Would you like to put your research in the spotlight, but are un sure how to approach the media? Or are you afraid that journalists will twist your story? In this ba sic introduction, UvA press officers will give you the tools to help you confidently deal with news media.
\nThe workshop will also be c onducted in Dutch on 7 April (click here for more info).
\n URL:https://medewerker.uva.nl/en/event/2026/basic- introduction-to-dealing-with-news-media-bc-04 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/NewsandEvents/Events/Upcoming-Events/newsitem /16087/14-April-2026-Computational-Social-Choice-S eminar-Soumyajit-Pyne DTSTAMP:20260226T142413 SUMMARY:Computational Social Choice Seminar, Soumy ajit Pyne ATTENDEE;ROLE=Speaker:Soumyajit Pyne DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20260414T160000 LOCATION:Room L1.08, Lab42, Science Park 900, Amst erdam DESCRIPTION:The Hotelling-Downs model studies stra tegic positioning of candidates along an ideologic al line where voters choose the nearest candidate. While equilibrium structure has been widely analy zed, little is known about the computational compl exity of finding equilibria. We provide algorithmi c results for computing equilibria in both discret e and continuous variants of the model. For the co ntinuous case, we prove a structural result showin g that whenever an equilibrium exists, one also ex ists with rational positions of bounded complexity , enabling discretization via a notion we call ref lection barriers. Using dynamic programming, we sh ow: (i) equilibrium existence is decidable in poly nomial time for discrete candidate locations; (ii) in the continuous-candidate and discrete-voter se tting, equilibria can be computed in pseudo-polyno mial time; and (iii) in the fully continuous setti ng, an ϵ-equilibrium can be computed in time polyn omial in 1/ϵ. This is joint work with Umang Bhaska r. For more information on the Computational Soci al Choice Seminar, please consult https://staff.sc ience.uva.nl/u.endriss/seminar/. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\nThe Hotelling- Downs model studies strategic positioning of candi dates along an ideological line where voters choos e the nearest candidate. While equilibrium structu re has been widely analyzed, little is known about the computational complexity of finding equilibri a. We provide algorithmic results for computing eq uilibria in both discrete and continuous variants of the model. For the continuous case, we prove a structural result showing that whenever an equilib rium exists, one also exists with rational positio ns of bounded complexity, enabling discretization via a notion we call reflection barriers. Using dy namic programming, we show: (i) equilibrium existe nce is decidable in polynomial time for discrete c andidate locations; (ii) in the continuous-candida te and discrete-voter setting, equilibria can be c omputed in pseudo-polynomial time; and (iii) in th e fully continuous setting, an ϵ-equilibrium can b e computed in time polynomial in 1/ϵ. This is join t work with Umang Bhaskar.
\nFor more info rmation on the Computational Social Choice Seminar , please consult https://staff.science.uva.nl/u.endriss/semin ar/.
\n URL:https://staff.science.uva.nl/u.endriss/seminar / CONTACT:Ulle Endriss at ulle.endriss at uva.nl END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/NewsandEvents/Events/Upcoming-Events/newsitem /16138/15-April-2026-MoL-thesis-presentations-MoL- students DTSTAMP:20260401T141746 SUMMARY:MoL thesis presentations, MoL students ATTENDEE;ROLE=Speaker:MoL students DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20260415T170000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20260415T193000 LOCATION:SP C1.112 & zoom DESCRIPTION:Join in person or online via Zoom: htt ps://uva-live.zoom.us/j/63449968266 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\nJoin in person or online via Zoom: https://uva-live.zoom.us/j/63449968266 < /p>\n URL:https://www.marialoni.org/GradTraj25_26 CONTACT:Maria Aloni at m.d.aloni at uva.nl END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/NewsandEvents/Events/Upcoming-Events/newsitem /16089/16-April-2026-Logic-and-Interactive-Rationa lity-LIRa-Igor-Sedlár DTSTAMP:20260302T104358 SUMMARY:Logic and Interactive Rationality (LIRa), Igor Sedlár ATTENDEE;ROLE=Speaker:Igor Sedlár DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20260416T163000 URL:https://projects.illc.uva.nl/lgc/seminar/2026/ 02/lira-session-igor-sedlar-2/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/NewsandEvents/Events/Upcoming-Events/newsitem /16092/17-April-2026-Meaning-Logic-and-Cognition-M LC-Seminar-Beatrice-Buonaguidi DTSTAMP:20260302T104521 SUMMARY:Meaning, Logic, and Cognition (MLC) Semina r, Beatrice Buonaguidi ATTENDEE;ROLE=Speaker:Beatrice Buonaguidi (KCL) DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260417 LOCATION:ILLC seminar room F1.15, Science Park 107 , Amsterdam URL:https://projects.illc.uva.nl/FSPL/MLC-Seminar/ event/35284/Beatrice-Buonaguidi-KCL-TBA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/NewsandEvents/Events/Upcoming-Events/newsitem /15986/17-April-2026-FOAM-Seminar-Divya-Ravi DTSTAMP:20260105T152601 SUMMARY:FOAM Seminar, Divya Ravi ATTENDEE;ROLE=Speaker:Divya Ravi DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20260417T150000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20260417T161500 LOCATION:Room L2.06, ILLC Lab42, Science Park 900, Amsterdam URL:https://events.illc.uva.nl/FOAM/posts/talk32/ CONTACT:Gregor Behnke at g.behnke at uva.nl CONTACT:Ronald de Haan at r.dehaan at uva.nl END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/NewsandEvents/Events/Upcoming-Events/newsitem /16139/22-April-2026-MoL-thesis-presentations-MoL- students DTSTAMP:20260401T141837 SUMMARY:MoL thesis presentations, MoL students ATTENDEE;ROLE=Speaker:MoL students DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20260422T170000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20260422T190000 LOCATION:SP C1.112 & zoom DESCRIPTION:Join in person or online via Zoom: htt ps://uva-live.zoom.us/j/63449968266 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\n
Join in person or online via Zoom: https://uva-live.zoom.us/j/63449968266 < /p>\n URL:https://www.marialoni.org/GradTraj25_26 CONTACT:Maria Aloni at m.d.aloni at uva.nl END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/NewsandEvents/Events/Upcoming-Events/newsitem /16036/24-April-2026-Joint-DIP-LIRa-session-Fabriz io-Cariani DTSTAMP:20260202T150000 SUMMARY:Joint DIP-LIRa session, Fabrizio Cariani ATTENDEE;ROLE=Speaker:Fabrizio Cariani DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20260424T160000 LOCATION:ILLC Seminar Room F1.15, Science Park 107 and online URL:https://projects.illc.uva.nl/lgc/seminar/2026/ 02/joint-dip-lira-session-fabrizio-cariani/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/NewsandEvents/Events/Upcoming-Events/newsitem /16090/8-May-2026-Joint-DIP-LIRa-session-Paolo-San torio DTSTAMP:20260302T104409 SUMMARY:Joint DIP-LIRa session, Paolo Santorio ATTENDEE;ROLE=Speaker:Paolo Santorio DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20260508T160000 URL:https://projects.illc.uva.nl/lgc/seminar/2026/ 02/joint-dip-lira-session-paolo-santorio/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/NewsandEvents/Events/Upcoming-Events/newsitem /16028/12-May-2026-ILLC-Staff-meeting-05-2026 DTSTAMP:20260130T114005 SUMMARY:ILLC Staff meeting 05/2026 DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20260512T160000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20260512T170000 LOCATION:ILLC Common Room F1.21, Science Park 107, Amsterdam URL:/NewsandEvents/Events/Upcoming-Events/newsitem /16028/12-May-2026-ILLC-Staff-meeting-05-2026 CONTACT:the ILLC Office at illc at uva.nl END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/NewsandEvents/Events/Upcoming-Events/newsitem /16104/18-May-2026-Life-after-ILLC-alumni-panel-di scussion DTSTAMP:20260309T110931 SUMMARY:Life after ILLC: alumni panel discussion DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20260518T170000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20260518T190000 LOCATION:ILLC Common Room F1.21, Science Park 107, Amsterdam DESCRIPTION:Logic?? What do you DO with THAT!? IL LC alumni are at the cutting-edge not only in acad emia, but also across tech, government, finance, n onprofit, and other sectors. Join us for a panel d iscussion with five ILLC alumni who are leading an d innovating in their fields. Hear how their acade mic background informs their work in industry, and how they've navigated career changes and opportun ities. Panel discussion and audience Q&A session followed by reception. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\n
Logic?? Wh at do you DO with THAT!?
\nILLC alumn i are at the cutting-edge not only in academia, bu t also across tech, government, finance, nonprofit , and other sectors. Join us for a panel discussio n with five ILLC alumni who are leading and innova ting in their fields. Hear how their academic back ground informs their work in industry, and how the y've navigated career changes and opportunities.\n
Panel discussion and audience Q&A ses sion followed by reception.
\n URL:/NewsandEvents/Events/Upcoming-Events/newsitem /16104/18-May-2026-Life-after-ILLC-alumni-panel-di scussion CONTACT:Gidon Kaminer at gidon.kaminer at student. uva.nl CONTACT:Paul Weston at paul.weston at student.uva. nl END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/NewsandEvents/Events/Upcoming-Events/newsitem /16058/20-May-2026-LLAMA-seminar-Han-Gao DTSTAMP:20260212T123815 SUMMARY:LLAMA seminar, Han Gao ATTENDEE;ROLE=Speaker:Han Gao (Institute of Comput er Science, The Czech Academy of Sciences) DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20260520T160000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20260520T170000 LOCATION:ILLC Seminar Room F1.15, Science Park 107 and online (see website) URL:https://events.illc.uva.nl/llama/#talk-gao-202 6 CONTACT:Marianna Girlando at m.girlando at uva.nl END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/NewsandEvents/Events/Upcoming-Events/newsitem /15985/22-May-2026-FOAM-Seminar-Twan-Kroll DTSTAMP:20260105T152518 SUMMARY:FOAM Seminar, Twan Kroll ATTENDEE;ROLE=Speaker:Twan Kroll DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20260522T150000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20260522T161500 LOCATION:Room L2.06, ILLC Lab42, Science Park 900, Amsterdam URL:https://events.illc.uva.nl/FOAM/posts/talk33/ CONTACT:Gregor Behnke at g.behnke at uva.nl CONTACT:Ronald de Haan at r.dehaan at uva.nl END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/NewsandEvents/Events/Upcoming-Events/newsitem /16037/22-May-2026-Joint-DIP-LIRa-session-Adam-Bjo rndahl DTSTAMP:20260202T150000 SUMMARY:Joint DIP-LIRa session, Adam Bjorndahl ATTENDEE;ROLE=Speaker:Adam Bjorndahl DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20260522T160000 LOCATION:ILLC Seminar Room F1.15, Science Park 107 and online URL:https://projects.illc.uva.nl/lgc/seminar/2026/ 02/joint-dip-lira-session-adam-bjorndahl/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/NewsandEvents/Events/Upcoming-Events/newsitem /16000/28-May-2026-Logic-and-Interactive-Rationali ty-LIRa-Aybüke-Özgün DTSTAMP:20260109T111923 SUMMARY:Logic and Interactive Rationality (LIRa), Aybüke Özgün ATTENDEE;ROLE=Speaker:Aybüke Özgün DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20260528T163000 URL:https://projects.illc.uva.nl/lgc/seminar/2026/ 01/lira-session-aybuke-ozgun-2/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/NewsandEvents/Events/Upcoming-Events/newsitem /16065/29-May-2026-Anéla-VIOT-Junior-Day-2026-Juni orendag- DTSTAMP:20260216T124604 SUMMARY:Anéla/VIOT Junior Day 2026 (Juniorendag) DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260529 LOCATION:location TBA, University of Amsterdam [NL ] DESCRIPTION:This event provides young shcolars wit h an opportunity to present their research in the field of applied linguistics (language use, langua ge acquisition, language education, language profi ciency, or communication). Both lectures and poste r presentations are welcome. Lectures shall last 1 5 minutes. Additionally, the annual Anéla-VIOT The sis Award for the best MA-thesis in the field will be awarded on this day. The evaluation of the ab stracts will be based on the clarity of the explan ation of their relevance, main research question, methodological design, and conclusion of the resea rch. A lack of results or conclusions in the abstr act don't pose an issue, as long as there will be some results to present during the event. The ab stract needs to meet the following requirements: a maximum of 250 words (excl. references); in Dutch or in English (write it in the language in which you will present); all personal information remove d from the abstract (name, university); indicates the preference for a lecture or poster presentatio n. Submit your abstracts via this link. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:This even t provides young shcolars with an opportunity to p resent their research in the field of appl ied linguistics (language use, language a cquisition, language education, language proficien cy, or communication). Both lectures and poster pr esentations are welcome. Lectures shall last 15 mi nutes. Additionally, the annual Anéla-VIOT Thesis Award for the best MA-thesis in the field will be awarded on this day.
\nThe ev aluation of the abstracts will be based on the cla rity of the explanation of their relevance, main r esearch question, methodological design, and concl usion of the research. A lack of results or conclu sions in the abstract don't pose an issue, as long as there will be some results to present during t he event.
\nThe abstract needs to me et the following requirements: a maximum of 250 words (excl. references); in Dutch or in English (write it in the language in which y ou will present); all personal information removed from the abstract (name, university); indicates t he preference for a lecture or poster presentation . Submit your abstracts via this link.
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This two-day w orkshop brings together an international line-up o f female researchers working at the intersection o f philosophy, theoretical linguistics, computation al linguistics, logic, formal semantics and pragma tics, psychology, and political and social science . The event explores diverse perspectives on the s emantics–pragmatics distinction, highlighting how interdisciplinary approaches can advance our under standing of meaning, context, and interpretation.< /p>\n
The workshop is in-person only. Attendance is free of charge, bu t registration is mandatory as pl aces are limited. To register, please email Tamara Dobler.
\n URL:/NewsandEvents/Events/Upcoming-Events/newsitem /16039/25---26-June-2026-New-Perspectives-on-the-S emantics–Pragmatics-Distinction CONTACT:Tamara Dobler at t.dobler at vu.nl END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/NewsandEvents/Events/Upcoming-Events/newsitem /15805/29-June---3-July-2026-Advances-in-Modal-Log ic-2026-AiML-2026-Amsterdam-The-Netherlands DTSTAMP:20250918T181313 SUMMARY:Advances in Modal Logic 2026 (AiML 2026), Amsterdam, The Netherlands DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260629 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260703 LOCATION:Amsterdam, The Netherlands DESCRIPTION:Advances in Modal Logic is an initiati ve aimed at presenting the state of the art in mod al logic and its various applications. The initiat ive consists of a conference series together with volumes based on the conferences. AiML 2026 is org anized by the ILLC. Information about the AiML se ries can be obtained at http://www.aiml.net. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\nAdvances in Mo dal Logic is an initiative aimed at presenting the state of the art in modal logic and its various a pplications. The initiative consists of a conferen ce series together with volumes based on the confe rences. AiML 2026 is organized by the ILLC. Information about the AiML series can be obtained at http://www.aiml.net.
\n URL:https://events.illc.uva.nl/aiml2026/ CONTACT:aiml2026-illc at uva.nl END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/NewsandEvents/Events/Upcoming-Events/newsitem /15807/3---14-August-2026-37th-European-Summer-Sch ool-in-Logic-Language-and-Information-ESSLLI-2026- Prague-Czech-Republic- DTSTAMP:20250922T181342 SUMMARY:37th European Summer School in Logic, Lang uage and Information (ESSLLI 2026), Prague (Czech Republic) DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260803 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260814 LOCATION:Prague (Czech Republic) DESCRIPTION:Under the auspices of the Association for Logic, Language, and Information (FoLLI), the European Summer School in Logic, Language, and Inf ormation (ESSLLI) runs every year. Except for 2021 , when the school was virtual, it runs in a differ ent European country each year. It takes place ove r two weeks in the summer, hosts approximately 50 different courses at levels that run from foundati onal to introductory to advanced, and attracts aro und 400 participants from all over the world. In 2 026, ESSLLI returns to Prague after exactly 30 yea rs. The main focus of ESSLLI is the interface bet ween linguistics, logic and computation, with spec ial emphasis on human linguistic and cognitive abi lity. Courses, both introductory and advanced, cov er a wide variety of topics within the combined ar eas of interest: Logic and Computation, Computatio n and Language, and Language and Logic. Workshops are also organized, providing opportunities for in -depth discussion of issues at the forefront of re search, as well as a series of invited evening lec tures. ESSLLI seeks courses on diverse topics, ea ch course taking one or two weeks of 90 minutes pe r day. ESSLLI workshops follow the same structure (5 days, 90 minutes per day) with content assemble d from external contributors. See here for the cal l-for-proposals. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Under the auspices of the Association for Logic, Language, and Information (FoLLI), the European Summer Schoo l in Logic, Language, and Information (ESSLLI) run s every year. Except for 2021, when the school was virtual, it runs in a different European country each year. It takes place over two weeks in the su mmer, hosts approximately 50 different courses at levels that run from foundational to introductory to advanced, and attracts around 400 participants from all over the world. In 2026, ESSLLI returns t o Prague after exactly 30 years.
\nThe mai n focus of ESSLLI is the interface between linguis tics, logic and computation, with special emphasis on human linguistic and cognitive ability. Course s, both introductory and advanced, cover a wide va riety of topics within the combined areas of inter est: Logic and Computation, Computation and Langua ge, and Language and Logic. Workshops are also org anized, providing opportunities for in-depth discu ssion of issues at the forefront of research, as w ell as a series of invited evening lectures.
\nESSLLI seeks courses on diverse topics, each course taking one or two weeks of 90 minutes per day. ESSLLI workshops follow the same structure (5 days, 90 minutes per day) with conten t assembled from external contributors. See here for the call-for-pr oposals.
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