, Brazil

    Date: 25 - 26 August 2019
    Location: Natal, Brazil
    Deadline: Sunday 2 June 2019

    The main goal of this workshop is to bring together key people from various subcommunities of automated reasoning---such as SAT/SMT, resolution, tableaux, theory-specific calculi (e.g. for description logic, arithmetic, set theory), interactive theorem proving---to discuss the present, past, and future of the field. The intention is to provide an opportunity to discuss broad issues facing the community. The structure of the workshop will be informal.

    We invite extended abstracts in the form of non-technical position statements aimed at prompting lively discussion. The title of the workshop is indicative of the kind of discussions we would like to encourage. At the event, contributions will be grouped into similar themes and authors will be invited to make their case within discussion panels. After the workshop, they will be welcome to extend their abstracts for inclusion in an EPiC post-proceedings, taking into account the discussion.

    For more information, see http://arcade2019.net/.
  • 24 - 26 August 2019, 14th Workshop on Logical and Semantic Frameworks, with Applications (LSFA 2019), Natal, Brazil

    Date: 24 - 26 August 2019
    Location: Natal, Brazil
    Deadline: Friday 19 April 2019

    Logical and semantic frameworks are formal languages used to represent logics, languages and systems. These frameworks provide foundations for the formal specification of systems and programming languages, supporting tool development and reasoning.

    LSFA 2019 will be a satellite event of CADE-27. Invited speakers: Pascal Fontaine (LORIA), Achim Jung (University of Birmingham), Vivek Nigam (Fortiss), Elaine Pimentel (UFRN), Giselle Reis (CMU-Qatar).

    Beyond full regular papers, we encourage submissions such as proof pearls, rough diamonds (preliminary results and work in progress), original surveys, or overviews of research projects, where the focus is more on elegance and dissemination than on novelty.

    Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: Specification languages and meta-languages, Formal semantics of languages and logical systems, Logical frameworks, Semantic frameworks, Type theory, Proof theory, Automated deduction, Implementation of logical or semantic frameworks, Applications of logical or semantic frameworks, Computational and logical properties of semantic frameworks, Logical aspects of computational complexity, Lambda and combinatory calculi, Process calculi.

  • 20 - 23 August 2019, Workshop on Mathematical Logic and Constructivity (MLoC 2019): The Scope and Limits of Neutral Constructivism, Stockholm, Sweden

    Date: 20 - 23 August 2019
    Location: Stockholm, Sweden
    Deadline: Friday 31 May 2019

    This workshop aims to focus on the scope and limits of neutral constructivism. With Errett Bishop's seminal work Foundations of Constructive Analysis 1967, a neutral position in the foundations of constructive mathematics emerged. It avoided Brouwer's assumptions about choice-sequences and continuity, and it did not assume that every total function on the natural numbers is computable. Successful full-fledged formal logical foundations for neutral constructivism exists, among the most well-known are Aczel-Myhill set theory and Martin-Löf type theory. The study of neutral constructivism paves the way for further developments of interactive proof systems, which is of strategic importance for verification of software, and in particular, correctness-by-construction software.  Neutral constructive mathematics may also be studied for systems that make fewer ontological assumptions, which is important for reverse mathematics.

    Proposals for contributed talks are welcome and are to be submitted via the EasyChair system.

    For more information, see http://logic.math.su.se/mloc-2019/ or contact .
  • 19 - 22 August 2019, 11th Principia International Symposium: The Quest for Knowledge, Florianopolis, Brazil

    Date: 19 - 22 August 2019
    Location: Florianopolis, Brazil
    Deadline: Saturday 20 April 2019

    Knowledge has attracted the attention of philosophers since their earliest speculations. And in the second half of 20th century English language philosophy witnessed the revival of careful investigation on classical questions as to the nature, structure, and limits of knowledge, as well as its distribution in social groups. The 11th Principia International Symposium has as its main theme the contemporary discussions in Theory of Knowledge, under the heading The Quest for Knowledge.

    We welcome contributions that address any aspect of knowledge and other epistemic concepts, as well as critical assessments of historical and contemporary stances on the matter. Contributed papers to the symposium may be written in English, French, Portuguese, or Spanish.

  • 12 - 17 August 2019, International Conference on Homotopy Type Theory (HoTT 2019), Pittsburgh PA, U.S.A.

    Date: 12 - 17 August 2019
    Location: Pittsburgh PA, U.S.A.
    Deadline: Saturday 1 June 2019

    Invited Speakers: Ulrik Buchholtz (TU Darmstadt, Germany), Dan Licata (Wesleyan University, USA), Andrew Pitts (University of Cambridge, UK), Emily Riehl (Johns Hopkins University, USA), Christian Sattler (University of Gothenburg, Sweden) and Karol Szumilo (University of Leeds, UK),

    There will also be an associated Homotopy Type Theory Summer School in the preceding week, August 7th to 10th.

    For more information, see hott.github.io slash HoTT-2019 or contact

    Contributions are welcome in all areas related to homotopy type theory, including but not limited to:

    * Homotopical and higher-categorical semantics of type theory * Synthetic homotopy theory * Applications of univalence and higher inductive types * Cubical type theories and cubical models * Formalization of mathematics and computer science in homotopy type theory / univalent foundations

    Please submit 1-paragraph abstracts through EasyChair.

  • 11 - 12 August 2019, 7th International Workshop on Strategic Reasoning (SR 2019), Macao, China

    Date: 11 - 12 August 2019
    Location: Macao, China
    Deadline: Friday 19 April 2019

    Strategic reasoning is a key topic in multi-agent systems research. The extensive literature in the field includes a variety of logics used for modeling strategic ability. Results from the field are now being used in many exciting domains such as information system security, adaptive strategies for robot teams, and automatic players capable to outperform human experts. A common feature in all these application domains is the requirement for sound theoretical foundations and tools accounting for the strategies that artificial agents may adopt in the situation of conflict and cooperation.

    The SR international workshop series aims to bring together researchers working on different aspects of strategic reasoning in computer science, both from a theoretical and a practical point of view.

    We invite submissions reporting on: (A) original contributions, (B) published work, and (C) challenging open problems. In all three categories, submissions will be evaluated by the usual high standards of research publications. In particular, they should contain enough detail to allow the program committee to identify the main contribution of the work, to explain its significance, its novelty, its relevance to the strategic-reasoning audience, and its practical or theoretical implications, and include comparisons with and references to relevant literature.

    Strong preference will be given to contributions on topics of interest to a broad, interdisciplinary audience and all papers should be written so that they are accessible to such an audience.

    For more information, see http://sr2019.irisa.fr/.
  • 11 - 16 August 2019, Logic Colloquium 2019 (LC 2019), Prague, Czech Republic

    Date: 11 - 16 August 2019
    Location: Prague, Czech Republic
    Deadline: Tuesday 30 April 2019

    The Logic Colloquium 2019 is the annual European summer meeting of the Association of Symbolic Logic (ASL) ,  an international organization supporting research and critical studies in logic. Its primary function is to provide an effective forum for the presentation, publication, and discussion of scholarly work in this area of inquiry. This meeting is co-located with the 16th CLMPST, with a public lecture by H. Leitgeb, jointly sponsored by the two meetings.

    The invited speakers are S. Abramsky, Z. Chatzidakis, V. de Risi, O. Guzman, M. Harrison-Trainor, U. Kohlen- bach (giving the Retiring Presidential Address), J. Krajicek, G. Sagi, T. Scanlon, R. Verbrugge, and M. Ziegler, and tutorials will be given by D. Raghavan and M. Rathjen. Special sessions will be held on Computability; Foundations of Geometry; Model Theory; Proof Theory and Proof Complexity; Reflection Principles and Modal Logic; and Set Theory.

    To submit an abstract for a contributed talk please send it by e-mail as a PDF file accompanied by a LaTeX file using the ASL abstract template.Submitted abstracts should be limited to 300 words including the title and references. Abstracts of contributed talks submitted by ASL members will be published in The Bulletin of Symbolic Logic if they satisfy the Rules for Abstracts.

    For more information, see https://www.lc2019.cz/.
  • 10 - 11 August 2019, 24th Conference on Formal Grammar (FG 2019), Riga, Latvia

    Date: 10 - 11 August 2019
    Location: Riga, Latvia
    Deadline: Friday 15 March 2019

    FG 2019 is the 24th conference on Formal Grammar, to be held in conjunction with the European Summer School in Logic, Language and Information which, in 2019, will take place at University of Latvia, Riga, Latvia. FG provides a forum for the presentation of new and original research on formal grammar, mathematical linguistics and the application of formal and mathematical methods to the study of natural language.

    We invite *electronic* submissions of original, 16-page papers (including references and possible technical appendices). Papers should report original work which was not presented in other conferences. However, simultaneous submission is allowed, provided that the authors indicate other conferences to which the work was submitted in a footnote. Note that accepted papers can only be presented in one of the venues.

    For more information, see http://fg.phil.hhu.de/2019/.
  • 10 - 12 August 2019, 5th Workshop on Bridging the Gap between Human and Automated Reasoning, Macau, China

    Date: 10 - 12 August 2019
    Location: Macau, China
    Deadline: Friday 12 April 2019

    This is the fifth workshop in a series of successful Bridging the Gap Between Human and Automated Reasoning workshops. The workshop will be located at the 28th International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI 2019) at Macao, China. The Bridging workshop is supported by IFIP TC12.

    Reasoning is a core ability in human cognition. There are a lot of findings in cognitive science research which are based on experimental data about reasoning tasks, inspiring a shift from propositional logic and the assumption of monotonicity in human reasoning towards other reasoning approaches. This includes but is not limited to models using probabilistic approaches, mental models, or non-monotonic logics. Automated deduction, on the other hand, is mainly focusing on the automated proof search in logical calculi. Recently a coupling of the areas of cognitive science and automated reasoning is addressed in several approaches. A core goal of Bridging-the-gap-Workshops is to make results from psychology, cognitive science, and AI accessible to each other. The goal is to develop systems that can adapt themselves to an individuals' reasoning process and that such systems follow the principle of explainable AI to ensure trustfulness and to support the integration of results from other fields.

    Topics of interest include, but are not limited to the following:

    - limits and differences between automated and human reasoning - psychology of deduction and common sense reasoning - logics modeling human reasoning - non-monotonic, defeasible, and classical reasoning - benchmark problems relevant in both fields - approaches to tackle benchmark problems like the Winograd Schema Challenge or the COPA challenge - predicting an individual reasoners response (see https://www.cognitive-computation.uni-freiburg.de/modelingchallenge)

    This year's Bridging workshop will accept papers and submissions to the PRECORE challenge:

    Papers, including the description of work in progress, are welcome and should be formatted according to the Springer LNCS guidelines. The length should not exceed 15 pages. All papers must be submitted in PDF. Formatting instructions and the LNCS style files can be obtained at http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.htm. The EasyChair submission site is available at: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=bridging2019

    The PRECORE challenge is based on CCOBRA (https: //www.cognitive-computation.uni-freiburg.de/modelingchallenge), a Python framework for the behavioral analysis of reasoning models. The framework does not pose restrictions with respect to formalisms as long as individual predictions to syllogistic problems can be generated. Final model submissions are due on May 15th, 11:59 UTC-12 as a zip-archive. Please describe your model on a conceptual level on two pages in the workshop template. Details on the submission of the zip-archive can be found at: https://www.cognitive-computation.uni-freiburg.de/modelingchallenge

  • 10 August 2019, 7th Workshop "What can FCA do for Artificial Intelligence?" (FCA4AI 2019), Macao, China

    Date: Saturday 10 August 2019
    Location: Macao, China
    Deadline: Saturday 8 June 2019

    Formal Concept Analysis (FCA) is a mathematically well-founded theory aimed at data analysis and classification. The six preceding editions of the FCA4AI Workshop (since ECAI 2012 until IJCAI 2018) showed that many researchers working in Artificial Intelligence are interested in FCA as a powerful method for classification and mining. FCA allows one to build a concept lattice and a system of dependencies (implications) which can be used for many AI needs. Recent years have been witnessing increased scientific activity around FCA, in particular a strand of work emerged that is aimed at extending the possibilities of FCA w.r.t. knowledge processing, such as work on pattern structures and relational context analysis.

    This year, we still have the chance to organize a new edition of the workshop in Macao co-located with the IJCAI 2019 Conference. The workshop will be dedicated to discuss issues such as
    - How can FCA support AI activities such as knowledge discovery, knowledge representation and reasoning, machine learning, natural language processing...
    - How can FCA be extended in order to help AI researchers to solve new and complex problems in their domain.

    The workshop welcomes submissions in pdf format in Springer's LNCS style. Submissions can be: - technical papers not exceeding 12 pages, - system descriptions or position papers on work in progress not exceeding 6 pages.

    The workshop will include time for audience discussion for having a better understanding of the issues, challenges, and ideas being presented.

    For more information, see http://www.fca4ai.hse.ru/2019.
  • 5 - 10 August 2019, 16th Congress of Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science and Technology (CLMPST XVI), Prague, Czech Republic

    Date: 5 - 10 August 2019
    Location: Prague, Czech Republic
    Deadline: Saturday 15 December 2018

    The 16th Congress of Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science and Technology (CLMPST) will take place in Prague, August 5-10, 2019, organised under the auspices of the Division for Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science and Technology of the International Union for History and Philosophy of Science and Technology (DLMPST/IUHPST) by the Institute of Philosophy of the Czech Academy of Sciences.

    The congress has a long history and a unique character, bringing together the communities of logicians, philosophers of logic and philosophers and historians of science and technology. The theme of the 16th edition of the congress is "Bridging across academic cultures". We believe that the communities and societies in both logic and philosophy/history of science are often fragmented and isolated from each other. We want to contribute to redressing this state of things.

    CLMPST 2019 calls for contributed papers and contributed symposia in 20 thematic sections within the general areas of 'Logic', 'General Philosophy of Science' and 'Philosophical Issues of Particular Disciplines'. For contributed papers, please submit, in EasyChair, an abstract of 500 words (including the references), prepared for anonymous review. Symposia are groups of talks on a common theme. Each symposium consists of four to twelve papers - please make a submission for each paper, as well as a submission for the symposium as a whole.

    For more information, see http://clmpst2019.flu.cas.cz/.
  • 5 - 16 August 2019, ESSLLI 2019 Student Session, Riga, Latvia

    Date: 5 - 16 August 2019
    Location: Riga, Latvia
    Deadline: Friday 5 April 2019

    The European Summer School in Logic, Language and Information (ESSLLI) is an annual event under the auspices of the Association for Logic, Language and Information (FoLLI) and brings together logicians, linguists, computer scientists, and philosophers to study language, logic, and information, and their interconnections.

    The ESSLLI Student Session is a forum for PhD and Master students to present their research at the interfaces of logic, language and computation. It features three tracks: Logic & Computation (LoCo), Logic & Language (LoLa), and Language & Computation (LaCo).

    We invite submissions of original, unpublished work from students in any area at the intersection of Logic & Language, Language & Computation, or Logic & Computation. Submissions will be reviewed by several experts in the field, and accepted papers will be presented orally or as posters and selected papers will appear in the Student Session proceedings by Springer. This is an excellent opportunity to receive valuable feedback from expert readers and to present your work to a diverse audience.

    Note that there are two separate kinds of submissions, one for oral presentations and one for posters. This means that papers are directly submitted either as oral presentations or as poster presentations. Reviewing and ranking will be done separately. We particularly encourage submissions for posters, as they offer an excellent opportunity to present smaller research projects and research in progress.

  • 5 - 9 August 2019, ESSLLI 2019 Workshop on Semantic Spaces at the Intersection of NLP, Physics, and Cognitive Sciences, Riga, Latvia

    Date: 5 - 9 August 2019
    Location: Riga, Latvia
    Deadline: Friday 17 May 2019

    Vector embeddings of word meanings have become a mainstream tool in large scale natural language processing tools. The use of vectors to represent meanings in semantic spaces or feature spaces is also employed in cognitive science. Unrelated to natural language and cognitive science, vectors and vector spaces have been extensively used as models of physical theories and especially the theory of quantum mechanics.

    Exploiting the common ground provided by vector spaces, the proposed workshop will bring together researchers working at the intersection of NLP, cognitive science, and physics, offering to them an appropriate forum for presenting their uniquely motivated work and ideas.

    We invite original contributions (up to 12 pages) of previously unpublished work. Submission of substantial, albeit partial results of work in progress is welcomed.

    We also invite extended abstracts (3 pages) of previously published work that is recent and relevant to the workshop. These should include a link to a separately published paper or preprint.

    For more information, see https://sites.google.com/view/semspace2019/.
  • 1 - 2 August 2019, 1st ACL Workshop on Gender Bias for Natural Language Processing, Florence, Italy

    Date: 1 - 2 August 2019
    Location: Florence, Italy
    Deadline: Friday 26 April 2019

    Gender and other demographic biases in machine-learned models are of increasing interest to the scientific community and industry. Models of natural language are highly affected by such perceived biases, present in widely used products, can lead to poor user experiences. This workshop will be the first dedicated to the issue of gender bias in NLP techniques and it includes a shared task on coreference resolution. In order to make progress as a field, this workshop will specially focus on discussing and proposing standard tasks which quantify bias.

    Keynote Speaker: Pascale Fung, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

    We invite submissions of technical work exploring the detection, measurement, and mediation of gender bias in NLP models and applications. Other important topics are the creation of datasets exploring demographics such as metrics to identify and assess relevant biases or focusing on fairness in NLP systems. Finally, the workshop is also open to non-technical work welcoming sociological perspectives.

    We also invite work on gender-fair modeling via our shared task, coreference resolution on GAP (Webster et al. 2018). GAP is a coreference dataset designed to highlight current challenges for the resolution of ambiguous pronouns in context. Participation will be via Kaggle, with submissions open over a three month period in the lead up to the workshop.

    For more information, see http://genderbiasnlp.talp.cat or contact Marta R. Costa-jussà at , or Kellie Webster at .
  • 29 - 31 July 2019, 2nd Forcing Project Networking Conference (FPNC 2019): Set Theory, Bridging Maths & Philosophy, Konstanz, Germany

    Date: 29 - 31 July 2019
    Location: Konstanz, Germany
    Deadline: Sunday 31 March 2019

    The project “Forcing: Conceptual Change in the Foundations of Mathematics” (2018-2023) aims to analyse the development of modern set theory since the introduction of the forcing technique both from a historical and philosophical point of view. It brings together methods and research questions from different research areas in the history and philosophy of mathematics to investigate if and how the extensive use of the forcing method brought about a conceptual change in set theory; and in which ways this may influence the philosophy of set theory and the foundations of mathematics.

    The research group organises a series of Networking Conferences with the goal of reaching out to researchers from these different areas. The second instalment will be devoted to the topic of recent set theory as a bridge between mathematics and philosophy and focuses on the interaction between mathematical and philosophical arguments and views in set theory. Set theory has long been both a mathematical discipline and a program with foundational motivations. It seems that this dual character makes it a natural crossway between mathematics and philosophy, possibly more so than other mathematical disciplines.

    We welcome contributions which
    a) add to current discussions in the philosophy of set theory by relating philosophical and mathematical arguments to one another; by working out the philosophical import of set-theoretic results; or by giving set-theoretic explications of philosophical concepts;
    b) question or uphold the relevance of philosophical arguments in set theory.
    c) analyse the mathematical and philosophical content of the concept "set-theoretic practice" as used in recent set-theoretic programs.
    d) investigate how the inclusion of alternative set theories impact the philosophy of set theory.

  • 29 - 31 July 2019, Truthmaker Semantics: Applications in Philosophy and Linguistics, Hamburg, Germany

    Date: 29 - 31 July 2019
    Location: Hamburg, Germany

    Kit Fine and the Emmy Noether Project Relevance are delighted to announce a conference on truthmaker semantics and its applications in philosophy and linguistics.

    Truthmaker semantics deviates from the familiar framework of possible world semantics, in that the notion of a possible world is replaced by a more general notion of a state that applies to any fragment of a world, and that a sentence is taken to be made true by a state only if every part of the state is involved in rendering the sentence true. A significant advantage of truthmaker semantics over the possible worlds approach is that it connects sentences with the worldly items that are directly relevant to their truth, thereby allowing important and intuitive hyperintensional distinctions to be drawn in a natural and formally elegant way. While the framework was originally developed as a semantics for relevant entailment by van Fraassen in the 1960s, recent developments have demonstrated its wide applicability in logic, metaphysics, philosophy and epistemology.

    Eight one-hour slots (up to 40 minutes for the talk, followed by 20 minutes for discussion) are available for contributed papers on the topic of the conference. If you would like to present a paper, please submit a CV and an extended abstract of up to 2,000 words, suitable for anonymous review.

  • 23 - 27 July 2019, Kurt Goedel's Legacy: Does Future lie in the Past?, Vienna, Austria

    Date: 23 - 27 July 2019
    Location: Vienna, Austria
    Deadline: Wednesday 15 May 2019

    In 1949, Kurt Gödel showed that there exist solutions to Einstein's equations of general relativity allowing for closed timelike curves. The existence of such curves would allow time travel into one's own past leading to all kind of causality paradoxes. Today there is an ongoing debate on how physical such solutions are and whether general relativity would prevent the formation of regions where causality violation is possible. Closely related are Gödel's philosophical ideas on the existence of time, a subject that he intensively discussed with Einstein in Princetown. 'In my view Kurt Gödel's papers represent an important contribution to general relativity, especially his analysis of the concept of time.' said Einstein.

    The Kurt Goedel Society intends to celebrate the 70th anniversary of Gödel's seminal publication and the 100th anniversary of the decisive experimental verification of general relativity by organizing a conference at the University of Vienna, Austria. This event will bring together the prominent researchers from the fields of Physics, Mathematics, Philosophy and Artificial Intelligence. The conference will be enhanced with a special exhibition about life and work of Kurt Gödel with emphasis on Gödel's solution.

    Program will consist of the invited talks, contributed talks and posters. Submissions of contributed talks and posters can be submitted through the ConfMaster system. Abstracts must written English. They should not be submitted elsewhere. Copyright remains with the author; the Kurt Godel Society is granted the right of use.

    For more information, see https://kgs.logic.at/goedels-legacy/.
  • 18 - 19 July 2019, 16th Meeting on the Mathematics of Language (MoL 2019), Toronto ON, Canada

    Date: 18 - 19 July 2019
    Location: Toronto ON, Canada
    Deadline: Monday 22 April 2019

    MOL is devoted to the study of mathematical structures and methods that are of importance to the description of language.

    Specific topics within the scope of the conference include:
     - formal and computational analysis of linguistic theories and frameworks
     - learnability of formal grammars
     - proof-theoretic, model-theoretic and type-theoretic methods in linguistics
      - mathematical foundations of statistical approaches to language analysis
      - formal models of language use and language change

    MOL invites the submission of papers on original, substantial, completed, and unpublished research. All submissions must follow the style set out in the conference style files, which are available at the conference website. Simultaneous submission to other conferences is allowed, provided that the authors indicate which other conferences the paper is submitted to. A paper is accepted on the condition that it will not be presented at any other venue.

    For more information, see http://www.molweb.org/mol2019/ or contact .
  • 18 - 19 July 2019, 2nd Graduate Conference of the Italian Network for the Philosophy of Mathematics (FilMat), Milan, Italy

    Date: 18 - 19 July 2019
    Location: Milan, Italy
    Deadline: Sunday 12 May 2019

    The FilMat network promotes workshops and conferences open to Italian and international researchers in the philosophy of mathematics. To emphasise its attention to those at early stages of their careers, the network is glad to announce, in addition to its biennial main conferences, its second graduate conference. We expect to host up to 6/8 contributed talks by graduate and early career speakers of any nationality, selected by double-blind review.

    Invited speakers: Salvatore Florio (University of Birmingham), Lavinia Picollo (UCL) and Jack Woods (University of Leeds).

    Submissions of original contributions are invited in any area of philosophy of mathematics, especially those connected with philosophical issues at the crossroads between the philosophy of mathematics and the philosophy of language and logic, and the use of formal methods for modelling them.

  • 17 - 19 July 2019, 17th Conference onTheoretical Aspects of Rationality & Knowledge (TARK 2019), Toulouse, France

    Date: 17 - 19 July 2019
    Location: Toulouse, France
    Deadline: Wednesday 3 April 2019

    The mission of the TARK conferences is to bring together researchers from a wide variety of fields, including Artificial Intelligence, Cryptography, Distributed Computing, Economics and Game Theory, Linguistics, Philosophy, and Psychology, in order to further our understanding of interdisciplinary issues involving reasoning about rationality and knowledge.

    Topics of interest: include, but are not limited to, semantic models for knowledge, belief, awareness and uncertainty, bounded rationality and resource-bounded reasoning, commonsense epistemic reasoning, epistemic logic, epistemic game theory, knowledge and action, applications of reasoning about knowledge and other mental states, belief revision, and foundations of multi-agent systems. Invited Speakers: Ingela Alger (Toulouse School of Economics), Vincent Conitzer (Duke University), and Brian Hill (HEC Paris).

    Submissions are now invited to TARK 2019. Strong preference will be given to papers whose topic is of interest to an interdisciplinary audience, and papers should be accessible to such an audience. Papers will be held to the usual high standards of research publications. TARK reviewing is not double-blind, so author names can be included in the submission.

    For more information, see https://tark.irit.fr/.
  • 15 - 19 July 2019, 15th Conference on Computability in Europe (CiE 2019), Durham, England

    Date: 15 - 19 July 2019
    Location: Durham, England
    Deadline: Wednesday 1 May 2019

    CiE 2019 is the 15th conference organized by CiE (Computability in Europe), a European association of mathematicians, logicians, computer scientists, philosophers, physicists and others interested in new developments in computability and their underlying significance for the real world.

    The CiE conferences serve as an interdisciplinary forum for research in all aspects of computability, foundations of computer science, logic, and theoretical computer science, as well as the interplay of these areas with practical issues in computer science and with other disciplines such as biology, mathematics, philosophy, or physics.

    Continuing the tradition of past CiE conferences, we invite researchers to present informal presentations of their recent work. A proposal for an informal presentation must be submitted via EasyChair, using the LNCS style file, and be 1 page; a brief description of the results suffices and an abstract is not required. Informal presentations will not be published in the LNCS conference proceedings. Results presented as informal presentations at CiE 2019 may appear or may have appeared in other conferences with formal proceedings and/or in journals.

    For more information, see https://community.dur.ac.uk/cie.2019/ or contact .
  • 12 - 13 July 2019, AAL 2019: Australasian Association for Logic, Wollongong, Australia

    Date: 12 - 13 July 2019
    Location: Wollongong, Australia
    Deadline: Friday 28 June 2019

    The 2019 Australasian Association for Logic conference will be held at the University of Wollongong on July 12th and 13th, straight after the AAP conference.

    Papers can be on any topic in logic. Authors should aim for a time of 45 minutes including discussion time.

  • 8 - 12 July 2019, 21st European Agent Systems Summer School (EASSS-2019), Bar-Ilan University, Israel

    Date: 8 - 12 July 2019
    Location: Bar-Ilan University, Israel
    Deadline: Friday 1 February 2019

    This is the main annual summer school in the area of multiagent systems, intended for both PhD and MSc students.

    The main goal of the European Agent Systems Summer School is to provide an exchange of knowledge among individuals and groups interested in various aspects of autonomous systems. This dissemination is provided by formal state-of-the-art courses conducted by leading experts in the field and by informal meetings during the event. A typical course is 4 hours long and provides a general introduction to the selected topic followed by in-depth exposition of recent and relevant contributions. Both the practical and theoretical aspects of Multi-Agent Systems are within the scope of EASSS.

    We invite proposals from members of the research community who are willing to offer tutorials at EASSS 2019. We are interested in tutorial proposals in all areas of current research in Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems. As a very rough guideline, any topic that might be covered at the AAMAS conference or in the JAAMAS journal would be suitable for EASSS. We aim for a mix of tutorials on fundamental and well-established topics, as well as overviews of new and emerging areas of research.

    Tutorials should cover an appropriate selection of approaches and not specifically focus on the tutors' own contributions. Besides providing a coherent overview of a specific research topic, we specifically encourage tutorial proposals to articulate a clear link to applications and pragmatic consideration of the fundamental topics presented. We encourage both well-established senior researchers and younger colleagues to submit proposals.

    For more information, see http://www.biu-ai.com/EASSS2019/ or contact .
  • 8 - 12 July 2019, 46th International Colloquium on Automata, Languages and Programming (ICALP 2019), Patras, Greece

    Date: 8 - 12 July 2019
    Location: Patras, Greece
    Deadline: Monday 18 February 2019

    ICALP is the main conference and annual meeting of the European Association for Theoretical Computer Science (EATCS). As usual, ICALP will be preceded by a series of workshops, which will take place on 8 July 2019.

    ICALP 2019 will have three tracks:
    Track A: Algorithms, Complexity and Games
    Track B: Automata, Logic, Semantics, and Theory of Programming
    Track C: Foundations of Networks and Multi-Agent Systems: Models, Algorithms and Information Management

    Papers presenting original research on all aspects of theoretical computer science are sought. Authors are invited to submit an extended abstract of no more than 12 pages, excluding references presenting original research on the theory of computer science. No prior publication and no simultaneous submission to other publication outlets is allowed. There will be best paper and best student paper awards for each track of the conference. Submission deadline: Monday 18 February 2019, 23:59 AoE

    We also invite proposals of workshops related to any of the three tracks of ICALP, as well as other areas of theoretical computer science. To submit a proposal, contact us not later than 15 December 2018. Because of the limited capacity of the venue, we might not be able to accept all proposals.

    For more information, see https://icalp2019.upatras.gr/.
  • 8 - 11 July 2019, Sixteenth International Conference on Computability and Complexity in Analysis (CCA 2019), Zagreb, Croatia

    Date: 8 - 11 July 2019
    Location: Zagreb, Croatia
    Deadline: Wednesday 13 March 2019

    The conference is concerned with the theory of computability and complexity over real-valued data.

    Most mathematical models in physics and engineering are based on the real number concept. Thus, a computability theory and a complexity theory over the real numbers and over more general continuous data structures is needed. Scientists working in the area of computation on real-valued data come from different fields, such as theoretical computer science, domain theory, logic, constructive mathematics, computer arithmetic, numerical mathematics and all branches of analysis. The conference provides a unique opportunity for people from such diverse areas to meet, present work in progress and exchange ideas and knowledge.

    The conference CCA 2019 is followed by the conference Computability in Europe (CiE 2019).

    Authors are invited to submit 1-2 pages abstracts in PDF format.

    Topics: Computable analysis, Complexity on real numbers, Constructive analysis, Domain theory and analysis, Effective descriptive set theory, Theory of representations, Computable numbers, subsets and functions, Randomness and computable measure theory, Models of computability on real numbers, Realizability theory and analysis, Reverse analysis, Weihrauch complexity, Real number algorithms, Implementation of exact real number arithmetic.

    For more information, see http://cca-net.de/cca2019/ or contact Vasco Brattka at , or Zvonko Iljazović at .
  • 8 July 2019, 2nd Workshop on Formal Verification of Physical Systems (FVPS 2019), Prague, Czech Republic

    Date: Monday 8 July 2019
    Location: Prague, Czech Republic
    Deadline: Thursday 25 April 2019

    One of the main issues behind many failing systems is the ad-hoc verification approach that involves a variety of formalism and techniques for the modeling and analysis of various components of the present-age (cyber)-physical systems. The fundamental differences between these modeling and analysis techniques limit us to analyze the whole system as one unit and thus miss many corner cases, which arise due to the operation of all the sub-components of the system together. One of the major concerns is that, despite the above-mentioned evident limitation in the analysis methods, many safety-critical systems, such as aerospace, smart-transportation, smart-grid and e-health, are increasingly involving physical elements. Moreover, we are moving towards integrating more complex physical elements in our engineering systems. Finally, the impact of physical components is relevant to both the safety and security of the overall system.

    The objective of the workshop is to gather scientists and engineers interested in formal verification techniques for the modeling, analysis, and verification of safety and security critical physical systems.

    We encourage submissions on interdisciplinary approaches that bring together formal methods and techniques from other knowledge areas such as quantum computing, control theory, biology, optimization theory, and artificial intelligence. There are two categories of submissions: Regular papers describing developed work with theoretical or experimental results (upto 15 pages) Short papers on experience reports, tools or work in progress with preliminary results or just new ideas for discussion (upto 6 pages)

  • 8 July 2019, 20th International Workshop on Logic and Computational Complexity (LCC 2019), Patras, Greece

    Date: Monday 8 July 2019
    Location: Patras, Greece
    Deadline: Wednesday 1 May 2019

    LCC meetings are aimed at the foundational interconnections between logic and computational complexity. LCC'19 will be collocated with ICALP 2019. The program will consist of invited lectures as well as contributed talks selected by the Program Committee.

    Submissions must be in English and in the form of an abstract of about 3-4 pages. We also welcome submissions of abstracts based on work submitted or published elsewhere, provided that all pertinent information is disclosed at submission time.

    For more information, see http://www.cs.swansea.ac.uk/lcc/ or contact .
  • 8 - 10 July 2019, Fourteenth Conference on Logic and the Foundations of Game and Decision Theory (LOFT2020), Groningen, The Netherlands

    Date: 8 - 10 July 2019
    Location: Groningen, The Netherlands
    Deadline: Sunday 1 March 2020

    This is the 14th in a series of bi-annual conferences on the applications of logical methods to foundational issues in the theory of individual and interactive decision-making. The three-day conference will give opportunity for paper presentations and discussions.

    Among the topics of particular relevance are:
    - Modal logics for games and protocols
    - Foundations of game and decision theory
    - Learning and information-processing models
    - Bounded rationality approaches to game and decision theory

    Potential contributors should submit an extended abstract of approximately 5 - 10 pages in PDF format. Preference is given to papers which bring together the work and problems of several fields, such as game and decision theory, logic, computer science and artificial intelligence, philosophy, cognitive psychology, mathematics and mind sciences. Papers that have appeared in print, or are likely to appear in print before the conference, should not be submitted for presentation at LOFT.

    For more information, see http://loft2020.ai.rug.nl/.
  • 7 - 13 July 2019, IVR Workshop "Judicial decision-making: integrating empirical and theoretical perspectives"

    Date: 7 - 13 July 2019
    Location: Luzern, Switzerland
    Deadline: Friday 1 February 2019

    Over last decades, the empirical research on judicial decision-making has bloomed. However, the influence of these developments on traditional, conceptual theory of judicial decision-making has been mostly superficial. The impact of empirical findings on concepts such as judicial discretion, formalism, judicial rationality, legal interpretation, or rules vs. standards debate is yet to be determined. The aim of this interdisciplinary workshop is to combine perspectives of psychology, sociology, economics, criminology, neuroscience and other behavioral sciences, with the legal-theoretical approach to judicial decision-making.

    Confirmed speakers: Jeffrey J. Rachlinski (Cornell), Frederick Schauer (Virginia).

    We invite all contributions presenting philosophically important results of experimental and other empirical studies on judicial decision-making, with data collected from professional (judges or other professional decision-makers) or lay subjects. Papers showing legal-philosophical implications of existing research or trying to integrate it with traditional theories of legal reasoning, or the doctrinal approach in various branches of law, are also much welcome.

    For more information, see https://www.ivr2019.org/special-workshops or contact Bartosz Janik at .
  • 7 July 2019, International Workshop on Quantified Boolean Formulas and Beyond (QBF 2019), Lisbon, Portugal

    Date: Sunday 7 July 2019
    Location: Lisbon, Portugal
    Deadline: Wednesday 15 May 2019

    Quantified Boolean formulas (QBF) are an extension of propositional logic which allows for explicit quantification over propositional variables. Many problems from application domains such as model checking, formal verification or synthesis can be encoded as a QBF in a natural way. Considerable progress has been made in QBF solving throughout the past years. However, in contrast to SAT, QBF is not yet widely applied to practical problems in academic or industrial settings. The goal of the International Workshop on Quantified Boolean Formulas and Beyond (QBF 2019) is to bring together researchers working on theoretical and practical aspects of QBF solving.

    In addition to that, it addresses (potential) users of QBF in order to reflect on the state-of-the-art and to consolidate on immediate and long-term research challenges. The workshop also welcomes work on reasoning with quantifiers in related problems, such as dependency QBF (DQBF), quantified constraint satisfaction problems (QCSP), and satisfiability modulo theories (SMT) with quantifiers.

    Submissions of extended abstracts are invited and will be managed via Easychair. The following forms of submissions are solicited:
    - Proposals for short tutorial presentations on topics related to the workshop.
    - Talk abstracts reporting on already published work.
    - Talk proposals presenting work that is unpublished or in progress.

    Submissions which describe novel applications of QBF or related  formalisms in various domains are particularly welcome. Additionally, this call comprises known applications that have been shown to be hard for QBF solvers in the past as well as new applications for which present QBF solvers might lack certain features still to be identified.

    For more information, see http://fmv.jku.at/qbf19/ or contact .
  • 7 - 10 July 2019, Ninth Workshop on Combining Probability and Logic (PROGIC 2019), Frankfurt, Germany

    Date: 7 - 10 July 2019
    Location: Frankfurt, Germany

    The focus of this iteration of PROGIC is decision making, with an emphasis on advances in descriptive, normative, and prescriptive models of decision making.

    Invited Speakers: Sebastian Ebert (Frankfurt School), Johanna Thoma (LSE), Peter Wakker (Erasmus) and Michael Waldmann (Goettingen).

    Scholars who combine probability and logic to models of decision making are invited to submit an extended abstract (~1000 words, pdf format) for presentation at the workshop.

  • 3 - 6 July 2019, International Symposium on Imprecise Probabilities: Theories and Applications (ISIPTA 2019), Gent, Belgium

    Date: 3 - 6 July 2019
    Location: Gent, Belgium
    Deadline: Friday 15 February 2019

    ISIPTA 2019 is devoted to robustness and imprecision in uncertainty modelling, inference and decision making, focusing in particular on uncertainty frameworks that extend or replace the probabilistic one.

    ISIPTA conferences are characterised by a friendly and cooperative style, a strong emphasis on in-depth discussion and a true openness to new ideas. We hope that you too will both enjoy and contribute to this unique atmosphere.

    We accept three types of contributions: full papers, short papers and poster abstracts. Each accepted contribution is briefly presented in a plenary session and then discussed in detail in the ensuing discussion session - with the help of a poster, a whiteboard, pen and paper, or whichever medium you prefer.

    For more information, see http://isipta2019.ugent.be.
  • 2 - 5 July 2019, The Ershov Informatics Conference (PSI 2019), Novosibirsk, Russia

    Date: 2 - 5 July 2019
    Location: Novosibirsk, Russia
    Deadline: Wednesday 23 January 2019

    The Ershov Informatics Conference (the PSI Conference Series, 12th edition) is the premier international forum in Russia for research and applications in computer, software and information sciences. The conference brings together academic and industrial researchers, developers and users to discuss the most recent topics in the field. PSI provides an ideal venue for setting up research collaborations between the Russian informatics community and its international counterparts, as well as between established scientists and younger researchers.

    PSI 2019 will be a part of the Computer Science Summer in Russia, which will also include the International Computer Science Symposium CSR'19, a workshop track, and a summer school in Computer Science for students.

    The Programme Committee cordially invites submissions on the 3 conference topics:
    1. Foundations of Program and System Development and Analysis
    2. Programming Methodology and Software Engineering
    3. Information Technologies

    More generally, the conference welcomes novel contributions in the areas of computer, software and information sciences, and application papers showing practical use of research results.

    For more information, see https://psi.nsc.ru or contact Denis Ponomaryov at .
  • 2 - 5 July 2019, 26th Workshop on Logic, Language, Information and Computation (WoLLIC 2019), Utrecht, The Netherlands

    Date: 2 - 5 July 2019
    Location: Utrecht, The Netherlands
    Deadline: Friday 1 March 2019

    WoLLIC is an annual international forum on inter-disciplinary research involving formal logic, computing and programming theory, and natural language and reasoning. Each meeting includes invited talks and tutorials as well as contributed papers.

    Just before and after the main WoLLIC 2019 event, Utrecht University will host two satellite workshops:
    -Proof Theory in Logic on 1-2 July 2019. This workshop on the role of structural proof theory in the study of logics will consist of invited talks by researchers in that area.
    -Compositionality in formal and distributional models of natural language semantics, on July 6 2019.

    Contributions are invited on all pertinent subjects, with particular interest in cross-disciplinary topics. Proposed contributions should be in English, and consist of a scholarly exposition accessible to the non-specialist, including motivation, background, and comparison with related works. The paper's main results must not be published or submitted for publication in refereed venues, including journals and other scientific meetings. It is expected that each accepted paper be presented at the meeting by one of its authors.

    For more information, see https://wollic2019.sites.uu.nl.
  • 1 - 5 July 2019, 14th Computer Science Symposium in Russia (CSR'19), Novosibirsk, Russia

    Date: 1 - 5 July 2019
    Location: Novosibirsk, Russia
    Target audience: researchers and students in Theoretical Computer Science
    Costs: TBA
    Deadline: Sunday 23 December 2018

    The International Computer Science Symposium in Russia (CSR) is an annual international conference held in Russia that intends to cover a broad range of topics in Theoretical Computer Science. CSR'19 will be part of the Computer Science Summer in Russia which will also include the Ershov Informatics Conference (PSI'19) and a summer school in Computer Science for students.

    Authors are invited to submit papers presenting original research in the conference topics, in electronic form (pdf format). Submissions must be unpublished, not under review for publication elsewhere,
    and provide sufficient information to judge their merits.

    Submissions must be in English, and not exceed 12 pages, including the title page, in Springer's LNCS LaTeX style. Additional material, to be read at the discretion of reviewers and PC members, may be provided in a clearly marked appendix or by reference to a manuscript on a web site.

    For more information, see https://logic.pdmi.ras.ru/csr2019/ or contact Gregory Kucherov at .
  • 1 - 5 July 2019, 7th European Set Theory Conference (7ESTC), Vienna, Austria

    Date: 1 - 5 July 2019
    Location: Vienna, Austria
    Deadline: Friday 31 May 2019

    The 7th European Set Theory Conference will be held July 1 - 5, 2019 in Vienna, Austria.

    The conference features the presentation of the Hausdorff Medal, an initiative of the European Set Theory Society. The currently confirmed invited speakers are: Jörg Brendle, Mirna Džamonja, Todd Eisworth, Moti Gitik, Alexander Kechris, Piotr Koszmider, Maryanthe Malliaris, Justin Moore, Dima Sinapova, Slawomir Solecki, Boaz Tsaban, Anush Tserunyan, Matteo Viale and Hugh Woodin. The organizing committee includes: Vera Fischer, Sy-David Friedman, Benjamin Miller.

    Contributed talks are welcome! If you would like to give a contributed talk please send an abstract and title at <> (or follow the instructions during your electronic registration) by May 31st, 2019.

  • 29 - 30 June 2019, 5th Int. Workshop on Structures and Deduction 2019 (SD 2019), Dortmund, Germany

    Date: 29 - 30 June 2019
    Location: Dortmund, Germany
    Deadline: Friday 12 April 2019

    SD?19 is the fifth in a series of workshops aiming to gather various communities of structural proof theorists. As well as theoretical work in the form of regular papers, we encourage submission of implementations, tools and system descriptions.

    We welcome submission of work that has already been published or currently submitted to a journal or conference. The following submission categories are welcome:
    - Extended abstracts (up to 8 pages). Finished work, system descriptions, surveys.
    - Short abstracts (up to 4 pages). Work-in-progress, perspectives on existing work.

    For more information, see http://anupamdas.com/sd19/ or contact .
  • 29 - 30 June 2019, 3rd International Workshop on Trends in Linear Logic and Applications (TLLA 2019), Dortmund, Germany

    Date: 29 - 30 June 2019
    Location: Dortmund, Germany
    Deadline: Wednesday 1 May 2019

    Linear Logic is not only a proof theoretical tool to analyse or control the use of resources in logic and computation. It is also a corpus of tools, approaches, and methodologies that, even if developed for studying Linear Logic syntax and semantics, have been applied in several other fields. The TLLA international workshop aims at bringing together researchers working on Linear Logic or applying it or its tools. The main goal is to present and discuss trends in the research on Linear Logic and its applications by means of tutorials, invited talks, open discussions, and contributed talks.

    Contributions are not restricted to talks presenting an original results, but open to tutorials, open discussions, and position papers. For this reason, we strongly encourage contributions presenting work in progress, open questions, and research projects. Contributions presenting the application of linear logic results, techniques, or tools to other fields, or vice versa, are most welcome.

    For more information, see http://tlla.linear-logic.org/2019/ or contact Olivier Laurent at .
  • 26 - 28 June 2019, AUTOMATA 2019, Guadalajara, Mexico

    Date: 26 - 28 June 2019
    Location: Guadalajara, Mexico
    Deadline: Sunday 17 February 2019

    AUTOMATA 2019 is the official annual event of IFIP WG 1.5, the Working Group 5 (on Cellular Automata and Discrete Complex Systems), of the Technical Committee 1 (on Foundations of Computer Science), of the International Federation of Information Processing (IFIP).

    The purpose of this conference is to highlight the major advances in the field and the development of new tools, to support the development of theory and applications of CA and DCS, and to identify and study within an inter- and multidisciplinary context the important fundamental aspects, concepts, notions and problems concerning CA and DCS.

    Authors are invited to submit papers of no more than 12 pages (for full papers) or 8 pages (for exploratory papers). Submissions should contain original research that has not previously been published. Full papers are meant to report more complete and denser research, while exploratory papers are meant to be short reports of recent discoveries, work-in-progress or partial results.

    Topics (not exhaustive): dynamic, topological, ergodic and algebraic aspects of CA and DCS algorithmic and complexity issues emergent properties formal languages symbolic dynamics tilings models of parallelism and distributed systems synchronous versus asynchronous models phenomenological descriptions and scientific modelling applications of CA and DCS.

    For more information, see https://automata2019.wordpress.com/.
  • 26 - 30 June 2019, 12th Panhellenic Logic Symposium (PLS12)

    Date: 26 - 30 June 2019
    Deadline: Sunday 31 March 2019

    The Panhellenic Logic Symposium is a biennial scientific event that was established in 1997. It aims to promote interaction and cross-fertilization among different areas of logic. Originally conceived as a way of bringing together the many logicians of Hellenic descent throughout the world, the PLS has evolved into an international forum for the communication of state-of-the-art advances in logic. The symposium is open to researchers worldwide who work in logic broadly conceived.

    PLS12 will have Special Sessions on Computer Science, Model Theory and Philosophy & Set Theory, as well as a Poster Session and a Mentoring Session.

    The Scientific Committee cordially invites all researchers in the area of the conference to submit their papers for presentation at PLS12. All submitted papers will be reviewed by the Scientific Committee of the symposium, who will make final decisions on acceptance. During the symposium, each accepted paper will be presented by one of its authors.

    Graduate students and young researchers are invited to submit a short abstract for the Poster Session, on work in progress that may not be ready for a regular contributed talk.

  • 26 - 29 June 2019, 12th Young Set Theory Workshop (YSTW 2019), Vienna, Austria

    Date: 26 - 29 June 2019
    Location: Vienna, Austria
    Deadline: Friday 31 May 2019

    The 12th Young Set Theory Workshop will be held June 26 - 29, 2019 in Vienna, Austria, as an "Advanced Class in Set Theory".

    The workshop features tutorial lectures by leading experts in set theory, research talks, poster and discussion sessions. The tutorial speakers are: Jörg Brendle, Alexander Kechris, Justin Moore, Slawomir Solecki, Matteo Vieale and Hugh Woodin. The postdoctoral speakers are: Thomas Baumhauer, Filippo Calderoni, Spencer Unger and Zoltan Vidnyánszky.

    Early career researchers are encouraged to participate in our poster session! If you would like to submit a poster please send an abstract and title by email (or follow the instructions during your electronic registration) by May 31st, 2019.

  • 25 - 28 June 2019, International Conference on Formal Concept Analysis (ICFCA 2019), Frankfurt, Germany

    Date: 25 - 28 June 2019
    Location: Frankfurt, Germany
    Deadline: Friday 18 January 2019

    Formal Concept Analysis emerged in the 1980's from attempts to restructure lattice theory in order to promote better communication between lattice theorists and potential users of lattice theory. Since its early years, Formal Concept Analysis has developed into a research field in its own right with a thriving theoretical community and a rapidly expanding range of applications in information and knowledge processing including visualization, data analysis (mining) and knowledge management and discovery.

    The ICFCA conference series aims at bringing together researchers and practitioners working on theoretical or applied aspects of Formal Concept Analysis within major related areas such as Mathematics and Computer and Information Sciences and their diverse applications to fields like Software Engineering, Linguistics, Environment, Life and Social Sciences, etc.

    We invite scientific publications on theory and applications of Formal Concept Analysis. Papers of up to sixteen pages may be submitted in PDF format via the Easychair system. Main topics of interest include, but are not limited to: Fundamental aspects of FCA, Bridging FCA to information sciences and artificial intelligence, and Understanding, modelling real-world data and phenomena with FCA. All accepted submissions will be refereed, and the conference proceedings will be published by Springer in the LNCS/LNAI series.

  • 24 - 30 June 2019, Fourth International Conference on Formal Structures for Computation and Deduction (FSCD 2019), Dortmund, Germany

    Date: 24 - 30 June 2019
    Location: Dortmund, Germany
    Deadline: Friday 8 February 2019

    FSCD covers all aspects of formal structures for computation and deduction from theoretical foundations to applications. Building on two communities, RTA (Rewriting Techniques and Applications) and TLCA (Typed Lambda Calculi and Applications), FSCD embraces their core topics and broadens their scope to closely related areas in logics, models of computation (e.g. quantum computing, probabilistic computing, homotopy type theory), semantics and verification in new challenging areas (e.g. blockchain protocols or deep learning algorithms).

    Submissions can be made in two categories. Regular research papers are limited to 15 pages (including references, with the possibility to add an annex for technical details, e.g. proofs) and must present original research which is unpublished and not submitted elsewhere. System descriptions are limited to 15 pages (including references) and must present new software tools in which FSCD topics play an important role, or significantly new versions of such tools.

    We also invite proposals for workshops, tutorials or other satellite events, on any topic to related formal structures in computation and deduction, from theoretical foundations to tools and applications. Satellite events will take place on 24 June and 29-30 June, before and after the main conference on 25-28 June. Submission deadline: November 30.

  • 24 - 28 June 2019, LOGICA 2019, Hejnice, Czech Republic

    Date: 24 - 28 June 2019
    Location: Hejnice, Czech Republic
    Deadline: Friday 15 February 2019

    The Institute of Philosophy of the The Czech Academy of Sciences announces 'LOGICA 2019', the 33nd in the series of annual international symposia devoted to logic. The first session begins on the morning of Tuesday, 25 June. The symposium closes at noon Friday, 28 June.

    Invited Speakers: David Makinson, Per Martin-Lof, Alessandra Palmigiano and David Ripley.

    Contributions devoted to any of the wide range of logical problems are welcome except those focused on specialized technical applications. Particularly welcome are contributions that cover issues interesting both for philosophically and for mathematically oriented logicians.

  • 23 June 2019, LICS workshop Learning & Automata (LearnAut 2019), Vancouver BC, Canada

    Date: Sunday 23 June 2019
    Location: Vancouver BC, Canada
    Deadline: Saturday 6 April 2019

    Learning models defining recursive computations, like automata and formal grammars, are the core of the field called Grammatical Inference (GI). The expressive power of these models and the complexity of the associated computational problems are major research topics within mathematical logic and computer science, spanning the same communities that the Logic in Computer Science (LICS) conference brings together. The goal of this workshop is to bring together experts on logic who could benefit from grammatical inference tools, and researchers in grammatical inference who could find in logic and verification new fruitful applications for their methods.

    Invited speakers: Lise Getoor (UC Santa Cruz). Prakash Panangaden (McGill University) and Nils Jansen (Radboud University, to be confirmed).

     

    We invite submissions of recent work, including preliminary research, related to the theme of the workshop. Similarly to how main machine learning conferences and workshops are organized, all accepted abstracts will be part of a poster session held during the workshop. Additionally, the Program Committee will select a subset of the abstracts for oral presentation. At least one author of each accepted abstract is expected to represent it at the workshop.

    For more information, see https://learnaut19.github.io.
  • 23 June 2019, 3rd Women in Logic Workshop (WiL 2019), Vancouver BC, Canada

    Date: Sunday 23 June 2019
    Location: Vancouver BC, Canada
    Deadline: Sunday 21 April 2019

    We are holding the third Women in Logic Workshop (WiL 2019) as a LICS associated workshop on 23 June 2019. The workshop follows the pattern of meetings such as Women in Machine Learning (WiML) or Women in Engineering (WIE) that have been taking place for quite a few years.

    Women are chronically underrepresented in the LiCS community. The workshop will provide an opportunity for women in the field to increase awareness of one another and one another's work, to combat the feeling of isolation. It will also provide an environment where women can present to an audience comprising mostly women, replicating the experience that most men have at most LiCS meetings, and lowering the stress of the occasion; we hope that this will be particularly attractive to early-career women. Previous versions of Women in Logic (Reykjavik, Iceland 2017 and Oxford, UK 2018) were very successful in showcasing women's work and as catalysts for recognition of the need for change in the community.

    Contributions should be written in English and can be submitted in the form of full papers (with a maximum of 10 pages), short papers (with a maximum of 5 pages), or talk abstracts (1 page). Our extended program committee tries to cover most areas of Logic in Computer Science. These include but are not limited to the usual Logic in Computer Science (LICS) topics.

  • 23 - 25 June 2019, Fourteenth International Conference on Computability, Complexity and Randomness (CCR 2019), Astana, Kazakhstan

    Date: 23 - 25 June 2019
    Location: Astana, Kazakhstan
    Deadline: Tuesday 14 May 2019

    Topics: Algorithmic randomness, Computability theory, Computability in analysis, Kolmogorov complexity, Computational complexity, Reverse mathematics and logic. The conference will be co-located with The Sixteenth Asian Logic Conference.

    Authors are invited to submit an abstract in PDF format of typically about 1 or 2 pages. No full papers will be required for this conference. After the deadline for submissions has expired, submissions may still be accepted for reviewing at the discretion of the PC chairs.

    For more information, see http://www.ccr2019.info/.
  • 22 - 27 June 2019, The thirty-fourth Annual ACM/IEEE Symposium on Logic In Computer Science (LICS'19), Vancouver BC, Canada

    Date: 22 - 27 June 2019
    Location: Vancouver BC, Canada
    Deadline: Friday 4 January 2019

    The LICS Symposium is an annual international forum on theoretical and practical topics in computer science that relate to logic, broadly construed.

    Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit proposals for workshops on topics relating logic - broadly construed - to computer science or related fields. Typically, LICS workshops feature a number of invited speakers and a number of contributed presentations. Deadline: 15 november 2018.

    We also invite paper submissions on any of the conference topics. Results must be unpublished and not submitted for publication elsewhere, including the proceedings of other symposia or workshops. Authors are required to submit a paper title and a short abstract of about 100 words in advance of submitting the extended abstract of the paper. Deadline: 4 januari 2019.

    For more information, see https://lics.siglog.org/lics19/ or contact .
  • 21 - 23 June 2019, "Model Theory & Mathematical Logic" Conference in honor of Chris Laskowski's 60th birthday , College Park MD, U.S.A.

    Date: 21 - 23 June 2019
    Location: College Park MD, U.S.A.
    Deadline: Wednesday 15 May 2019

    A conference, on the occasion of Chris Laskowski's 60th birthday will take place at The University of Maryland.

    Invited Speakers: John Baldwin, Elisabeth Bouscaren, Gabriel Conant, Vincent Guingona, John Goodrick, Danul Gunatilleka, Bradd Hart, Julia Knight, Alexei Kolesnikov, Steffen Lempp, Maryanthe Malliaris, David Marker, David Pierce, Saharon Shelah, Charles Steinhorn, Caroline Terry and Douglas Ulrich.

    The conference will be hosting a poster session. Those who are interested are welcome to submit a poster for display during the session. Submissions will be accepted until May 15th. Please email submissions to .

    For more information, see http://www.umdlogic2019.com/ or contact .
  • 20 - 21 June 2019, Makkai 80: Logic, categories, & philosophy of mathematics, Budapest, Hungary

    Date: 20 - 21 June 2019
    Location: Budapest, Hungary
    Deadline: Friday 24 May 2019

    The Alfred Renyi Institute of Mathematics, the Department of Logic, Institute of Philosophy, Eotvos University, and the Faculty of Science, Eotvos University are organizing a conference celebrating the 80th birthday of Prof. Michael Makkai. The main topics of the conference are logic, category theory, model theory and philosophy of mathematics. We also welcome any contribution whose topic is related to prof. Makkai's research interest.

    Invited speakers: Jean-Pierre Marquis, Universite de Montreal, Philip Scott, University of Ottawa, Joseph Helfer, Stanford University.

    Abstracts of proposed contributed talks may be submitted through the web site of the conference.

    For more information, see https://conferences.renyi.hu/makkai80 or contact .
  • 19 - 21 June 2019, Formal Epistemology Workshop 2019 (FEW 2019), Torino, Italy

    Date: 19 - 21 June 2019
    Location: Torino, Italy
    Deadline: Sunday 20 January 2019

    The 15th edition of FEW will take place at the University of Turin, situated in the Piedmont, a region in the Northwest of Italy. The keynote speakers will be Paul Égré (ENS Paris), Ulrike Hahn (Birkbeck) and Stephan Hartmann (LMU Munich).

    We invite papers and posters in formal epistemology, broadly construed. This includes related areas of philosophy (e.g., logic, philosophy of science, philosophy of language) as well as cognate disciplines like statistics, psychology, economics, computer science, and mathematics. Papers should be suitable for 30 minutes presentation time, followed by a 10 minutes commentary of and 20 minutes general discussion. Submissions from graduate students and early career researchers are especially welcome.

    For more information, see https://www.few2019.com/.
  • 19 - 21 June 2019, Sixth Formal Ethics conference (FE2019), Gent, Belgium

    Date: 19 - 21 June 2019
    Location: Gent, Belgium
    Deadline: Friday 15 February 2019

    Formal Ethics is a common denominator for the application of tools from logic, decision theory, game theory, and social choice theory to the analysis of concepts in moral and political philosophy and to the development of ethical theory. It is a rapidly growing field of research which goes back to the work of Kenneth Arrow, Amartya Sen, John Harsanyi, Georg Henrik von Wright and others. The field has recently gained new impetus with formal work on non-classical logic, freedom and responsibility, value theory and the evolution of norms and conventions.

    Keynote speakers: Edith Elkind (Oxford), Campbell Brown (LSE), and Ray Briggs (Stanford).

    Formal Ethics 2019 will feature a single track for contributed talks of 40-45 minutes. Authors should submit an extended abstract (1000 words max, pdf format) via easychair. Submissions in all areas of formal ethics, broadly construed, are welcome. Contributions need not be formal in nature but should show familiarity with applying formal tools and results to ethical investigations. We aim at an inclusive conference in which speakers at different stages of their careers (including PhD students and post-docs) participate. We also aim at a strong representation of female scholars.

    We specifically welcome submissions on the theme of joint responsibility and collective decision-making. These notions are under investigation in various fields including computer science, (meta)ethics, and political theory. Our aim is to further stimulate the synergy between these different fields, and to provide a forum for both conceptual, ethical, and formal disputes.

    For more information, see http://www.fe2019.ugent.be/ or contact .
  • 19 - 21 June 2019, Masterclass in the Philosophy of Mathematical Practice with Marcus Giaquinto, Brussels, Belgium

    Date: 19 - 21 June 2019
    Location: Brussels, Belgium
    Target audience: PhDs and Postdocs
    Costs: Free
    Deadline: Monday 1 April 2019

    The Centre for Logic and Philosophy of Science (CLPS) of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) will host its Third Masterclass in the Philosophy of Mathematical Practice on June, 19-21 with Prof. Dr. Marcus Giaquinto. The Masterclass will be composed of three lectures, the tentative titles of which are as follows:

    Lecture 1 (Wednesday, 19/6): A priori and a posteriori in mathematics.

    Lecture 2 (Thursday, 20/6): Is the distinction between proofs and non-proofs in mathematics objective?

    Lecture 3 (Friday, 21/6): Can mathematical arguments have aesthetic value?

    We intend the Masterclass to be a fully interactive event, with the twofold objective to understand in depth the materials presented in the lectures, and to provide early career researchers (PhD students and Postdocs) with an opportunity to discuss their ongoing work in a helpful and constructive environment. The lectures by Marcus Giaquinto will take place in the mornings, and will be followed by afternoon sessions with presentations by early career researchers in the Philosophy of Mathematical Practice.

    We invite early career researchers who would be interested to present their work to send us an abstract of at most 1 page by April, 1st. Please submit your abstract, including your affiliation information, by sending it to the following email address: . The talks will be of a duration of around 20 minutes (not including discussion). Notification of acceptance will be sent out by the middle of April. Notice that submitting an abstract is not mandatory for attending the Masterclass.

  • 19 - 21 June 2019, Masterclass in the Philosophy of Mathematical Practice with Marcus Giaquinto, Brussels, Belgium

    Date: 19 - 21 June 2019
    Location: Brussels, Belgium

    The Centre for Logic and Philosophy of Science (CLPS) of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) will host its Third Masterclass in the Philosophy of Mathematical Practice on June, 19-21 with Prof. Dr. Marcus Giaquinto. We intend the Masterclass to be a fully interactive event, with the twofold objective to understand in depth the materials presented in the lectures, and to provide early career researchers (PhD students and Postdocs) with an opportunity to discuss their ongoing work in a helpful and constructive environment.

    The Masterclass will be composed of three lectures. The lectures by Marcus Giaquinto will take place in the mornings, and will be followed by afternoon sessions with presentations by early career researchers in the Philosophy of Mathematical Practice.

    We invite early career researchers who would be interested to present their work to send us an abstract of at most 1 page by April, 1st. The talks will be of a duration of around 20 minutes (not including discussion).

    For more information, see here or contact .
  • 18 - 21 June 2019, 14th International Federated Conference on Distributed Computing Techniques (DisCoTec 2019), Kongens Lyngby, Denmark

    Date: 18 - 21 June 2019
    Location: Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
    Deadline: Friday 1 February 2019

    DisCoTec 2019 is one of the major events sponsored by the International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP). It gathers conferences and workshops that cover a broad spectrum of distributed computing subjects, ranging from theoretical foundations and formal description techniques to systems research issues.

    Main conferences:

    • Coordination 2019 - International Conference on Coordination Models and Languages
    • DAIS 2019 - International Conference on Distributed Applications and Interoperable Systems
    • FORTE 2019 - International Conference on Formal Techniques for Distributed Objects, Components, and Systems

    DisCoTec conferences welcome contributions in theoretical models and foundations of coordination, concurrency, programming languages, practical and conceptual aspects of distributed computations as well as models and formal specification, testing and verification methods for distributed computing. Registration of the paper information and abstract (max. 250 words) must be completed before February 1, 2019 (all conferences). Contributions must be written in English and report on original, unpublished work not submitted for publication elsewhere.

    DisCoTec will also feature workshops, tutorials and a tool track. An open call for workshop and tutorial proposals will follow, as well as an open call for tool demo submissions.

    For more information, see https://www.discotec.org/2019 or contact .
  • 18 - 21 June 2019, 32nd International Workshop on Description Logics (DL 2019), Oslo, Norway

    Date: 18 - 21 June 2019
    Location: Oslo, Norway
    Deadline: Friday 22 March 2019

    The DL workshop is the major annual event of the description logic research community. It is the forum at which those interested in description logics, both from academia and industry, meet to discuss ideas, share information and compare experiences.

    We invite contributions on all aspects of description logics.

    Submissions may be of two types: regular papers (of up to 11 pages), and 2-page abstracts (for authors who wish to announce results that have been or are to be published elsewhere). Accepted submissions, be they regular papers or 2-page abstracts, will be selected for either oral or poster presentation at the workshop.

    For more information, see http://dl.kr.org/dl2019/.
  • 17 - 21 June 2019, Topology, Algebra, and Categories in Logic 2019 (TACL 2019), Nice, France

    Date: 17 - 21 June 2019
    Location: Nice, France
    Deadline: Wednesday 27 February 2019

    Studying logic via semantics is a well-established and very active branch of mathematical logic with many applications in computer science and elsewhere. The area is characterized by results, tools and techniques stemming from various fields, including universal algebra, topology, category theory, order, and model theory. The programme of the conference TACL 2019 will focus on three interconnecting mathematical themes central to the semantic study of logic and their applications: topological, algebraic, and categorical methods.

    Contributed talks are intended to be about topological, algebraic
    or categorical methods used in mathematical or computer science
    logic. Authors can submit an Extended Abstract of 2 pages (including references) at the EasyChair conference system.

    For more information, see https://math.unice.fr/tacl/2019/ or contact TACL team at .
  • 17 - 21 June 2019, 16th Asian Logic Conference (ALC 2019), Astana, Kazakhstan

    Date: 17 - 21 June 2019
    Location: Astana, Kazakhstan
    Deadline: Wednesday 1 May 2019

    The Asian Logic Conference (ALC) is a major international event in mathematical logic. It features the latest scientific developments in the fields in mathematical logic and its applications, logic in computer science, and philosophical logic. The ALC series also aims to promote mathematical logic in the Asia-Pacific region and to bring logicians together both from within Asia and elsewhere to exchange information and ideas.

    Each contributed talk should last 20 minutes including questions and answers. Abstract should be prepared according to the ASL instructions using the ASL abstract style.

    For more information, see http://www.alc2019.kz/.
  • 17 - 18 June 2019, 2nd workshop Formal Reasoning and Semantics (FORMALS 2019), Zagreb, Croatia

    Date: 17 - 18 June 2019
    Location: Zagreb, Croatia
    Deadline: Wednesday 15 May 2019

    The 2st workshop Formal Reasoning and Semantics will be held at the Faculty of Teacher Education, University of Zagreb. The workshop is organized within the research project Formal Reasoning and Semantics (FORMALS).

    Invited speaker: Vivek Nigam (Paraiba, Brazil and Muenchen, Germany).

    We have several 30 min slots available for contributed talks. All contributions which broadly fit the main goal of the project 'mutual enrichment of pure and applied logic' are welcome. The emphasis of the project is on applications of logic in computer science, and vice versa, the application of computational tools in logical and mathematical research. Another goal is to apply logic to specific problems of linguistics or, more generally, cognitive and information sciences, as well as interdisciplinary areas in which economics and mathematics overlap (game theory, social choice theory).

    For more information, see http://formals.ufzg.hr/index.php/workshop/.
  • 15 - 21 June 2019, 3rd International Conference on Numerical Computations: Theory and Algorithms (NUMTA 2019), Crotone, Italy

    Date: 15 - 21 June 2019
    Location: Crotone, Italy
    Deadline: Monday 18 March 2019

    The goal of the NUMTA2019 Conference is to create a multidisciplinary round table for an open discussion on numerical modeling nature by using traditional and emerging computational paradigms. The Conference (including also special streams and sessions) will discuss all aspects of numerical computations and modeling from foundations and philosophy to advanced numerical techniques. New technological challenges and fundamental ideas from theoretical computer science, linguistic, logic, set theory, and philosophy will meet requirements and new fresh applications from physics, chemistry, biology, and economy.

    Together with regular presentations at the Conference there will be the Summer School offering tutorials and discussion sections covering the topics of the Conference.

    Researchers from both theoretical and applied sciences are very welcome to submit their papers and to use this excellent possibility to exchange ideas with leading scientists from different research fields. Papers discussing new computational paradigms, relations with foundations of mathematics, and their impact on natural sciences are particularly solicited. A special attention will be also dedicated to numerical optimization and different issues related to theory and practice of the usage of infinities and infinitesimals in numerical computations.

    Participants at the Summer School can submit either regular papers or participate at the poster session that will be also organized.

  • 10 - 11 June 2019, 19th annual Philosophy of Logic, Mathematics, and Physics (LMP) Graduate Conference, London, Canada

    Date: 10 - 11 June 2019
    Location: London, Canada
    Deadline: Friday 1 March 2019

    The 19th annual Philosophy of Logic, Mathematics, and Physics (LMP) Graduate Conference will take place on Monday-Tuesday, June 10-11, 2019, at the University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario, Canada. We are pleased to announce that David John Baker (the University of Michigan) will be giving the keynote address for this year's LMP.

    The 23rd annual Philosophy of Physics Conference will be on the subject of quantum field theory and will immediately follow the LMP on Wednesday-Friday, June 12-14, 2019.

    Graduate students who have not yet defended their PhD thesis are invited to submit papers on any topic in philosophy of logic, philosophy of mathematics, and philosophy of physics. Papers in philosophy of physics will be considered for the 16th Annual Clifton Memorial book prize. The contest will be adjudicated by philosophy of physics faculty members at Western.

  • 6 - 8 June 2019, Workshop "Expressing Evidence", Konstanz, Germany

    Date: 6 - 8 June 2019
    Location: Konstanz, Germany
    Deadline: Thursday 20 December 2018

    Evidential restrictions cross-cut grammars in varied ways. In this workshop, we want to bring together researchers working from different angles on how natural language expresses evidence. We are especially interested in (but not limited to) submissions that straddle the divide between linguistics and philosophy and address the following issues:
    1. Evidentiality across syntactic categories
    2. Speech acts conveyed by evidentials
    3. Evidentiality in a broader context of attitude ascriptions and subjective expressions
    4. Types of reasoning and knowledge involved in statements with different evidentials
    5. Formal tools for modelling evidence

    Invited speakers: Corien Bary (Nijmegen), Lisa Matthewson (British Columbia), Elin McCready (Aoyama) and Dilip Ninan (Tufts).

    We invite submission of abstracts for 30-minute oral presentations (with additional time for discussion) on any topic related to the aims and scope of the workshop. We are especially interested in (but not limited to) contributions that straddle the line between disciplines dealing with the linguistic expression of evidence, such as linguistics, philosophy, and psychology.

  • 5 - 6 June 2019, "The pholological conundrum": representation of language, Jerusalem, Israel

    Date: 5 - 6 June 2019
    Location: Jerusalem, Israel
    Deadline: Friday 15 March 2019

    The Edelstein Center and the Bergmann Center at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem are happy to announce a workshop on aspects of language representation. The workshop concerns approaches to the representation of linguistic expressions and their implications on issues in logic, semantics and computability theory.

    Participants include: Nachum Dershowitz (Tel Aviv University), Michael Goldboim (Tel Aviv University), Balthasar Grabmayr (HU Berlin), David Kashtan (Hebrew University of Jerusalem), Carlo Nicolai (King's College London), Paula Quinon (Lund University), Gil Sagi (Haifa University) and Stewart Shapiro (Ohio State).

    The workshop will include a small session of contributed talks. Authors are invited to send abstracts not exceeding 500 words. The abstracts should be prepared for blind-review; in particular, the author's name, affiliation and contact details should be specified separately in the email. Authors of the accepted papers will have 40 minutes to present their work, including discussion,

  • 5 - 7 June 2019, International Association for Computing and Philosophy Annual Meeting 2019 (IACAP 2019), Mexico City, Mexico

    Date: 5 - 7 June 2019
    Location: Mexico City, Mexico
    Deadline: Sunday 24 March 2019

    The International Association for Computing and Philosophy promotes philosophical dialogue and interdisciplinary research on all aspects of the computational and informational turn. Coming to these issues from a rich variety of disciplines, IACAP's members have a tradition of helping to shape philosophical and ethical debates about the nature, development, application, and limits of computation, information technologies, and artificial intelligence.

    IACAP's 2019 meeting will gather philosophers, mathematicians, ethicists, logicians, roboticists, computer scientists, and cognitive scientists to explore the conference topics.

    This year the IACAP Annual Meeting will include a special, one-day track on research related to computing and epistemic logic, with special interest in concurrency; computing systems where multiple sequential computers or microprocessors interact.

    We invite submissions of extended abstracts for paper presentations. Submissions for paper presentation should be prepared for blind review, provide an extended abstract of 800-1200 words, and provide a short abstract of 150-250 words suitable for inclusion in a program. Submission deadline: February 15, 2019 (regular conference) / March 24, 2019 (special track).

    We also invite proposals for symposia. Proposals for symposia should indicate the title of the proposed symposium, a description of the topic, a list the participants, and the number of hours required. Submission deadline: February 1, 2019.

    For more information, see http://www.iacap.org/iacap-2019/.
  • 4 - 7 June 2019, 15th International Conference on Logic Programming and Non-monotonic Reasoning (LPNMR 2019), Philadelphia PA, U.S.A.

    Date: 4 - 7 June 2019
    Location: Philadelphia PA, U.S.A.
    Deadline: Tuesday 29 January 2019

    LPNMR 2019 is the fifteenth in the series of international meetings on logic programming and non-monotonic reasoning. LPNMR is a forum for exchanging ideas on declarative logic programming, non-monotonic reasoning, and knowledge representation. The aim of the conference is to facilitate interactions between researchers and practitioners interested in the design and implementation of logic-based programming languages and database systems, and those working in knowledge representation and nonmonotonic reasoning. LPNMR strives to encompass theoretical and experimental studies that have led or will lead to advances in declarative programming and knowledge representation, as well as their use in practical applications. A Doctoral Consortium will also be a part of the program.

    Authors are invited to submit papers presenting original and unpublished research on all aspects of non-monotonic approaches in logic programming and knowledge representation. LPNMR 2019 welcomes submissions of long papers (13 pages) or short papers (6 pages) in the following categories: Technical papers, System descriptions and Application descriptions. This year's edition of the conference seeks to raise submissions devoted towards use of LPNMR techniques in emerging applications stemming from such areas as deep learning, robotics, cybersecurity, modeling cyberphysical systems, and human-aware AI. Deadline for submissions: January 29th, 2019.

    Students at both the PhD and late stage masters level are encouraged to apply for the Doctoral Consortium. Deadline for submissions: Mar, 24, 2019.

  • 3 - 7 June 2019, 4th SILFS Postgraduate Conference on Logic & Philosophy of Science, Urbino, Italy

    Date: 3 - 7 June 2019
    Location: Urbino, Italy
    Deadline: Sunday 30 December 2018

    The aim of the conference is to gather young researchers working in the field of logic and philosophy of sciences and to offer them the opportunity to present and discuss their papers in an informal and stimulating environment.

    The conference is divided into eight sessions, namely:
    1) Philosophy of Biology and Health Sciences
    2) Philosophy of Mind and Cognitive Science
    3) Foundations of Computing and Artificial Intelligence
    4) Classical and Non-Classical Logics
    5) Philosophy and Foundations of Physics
    6) Foundations of Logic and Mathematics
    7) Philosophy of Social Sciences
    8) General Philosophy of Science
    Each session will host 4 different talks (30 minutes for each talk + 10 minutes of discussion).

    We invite submissions in the aforementioned areas of research from PhD students or scholars who completed their PhD in the last 5 years. In the case of a co-authored paper, at least one of the authors must be a PhD student or a scholar who completed her/his PhD in the last 5 years; only those meeting this requirement are eligible to submit the abstract. The Scientific and Organizing Committee will select the eight best presentations given in each eight session of the school. The authors of the selected presentations will receive an award on the last day of the school.

  • 3 - 4 June 2019, Fifth International Workshop on "Defeasible and Ampliative Reasoning" (DARe 2019), Philadelphia PA, U.S.A.

    Date: 3 - 4 June 2019
    Location: Philadelphia PA, U.S.A.
    Deadline: Tuesday 19 March 2019

    Everyday human decision making involves various kinds of non-classical reasoning such as reasoning with uncertainty, exceptions, similarity, vagueness, incomplete or contradictory information and many others. These types of reasoning usually show two intertwined aspects, an ampliative aspect (augmenting the underlying reasoning by allowing more conclusions) and a defeasible aspect (curtailing the underlying reasoning by either disregarding or disallowing some conclusions that somehow ought not to be sanctioned). Several efforts have been put into the study and definition of formalisms within which the aforementioned aspects of everyday reasoning could adequately be captured at different levels. But despite the progress that has been achieved, large avenues remain open for exploration.

    DARe aims at bringing together researchers and practitioners from core areas of artificial intelligence, cognitive sciences, philosophy and related disciplines to discuss these kinds of problems and relevant results in a multi-disciplinary forum. The goal of the workshop is to present latest research developments, to discuss current directions in the field, and to collect first-hand feedback from the community.

    DARe welcomes contributions on all aspects of defeasible and ampliative reasoning. We invite submissions of papers presenting original research results or position statements. Submissions must be prepared using the Springer LNAI/LNCS format and should be no longer than 13 pages (not counting the references).

  • 3 - 6 June 2019, 8th International Conference on Algebra and Coalgebra in Computer Science (CALCO 2019), London, England

    Date: 3 - 6 June 2019
    Location: London, England
    Deadline: Wednesday 3 April 2019

    CALCO is a high-level, bi-annual conference formed by joining the forces and reputations of CMCS (the International Workshop on Coalgebraic Methods in Computer Science), and WADT (the Workshop on Algebraic Development Techniques).  It aims to bring together researchers and practitioners with interests in foundational aspects, and both traditional and emerging uses of algebra and coalgebra in computer science.

    The eighth edition will be held in London, UK, colocated with MFPS XXXV. It will have three invited speakers, and a joint special session with MFPS. It will also feature two awards: a Best Paper Award whose recipients will be selected by the PC before the conference and a Best Presentation Award, elected by the participants.

    CALCO invites three categories of submissions:
    * Full technical papers that report
     - results of theoretical work on the mathematics of algebras and coalgebras, 
      - the way these results can support methods and techniques for software development, as well as
     - experience with the transfer of the resulting technologies into industrial practice.
    * Early ideas abstracts that lead to presentation of work in progress and original research proposals. PhD students and young researchers are particularly encouraged to contribute.
    * Tool papers that report on the development and use of tools for algebraic and coalgebraic methods in computer science.

    For more information, see https://www.coalg.org/calco-mfps-2019/.
  • 3 - 4 June 2019, 3rd International Workshop on User-Oriented Logic Paradigms (IULP 2019), Cancelled

    Date: 3 - 4 June 2019
    Location: Philadelphia PA, U.S.A.
    Deadline: Sunday 28 April 2019

    The 3rd International Workshop of User-Oriented Logic Paradigms (IULP) focuses on discussing different aspects involved in making logic paradigms more user-friendly/oriented, where the "user" could be either an expert of the paradigm, or a non-expert who simply uses tools developed for the paradigm in some application. IULP aims to bring together researchers working on different logic paradigms, such as answer set programming, constraint logic programming, probabilistic logic programming, abductive logic programming, inductive logic programming, argumentation, principles of teaching etc., as user- friendliness is an important topic in all of these areas.

    IULP aims to provide an international forum for researchers in the AI, KR, and applied sciences community to discuss and present advances in theories, formalisms, and applications to deliver the mature and well-defined methods of logic paradigms to a wider audience.

    We solicit the submission of papers broadly centred on issues and research related to user-friendliness in logic paradigms and related fields. We welcome papers of either theoretical or practical nature, including work in progress. We encourage the submission of original research on all topics as well as relevant results that have been submitted or accepted elsewhere provided that the initial publication is mentioned in a footnote on the first page.

  • 31 May - 2 June 2019, MCMP-Western Ontario Workshop on Computation in Scientific Theory & Practice, Munich, Germany

    Date: 31 May - 2 June 2019
    Location: Munich, Germany
    Deadline: Sunday 17 March 2019

    The goal of this interdisciplinary meeting is to explore philosophical and historical issues that arise at the intersection of theoretical computer science, mathematics, and natural science, including issues that arise in the practice of those disciplines.

    Conference topics include: the history of computer science; the foundations of computation and mathematical cognition; computational and informational perspectives on scientific decision making, scientific methodology, and the characterisation of scientific theories; physical notions of computation and the 'Physical Church-Turing Thesis'.

    Prospective authors are invited to submit an extended abstract of between 600-1000 words, along with a short abstract of no more than 150 words. We especially encourage submissions from early career researchers and researchers from underrepresented groups, although submissions from researchers in all stages of their career and from all groups are welcome.

  • 28 - 29 May 2019, Bergen Workshop on Logical Disagreement, Bergen, Norway

    Date: 28 - 29 May 2019
    Location: Bergen, Norway
    Deadline: Friday 8 March 2019

    Confirmed speakers:
    * Roy Sorensen (Washington University, St. Louis)
    * Catarina Dutilh Novaes (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
    * Catrin Campbell-Moore (Bristol University)

    We invite submissions for 45-minute presentations, with additional time for discussion, on the broad topic of logical disagreements, addressing questions including, but not limited to:
    * Are logical disagreements possible?
    * Are there distinct types of logical disagreements?
    * Can logical disagreements ever be resolved?
    * How have historical logical disagreements been resolved?

    For more information, see here or contact Ben Martin at .
  • 24 May 2019, IWCS Workshop "Computing Semantics with Types, Frames & Related Structures", Gothenburg, Sweden

    Date: Friday 24 May 2019
    Location: Gothenburg, Sweden
    Deadline: Monday 4 March 2019

    The goal of this workshop is to bring together people interested in structured representations of semantic information, especially from a computational perspective. In recent years, there has been a growing body of research which aims to integrate structured entities into formal semantic accounts. Important developments in this direction are the introduction of rich type systems and the use of frame-based representations, among others. The workshop is open to both foundational issues of structured semantic representations and applications to specific linguistic phenomena.

    Topics for submission include, but are not limited to:

    • Richly typed formalisms for natural language semantics.
    • Frame-based approaches to formal and computational semantics.
    • Type Theoretical Semantics
    • Semantic computation with structured representations.
    • Interactions between lexical semantic structures and compositional semantics.
  • 24 May 2019, Sixth Workshop on Natural Language and Computer Science (NLCS'19), Gothenburg, Sweden

    Date: Friday 24 May 2019
    Location: Gothenburg, Sweden
    Deadline: Thursday 7 March 2019

    A workshop affiliated with the 13th International Conference on Computational Semantics (IWCS 2019)

    Formal tools coming from logic and category theory are important in both natural language semantics and in computational semantics. Moreover, work on these tools borrows heavily from all areas of theoretical computer science. In the other direction, applications having to do with natural language has inspired developments on the formal side. The workshop invites papers on both topics.

    Invited speakers: Krasimir Angelov (Gothenburg), Rafaella Bernardi, (Trento).

    Extended abstracts of up to 10 pages may be submitted through Easychair.

    For more information, see http://www.indiana.edu/~iulg/nlcs.html.
  • 24 May 2019, IWCS’19 Workshop on Vector Semantics for Dialogue and Discourse (VSDD)

    Date: Friday 24 May 2019
    Location: Gothenburg, Sweden
    Target audience: researchers using vector space methods for semantics in the realm of sentence, dialogue, and discourse
    Deadline: Sunday 14 April 2019

    Vector models of meaning have revolutionised computational linguistics via their ability to reflect semantic similarities and regularities while providing flexibility to model dynamics and change. However, despite much recent interest inextending these models from the level of words to larger phrases and sentences, there has been little attempt to extend these to the realm of discourse and dialogue. This requires a shift in perspective, moving beyond the static word/sentence view of language to a dynamic perspective seeing language as a set of mechanisms for real-time interactions, encompassing a whole range of actions both sub- and supra-sentential.

    This workshop hopes to bring together researchers using vector space methods for semantics in the realm of dialogue and discourse to discuss these challenges and fill this gap. We are planning this event as an open discussion session, with three keynote speakers (see below) and otherwise individual participants having a short slot to discuss a presented poster, with plenty of time allowed for free interactive exchange.

    Abstract Format: Abstracts should: be anonymous; be no longer than 2 A4 pages including references; be in .pdf format; use single line spacing, 11pt font with 1-inch margins.

    Topics of interest: Distributional Semantics, Vector Space Semantics, Composition Functions, Word Embeddings in Dialogue Systems, Distributional Pragmatics, Vector Composition beyond the Sentence, Sub-sentential Vector Composition, Incremental, Semantic Parsing in Vector Space, Underspecification, Hybrid Symbolic-Distributional Models, Representation Learning for Dialogue & Discourse, Vector Space Models of Dialogue & Discourse Context, Language Grounding.

    For more information, see https://sites.google.com/site/dialoguevector/ or contact Mehrnoosh Sadrzadeh at .
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    23 - 25 May 2019, 65th StuTS, Cologne

    Date & Time: 23 - 25 May 2019, 09:00-19:00
    Location: Cologne
    Target audience: Students and young researchers
    Costs: 40€
    Deadline: Monday 22 April 2019

    StuTS is short for German Studentische Tagung Sprachwissenschaften which translates roughly to student conference for linguistics and it offers an interesting programme from linguistics and related disciplines, with expert keynotes, student presentations and workshops, tours and demos, and of course a social programme with the best that Cologne has in store for students. We are looking forward to welcoming you all in Cologne from 23 to 25 Mai, 2019.

    We are inviting students of linguistics and related disciplines from BA to PhD level to present their work at the 65th StuTS, which takes place from Mai 23 to 25, 2019 in Cologne. Feel free to present work from class projects, your bachelor’s or master’s thesis, or a project you are working on. We are also inviting language or technology related workshops from students who want to share their insights. The topics should somehow fit into the general topic of linguistics and language research and we would appreciate a wide variety of topics.

    Presentations will last for 20 minutes and there will be 10 minutes for questions. Longer slots are available for longer talks or workshops upon request. For information on language requirements, please see the website.

    For more information, see https://65.stuts.de/en/ or contact Organisational Team at .
  • 23 - 27 May 2019, 13th International Conference on Computational Semantics (IWCS Gothenburg 2019), Gothenburg, Sweden

    Date: 23 - 27 May 2019
    Location: Gothenburg, Sweden
    Deadline: Tuesday 22 January 2019

    IWCS is the bi-yearly meeting of SIGSEM, the ACL special interest group on semantics. The aim of the IWCS conference is to bring together researchers interested in any aspects of the computation, annotation, extraction, and representation of meaning in natural language, whether from a lexical or structural semantic perspective. IWCS embraces both symbolic and machine learning approaches to computational semantics, and everything in between.

    The main conference will be run from 25-27 May 2019, preceded by workshops on 23-24 May. The areas of interest for the conference include all computational aspects of meaning of natural language within written, spoken, or multimodal communication.

    Three types of submission are solicited: long papers, student papers and short papers. Long papers should describe original research, and will have a full oral presentation at the conference. Student papers should describe original research but the first author must be a student or at least 2/3 of the work on a paper should be completed by students; the papers will have a full oral presentation at the conference in a special student session. Short papers (typically system or project descriptions, or ongoing research) will have a lightning talk at the conference, followed by a poster/demo session for discussion. All types of papers should be submitted not later than 15th January, 2019.

    Additionally, workshop proposals are invited on any of the conference topics and closely related areas. Deadline: 10 November.

  • 22 - 24 May 2019, International Conference on Simplicities & Complexities, Bonn, Germany

    Date: 22 - 24 May 2019
    Location: Bonn, Germany
    Deadline: Tuesday 15 January 2019

    Throughout the 20th century the sciences have approached more and more complex phenomena, in tune with the increased social relevance of scientific knowledge. The perceived need to address complexity head-on has led to a broader reaction against simplification and reductionism within the sciences. However, if simplicity, in its various outfits, has proven an unreliable guide, what should it be replaced with? Looking at the various strategies of addressing complexity in the sciences and the disciplines reflecting upon them, it appears that the notion is at least as variegated as simplicity.

    The aim of the conference is to analyze, differentiate, and connect the various notions and practices of simplicity and complexity, in physics as well as in other sciences. We invite contributors from a spectrum of disciplines, scientists and scholars reflecting on their respective and neighboring research fields, as well as historians, philosophers, and sociologists of science investigating the epistemologies, practices, and discourses of fellow epistemic communities. The conference will thrive on intense discussion surpassing disciplinary boundaries.

    The organizing committee invites abstract submissions on the theme of the conference. Submissions are welcome from the broad spectrum of scientific fields. In addition to being considered for giving a contributing talk, all submissions will also be considered for our essay competition (unless requested otherwise).

  • CfP topical collection of Synthese on "Virtue Theory of Mathematical Practices"

    Deadline: Tuesday 1 October 2019

    Virtue theory has an illustrious history as one of the most prominent philosophical traditions, and in the wake of the recent renewed focus on human practices virtue theory once again provides powerful frameworks, tools and insights. Work in such diverse fields as ethics, the philosophy of science, epistemology, philosophy of law, political theory, aesthetics, and argumentation theory shows that virtue theory permits normative discourse without imposing overly rigid criteria. Within the philosophy of mathematics, and mathematics itself, attention to virtues has a variety of sources: theoretical virtues have been put forward both to analyse the practice of proof and to justify axioms, and ethical virtues have been offered as a basis for understanding the social dimensions of mathematical practice. Indeed, some authors have advocated virtue epistemology as the correct epistemology for mathematics (and perhaps even as the basis for progress in the metaphysics of mathematics). In this topical collection we aim to consolidate and encourage this trend in the philosophy of mathematics.

    Guest Editors: Andrew Aberdein, Colin Jakob Rittberg, Fenner Stanley Tanswell

    We invite contributions which study mathematics and mathematical practices from a virtue perspective. We encourage, amongst others, submissions that
     - engage with the social dimensions of mathematics in virtue terms;
     - address the application of virtue epistemology to mathematics; - investigate the ethical considerations of mathematical practice in a virtue framework;
      - discuss specific virtues or vices of mathematics (or mathematicians);
     - explore historical usage of virtue terminology in mathematical contexts;
     - or provide accounts in terms of virtue of the objects of mathematical enquiry, such as theorems, proofs, or definitions.

    For more information, see https://philevents.org/event/show/73058 or contact Andrew Aberdein, Colin Rittberg. Fenner Tanswell at .
  • 13 - 17 May 2019, 24th Conference on Applications of Logic in Philosophy and the Foundations of Mathematics, Szklarska Poręba, Poland

    Date & Time: 13 - 17 May 2019, 14:00
    Location: Szklarska Poręba, Poland
    Target audience: logic, logical philosophy, pragmatics, foundations of mathematics, foundations of computer science and related areas
    Deadline: Tuesday 2 April 2019

    The meeting takes place in Szklarska Poręba, in the lovely Sudetes Mountains on the Polish-Czech border. Our event is being held under the patronage of the Polish Association for Logic and Philosophy of Science.

    Our invited speakers are:

    • Krzysztof R. Apt, CWI, Amsterdam
    • Roberto Giuntini, University of Cagliari
    • Andreas Herzig, Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse
    • Emil Jeřábek, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague

    We encourage everyone who is interested in logic to participate in our event.

    Contributions related to logic,logical philosophy, pragmatics, foundations of mathematics, foundations of computer science and related areas are welcome.The abstracts of about 30 minutes talks, not extending one page, should be submitted before April 2, 2019 and the notification of acceptance will be sent until April 12, 2019. The detailed information regarding submission of abstracts will be available in the forthcoming announcements and on the conference's website.

    For more information, see http://www.applications-of-logic.uni.wroc.pl/ or contact Marcin Selinger at .
  • 9 - 10 May 2019, Worksh on Non-Causal Explanations: Logical, Linguistic and Philosophical Perspectives, Gent, Belgium

    Date: 9 - 10 May 2019
    Location: Gent, Belgium
    Deadline: Friday 1 February 2019

    Many disciplines, from mathematics to metaphysics, employ non-causal explanations. But what is the logic (or the logics) of non-causal explanation? What are the pros and cons of different logical approaches? Is the linguistic expression of non-causal explanation specifically codified in some natural language? Can algorithms pick up non-causal explanations in textual databases? The workshop welcomes formal and informal contributions both from within specific disciplines employing non-causal explanations and from a more general perspective.

    Keynote speakers: Hannes Leitgeb (Munich), Francesca Poggiolesi (Paris) and Erik Weber (Ghent).

    We welcome submissions on any topic that fits into the scope of the conference.

    For more information, see http://www.lrr.ugent.be/noncausalexplanation/ or contact .
  • 8 - 10 May 2019, 16th European Conference on Logics in Artificial Intelligence (JELIA-2019), Rende, Italy

    Date: 8 - 10 May 2019
    Location: Rende, Italy
    Deadline: Monday 26 November 2018

    The European Conference on Logics in Artificial Intelligence (or Journées Européennes sur la Logique en Intelligence Artificielle - JELIA) began back in 1988, as a workshop, in response to the need for a European forum for the discussion of emerging work in this field. Since then, JELIA has been organised biennially. JELIA aims at bringing together researchers active in all aspects concerning the use of logics in AI to discuss current research, results, problems, and applications of both a theoretical and a practical nature.

    Authors are invited to submit papers presenting original and unpublished research in all areas related to the use of logics in Artificial Intelligence.

    For more information, see https://jelia2019.mat.unical.it/.
  • 7 - 8 May 2019, Workshop on the History of Arabic Logic, St Andrews, Scotland

    Date: 7 - 8 May 2019
    Location: St Andrews, Scotland
    Deadline: Friday 1 February 2019

    Since the last century, scholars have acknowledged the original and relevant contribution of medieval Arabic philosophers and thinkers to the development of medieval Western logic and, more generally, to the history of logic. The Workshop on History of Arabic Logic has two main aims: to make better known the richness and importance of Arabic logic, that is, logic developed and studied in Arabic-speaking lands from the 8th to the 15th centuries CE; and to provide a forum for interaction and discussion by scholars of Arabic logic.

    Invited Speakers: Saloua Chatti (Tunis), Khaled El-Rouayheb (Harvard), Wilfrid Hodges (British Academy) and Riccardo Strobino (Tufts).

    Call for Papers: We invite contributions focusing both on the logic developed and studied in Arabic-speaking lands from the 8th to the 15th centuries CE and on its influence on Medieval Western logic. Accepted presentations will be 1 hour in length including time for questions.

    To submit your contribution for consideration, please send an abstract (around 500 words) along with a short CV (max. 1 page) to the organisers Prof. Stephen Read and Dr Barbara Bartocci (<mailto:>). The deadline for submission of abstracts is February 1, 2019. Notification concerning the acceptance of abstracts will be provided to the corresponding authors by February 22, 2019. Presenters should arrange their own conference travel and accommodation.

    We warmly encourage submissions and/or attendance by members of groups underrepresented in academic philosophy.

  • 6 - 10 May 2019, The 19th Brazilian Logic Conference (EBL 2019), Joao Pessoa, Brazil

    Date: 6 - 10 May 2019
    Location: Joao Pessoa, Brazil
    Deadline: Thursday 24 January 2019

    The Brazilian Logic Conferences (EBL) is a traditional event of the Brazilian Logic Society (SBL). It has been occurring since 1979. Congregating logicians of different fields and with different backgrounds -- from undergraduate students to senior researchers -- the meeting is an important moment for the Brazilian and South-American logical community to join together and discuss recent developments of the field. The areas of Logic covered spread over Foundations and Philosophy of Science, Analytic Philosophy, Mathematics, Computer Science, Informatics, Linguistics and Artificial Intelligence.

    There will be a Logic School during the conference; speakers and subjects to be announced.

    The goal of the EBL meeting is to encourage the dissemination and discussion of research papers in Logic in a broad sense. We cordially invite submissions of contributed papers on general topics of Logic. The presentation of contributed papers in the event must fit a slot of 20 minutes of exposition plus 10 minutes of questions and discussion. This edition of the EBL particularly welcomes abstracts on Logic Teaching so as to stimulate the development of methods and strategies of teaching and learning Logic.

    The EBL 2019 is happy to host round table proposals with a duration of at most two hours. They may be divided as desired, with a maximum of 4 and a minimum of 3 participants per session. Each session must have a coordinating chair assigned in the proposal.

    For more information, see http://ebl2019.ci.ufpb.br/ or contact .
  • 24 - 26 April 2019, 8th International Conference on Computational Intelligence in Music, Sound, Art and Design (evoMUSART), Leipzig, Germany

    Date: 24 - 26 April 2019
    Location: Leipzig, Germany
    Deadline: Thursday 1 November 2018

    The main goal of EvoMusArt is to bring together researchers who are using Computational Intelligence techniques for artistic tasks such as visual art, music, architecture, video, digital games, poetry, or design. The conference gives researchers in the field the opportunity to promote, present and discuss ongoing work in the area.

    We welcome submissions which use Computational Intelligence techniques (e.g. Evolutionary Computation, Artificial Life, Machine Learning, Swarm Intelligence) in the generation, analysis and interpretation of art, music, design, architecture and other artistic fields. Submissions must be at most 16 pages long, in Springer LNCS format. Accepted papers will be presented orally at the event and included in the evoMUSART proceedings published by Springer Verlag in a dedicated volume of the Lecture Notes in Computer Science series.

  • 24 - 26 April 2019, PhDs in Logic XI , Bern

    Date: 24 - 26 April 2019
    Location: Bern
    Target audience: PhD students, master students, first-year postdocs
    Costs: No registration fees
    Deadline: Monday 7 January 2019

    PhDs in Logic is an annual graduate conference organised by local graduate students. This interdisciplinary conference welcomes contributions to various topics in mathematical logic, philosophical logic, and logic in computer science. It usually involves tutorials by established researchers as well as short presentations by PhD students, master students and first-year postdocs on their research. The 11th edition of PhDs in Logic will take place in Bern on April 24-26 2019 at the Institutes of Mathematics and Computer Science of the University of Bern. This edition of the conference will involve six tutorials in total, three of which will be delivered by young researchers.

    We welcome students to participate in PhDs in Logic XI regardless of whether they want to submit a contribution. We also encourage students and postdocs in logic from disciplines other than computer science, mathematics, and philosophy to apply.

    PhD students, master students, and first-year postdocs in logic from disciplines that include but are not limited to computer science, mathematics, and philosophy are invited to submit an extended abstract on their research.

    Abstracts of contributed talks of 2 pages (not including references) are to be prepared using the EasyChair class style and submitted via EasyChair. Each abstract will be reviewed by the scientific committee. The accepted abstracts will be presented by their authors in a short presentation during the conference.

    The deadline for contribution is on 7th of January 2019, and the notification of acceptance will be sent by 22nd of February 2019.

    For more information, see https://mathsites.unibe.ch/phdlogic2019/index.html or contact Almudena Colacito at .
  • 15 - 17 April 2019, "Mathematical Ability", Utrecht, The Netherlands

    Date: 15 - 17 April 2019
    Location: Utrecht, The Netherlands
    Deadline: Tuesday 12 February 2019

    Recently, the focus of inquiries intop mathematical cognition is shifting towards the process of mathematical activity: what is it to have mathematical ability, and how do we acquire the knowledge how to do mathematics? These questions are informed by the various E-approaches to cognition (Extended, Embodied, Embedded, Enactive, Enculturated cognition): our bodies, our technology, our environment - both offline and online - our practices, our culture, our education, and our interactional history might all have some role to play in our mathematical ability and the development thereof. How mathematical cognition is shaped by these factors is a broad question that warrants an interdisciplinary approach.

    For this conference, we invite scholars from various fields, including but not limited to philosophy, logic, AI, cognitive (neuro)science, and education studies, to submit proposals for short talks on the following questions:
    - What is it to do mathematics; what is it to have a mathematical ability; what is mathematical know-how?
    - How do children learn mathematics; how do they acquire mathematical know-how?
    - How can we capture, in a logical formalism, the ability to do mathematics?
    - What role does our body play in our mathematical ability and the development thereof?
    - How can we improve the methods by which embodied and embedded mathematical know-how is acquired, and can we design (digital) tools for this purpose?
    - How can interaction with digital tools improve mathematical abilities?

  • 13 - 16 April 2019, 15th Annual Conference on Theory and Applications of Models of Computation (TAMC 2019), Kitakyushu, Japan

    Date: 13 - 16 April 2019
    Location: Kitakyushu, Japan
    Deadline: Thursday 15 November 2018

    TAMC 2019 aims at bringing together a wide range of researchers with interest in computational theory and its applications. The main themes of the conference are computability, computer science logic, complexity, algorithms, models of computation and systems theory. TAMC is happening in Japan after a gap of Eight Years with special sessions on “Soft Computing and AI models”.  TAMC 2011 was held in Tokyo, Japan.

    All papers must be original and not simultaneously submitted to another journal or conference. Submitted papers should be Full papers [10-20 Pages] where a page constitutes 300-400 words.

  • 13 - 14 April 2019, The 20th Annual Graduate Student Conference in Logic (GSCL XX), Chicago IL, U.S.A.

    Date: 13 - 14 April 2019
    Location: Chicago IL, U.S.A.
    Target audience: graduate students
    Deadline: Friday 15 February 2019

    Next semester the University of Illinois at Chicago is hosting the annual graduate student conference in logic. It will be a weekend long conference with one plenary talk from a professor in Model Theory or Set Theory and then talks from grad students.

    It is most likely that free housing and a few meals will be provided for all participants, while funding for travel expenses will be limited to national flights.

    For more information, see https://www.math.uic.edu/lhls/GSCLXX/ or contact .
  • 9 April 2019, Crossing the boundaries: Language in Interaction, Nijmegen, the Netherlands

    Date: Tuesday 9 April 2019
    Location: Nijmegen, the Netherlands
    Target audience: PhD students
    Costs: Free
    Deadline: Thursday 31 January 2019

    Broca and Wernicke’s breakthroughs in the 19th century paved the way to the current knowledge of language in the human brain. Yet, current research on this topic has gone above and beyond the scope of neuropsychology, with contributions from neuroscience, computer modelling, linguistics and genetics. The knowledge from these disciplines helped paint a more comprehensive picture of how the language system is organized in the brain. However, there is a theoretical gap between all these findings: solid evidence exists for how discrete elements of the language system are organized and work, but comprehensive models that encompass these separate results are still lacking. This reductionist bias is further exacerbated when overlooking the communicative aspect of language: are we able to fully explain how two human beings are able to communicate in an effective way?

    In this symposium experts from different disciplines will explore how their fields of expertise can come together to provide an integrated understanding of human language.

    Poster abstract submission is now open to consortium and non-consortium members and we will be awarding a prize to the most interdisciplinary poster.

    For more information, see https://www.languageininteraction.nl/research/lii-symposium.html or contact Lotte Eijk, João Ferreira, Guilherme Freches or Marlou Rasenberg at .
  • 8 - 11 April 2019, Conference on Cognitive and Computational Aspects of Situation Management (CogSIMA 2019), Las Vegas NV, U.S.A.

    Date: 8 - 11 April 2019
    Location: Las Vegas NV, U.S.A.
    Deadline: Sunday 23 December 2018

    The CogSIMA conference series provides an annual venue for presenting multi-disciplinary research on complex heterogeneous dynamical systems - of interacting humans, machines, computer agents and/or networks - whose individual and/or collective behavior depends on their Situation Awareness.

    Examples of systems include a variety of command and control systems, disaster monitoring and recovery systems, human-robot teams, physical and cyber security situation awareness systems, intelligent transportation systems, health care medical situation control systems, and many other systems.

    The CogSIMA conferences are aimed at researchers and practitioners from academia, industry and government, with a wide variety of backgrounds and experience including computer science, artificial intelligence, human factors, cognitive science, modeling & simulation, robotics, and systems engineering.

    Two types of paper submissions will be accepted: Regular Papers (papers that describe new results that advance the state-of-the-art, 5-7 pages) and Poster Presentations (Papers that describe work in progress, 3-5 pages). All papers must present original and unpublished work that is not currently under review elsewhere.

    Quantitative and/or qualitative methods and results are welcome, as well as hypotheses-driven or more open-ended exploratory work. Submissions must clearly outline the methodology (manipulations, measurements, environment and context, etc.) and technologies used, for both replicability and enabling in-depth review. In addition, research providing novel system designs, algorithms, interface technologies, and computational methods supporting elements of situation management are encouraged.

    For more information, see http://www.cogsima2019.org or contact .
  • 7 - 12 April 2019, 4th Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Theorem Proving (AITP 2019), Obergurgl, Austria

    Date: 7 - 12 April 2019
    Location: Obergurgl, Austria
    Deadline: Saturday 1 December 2018

    Large-scale semantic processing and strong computer assistance of mathematics and science is our inevitable future. New combinations of AI and reasoning methods and tools deployed over large mathematical and scientific corpora will be instrumental to this task. The AITP conference is the forum for discussing how to get there as soon as possible, and the force driving the progress towards that.

    There will be several focused sessions on AI for ATP, ITP and mathematics, Formal Abstracts, linguistic processing of mathematics/science, modern AI and big-data methods, and several sessions with contributed talks. The focused sessions will be based on invited talks and discussion oriented.

    AITP solicits contributed talks. Selection of those will be based on extended abstracts/short papers of 2 pages formatted with easychair.cls. Submission is via EasyChair. Accepted contributions will be published in an informal book of abstracts for distribution at the conference.

    For more information, see http://aitp-conference.org/2019.
  • 6 - 11 April 2019, 22nd European Joint Conferences on Theory And Practice of Software (ETAPS 2019), Prague, Czech Republic

    Date: 6 - 11 April 2019
    Location: Prague, Czech Republic
    Deadline: Friday 9 November 2018

    ETAPS is the primary European forum for academic and industrial researchers working on topics relating to software science. ETAPS, established in 1998, is a confederation of five main annual conferences, accompanied by satellite workshops. ETAPS 2019 is the twenty-second event in the series.

    Main conferences:
    - ESOP: European Symposium on Programming
    - FASE: Fundamental Approaches to Software Engineering
    - FoSSaCS: Foundations of Software Science and Computation Structures
    - POST: Principles of Security and Trust
    - TACAS: Tools and Algorithms for the Construction and Analysis of Systems
    TACAS '19 hosts the 8th Competition on Software Verification (SV-COMP).

    A number of satellite workshops will take place before the main conferences: BEHAPI, CREST, DICE-FOPARA, GaLoP, HCVS, HSB, InterAVT, LiVe, MeTRiD, PERR, PLACES, QAPL, SPIoT, SynCoP, VerifyThis.

    ETAPS conferences solicit contributions of two types: research papers and tool demonstration papers. ESOP and FoSSaCS accept only research papers. FASE, POST and TACAS have multiple types of research papers. Submitted papers must be in English presenting original research. They must be unpublished and not submitted for publication elsewhere (this does not apply to abstracts). In particular, simultaneous submission of the same contribution to multiple ETAPS conferences is forbidden.

  • 3 - 5 April 2019, Workshop "Reasoning, Argumentation and Logic in Natural Language: Experiments and Models", Bochum, Germany

    Date: 3 - 5 April 2019
    Location: Bochum, Germany
    Deadline: Wednesday 20 February 2019

    The workshop examines reasoning, argumentation and logic from the perspective of experimental pragmatics. Whereas these issues have a long tradition in the philosophy of language and theoretical linguistics, research in experimental pragmatics has come to focus on them only recently. This is surprising since pragmatic phenomena exert strong influence on which arguments count as sound and valid in everyday reasoning. Relevant phenomena include (a) the disambiguation of polysemous words, (b) context effects on the interpretation of content words and (c) pragmatic properties of logical connectives (e.g., order effects associated with and) as well as of quantifiers (e.g., the scalar implicature from some to not all). The workshop focuses on (i) experimental approaches and (ii) empirically driven models regarding these as well as other pragmatic phenomena in the domain of argumentation and reasoning.

    Submissions can be made for presentations, posters, or both. Please submit one-page abstract (pdf); a second page may contain references, graphs and tables.

  • 29 - 30 March 2019, "The Creative Power of Metaphor", Oxford, England

    Date: 29 - 30 March 2019
    Location: Oxford, England
    Deadline: Wednesday 31 October 2018

    Join us for an innovative 2-day conference on the nexus between Metaphor, Linguistic Diversity, and Creativity.

    The conference will be structured around four themes. Each theme will be introduced in a keynote lecture, and developed in a plenary round-table discussion featuring selected panelists. Panelists will address general questions as well as questions raised by the audience. Moreover, two extensive Poster sessions will be dedicated to present specific studies related to the four themes.

    Themes:
    - Metaphor and Linguistic Diversity (keynote speaker: Lera Boroditsky)
    - Metaphor and Emotion (keynote speaker: Zoltán Kövecse)
    - Metaphor and Communication (keynote speaker: Gerard Steen)
    - Metaphor and Creativity (keynote speaker: Rachel Giora)

     

    We invite abstracts (max. 300 words) for poster presentations that are relevant to one or more of the four themes of the conference. We also invite expressions of interest in participation in the panel discussions. We welcome submissions from early career researchers to both panels and posters.

  • 27 - 30 March 2019, Third Tübingen Conference on Proof-Theoretic Semantics (PTS3): Assessment and Future Perspectives, Tübingen, Germany

    Date: 27 - 30 March 2019
    Location: Tübingen, Germany
    Deadline: Monday 1 October 2018

    We invite submissions for 30min-talks on any topic of proof-theoretic semantics. We especially encourage young researchers to contribute. If you would like to give a talk, please send a one-page abstract.

    For more information, see http://ls.informatik.uni-tuebingen.de/PTS3/.
  • 27 - 28 March 2019, Third Symposium on Compositional Structures (SYCO 3), Oxford, England

    Date: 27 - 28 March 2019
    Location: Oxford, England
    Deadline: Friday 15 February 2019

    The Symposium on Compositional Structures (SYCO) is an interdisciplinary series of meetings aiming to support the growing community of researchers interested in the phenomenon of compositionality, from both applied and abstract perspectives, and in particular where category theory serves as a unifying common language.  This new series aims to bring together the communities behind many previous successful events which have taken place over the last decade, including "Categories, Logic and Physics", "Categories, Logic and Physics (Scotland)", "Higher-Dimensional Rewriting and Applications", "String Diagrams in Computation, Logic and Physics", "Applied Category Theory", "Simons Workshop on Compositionality", and the "Peripatetic Seminar in Sheaves and Logic".

    Invited speakers: Marie Kerjean (INRIA Bretagne Atlantique)  and Alessandra Palmigiano (Delft University of Technology and University of Johannesburg).

    We welcome submissions from researchers across computer science, mathematics, physics, philosophy, and beyond, with the aim of fostering friendly discussion, disseminating new ideas, and spreading knowledge between fields. Submission is encouraged for both mature research and work in progress, and by both established academics and junior researchers, including students.

    Submissions should present research results in sufficient detail to allow them to be properly considered by members of the programme committee, who will assess papers with regards to significance, clarity, correctness, and scope. We encourage the submission of work in progress, as well as mature results. There are no proceedings, so work can be submitted even if it has been previously published, or has been submitted for consideration elsewhere. There is no specific formatting requirement, and no page limit.

  • 25 - 29 March 2019, 13th International Conference on Language and Automata Theory and Applications (LATA 2019), St Petersburg, Russia

    Date: 25 - 29 March 2019
    Location: St Petersburg, Russia
    Deadline: Sunday 11 November 2018

    LATA is a conference series on theoretical computer science and its applications. LATA 2019 will reserve significant room for young scholars at the beginning of their career. It will aim at attracting contributions from classical theory fields as well as application areas.

    LATA 2019 will consist of invited talks and peer-reviewed contributions. Invited speakers: Henning Fernau (University of Trier), Edward A. Lee (University of California, Berkeley), Vadim Lozin (University of Warwick), From Words to Graphs, and Esko Ukkonen (University of Helsinki).

    Authors are invited to submit non-anonymized papers in English presenting original and unpublished research. Papers should not exceed 12 single-spaced pages (all included) and should be prepared according to the standard format for Springer Verlag's LNCS series. A volume of proceedings published by Springer in the LNCS series will be available by the time of the conference.

    A special issue of a major journal will be later published containing peer-reviewed substantially extended versions of some of the papers contributed to the conference. Submissions to it will be by invitation.

    For more information, see http://lata2019.irdta.eu/.
  • 22 - 24 March 2019, The 30th International Conference on Algorithmic Learning Theory (ALT 2019), Chicago IL, U.S.A.

    Date: 22 - 24 March 2019
    Location: Chicago IL, U.S.A.
    Deadline: Friday 19 October 2018

    The ALT 2019 conference is dedicated to all theoretical and algorithmic aspects of machine learning.

    Invited speakers: Sanjeev Arora (Princeton University) and Jennifer Wortman Vaughan (Microsoft Research, New York City).

    We invite proposals for a tutorial presentation. These should be dealing with a learning theory topic covered within two hours. Proposals are limited to 2 pages and should include a one page abstract as well as links to any relevant material such as existing slides or other teaching material.

  • 22 - 23 March 2019, Mathematics in Philosophy: Purity and Idealization, Notre Dame IN, U.S.A.

    Date: 22 - 23 March 2019
    Location: Notre Dame IN, U.S.A.
    Deadline: Thursday 10 January 2019
    In honor of the 70th birthday of Professor Mic Detlefsen, the University of Notre Dame will host a conference on twin themes in Detlefsen's work: Purity and Idealization in the Philosophy of Mathematics. All are welcome.

    We invite submissions from graduate students for contributed talks on topics related to the conference theme.  Student contributions (complete paper or extended abstract, suitable for a 30-minute presentation) should be sent to Patricia Blanchette by January 10, 2019

    For more information, see https://philosophy.nd.edu/Detlefsen or contact Paddy Blanchette at , Tim Bays at , or Curtis Franks at .
  • 14 - 15 March 2019, Rudolf-Carnap-Lectures 2019: "Mental Representation & Propositional Attitudes", Bochum, Germany

    Date: 14 - 15 March 2019
    Location: Bochum, Germany
    Deadline: Tuesday 15 January 2019

    It?s an honor and a pleasure to host Frances Egan and Robert Matthews in Bochum to deliver the next Rudolf-Carnap-Lecture series. They will present two talks each, as always in the context of a Graduate workshop where several PhD students and Postdocs will also have the chance to present their ideas on themes associated with the topics of the lectures.

    Several PhD-student or early Postdoc presentations (constraint: PhD finished 2016 or later) are planned.  In addition we have room for one or two experienced Postdoc presentations PhD finished 2012 or later). Therefore, we invite PhD students and Postdocs to submit abstracts (max. 1000 words), making thesis and argument transparent. The topic should be related to the main theme of the workshop in a loose sense. Papers will be selected based on a blind review process.

  • 13 - 16 March 2019, The 4th Interdisciplinary Scientific Conference Mathematical Transgressions (ISCMT 2019), Cracow, Poland

    Date: 13 - 16 March 2019
    Location: Cracow, Poland
    Deadline: Monday 31 December 2018

    We are going to exceed the boundaries of mathematics again, and examine issues surrounding mathematics and its pedagogy together with researchers from all over the world who represent not only different scientific disciplines, but also different cultures, and thus may bring fresh perspectives to our discussions. We warmly invite especially mathematicians, mathematics educators, psychologists, philosophers and teachers of mathematics who are interested in transforming mathematics education and making it better for all the students.

    The conference program will include plenary lectures, extended presentations, thematic working sessions, workshops and a poster session.

    To submit your proposal, please, send us the title of your talk together with its abstract (up to 250 words). Each proposal has to refer to mathematics or its applications and address issues related to pure mathematics or mathematics education. After receiving all your submissions the Organizing Committee will group them in order to form Thematic Working Sessions.

    We especially encourage all the participants to reflect on the psychological concept of transgression. Proposals bringing in some new understandings of this concept and its relation to mathematics are especially welcome.

    For more information, see https://iscmt.up.krakow.pl/IV/.
  • 6 - 8 March 2019, Post-truth: The semantics and pragmatics of saying "what you believe to be false", Bremen

    Date: 6 - 8 March 2019
    Location: Bremen
    Deadline: Wednesday 15 August 2018

    Grice's first maxim of quality says "do not say what you believe to be false", but we often do. We tell lies ("I did not have sexual relations with that woman"), we deceive (e.g. by lying by implicature), we bullshit ("Trade wars are easy to win"), we make up stories ("When Harry Potter first came to Hogwarts …"), we pretend (Kids playing: "You were Batgirl and I was Wonder Woman"), or we use irony ("Losing the key was very smart!"). In all such speech acts there is a clear sense in which we're not, or at least not literally, speaking the truth. In this workshop we want to discuss the challenges that these and other deviations from the Gricean norm of quality pose for semantics and pragmatics and see if we can incorporate ideas from philosophy, literary theory, cognitive science and other related fields to extend the coverage of our theories of meaning and our understanding of the dynamics and logic of (non-)cooperative conversation.

    Invited speakers: Regine Eckardt (Konstanz) and Jörg Meibauer (Mainz). Organized by Daniel Gutzmann (Cologne), Emar Maier (Groningen), and Katharina Turgay (Landau).

    Send anonymous two-page abstracts for 20 minute talks (plus 10 minutes discussion) in pdf-format to: Deadline: August 15, 2018.

    For more information, see https://sites.google.com/view/post-truth/ or contact Emar Maier at .
  • 3 - 5 March 2019, Eighth Indian Conference on Logic & Its Applications (ICLA 2019), New Delhi, India

    Date: 3 - 5 March 2019
    Location: New Delhi, India
    Deadline: Thursday 15 November 2018

    ICLA is a forum for bringing together researchers from a wide variety of fields in which formal logic plays a significant role, along with mathematicians, computer scientists, philosophers and logicians studying foundations of formal logic in itself. A special feature of this conference is the inclusion of studies in systems of logic in the Indian tradition and historical research on logic.

    Authors are invited to submit papers presenting original and unpublished research in any area of logic and applications. Articles on mathematical and philosophical logic, logic in computer science, foundations and philosophy of mathematics and the sciences, use of formal logic in areas of theoretical computer science and artificial intelligence, logic and linguistics, history of logic, Indian systems of logic, or on the relationship between logic and other branches of knowledge, are welcome.

    Authors may submit drafts of full papers or extended abstracts. Submitted papers will be peer-reviewed and accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings. Concurrent submissions to other conferences/journals are not admissible.

  • 2 March 2019, Pre-conference Workshop on Logic and Cognition

    Date: Saturday 2 March 2019
    Location: New Delhi, India
    Deadline: Monday 7 January 2019

    In association with ICLA 2019, a pre-conference workshop on Logic and Cognition will be held on March 2, 2019. The workshop will focus on applying modal logics to analyze psychological tasks involving mental states, in particular:
    (I) the paradigmatic false belief tasks, and
    (II) higher order social reasoning tasks involving strategic games.

    Speakers:
    - Rohit Parikh (CUNY, USA)
    - Torben Braüner (Roskilde University, Denmark)
    - Sujata Ghosh (ISI Chennai, India)

    We invite researchers in all areas of logic to submit an extended abstract (at most two pages in length) for a contributed talk. Abstracts can be on topics relating any aspect of logic and cognition, for example, applications of logic to the analysis of actual human reasoning. We are interested in both model-theoretic and proof-theoretic approaches. Submissions should be sent as a pdf file to both and .

    For more information, see http://icla2019.cse.iitd.ac.in or contact Torben Braüner at , or Sujata Ghosh at .
  • 1 - 3 March 2019, 97th Workshop on General Algebra (Arbeitstagung Allgemeine Algebra - AAA 97), Vienna, Austria

    Date: 1 - 3 March 2019
    Location: Vienna, Austria
    Deadline: Sunday 17 February 2019

    The 97th edition of the "Arbeitstagung Allgemeine Algebra" (Workshop on General Algebra, AAA) conference series is going to be held at Technische Universität Wien in Vienna, Austria. The conference topics include Universal Algebra, Connections with Model Theory, Lattices, Categories, Semigroups, Applications in Computer Science, Classical Algebra, and Interactions with Philosophy. The program will consist of five invited plenary lectures of one hour, as well as contributed talks of about 20-25 minutes held in up to three parallel sessions.

    All participants are welcome to give a contributed talk.

  • 19 - 21 February 2019, 11th International Conference on Agents and Artificial Intelligence (ICAART-2019), Prague, Czech Republic

    Date: 19 - 21 February 2019
    Location: Prague, Czech Republic
    Deadline: Monday 22 October 2018

    The purpose of the International Conference on Agents and Artificial Intelligence is to bring together researchers, engineers and practitioners interested in the theory and applications in the areas of Agents and Artificial Intelligence. Two simultaneous related tracks will be held, covering both applications and current research work. One track focuses on Agents, Multi-Agent Systems and Software Platforms, Distributed Problem Solving and Distributed AI in general. The other track focuses mainly on Artificial Intelligence, Knowledge Representation, Planning, Learning, Scheduling, Perception Reactive AI Systems, and Evolutionary Computing and other topics related to Intelligent Systems and Computational Intelligence.

    Papers describing original work are invited in any of the conference areas. Ideas on how to solve problems using agents and artificial intelligence, both in R&D and industrial applications, are especially welcome. Papers describing advanced prototypes, systems, tools and techniques and general survey papers indicating future directions are also encouraged. Authors can submit their work in the form of a Regular Paper, representing completed and validated research, or as a Position Paper, portraying a short report of work in progress or an arguable opinion about an issue discussing ideas, facts, situations, methods, procedures or results of scientific research focused on one of the conference topic areas.

    For more information, see http://www.icaart.org/ or contact .
  • 19 - 21 February 2019, Special Session on Natural Language Processing in Artificial Intelligence (NLPinAI 2019), Prague, Czech Republic

    Date: 19 - 21 February 2019
    Location: Prague, Czech Republic
    Target audience: Computational Linguistics
    Deadline: Thursday 20 December 2018

    Computational and technological developments that incorporate natural language are proliferating. Adequate coverage encounters difficult problems related to partiality, underspecification, and context-dependency, which are signature features of information in nature and natural languages. Furthermore, agents (humans or computational systems) are information conveyors, interpreters, or participate as components of informational content. Generally, language processing depends on agents' knowledge, reasoning, perspectives, and interactions.

    The ICAART Special Session covers theoretical work, applications, approaches, and techniques for computational models of information and its presentation by language (artificial, human, or natural in other ways). The goal is to promote intelligent natural language processing and related models of thought, mental states, reasoning, and other cognitive processes.

    We invite contributions relevant to the session topics. Authors can submit their work in the form of a Regular Paper, representing completed and validated research, or as a Position Paper, for preliminary work in progress.

    For more information, see http://www.icaart.org/NLPinAI.aspx or contact Roussanka Loukanova at .
  • CfP special issue of LMCS on Continuity, Computability, Constructivity

    Deadline: Monday 1 April 2019

    After a year of successful work in the EU-MSCA-RISE project "Computing with Infinite Data" (CID) and an excellent Workshop "Continuity, Computability, Constructivity: From Logic to Algorithms 2018" (CCC 2018) in Faro (Portugal) in September this year, we are planning to publish a collection of papers dedicated to the meeting and to the project as a Special Issue in the open-access journal "Logical Methods in Computer Science" (LMSC).

    The issue should reflect progress made in Computable Analysis and related areas, and is not restricted to work in the CID project or presented at the Workshop. Submissions are welcome from all scientists on topics in the entire spectrum from logic to algorithms.

Past Conferences

  • 18 - 20 December 2019, Workshop 'Foundations & Applications of Univalent Maths', Herrsching, Germany

    Date: 18 - 20 December 2019
    Location: Herrsching, Germany

    This is a project kickoff workshop.

    It focuses on both the foundation of univalent mathematics and the applications of the univalent innovations.

    For more information, see http://cj-xu.github.io/faum/ or contact Chuangjie Xu at .
  • 18 - 19 December 2019, "Formalization of Proofs, Formalisation of Programs", Paris, France

    Date: 18 - 19 December 2019
    Location: Paris, France

    The workshop intends to reconsider the relations or lack thereof between Computer science and mathematics. Whereas, originally, mathematics was used to provide a disciplinary identity to computing, today, this is clearly no longer the case, and this makes urgent to rethink the possible relations between the two fields. The workshop aim to do it by studying notions and practices of formalization and computation in both contexts.

    The workshop results from a collaboration between two ANR research projects: the FFIUM Project and the PROGRAMme project.

  • 15 - 19 December 2019, The 4th Advanced School in Computer Science and Engineering: The Mathematics of Quantum Computation, Jerusalem, Israel

    Date: 15 - 19 December 2019
    Location: Jerusalem, Israel

    On 15-19 December 2019, we will be organizing a math-oriented quantum computation school in the IIAS at the Hebrew university. No prior knowledge on quantum will be assumed. The school will introduce TCS and math students and faculty, who are interested in the more mathematical side of the area, to the beautiful and fascinating mathematical open questions in quantum computation, starting from scratch. We hope to reach a point where participants gain initial tools and basic perspective to start working in this area.

    To achieve this, we will have several mini-courses, each of two or three hours, about central topics in the area. These will include quantum algorithms, quantum error correction, quantum supremacy, delegation and verification, interactive proofs, cryptography, and Hamiltonian complexity. We will emphasize concepts, open questions, and links to mathematics. We will have daily TA sessions with hands-on exercises, to allow for a serious process of learning.

    For more information, see http://ias.huji.ac.il/SchoolCSE4.
  • 14 December 2019, Set Theory in the United Kingdom 4 (STUK 4), Oxford, England

    Date: Saturday 14 December 2019
    Location: Oxford, England

    We are happy to announce the fourth installment of the Set Theory in the UK series! This will take place in the Mathematical Institute at Oxford on the 14th of December.

    The two main speakers are Philipp Schlicht and Carolin Antos. Shorter talks will be given by John Howe, Joel David Hamkins, Philip Welch and Asaf Karagila.

    The day opens with tea and coffee at 10:30am, with the first talk beginning in lecture room L3 at 11:00am. We conclude with a social dinner at 7:30pm in The Crown on Cornmarket Street.

  • 11 - 13 December 2019, 39th conference on Foundations of Software Technology and Theoretical Computer Science (FSTTCS 2019), Mumbai, India

    Date: 11 - 13 December 2019
    Location: Mumbai, India

    The FSTTCS conference is a forum for presenting original results in foundational aspects of Computer Science and Software Technology.

    Invited Speakers:
     - Karthikeyan Bhargavan, INRIA Paris
     - Robert Krauthgamer, The Weizmann Institute of Science
      - Ranko Lazic, Warwick University
      - Toniann Pitassi, University of Toronto
      - Tim Roughgarden, Columbia University
      - Alexandra Silva, University College London

    Workshops and co-located events:
     - SAT/SMT winter school: December 8-9
     - Complexity in Algorithmic Game Theory: December 10
     - Extension Complexity and Lifting Theorems: December 14
     - Trends in Transformations: December 10
     - GALA: Gems of Automata, Logic and Algebra: December 14

    For more information, see https://www.fsttcs.org.in/2019/.
  • 9 December 2019, Symposium in Honour of Julia Robinson's Centenary, Berkeley CA, U.S.A.

    Date: Monday 9 December 2019
    Location: Berkeley CA, U.S.A.

    A Symposium on the occasion of Julia Robinson's 100th birthday will be held on Monday December 9, 2019 at MSRI. Julia Robinson (1919-1985) was a leading mathematical logician of the twentieth century, and notably a first in many ways, including the first woman president of the American Mathematical Society and the first woman mathematician elected to membership in the National Academy of Sciences. Her most famous work, alongside others including Martin Davis and Hilary Putnam, led to Yuri Matijasevich's solution in the negative of Hilbert's Tenth Problem, showing that there is no general algorithmic solution for Diophantine equations. She contributed in other topics as well. Her 1948 thesis linked the undecidability of the field of rational numbers to Godel?s proof of undecidability of the ring of integers.

    Confirmed participants in this day-long celebration of her work and of current mathematics insprired by her research include: Lenore Blum, who will give a public lecture, Lou van den Dries, Martin Davis, Kirsten Eisentrager, and (provisionally yes) Yuri Matijasevich.

    For more information, see http://www.msri.org/workshops/955.
  • 9 - 10 December 2019, Workshop "Speaking the Unspeakable: Paradoxes between Truth and Proof", Campinas, Brazil

    Date: 9 - 10 December 2019
    Location: Campinas, Brazil

    This conference is intended to investigate recent proposals for characterizing and solving paradoxes. More precisely, the aim is to create a bridge between the truth-theoretic, set-theoretic, and proof-theoretic traditions in the analysis of paradoxes.

    For more information, see https://speaktheunspeakable.wordpress.com/ or contact Giorgio Venturi at , or Mattia Petrolo at .
  • 3 - 4 December 2019, International Conference on Mathematical Optimization for Fair Social Decisions: A Tribute to Michel Balinski, Paris, France

    Date: 3 - 4 December 2019
    Location: Paris, France

    A conference in honor of Michel Balinski (1933-2019) with invited speakers covering topics such as operations research, game theory, and social choice theory.

    For more information, see https://tombalinski.sciencesconf.org/.
  • 29 November 2019, Workshop on Metainferences & Substructural Logics, Buenos Aires, Argentina

    Date: Friday 29 November 2019
    Location: Buenos Aires, Argentina

    The Buenos Aires Logic Group (BA LOGIC) invites researchers and scholars in philosophy, mathematics, computer science, linguistics, and related topics to attend to the workshop to be held in Buenos Aires this November 29, 2019. This Workshop aims to bring together researchers to discuss different topics on Logic and Philosophical Logic, related with Substructural Logics and Metainferences.

    Invited speakers: Bogdan Dicher (University of Lisbon), Andreas Fjellstad (University of Bergen).

  • 27 - 29 November 2019, Carlos di Prisco Birthday Meeting, Bogota, Colombia

    Date: 27 - 29 November 2019
    Location: Bogota, Colombia

    Carlos di Prisco will turn 70 years old in October 2019. This conference is held in honor of his life and work.

    It is intended for a wide audience, especially for students, but will also include the participation of mathematicians who have worked with Carlos and are close to him.

    Invited speakers include J. Bagaria, C. Brech, J. Lopez-Abad, N. Dobrinen, A. Arias, and X. Caicedo.

    For more information, see here .
  • 22 November 2019, Franconia Workshop on Political Theory & Formal Models, Bayreuth, Germany

    Date: Friday 22 November 2019
    Location: Bayreuth, Germany

     Speakers: Philip Pettit, Leon Schĺ̈üter, Philip Schink, Johannes Marx, Dominik Klein, Zoe Christoff, Erasmus Mayr, Stefan Napel, and Rudolf Scḧüssler.

  • 18 - 22 November 2019, RIMS Set Theory Workshop, Kyoto, Japan

    Date: 18 - 22 November 2019
    Location: Kyoto, Japan
    The Research Institute for  Mathematical Sciences (RIMS) at Kyoto University is organizing a RIMS set theory workshop.

    Tutorial: Asaf Karagila (University of East Anglia).
    Invited Speakers: Ralf Schindler (University of Muenster) and Boban Velickovic (University of Paris 7).
    The workshop will be held in the best period of red leaves in Kyoto.

  • 15 November 2019, 'Computational approaches to (the history of) philosophy'

    Date & Time: Friday 15 November 2019, 13:00-14:30
    Location: Kerkzaal, Doopsgezinde Kerk, Amsterdam
    Target audience: Students and researchers interested in computational methods for philosophy
    Costs: OZSW conference fee

    This symposium, part of the 7th annual OZSW Conference, concerns methodological reflection on computational approaches to the study of (the history of) philosophy. The goal is to discuss some state-of-the-art applications of computational methods in (historical) philosophical research and focus on their methodology. The main question of this symposium will be: What are the conditions under which computational methods can be used in philosophical research in a methodologically sound way? Additionally, it will discuss which obstacles are to be overcome for a successful use of computer methods in the research in (the history of) philosophy.

    For more information, see https://www.ozsw.nl/2019-conference/ or contact Annapaola Ginammi at .
  • 5 - 8 November 2019, Workshop on Proof Theory, Modal Logic, & Reflection Principles, Barcelona, Spain

    Date: 5 - 8 November 2019
    Location: Barcelona, Spain

    We are proud to announce the lustrum edition of the international workshop "Proof Theory, Modal Logic and Reflection Principles." The workshop (also known as the "Wormshop") will take place at the University of Barcelona from Tuesday, November 5 until Friday, November 8, 2019.

    The tradition of modal logics inspired on the notion of formal proof dates back to Gödel, but their study has gained great momentum in the last decade due to novel applications in the foundations of mathematics. Their study moreover requires the interaction of several disciplines in mathematical logic and beyond, including computational logic, proof theory, and point-set topology.

    The aim of this workshop is to bring together experts in relevant fields in order to discuss recent advances and foster new collaborations.

    For more information, see http://www.phil.uu.nl/~jjoosten/events/2019wormshop/ or contact Eduardo Hermo-Reyes at .
  • 21 - 22 October 2019, Workshop "Logic in Computer Science", Jena, Germany

    Date: 21 - 22 October 2019
    Location: Jena, Germany

    A workshop 'Logic in Computer Science' will take place at the University of Jena, Germany, on 21 and 22 October 2019. The workshop will serve as the annual meeting of the GI group Logic in Computer Science.

    Invited speakers:
    - Christoph Berkholz (Humoldt-Universität zu Berlin)
    - Thomas Schwentick (TU Dortmund)
    Everyone interested is welcome to attend and contribute a talk.

  • 7 - 8 October 2019, Workshop on Cross-Linguistics Semantics of Reciprocals, Utrecht, The Netherlands

    Date: 7 - 8 October 2019
    Location: Utrecht, The Netherlands

    The last two decades have seen extensive research on the syntax and distribution of reciprocal morphemes across languages. Typological linguists and theoretical syntacticians have revealed fascinating phenomena of reciprocity, which have substantially increased our knowledge of the ways languages encode reciprocal concepts. Quite independently, there have been some important advances in the formal semantic analysis of reciprocals in English. Yet, at present there is no clear understanding of the cross-linguistic semantics of reciprocals, or even the extent to which such a general semantics is motivated. The workshop will bring together formal semanticists and experts of reciprocity phenomena, with the goal of addressing some of the major questions in this area.

    Keynote speakers are Mary Dalrymple (Oxford University) and Martin Haspelmath (MPI-SHH Jena & Leipzig University).

  • 23 - 27 September 2019, CPS Summer School 2019 "Designing Cyber-Physical Systems - From concepts to implementation", Alghero, Italy

    Date: 23 - 27 September 2019
    Location: Alghero, Italy

    Cyber-physical systems (CPS) are complex and autonomous ensembles of different components that interact to offer smart and adaptive functionalities. These systems are increasingly used in a variety of applications with a growing market, potentially bringing about significant social benefits. However, there is no such thing as a free lunch, and there area several new challenges and trade-offs to face when designing CPS, especially since they should be able to adapt to the changing environments, or heal themselves. Uncertain operation environments and interactions with humans as users and/or as operators complicate the scenarios of these ever increasingly pervasive systems.

    The CPS summer school is targeted at students, research scientists, and R&D experts from academia and industry, who want to learn about CPS engineering and applications. The program is composed of both lectures and practical sessions, covering all the design phases of CPS (i.e., from concept to the definition of the final system and the discussion of the key challenges).

    For more information, see http://www.cpsschool.eu/ or contact .
  • 20 - 24 September 2019, 15th International Reasoning Web Summer School (RW 2019): "Explainable AI", Bolzano, Italy

    Date: 20 - 24 September 2019
    Location: Bolzano, Italy

    The 15th Reasoning Web Summer School brings together leading AI researchers to share their ideas and knowledge about how to make AI more explainable. The school is a five-day intensive training course that interleaves lectures and hands-on sessions. Participants learn about exciting new methods and technologies, and at the same time get to know their peers and senior researchers in their area. Our focus topic "Explainable AI" has many ties to formal logic, but it also connects to machine learning, knowledge representation, planning, databases, and formal methods.

    RW 2019 is aimed at a wide audience of young post-graduate researchers, most typically early-stage Ph.D. candidates, but also advanced Master students and more senior Ph.D. candidates and PostDocs who want to deepen their knowledge. Basics of knowledge representation and reasoning will be helpful for benefiting from the contents of the school. Reasoning Web is co-located with RuleML+RR 2019, GCAI 2019, and DecisionCAMP 2019, which come together for the Bolzano Rules and Artificial Intelligence Summit (BRAIN).

    For more information, see https://rulemlrr19.inf.unibz.it/rw2019 or contact https://rulemlrr19.inf.unibz.it/rw2019/ at .
  • 20 - 26 September 2019, Fourth International Autumn School "Proof & Computation", Herrsching, Germany

    Date: 20 - 26 September 2019
    Location: Herrsching, Germany

    The aim of the autumn school is to bring together young researchers in the field of Foundations of Mathematics, Computer Science and Philosophy. Scope: Predicative Foundations, Constructive Mathematics and Type Theory, Computation in Higher Types, and  Extraction of Programs from Proofs.

    Courses include Ingo Blechschmidt on Generalized Spaces for Constructive Algebra, Stefania Centrone on Proof Theory, Thierry Coquand on Applications of Type Theory, Anton Freund on Dilators,  Tatsuji Kawai on Concepts of Continuity, and Dominique Larchey on Extraction of Programs in Coq. There will be an opportunity to form ad-hoc groups working on specific projects, but also to discuss in more general terms the vision of constructing correct programs from proofs.

  • 17 - 20 September 2019, 7th annual conference on Highlights of LOGIC, GAMES, and AUTOMATA (HIGHLIGHTS 2019), Warsaw, Poland

    Date: 17 - 20 September 2019
    Location: Warsaw, Poland

    HIGHLIGHTS 2019 is the seventh conference on Highlights of Logic, Games and Automata that aims at integrating the community working in these fields. Papers from these areas are dispersed across many conferences, which makes them difficult to follow. A visit to the Highlights conference should offer a wide picture of the latest research in the field and a chance to meet everybody in the community, not just those who happen to publish in one particular proceedings volume.

    The conference is short (from 18 September to the mid-day on 20 September) and it is preceded by the Highlights Tutorial Day (17 September). The participation costs are modest and Warsaw is easy to reach.

    Scope: Representative areas include, but are not restricted to: + logic and finite model theory + automata theory + games for logic and verification.

    For more information, see http://highlights-conference.org.
  • 10 - 15 September 2019, 3rd School on Foundations of Programming and Software Systems (FoPPS 2019): Nominal Techniques, Warsaw, Poland

    Date: 10 - 15 September 2019
    Location: Warsaw, Poland

    The Summer School on Foundations of Programming and Software Systems (FoPSS) was jointly created by EATCS, ETAPS, ACM SIGLOG and ACM SIGPLAN. It was first organised in 2017. The goal is to introduce the participants to various aspects of computation theory and programming languages. The school, spread over a single week, is aimed at students and researchers in Theoretical Computer Science, broadly construed. Each year the school is focused on a particular, actively researched topic.

    Our focus in 2019 are Nominal Techniques in Computer Science. For the introduction and cornerstone contributions to this area Murdoch J. Gabbay and Andrew M. Pitts received the 2019 Alonzo Church Award. Both of them are among the lecturers of FoPSS 2019.

    The summer school is co-located with Highlights 2019, the 7th annual conference on Highlights of Logic, Games and Automata 17-20 September.

    For more information, see https://www.mimuw.edu.pl/~fopss19/.
  • 9 - 11 September 2019, 13th Alpine Verification Meeting (AVM'19), Brno, Czech Republic

    Date: 9 - 11 September 2019
    Location: Brno, Czech Republic

    The Alpine Verification Meeting (AVM) is an informal meeting on current problems in formal verification. The goal of the meeting is to bring together researchers from the region to update each other on their research and to have time for discussions about future research as well as possible collaborations. The meeting is open to the public.

    The programme of AVM'19 will include three invited lectures, possibly complemented by two further talks on applications of verification in the industry (under negotiations).Invited speakers are Javier Esparza, Nikos Gorogiannis and Mauro Pezzè. The main part of the programme will be devoted to research talks by the participants, typically on results they have recently published, submitted for publication, or on an ongoing research. Students, in particular, are encouraged to participate and give a talk (though giving a talk is not required).

    For more information, see https://avm19.fit.vutbr.cz.
  • 8 - 11 September 2019, 2nd International Summer School on Proof Theory, Swansea, Wales

    Date: 8 - 11 September 2019
    Location: Swansea, Wales

    The 2nd International Summer School on Proof Theory will be hosted by the Department of Computer Science at Swansea University under the auspices of The Proof Society and is sponsored by the London Mathematical Society. The Summer School will be co-located with the 2nd Workshop on Proof Theory and its Applications which will take place on September 11-13.

    It is the aim of the summer school to cover basic and advanced topics in proof theory. The focus of the second edition will be on philosophy of proof theory, proof theory of impredicative theories, structural proof theory, proof mining, reverse mathematics, type theory and bounded arithmetic. Other areas like proof complexity, program extraction from proofs, and philosophy of constructive mathematics will be covered at the workshop.

    The intended audience for the Summer School is advanced master students, PhD students postdocs and experienced researchers new to the field in mathematics, computer science and philosophy.

  • 5 - 7 September 2019, British Logic Colloquium 2019 (BLC 2019), Oxford, England

    Date: 5 - 7 September 2019
    Location: Oxford, England
    Costs: GBP 45 (BLC members GBP 35, Students GBP 15)

    The BLC meeting will start on the afternoon of Thursday 5 September with an event dedicated to postgraduate students. The talks from invited speakers will take place on 6 -7 September. On the afternoon of Friday 6 September, there will also be an event celebrating 50 years of the Maths & Philosophy programme in Oxford. The BLC meeting will end on Saturday 7 September around lunchtime.

    Invited Speakers: Ehud Hrushovski (Oxford), Philip Welch (Bristol), Franziska Jahnke (Münster), Paola Bruscoli (Bath), Michael Benedikt (Oxford) and Johannes Stern (Bristol).

    For more information, see https://sites.google.com/uc.cl/blc2019/home or contact Jochen Koenigsmann at .
  • 2 - 4 September 2019, European Conference for Cognitive Science 2019 (EuroCogSci 2019): Situated Minds & Flexible Cognition, Bochum, Germany

    Date: 2 - 4 September 2019
    Location: Bochum, Germany

    EuroCogSci 2019 aims at providing a platform for discussing the most recent developments in Cognitive Science. It will feature contributed papers, symposia, and posters covering all subfields of cognitive science, bringing together a large number of experts from Europe and overseas.

    Keynote Speakers: Lawrence Barsalou (University of Glasgow), Julia Fischer (Universität Göttingen), Patrick Haggard (UCL, London), Asifa Majid (University of York), Brian McLaughlin (Rutgers University), Natalie Sebanz (CEU, Hungary) and John Spencer (University of East Anglia).

    Invited Symposia: Situated Robotics, Theory of Mind and Its Development, and Evolutionary Robotics.

  • 30 - 31 August 2019, Workshop "Computational approaches in language and music cognition research", Cologne, Germany

    Date: 30 - 31 August 2019
    Location: Cologne, Germany

    Investigating language and music in the field of cognitive science means studying them as (computational) neurocognitive systems, i.e., information processing systems in the mind/brain. Thus, language and music cognition research deals with the following questions:
    - What is computed in the mind/brain and why?
    - How is a particular computation realized in terms of algorithms or neural implementation?

    Formal-mathematical theory of language and music mainly contributed to the former question, while computer simulations of cognitive and neural processes rather tackled the latter question. The current workshop discusses different computational approaches and aims at clarifying the role of computational modelling to advance mechanistic explanations to language and music cognition. The workshop also aims at fostering computational thinking as a core competence enabling interdisciplinary communication and welcomes students and researchers interested in modelling cognition of music and language.

  • 25 - 31 August 2019, Summer school on philosophical engineering, Duesseldorf, Germany

    Date: 25 - 31 August 2019
    Location: Duesseldorf, Germany

    Contemporary analytic philosophy makes heavy use of formal methods. However, most of the time people engaged in such a formal endeavour are highly specialised, for which reason they quite often focus on one particular branch of formal philosophy. This is also reflected in contemporary philosophical curricula, which typically offer highly specialised courses on particular formal methods, but only rarely cover a broad range of them. This summer school aims at providing an introductory overview of the main methods applied in formal philosophy or philosophical engineering: logical devising, model building, programming and simulating, and employing digital resources in the broader realm of digital humanities.

    By bringing together international experts in these fields, participants will gain competencies in applying a broad range of formal methods in their field of interest; for this purpose, each of the mentioned topics is covered by professional instructions, exercises, interactive group work, and the discussion of results by the participants. Furthermore, participants will be provided with opportunities to independently deepen their competencies in a particular topic of interest following completion of the course.The summer school is suitable for anyone with some basic knowledge in logic (as is gained, e.g., by completing an elementary university course on logic). The main target audience is MA and PhD students, however, this is not an exclusive criterion, for which reason the summer school is also open for BA students.

    For more information, see http://dclps.phil.hhu.de/engineering/ or contact Christian J. Feldbacher-Escamilla at .
  • 7 - 9 August 2019, Workshop "Learning from Buddhish Logic", Canberry, Australia

    Date: 7 - 9 August 2019
    Location: Canberry, Australia

    The aim of the workshop is to bring together some of the leading scholars of Buddhist (and Indian) logic and contemporary philosophers of logic in order to foster interdisciplinary interactions between them. Each session will consist of a presentation by an internationally renowned Buddhist or Indian scholar followed by a presentation by a philosopher of an international research profile who will not just comment on the previous presentation but develop or challenge the ideas presented by the previous presentation. The workshop will be a real interaction between the scholars of Buddhist (and Indian) logic and philosophers of logic who are not familiar with Buddhist material.

    Speakers: Szymon Bogacz (ANU), Brendan Gillon (McGill), Marie-Hélène Gorisse (Ghent), Bryce Huebner (Georgetown), Carrie Jenkins (UBC), Ed Mares (Wellington), Danielle Macbeth (Haverford), Parimal Patil (Harvard), Graham Priest (CUNY Graduate Center), Gila Sher (UC San Diego), Koji Tanaka (ANU), Audrey Yap (Victoria).

    For more information, see http://bit.do/buddhist-logic.
  • 5 - 7 August 2019, CUSO Summer School in Recursion Theory & Philosophy, Geneva, Switzerland

    Date: 5 - 7 August 2019
    Location: Geneva, Switzerland

    The summer school aims at broadening the logical arsenal of formal philosophers and PhD students in philosophy. The courses will present some serious post-WWII logic for non-specialists. The event is inspired W. Hart's book "The evolution of Logic" and his presentation of what he called the four pillars of mathematical logic to a broad philosophical audience: constructibility, forcing, the priority method and Morley's theorem.

    The school takes place over a period of 3 days August 5-7 at the University of Geneva. There will be two 2-hours lectures per day, in the morning. There will be a facultative discussion session on one of the afternoons. The titles of the minicourses are:
    1) The priority method (Denis Hirschfeldt, University of Chicago)
    2) Definable sets and ramified-types: a thread through the foundations of mathematics (Harold Hodes, Cornell University)

  • 5 - 9 August 2019, Scottish Programming Languages & Verification Summer School, Glasgow, Scotland

    Date: 5 - 9 August 2019
    Location: Glasgow, Scotland

    The aim of the school is to provide PhD students with core and specialised knowledge in the broad area of Programming Language and Verification research.

    The school is aimed at PhD students in programming languages, verification and related areas. Also researchers and practitioners will be very welcome, as will strong master's students with the support of a supervisor. Participants will need to have a background in computer science, mathematics or a related discipline, and have basic familiarity with (functional) programming and logic.

    For more information, see http://www.macs.hw.ac.uk/splv/splv19/ or contact Bob Atkey at , Clemens Kupke at , or Fredrik Nordvall Forsberg at .
  • 31 July - 2 August 2019, 8th Workshop on Philosophical Logic of the Buenos Aires Logic Group, Buenos Aires, Argentina

    Date: 31 July - 2 August 2019
    Location: Buenos Aires, Argentina

    This is the eighth installment of a series of workshops organized by BA LOGIC, aiming to bring together researchers to discuss different topics in philosophical logic, mainly connected with semantic paradoxes, theories of truth, and non-classical logics.

  • 28 July - 3 August 2019, 6th Summer School on Mathematical Philosophy for Female Students, Munich, Germany

    Date: 28 July - 3 August 2019
    Location: Munich, Germany

    The Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy is organising the sixth edition of the Summer School on Mathematical Philosophy for Female Students. The summer school is open to women with a keen interest in mathematical philosophy. Applicants should be students of philosophy (or philosophically minded logicians or scientists) at an advanced undergraduate level, in a master program, or at an early PhD level.

    This year, we will have the following lecture streams:
    1. "Formal epistemology", led by Anna-Maria Asunta Eder (University of Cologne)
    2. "Barriers to Entailment", led by Gillian Russell (UNC Chapel Hill)
    3. "Philosophy of Algorithms and Simulations", led by Lena Zuchowski (University of Bristol)

  • 22 - 26 July 2019, 2019 Hamburg Summer School on Truthmaker Semantics, Hamburg, Germany

    Date: 22 - 26 July 2019
    Location: Hamburg, Germany

    The Phlox Research Group at Hamburg University is delighted to announce the 2019 Hamburg Summer School on Truthmaker Semantics. Truthmaker semantics is an approach to semantics that has attracted a growing amount of interest in recent years. It takes the content of a statement to be given in terms of the states that exactly verify it, wherethis is taken to require that the state-roughly, a part or fragment of a world=be wholly relevant to the truth of the statement.

    In this course, after an introduction to the history, the motivations, and the basic framework of truthmaker semantics, we will survey its applications to (i) deontic and imperative logic, (ii) conditionals, (iii) partial content, (iv) intuitionistic and relevance logic, (v) Bayesian epistemology and the theory of rational belief revision, as well as (vi) natural language semantics (attitude reports, modals, and intensional definite descriptions). The Summer School will be taught by Kit Fine (NYU), Mark Jago (Nottingham), Johannes Korbmacher (Utrecht), Stephan Krämer (Hamburg), and Friederike Moltmann (Paris, NYU).

    For more information, see https://hamburgersommerkurs.wordpress.com.
  • 21 July 2019, Workshop "As a matter of form", Rostock, Germany

    Date: Sunday 21 July 2019
    Location: Rostock, Germany

    We would like to invite anyone interested to participate in a one-day workshop exploring topics such as form, essence, and hylomorphism.

    The workshop is funded through the DFG-project 'Formal Causation in Aristotle and in Analytic Metaphysics and Philosophy of Science'. Speakers: Jonathan Barker (Virginia), Kit Fine (NYU), Ludger Jansen (Bochum/Rostock), Thomas Sattig (Tübingen), Michael Wallner (Graz).

  • 21 - 27 July 2019, Hilbert-Bernays Summer School on Logic and Computation, Tuebingen, Germany

    Date: 21 - 27 July 2019
    Location: Tuebingen, Germany

    The University of Tübingen hosts a summer school about the topic "Logic and Computation". The summer school is addressed at students of the subjects mathematics, philosophy and computer science, preferably undergraduate students in their final year and graduate students.

    Encouraged by previous years of success, we offer students from all over the world the possibility to sign up this 1-week (3 ECTS) Summer School course covering topics such as:
     - From the Foundational Crisis of Mathematics to Explicit Mathematics.
     - From Hilbert to Gentzen and beyond.
     - Automatic Reasoning in the Automobile Industry.
    - Foundations of Machine Learning and AI.
    Students may anticipate a high professional outcome in a dedicated international environment along with extra-curricular activities.

  • 13 July 2019, Martin Hofmann Memorial Meeting, Munich, Germany

    Date: Saturday 13 July 2019
    Location: Munich, Germany

    We will meet to remember and celebrate Martin's life and work. There will be invited talks from friends and colleagues as well as ample time for discussions and exchange of memories during the breaks. The talks will be about various topics in Computer Science and Mathematics that Martin would have enjoyed. The talks will combine scientific content with personal stories about Martin.

    If you would like to propose a contribution to the program then contact Jan Hoffmann or Don Sannella.

    For more information, see http://mmm.tcs.ifi.lmu.de/.
  • 13 July 2019, 31st International Conference on Computer-Aided Verification, New York City NY, U.S.A.

    Date: Saturday 13 July 2019
    Location: New York City NY, U.S.A.

    CAV 2019 is the 31st in a series dedicated to the advancement of the theory and practice of computer-aided formal analysis methods for hardware and software systems. The conference covers the spectrum from theoretical results to concrete applications, with an emphasis on practical verification tools and the algorithms and techniques that are needed for their implementation. CAV considers it vital to continue spurring advances in hardware and software verification while expanding to new domains such as biological systems and computer security.

    CAV 2019 includes the following workshops:

    For more information, see http://i-cav.org/2019/ or contact .
  • 6 - 7 July 2019, Workshop on Abstract objects & circularity, Munich, Germany

    Date: 6 - 7 July 2019
    Location: Munich, Germany

    This workshop brings together philosophers and logicians working on (meta-ontological) questions pertaining to the existence of abstract objects and (formal) issues arising from circularly defined concepts (e.g. paradoxes), with a special focus on truth, properties, numbers, and abstraction principles.

    Confirmed speakers: Jody Azzouni (Tufts), Riccardo Bruni (Florence), Catrin Campbell-Moore (Bristol), Andrea Cantini (Florence), Roy Cook (Minnesota), Thomas Hofweber (North Carolina), Leon Horsten (Bristol), Benjamin Marschall (Cambridge) and Edoardo Rivello (Torino).

  • 1 - 5 July 2019, 17th EurAI Advanced Course on AI (ACAI), Chania (Crete, Greece)

    Date: 1 - 5 July 2019

    ACAI is the biannual summer school sponsored by the European Association for Artificial Intelligence (EurAI). This year's theme is "AI for Multi-Agent Worlds". The programme will include courses on logic and strategic interaction in multiagent systems, computational social choice, reinforcement learning, argumentation theory, and AI ethics, amongst many others. EurAI will provide a number of scholarhips for participants.

    For more information, see http://acai2019.tuc.gr.
  • 1 - 6 July 2019, 11th International School on Rewriting (ISR'19), Paris, France

    Date: 1 - 6 July 2019
    Location: Paris, France

    Rewriting is a simple yet powerful model of computation with numerous applications in computer science and many other fields: logic, mathematics, programming languages, model checking, quantum computing, biology, music...

    This school proposes to master students, PhD students and researchers, two parallel tracks:

    • Basic track: introduction to first-order term rewriting and λ-calculus
    • Advanced track: advanced lectures on rewriting theory (graph rewriting, conditional rewriting, geometry of rewriting, computational complexity of rewrite systems) and an overview of many applications of rewriting techniques in other fields (quantum physics, biology, music, automated deduction, model checking).
    For more information, see https://isr2019.inria.fr/.
  • 1 - 15 July 2019, Spring Course in Epistemic Game Theory

    Date: 1 - 15 July 2019
    Location: Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands

    Epistemic game theory is a new, fresh approach to game theory where the reasoning of people is at center stage. More precisely, it investigates how people like you and me reason in a game theoretic situation before they make a decision. Not only do we reason about the possible choices of others, but also about the reasoning of others. This type of reasoning will be our main theme of interest. The course offers a deep introduction into the beautiful world of epistemic game theory, and is open to advanced bachelor students, master students, PhD students and researchers all over the world.

    For more information, see http://www.epicenter.name/springcourse/ or contact Andres Perea at .
  • 21 - 23 June 2019, 98th Workshop on General Algebra (Arbeitstagung Allgemeine Algebra, AAA 98), Dresden, Germany

    Date: 21 - 23 June 2019
    Location: Dresden, Germany
    Costs: E50,-

    The 98th edition of the `Arbeitstagung Allgemeine Algebra' conference series will be held in Dresden, Germany, June 21?23, 2019 at the campus of TU Dresden. The conference will commence on Friday morning and conclude around noon on Sunday.

    The topics of the conference include Universal Algebra, Lattices, Logic, Classical Algebra and Applications in Computer Science, etc. The programme will consist of five invited plenary talks of one hour and contributed talks of approximately 20 minutes each. All participants are welcome to give a talk.

  • 19 - 21 June 2019, Boise Extravaganza in Set Theory (BEST 2019), Ashland OR, U.S.A.

    Date: 19 - 21 June 2019
    Location: Ashland OR, U.S.A.

    BEST is an international conference featuring talks on a broad range of recent advances in set theory. It particularly aims to support the careers of young researchers in set theory. The conference is organized by the Set Theory group at Boise State University and is structured as a symposium of the 100th annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Pacific Division (AAAS-PD).

    For more information, see https://math.boisestate.edu/best/.
  • 17 - 21 June 2019, Caleidoscope: Research School in Computational Complexity, Paris, France

    Date: 17 - 21 June 2019
    Location: Paris, France

    Computational complexity theory was born more than 50 years ago when researchers started asking themselves what could be computed efficiently. Classifying problems/functions with respect to the amount of resources (e.g. time and/or space) needed to solve/compute them turned out to be an extremely difficult question. This has led researchers to develop a remarkable variety of approaches, employing different mathematical methods and theories.

    The future development of complexity theory will require a subtle understanding of the similarities, differences and limitations of the many current approaches. The goal (and peculiarity) of the Caleidoscope school is to reunite in a single event as many different takes on computational complexity as can reasonably be fit in one week. It is intended for graduate students as well as established researchers who wish to learn more about neighbouring areas.

    For more information, see http://caleidoscope.sciencesconf.org/.
  • 11 - 13 June 2019, Second Conference on Deliberation, Belief Aggregation, and Epistemic Democracy (DBAED II), Neuville-sur-Oise (France)

    Date: 11 - 13 June 2019
    Location: Neuville-sur-Oise (France)

    This interdisciplinary conference will bring together researchers in theoretical economics, formal political science, philosophy, computer science, engineering, psychology, sociology, physics and mathematics who have been independently studying similar questions: namely, opinion formation dynamics, peer interactions and deliberation in social groups, and the implications of these phenomena for the epistemic competency of collective decisions. Participation is free, but registration is required.

    For more information, see https://sites.google.com/view/dbaed2/.
  • 4 - 5 June 2019, Workshop "Context Sensitivity & Logical Consequence", Bonn, Germany

    Date: 4 - 5 June 2019
    Location: Bonn, Germany

    Logic and the study of semantic context-sensitivity are intimately related. By providing the tools to make the notion of the 'context of utterance' formally precise, logic and mathematics played a vital role in turning contexts into a respectable object of research in formal semantics. On the other hand, allowing contexts in a formal system has significant influence on the way some key terms of logic are construed in that system. The workshop approaches the interrelations between logic and context-sensitivity from both philosophical and linguistic perspectives. The guiding question is in how far context-sensitivity affects logical concepts and deductive reasoning.

    For more information, see https://philevents.org/event/show/72198 or contact .
  • 4 - 8 June 2019, 35th Conference on the Mathematical Foundations of Programming Semantics (MFPS XXXV), London, England

    Date: 4 - 8 June 2019
    Location: London, England

    MFPS conferences are dedicated to the areas of mathematics, logic, and computer science that are related to models of computation in general, and to semantics of programming languages in particular. This is a forum where researchers in mathematics and computer science can meet and exchange ideas. The participation of researchers in neighbouring areas is strongly encouraged.

    MFPS 2019 is co-located with the 8th Conference on Algebra and Coalgebra in Computer Science (CALCO).

  • 3 - 7 June 2019, Summer School "Conditionals in Paris - Logic, Linguistics and Psychology", Paris, France

    Date: 3 - 7 June 2019
    Location: Paris, France

    Philosophers and logicians have studied conditional constructions, of the form 'if A then B', for millennia, and have made many deep points about them. However, we are still far from having a full account of them and their essential relation to reasoning, to inferring B from A. More recently, linguists, psychologists, cognitive scientists, and theorists in artificial intelligence have also illuminated this study.

    Our Summer School will be truly interdisciplinary, and will be structured around linguistics, philosophical logic, and psychology, bringing together internationally renowned experts in these fields to introduce and advance research on conditionals. We look forward to welcoming everyone who wants to learn about and contribute to this research to Paris.

  • 3 - 14 June 2019, Workshop "The Core Model Induction & Other Inner Model Theoretic Tools", Piscataway NJ, U.S.A.

    Date: 3 - 14 June 2019
    Location: Piscataway NJ, U.S.A.

    The meeting will consist of tutorials with a focus on discussions and interactions among the participants. The aim of the tutorials is to introduce all participants to the necessary background to pursue research using the core model induction technique. We encourage all participants to stay one more week at Rutgers University after the meeting for informal discussions and work groups. This workshop is aimed at advanced PhD students and young PostDocs working in inner model theory or related areas, but everyone interested in learning these techniques is welcome to attend.

    Tutorials:
    - Fine Structure and the Core Model (Martin Zeman)
    - Determinacy and Scales (Trevor Wilson)
    - Prikry-type Forcings and Inner Model Theory (Omer Ben-Neria)
    - HOD Computations (Sandra Müller and Grigor Sargsyan)
    - The Core Model Induction (Grigor Sargsyan and Nam Trang)

  • 3 - 21 June 2019, Summer School in Logic & Formal Epistemology, Pittsburgh PA, U.S.A.

    Date: 3 - 21 June 2019
    Location: Pittsburgh PA, U.S.A.

    The Department of Philosophy at Carnegie Mellon University holds a three-week summer school in logic and formal epistemology for promising undergraduates in philosophy, mathematics, computer science, linguistics, economics, and other sciences. The goals are to:

    • introduce promising students to cross-disciplinary fields of research at an early stage in their career; and
    • forge lasting links between the various disciplines.

    Tuition and housing are provided to participating students.

  • 30 - 31 May 2019, Bergen Early-Career Masterclass on Logical Epistemology, Bergen, Norway

    Date: 30 - 31 May 2019
    Location: Bergen, Norway

    The philosophy department at the University of Bergen is pleased to invite applications for participation in an early-career masterclass on logical epistemology, with tutorials from both Roy Sorensen and Ole Hjortland. Participants will also have the opportunity to present their own work in the philosophy of logic with a 30-minute presentation, and receive feedback from experts in the field. Applicants should be doctoral candidates, or those within three years of obtaining their PhD.

    Confirmed speakers:
    * Roy Sorensen (Washington University, St. Louis): Topic TBA
    * Ole Hjortland (University of Bergen): Logical Anti-Exceptionalism

    For more information, see https://philevents.org/event/show/69126 or contact Ben Martin at .
  • 30 - 31 May 2019, Logic in London I, London, England

    Date: 30 - 31 May 2019
    Location: London, England

    The workshop brings together researchers working on the logic and the philosophy of type-free notions such as functions, classes, properties, and propositions.

    Due to the logical paradoxes, the traditional approach arranges such entities in hierarchies: type-theory and traditional set theory are well-known examples. The resulting picture has the obvious drawback of leaving out many legitimate objects. For instance, many innocuous circular properties and propositions cannot be assigned a place in the hierarchical approach. Similarly, it is not possible to accommodate propositions expressing quantification over all levels in a hierarchy.

    The aim of the workshop is to explore and compare different approaches to type-free notions that overcome such shortcomings. It will focus in particular on the formal frameworks employed to model them, and on their philosophical motivations and applications.

  • 30 - 31 May 2019, Does Time Always Pass? Temporalities in Scientific Narratives, London, England

    Date: 30 - 31 May 2019
    Location: London, England

    The standard view of narrative is inextricably bound up with the passage of time. Narrative scholars are convinced that time is an essential element in any narrative, and it has been thought equally essential, though treated in different ways, by philosophers of history. But exactly how to think about time in the narratives of science is not self-evident. And if we look at how scientists use time in narratives, we see a number of different ways in which it is taken into account and is deployed.

    In this workshop, organised as a collaboration between the Narrative Science Project and The Royal Institution, the focus will be on the different temporalities in narratives as they occur in scientific discourses. The obvious loci for such explorations are what are generally referred to as the historical sciences, that is, those that seek to reconstruct the past on the basis of what can be observed in the present. However, time and its narrative expression are to be found in a wide variety of places, some of which will be explored by the speakers at the workshop. Throughout the workshop, the question of how essential time is to narrative will remain open for argument.

  • 23 - 24 May 2019, Social Models of Meaning Acquisition Workshop (SoMMA)

    Date & Time: 23 - 24 May 2019, 09:00-17:00
    Location: University of Warsaw
    Costs: -

    There are at least three components to the dynamics of natural language: learning, communication, and evolution. The research project Social models of Semantics Learning. Acquisition and Evolution of Quantifier Meaning (funded by the NCN OPUS Scheme Grant of dr Nina Gierasimczuk) explores the possibilities of capturing them in a single comprehensive mathematical model, with a special focus on the semantics of quantifier expressions.

    During the SoMMA Workshop, which marks the end of this three year endeavour, we want to explore further research avenues and connections between various experimental approaches to formal semantics. The presentations will touch upon social networks, coordination games, iterated learning, language evolution, semantic universals, neural networks, and many others. Everybody is welcome to attend!

    For more information, see http://www.dariuszkalocinski.com/somma-workshop/ or contact Dariusz Kalociński at .
  • 20 May - 14 June 2019, Workshop on Higher Recursion Theory & Set Theory, Singapore, Singapore

    Date: 20 May - 14 June 2019
    Location: Singapore, Singapore

    The programme will focus on the part of recursion theory that studies subsets of the natural numbers beyond arithmetical sets, and the theory of computability or definability on domains beyond the set of natural numbers, including Martin's conjecture and higher randomness. In set theory, it will concern topics that have close connections with definability, such as Woodin's program on ultimate L, the HOD conjecture, and descriptive inner model theory.

    This program also marks the 65th birthdays of Ted Slaman and Hugh Woodin, which occur in 2019 and 2020.

  • 10 - 11 May 2019, Interdisciplinary Mathematics in Practice Conference, Stanford CA, U.S.A.

    Date: 10 - 11 May 2019
    Location: Stanford CA, U.S.A.

    The conference aims to bring together researchers from history, mathematics, philosophy (and more!) to discuss aspects of the practice of mathematics and its implications.

    Current speakers include:

    • Jeremy Avigad (Philosophy & Mathematics, Carnegie Mellon University)
    • Yacin Hamami (Logic & Philosophy of Science, Vrije Universiteit Brussel)
    • Jemma Lorenat (Mathematics, Pitzer College)
    • Ali Raza Malik (Mathematics & Computer Science, Stanford University)
    • Rebecca Morris (Philosophy, Stanford University)
    • Reviel Netz (Classics, Stanford University)
    • Wilfried Sieg (Philosophy, Carnegie Mellon University)
    • James Walsh (Logic & Methodology of Science, University of California, Berkeley)
    • Jared Warren (Philosophy, Stanford University)
  • 6 - 9 May 2019, 50 years of complexity theory: a celebration of the work of Stephen Cook, Toronto ON (Canada)

    Date: 6 - 9 May 2019
    Location: Toronto ON (Canada)

    This symposium celebrates 50 years of NP-Completeness and the outstanding achievements of Stephen Cook and his remarkable influence on the field of computing.

    The symposium begins Monday evening May 6, with a reception and a public lecture by Christos Papadimitriou. The scientific program continues Tuesday May 7 to Thursday May 9 and features an outstanding set of speakers, including a number of Turing Award and other award winners. On Thursday there will be a student round table lunch with Stephen Cook.

  • 3 - 4 May 2019, "Truth & Semantics" Kick-Off Workshop & Bristol Logic Meeting, Bristol, England

    Date: 3 - 4 May 2019
    Location: Bristol, England

    The two-day workshop is intended as a platform for recent work in logic and philosophy of mathematics in the UK. The workshop is hosted jointly by the Foundational Studies Bristol (FSB) research group as part of the Centre for Science and Philosophy of the University of Bristol and the ERC-Starting Grant `Truth and Semantic' (TRUST) directed by Johannes Stern. The first day will focus on topics related to the TRUST-project while the second day is thematically unrestricted.

  • 29 - 30 April 2019, Mathematical Collaboration III, Bristol, England

    Date: 29 - 30 April 2019
    Location: Bristol, England

    We are pleased to announce the third edition of the Mathematical Collaboration workshops. After the previous two successful workshops on group knowledge and mathematical collaboration (Oxford 2017) and social virtues in mathematics (St Andrews 2018), this year we return with a focus on communities and communication in mathematics.

    Mathematical progress is a collective endeavour. Researchers build on one another’s work, collaborate, and rely on one another to learn techniques, and to identify interesting problems. Well-designed communities can support inquiry, foster collaboration, and include diverse researchers. Badly-designed communities can stymie inquiry, block collaboration, and can exclude people from marginalised groups. To understand what well-functioning communities look like, and how institutional structures in mathematics might be designed to best support intellectual progress, we need to engage in interdisciplinary inquiry, bringing together mathematical practice, social epistemology, sociology, education, and computer science. We also need to include working mathematicians, and researchers who are working on practical projects to improve the profession.

  • 14 - 18 April 2019, Midlands Graduate School in the Foundations of Computing Science (MGS 2019), Birmingham, England

    Date: 14 - 18 April 2019
    Location: Birmingham, England

    The Midlands Graduate School (MGS) in the Foundations of Computing Science provides an intensive course of lectures on the mathematical foundations of computing. The MGS has been running since 1999, and is aimed at PhD students in their first or second year of study, but the school is open to everyone, and has increasingly seen participation from industry.

    Eight courses will be given. Participants usually take all the introductory courses (Lambda Calculus, Category Theory and Univalent Type Theory in Agda) and choose additional options from the advanced courses (Adventures in Property Based Testing, Calculating programs, JType Refinement Systems, Synthesis of Reactive Systems, and Monoidal Categories, Higher Categories) depending on their interests.

    For more information, see http://events.cs.bham.ac.uk/mgs2019/.
  • 8 - 12 April 2019, 6th Workshop on Formal Topology (6WFTop), Birmingham, England

    Date: 8 - 12 April 2019
    Location: Birmingham, England

    These workshops date back to 1997, and cover point-free topology, broadly interpreted, and its logical foundations. There is always a lively and fruitful interaction between different communities from mathematics, logic and computer science, and the meetings have proved fertile ground for developing commonalities between different foundational approaches such as predicative type theory, toposes and constructive set theory.

    The main parts of the programme are:
    - A tutorial day on the Monday around the theme "What is a space?". Matthieu Anel and Benedikt Ahrens will introduce the ideas of toposes and univalent type theory.
    - Talks from invited speakers: Ingo Blechschmidt, Olivia Caramello, Maria Manuel Clementino, Tatsuji Kawai, Peter Johnstone and Giovanni Sambin.
    - Contributed talks from other participants - if you wish to offer one, please submit an abstract.

    For more information, see http://www.cs.bham.ac.uk/~sjv/6WFTop/.
  • 14 - 15 March 2019, Workshop on Theory and Algorithms in Graph and Stochastic Games, Mons, Belgium

    Date: 14 - 15 March 2019
    Location: Mons, Belgium

    The aim of the workshop is to bring together researchers from two related fields in dynamic games: graph games and stochastic games. Despite clear differences in the emphasis, these two fields share a number of research goals, study related models, and use similar proof techniques. There is a scope for an interdisciplinary collaboration between researchers in different fields including computer science, economics, mathematics, and logic. The workshop is called for to serve as a forum for such collaboration.

    The workshop has a wide scope, and covers amongst others the following areas:
    - theoretical advances in graph and stochastic games
    - algorithms and computational complexity in these games
    - applications in computer science, economics, mathematics, biology, and physics

    For more information, see http://math.umons.ac.be/gamenet2019/.
  • 27 February 2019, Workshop "Kurt Gödel: Philosophical Views", Berlin, Germany

    Date: Wednesday 27 February 2019
    Location: Berlin, Germany

    On January 14, 1978, Kurt Gödel, one of the greatest logicians of all times passed away. Today, 50 years later, we have still not exhaustively explored, discussed and conclusively assessed all of Goedel's visionary ideas. With this informal, one-day workshop we provide a forum for interested scientists from various disciplines to meet and discuss unexplored aspects in Goedel's work. A particular focus will be on his philosophical views.

  • 11 - 13 February 2019, Symposium on Responsible Intelligent Systems: Concepts, Practices and Formal Models, Utrecht, The Netherlands

    Date: 11 - 13 February 2019
    Location: Utrecht, The Netherlands

    In this symposium we look back at some of the results of the REINS project on responsible intelligent systems and look forward at new routes of investigation for responsible AI in general.

    The starting point of the REINS project was to develop logic-based modelling techniques that enable responsibility checking of artificial agents. As the project progressed, that goal evolved into a more general objective to understand the concepts involved in the modelling of responsibility, and to find the formal models that characterize them. Formalization has been the main focus throughout the project, paving the way for a more precise and operationalizable understanding of the concepts involved in responsibility, machine ethics and deontic reasoning. We believe the symbolic methods that we use in our model driven approach are essential to the solution of the problem of coming to responsible AI, since responsibility is too abstract and precarious a notion to be learned through data-driven approaches. However, the interplay between model-driven and data-driven approaches is one of the new future directions we are interested in.

    For this final symposium of the project, we invite philosophers, logicians and specialists from concrete application areas of responsible intelligent systems (the military, the police).

  • 4 - 9 February 2019, Winter School on Theoretical Foundations of Computer Science, Tbilisi, Georgia

    Date: 4 - 9 February 2019
    Location: Tbilisi, Georgia

    The winter school on Theoretical Foundations of Computer Science will be held in Tbilisi, Georgia, February 4-9, 2019. The school will be organized by the International Black Sea University with the support of Shota Rustaveli National Science Foundation of Georgia (SRNSFG). The intended audience of the winter school includes master and PhD students as well as young researchers from the fields of computer science and mathematics.

    For more information, see https://cte.ibsu.edu.ge/wstfcs2019/.
  • 1 - 3 February 2019, Very informal gathering of logicians (VIG 2019), Los Angeles, CA

    Date: 1 - 3 February 2019
    Location: Los Angeles, CA

    There will be a Very Informal Gathering of Logicians (VIG) at UCLA, from Friday, February 1, to Sunday, February 3, 2019. The 20th in a series of biennial logic meetings at UCLA, this event will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the 1967-68 Logic Year at UCLA and the many influences it had in Mathematical Logic.

    The invited speakers are: Justin Moore (giving the Hjorth Lecture), Julia Knight, Krzysztof Krupinski, Chris Laskowski, Menachem Magidor, Donald A. Martin, Grigor Sargsyan, Brandon Seward, Ted Slaman, John Steel, Anush Tserunyan, Robin Tucker-Drob and Hugh Woodin.

MoL and PhD defenses

  • 26 November 2019, Master of Logic defense, Dimitris Koutsoulis

    Date & Time: Tuesday 26 November 2019, 15:30
    Title: Lifschitz Realizability for Homotopy Type Theory
    Location: Room F2.19, Science Park 107, Amsterdam
    Supervisor: Benno van den Berg, Andrew Swan
  • 10 October 2019, PhD Defense, Frederik Möllerström Lauridsen

    Date & Time: Thursday 10 October 2019, 10:00
    Title: Cuts and Completions: Algebraic aspects of structural proof theory
    Location: Agnietenkapel, Oudezijds Voorburgwal 229-231, Amsterdam
    Promotor: Yde Venema
    Copromotor: Nick Bezhanishvili
    For more information, contact Frederik at .
  • 30 September 2019, Master of Logic defense, Giuliano Rosella

    Date & Time: Monday 30 September 2019, 15:00
    Title: A Truthmaker Semantics Approach to Modal Logic
    Location: Room *F2.19*, Science Park 107, Amsterdam
    Supervisor: Maria Aloni and Thomas Schindler
  • 27 September 2019, Master of Logic defense, Chase Ford

    Date & Time: Friday 27 September 2019, 12:00
    Title: Investigations into the Expressiveness of First-order Logic and Weak Path Automata on Infinite Trees
    Location: Room F1.15, Science Park 107, Amsterdam
    Supervisor: Yde Venema and Sam van Gool
  • 26 September 2019, Master of Logic defense, Jack Harding

    Date & Time: Thursday 26 September 2019, 16:00
    Title: Incorporating Preference Information into Formal Models of Transitive Proxy Voting
    Location: Room F3.20, Science Park 107, Amsterdam
    Supervisor: Ulle Endriss
  • 26 September 2019, Master of Logic defense, Rachael Colley

    Date & Time: Thursday 26 September 2019, 14:00
    Title: Guaranteeing Feasible Outcomes in Judgment Aggregation
    Location: Room F1.15, Science Park 107, Amsterdam
    Supervisor: Ulle Endriss
  • 18 September 2019, PhD Defense, Peter T. S. van der Gulik

    Date: Wednesday 18 September 2019
    Title: Considerations in Evolutionary Biochemistry
    Location: Aula, Oude Lutherse Kerk, Singel 411, Amsterdam
    Promotor: Harry Buhrman and Wouter Hoff
    Copromotor: Dave Speijer
  • 13 September 2019, Master of Logic defense, Davide Quadrellaro

    Date & Time: Friday 13 September 2019, 10:00
    Title: Lattices of DNA-Logics and Algebraic Semantics of Inquisitive Logic
    Location: Room *F2.19*, Science Park 107, Amsterdam
    Supervisor: Nick Bezhanishvili and Gianluca Grilletti
  • 12 September 2019, Master of Logic defense, Hunter Mc Knight

    Date & Time: Thursday 12 September 2019, 10:00
    Title: Quantum Shell Games
    Location: Room F1.15, Science Park 107, Amsterdam
    Supervisor: Christian Schaffner
  • 30 August 2019, Master of Logic defense, Robin Martinot

    Date & Time: Friday 30 August 2019, 15:00
    Title: Sets and Categories: What Foundational Approaches Tell Us About Mathematical Thought
    Location: ILLC Seminar Room F1.15, Science Park 107, Amsterdam
    Supervisor: Luca Incurvati
  • 30 August 2019, Master of Logic defense, Michael Vollmer

    Date & Time: Friday 30 August 2019, 12:00
    Title: On Logical Nihilism
    Location: Room F1.15, Science Park 107, Amsterdam
    Supervisor: Peter Hawke
  • 27 August 2019, Master of Logic defense, Matteo Ferrari

    Date & Time: Tuesday 27 August 2019, 12:00
    Title: Questioning Philosophy
    Location: Room F1.15, Science Park 107, Amsterdam
    Supervisor: Maria Aloni and Paul Dekker
  • 18 July 2019, MSc Artificial Intelligence, Mario Giulianelli

    Date & Time: Thursday 18 July 2019, 11:00
    Title: Lexical Semantic Change Analysis with Contextualised Word Representations
    Location: ILLC Seminar Room F1.15, Science Park 107, Amsterdam
    Supervisor: Raquel Fernandez
  • 15 July 2019, MSc Artificial Intelligence, Ece Takmaz

    Date & Time: Monday 15 July 2019, 15:00
    Title: Caption the Gaze: Enhancing Neural Image Captioning with Eye-Tracking
    Location: ILLC Seminar Room F1.15, Science Park 107, Amsterdam
    Supervisor: Raquel Fernandez
  • 12 July 2019, Master of Logic defense, Marco Degano

    Date & Time: Friday 12 July 2019, 10:00
    Title: Meaning through Time: a Diachronic and Semantic Study of Italian Free Choice
    Location: Room F1.15, Science Park 107, Amsterdam
    Supervisor: Maria Aloni
  • 10 July 2019, Master of Logic defense, Tomislav Karacic

    Date & Time: Wednesday 10 July 2019, 14:00
    Title: The Informational View on Technologies in the Scientific Practice
    Location: Room F1.15, Science Park 107, Amsterdam
    Supervisor: Federica Russo
  • 5 July 2019, Master of Logic defense, Nicolo Zamperlin

    Date & Time: Friday 5 July 2019, 15:00
    Title: Intensional Kleene logics for vagueness
    Location: Room F1.15, Science Park 107, Amsterdam
    Supervisor: Robert van Rooij and Massimiliano Carrara
  • 5 July 2019, Master of Logic defense, Zhuoye Zhao

    Date & Time: Friday 5 July 2019, 12:00
    Title: Varieties of Distributivity: From Mandarin 'Dou' to Plurality, Free Choice and Scalarity
    Location: Room F1.15, Science Park 107, Amsterdam
    Supervisor: Maria Aloni and Alexandre Cremers
  • 5 July 2019, Master of Logic defense, David Santamaría Legarda

    Date & Time: Friday 5 July 2019, 10:00
    Title: Defending the Classes
    Location: Room F1.15, Science Park 107, Amsterdam
    Supervisor: Luca Incurvati
  • 4 July 2019, Master of Logic defense, Anna Franchini

    Date & Time: Thursday 4 July 2019, 15:00
    Title: Space and the continuum from Kant to Poincaré
    Location: Room F1.15, Science Park 107, Amsterdam
    Supervisor: Michiel van Lambalgen, Gianluca Grilletti
  • 4 July 2019, Master of Logic defense, Gaia Belardinelli

    Date & Time: Thursday 4 July 2019, 12:00
    Title: Gatekeepers in Social Networks: Logic for Communicative Actions
    Location: Room F1.15, Science Park 107, Amsterdam
    Supervisor: Alexandru Baltag
  • 4 July 2019, Master of Logic defense, Bas van den Heuvel

    Date & Time: Thursday 4 July 2019, 10:00
    Title: Non-determinism in Multiparty Session Types within a Curry-Howard system
    Location: Room F1.15, Science Park 107, Amsterdam
    Supervisor: Jorge Perez, Alban Ponse
  • 3 July 2019, Master of Logic defense, Mina Young Pedersen

    Date & Time: Wednesday 3 July 2019, 14:00
    Title: Polarization and Echo Chambers: A Logical Analysis of Balance and Triadic Closure in Social Networks
    Location: Room TBA, Science Park 107, Amsterdam
    Supervisor: Sonja Smets
  • 3 July 2019, Master of Logic defense, Yvette Oortwijn

    Date & Time: Wednesday 3 July 2019, 10:00
    Title: Dynamic Set Theory
    Location: Room F1.15, Science Park 107, Amsterdam
    Supervisor: Luca Incurvati
  • 2 July 2019, Master of Logic defense, Sam Adam-Day

    Date & Time: Tuesday 2 July 2019, 12:00
    Title: Polyhedral Completeness in Intermediate and Modal Logics
    Location: Room F1.15, Science Park 107, Amsterdam
    Supervisor: Nick Bezhanishvili
  • 2 July 2019, Master of Logic defense, Tim Henke

    Date & Time: Tuesday 2 July 2019, 10:00
    Title: The van Benthem Characterisation Theorem for Descriptive Models
    Location: Room F1.15, Science Park 107, Amsterdam
    Supervisor: Nick Bezhanishvili
  • 1 July 2019, Master of Logic defense, Ho-Yin Lui

    Date & Time: Monday 1 July 2019, 12:00
    Title: Expressive Limitations and the Liar’s Revenge: A Strict-Tolerant Solution and A Pragmatic Solution For Dialetheism
    Location: Room F1.15, Science Park 107, Amsterdam
    Supervisor: Robert van Rooij
  • 28 June 2019, PhD Defense, Nadine Theiler

    Date & Time: Friday 28 June 2019, 10:00
    Speaker: Nadine Theiler
    Title: Taking a uniform perspective: resolution and highlighting in the semantics of attitudes and particles
    Location: Agnietenkapel, Oudezijds Voorburgwal 231, Amsterdam
  • 26 June 2019, Master of Logic defense, Wouter Posdijk

    Date & Time: Wednesday 26 June 2019, 10:00
    Title: The simplicity/informativeness trade-off in the semantic typology of quantifiers.
    Location: Room F1.15, Science Park 107, Amsterdam
    Supervisor: Shane Steinert Threlkeld
  • 19 June 2019, Master of Logic defense, Nuno Mendes Da Silva Maia

    Date & Time: Wednesday 19 June 2019, 10:00
    Title: Tennenbaum's Theorem and Non-Classical Arithmetic
    Location: Room F1.15, Science Park 107, Amsterdam
    Supervisor: Luca Incurvati
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    29 May 2019, PhD Defense, András Gilyén

    Date & Time: Wednesday 29 May 2019, 14:00
    Title: Quantum Singular Value Transformation & Its Algorithmic Applications
    Location: Agnietenkapel
    Supervisor: Ronald de Wolf
    Copromotor: Harry Buhrman
    For more information, see https://www.illc.uva.nl/Research/Publications/Dissertations/DS/#DS-2019-03 or contact András Gilyén at .
  • 24 May 2019, Master of Logic defense, Daan van der Stigt

    Date & Time: Friday 24 May 2019, 15:00
    Title: Neural language models with latent syntax
    Location: Room F1.15, Science Park 107, Amsterdam
    Supervisor: Wilker Ferreira Aziz
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    23 May 2019, PhD defense, Carlos Vaquero Patricio

    Date & Time: Thursday 23 May 2019, 14:00
    Title: What Makes a Performer Unique? Idiosyncrasies and Commonalities in Expressive Music Performance
    Location: Agnietenkapel, Oudezijds Voorburgwal 231, Amsterdam
    Promotor: prof. dr. H.J. Honing
    Copromotor: dr. I.A. Titov

    Dit proefschrift onderzoekt de productie en perceptie van idiosyncratische expressiviteit in de uitvoering van muziek. Het onderzoekt vooral hoe de expressie van uitvoerders wordt bepaald en begrensd door hun eigen idiosyncratische speelstijl en door de partituur.

  • 16 May 2019, PhD Defense, J. Bergfeld

    Date & Time: Thursday 16 May 2019, 10:00
    Title: Quantum logics for expressing and proving the correctness of quantum programs
    Location: Agnietenkapel, Oudezijds Voorburgwal 229 - 231 - 1012 EZ Amsterdam.
    Promotor: S.J.L. Smets
    Copromotor: J. Sack
    For more information, contact Jort Bergfeld at .
  • 28 February 2019, Master of Logic defense, David O'Connell

    Date: Thursday 28 February 2019
    Title: Lorentzian Structures on Branching Spacetimes
    Location: Room F1.15, Science Park 107, Amsterdam
    Supervisor: Alexandru Baltag
  • 7 February 2019, Master of Logic defense, Kyah Smaal

    Date & Time: Thursday 7 February 2019, 11:00
    Title: Strategic manipulation in voting under higher-order reasoning
    Location: Room F2.19, Science Park 107, Amsterdam
    Supervisor: Ronald de Haan and Fernando R. Velázquez Quesada

Projects and Awards

  • 20 - 21 November 2019, The Lindström Lectures, Johan van Benthem

    Date & Time: 20 - 21 November 2019, 19:00
    Speaker: Johan van Benthem
    Title: The Lindström Lectures 2019
    Location: Gothenburg, Sweden

    The Lindström Lectures is an annual lecture hosted by the Department of Philosophy, Linguistics and Theory of Science at the University of Gothenburg celebrating the singular achievements of Pelle Lindström (1936-2009). Each year, a distinguished logician is invited to deliver a general lecture to the public, and a specialised presentation at the logic seminar.

    We are proud to announce that the 2019 Lindström Lectures will be delivered by Johan van Benthem. This year the lectures will form part of the conference Circularity in Syntax and Semantics <http://www.cse.chalmers.se/~bahafs/CiSS2019/>.

  • Raquel Alhama and Jelle Zuidema win best paper award

    Raquel Alhama and Jelle Zuidema win best paper award for their review in Psychonomic Bulletin & Review.

    For more information, see https://www.psychonomic.org/page/BestArticleAward or contact Jelle Zuidema at .
  • Taichi Uemura receives best student paper award at Conference on Homotopy Type Theory

    At the Conference on Homotopy Type Theory which took place last August in Pittsburgh, Taichi Uemura won the Best Student Paper Award for his work on the semantics of type theory.

    For more information, see https://hott.github.io/HoTT-2019/programme/ or contact Taichi Uemura at .
  • Benedikt Löwe becomes Membre Titulaire of the Académie Internationale de Philosophie des Sciences

    At the General Assembly of the Académie Internationale de Philosophie des Sciences (AIPS) on 14 August 2019 in Prague, Benedikt Löwe was elected to be a Membre Titulaire of the Academy (he had been a corresponding member since 2018).

  • Benedikt Löwe re-elected as Secretary General of DLMPST/IUHPST

    At the General Assembly of the Division for Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science and Technology of the International Union of History and Philosophy of Science and Technology (DLMPST/IUHPST) on 8 August 2019 in Prague, Benedikt Löwe was re-elected to serve as Secretary General of the Division for another term of four years (2020-2023).

  • Jaap Kamps receives a Facebook Research Award and an NWO Takeoff grant

    We are happy to announce that Jaap Kamps receives a Facebook research award for the project entitled Sparse Latent Representations for Efficient NLP and an NWO Take off grant for the project entitled Less is More: Efficient Neural Models without Loss of Effectiveness.

    For more information, contact Jaap Kamps at .
  • Reinhard Muskens and Robert van Rooij receive NWO Open Competition grant

    The ILLC is very happy to announce that both Robert van Rooij and Reinhard Muskens have been awarded with an NWO Open Competition grant. Reinhard will carry his project out at ILLC.

  • 3 VENI awards for ILLC members

    The ILLC is very pleased that three ILLC researchers have been awarded a VENI grant 2019:

    * Yorgos Amanatidis: Fair Division in Dynamic Environments with Social Structure

    * Ronald de Haan: Algorithms for Sophisticated Voting Procedures

    * Chris Majenz: Taming Quantum Adversaries.

    Chris, now a postdoc at ILLC on Christian Schaffner's Vidi), will carry out his VENI at CWI.

  • Sonja Smets elected member of Academia Europaea

    Sonja Smets is elected a member of Academia Europaea. The object of Academia Europaea is the advancement and propagation of excellence in scholarship in the humanities, law, the economic, social, and political sciences, mathematics, medicine, and all branches of natural and technological sciences anywhere in the world for the public benefit and for the advancement of the education of the public of all ages. The aim of the Academy is to promote European research, advise governments and international organisations in scientific matters, and further interdisciplinary and international research.

    For more information, see https://www.ae-info.org/ or contact Sonja Smets at .
  • Marc Sanders Prize in Metaethics for Luca Incurvati and Julian Schlöder

    Luca Incurvati and Julian Schlöder have been awarded the Marc Sanders Prize in Metaethics for their paper 'Inferential Expressivism and the Negation Problem'. The Marc Sanders Prize in Metaethics is an essay competition open to scholars within fifteen years of receiving their PhD. The paper will be presented at a special session of the Madison Metaethics Workshop in September and will be published in the Oxford Studies in Metaethics.

  • Gian Carlo Milanese 2019 Prize for the best master thesis in logic by an Italian student

    We are pleased to announce that Gian Carlo Milanese is one of the recipients of the 2019 Prize for the best master thesis in logic by an Italian student. This prize is annually awarded by the Italian Association for Logic and its Applications.

    For more information, see http://www.ailalogica.it/premi/premio-32/ or contact Yde Venema at .
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    Maris Ozols receives an NWO Vidi grant

    The ILLC is very happy to announce that Maris Ozols has received an NWO Vidi grant.

    While quantum computers can solve certain computational problems much faster than regular computers, finding new quantum algorithms is generally difficult. The goal of the Vidi project "Mathematics of Quantum Algorithms" is to do this using advanced mathematical techniques from group theory and algebra. Specifically, Ozols will use representation theory to derive new algorithms and subroutines with quantum input and quantum output, and he will apply known Hadamard matrix constructions and ideas from group cohomology to find new classes of problems that are well-suited for quantum speed-ups. Finally, the plan is to identify a sufficiently rich quantum algorithmic framework and implement it as software.

    For more information, see https://homepages.cwi.nl/~maris/ or contact Maris Ozols at .
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    Henkjan Honing elected member of KNAW

    We are happy to announce that Henkjan Honing was elected a new member of the The Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW). The Academy has approximately 550 members. Membership is awarded on the basis of scientific and scholarly achievement. Members are appointed for life.

  • Iacer Calixto receives Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship

    We are pleased to announce that Iacer Calixto has been awarded a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship for his project entitled Informing multi-modal language generation with world knowledge. The project will be carried out in collaboration with New York University (US) en Facebook Artificial Intelligence Research (France).

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    Yde Venema is awarded an NWO TOP Grant

    We are pleased to announce that Yde Venema has been awarded an NWO TOP Grant for his project proposal `Derivation Systems for Modal Fixpoint Logic'. Fixpoints are powerful mechanisms to express important properties in a wide range of logics, and the goal of the research is to develop, study and apply sound and complete proof systems for such logics. The project will fund two PhD students and one postdoc.

Funding, Grants and Competitions

  • Call for Nominations: Presburger Award for Young Scientists

    Deadline: Saturday 15 February 2020

    Starting in 2010, the European Association for Theoretical Computer Science (EATCS) established the Presburger Award. The Award is conferred annually at the International Colloquium on Automata, Languages and Programming (ICALP) to a young scientist (in exceptional cases to several young scientists) for outstanding contributions in theoretical computer science, documented by a published paper or a series of published papers. The Award is named after Mojzesz Presburger who accomplished his path-breaking work on decidability of the theory of addition (today called Presburger arithmetic) as a student in 1929.

    Nominations for the Presburger Award can be submitted by any member or group of members of the theoretical computer science community except the nominee and his/her advisors for the master thesis and the doctoral dissertation. Nominated scientists have to be at most 35 years old on January 1st of the year of the nomination. The award includes an amount of 1000 Euro and an invitation to ICALP 2020 for a lecture.

  • Call for Postdocs 2019 at the Euler International Mathematical Institute

    Deadline: Saturday 30 November 2019

    The Euler International Mathematical Institute in St.Petersburg is seeking postdocs in all areas of Mathematics, Theoretical Computer Science, Mathematical and Theoretical Physics.

    For more information, see http://www.pdmi.ras.ru/EIMI/ or contact Edward A. Hirsch at .
  • Call for Nominations: S. Barry Cooper Prize 2020

    Deadline: Friday 17 January 2020

    The S. Barry Cooper Prize is awarded to a researcher who has contributed to a broad understanding and foundational study of computability by outstanding results, by seminal and lasting theory building, by exceptional service to the research communities involved, or by a combination of these. This award is presented every two to three years, with the presentation taking place at the International Conference Computability in Europe (CiE).

    The Prize is named in honor of S. Barry Cooper, the founding President of the Association Computability, in recognition of his vision of the fundamental concept of computability that brought together several different research communities. The awardee shall be invited to the next annual CiE conference to give an invited talk and will be presented with an award plaque on this occasion.

    Nominations may be made by any member of the scientific community and any such member can be nominated. Nomination letters can have multiple signatories and should provide a motivation for awarding the prize to the nominee, precisely stating their outstanding results, their seminal and lasting theory building, and/or their exceptional service to the research communities involved.

  • Quantum Computing Summer School Fellowship

    Deadline: Friday 17 January 2020

    The Quantum Computing Summer School is an immersive 10-week curriculum that includes tutorials from world-leading experts in quantum computation as well as one-on-one mentoring from LANL staff scientists who are conducting cutting-edge quantum computing research. Summer school fellowship recipients will be exposed to the theoretical foundations of quantum computation and will become skilled at programming commercial quantum computers, such as those developed by D-Wave Systems, Rigetti, and IBM. Between Ten and Fifteen students (with the precise number determined based on the applicant pool) will be awarded a fellowship from LANL that covers travel, living expenses in Los Alamos, and salary. The fellowship value ranges from $7,500 to $13,000, based on academic rank (junior, senior, 1st year graduate student, etc.).

  • NWO Open Competition – SSH

    Deadline: Thursday 16 January 2020

    On 3 October, the NWO Domain Social Sciences and Humanities will launch the second round of the NWO Open Competition – SSH for non-programmed, curiosity-driven research. Researchers can, without thematic limitations, apply for funding for projects with a research question rooted primarily in the social sciences and/or humanities. The budget available for this round is approximately 22 million euros. The deadline for pre-proposals is 16 January 2020, the deadline for full proposals is 9 July 2020.

    For more information, see https://www.nwo.nl/en/research-and-results/programmes/open+competition+ssh or contact Dr. Eelco van Dongen at .
  • Public Engagement with Research Award

    Deadline: Friday 10 January 2020

    The European Research Council’s (ERC) Public Engagement with Research Award 2020 is designed to recognize and celebrate ERC grantees who have demonstrated excellence in public engagement and outreac. 

    One winner will be selected in each of the categories 'Public outreach', 'Press and media relations' and 'Online and social media'. Winning projects will be featured prominently in the ERC communication channels, expanding the visibility of the project, for several months after the award.

  • 2020 Du Chatelet Prize in Philosophy of Physics: "Mathematics as a tool of conceptual innovation in physical theory and/or experiment, 1780-1890"

    Deadline: Saturday 1 February 2020

    The Du Châtelet Prize in Philosophy of Physics is awarded for previously unpublished work in philosophy of physics by a graduate student or junior scholar. The prize celebrates excellence in philosophy of physics, and promotes breadth across the field both historically and philosophically.

    Submissions are invited for the 2020 Du Châtelet Prize. The topic for this year's prize is 'Mathematics as a tool of conceptual innovation in physical theory and/or experiment, 1780-1890'. The winner will receive $1000, an invitation to participate in a workshop to be held at Duke University, and an invitation to have their paper considered for publication in Studies in History and Philosophy of Science. The prize is open to graduate students and to scholars within 5 years of PhD. Submissions should not exceed 10,000 words.

    For more information, see https://duchateletprize.org.
  • ERC Starting Grants

    Deadline: Wednesday 16 October 2019

    ERC Starting Grants are designed to support excellent Principal Investigators at the career stage at which they are starting their own independent research team or programme. Researchers of any nationality with 2-7 years of experience since completion of PhD can apply. Principal Investigators must demonstrate the ground-breaking nature, ambition and feasibility of their scientific proposal.

  • Amsterdam Science Innovation Award 2019

    Deadline: Monday 9 September 2019

    Do you have an innovative idea and would you like to develop it further? Then consider yourself invited to participate in the 14th edition of the Amsterdam Science & Innovation Award. € 7,500 will be awarded to the best idea in each category alpha/gamma, beta and life sciences.

  • NWO Vidi Grant

    Deadline: Thursday 3 October 2019

    The Innovational Research Incentives Scheme Vidi is a grant for experienced researchers. From 2018 on NWO asks Vidi candidates for an 'embedding guarantee' signed by the dean of the institution where they intend to conduct their research. Researchers can only submit applications for Vidi funding with the support of the Dutch institution where they intend to conduct their research. It is expected to lead to fewer applications and to be more consistent with the research institutions’ personnel policy.

  • Kurt Goedel Award: essay prize on "anti-reductionist knowledge in the natural sciences and humanities"

    Deadline: Monday 30 September 2019

    This year, for the first time, with the support of the University of Wuppertal, the Kurt Gödel Circle of Friends Berlin will present the Kurt Gödel Award 2019 to promote anti-reductionist knowledge in the natural sciences and humanities.

    This award will be awarded as part of an essay competition for the best question reductionists would have to answer, but cannot and why.

  • Call for Nominations: 2019 Shoenfield Prizes for outstanding expository writing in logic

    Deadline: Friday 1 November 2019

    The ASL invites nominations for the Shoenfield Prizes for outstanding expository writing in the field of logic. There are two Shoenfield prizes, one for books and one for expository articles, each to be awarded simultaneously every three years; the Shoenfield Prizes were first awarded in 2007. Any book first published in the past 9 years may be considered for the book award. Any article published in the past 6 years may be considered for the article award. Nominations should be submitted to Justin Moore (justin@math. cornell.edu), Chair of the ASL Committee on Prizes and Awards. The deadline for nominations for the 2019 Prizes is November 1, 2019.

    The Shoenfield prizes were established by the ASL to honor the late Joseph R. Shoenfield for his many outstanding contributions to logic and to the ASL. Generations of logicians have especially valued Shoenfield's expository gifts, and his writings provide models of lucidity and elegance. The ASL administers the fund on which the Prize is based and makes the award upon the recommendation of its Committee on Prizes and Awards.

  • Call for Nominations: 2019 Sacks Prize for the most outstanding doctoral dissertation in mathematical logic

    Deadline: Monday 30 September 2019

    The ASL invites nominations for the 2019 Sacks Prize for the most outstanding doctoral dissertation in mathematical logic. The Sacks Prize was established to honor Professor Gerald Sacks of MIT and Harvard for his unique contribution to mathematical logic, particularly as adviser to a large number of excellent Ph.D. students. he Sacks Prize will consist of a cash award plus five years free membership in the ASL.

    Students who defend their dissertations (equivalent to the American doctoral dissertation) between October 1, 2018, and September 30, 2019, are eligible for the Prize this year. This is an international prize, with no restriction on the nationality of the candidate or the university where the doctorate is granted. Nominations should be made by the thesis adviser.

    For more information, see http://aslonline.org/asl-information/prizes-and-awards/ or contact Justin Moore at .
  • E. W. Beth Dissertation Prize 2019

    Deadline: Monday 15 April 2019

    Since 2002, FoLLI (the Association for Logic, Language, and Information) has awarded the E.W. Beth Dissertation Prize to outstanding dissertations in the fields of Logic, Language, and Information.  Nominations are now invited for the best dissertation in these areas resulting in a Ph.D. degree conferred in 2018.

    In accordance with 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, 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.

    For more information, see http://www.folli.info/?page_id=251 or contact Natasha Alechina at .
  • ENW PPS Fund

    Deadline: Tuesday 4 June 2019

    The Science PPP Fund intends to promote cooperation and transfer of knowledge between universities and companies. The Fund welcomes new initiatives that fit within the roadmaps of the Topsectors Chemistry, Energy, HTSM, Agri & Food and ICT. Verification of the fit ('passendheidstoets') is carried out by the relevant TKI.

  • Call for Nominations: 2019 Alonzo Church Award for Outstanding Contributions to Logic & Computation

    Deadline: Friday 1 March 2019

    An annual award, called the Alonzo Church Award for Outstanding Contributions to Logic and Computation, was established in 2015.The award is for an outstanding contribution represented by a paper or by a small group of papers published within the past 25 years. This time span allows the lasting impact and depth of the contribution to have been established. The award can be given to an individual, or to a group of individuals who have collaborated on the research.

    Nominations for the 2019 award are now being solicited. The contribution must have appeared in a paper or papers published within the past 25 years. Thus, for the 2019 award, the cut-off date is January 1, 1994. In addition, the contribution must not yet have received recognition via a major award, such as the Turing Award, the Kanellakis Award, or the Gödel Prize. While the contribution can consist of conference or journal papers, journal papers will be given a preference. Self-nominations are excluded. The 2019 award will be presented at ICALP 2019, the International Colloquium on Automata, Languages and Programming.

  • FameLab: Pitch your research!

    Deadline: Thursday 31 January 2019

    FameLab is an international competition for young scientists interested in science communication, co-organized by the UvA's Faculty of Science and the UvA AMC.

  • Call for Nominations: Ackermann Award 2019

    Deadline: Monday 1 April 2019

    The Ackermann Award is the EACSL Outstanding Dissertation Award for Logic in Computer Science. Nominations are now invited for the 2019 Ackermann Award. PhD dissertations in topics specified by the CSL and LICS conferences, which were formally accepted as PhD theses at a university or equivalent institution between 1.1.2017 and 31.12.2018 are eligible for nomination for the award. The 2019 Ackermann award will be presented to the recipient(s) at CSL 2020, the annual conference of the EACSL, 13-16 January 2020, in Barcelona.

    For more information, see http://www.eacsl.org/submissionsAck.html or contact Thomas Schwentick at .

Open Positions at ILLC

  • Assistant professor in the Philosophy of Technology

    Deadline: Monday 2 December 2019

    The Department of Philosophy is currently seeking to strengthen her profile in the broad area of the philosophy of technology. Artificial Intelligence, smart cities, robotics, or manipulative online practices: the current technological, social, and political transformations on the basis of new information and communication technologies affect almost every part of society and of our daily lives. Whether they concern the future of work, equal access to information and services, the relationship between citizens and democratic government, or between consumers and their technological surroundings: a broad range of ethical and philosophical issues concerning technologies and the ways in which they challenge our self-understanding is at the center of today’s debates.

  • Postdoctoral researcher in Neural Machine Translation

    Deadline: Sunday 27 October 2019

    This position is part of the EC-funded project Global Under-Resourced Media Translation (GoURMeT). The overall aim of the project is to develop data-efficient NMT by exploiting prior linguistic knowledge within deep generative models. A central theme of the project is latent variable modelling and for that experience with approximate inference and efficient gradient estimation for deep generative models is a must. The successful applicant will work under the supervision of Dr Wilker Aziz and in collaboration with PhD candidates already funded by GoURMet.

  • Postdoctoral researcher in Cognitive Semantics and Quantities

    Deadline: Friday 1 November 2019

    The Institute for Logic, Language and Computation (ILLC) at the University of Amsterdam is looking for an exceptional postdoctoral researcher in the area of Computations and Semantics within the ERC StG project 'Cognitive Semantics and Quantities [CoSaQ]', running 2017-2021, and led by Principal Investigator (PI) Jakub Szymanik.

    You will be employed full-time. The aim of this subproject is to focus on cognitive and computational modeling of quantification. Your main task will be contributing to learnability and evolution approach to quantification that has been recently developed in the group. You will be also expecting to contribute to other ongoing research in the group, for instance, cognitive modeling of the experimental data on subjects using multiple different strategies in different proportions in different contexts while verifying quantifier sentences. Please see the project website for more details, including recently published papers reporting on the mentioned research lines.

  • Postdoctoral researcher in experimental psychology concerning semantics of generic sentences

    Deadline: Monday 4 November 2019

    Are you a high potential young researcher with a PhD degree either in Experimental Psychology or Psycholinguistics, with an interest in natural Natural Language interpretation, and would you be interested to join the Logic and Language programme at our institute to investigate the meaning of generic and conditional sentences? If so, we invite you to apply for this position.

    This postdoc position is part of the NWO Open Competition project 'From Learning to Meaning: A new approach to Characterizing Sentences and Stereotypes'. You will join the group of . The aim of the project is to investigate empirically what is the meaning of generalising expressions like generic and conditional sentences. The methods used are (i) experimental psychology (lab-based and online experiments) and (ii) distributive semantics to find biases in large corpora. The postdoc is expected to work on (i).

  • Postdoctoral researcher in Computational Social Choice

    Deadline: Monday 18 November 2019

    Have you recently completed (or are you about to complete) your PhD in AI, doing formal work in an area such as Multiagent Systems or Knowledge Representation? Are you excited about recent developments at the interface of AI with Economics taking place in the Computational Social Choice and Algorithmic Game Theory research communities? Can you see yourself working in an interdisciplinary environment, in a team with smart and friendly colleagues?

  • PhD position in Computational Social Choice

    Deadline: Monday 28 October 2019

    Are you looking for a PhD position where you can use your mathematical skills to improve how we make decisions, arrive at compromises, and aggregate information in a group? Are you excited about doing this kind of research in an interdisciplinary environment, in a team with smart and friendly colleagues? And are you interested in an academic career in Artificial Intelligence?

    Then you may want to join us. We are looking for a PhD candidate in the field of computational social choice to join us in the COMSOC Group at the Institute for Logic, Language and Computation (ILLC) in Amsterdam.

  • Postdoctoral researcher in Abductive Inference for Natural Language Interpretation

    Deadline: Saturday 12 October 2019

    Are you a high potential young researcher with a PhD degree in Computer Science, Computational Linguistics, Mathematics, Artificial Intelligence, or a related discipline, and would you be interested to join the Logic and Language programme at our institute to investigate Natural Language Interpretation as Abductive Inference? If so, we invite you to apply for this position.

    This postdoc position is part of the NWO Open Competition project 'A Sentence Uttered Makes a World Appear---Natural Language Interpretation as Abductive Model Generation'. The successful applicant will join the group of Reinhard Muskens. The aim of the project is to explore how semantic values are assigned to natural language expressions in a compositional way and how the resulting values, represented as logical expressions, are subsequently enriched by means of abductive reasoning. The latter is studied in a tableaux setting.

    While this is primarily a research position, you will have the opportunity to contribute to teaching activities.

  • Postdoctoral researcher in Quantum Cryptography

    Deadline: Sunday 15 September 2019

    Are you a high potential young researcher who recently obtained a PhD degree in Quantum Information Science? And are you ready to join QuSoft, a world-leading research center on quantum software in Amsterdam? This postdoc position is part of the VIDI project 'Cryptography in the Quantum Age'. The successful applicant will join the group of Christian Schaffner. The aim of the project is to develop new quantum-cryptographic protocols (dealing with quantum data and computational assumptions) and explore their limitations. Another aspect is to investigate the security of classical cryptographic schemes against quantum adversaries (post-quantum cryptography).

  • Postdoctoral researcher in Formal Semantics

    Deadline: Wednesday 17 July 2019
    This postdoc position is part of the ERC Starting project: Quantification and Modality in the realm of Questions. The project explores how the inquisitive perspective on meaning extends the boundaries of logic and linguistics, with a particular focus on the domains of quantification and modality, which are central to both enterprises. The approach is highly inter-disciplinary in nature, forging cross-fertilization between the two fields.
  • Assistant professor (tenure track) or Associate professor in Artificial Intelligence

    Deadline: Sunday 1 September 2019

    Are you a passionate teacher and excellent researcher doing fundamental research on Artificial Intelligence? Do you have the ability to bridge symbolic and sub-symbolic methods used within AI? Does your area of specialisation in AI fit with ILLC’s research on formal methods in the study of information, and also complement its existing expertise? We have a preference for candidates whose research is not well-represented by current ILLC staff.

  • Postdoctoral researcher in Neural Dialogue Modelling

    Deadline: Monday 6 May 2019

    The Institute for Logic, Language and Computation (ILLC) at the University of Amsterdam invites applications for a postdoctoral position in the Dialogue Modelling Group led by Raquel Fernández. The mission of the group is to understand dialogical interaction by developing empirically-motivated formal and computational models that can be applied to various dialogue processing tasks and to human-machine interaction. The group has a wide international network of collaborators, both in academia and in industry research labs.

    This position is part of the DREAM Project ('Distributed dynamic REpresentations for diAlogue Management'), which is funded by an ERC Consolidator Grant and will eventually employ two PhD candidates and two postdoctoral researchers.

  • Postdoctoral researcher in Neural Machine Translation

    Deadline: Friday 3 May 2019

    This position is part of the EC-funded project Global Under-Resourced Media Translation (GoURMeT). The overall aim of the project is to develop data-efficient NMT by exploiting prior linguistic knowledge within deep generative models. A central theme of the project is latent variable modelling and for that experience with approximate inference and efficient gradient estimation for deep generative models is a must. The successful applicant will work under the supervision of Dr Wilker Aziz and in collaboration with PhD candidates already funded by GoURMet.

  • Professor of Philosophy (Metaphysics)

    Deadline: Wednesday 1 May 2019
    The chair is part of the capacity group Philosophical Tradition in Context (PTC). This capacity group covers metaphysics broadly conceived, history of philosophy, non-western philosophy, and philosophy of science with an emphasis on the humanities and the social sciences, and/or on formal approaches. The successful candidate will be a specialist of international standing in metaphysics broadly conceived and with a perspective beyond the boundaries between the continental and analytic tradition. Furthermore the faculty is interested in a candidate who has competence in history of philosophy and/or philosophy of science, and/or non-western philosophy. As to other academic disciplines, the successful candidate easily crosses borders between various disciplines.
  • Postdoctoral researcher in Proof Systems for Modal Fixpoint Logics

    Deadline: Sunday 28 April 2019
    The position is part of the research project Proof Systems for Modal Fixpoint Logics, to be directed by Dr Bahareh Afshari and Prof. Yde Venema. This project, which also involves three PhD positions, is a merger of two research projects.
  • 2 PhD candidates in Proof Systems for Modal Fixpoint Logics

    Deadline: Sunday 14 April 2019

    The positions are part of the research project Proof Systems for Modal Fixpoint Logics, to be directed by Dr Bahareh Afshari and Prof. Yde Venema.

  • Postdoctoral Researcher in Neural Machine Translation

    Deadline: Sunday 17 March 2019

    This position is part of the EC-funded project Global Under-Resourced Media Translation (GoURMeT). The overall aim of the project is to develop data-efficient NMT by exploiting prior linguistic knowledge within deep generative models. A central theme of the project is latent variable modelling and for that experience with approximate inference and efficient gradient estimation for deep generative models is a must. The successful applicant will work under the supervision of Dr Wilker Aziz and in collaboration with a PhD candidate (already funded by GoURMet).

  • PhD candidate Neural Dialogue Modelling

    Deadline: Monday 25 February 2019

    This position is part of the Distributed dynamic REpresentations for diAlogue Management (DREAM) Project, which is funded by an ERC Consolidator Grant and will eventually employ two PhD candidates and two postdoctoral researchers.

    The aim of the DREAM Project is to establish new computational models for dialogue agents that can learn from data about language use, integrating linguistic and perceptual information and leading to more human-like and effective communication. These models will be grounded in linguistic theories of dialogue, but exploit recent advances in artificial neural networks that will allow them to learn the representations that they manipulate directly from experience. Model analysis and interpretation are key aspects of the project.

Open Positions, General

  • PhD position in Logic and Language, Utrecht (the Netherlands)

    Deadline: Friday 14 February 2020

    Applications are invited for a PhD student who wants to develop algorithms for explaining the meaning of formulas of Mathematical Logic in ordinary language. This four year position comprises 85--90% research time and 10-15% teaching time. Department of Computer Science, Utrecht University.

    For more information, see https://www.uu.nl/staff/CJvanDeemter/Research or contact Prof. dr. Kees van Deemter at .
  • PhD Position in CS Focused on SAT Solving and Combinatorial Optimization, Lund (Sweden)

    Deadline: Monday 10 February 2020

    The Department of Computer Science at Lund University invites applications for a PhD position in computer science focused on SAT solving and combinatorial optimization.

    The PhD student will be working in the research group of Jakob Nordström, which is currently in transition from KTH to a combined location at Lund University and the University of Copenhagen on either side of the Oresund bridge.

    Much of the activities of the research group revolve around the themes of efficient algorithms for satisfiability in propositional logic (SAT solving) and lower bounds on the efficiency of methods for reasoning about SAT (proof complexity). On the practical side, one problem of interest is to gain a better understanding of, and improve, the performance of current state-of-the-art SAT solvers based on conflict-driven clause learning (CDCL). We are even more interested in exploring new algebraic or geometric techniques (such as Groebner bases or pseudo-Boolean solving) that could potentially yield exponential improvements over CDCL. We also believe that there should be ample room for technology transfer with related areas such as SMT solving, constraint programming (CP), and/or mixed integer linear programming (MIP), and so the research project will likely involve such areas.

    For more information, see http://www.csc.kth.se/~jakobn/openings/PhD-SAT-LTH-200210.php or contact Jakob Nordstrom at .
  • Postdoc positions in TCS, Copenhagen (Denmark)

    Deadline: Monday 10 February 2020

    The Department of Computer Science (DIKU) at the University of Copenhagen invites applications for postdoc positions in theoretical computer science. The postdoctoral researchers will be working in the research group of Jakob Nordstrom (http://www.csc.kth.se/~jakobn/), which is currently in transition from KTH to a combined location at the University of Copenhagen and Lund University on either side of the Oresund bridge.

    Much of the research in the group revolves about gaining a better theoretical understanding of powerful algorithmic paradigms such as, e.g., SAT solving, Groebner basis computations, integer linear programming, and/or semidefinite programming. This leads to classic questions in computational complexity theory — though often with new, interesting twists — but can also involve work on designing new algorithms that can exploit the power of such paradigms in practice. Our research has revealed deep, and sometimes surprising, connections to other topics such as, e.g., circuit complexity, communication complexity, and hardness of approximation, and therefore researchers in these or other related areas are more than welcome to apply.

    These postdoc positions are full-time employed positions for one year with a possible (and expected) one-year extension. The expected starting date is September 2020, although this is to some extent negotiable.

    For more information, see http://www.csc.kth.se/~jakobn/openings/Postdoc-TCS-DIKU-200210.php or contact Jakob Nordstrom at .
  • PhD positions in TCS, Copenhagen (Denmark)

    Deadline: Monday 10 February 2020

    The Department of Computer Science (DIKU) at the University of Copenhagen invites applications for PhD positions in theoretical computer science. The PhD students will be working in the research group of Jakob Nordstrom (http://www.csc.kth.se/~jakobn/), which is currently in transition from KTH to a combined location at the University of Copenhagen and Lund University on either side of the Oresund bridge.

    Much of the research in the group revolves about gaining a better theoretical understanding of powerful algorithmic paradigms such as, e.g., SAT solving, Groebner basis computations, integer linear programming, and/or semidefinite programming. This leads to classic questions in computational complexity theory — though often with new, interesting twists — but can also involve work on designing new algorithms that can exploit the power of such paradigms in practice. Our research has revealed deep, and sometimes surprising, connections to other topics such as, e.g., circuit complexity, communication complexity, and hardness of approximation, and so the project may also involve research in these areas.

    For more information, see http://www.csc.kth.se/~jakobn/openings/PhD-TCS-DIKU-200210.php or contact Jakob Nordstrom at .
  • Eleven PhD positions in interactive natural language technology for explainable AI (NL4XAI) at various universities in Europe

    Deadline: Friday 14 February 2020

    Eleven PhD positions are offered within the framework of "NL4XAI: Interactive Natural Language Technology for Explainable Artificial Intelligence". NL4XAI is a European Training Network (ETN) project, focused on the automatic generation of interactive explanations in natural language, just as humans naturally do, and as a complement to visualization tools. Each ESR will work in an individual research project in a different host institution and will participate in academic and inter-sectoral secondments at the premises of other NL4XAI's members.

    We look for outstanding, motivated and team-spirited candidates to carry out a PhD within the NL4XAI ETN and who will get unique international and inter-sectoral training from prominent European researchers (from both academy and industry).

    For more information, see https://nl4xai.eu/vacancies/.
  • Two faculty positions in philosophy, Canberra (Australia)

    Deadline: Sunday 19 January 2020

    The School of Philosophy at the Australian National University is looking to appoint two scholars (Lecturer/Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor/Professor). This is an excellent community with strengths in philosophy of science and philosophy of mind, as well as leading the Humanising Machine Intelligence  project launched earlier this year.

    For more information, see https://philjobs.org/job/show/14466.
  • Assistant Professorship in Theoretical Philosophy, Groningen (The Netherlands)

    Deadline: Thursday 16 January 2020

    The Faculty of Philosophy of the University of Groningen is looking for an Assistant Professor in Philosophy (0.8 fte) with expertise in philosophy of science (including the philosophy of specific disciplines within the natural, life, and social sciences), epistemology (including formal and social epistemology), or logic.

    The position is in the Department of Theoretical Philosophy and includes research (40%) as well as teaching and administrative tasks (60%). We are particularly interested in a candidate who can relate her/his philosophical work to other scientific or scholarly disciplines. The candidate will be expected to teach in the philosophy program on both BA and MA level, including the MA program 'Philosophy and Science', which caters for students who study philosophy and another discipline in tandem. It is crucially important that the candidate can offer courses that will appeal to a broad range of philosophy students, as well as students from other academic backgrounds.

  • Postdoctoral position in Truth & Semantics, Bristol (England)

    Deadline: Sunday 9 February 2020

    The ERC funded project 'Truth and Semantics' hosted by the Department of Philosophy at the University of Bristol invites applications for a three-year position as a Research Associate (postdoc). The successful candidate should have an AOS in the Philosophy of Language/Formal Semantics and a strong background in logic.

    The Truth and Semantics (TRUST) ERC Starting Grant project aims to provide a unified perspective on natural language semantics, conceived of as truth-conditional semantics, and the research on the so-called semantic paradoxes in form of theories of self-applicable truth. The Research Associate is expected to explore the role of self-referential sentences in truth-conditional semantics and its foundations. They should have a research profile formal semantics and the philosophy of language but should also possess a strong background in logic. The main tasks are to produce peer-reviewed scientific articles and other project outputs, and participate in organising the project's events.

  • Postdoc in CS Focused on SAT Solving and Combinatorial Optimization, Lund (Sweden)

    Deadline: Monday 10 February 2020

    The Department of Computer Science at Lund University invites applications for a postdoc position in computer science focused on SAT solving and combinatorial optimization.

    The postdoctoral researcher will be working in the research group of Jakob Nordström, which is currently in transition from KTH to a combined location at Lund University and the University of Copenhagen on either side of the Oresund bridge.

    Much of the activities of the research group revolve around the themes of efficient algorithms for satisfiability in propositional logic (SAT solving) and lower bounds on the efficiency of methods for reasoning about SAT (proof complexity). On the practical side, one problem of interest is to gain a better understanding of, and improve, the performance of current state-of-the-art SAT solvers based on conflict-driven clause learning (CDCL). We are even more interested in exploring new algebraic or geometric techniques (such as Groebner bases or pseudo-Boolean solving) that could potentially yield exponential improvements over CDCL. We also believe that there should be ample room for technology transfer with related areas such as SMT solving, constraint programming (CP), and/or mixed integer linear programming (MIP), and therefore researchers in these or other related areas are more than welcome to apply.

  • PhD in Computer Science/Big Data

    Deadline: Saturday 1 February 2020

    The department of People and Technology, Roskilde University, invites applications for a position as PhD of Big Data. The PhD student will be part of the Centre for Big Data, which is an interdisciplinary research centre focusing on big data analytics, methodologies, modelling, big data learning and visualisations of big data in different contexts.

    For more information, see https://ruc.dk/en/vacant-positions-roskilde-university or contact Henrik Bulskov at .
  • Two PhD Position in Formal Modelling of Multiagent Systems, Utrecht University (The Netherlands)

    Deadline: Monday 20 January 2020

    Applications are invited for two PhD positions at the Intelligent Systems group, Department of Information and Computing Sciences, Utrecht University, in the general area of formal modelling of intelligent agents and multi-agent systems, supervised by Prof. Mehdi Dastani and/or Dr Natasha Alechina, possibly jointly with other researchers at Utrecht. Possible topics include, but are not limited to: formal modelling of social systems, synthesis of norms for social systems, verification of learned strategies, verification and synthesis of strategies in multi-agent systems under resource constraints. We are looking for candidates with a good background in modal or temporal logic, understanding of basic AI concepts and techniques (intelligent agents, planning, learning) and some computational background (such as ability to analyse correctness and complexity of algorithms).

    For more information, contact Natasha Alechina at .
  • Tenure-track faculty position in AI, Rochester NY (U.S.A.)

    Deadline: Wednesday 1 January 2020

    The Computer Science department at the University of Rochester is seeking a tenure-track faculty position in Artificial Intelligence, broadly defined. Candidates in all areas of computer science and at any level of seniority are encouraged to apply. The department is very open and encourages candidates with an interdisciplinary approach.

  • Two research fellowships and one PhD studentship in verification, London (England)

    Deadline: Sunday 5 January 2020

    Applications are invited for two Research Fellow/Senior Research Fellow positions (one position will be at University College London, and one at Royal Holloway University of London), and one PhD studentship (at UCL). Successful applicants will be working on the EPSRC-funded "Verification of Hardware Concurrency via Model Learning" (CLeVer) project.

    This is a joint research endeavour involving the Computer Science Departments of two UK's leading research-intensive universities -- University College London and Royal Holloway University of London -- and ARM, world-leading designer of multi-core chips. We are looking for candidates with experience in one or more of the following areas: model learning techniques, verification, concurrency, and formal methods. Experience in tool implementation will also be valued.

    For more information, see here or contact .
  • Two faculty positions (any level) in all areas of Computer Science, London (England)

    Deadline: Wednesday 8 January 2020

    The Department of Computing at Imperial College London invites applications for full-time faculty members at all levels who can contribute to research and teaching in the foundations and practice of Computer Science. Applications are welcome from from all areas of Computer Science, including AI, either to strengthen existing areas or develop new areas.

  • PhD student positions in Logical Methods in Computer Science, Vienna/Graz/Linz (Austria)

    Deadline: Saturday 11 January 2020

    TU Wien, TU Graz, and JKU Linz are seeking highly qualified candidates for our joint doctoral program Logical Methods in Computer Science (logiCS). The LogiCS doctoral college focuses on interdisciplinary research topics covering computational logic, and applications of logic to databases and artificial intelligence, computer-aided verification, security and privacy, cyber-physical systems, as well as to distributed systems.

    Our PhD program LogiCS is focusing on logic and its applications in computer science. We are looking for 8 very strong doctoral students. Successful applicants will work with and be mentored by leading researchers in the fields of computational logic, databases and knowledge representation, computer-aided verification, security and privacy, cyber-physical systems, and distributed systems.

    For more information, see https://logic-cs.at/phd/admission/ or contact .
  • Lectureship B in Philosophy, Melbourne (Australia)

    Deadline: Sunday 2 February 2020

    The Philosophy Program in the Department of Politics, Media, and Philosophy at La Trobe University is looking to appoint a Level B continuing Lecturer. The position is open with regards to area of specialisation.

    Philosophy at La Trobe has a long and distinguished history of excellence, with many internationally prominent philosophers having worked at La Trobe. La Trobe has made strong hires in recent years aimed at renewing the Philosophy Program, with the ambition of returning the program in time to a 4 in ERA and continuing its legacy as one of the strongest and most innovative Philosophy programs in Australia. This appointment is part of the University's ongoing commitment to that process of renewal.

  • Lectureship in Mathematical Philosophy, Sydney (Australia)

    Deadline: Wednesday 8 January 2020

    The University of Sydney is currently advertising the position of Lecturer in Mathematical Philosophy. This is a full-time, continuing position at Level B (roughly equivalent to a tenure-track Assistant Professor in the U.S.).

  • Postdoctoral position in Decision-Making Theory, Prague (Czech Republic)

    Deadline: Tuesday 31 December 2019

    The Institute of Information Theory and Automation, Czech Academy of Sciences invites applications for a two-year postdoctoral position in the Department of Decision-Making Theory (with a possibility of a tenure-track) ideally beginning in February 2020. Most of departmental research activities belong to the area of applied mathematics, the focus is on theoretical problems as well as problems connected with implementations of methods in the following areas: mathematical optimization, nonsmooth analysis, partial differential equations, variational calculus, probabilistic models of decision support systems, conditional independence structures, artificial intelligence, and/or mathematical fuzzy logic.

    Candidates are expected to work in one of the above mentioned or closely-related areas and to have a strong record of, or outstanding potential for, significant research. In particular, candidates working in the last four listed areas are strongly encouraged to apply.

    For more information, see http://www.utia.cas.cz/news/3108 or contact Martin Kružík at .
  • Thirteen PhD positions in Situated Cognition, Bochum/Osnabrück (Germany)

    Deadline: Monday 10 February 2020

    This is a call for 13 PhD-positions starting on 1st of June 2020 as the key component of the Research Training Group „Situated Cognition“. The RTG is based at the Department of Philosophy II and the Faculty of Psychology at Ruhr-University Bochum as well as at the Institute of Cognitive Science and the Department of Philosophy at Osnabrück University.

    All PhD positions are essentially interdisciplinary with an emphasis on one of the subjects involved, i.e. philosophical theory formation, experimental psychology or neuroscience. Applicants have to apply for one of the suggested projects (max. two with indication of preference). In addition, applicants are encouraged to submit their own original project proposal in one of the theoretical areas, as long as the proposal fits the RTG?s guiding idea.

  • Visiting Fellowships in Logic & Philosophy of Science, Tilburg (The Netherlands)

    Deadline: Tuesday 7 January 2020

    The Department of Philosophy at Tilburg University invites applications for visiting fellowships for the calendar year 2020. The fellowships are intended for advanced Ph.D. students, postdocs or junior faculty.

    Applicants should be keen on being an active part of a lively research community and on intellectual exchange with the resident fellows at Tilburg. The planned work of the candidates should relate to one (or more) of the research areas covered by members of TiLPS or PHC&E research groups. TiLPS (The Tilburg Center for Logic and Philosophy of Science) and PHC&E (Philosophy of Humanity, Culture, and Ethics) sustain a full calendar of research events, such as regular seminars, workshops and conferences. The visiting fellows are expected to actively participate in these activities.

  • Maitre de Conferences position in set theory & logic, Sainte-Clotilde/La Reunion (France)

    Deadline: Thursday 21 November 2019

    A position as Maître de Conférences is opened in the University of Reunion (Indian Ocean, France). Set theory and logic belongs to the priority areas.

    The qualification of the French university system is needed to apply, so you need to have obtained this in the qualification round 2018-19 or before. The salary of a Maître de Conférences in Reunion is 53% more than in the mainland of France.

  • Teacher for Artificial Intelligence programme (Groningen)

    Deadline: Sunday 1 December 2019

    The Undergraduate School of Science and Engineering has a vacancy for a teacher in the programme of Artificial Intelligence of which the teaching staff is mostly associated with the Department of Artificial Intelligence of the Bernoulli Institute of Mathematics, Computing Science and Artificial Intelligence. In the Artificial Intelligence bachelor programme, teaching is in English, promoting an international setting and with a focus on research driven teaching.

    The duties of the Teacher will include:
    • teaching, tutoring and grading Artificial Intelligence Bachelor students in programming courses (Imperative Programming, Object-Oriented Programming) and more general AI-related courses (Artificial Intelligence 1, Signals and Systems)
    • assisting in developing new course materials
    • instructing and supervising Bachelor students who follow courses and perform related practical work and assignments
    • instructing, advising, supervising and grading Bachelor students during their final projects on topics in Artificial Intelligence
    • recruiting, selecting and managing Teaching Assistants (students)
    • participating in the programme’s outreach and informational activities for aspirant students.

  • Postdoctoral fellowship (3y) in Philosophy of Maths, Bergen (Norway)

    Deadline: Monday 16 December 2019

    The Philosophy Department at University of Bergen, Norway welcomes applications for a 3-year Postdoctoral Fellowship in the research project _Mathematics with a Human Face: Set Theory within a Naturalized Wittgensteinean Framework_. The project, within which the Wittgenstein Archives Bergen is a central component, is funded by the Norwegian Research Council. Project leaders are professors Sorin Bangu and Kevin Cahill.

    The applicant must have a sound familiarity with the philosophy of later Wittgenstein, philosophy of mathematics and philosophy of language. Expertise in the philosophy of set theory, philosophy of mathematical practice, philosophy of science and/or anthropological aspects of mathematics constitute an advantage.

  • PhD student position in formal verification, Heerlen (The Netherlands)

    The Open University of the Netherlands is looking for a PhD student, who will work on formal verification of low-level security properties of compiled binaries. The position is fully funded (4 years). Remuneration is according to the collective labor agreement in the Netherlands, starting at 2325 eur (pre-tax).

    For more information & applications (cover letter+CV) address to . The position will remain open until fulfilled.

    For more information, contact .
  • PhD Student Position in Mathematical Logic, Bern (Switzerland)

    The Logic Group of the Mathematical Institute of the University of Bern is seeking applications for a PhD student on the Swiss National Science Foundation funded project "Hidden Quantifiers" to conduct research in the areas of universal algebra, proof theory, and non-classical logics. Applicants should be highly motivated and have a strong background in mathematics and logic.

    For more information, contact George Metcalfe at .
  • Simons-Berkeley Research Fellowships for 2020-2021

    Deadline: Sunday 15 December 2019

    The Simons Institute for the Theory of Computing invites applications for Simons-Berkeley Research Fellowships for the Fall 2020 and Spring 2021 semesters. Simons-Berkeley Research Fellowships are intended for up-and-coming researchers who are getting close to defending their PhD degree or are at most 6 years past it at the start of the academic year 2020-21. This includes researchers who already hold junior faculty or postdoctoral positions. In particular, applicants who expect to have postdoc positions at other institutions are encouraged to apply to spend one semester as a Simons-Berkeley Fellow, subject to the approval of the home institution.

    In each semester of residence, each Fellow will normally participate in at least one of the ongoing programs at the Institute. We wish to highlight the semester program "Satisfiability: Theory, Practice, and Beyond", which will run in the spring of 2021 in parallel with "Theoretical Foundations of Computer Systems".

    For more information, see https://simons.berkeley.edu/fellows2020 or contact Jakob Nordstrom at .
  • Postdoctoral position in formal methods, Gothenburg (Sweden)

    Deadline: Friday 21 February 2020

    A postdoc position is available to work on the ERC Consolidator funded project "dSynMA: Distributed Synthesis from Single to Multiple Agents".

    The aims of the project are to develop theoretical foundations that will enable to apply reactive synthesis from temporal specifications to work for multiple agents. This includes studying two-player games and their solutions, modelling solutions for interacting agents, and studies of temporal logic.

  • PhD student position on verification of legal software, Barcelona (Spain)

    Deadline: Friday 15 November 2019

    The University of Barcelona offers a PhD position in collaboration with the Catalan industrial sector. The industrial component of the PhD revolves around the development and verification of legal software in Coq within Formal Vindications SL. This work will be complemented with the formalization of parts of logic/mathematics. We are looking for candidates with a background in theoretical computer science and/or mathematical logic. Apart from the required knowledge of Coq and Ocaml, other IT skills are recommended, especially knowledge/experience with other functional programming languages.

    We offer a three-year position in the PhD program in Mathematics and Computer Science which is located in the very center of Barcelona. The group where this project will be embedded works on ordinal analysis via modal logic and reflection principles; we expect collaboration with the main group to arise, but we are open to alternative proposals. The PhD student will be part of a large and active research group led by Joost J. Joosten.  If after three years the PhD has not been finished, but there is realistic expectations that it will be finished soon, the company will consider continuing the position in its major characteristics. Apart from the usual PhD trajectory, the candidates will participate in cutting edge formalization developments in an industrial setting.

  • PhD Positions at Institute of Science and Technology Austria (IST Austria)

    Deadline: Wednesday 8 January 2020

    IST Austria offers fully-funded PhD positions in the natural and mathematical sciences in a world-class research environment on the outskirts of Vienna. Students with a bachelor’s or master’s degree in biology, neuroscience, mathematics, computer science, physics, cryptography and related areas are encouraged to apply. IST Austria offers internationally competitive salaries, full health benefits, and subsidized on-campus housing in the first year.

    IST Austria organizes a Student Open Day on Friday, November 22nd 2019, where applicants  will get the chance to meet the research groups through lab tours and “Meet the Research Group” sessions, organized by our professors, PhD students, and postdocs. You can also discover the campus through a campus tour and learn about the history and future of IST Austria.

    For more information, see https://phd.pages.ist.ac.at/phd-admissions/ or contact Christian Schaffner at .
  • Fully funded 5-year PhD in Cognitive Science at ENS in Paris

    Deadline: Tuesday 10 December 2019

    The Department of Cognitive Studies (DEC) at Ecole Normale Supérieure is inviting applications for its graduate programs in cognitive science. Our training offer includes: a fully-funded 5-year PhD program and a fully-funded extended 3-year Masters program (which can be followed by a 3-year doctoral grant at ENS or elsewhere in France, conditioned on a mid-term evaluation).

  • Research Fellowship in Mathematical Logic and TCS, Singapore (Singapore)

    The researchers Frank Stephan, Yang Yue and Sanjay Jain at the National University of Singapore want to hire on their grant "Effective representations of algebraic structures" one research fellow in the areas of Mathematical Logic and Theoretical Computer Science. The candidate will do mathematical research in the areas of recursion theory, inductive inference, model theory and effective algebra; the applicant is expected do research and write papers inline with the research programme approved by the MOE for these positions. The applicant should also be able to present the results found at scientific conferences.

    Job requirements: Good knowledge of mathematics in general and the research areas above in particular. Prior publications and a PhD in mathematical logic or theoretical computer science are expected. The applicant should know at least some of the research areas of recursion theory, inductive inference, model theory and effective algebra and should be able to work in new areas of research.The applicant should have at least 3 years of experience in research; research done as masters or PhD student counts towards this requirement.

    For more information, see http://www.comp.nus.edu.sg/~fstephan/rfposition.html or contact Frank Stephan at , Yang Yue at , or Sanjay Jain at .
  • Postdoctoral position in philosophical logic, Los Angeles CA (U.S.A.)

    Deadline: Tuesday 1 December 2020

    The UCLA Department of Philosophy is offering a one year (with the possibility of a one-year renewal) post-doctoral research fellowship to a recent Ph.D. in philosophy whose primary area of research lies in logic, language, or mind.  One or two postdoctoral fellowships will be available depending on funding, and the post-docs are for one-year with the possibility of a one-year renewal. The position will coincide with a research cycle of workshops, conferences, and visitors in these areas made possible by a recent gift to the department.

    For more information, see https://philjobs.org/job/show/14102.
  • Assistant Professorships in Mathematics, Utrecht (The Netherlands)

    Deadline: Friday 15 November 2019

    The mathematics department of Utrecht University invites applications for two (tenure track) assistant professorships. We are primarily interested in candidates working in algebraic or differential geometry,but candidates from research areas in logic with clear connections to geometry (in particular model theory, category/topos theory, infinity categories, HoTT) will also be considered, as will applications from other neighbouring areas. We are looking for young scientists that are eager to play a committed role in all aspects of academic life.

    This is an appointment of 0.8 - 1.0 FTE for the duration of five years (Tenure Track). The position will be subject to a mid-term evaluation after approximately 2.5 years and an end-term evaluation. Following a positive evaluation the position will become permanent after 5 years. In case of sufficient seniority, the position can be tenured at a higher level. Female candidates will also be considered for a Westerdijk Fellowship, an attractive startup package created by the Faculty of Science in order to increase its number of female scientists.

  • PhD student position in Computer Science, Delft (The Netherlands)

    Deadline: Friday 15 November 2019

    There is a PhD position in Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence at Delft University of Technology in a challenging project on algorithms for scheduling under uncertainty, and making these work for the Dutch Railways (NS).

    The PhD will join a team that considers the operational scheduling of matching arriving train units at a yard to departures, and their routing, shunting, cleaning and maintenance and repair. Given the time tables of the involved railway companies, a plan has to be made for this rolling stock as well as for the people involved. As the number of train units grows, these plans will need to use all resources available (tracks, people), which makes the problem of finding feasible plans more and more difficult. The main tasks for the PhD student are to work on algorithms and artificial intelligence techniques from the fields of constraint programming, mathematical optimisation, evolutionary algorithms and/or reinforcement learning to solve such scheduling problems, and to deepen our understanding of these techniques and how they can be successfully combined.

  • Assistant Professorship in Computational Linguistics, Stony Brook NY (U.S.A.)

    Deadline: Sunday 1 December 2019

    The Department of Linguistics at Stony Brook University has a job opening for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position in Computational Linguistics. The ideal candidate will have a research program that addresses concerns in one or more core areas of linguistics from a mathematical/computational perspective.

  • Two postdoctoral positions in epistemology in connection to the mathematical sciences, Konstanz (Germany)

    Deadline: Sunday 10 November 2019

    Two postdoctoral positions (one for three years, a second for two and a half years), starting date 1 February 2020, are available in the group of Prof. Horsten (Theoretical Philosophy) at the Department of Philosophy, University of Konstanz. Candidates are expected to have a specialization in metaphysics and/or epistemology, with a connection to the mathematical sciences (broadly conceived). The group’s working languages are German and English; fluency in German is not required.

    For more information see https://stellen.uni-konstanz.de/jobposting/cca204c13f0752bad87da6cc5e6d05a4c0b409770 or https://stellen.uni-konstanz.de/jobposting/fc7ab455780b36e2b55b637c8fb524ddc12ef2580, or contact Prof. Leon Horsten, at .

  • PhD positions in Theory & Foundations of Computer Science, Warwick (England)

    Deadline: Monday 11 November 2019

    PhD positions are available at the Theory and Foundations group in the Department of Computer Science, University of Warwick, UK. The group works on various aspects of theoretical computer science and has strong ties with the Centre for Discrete Mathematics and its Applications (DIMAP). Together with DIMAP, the group is one of the leading theory groups in Europe, with regular publications in top international conferences and journals in theoretical computer science.

    The applicants are expected to have a strong background in discrete mathematics, algorithms, or related topics with undergraduate and/or Master's degrees in Computer Science, Mathematics, or related disciplines. The position(s) will be fully funded, and the successful applicant(s) will be receiving a stipend at rate in line with current Research Councils UK rates.

    For more information, see https://warwick.ac.uk/focs/ or contact Dr Sayan Bhattacharya (S.Bhattacharya at , or Dr Dmitry Chistikov at .
  • Assistant Professorship in Foundations of Mathematics, Las Cruces NM (U.S.A.)

    Deadline: Sunday 15 December 2019

    The Department of Mathematical Sciences at New Mexico State University invites applicants for a tenure-track faculty appointment to be filled at the Assistant Professor level beginning August, 2020. The position will support research and teaching needs in the department, with research focus in Foundations of Mathematics. Individuals interested in contributing to a diverse academic community are particularly encouraged. 

    Candidates must have a Ph.D. in Mathematics or related area prior to August, 2020 and are expected to demonstrate outstanding research potential, excellent communication skills, and a commitment to excellence in teaching at both the graduate and undergraduate levels. Expected duties include graduate and undergraduate teaching, sustained research, supervision of graduate students, submission of competitive external funding proposals, and some university service.

  • PhD student position in Computer Science Logic, Liverpool (England)

    The Knowledge Representation and Verification Groups at the Department of Computer Science, University of Liverpool, jointly offer a PhD Scholarship for work at the intersection Logic, Knowledge Representation, and Databases.

    The PhD student will be supervised by Professors Frank Wolter and Boris Konev and Dr Martin Zimmermann and will closely collaborate with Postdoctoral Researchers working on the new EPSRC-funded research project 'quantMD: Ontology-Based Management of Many-Dimensional Quantitative Data', a joint project with Professor Michael Zakharyaschev at University of London. The PhD student on this project will have a good background in one of the following areas: computational logic, mathematical logic, databases, or knowledge representation and reasoning.

  • Fellowships in Philosophy, Cambridge (England)

    Deadline: Thursday 31 October 2019

    The Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities, University of Cambridge (CRASSH) is now taking applications for the following:
    - Early Career Fellowships 2020-21
    - Crausaz Wordsworth Interdisciplinary Fellowship in Philosophy 2020-21
    - CRASSH/SCAS/ProFutura Fellowships 2021-24.

    For more information, see http://www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/applications/.
  • Visiting Fellowships at the Institute Vienna Circle, Vienna (Austria)

    Deadline: Thursday 7 November 2019

    The Institute Vienna Circle offers four fellowships for visitors who wish to do research at the Institute. The maximum length of a fellowship is six months, though it is possible to apply for an extension. Normally a fellowship pays E1800 brutto (approx. 1500 netto). We will be delighted to receive applications from junior and senior scholars whose research interests are in the tradition of Vienna Circle, understood in the broadest terms.

    We expect the fellows to
    - be present at the IVC during the fellowship period
    - give a talk, if possible
    - write a short report about the research done at the IVC

  • Assistant or Associate Professorship in Formal Methods, Kungens Lyngby (Denmark)

    Deadline: Saturday 30 November 2019

    The Section on Formal Methods for Safe and Secure Systems at the Department of Applied Mathematics and Computer Science (DTU Compute) invites applications for an Associate/Assistant Professor in Formal Methods for Safe and Secure Systems. The position is available from July 1, 2020 or according to mutual agreement.

    For more information, contact Andrea Vandin at .
  • PhD student position in Theoretical Computer Science, Amsterdam (The Netherlands)

    Deadline: Sunday 1 December 2019

    We are seeking applications for a fully-funded, 4-year PhD position in the Section of Theoretical Computer Science of the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VUA). The goal of the project is the development of techniques for reasoning about automata that transform finite and infinite words (also known as transducers). In this project, we will use and extend techniques from automata theory, combinatorics on words, logic, coalgebra and term rewriting. The principal investigator of this project is Joerg Endrullis with a background in term rewriting and automata theory. We will collaborate with Helle Hansen (TU Delft) and Femke van Raamsdonk and Jasmin Blanchette (VUA) in their own areas of expertise.

    Applicants should have a masters degree in computer science, mathematics, logic, or a closely related area. Knowledge of automata theory, coalgebra, logic, term rewriting or lambda calculus is considered an advantage.

    For more information, see http://joerg.endrullis.de/vacancy/2019/09/15/phd-vacancy.html or contact Jörg Endrullis at .
  • Two postdoctoral positions (3y) in Semantics & Descriptive Complexity, Oxford & Cambridge (England)

    Deadline: Wednesday 8 January 2020

    There are two post-doctoral research positions open, one at Oxford and one at Cambridge, to work on a new EPSRC-funded project on "Resources and co-Resources: A junction between semantics and descriptive complexity" which is jointly led by Prof. Samson Abramsky FRS at Oxford, and Prof. Anuj Dawar at the University of Cambridge. The positions are available to start as soon as possible, and are funded for 36 months.

    The project seeks to explore ways in which methods from the study of logic and algorithms (specifically finite model theory and descriptive complexity) can be combined with methods from semantics (such as category theory) to build a cohesive algebraic theory of resources. This builds on recent work obtaining categorical accounts of essential constructions in finite model theory (by Abramsky, Dawar and Wang and Abramsky and Shah), as well as categorical accounts of quantum resources (by Abramsky, Barbosa, de Silva and Zapata). This work made essential use of monads -- seen as encapsulating quantum and other resources -- and of comonads, which encapsulate 'coresources', i.e. ways of limiting access to a structure corresponding to definability in various logics. The project will seek to apply these new tools to major results in descriptive complexity, to expand them to cover other important constructions, to find ways of combining accounts of quantum resources and logical co-resources, and to build a general theory of these.

    There are separate application processes for applying for the two positions. Details of these and further information may be found at these webpages: http://www.cs.ox.ac.uk/news/1735-full.html http://www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/23436/. For further questions or enquiries, contact or

  • Assistant/Associate Professor, Computational Approaches to Language, University of Wisconsin-Madison

    Deadline: Friday 1 November 2019

    This position is a full-time, tenure-track faculty position at the Assistant Professor level, to start August 2020. Applications at the associate professor level may be considered in exceptional cases. The search is for a job candidate whose expertise bridges research on language learning, development, evolution and/or instruction, with proficiency in computational methods related to learning analytics, natural language processing, connectionist approaches, Bayesian models, topics models, semantic analysis, high dimensional data analysis, and/or data mining. Candidates that use big data approaches are particularly encouraged to apply.

    The main tenure home for this position is likely to be Educational Psychology, Language Sciences, or Psychology, with potential joint appointments in other departments as indicated by the candidates' background and interests. The position will involve a teaching load consistent with the tenure home, which will involve both undergraduate and graduate instruction. Tenure home will be determined at time of hire.

  • PhD position in Theoretical Computer Science at the VU Amsterdam

    Deadline: Sunday 1 December 2019

    We are seeking applications for a fully-funded, 4-year PhD position in the Section of Theoretical Computer Science of the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VUA). The goal of the project is the development of techniques for reasoning about automata that transform finite and infinite words (also known as transducers). In this project, we will use and extend techniques from automata theory, combinatorics on words, logic, coalgebra and term rewriting.

    For more information, see http://joerg.endrullis.de/vacancy/2019/09/15/phd-vacancy.html or contact Joerg Endrullis at .
  • Postdoctoral teaching position in "Critical Thinking for Engineers", Delft (The Netherlands)

    Deadline: Tuesday 7 January 2020

    The Ethics and Philosophy of Technology Section at Delft University of Technology is currently developing a "Critical Thinking for Engineers program" (CTfE) within the context of the 4TU.CEE. To achieve the project goals, we are looking for a FULLTIME POSTDOC for TWO YEARS who combines thorough knowledge in argumentation theory with inside acquaintance with (at least one branch of) engineering and technology. S/he should be inspired by the specific niche CTfE occupies within the field of Critical Thinking in general.

    The project aims at elaborating CTfE cases; i.e., developing sound argumentation in favor or against descriptive or normative engineering claims. It also aims at an inventory of the CTfE needs and wishes at the Dutch Technical Universities; and it also aims at an analysis of the overlap between engineering ethics and CTfE. The education goals of this project are: ready-made course material that meets the needs of teachers at the four Dutch Universities of Technology. This material should consist of: adjustable lecture sheets for adaptable CTfE courses; accompanying lecture notes or a textbook manuscript (outlines of the sheets and notes have been developed already); elaborated cases from all branches of engineering, serving the purpose of illustration and exercise or assignment; modules for blended learning; multiple choice exam questions and other examination material on paper and online.

    The Postdoc to be appointed will contribute to all these tasks in close collaboration with other staff and student assistants and will start in January, 1st, 2020.

    For more information, see https://ethicsandtechnology.eu/ or contact Sjoerd Zwart at .
  • Assistant Professorship in Mathematical Logic, Pittsburgh PA (U.S.A.)

    Deadline: Friday 15 November 2019

    The Department of Philosophy at Carnegie Mellon University seeks applications for a full-time, tenure-track position at the rank of Assistant Professor beginning Fall 2020. The area of specialization should be mathematical logic. We are particularly interested in candidates who bridge philosophy, mathematics, and computer science, and who connect with some of the Department'™s current research areas, including category theory, proof theory, homotopy type theory, formal verification, automated reasoning, modal logic, and history and philosophy of mathematics.

    The Department strongly supports interdisciplinary and collaborative research, and we encourage individuals from diverse intellectual and scientific backgrounds to apply. The standard teaching load is 3.5 courses per year (7 courses over four semesters), both undergraduate and graduate courses. The position also requires advising graduate students, and other non-teaching responsibilities. The Department also offers a PhD in Pure and Applied Logic, permitting supervision of logic graduate students pursuing careers in mathematics, computer science, or industry.

    For more information, see https://apply.interfolio.com/69329.
  • Postdoctoral position in Mathematical Logic & Mathematical Statistics, Toronto (Canada)

    Deadline: Saturday 4 January 2020

    The University of Toronto seeks a Postdoctoral Researcher to conduct collaborative research outlined in an awarded NFRFE-2018 New Frontier in Research proposal, titled 'Rebuilding the Foundations of Bayesian Statistics on Nonstandard Analysis' (PI: Daniel M. Roy).

    Our proposal aims to rebuild the mathematical foundations of Bayesian statistics using tools from mathematical logic and nonstandard analysis that were unavailable at the time Bayesian analysis was formalized. Our goal is to tackle one of the grand challenges in mathematical statistics: fully characterize the relationship between Bayesian and frequentist inference, the two dominant approaches to statistical inference. In recent work, replacing the standard model of countably additive probability theory with a nonstandard model allowed us to settle a longstanding open problem of deriving a Bayesian characterization of frequentist extended admissibility. We believe that rapid progress on the grand challenge can be achieved by committing additional resources to this unconventional approach.

  • Assistant, Associate or Full Professorship in Quantum Information, Computing, & Logic, Helsinki (Finland)

    Deadline: Saturday 4 January 2020

    The Department of Physics at the Faculty of Science of the University of Helsinki invites applications for a
    Professor or Assistant/Associate Professor in Quantum Information, Computing and Logic. The position is part of the University of Helsinki profiling action on Mind and Matter – foundations of information, intelligence and consciousness, aiming to strengthen new interdisciplinary research areas at the university. Applicable research topics include quantum information theory, quantum computing and applications, as well as related topics in quantum gravity and quantum field theory. The focus will be on the growing quantum interface between different subfields of physics, mathematics and computing.

  • Postdoctoral position in automated reasoning, Manchester (England)

    Deadline: Monday 7 October 2019

    A Research Associate (postdoctoral) position is available for an outstanding and ambitious researcher to undertake research in the field of automated reasoning, in particular in first-order theorem proving for theories such as arithmetic or datatypes. The position is initially for 11 months with the chance of extension. You will be working in the automated reasoning group at the University of Manchester and contributing to the Vampire theorem prover.

    The position is suitable for a person who has just obtained, or is about to obtain, a PhD in a relevant area or equivalent, as well as those with more experience. The position requires expertise in logic and first-order automated reasoning. Knowledge of decision procedures for datatypes, program analysis, SMT-based reasoning and verification, or implementation experience are desirable.

  • Research Assistant position in verification, London (England)

    Deadline: Thursday 31 October 2019

    Royal Holloway, University of London is looking for a postdoctoral research assistant to work on the EPSRC-funded project "String Constraint Solving with Real-World Regular Expressions" (EP/T00021X/1). Term: fixed, 3 years. Expected start date: Oct 2019 - Jan 2020. Salary: £35,931 to £42,456 per annum - including London Allowance.

    The project is led by Dr. Matthew Hague  in the Department of Computer Science. The successful applicant will contribute to the development of constraint satisfaction algorithms for string constraints using "real-world" regular expressions. The work will build upon the OSTRICH tool, which will be integrated with the JavaScript symbolic execution framework ExpoSE.

  • Visiting Fellowships in Philosophy of Science, Pittsburgh PA (U.S.A.)

    Deadline: Sunday 15 December 2019

    The Center for Philosophy of Science at the University of Pittsburgh invites applications for Fellowships supporting visits in the Center for a term or an academic year during the year 2020-2021.The Center is pleased to announce that Nick Huggett will be the Senior Visiting Fellow for the academic year September 2020 - April 2021. We encourage applications for Postdoctoral and Visiting Fellowships from scholars whose research intersects with Professor Huggett's.

  • PhD position in Coalgebraic Model Checking at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg

    We are pleased to announce an opening for a fully funded three-year PhD position (E-13 on the German TV-L scale, full time, no teaching
    obligation) at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, located at the Chair of Theoretical Computer Science. The position is within the new DFG project "Coalgebraic Model Checking", with Stefan Milius and Lutz Schröder as PIs and with Daniel Hausmann collaborating on a second project position. The aim of the project is to develop a generic framework for model checking a wide variety of logics beyond the standard relational setting, such as probabilistic, graded, or alternating-time logics, based on the successful paradigm of coalgebraic logic.

    For more information, see https://www8.cs.fau.de/ or contact Stefan Milius at , or Lutz Schröder at .
  • PhD position in linguistics and/or philosophy, KU Leuven

    Deadline: Friday 1 November 2019

    Bitstring semantics, which was recently developed in logic, is a formalism for exploring the meaning relations between different expressions. Because it operates in a thoroughly local fashion, this formalism is able to achieve a good balance between high expressivity and low mathematical/computational complexity. The overarching goal of the BITSHARE project is to explore new applications of bitstring semantics in other disciplines that are concerned with meaning and reasoning, viz., philosophy, linguistics, psychology and computer science. Our target applications include some of the most important research topics in these disciplines today, such as scalar implicatures, the semantics/pragmatics interface, collaborative knowledge extraction, and probabilistic causal models. Through these well-chosen target applications, the project will demonstrate that bitstring semantics offers a shared representation formalism for a broad, interdisciplinary community of reasoning researchers, in which the insights from different disciplines can be expressed and combined with each other.

    In order to carry out this research, we are looking to hire a total number of four PhD students. The current PhD position is situated at the interface between philosophy and linguistics. Our starting point is the observation that many phenomena and lexical fields display a scalar structure, which can consist of endpoints, intervals and/or midpoints (examples: all – some – no; less than – equal – greater than). Our central theoretical aim is to generalize the formalism of bitstring semantics so that it allows us to capture these types of scalar properties. Next, our central descriptive aim is to analyze the scalar structure underlying natural language quantifiers expressing proportionality (at least 20%/the majority/most of the A are B), evaluation (many/few of the A are B) and normativity (too few/enough/too many of the A are B).

    For more information, see https://www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jobsite/jobs/55292835 or contact Hans Smessaert at .
  • Postdoctoral position in parameterised complexity (2y), Vienna (Austria)

    Deadline: Friday 27 September 2019

    There is an opening for a full-time two-year postdoc position at the Algorithms and Complexity group at TU Wien (Vienna University of Technology), Vienna, Austria. The position is research-only, but interested candidates have the opportunity get involved in teaching.

    Required are a PhD degree in Computer Science or related area and excellent knowledge of algorithms and complexity, preferably in the setting of parameterized complexity and fixed-parameter tractability. Some background in graph theory, combinatorics, satisfiability, computational logic, or constraint satisfaction is of advantage. Knowledge of German is not required.

    For more information, see https://www.ac.tuwien.ac.at/jobs/ or contact Stefan Szeider at .
  • Postdoctoral position in mathematical logic, Udine (Italy)

    Deadline: Monday 14 October 2019

    We are happy to announce that there is going to be a call for a post-doc position (assegno di ricerca) in mathematical logic at the University of Udine, Italy. Priority will be given to applicants whose interest overlaps with those of our group, mainly in reverse mathematics, computability theory and set theory.

    The call will open on 23 September 2019 and will close on 14 October 2019. The position must start before 1st February 2020. The duration of the position is one year, renewable for a second year. Applicants should have a PhD degree at the time of the application.

    Salary is standard for Italian post-doc positions (17157.35E per year) and funds for research travel will be internationally competitive. The position carries no teaching load.

    For more information, contact Alberto Marcone at , or Vincenzo Dimonte at .
  • Postdoc Positions In Game Theory, Technion (Israel)

    The Game Theory Group at the Technion is inviting applications for fully funded postdoctoral positions in Game Theory (broadly defined). As a postdoc in our group, you will work with a varied team comprised of both leading researchers and young, highly motivated colleagues, all of whom are passionate about topics at the intersection of computer science, economics, operations research and game theory.

    If you fit this profile and are passionate about an academic research career path, we would love to hear from you. Women are particularly encouraged to apply. Applications will be considered on a rolling basis until positions are filled.

  • PhD/Postdoc position on Representation of and Reasoning with Distributed Data, Brussels (Belgium)

    The AI Lab of the Vrije Universiteit Brussels invites applications for a PhD position (or short-term postdoc position) in computer science. This position focuses on reasoning with distributed data, including topics such as collaborative query answering, combining pesonal and open data, incentives, trust, confidence, and complexity.

    This is a topic on the edge between knowledge representation and reasoning research on the one hand and database research on the other hand.

    For more information, see http://www.bartbogaerts.eu/jobs/1907-DataIntelligence.php or contact Prof. Bart Bogaerts at .
  • Temporary Lectureship in Theoretical Computer Science, Oxford (England)

    Deadline: Monday 30 December 2019

    The Department of Computer Science at the University of Oxford is seeking to hire a Departmental Lecturer in theoretical computer science. Areas of particular interest include logic, verification, and algorithms. This is a fixed-term contract until 31 March 2021.

  • Two postdoctoral position in Language in Interaction, Nijmegen (The Netherlands)

    Deadline: Sunday 22 September 2019

    We are looking for highly motivated candidates to enrich a unique Dutch consortium of researchers that aims to cross the boundaries of various disciplines to unravel the neurocognitive mechanisms of language and its interaction with other cognitive systems. This specific project aims to advance our understanding of the mechanisms of fast, flexible linguistic inference by leveraging recent major advances in our understanding of the representations and computations necessary for sequential model-based action planning.

    Currently, our consortium advertises two Postdoctoral Researcher positions. These positions provide the opportunity for conducting world-class research as a member of an interdisciplinary team. Each position has its own requirements and profile. General requirements for all positions are: a degree in cognitive science, cognitive neuroscience, computational cognitive neuroscience, computer science, mathematics, mathematical psychology, formal linguistics, or a related field; affinity with quantitative analyses; strong motivation; excellent proficiency in written and spoken English.

  • Head of School of Humanities position, Hobart (Australia)

    Deadline: Monday 7 October 2019

    The School of Humanities at the University of Tasmania is seeking a new Head. The School encompasses four discipline groupings or departments: Philosophy & Gender Studies, History & Classics, English, Global Languages & Cultures.

    The position as Head presupposes a good track record in university leadership, but also affords scope for research and perhaps some teaching. The Head of School contributes high level knowledge and experience, energy and distinguished leadership attributes in the pursuit of excellence and achievement demonstrated through experience in developing and leading academic staff and programs and translating strategy to positive outcomes. This exciting opportunity will suit an accomplished academic leader or an academic with recognised leadership attributes seeking a management and administrative challenge.

  • Two PhD student positions on formalisation of requirements and performance analysis, Grenoble (France)

    Deadline: Monday 30 September 2019

    The Rigorous System Design Lab. in Huawei Grenoble Research Center (GRC), France invites applications for two industrial PhD theses (CIFRE) in the area of formal modeling and analysis of embedded systems. The first subject is related to the formalization of requirements expressed in natural language.  The second thesis is about performance analysis of Embedded Systems.

    The work will primarily take place in Huawei Grenoble Research Center under the local supervision of Dr. Ayoub Nouri for Huawei and the academic supervision of Prof. Saddek Bensalem at Verimag laboratory, University of Grenoble Alpes.

    For more information, see here or contact Prof. Saddek Bensalem at , or Dr. Ayoub Nouri at .
  • PhD student position in formal methods for biology, Kungens Lyngby (Denmark)

    Deadline: Friday 29 November 2019

    The section for Formal Methods of DTU Compute offers a 3-years PhD position starting in late 2019 or early 2020. The position is funded by the Independent Research Fund of Denmark through the project 'REDUCTO: A novel approach for the reduction of Boolean networks'. The PhD student will be co-supervised by Andrea Vandin and the Head of Section Alberto Lluch Lafuente.

    Boolean networks (BN) are a graph-based well-established method to model biological systems. In order to accurately model systems, we often face models too complex to be interpreted or analyzed. The project aims at developing novel mathematically-grounded techniques and tools to reduce and simplify complex BNs. Tool support will be based on the tool ERODE, maintained by the PI.

    For more information, see here or contact Andrea Vandin at .
  • Research Fellowship for modelling of large enterprise systems (1+2y), London (England)

    Deadline: Saturday 14 September 2019

    University College London is seeking to appoint a Research Fellow for examining modelling of large enterprise systems and architectures. This fellowship will involve working with industry partners to analyse and model their digital ecosystems. While based at UCL, the role will involve working at the LSE for around two days per week where you will have a desk. The post is funded for 12 months in the first instance with a possible extension up to 36 months.

    The role will be jointly managed by Prof. David Pym at UCL and Will Venters at LSE's Department of Management. The PPLV group at UCL conducts world-leading research in logical and algebraic methods and their applications to program and systems modelling and verification. Applicants must hold, or be about to receive, a PhD in information systems, logic, theoretical computer science, or a closely related area. An interest in systems modelling verification, together with underlying logical and mathematical theory, is essential. Advanced programming skills and knowledge of, or some interest in, distributed systems and/or information and systems security are highly desirable.

  • 2y research assistant position on history of computing or mathematics, Oxford (England)

    Deadline: Wednesday 11 September 2019

    We are advertising a 2 year EPSRC funded research assistant post in history of computing or mathematics, to be based in the History of Mathematics group in Oxford, working with Christopher Hollings and myself. After a terrific year in Oxford, Jacob Ward, the current holder of the post, is leaving us to join the University of Maastricht as an Assistant Professor.

    The new appointee will identify one or more areas in the history of computing or mathematics, and investigate both the long-term development of significant technical ideas, and their broader circulation and impact within and beyond academia. The post-holder will also have the opportunity to work with the Bodleian Library and major museums on novel ways to present their research findings to the public, and be part of broader thinking in Oxford around 'The History of the Future'.

    For more information, see http://www.maths.ox.ac.uk/node/33020 or contact Christopher Hollings at , or Ursula Martin at .
  • PhD student position in efficient model abstraction, Logan UT (U.S.A.)

    A PhD position is available (fully funded for 4 years with the possibility of extension) at the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department of Utah State University. The PhD position at Utah State University will be advancing and developing efficient model abstraction and state space truncation techniques for the infinite-state CTMC models. The expected starting date is early January 2020.

    Applicants must have a bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field. A master's degree is preferred. The successful candidate is expected to demonstrate strong background and interest in formal methods and algorithms, and preferably basic knowledge of probability and random process. He/She should be confident in independently developing academic software tools. Good writing and presentation skills in English are important as well. Knowledge of synthetic biology is preferred, but not required.

    For more information, see https://formal-verification-research.github.io/ or contact Dr. Zhen Zhang at .
  • Coördinator Research Priority Area Human(e) Artificial Intelligence

    Deadline: Sunday 1 September 2019

    The Research Priority Area Human(e) AI stimulates and connects research to the legal, ethical and social consequences of AI and automated decision-making (ADM). How can we stimulate the development of AI that pays attention to cultural and socio-economic equality and fundamental civil rights?

  • PhD student fellowship in philosophy of mind, Bochum (Germany)

    Deadline: Friday 25 October 2019

    At the Institute of Philosophy II of the Ruhr-University in Bochum a fellowship for a PhD student is offered in the area of philosophy of mind and cognition in the research group of Prof. Albert Newen. The fellowship will be first contracted for 1 year and after an assessment can be further extended for another 2 years (the planned full funding period for the PhD is three years). Candidates should be interested in working out a project in the area of the philosophy of mind, language and/or cognition.

    Thematic Framework: interdisciplinary philosophical project in the area of theoretical philosophy of mind, language or cognition (open for suggestions). Ideally the project is connected with one of ongoing projects in the group of Prof. Newen: 1. Theories of Understanding Others; 2. Self-Consciousness and Agency; 3. Theories of Emotion; 4. Philosophy of Neurosciences and their Explanations; 5. Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence; 6. Theories of Belief and Theories of Perception; 7. Experimental Philosophy.

  • Five PhD student positions in Logic, Philosophy of Logic or Philosophy of Mathematics, Pisa (Italy)

    Deadline: Thursday 29 August 2019

    The PhD Program in Philosophy at the Scuola Normale still has 5 four-year fully funded positions available. Research projects in Logic, Philosophy of Logic and Philosophy of Mathematics are welcome.

  • Faculty positions in A.I., London (England)

    Deadline: Monday 2 September 2019

    The Department of Computing at Imperial College London invites applications for full-time faculty members at all levels (Lecturer, Senior Lecturer, Reader or Professor) who can contribute to research and teaching in the foundations and practice of Computer Science. We are recruiting in particular in Artificial intelligence, including  knowledge representation and reasoning, planning, game theory, verification, trustworthiness, fairness and explainability.

     

  • Eight PhD student positions in Research Methods in Science & Technology, Urbino (Italy)

    Deadline: Wednesday 28 August 2019

    The International PhD Programme in "Research Methods in Science and Technology" of the University of Urbino is offering 10 PhD positions for A.Y. 2019/2020, 8 of which with scholarship.

    Admission is based on: 1. Evaluation of qualifications, CV, documentation and, possibly, recommendation letters and publications presented according to the terms of the call; 2. Oral examination taken in Urbino or, upon motivated request submitted together with the admission request, by teleconference.

    For more information, see https://www.uniurb.it/academic-programs/1755398 or contact prof. Alessandro Bogliolo at .
  • Postdoctoral position (2y) on "Determinism, Control, & the Consequence Argument", Koeln (Germany)

    Deadline: Sunday 15 September 2019

    The successful candidate is expected to contribute to the project 'Determinism, Control and the Consequence Argument', which is part of the DFG-research group on Inductive Metaphysics.

  • Postdoctoral position (3y) in computational linguistics, Utrecht (The Netherlands)

    Deadline: Sunday 8 September 2019

    Successful applicants will be participating in the project 'A composition calculus for vector-based semantic modelling with a localization for Dutch'. Focusing on empirical data from Dutch, the project aims to combine a vector-based modelling of lexical semantics with a typelogical compositional account of how word meanings are combined to obtain interpretations for larger linguistic units. The project is funded by the NWO Open Competition programme and will be conducted at the Utrecht Institute of Linguistics OTS, at Utrecht University, the Netherlands. Principal investigator (PI) is Michael Moortgat.

    The present job vacancy concerns the subproject 'P3: Empirical validation of the extended vector-based semantic model'. This project evaluates the abstract grammatical model on Dutch empirical data, and conducts a number of experiments in order to measure the performance of the model as compared to alternative approaches. The focus is on the structural particularities of the Dutch language that pose a challenge to a compositional vector-based interpretation.

  • PhD student position in formal methods for AI, Luxembourg (Luxembourg)

    Deadline: Sunday 15 September 2019

    The Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust, University of Luxembourg, is seeking to hire a PhD student to perform research on formal methods for analysis of secure, reliable, and verifiable voting schemes.

    The research will be conducted within the STV project (Socio-Technical Verification of Information Security and Trust in Voting Systems), in collaboration with Polish Academy of Sciences. The project aims to develop novel concepts, methodologies, and tools for specification, analysis, and assessment of information security properties that seriously take into account the human and social elements of the processes. The successful candidate will join the Applied Security and Information Assurance research group (APSIA), led by Prof. Peter Y. A. Ryan.

    For more information, see http://recruitment.uni.lu/en/details.html?nPostingTargetId=52531 or contact Prof. Dr. Peter Y. A. Ryan at , or Prof. Dr. Wojciech Jamroga at .
  • Postdoctoral position on formal verification of privacy, Guildford (England)

    Deadline: Sunday 15 September 2019

    An exciting 30-month postdoc position on formal verification of privacy, at Univ. of Surrey, at the Surrey Centre for Cyber Security, UK. It is on a 3-year EPSRC-funded project, in collaboration with Thales and Vector.

  • Postdoctoral position in formal argumentation (2y), Milan (Italy)

    Deadline: Wednesday 4 September 2019

    The Department of Philosophy at the University of Milan is looking for a very strong and highly motivated postdoctoral researcher in Logic to join Marcello D'Agostino and Hykel Hosni who are the PIs of the project 'Logical Foundations and Applications of Depth-Bounded Probability'. The succesful candidate will work on the "Formal Argumentation: a Framework for Rational Reasoning and Learning Under Uncertainty in AI" project.The motivating idea of this project is the observation that real-world reasoners possess limited resources. However, standard probabilistic methods systematically disregard this feature and impose constraints that realistic forecasters may never be able to attain. This project takes up the challenge of developing a logically sound, computationally feasible and therefore practically applicable theory of rational reasoning and decision making under uncertainty.

    Requirements: Strong PhD in Logic and related areas with a solid background in at least two of the following: non classical logics, computational complexity, probability theory, formal argumentation theory, and/or decision/game theory.

    For more information, see http://www.filosofia.unimi.it/~hosni/2019/07/were-hiring-again/ or contact Marcello D'Agostino at , or Hykel Hosni at .
  • PhD student position or postdoctoral position on Knowledge Representation, Leuven (Belgium)

    Deadline: Saturday 12 October 2019

    The Knowledge Representation and Reasoning (KRR) research group at the Department of Computer Science, Faculty of Engineering of the KU Leuven has an open position for a PhD student or Postdoc.

    The group of prof. Marc Denecker and prof. Gerda Janssens explores the Knowledge Base paradigm in which domain knowledge is expressed in a declarative Knowledge Base (KB) and (re-)used to solve various computational problems by applying suitable forms of inference. The group designs language constructs and methodologies for knowledge representation languages and develops the Knowledge Base system IDP. It also uses other state of the art technology (e.g., systems from Answer Set Programming, Constraint Programming and Sat Modulo Theory systems such as Z3).

    Your research will cover the following topics.
    - You will learn formal and informal aspects of KR languages.
    - You will learn about implementation of inference techniques for KB systems.
    - You will use such tools to develop KB solutions for knowledge intense business and legal applications.
    - Much focus will be on interactive applications where many functionalities are required and a range of interesting inference tasks arise. You will design new language constructs to improve KR in these fields.
    - You will develop tools that help domain experts in expressing their knowledge in natural but formally precise way.

  • PhD student position on "AI implications for democracy and self-determination", Umea (Sweden)

    Deadline: Sunday 8 September 2019

    Umeå University, the Department of Computing Science, is seeking outstanding candidates for a Wallenberg Autonomous Systems Program (WASP) PhD student position in Computer Science with focus on socially intelligent systems for human-agent collaboration. In this project, we will investigate to what extent and how AI can be designed and used to behave in line with ethical principles and social values. In particular, we aim to investigate the impact of AI systems on self-determination and on democratic processes and values.

    Candidates are expected to have very good knowledge in Artificial Intelligence and on the interaction between people and intelligent systems, in particular in the health domain. Demonstrable knowledge of systems design and modelling, multi-agent systems, or agent-based simulation is an advantage. Since research is conducted in an international research environment, the ability to collaborate and contribute to teamwork, documented experience from multidisciplinary collaboration, and a very good command of the English language, both written and spoken, are key requirements.

    For more information, see https://www.umu.se/en/work-with-us/open-positions/phd-student-position-computing-science-_276165/ or contact Prof. Virginia Dignum at , or Prof. Helena Lindgren at .
  • PhD student position on machine learning techniques, Liverpool (England)

    Deadline: Saturday 12 October 2019

    A PhD project on the analysis of probabilistic and concurrent systems using machine learning techniques is available at the Department of Computer Science of the University of Liverpool, UK. The successful candidate will be supervised by Dr Dominik Wojtczak (Department of Computer Science, and receive a studentship of tuition fees paid at the Home/EU rate for 3.5 years and a stipend of £15,009 and a research support fund of £1,000 per annum for 3.5 years.

    Applications from non-EU students are welcomed, however, in that case the scholarship will only pay for tuition fees and the applicant would need to come up with alternative arrangements to cover their subsistence costs.

  • PhD student position on verification of legal software, Barcelona (Spain)

    Deadline: Thursday 5 September 2019

    The University of Barcelona offers a PhD position in collaboration with the Catalan industrial sector. The industrial component of the PhD revolves around the development and verification of legal software in Coq within Formal Vindications SL. This work will be complemented with the formalization of parts of logic/mathematics. We are looking for candidates with a background in theoretical computer science and/or mathematical logic. Apart from the required knowledge of Coq and Ocaml, other IT skills are recommended, especially knowledge/experience with other functional programming languages.

    We offer a three-year position in the PhD program in Mathematics and Computer Science which is located in the very center of Barcelona. The group where this project will be embedded works on ordinal analysis via modal logic and reflection principles; we expect collaboration with the main group to arise, but we are open to alternative proposals. The PhD student will be part of a large and active research group led by Joost J. Joosten.  If after three years the PhD has not been finished, but there is realistic expectations that it will be finished soon, the company will consider continuing the position in its major characteristics. Apart from the usual PhD trajectory, the candidates will participate in cutting edge formalization developments in an industrial setting.

  • PhD student position in formal methods, Vienna (Austria)

    Deadline: Saturday 31 August 2019

    The Institute of Computer Engineering at Technische Universität Wien (TU Wien) is seeking a candidate for a research assistant position (PhD student, 4 years). The successful applicant will carry out his/her PhD in the research area of formal methods applied to the specification and monitor of large-scale, spatially-distributed, stochastic systems, contributing to the recently acquired project: 'High-dimensional statistical learning: new methods to advance economic and sustainability policies'.

    The successful candidate will be a PhD student of the LogiCS Doctoral Program and she/he will be supervised by Prof. Ezio Bartocci and co-supervised by Dr. Laura Nenzi.

  • Two Lectureships / Associate Professorships on Responsible AI, Umea (Sweden)

    Deadline: Tuesday 20 August 2019

    We are hiring two lecturers/associate professors at Umeå University on Responsible AI and human-AI interaction, with focus on but not limited to design for values, ethics, argumentation, verification, impact evaluation or explanation. Jobs are part of the Responsible AI group lead by Prof. Dr. Virginia Dignum, and will contribute to the WASP HS program and graduate school. Both are permanent (tenured) positions with competitive packages. Deadline for applications is 20 August.

    For more information see:
    1. (Responsible and Ethical AI) https://www.umu.se/en/work-with-us/open-positions/associate-professor-in-artificial-intelligence_279040/
    2. (Human-AI interaction) https://www.umu.se/en/work-with-us/open-positions/associate-professor-in-artificial-intelligence_278992/

  • Research Associate/ Research Fellow - Transforming Maintenance Through Data Science, Crawley (Australia)

    Deadline: Sunday 1 September 2019

    The Australian Centre for Transforming Maintenance through Data Science aims to train a new generation of data scientist specialists, equipping them with the skills needed to develop new data science methods for solving complex modelling and optimisation challenges in asset maintenance. This cohort of data scientists will drive an exciting transformation of maintenance practice in the Australian resources industry based on new advances in machine learning, artificial intelligence and optimisation.

    To be considered for this role, you will demonstrate:

    • A PhD in a relevant discipline within engineering, physics, computer science, or mathematics.
    • Research experience in Natural Language Processing and Knowledge Representation.
    • Track record of research publication and in seeking and obtaining grant funding (relative to opportunity).
    • Written and verbal communication skills in the preparation of high-quality reports, presentations and publications.
    • Organisational skills and demonstrated ability to set priorities and to meet deadlines.
    For more information, see http://external.jobs.uwa.edu.au/cw/en/job/503194 or contact Dr Tim French at .
  • PhD position in philosophical logic, Leuven (Belgium)

    Deadline: Thursday 15 August 2019

    KU Leuven offers a full-time PhD position for four years, in the context of the FWO-funded project 'The Limits of Factive Knowability'.

    Famously, the Church-Fitch paradox of knowability is a deductive argument from the thesis that all truths are knowable to the conclusion that all truths are known. In the argument knowability is analyzed in terms of having the counterfactual possibility to know, which is a non-factive notion, i.e., a notion that does not imply truth. Several philosophers claim that, if the knowability thesis is reformulated with the help of factive concepts of knowability, then omniscience can be avoided. A factive notion of knowability is one that implies truth. In this project we will research different notions of factive knowability, relating these to non-factive epistemic -ability concepts, while taking into account general theories of so-called 'blankables' (e.g., 'thinkable'). Where needed, formal models will be constructed. Then we will investigate whether actual omniscience and possible omniscience, i.e., the existence of a 'state' at which every truth is known, can be avoided. The aim is to gain a deeper understanding of the limits of knowledge.

  • Visiting Fellowships Institute Vienna Circle, Vienna (Austria)

    Deadline: Monday 15 July 2019

    The Institute Vienna Circle offers three fellowships for visitors who wish to do research at the Institute. The maximum length of a fellowship is six months, though it is possible to apply for an extension. Normally a fellowship pays E1800 brutto.

    We will be delighted to receive applications from junior and senior scholars whose research interests are in the tradition of Vienna Circle, understood in the broadest terms. The application period for fellowships starting in October 2019 ends on July 15th.

    For more information, contact https://wienerkreis.univie.ac.at/ at .
  • Two PhD student positions in formal methods, Vienna (Austria)

    Deadline: Thursday 4 July 2019

    The Institute of Logic and Computation at the TU Wien, FORSYTE Group is offering two research assistant (PhD student) Positions, 30 h/week, for a period of 4 years. The successful candidate will be supervised by Prof. Pavol Cerny. The proposed research will focus on computer-aided verification and synthesis of distributed systems. The estimated start date is September 2, 2019.

    Candidates with a research background in computer-aided verification, programming languages, and distributed systems are particularly encouraged to apply. Excellent knowledge of German and English languages is a requirement.

  • Associate Professorship in History of Ideas (with special focus on technology), Aarhus (Denmark)

    Deadline: Tuesday 9 July 2019

    A position as associate professor in history of ideas with a special focus on technology has opened up at the Department of Philosophy and History of Ideas, Aarhus University. The associate professorship is a permanent, full-time position, commencing on 1 October 2019 or as soon as possible thereafter.

     

  • Short-term fellowships (3-12m) for guest PhD students in limits of variability in languages, Potsdam (Germany)

    Deadline: Sunday 15 September 2019

    The Collaborative Research Centre SFB 1287 "Limits of Variability in Language: Cognitive, Grammatical, and Social Aspects" in Potsdam, Germany, invites applications for short-term fellowships available in 2020.

    We are offering several three- to twelve-month fellowships to external PhD candidates who would like to do their research within one dedicated project of the CRC. The main focus of the Collaborative Research Centre (CRC) is on exploring the systematicity and the limits of variability in linguistic behaviours and identifying the constraints of the underlying linguistic system. The fellowship should take place between November 2019 and December 2020.  The fellowships require completed academic studies at an institute of higher learning (Master's degree or equivalent) and enrolment in a PhD programme.

    For more information, see https://www.uni-potsdam.de/en/sfb1287/vacancies.html or contact Dr. Anastasiya Dockhorn-Romanova at .
  • PhD student or postdoctoral position in Logic / Algorithmic Model Theory, Darmstadt (Germany)

    Deadline: Tuesday 9 July 2019

    Dear colleagues,

    The department of mathematics at TU Darmstadt is currently advertising several positions for PhD students or postdocs. One of these positions is associated with the Darmstadt Logic Group, more specifically with the research area of Logic/Algorithmic Model Theory.

    Such positions involve the usual teaching duties for departmental assistant positions (e.g. organisation and delivery of exercise classes in various courses) as well as research towards a PhD or postdoctoral research in a suitable area.

  • PhD student position or postdoctoral position in formal methods, Konstanz (Germany)

    Deadline: Sunday 28 July 2019

    The Chair for Software and Systems Engineering (Prof. Stefan Leue) of the University of Konstanz has the immediately opening of a definite term full-time Research Assistant / PhD Student / Post-Doc position available for up to three years, with the possibility of a finite extension.

    We are primarily looking for a PhD Student interested in working on formal methods for the design and analysis of complex systems. While preference will be given to candidates intending to pursue a PdD, applications from post-doctoral researchers with fitting interests will also be considered. The salary is according to the payscale Entgeltgruppe 13 of the TV-L labor agreement.

  • PhD Position in Logic in AI, University of Bergen (Norway)

    Deadline: Friday 9 August 2019

    The Logic, Information and Interaction Research Group at the Department of Information Science and Media Studies at the University of Bergen is looking for a PhD candidate who wants to work on the research frontier of formal logic with applications in artificial intelligence and multiagent systems. Project proposals on formal logics for reasoning about social networks are particularly welcome, but the position is also open for qualified applicants within other areas of information science, including for instance computational social choice.

  • PhD Position in "Mechanism Design for Fair Transport Systems" at UNSW Sydney (Australia)

    Deadline: Friday 12 July 2019

    We are looking for candidates with a strong interest in interdisciplinary research at the intersection of computer science, engineering and economics. Relevant areas include algorithmic market design and computational social choice.

  • Lecturer or Senior Lecturer in Artificial Intelligence, London (England)

    Deadline: Tuesday 25 June 2019

     

    The School of Mathematics, Computer Science & Engineering at the University of London is seeking to appoint three outstanding academics to Lectureships or Senior Lectureships in Artificial Intelligence. The Department of Computer Science is strengthening its position in the areas of Artificial Intelligence and Data Science, with the creation of a new MSc in Artificial Intelligence; the Interdisciplinary Research Centre in Data Science; and the EIT-Digital Industrial Artificial Intelligence Doctoral Programme.

  • Postdoc position at Lund University, Lund (Sweden)

    Deadline: Friday 14 June 2019

    The Department of Computer Science at Lund University invites applications for a postdoctoral position in theoretical computer science. This postdoc position is a full-time employed position for one year with a possible (and expected) one-year extension. The expected starting date is in August-September 2019, although this is to some extent negotiable.

    The postdoctoral researcher will be working in the research group of Jakob Nordström. Much of the activities of this research group revolve around the themes of efficient algorithms for satisfiability in propositional logic (SAT solving) and lower bounds on the efficiency of methods for reasoning about SAT (proof complexity). Another interesting area is the use of linear and semidefinite programming to solve hard combinatorial problems and of proof complexity to establish when problems are beyond the reach of such methods. Problems of the kind above have turned out to have deep, and sometimes surprising, connections to other topics such as, e.g., circuit complexity, communication complexity, and hardness of approximation, and therefore researchers in these or other related areas are more than welcome to apply.

    For more information, see https://lu.mynetworkglobal.com/en/what:job/jobID:270663/ or contact Jakob Nordstrom at .
  • Student assistant / P.A., Amsterdam (the Netherlands)

    Deadline: Saturday 15 June 2019

    The Music Cognition Group (MCG) searches for an enthusiastic and well-organized student assistant / P.A. acting as a first point of contact with people from both inside and outside MCG, starting 1 August 2019 (1 y, 0.2 fte).

    For more information, see http://www.mcg.uva.nl/vacancies/PA.html or contact Henkjan Honing at .
  • PhD vacancy Dynamic Epistemic Logics with Separation, Nancy (France)

    Deadline: Sunday 7 July 2019

    Dynamic epistemic logics (DEL) model change of knowledge and belief in multi-agent systems. Bunched implication logics and separation logics model composing and dividing (separating) resources or information in data structures. Relations between BBI and DEL have recently been investigated. In such works modal logics have been proposed combining update modalities, epistemic modalities, and separating conjunctions and implications.

    This PhD project aims to further integrate methods and tools of dynamic epistemic logic with methods and tools of bunched implications logics with separation. Among the different research directions that we envisage are: (i) defining new epistemic logics with separation, with corresponding structures and semantics; (ii) investigating the expressivity of such logics, how they contribute to modelling concurrency, and resolving decision problems for various fragments (model checking and satisfiability); (iii) defining proof calculi, both labelled and unlabelled, and investigating their properties.

    The PhD supervisors for this project will be Hans van Ditmarsch and Didier Galmiche. Hans van Ditmarsch is senior researcher at CNRS, and he is heading the CELLO research group (Computational Epistemic Logic in LOrraine) at LORIA. Didier Galmiche is professor at the University of Lorraine, and he is heading the TYPES research group (Logic, Proof Theory and Programming) at LORIA.

    For more information, see https://sites.google.com/site/hansvanditmarsch/ or contact Hans van Ditmarsch at .
  • PhD student positions in Epistemology and Philosophy of Mathematics and Logic, Pavia (Italy)

    Deadline: Monday 3 June 2019

    A call for 2 three-year fully funded PhD positions funded by IUSS research program Epistemology and Philosophy of Mathematics and Logic (eMath) is open within the PhD Program in Cognitive Neuroscience and Philosophy of Mind, promoted by a consortium between the School for Advanced Studies IUSS Pavia and Vita-Salute San Raffaele University in Milan.

    The eMath project promotes advanced research, activities, and networking in the areas of the epistemology and philosophy of mathematics and logic. Research is fostered on several themes concerning major contemporary debates in the philosophy of mathematics and logic, especially when merging technical and formal skills with broader theoretical issues in epistemology, ontology, logic, philosophy of language and philosophy of science.

  • PhD position "The Cognitive and Interactional Infrastructure of Adaptive Language Use", Radboud University (the Netherlands)

    Deadline: Thursday 6 June 2019

    Like many other core human abilities, communication appears fairly straightforward, until we try to build artificial cognitive agents that can communicate effectively. Human language use is marked by its pragmatic flexibility, building on shared knowledge (a.k.a. common ground). In everyday situations, people quickly build common ground using pragmatic inferences. How they exactly do that turns out to be remarkably difficult to explain. For instance, state-of-the-art computational explanations either make unrealistic assumptions or fail to scale beyond toy domains to situations of real-world complexity. This poses a scientific puzzle. Together with a highly interdisciplinary team, you will study the formal theoretical aspects of this scientific puzzle and try to identify conditions under which it can and cannot be computationally solved efficiently and effectively. To this end, you will use a combination of formal modelling, computational complexity analysis and agent-based simulations.

  • Postdoctoral position in programming principles, logic, and verification, London (England)

    Deadline: Sunday 23 June 2019

    UCL/LSE  has an open position for a Research Fellow in Programming Principles, Logic, and Verification (Ref:1807065), in the EPSRC-funded project "Interface Reasoning for interacting Systems" (IRIS).

    You will work with an interdisciplinary team consisting of computer scientists, Information Systems researchers, logicians and modellers to explore the modelling of the complex distributed digital ecosystems used by today's large enterprises. This fellowship will involve working with industry partners to analyse and model their ecosystems. Ideally you will have a technical/engineering background with experience in programming, formal methods, business modelling and business analysis, and an understanding of qualitative and quantitative research techniques. Good communication skills are essential.

    The role will be jointly managed by David Pym at UCL and Will Venters at LSE. While based at UCL, the role will involve working at the LSE for around two days per week where you will have a desk. Th post is funded for 12 months in the first instance with a possible extension up to 36 months.

  • PhD student and postdoctoral positions in formal methods, Vienna (Austria)

    Deadline: Friday 31 May 2019

    The Security & Privacy group at TU Wien is currently looking for several outstanding Ph.D. and postdoc candidates to conduct research within the ERC Consolidator Project "Foundations and Tools for Client-Side Web Security". The project will develop a holistic approach to client-side web security, laying its theoretical foundations and developing innovative security enforcement technologies. The project is a multidisciplinary research effort, promising practical impact and delivering breakthrough advancements in various disciplines, such as web security, JavaScript semantics, software engineering, and program verification.

    For more information, see https://secpriv.tuwien.ac.at/thesis_and_job_opportunities/ or contact Prof. Matteo Maffei at .
  • Postdoctoral position in evidential pluralism in the social sciences, Canterbury (England)

    Deadline: Thursday 13 June 2019

    We're looking for a postdoctoral philosopher of science to work on a research project 'Evidential pluralism in the social sciences'.

    The aim of the project is to investigate the extent to which some recent developments in the philosophy of evidence-based medicine can be applied to evidence-based policy in the social sciences, and whether they can provide new philosophical foundations for mixed-methods research in the social sciences. The project (and the postdoc position) starts on 1st September, runs for 3 years, and is funded by the Leverhulme Trust.

  • Ten PhD student positions and one postdoctoral position in cybercrime and forensic computing, Erlangen (Germany)

    Deadline: Wednesday 12 June 2019

    The Department of Computer Science and the School of Law at FAU invite applications for 10 PhD positions in Computer Science (full time) and Law (part time, 75%) and 1 postdoctoral position at the School of Law (full time), within the Research Training Group 2475 "Cybercrime and Forensic Computing" funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG) commencing on October 1, 2019. All positions are salary level 13 TV-L.

    The Research Training Group aims to systematically analyse research questions arising from the interaction between computer science and criminal law. Applicants should have an excellent academic record, hold an MSc, LL.M. or an equivalent university degree in computer science, law or related disciplines, and have the goal to finish a PhD degree within three years. Applicants for the postdoctoral position should hold a PhD in law.

    For more information, see https://www.cybercrime.fau.de/open-positions/ or contact Felix Freiling at .
  • PhD Studentship in in Theory and Applications of Dependence Logic

    The Department of Mathematics and Statistics at the University of Helsinki invites applications for a doctoral student position in Theory and Applications of Dependence Logic for a fixed-term of three years (with a possibility of extension if further funding can be obtained later). The starting date of the full-time position is September 1, 2019, or earlier by agreement.

    Read more about the project on the homepage of Dr. Fan Yang: https://sites.google.com/site/fanyanghp/. The doctoral student will be supervised by Dr. Fan Yang and Prof. Juha Kontinen. This research is embedded in the Helsinki Logic Group. For more information about the Group, please visit: https://wiki.helsinki.fi/display/Logic/Home.
    Applicants are expected to hold a Master’s degree in mathematics, computer science, philosophy or some other relevant subject by the time of the start date. An ideal candidate should have a strong background in mathematical logic, and a keen interest in interdisciplinary research.

  • PSIMS: The Pragmatic Status of Iconic Meaning in Spoken Communication: Gestures, Ideophones, Prosodic Modulations

    Deadline: Wednesday 15 May 2019

    The Faculty of Modern Languages (FB 10), Goethe University Frankfurt, Linguistics/Semantics invites applications for 1 PhD position (E13 TV-G-U, 65% part-time) starting from June 1st 2019 (a later start is possible). The position is initially limited until November 30th 2019 and can be extended until September 30th 2020 (and, subject to funding, beyond that) as a 50% (E13 TV-G-U) part-time position. It is part of the project "The Pragmatic Status of Iconic Meaning in Spoken Communication: Gestures, Ideophones, Prosodic Modulations (PSIMS)" of the Priority Program XPrag.de.

    The position involves participation in the research activities of the project, which investigates the pragmatic status of iconic meanings in the three dimensions gesture, ideophones, and prosodic modulations. The main aim of the project lies in the development of formal semantic theories and empirical evaluations of those by experiments and corpus work.

    Responsibilities include particularly research on formal gesture semantics and the conception, execution, and evaluation of psycholinguistic experiments. Close cooperation with the other part of the research team at the Leibniz-Zentrum Allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft in Berlin, including a PhD student working on phonetic/phonological aspects of iconicity, is required.

    For more information, see https://www.xprag.de/?page_id=166 or contact Cornelia Ebert at .
  • PhD Research Fellowship in Wittgenstein and the Philosophy of Mathematics, Bergen (Norway)

    Deadline: Wednesday 5 June 2019

    The position is funded by the Norwegian Research Council, and connected to the project “Mathematics with a Human Face: Set Theory within a Naturalized Wittgensteinean Framework”. The complete text of the grant application can be provided to interested applicants upon request.

    The fellowship funding consists normally of three years of full-time research. On certain conditions it may be an option to add a fourth year with teaching obligations. A substantial part of this additional year will consist of teaching, tutoring and evaluation work at Examen philosophicum (an introductory 10 credits philosophy course mandatory for all university students), or at other preliminary courses at the Faculty of Humanities. The content of such a teaching year will be regulated in a separate agreement at the time of appointment, or shortly thereafter.

    It is mandatory for the successful applicant to relocate to the University of Bergen for the duration of the fellowship, and conform to the regulations that apply to the position.

  • PhD student or postdoctoral position in logic-based knowledge representation, Dresden (Germany)

    Deadline: Friday 31 May 2019

    The Chair of Computational Logic at the TU Dresden invites applications for a Research Associate / PhD Position/ Postdoc (salaray group E 13 TV-L, subject to personal qualification) as well as a Senior Research Associate / Postdoc (salaray group E 14 TV-L, subject to personal qualification) within the ERC Consolidator Grant 'A Grand Unified Theory of Decidability in Logic-Based Knowledge Representation (DeciGUT)' starting at the next possible date. Both positions are fixed-term for 4 years,and offers the chance to obtain further academic qualification (e.g. Ph.D. or habilitation thesis). A part-time employment of 50% of the fulltime weekly hours is possible. The first position is suitable for both PhD Students and Postdocs.

    The aim of the ERC project DeciGUT is to create a unified, model theoretical basis for decidability, which in turn will enable the definition of new, even more expressive but decidable knowledge representation languages. As a researcher in the ERC project you will investigate fundamental principles for computational properties (such as decidability, complexity) of reasoning tasks in the field of knowledge representation. Both positions are strongly focused on foundational research.

  • PhD student position in theoretical philosophy, Salzburg (Austria)

    Deadline: Wednesday 5 June 2019

    The Department of Philosophy at the Faculty of Cultural and Social Sciences at the University of Salzburg seeks applications for a doctoral fellowship in theoretical philosophy. The appointment is for four years, and the starting date is 1 October 2019. Applicants must have earned a Masters degree in philosophy by the start of the appointment. The primary responsibility of the appointee will be to complete a doctoral dissertation under the supervision of Professor Christopher Gauker.

    Applicants should expect to work out the precise topic of the dissertation in consultation with Professor Gauker. The topic of the dissertation should lie within the area of theoretical philosophy (philosophy of language, philosophy of mind, epistemology, metaphysics, philosophical logic, and the history of these subjects). Prof. Gauker is especially interested in formally-oriented philosophy of language and empirically-oriented philosophy of mind. The appointee is also expected to teach two hours (one course) per semester from the third year onwards and to assist in administration.

  • Rosaline Franklin Fellowships for female researchers, Groningen (The Netherlands)

    Deadline: Sunday 2 June 2019

    The prestigious Rosalind Franklin program is aimed at women in industry, academia or research institutes who aspire to become a Full Professor in a European top research university.

    Several Rosalind Franklin Fellowships are available for tenure-track positions at the Assistant Professor level available at the University of Groningen. Four positions are earmarked for CS & AI, including one on "software-intensive systems". There are also six positions for any area in Science and Engineering. At the stage of Assistant Professor 60% of your time is for research, 30% for teaching activities and 10% for organizational tasks. In exceptional cases candidates can be offered a position as Associate or Full Professor.

  • Postdoctoral researcher, The University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland

    Deadline: Friday 24 May 2019

    Prof Neil Ghani wishes to recruit a post-doctoral researcher to work on his Compositional Game Theory project which aims
    at a new model of game theory allowing the construction, reasoning and implementation of large games from smaller ones.
    Basic definitions are in place but we now need to expand these definitions to cover complex situations that arise in practice
    and show concrete advantages of this new compositional model of game theory. Applicants should have experience in one of
    functional programming, type theory, category theory or game theory and preferably experience in several of the above. The
    post is initially for one year with the possibility of an extension.

    Reference number: 214590.

    For more information, see https://strathvacancies.engageats.co.uk/ or contact Neil Ghani at .
  • Research Fellowship in Digital Humanities, Paris (France) & Oxford (England)

    Deadline: Friday 14 June 2019

    As part of a collaboration between Oxford and the Sorbonne, we are delighted to announce the new call for applications for a three-year fully funded fellowship open to students wishing to pursue doctoral studies in (amongst other subjects) digital humanities. Applicants should have a background in one or more of the following four disciplines: digital humanities, history of science, mathematics, or computer science. They should demonstrate experience of historical study alongside evident ability in the field of digital humanities or data sciences.

    Thesis topics might combine any area of the history of science with an approach in digital humanities. In particular, proposals exploring innovative digital or computer-based approaches for research in the history of mathematical sciences or on early modern correspondence will be welcome, as will those involving investigation into how the development of digital analysis, research, and visualization tools can contribute to new research on scientific and/or epistolary corpuses.

    For more information, see http://www.culturesofknowledge.org/?p=10822 or contact Alexandre Guilbaud at , or Miranda Lewis at .
  • Assistant Professorship in Philosophy of Science, Eindhoven (The Netherlands)

    Deadline: Friday 17 May 2019

    The Philosophy and Ethics group at the Department of Industrial Engineering and Innovation Sciences of the Eindhoven University of Technology seeks an assistant professor for a full-time, tenure-track position. Candidates will have earned a PhD in philosophy by the date of application and demonstrate evidence of excellence in both teaching and research. The candidate is expected to contribute to teaching to engineering students (BSc and MSc levels). Areas of specialization should be philosophy of science and/or philosophy of technology; a specific interest in data science is an advantage. Fluency in English is required. Since the Department strives for a better gender balance, women are especially encouraged to apply.

  • W2 Professorship in Pure Mathematics, Bonn (Germany)

    Deadline: Wednesday 31 July 2019

    The Mathematical Institute of the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences at the University of Bonn invites applications for a W2- Professorship (tenured) in Pure Mathematics, to be filled as soon as possible. The successful candidate will be offered a membership at the Hausdorff Center for Mathematics. He/she is expected to actively participate in the acquisition of further third party research funding.

    Successful candidates are expected to be internationally renowned in an area of pure mathematics complementing and strengthening the areas represented by the existing research groups. The usual teaching requirements are an integral part of the professorial position. Prior knowledge of the German language is not required.

     

  • PhD Studentship in Logic and Systems Verification at UCL, Londen (UK)

    Deadline: Monday 23 September 2019

    We are looking to hire an exceptionally able and highly-motivated PhD student in the area of logic and verification to work in UCL's PPLV group. We are particularly keen to find someone who is interested in systems modelling and verification and their underlying logical theory. The studentship is aligned with the IRIS project which is focussed on understanding and reasoning about the compositional structure of systems models and the supporting idea of an interface --- and will be supervised by Professor David Pym and Dr. James Brotherston.

    In more detail, area of the studentship is in logic and its application to program and systems verification, with a particular interest in the development and application of logical tools based on bunched logic, separation logic, and concurrent separation logic (and related ideas) and their use to reason about the correctness of interfaces between programs, systems, and organizations. The project may range from theoretical work in logic (semantics and proof theory) through the theory of system modelling tools to the design and implementation of modelling and verification tools.

    For more information, see http://pplv.cs.ucl.ac.uk/phd_admissions/ or contact David Pym at , James Brotherston at , or Will Venters at .
  • PhD position on Formal Methods for Multi-agent Systems at TU Vienna

    Deadline: Sunday 5 May 2019

    Fully funded research assistant position (PhD student) in verification and synthesis of multi-agent systems at the Formal Methods in Systems Engineering group at TU Wien, Vienna, Austria, supervised by Prof. Florian Zuleger.

    For more information, see here or contact Prof Zuleger at .
  • Part-time lectureship (6m) in philosophy, Albany (New Zealand)

    Deadline: Monday 29 April 2019

    The Massey University Philosophy Programme invites expressions of interest in a 6-month, part-time appointment, July-December 2019. The position involves teaching two undergraduate courses: (i) Critical Thinking, a first-year course which is required for students enrolled in the Massey BA, and (ii) Philosophy of Science, a third-year course. The appointment will be at Massey?s Albany campus, north of Auckland. The programme welcomes expressions of interest especially from members of groups underrepresented in Philosophy.

    For more information, contact Professor Adriane Rini at .
  • Full Professorship in Formal Foundations of AI, Vienna (Austria)

    Deadline: Thursday 16 May 2019

    The TU Wien (Vienna University of Technology) invites applications for a Full Professor position at the Faculty of Informatics. The applicant is required to have an outstanding academic record in the fields of Symbolic Artificial Intelligence and Knowledge Representation & Reasoning. In particular it is expected that he/she has made substantial scientific contributions to formal and logic-based approaches of Artificial Intelligence with a particular focus on computational aspects (complexity analysis, decomposition methods,argumentation, algorithm design, systems) and applications.

    For more information, see http://www.informatik.tuwien.ac.at/vacancies or contact Prof. Dr. Hannes Werthner at .
  • Two Postdoc Positions in Computational Social Choice, University of Oxford (UK)

    Deadline: Thursday 9 May 2019

    The Department of Computer Science at the University of Oxford has a vacancy for two Research Associates to join the ERC-funded project "Algorithms for Complex Collective Decisions of Structured Domains (ACCORD)" led by Professor Edith Elkind. This project aims to develop new tools and methodologies for making complex group decisions in rich and structured environments.

  • 4y temporary assistant professorship in theoretical philosophy, Utrecht (The Netherlands)

    Deadline: Sunday 12 May 2019

    The Department for Philosophy and Religious Studies at Utrecht University is looking for an Assistant Professor in the field of Theoretical Philosophy, with a broad teaching competence in Theoretical Philosophy. We offer a temporary position for the period of four years for 1.0 FTE. The intended starting date is 1 August 2019.

    This position includes both teaching (70%) and research in this field (30%). Area of specialisation: any area of theoretical philosophy; Area of competence: modal logic and any combination of (preferably) many of the following: philosophy of the social sciences, critical thinking, philosophy of AI, general philosophy of science, epistemology, advanced (philosophical) logic, and philosophy of language/logic. As regards teaching, the Assistant Professor will teach on both BA- and MA-level, supervise theses, is capable of managing large courses and is available for administrative tasks concerning teaching. The candidate is in particular expected to contribute to the group's teaching in Modal Logic, Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence, Critical Thinking, Epistemology, and Philosophy of Language/Logic.

  • Postdoctoral position in "Trust in Science" (15m), Venice (Italy)

    Deadline: Wednesday 24 April 2019

    The Department of Philosophy and Cultural Heritage at the Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia is advertising a 15-month postdoc attached to the project 'Trust in Science', led by Prof. Eleonora Montuschi with the support of a great national/international and interdisciplinary network of experts, and with a view of expanding the project by applying for further grants.

    Requirements: PhD in philosophy, social and human sciences, political sciences, management studies, and a scientific/professional curriculum appropriate for the research activities and objectives of the project.

    For more information, see https://apps.unive.it/common2/file/download/assegni_ricerca/5c9b789e29394 or contact Prof. Eleonora Montuschi at .
  • Two PhD or postdoctoral positions in knowledge-based systems, Dresden (Germany)

    Deadline: Sunday 12 May 2019

    We are looking for two researchers to join the Knowledge-Based Systems Group at TU Dresden.

    Project duration: until 31 Dec 2022 (extension possible). Start of position: as soon as possible (details to be negotiated). Main research areas: - Position 1: logic, knowledge representation, AI - Position 2: databases, reasoning, data exchange, AI. German is not required (international group), but it can be a plus.

    For more information, see https://iccl.inf.tu-dresden.de/web/Jobs/en or contact Markus Kroetzsch at .
  • Two postdoctoral positions in ontology-based management of quantitative data (logicians wanted), Liverpool & London (England)

    Deadline: Sunday 5 May 2019

    We are seeking to recruit two Postdoctoral Researchers for the new EPSRC-funded research project "quantMD: Ontology-Based Management of Many-Dimensional Quantitative Data", under the direction of Professor Frank Wolter (University of Liverpool) and Professor Michael Zakharyaschev (Birkbeck, University of London).

    The successful applicants should have a PhD in Computer Science, Mathematics, or related discipline and research experience. Your research tasks on the project will include developing and investigating new logic-based formalisms for representing knowledge about temporal quantitative data (for example, data from sensors) and designing efficient algorithms for query answering. The project will include both theoretical and practical components, and you can contribute to either of them. The start date of the project is October 1, 2019.

    For more information, see https://recruit.liverpool.ac.uk/pls/corehrrecruit/erq_jobspec_details_form.jobspec?p_id=011437 (Liverpool) and https://cis7.bbk.ac.uk/vacancy/postdoctoral-researcher--383691.html (London).

  • Assistant/Associate Professorships in verification / programming languages, Edinburgh (Scotland)

    Deadline: Sunday 12 May 2019

    Several Assistant Professor or Associate Professor positions are opening at Heriot-Watt University, with a focus on the following areas: verification/programming languages, computer security, or data science.

    We invite bright researchers with expertise and a strong publication record in one of the following: programming languages, semantics, static analysis, type systems, proof theory, verification, formal methods, distributed systems, and parallel computation.

  • PhD position in Logic at Utrecht University, the Netherlands

    Deadline: Monday 20 May 2019

    We are looking for a talented and dedicated student with a master's degree or equivalent degree in mathematics, computer science, or philosophy, specializing in logic or a related area.The PhD position is embedded in the research project “Optimal Proofs” funded by the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research and led by Prof. R. Iemhoff, Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, Utrecht University. The project in mathematical and philosophical logic is concerned with formalization in general and proof systems as a form of formalization in particular.

    Its mathematical aim is to develop methods to describe the possible proof systems of a given logic and establish, given various criteria of optimality, what the optimal proof systems of the logic are. Its philosophical aim is to develop general criteria for faithful formalization in logic and to thereby distinguish good formalizations from bad ones. The research of the PhD student lies mainly within the mathematical part of the project, but can, depending on the interests of the candidate, be extended to the philosophical part of the project as well.

  • PhD Position in Foundations of Interactive Democracy, TU Berlin (Germany)

    Deadline: Sunday 5 May 2019

    Applications are invited for a PhD position at TU Berlin. We are looking for a candidate with a strong interest in interdisciplinary research at the intersection of computer science, economics, mathematics, and political science. Relevant fields include Algorithmic Economics, Computational Social Choice, and Digital Democracy (aka e-democracy).

    For more information, see http://www.algo.tu-berlin.de/positions/.
  • Two PhD student positions in justification logic, Bern (Switzerland)

    Deadline: Friday 5 July 2019

    Two PhD-student positions are available in the project 'Explicit Reasons' in the Logic and Theory Group of the Institute of Computer Science at the University of Bern. This SNSF funded research project is concerned with reasons why one believes something, reasons why one knows something, and reasons why one ought to do something. We develop formal languages in which reasons can be represented explicitly and investigate the logical properties of explicit reasons. To achieve this, we rely on the framework of justification logic.

    Candidates should have a strong background in logic (mathematics, computer science, or philosophy). University regulations require doctoral students to hold a Master's or equivalent degree. The positions are available from September 2019 and come with a competitive salary.

    For more information, see http://www.inf.unibe.ch/research/ltg/index_eng.html or contact Prof. Thomas Studer at .
  • PhD student position on Relevance, Hamburg (Germany)

    Deadline: Friday 17 May 2019

    The University of Hamburg will have a position open for a research associate (wissenschaftliche/r Mitarbeiter/in) in the DFG-funded Emmy Noether Project "Relevance" (PI: Stephan Kraemer). The position is for a fixed term of three years. It is remunerated at the salary level TV-L 13 and calls for 65% of standard work hours per week. Applicants are expected to have obtained a master's degree by the time they take up their position.

    The successful applicant will conduct independent research on the topics of the project, which should lead to the completion of a PhD thesis during the timeframe of the position. They will participate in regular research events and take on administrative duties such as the organization of workshops and conferences.

  • Assistant/Associate Professor of Computer Science, Roskilde University

    Deadline: Tuesday 23 April 2019

    Department of People and Technology, Roskilde University, invites applications for a position as assistant/associate professor of Computer Science from August 1st 2019 or as soon as possible thereafter. The successful candidate is expected to become affiliated with the research group Programming, Logic and Intelligent Systems.

    For more information, see https://ruc.dk/en/vacant-positions-roskilde-university or contact Anders Siig Andersen at .
  • PhD scholarships in Logic and Computation, Canberra (Australia)

    Deadline: Tuesday 30 April 2019

    The Logic and Computation Group at the Research School of Computer Science, The Australian National University has a number of PhD scholarship available for bright, enthusiastic doctoral students in logic and several related fields. The scholarships are open to individuals of any nationality. Potential applicants are encouraged to consult the group's web pages and make direct contact with potential supervisors.

  • Visiting Professorships & Fellowships at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge (England)

    Deadline: Thursday 6 June 2019

    Applications are invited for Visiting Professorships and Visiting Fellowships at Corpus Christi College for the academic year 2019–2020.

    Visiting Professorships are ideally suited to senior professors on sabbatical leave from their permanent positions who intend to conduct research in the University of Cambridge or a recognised research establishment in Cambridge. The College offers temporary senior membership, generous dining privileges (free of charge) at High Table and the opportunity to engage fully with a small community of Fellows and postgraduate students across the full range of academic disciplines.

    While welcoming applications from established academics at all stages of their career, the College aims to make Visiting Fellowships particularly attractive to early-career scholars on sabbatical leave from their permanent positions who have had no prior academic experience of Oxford or Cambridge. A Visiting Fellowship is held for one term only. The College offers temporary senior membership, generous dining privileges (free of charge) at High Table and the opportunity to engage fully with a small community of Fellows and postgraduate students across the full range of academic disciplines. It also offers free accommodation in a comfortable, modern one-bedroom flat on the College's postgraduate site at Leckhampton. On appointment, a Visiting Fellow will be put in contact with an existing member of the College's Fellowship who will act as a mentor.

  • PhD student scholarship in logic, knowledge representation and databases, Liverpool (England)

    Deadline: Sunday 23 June 2019

    The Knowledge Representation and Verification Groups at the Department of Computer Science, University of Liverpool, jointly offer a PhD Scholarship for work at the intersection Logic, Knowledge Representation, and Databases.

    The PhD student will be supervised by Professors Frank Wolter and Boris Konev and Dr Martin Zimmermann and will closely collaborate with Postdoctoral Researchers working on the new EPSRC-funded research project 'quantMD: Ontology-Based Management of Many-Dimensional Quantitative Data', a joint project with Professor Michael Zakharyaschev at University of London. The preferred start date for the Scholarship is October 1, 2019. Interviews will be held from the beginning of May.

  • Postdoctoral positions in computational linguistics, Gothenburg (Sweden)

    Deadline: Wednesday 15 May 2019

    The Centre for Linguistic Theory and Studies in Probability (CLASP) is based in the Department of Philosophy, Linguistics, and Theory of science (FloV) at the University of Gothenburg. CLASP is devoted to research and advanced training in the application of probabilistic modeling and machine learning methods to core issues in linguistic theory and cognition. It also addresses topics in dialogue and linguistic interaction. The postdoctoral researcher is expected to conduct research in CLASP's core areas of research in cooperation with the research group.

    Apart from research, duties may include mentoring graduate students, course design, and/or teaching-related activities; such supplementary duties will not exceed 20% of the position?s responsibilities.

  • PhD student positions in theory and foundations of CS, Warwick (England)

    Deadline: Sunday 31 March 2019

    PhD positions are available in the Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT) at the Department of Computer Science, University of Warwick, UK. The Theory and Foundations group in the department is inviting applications from those interested in theoretical computer science. The group works on various aspects of theoretical computer science and has strong ties with the Centre for Discrete Mathematics and its Applications (DIMAP). Together with DIMAP, the group is one of the leading theory groups in Europe, with regular publications in top international conferences and journals in theoretical computer science.

    The applicants interested in theoretical computer science are expected to have a strong background in discrete mathematics, algorithms, or related topics with undergraduate and/or Master's degrees in Computer Science, Mathematics, or related disciplines. The position(s) will be fully funded, and the successful applicant(s) will be receiving a stipend at rate in line with current Research Councils UK rates.

  • Postdoctoral position in symmetry in computational complexity, Prague (Czech Republic)

    Deadline: Sunday 23 June 2019

    We are looking for a highly motivated and creative post-doctoral researcher to work on the ERC funded project Symmetry in Computational Complexity (CoCoSym) under the supervision of Libor Barto at the Department of Algebra, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University, Prague.

    The project concerns the complexity and approximability of fixed-template constraint satisfaction problems over finite domains and their generalization to infinite domains and weighted relations. The duration of the position will be between one and three years. The starting day is flexible, applications will be considered until the position is filled. The position carries no teaching load. The position is fully funded from the ERC grant, funding for conference travel is also available.

  • Postdoctoral position (3y) on "Truth & Semantics", Bristol (England)

    Deadline: Sunday 14 April 2019

    The Department of Philosophy at the University of Bristol invites applications for a three-year Research Associate in Logic/Formal Semantics with the ERC-funded project 'Truth and Semantics' directed by Johannes Stern. The project aims to provide a unified perspective on natural language semantics, conceived of as truth-conditional semantics, and the research on the so-called semantic paradoxes in the form of theories of self-applicable truth.

    The Research Associate is expected to conduct research with the aim of developing semantic accounts for rich fragments of natural language. They should have a research profile in logic and/or formal semantics. A background in formal theories of truth and/or relevant fields of natural language semantics may be an advantage. The role is offered on an open ended basis with fixed funding for three years, starting October 2019.

  • Postdoctoral position (2y) in category theory, Sydney (Australia)

    Deadline: Thursday 13 June 2019

    The Centre of Australian Category Theory at Macquarie University is advertising a 2-year postdoc in relation to a project entitled 'Working synthetically in higher categorical structures'. Applications from candidates with expertise in the areas of ∞-categories, 2-categories or homotopy type theory are particularly encouraged.

  • Two PhD student scholarships in computer science (including logic), Swansea (Wales)

    Deadline: Saturday 23 March 2019

    The Department of Computer Science at Swansea University is offering two fully funded PhD Scholarships to UK/EU applicants (subject to residency requirements). One is for a July 2019 start, the other for an October 2019 start. Any research area represented at the department is eligible. Our focus areas are: Data Science, Logic and Verification, Visual Computing, Human-Computer Interaction, and Security.

  • PhD student position in formal verification, Delft (The Netherlands)

    Deadline: Monday 1 April 2019

    The Programming Languages group at Delft University of Technology is looking for a fully-funded PhD student (4 years) on formal verification.

    The successful candidate will will be enrolled in the TU Delft Graduate School and work under the supervision of Robbert Krebbers (daily supervisor) and Eelco Visser (promotor). The candidate will work on developing next-generation formal verification techniques and tools for programming concepts that so far have received relatively little attention, such as multilinguial software, (asynchronous) input/output, and non-functional properties. This work will revolve around Iris, a higher-order concurrency separation logic framework that is implemented in the Coq proof assistant. The exact research direction which will be determined based on the common interests of the candidate and the supervisor.

  • PhD position in theory and applications of dependence logic, Helsinki (Finland)

    Deadline: Saturday 27 April 2019

    The Department of Mathematics and Statistics at the University of Helsinki invites applications for a three-year doctoral student position (with a possibility of extension if further funding can be obtained later) in a research project on “Logical analysis of no-go theorems in social choice and quantum foundations”. This multidisciplinary project aims to apply the methodology of dependence logic to develop formal connections between no-go theorems in social choice theory (such as Arrow’s Theorem) and in quantum foundations (such as Bell’s Theorem). The project will also address relevant open problems in the theory of dependence logic.

    The starting date of this position is September 1, 2019, or earlier by agreement. Applicants are expected to hold a Master’s degree in mathematics, computer science, philosophy or some other relevant subject by the time of the start date. An ideal candidate should have a strong background in mathematical logic, and a keen interest in interdisciplinary research.

  • Multiple PhD Positions in Accountable, Responsible and Transparent AI, University of Bath (UK)

    Deadline: Monday 1 April 2019

    At least 10 fully-funded studentships are available now and annually for the next five years at the UKRI Centre for Doctoral Training in Accountable, Responsible and Transparent AI (ART-AI) at the University of Bath. This 4-year PhD programme will train students to be "a specialist with perspectives", with not only AI skills but a broader understanding of the engineering applications of AI and the ethical, policy and socio-economic consequences of intelligent technologies.

  • Multiple PhD Position in Safe and Trusted AI, King's College London and Imperial College London (UK)

    Deadline: Sunday 17 March 2019

    The UKRI Centre for Doctoral Training in Safe and Trusted Artificial Intelligence offers a unique four-year PhD programme, focussed on the use of model-based AI techniques for ensuring the safety and trustworthiness of AI systems. The CDT will fund up to 15 students each year for the next 5 years. Applications are open now to start in September 2019. The deadline for the current round of applications is 17 March 2019, with further rounds expected for entry in September 2019

    For more information, see http://www.kcl.ac.uk/stai.
  • Two faculty positions in mathematical logic, Nanjing (China)

    Deadline: Friday 7 June 2019

    There are at least 2 positions, which ranges from assistant to full professorship, available for mathematical logicians in the mathematical department of Nanjing University (P.R. China). The research applicants should focus on one or more of the following areas: Model theory, Recursion theory, and/or Set theory.

    The applicants are expected to have a strong publication and independent research record. They are also expected to actively collaborate with research groups in the mathematical department. The classes can be taught in either Chinese or English.

    For more information, see here or contact .
  • Assistant Professorship in Digital Humanities, Kolding (Denmark)

    Deadline: Monday 22 April 2019

    The Danish Institute for Advanced Study seeks an outstanding candidate to fill a position at the Assistant Professor level, starting August 1, 2019 or as soon as possible thereafter. The appointment is for four years with the possibility for a subsequent two years of employment as an Associate Professor.

    The position is in the fields of: Humanities: Computational thinking, Visualization, and Digital Humanities. It is a requirement for the position that the applicant should have documented research qualifications within use of ICT for knowledge representation, modelling, and visualization within humanistic disciplines. Applicants who have worked with computational thinking or designs for learning with ICT will be preferred. Programming skills are welcomed but not required.

    For more information, see https://www.sdu.dk/en/service/ledige_stillinger/1028349 or contact professor Nina Bonderup Dohn at .
  • Junior Research Group Leader in Philosophy of Machine Learning

    Location: Tuebingen, Germany
    Deadline: Sunday 10 March 2019

    The Cluster of Excellence 'Machine Learning - New Perspectives for Science' at the University of Tübingen offers a position for the Leader of an Independent Junior Research Group (TV-L E14/E13),  to be filled as soon as possible.

    The Junior Research Group will be located in the 'Philosophy & Ethics Lab' within the Machine Learning Cluster, focusing on 'Philosophical / Ethical Implications of Machine Learning in Science'. The group leader is expected to develop and carry out a research program, focusing on either Philosophy of Science or Ethics. Early career researchers directly after the doctorate, as well as more experienced group leaders with some years of postdoc experience are asked to apply.

    The research group will initially run for four years. After positive evaluation, it can be extended by up to three more years. The group comes with funding for PhD students/postdoc and independent research funding.

  • Postdoctoral position in methodology of modal modelling, Stockholm (Sweden)

    Deadline: Tuesday 12 March 2019

    The division of philosophy at KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm is advertising a 1-year postdoc (with the possibility to extend one more year) in philosophy of science.

    The postdoc will work in the project Towards a Methodology of Modal Modeling. The project investigates how scientists employ modeling in order to justify possibility claims, analyses these practices with concepts from philosophy of science and modal epistemology, and seeks to develop a methodology for these modeling practices.

    Requirements: PhD (philosophy of science or related) in hand, research focus on some aspect of scientific modelling, knowledge of climate sciences desirable.

  • PhD position at the University of Luxembourg

    Deadline: Thursday 18 July 2019

    The Mathematics Department of the university of Luxembourg has an opening for 11 PhD positions, co-financed by a grant from the Luxembourg National Research Fund. One of them is related to algebraic logic, universal algebra, and order theory.

    Starting date: not before March 2019. Applications will be treated on a rolling basis.

    For more information, see https://www.mathjobs.org/jobs/jobs/13528 or contact Bruno Teheux at .
  • PhD Research Positions at Ruhr-Universität Bochum

    Deadline: Sunday 10 March 2019

    The Institute for Philosophy I at the Ruhr-University Bochum (RUB) invites applications for two PhD research positions in the domain of dialetheism and paraconsistent logics.
    Duration: 4 years
    Starting date: 1 October 2019 (latest)

  • PhD student or postdoctoral position in philosophy of mind and cognition, Bochum (Germany)

    Deadline: Monday 25 March 2019

    At the Institute of Philosophy II of the Ruhr-University in Bochum a position for a PhD student (65 % TVL) or a postdoc position (100% TVL) is offered in the area of philosophy of mind and cognition in the research group of Prof. Albert Newen. The position is available for a period of three years (with an assessment after the first year). The project will be situated in Bochum and developed in a close collaboration with philosophers from other RUB departments.

    The candidates should be interested in working out a project within the thematic framework of the position determined by the research project "Constructing Scenarios of the Past: The Interdependence of Episodic Memory and the Self-Model", which focuses on the questions "How is the self-model constituted by episodic memory recall and how is episodic memory recall shaped by the self-model?"

  • PhD student position in Logics for Privacy, Bourges (France)

    Deadline: Sunday 31 March 2019

    We are looking for a PhD candidate in Logics for Privacy at the Laboratoire d'Informatique Fondamentale d'Orléans (LIFO) in Bourges, France, starting on 1st October 2019.

    The PhD candidate will work under the supervision of Sabine Frittella and Benjamin Nguyen within the team Security of Data and Systems. The aim of this PhD is to develop probabilistic formal methods for privacy. Depending on the interests of the applicant, the PhD could be either oriented mostly toward logic or mostly toward privacy.

    For more information, see here or contact Sabine Frittella at .
  • Postdoctoral position in formal methods and quantum computation, Verona (Italy)

    Deadline: Thursday 9 May 2019

    We are seeking candidates for a one year post-doc position (with a possible one year extension) in the context of the QUILAB group at the University of Verona. The research project is concerned with formal methods and quantum computation, with a particular focus on quantum languages design and implementation. The scientific advisor of the project is Margherita Zorzi.

    We are looking for researchers who can contribute to one or more of the research topics listed in the project. Candidates should hold a PhD in Computer Science (or a closely related field such as Mathematics) or be close to completing their PhD. Starting date: from May 2019 onwards.

    For more information, see here or at https://quilabverona.wordpress.com/ or contact Margherita Zorzi at .
  • Professorship in Digital Humanities, Cambridge (England)

    Deadline: Tuesday 5 March 2019

    The Board of Electors to the Professorship of Digital Humanities invite applications for this new Professorship from persons whose work falls within the general field of Digital Humanities, to take up appointment on 1 September 2019 or as soon as possible thereafter.

    The Professor of Digital Humanities will provide academic and intellectual leadership for and high-level strategic input into the University's work in the field of Digital Humanities. As a key part of their role, the Professor will carry out original scholarly research at the highest level, a significant proportion of which will be relevant to the Digital Humanities. The Professor will also have the opportunity to contribute to the work of a relevant Faculty or Department in the University

    For more information, see http://www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/20304/ or contact .
  • PhD student position in Machine Learning, Data Mining, Semantic Technologies, and NLP, Hannover (Germany)

    Deadline: Friday 1 March 2019

    The L3S Research Center is offering a PhD Researcher position in collaboration with Petanux GmBH, in the areas of Machine Learning, Data Mining, Semantic Technologies and Natural Language Processing.  This position offers a unique interdisciplinary and cross-sectoral research and training programme, which will explore how we can begin to analyse and understand the major events that influence and shape our lives and our societies. It will facilitate advanced cross-lingual processing of textual and visual information related to key contemporary events at scale, and will develop innovative methods for efficient and intuitive user access to and interaction with multilingual information.

    The position is for three years (36 months) in the form of PhD scholarship. Your research will focus on selected topics in the following areas: Information extraction, Cross-lingual information alignment, Interactive access to cross-lingual information, Question answering and dialog systems, Large-scale data analytics - Knowledge graphs and RDF, or Machine Learning. Reference nr: PNX-L3S-1901.

    For more information, see https://www.petanux.com/career/ or contact .
  • Two PhD studentships in "Truth & Semantics"

    Location: Bristol, England
    Deadline: Sunday 24 March 2019

    The Department of Philosophy at the University of Bristol invites applications for two fully funded, 4 year PhD-studentships with the ERC-funded project 'Truth and Semantics' directed by Johannes Stern.

    We encourage applications from students with a background in fields relevant to the project's research aims and training in logic and/or formal semantics. Successful candidates will work with the Principal Investigator and the project team (two Postdocs) on the project's research questions. The main tasks are to complete a dissertation within four years and participate in organising the project's events.

  • Student position at the Czech Academy of Sciences

    Deadline: Monday 18 March 2019

    A 9 month student position (capacity 75% FTE) within the framework of the project 19-05497S: "Complexity of mathematical proofs and structures" is available in the Department of Mathematical Logic and Theoretical Computer Science, Institute of Mathematics of the Czech Academy of Sciences. Applications are invited from candidates who are master students or Ph.D. students in Mathematics / Computer Science, and who have background and research interest in logic, computational or proof complexity, as well as attitude to solve problems in these areas.

    For more information, see http://www.math.cas.cz/recrutements/postes.php?lang=0 or contact Pavel Hrubes at .
  • 2 PhD Positions at The Center for Information and Bubble Studies (CIBS), Copenhagen (Denmark)

    Deadline: Thursday 16 May 2019

    The advertised PhD positions will be part of uncovering the formal structure and dynamics of bubble phenomena across sectors, domains and institutions.

    1. We are looking for a candidate with a background in mathematics and economics with particular emphasis on econometric and statistical methods for studying social media data.

    2. We are looking for a candidate with a background in economics, logic, mathematics or theoretical computer science with particular emphasis on formal models of knowledge representation for attention economics.

    The successful candidate will be working in close cooperation with computer scientists, economists, social psychologists and behavioral scientists in order to crack the code of these interdisciplinary objects of scientific inquiry, which bubbles are within the CIBS understanding.

    For more information, see https://jobportal.ku.dk/alle-opslag/?show=148726 or contact Vincent Hendricks at .
  • Postdoc Position in Game Theory, HSE St. Petersburg (Russia)

    Deadline: Friday 15 February 2019

    The International Laboratory of Game Theory and Decision Making at the Higher School of Economics in St. Petersburg, Russia, invites applications for a postdoctoral research position in the fields of Game Theory, Computational Economics, and Discrete Mathematics.

    For more information, see http://scem.spb.hse.ru/en/ilgt/postdoc2019.
  • Postdoctoral position on a coalgebraic framework for reductive logic, London (UK)

    Deadline: Thursday 7 February 2019

    We currently have a vacancy for a 1 year (with the possibility of extension to 3 years) postdoctoral position in UCL's Programming Principles, Logic and Verification research group. It is attached to the EPSRC-funded project ReLiC: A Coalgebraic Framework for Reductive Logic and Proof Search.

    The successful candidate will be working with PI Prof. David Pym and co-investigators Prof. Alexandra Silva and Dr. Simon Docherty on coalgebraic and category theoretic approaches to the theory of proof search, focusing on the representation of both search spaces and the algorithmic control processes used to navigate them. The ideal candidate will additionally have automated reasoning and implementation expertise, with a view to implement prototype theorem provers based on the generic theory of reductive logic.

  • Postdoctoral position in Language in Interaction, Nijmegen (The Netherlands)

    Deadline: Sunday 17 February 2019

    The Language in Interaction research consortium invites applications for a postdoctoral position in Linguistics. We are looking for a candidate with a background in theoretical and/or computational linguistics.

    We are looking for highly motivated candidates to enrich a unique consortium of researchers that aims to unravel the neurocognitive mechanisms of language at multiple levels. The goal is to understand both the universality and the variability of the human language faculty from genes to behaviour. The succesful candidate will be appointed at the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, Nijmegen, The Netherlands, and will be supervised by Peter Hagoort, programme director of the Language in Interaction consortium. The research is conducted in an international setting at all participating institutions. English is the lingua franca.

     

  • Lectureship / Associate Professorship in programming principles, logic, & verification, London (UK)

    Deadline: Thursday 28 February 2019

    The Department of Computer Science at University College London (UCL) invites applications for a faculty position (Lecturer or Associate Professor) in the area of Programming Principles, Logic, and Verification (PPLV). Our interests span theory and practice, including logic, semantics, language design, program analysis, program verification, systems verification, systems modelling, compilation, and theorem proving.

    We seek world-class talent; candidates must have an outstanding research track record.

    UCL faculty are expected to carry world-class research, publish in top-tier venues, obtain research funding, deliver high-quality undergraduate and post-graduate teaching, supervise doctoral students, engage with the community, and contribute to the management of their department and the College.

  • PhD student or postdoc position in formal methods, Konstanz (Germany)

    Deadline: Friday 22 February 2019

    The Chair for Software and Systems Engineering of the University of Konstanz has the opening of a full-time Research Assistant / PhD Student (Post-Doc) position available for three years, starting July 1, 2018. We are primarily looking for a PhD Student interested in working on formal methods for the design and analysis of complex systems. In exceptional circumstances applications from post-doctoral candidates with fitting interests will also be considered.

    We like to use logic-based methods in modeling, specification and analysis of these systems. The position may therefore be interesting of a logician with strong interests in logic-based methods in computer science. Affinity towards software and some programming experience, however, is a prerequisite.

  • W3 Professorship in Theoretical Computer Science, Munich (Germany)

    Deadline: Friday 1 February 2019

    This professorship is dedicated, in research and teaching, towards Theoretical Computer Science, in particular applications of logic and/or type theory to programming and programming languages.

    Relevant areas of research are e.g.:
    - Type Theory and Functional Programming
    - Logic and Computer-Aided Reasoning
    - Automatic Theorem Proving, esp. SAT- and related Solvers
    - Foundations and Semantics of Programming Languages, esp. declarative languages
    - Logical and Programming Language Aspects of resources, security, privacy, side effects and concurrency

  • Lecturer/Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor in Computer Science, Canberra (Australia)

    Deadline: Sunday 10 February 2019

    We seek applicants who have the potential and deep commitment to help define the future of their discipline. You will have the opportunity to present a vision for your research and education, and their importance to the future of computer science. Applications are particularly invited from researchers in computer science whose interests align with or complement existing strengths of the School, whose breadth of vision reaches across traditional discipline silos, and whose record includes strong links with external organisations and industry (where appropriate).

  • PhD student position in formal verification of ethical principles of AI, Umea (Sweden)

    Deadline: Thursday 31 January 2019

    Umeå University, the Department of Computing Science, is seeking outstanding candidates for a Wallenberg Autonomous Systems Program (WASP) PhD student position in Computer Science with focus on formal verification of ethical principles of AI systems.

    An important research area in AI is the development of theories and methods for control and verification of AI systems that adapt to their environment without direct intervention of the users. Trust in the system requires that we are able to ensure that the system complies with societal values and ethical principles, such as fairness, non-discrimination, safety or privacy. This requires going beyond traditional verification and monitoring methods. Theories and tools are needed to specify computational representations of these concepts, and to verify that a given system complies with these. In this project, you will develop methods to verify and monitor the ethical behavior of AI systems based on the observation of input and output behavior according to a continuously evolving societal optimum.

    Reference number: AN 2.2.1-2063-18.

    For more information, see https://umu.mynetworkglobal.com/en/what:job/jobID:241808/ or contact Prof. Virginia Dignum at .
  • PhD student position in cyber security, Guildford (UK)

    Deadline: Monday 1 April 2019

    An exciting PhD position is now open. It will be jointly hosted at the Surrey Centre for Cyber Security (SCCS), a GCHQ-recognised 'Academic Centre of Excellence in Cyber Security Research', and Surrey's 5G Innovation Center (5GIC). @topic: This PhD is called "5GTech-Sec: Security analysis of systems using emerging 5G Technologies".

    5GTech-Sec will undertake the formal security & privacy analysis of 5G-systems against 5G-specific security and privacy risks: e.g., threats stemming from reconfigurable networks, arbitrary number of connections to a small cell, etc. In other words, this a project to develop formal models, verification mechanisms and tools that are particularly suited for the verification of 5G systems. These will be primarily based on developing new techniques based on model checking of non-classical logics, such as temporal-epistemic logics, as well as theorem proving suited to security-driven theories. To this end, 5GTech-Sec will focus on: (1) capturing the arbitrary-size of the 5G systems; (2) encoding new threats stemming specifically from the novelty of 5G designs (e.g., reconfigurable networks and topologies); (3) analysing privacy properties.

  • Postdoctoral position (1y) on the Goedel hierarchy, Warsaw (Poland)

    Deadline: Thursday 28 February 2019

    A 12-month postdoc position at the University of Warsaw is available within the research project "Provability, computation and combinatorics at the lower and intermediate levels of the Gödel hierarchy". The project concerns axiomatic theories of first- and second-order arithmetic.

    The position comes with no teaching duties. The starting date of the position should be between October 2019 and February 2020.

    For more information, see https://www.mimuw.edu.pl/~lak/gr5811-postdoc-Oct2019-EN.pdf or contact Leszek Kołodziejczyk at .
  • Two postdoctoral or PhD student positions on explaining description logic, Dresden (Germany)

    Deadline: Tuesday 15 January 2019

    The Institute for Theoretical Computer Science at TU Dresden offers two research positions (PhD student or Postdoc) from March 2019 until December 2022.

    The main task for these positions is to create, implement, and test approaches for explaining Description Logic and other forms of logical reasoning in a way that can adapt to certain types of users. In addition, one of the researchers is expected to work on interactive visualisation methods for explanations, and the other on applying ontology-based reasoning and explanation in an application scenario. This research will be carried out within a collaborative research center (CRC/Transregio 248) that lays the foundations for the cyberphysical systems of the future, enabling them to explain their functionality and behaviour (so-called Perspicuous Systems).

  • Postdoctoral position in Language in Interaction, Nijmegen (The Netherlands)

    Deadline: Friday 18 January 2019

    The Language in Interaction research consortium invites applications for a postdoctoral position. This position provides the opportunity for conducting world-class research as a member of an interdisciplinary team. This position will be held at the Donders Institute, Centre for Medical Neuroscience, Radboudumc, Nijmegen, The Netherlands. The institute involved is an equal opportunity employer, committed to building a culturally diverse intellectual community.

Miscellaneous

  • Postdoctoral position in theoretical philosophy, Greifswald (Germany)

    Deadline: Monday 6 January 2020
  • Postdoctoral position in logic and formal philosophy, Moscow (Russia)

    Deadline: Sunday 9 February 2020

    The International Laboratory for Logic, Linguistics and Formal Philosophy in Moscow, Russia, invites applications for postdoctoral research positions in the field of formal philosophy, philosophical logic, mathematical logic, formal and experimental linguistics.

    For more information, see here or at https://iri.hse.ru/philosophy or contact Vitaliy Dolgorukov at .
  • Erik Palmgren (1963-2019)

    Some very sad news: Erik Palmgren passed away unexpectedly this week at his home in Stockholm, after a short period of bad health.

    Besides being insightful and influential in his own work, mostly on constructive mathematics and related topics in logic, Erik was also a generous and sensitive mentor to many students and younger colleagues, first in Uppsala and then in Stockholm. He will be deeply missed.

    For more information, see http://staff.math.su.se/palmgren/ or contact Peter LeFanu Lumsdaine at , or Jonas Bergström at .
  • Tenure Track position at Chapman University

    The Mathematics Program at Chapman University has a tenure track position (assistant professor) in open now. The position is open to all areas of mathematics (including mathematical logic), and will favor candidates who can work within existing groups at Chapman, particularly areas aligned with ILLC interests (https://www.chapman.edu/scst/research/centers-of-excellence/cecat.aspx).

    For more information, see https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/14834 or contact M. Andrew Moshier at .
  • 10 August 2019, ICTS Network maintenance at SP107, no network

    Date & Time: Saturday 10 August 2019, 08:00-17:00

    On Saturday, 10th of August 2019 the network cable connecting our building to Interxion SP121 will be replaced. This means that from 08:00 till 17:00 there will be no network (wired or wifi) available at SP107.

    For more information, contact .
  • Major ICT maintenance during the weekend of 11 – 12 May

    Major ICT maintenance work will be taking place during the weekend of 11 – 12 May. Several services may be unavailable.

  • Lorenzo Galeotti defends his thesis successfully

    On 24 April 2019, Lorenzo Galeotti successfully defended his doctoral dissertation entitled "The theory of the generalised real numbers and other topics in logic" (written under supervision of Benedikt Löwe) at the Universität Hamburg. Lorenzo has been a guest Ph.D. student at the ILLC for several years and has taught several courses in the M.Sc. in Logic. He is a Lecturer & Tutor at AUC until the end of the academic year 2019/20.

    For more information, contact Benedikt Löwe at .
  • 1 - 5 April 2019, ACE Incubator Program Tech & Science

    Date: 1 - 5 April 2019
    Location: Startup Village, Science Park 608, Amsterdam
    Target audience: MSc students, researchers & industry experts

    Want to start your company in 2019? ACE helps founders build their startup with 12 weeks of training and support by leading mentors and business coaches. Sign up for our upcoming program (starts April 1st, 2019). We kick off the program with a one-week Bootcamp lead by SILICON VALLEY expert Gigi Wang.

    The Incubation program is developed for MSc students & researchers. ACE provides the resources to build and grow your science or tech startup. Based within Amsterdam Science Park’s startup community at Startup Village, ACE’s workshops take place within the heart of innovation.

    Deadline for applications: February 28th.

    For more information, see https://ace-incubator.nl/ or contact .
  • Anne Troelstra (1939-2019)

    Sadly, we have to inform you that Anne Troelstra, after a short illness, suddenly died on March 7th, aged 79. A world-renowned eminent researcher, a supportive colleague, a teacher who trained many students to become important scholars, is no longer with us.

  • UvA launches first podcast series about the Next Big Thing in the sciences

    Rens Bod organises a free podcast. In the podcast episodes, nine prominent scientists look into the future by examining what they think is the next big step in their discipline.

    For more information, see http://iis.uva.nl/en/content/news/2019/02/podcast.html or contact Rens Bod at .
  • Translation Automation Society (TAUS) implements research results of Khalil Sima`an's DatAptor project

    TAUS launches Matching Data: a new technique of selecting
    language data for the training and tuning of machine
    translation (MT) engines. This new approach is a perfect fit for
    the new generation of Neural MT, which is much more sensitive to
    the quality of the training data. Matching Data empowers MT
    developers as well as Language Service Providers to efficiently
    compile customized corpora for building their own domain-specific
    translation solutions based on an example data set.

    The DatAptor project was a research project undertaken by the Institute for Logic, Language and Computation of the
    University of Amsterdam, led by Professor Khalil Sima’an and funded by the Dutch STW. Partners in the project were Intel, the Directorate General of Translation of the European Commission and TAUS. From 2013 to 2016 a team of researchers explored different approaches to make data selection from vast amounts of data seamless and more effective.

    For more information, see https://blog.taus.net/taus-launches-matching-data or contact Khalil Sima`an at .

Former Regular Events

  • Set Theory Seminar

    Date: irregular
    Location: ILLC, Science Park 107, Amsterdam

    The Set Theory Seminar was a series of talks on topics in set theory and related areas.

    Due to the global health crisis, the ML Seminar has been transformed in April 2020 into an virtual joint meeting of STiHAC, the set theory groups in Hamburg, Amsterdam, and Cambridge.

    For more information, see http://events.illc.uva.nl/settheory/ or contact Benedikt Loewe at .