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4-15 August 2008, ESSLLI-2008:
20th European Summer School in Logic, Language and Information, Hamburg, Germany
The main focus of ESSLLI is on the interface between linguistics, logic and computation. ESSLLI offers foundational, introductory and advanced courses, as well as workshops, covering a wide variety of topics within the three areas of interest: Language and Computation, Language and Logic, and Logic and Computation.
The school has developed into an important meeting place and forum for discussion for students, researchers and IT professionals interested in the interdisciplinary study of Logic, Language and Information. ESSLLI-2008 is organised under the auspices of the European Association for Logic, Language and Information (FoLLI).
The ESSLLI 2008 Program Committee invites proposals for foundational, introductory, and advanced courses, and for workshops for the 20th annual Summer School on a wide range of timely topics that have demonstrated their relevance in the fields of language & computation, language & logic, or logic & computation. Submissions should be submitted before July 2nd, 2007 at http://www.folli.org/submission.php
For more information, see or the ESSLLI website at https://www.illc.uva.nl/ESSLLI2008/
4-15 August 2008, ESSLLI-2008:
20th European Summer School in Logic, Language and Information, Hamburg, Germany
The main focus of ESSLLI is on the interface between linguistics, logic and computation. ESSLLI offers foundational, introductory and advanced courses, as well as workshops, covering a wide variety of topics within the three areas of interest: Language and Computation, Language and Logic, and Logic and Computation.
The school has developed into an important meeting place and forum for discussion for students, researchers and IT professionals interested in the interdisciplinary study of Logic, Language and Information. ESSLLI-2008 is organised under the auspices of the European Association for Logic, Language and Information (FoLLI).
The ESSLLI 2008 Program Committee invites proposals for foundational, introductory, and advanced courses, and for workshops for the 20th annual Summer School on a wide range of timely topics that have demonstrated their relevance in the fields of language & computation, language & logic, or logic & computation. Submissions should be submitted before July 2nd, 2007 at http://www.folli.org/submission.php
For more information, see or the ESSLLI website at https://www.illc.uva.nl/ESSLLI2008/
4-15 August 2008, ESSLLI-2008:
20th European Summer School in Logic, Language and Information, Hamburg, Germany
The main focus of ESSLLI is on the interface between linguistics, logic and computation. ESSLLI offers foundational, introductory and advanced courses, as well as workshops, covering a wide variety of topics within the three areas of interest: Language and Computation, Language and Logic, and Logic and Computation.
The school has developed into an important meeting place and forum for discussion for students, researchers and IT professionals interested in the interdisciplinary study of Logic, Language and Information. ESSLLI-2008 is organised under the auspices of the European Association for Logic, Language and Information (FoLLI).
The ESSLLI 2008 Program Committee invites proposals for foundational, introductory, and advanced courses, and for workshops for the 20th annual Summer School on a wide range of timely topics that have demonstrated their relevance in the fields of language & computation, language & logic, or logic & computation. Submissions should be submitted before July 2nd, 2007 at http://www.folli.org/submission.php
For more information, see or the ESSLLI website at https://www.illc.uva.nl/ESSLLI2008/
4-15 August 2008, ESSLLI-2008:
20th European Summer School in Logic, Language and Information, Hamburg, Germany
The main focus of ESSLLI is on the interface between linguistics, logic and computation. ESSLLI offers foundational, introductory and advanced courses, as well as workshops, covering a wide variety of topics within the three areas of interest: Language and Computation, Language and Logic, and Logic and Computation.
The school has developed into an important meeting place and forum for discussion for students, researchers and IT professionals interested in the interdisciplinary study of Logic, Language and Information. ESSLLI-2008 is organised under the auspices of the European Association for Logic, Language and Information (FoLLI).
The ESSLLI 2008 Program Committee invites proposals for foundational, introductory, and advanced courses, and for workshops for the 20th annual Summer School on a wide range of timely topics that have demonstrated their relevance in the fields of language & computation, language & logic, or logic & computation. Submissions should be submitted before July 2nd, 2007 at http://www.folli.org/submission.php
For more information, see or the ESSLLI website at https://www.illc.uva.nl/ESSLLI2008/
4-15 August 2008, ESSLLI-2008:
20th European Summer School in Logic, Language and Information, Hamburg, Germany
The main focus of ESSLLI is on the interface between linguistics, logic and computation. ESSLLI offers foundational, introductory and advanced courses, as well as workshops, covering a wide variety of topics within the three areas of interest: Language and Computation, Language and Logic, and Logic and Computation.
The school has developed into an important meeting place and forum for discussion for students, researchers and IT professionals interested in the interdisciplinary study of Logic, Language and Information. ESSLLI-2008 is organised under the auspices of the European Association for Logic, Language and Information (FoLLI).
The ESSLLI 2008 Program Committee invites proposals for foundational, introductory, and advanced courses, and for workshops for the 20th annual Summer School on a wide range of timely topics that have demonstrated their relevance in the fields of language & computation, language & logic, or logic & computation. Submissions should be submitted before July 2nd, 2007 at http://www.folli.org/submission.php
For more information, see or the ESSLLI website at https://www.illc.uva.nl/ESSLLI2008/
4-15 August 2008, ESSLLI-2008:
20th European Summer School in Logic, Language and Information, Hamburg, Germany
The main focus of ESSLLI is on the interface between linguistics, logic and computation. ESSLLI offers foundational, introductory and advanced courses, as well as workshops, covering a wide variety of topics within the three areas of interest: Language and Computation, Language and Logic, and Logic and Computation.
The school has developed into an important meeting place and forum for discussion for students, researchers and IT professionals interested in the interdisciplinary study of Logic, Language and Information. ESSLLI-2008 is organised under the auspices of the European Association for Logic, Language and Information (FoLLI).
The ESSLLI 2008 Program Committee invites proposals for foundational, introductory, and advanced courses, and for workshops for the 20th annual Summer School on a wide range of timely topics that have demonstrated their relevance in the fields of language & computation, language & logic, or logic & computation. Submissions should be submitted before July 2nd, 2007 at http://www.folli.org/submission.php
For more information, see or the ESSLLI website at https://www.illc.uva.nl/ESSLLI2008/
4-15 August 2008, ESSLLI-2008:
20th European Summer School in Logic, Language and Information, Hamburg, Germany
The main focus of ESSLLI is on the interface between linguistics, logic and computation. ESSLLI offers foundational, introductory and advanced courses, as well as workshops, covering a wide variety of topics within the three areas of interest: Language and Computation, Language and Logic, and Logic and Computation.
The school has developed into an important meeting place and forum for discussion for students, researchers and IT professionals interested in the interdisciplinary study of Logic, Language and Information. ESSLLI-2008 is organised under the auspices of the European Association for Logic, Language and Information (FoLLI).
The ESSLLI 2008 Program Committee invites proposals for foundational, introductory, and advanced courses, and for workshops for the 20th annual Summer School on a wide range of timely topics that have demonstrated their relevance in the fields of language & computation, language & logic, or logic & computation. Submissions should be submitted before July 2nd, 2007 at http://www.folli.org/submission.php
For more information, see or the ESSLLI website at https://www.illc.uva.nl/ESSLLI2008/
4-15 August 2008, ESSLLI-2008:
20th European Summer School in Logic, Language and Information, Hamburg, Germany
The main focus of ESSLLI is on the interface between linguistics, logic and computation. ESSLLI offers foundational, introductory and advanced courses, as well as workshops, covering a wide variety of topics within the three areas of interest: Language and Computation, Language and Logic, and Logic and Computation.
The school has developed into an important meeting place and forum for discussion for students, researchers and IT professionals interested in the interdisciplinary study of Logic, Language and Information. ESSLLI-2008 is organised under the auspices of the European Association for Logic, Language and Information (FoLLI).
The ESSLLI 2008 Program Committee invites proposals for foundational, introductory, and advanced courses, and for workshops for the 20th annual Summer School on a wide range of timely topics that have demonstrated their relevance in the fields of language & computation, language & logic, or logic & computation. Submissions should be submitted before July 2nd, 2007 at http://www.folli.org/submission.php
For more information, see or the ESSLLI website at https://www.illc.uva.nl/ESSLLI2008/
4-15 August 2008, ESSLLI-2008:
20th European Summer School in Logic, Language and Information, Hamburg, Germany
The main focus of ESSLLI is on the interface between linguistics, logic and computation. ESSLLI offers foundational, introductory and advanced courses, as well as workshops, covering a wide variety of topics within the three areas of interest: Language and Computation, Language and Logic, and Logic and Computation.
The school has developed into an important meeting place and forum for discussion for students, researchers and IT professionals interested in the interdisciplinary study of Logic, Language and Information. ESSLLI-2008 is organised under the auspices of the European Association for Logic, Language and Information (FoLLI).
The ESSLLI 2008 Program Committee invites proposals for foundational, introductory, and advanced courses, and for workshops for the 20th annual Summer School on a wide range of timely topics that have demonstrated their relevance in the fields of language & computation, language & logic, or logic & computation. Submissions should be submitted before July 2nd, 2007 at http://www.folli.org/submission.php
For more information, see or the ESSLLI website at https://www.illc.uva.nl/ESSLLI2008/
4-15 August 2008, ESSLLI-2008:
20th European Summer School in Logic, Language and Information, Hamburg, Germany
The main focus of ESSLLI is on the interface between linguistics, logic and computation. ESSLLI offers foundational, introductory and advanced courses, as well as workshops, covering a wide variety of topics within the three areas of interest: Language and Computation, Language and Logic, and Logic and Computation.
The school has developed into an important meeting place and forum for discussion for students, researchers and IT professionals interested in the interdisciplinary study of Logic, Language and Information. ESSLLI-2008 is organised under the auspices of the European Association for Logic, Language and Information (FoLLI).
The ESSLLI 2008 Program Committee invites proposals for foundational, introductory, and advanced courses, and for workshops for the 20th annual Summer School on a wide range of timely topics that have demonstrated their relevance in the fields of language & computation, language & logic, or logic & computation. Submissions should be submitted before July 2nd, 2007 at http://www.folli.org/submission.php
For more information, see or the ESSLLI website at https://www.illc.uva.nl/ESSLLI2008/
13 August 2008, Computational Linguistics Seminar, Reut Tsarfaty
State-of-the-art statistical parsing models applied to free word-order languages tend to underperform compared to, e.g., parsing English. Constituency-based models often fail to capture generalizations that cannot be stated in structural terms, and dependency-based models employ a ~single-head~ assumption that often breaks in the face of multiple exponence. In this paper we suggest that the position of a constituent is a form manifestation of its grammatical function, one among various possible means of realization. We develop the Relational-Realizational approach to parsing in which we untangle the projection of grammatical functions and their means of realization to allow for phrase-structure variability and morphological-syntactic interaction. We empirically demonstrate the application of our approach to parsing Modern Hebrew, obtaining 7% error reduction from previously reported results.
For more information, see https://www.illc.uva.nl/LaCo/CLS/ or http://staff.science.uva.nl/~rtsarfat/coling08.pdf
4-15 August 2008, ESSLLI-2008:
20th European Summer School in Logic, Language and Information, Hamburg, Germany
The main focus of ESSLLI is on the interface between linguistics, logic and computation. ESSLLI offers foundational, introductory and advanced courses, as well as workshops, covering a wide variety of topics within the three areas of interest: Language and Computation, Language and Logic, and Logic and Computation.
The school has developed into an important meeting place and forum for discussion for students, researchers and IT professionals interested in the interdisciplinary study of Logic, Language and Information. ESSLLI-2008 is organised under the auspices of the European Association for Logic, Language and Information (FoLLI).
The ESSLLI 2008 Program Committee invites proposals for foundational, introductory, and advanced courses, and for workshops for the 20th annual Summer School on a wide range of timely topics that have demonstrated their relevance in the fields of language & computation, language & logic, or logic & computation. Submissions should be submitted before July 2nd, 2007 at http://www.folli.org/submission.php
For more information, see or the ESSLLI website at https://www.illc.uva.nl/ESSLLI2008/
14 August 2008, Topological semantics for polymodal provability logic and infinitary combinatorics, Lev Beklemishev (Moskou, Münster)
Lev Beklemishev will report on a work in progress (jointly with Thomas Icard) on the problem of finding a complete topological semantics of polymodal provability logic GLP (due to Giorgi Japaridze). They isolate the concept of a GLP-space that turns out to encompass some structures prominent in set theory and ininitary combinatorics. In particular, the most natural "ordinal GLP spaces" are tightly related to the so-called stationary reflection principles. The existence of a complete semantics for GLP, and the mere nontriviality of topologies involved, is then dependent on various (large cardinal) axioms outside ZFC.
For more information, please contact karin at science.uva.nl
4-15 August 2008, ESSLLI-2008:
20th European Summer School in Logic, Language and Information, Hamburg, Germany
The main focus of ESSLLI is on the interface between linguistics, logic and computation. ESSLLI offers foundational, introductory and advanced courses, as well as workshops, covering a wide variety of topics within the three areas of interest: Language and Computation, Language and Logic, and Logic and Computation.
The school has developed into an important meeting place and forum for discussion for students, researchers and IT professionals interested in the interdisciplinary study of Logic, Language and Information. ESSLLI-2008 is organised under the auspices of the European Association for Logic, Language and Information (FoLLI).
The ESSLLI 2008 Program Committee invites proposals for foundational, introductory, and advanced courses, and for workshops for the 20th annual Summer School on a wide range of timely topics that have demonstrated their relevance in the fields of language & computation, language & logic, or logic & computation. Submissions should be submitted before July 2nd, 2007 at http://www.folli.org/submission.php
For more information, see or the ESSLLI website at https://www.illc.uva.nl/ESSLLI2008/
28 August 2008, GLoRiClass Seminar, Canceled
For more information, see https://www.illc.uva.nl/GLoRiClass/index.php?page=4
29-30 August 2008, Graduate Philosophy Conference on Normativity, Universiteitsbibliotheek, Singel 425, 1012 WP Amsterdam.
It has been strongly argued that human rationality, language, and meaning are intrinsically normative, and that as such they cannot be described in purely naturalistic terms. But how are we conceive of normativity? Taking this question as our starting point, we are interested in bringing together young researchers who are working towards a model that helps explain the nature of norms underlying human cognition and (linguistic) behaviour.
We are happy to announce that the conference's two confirmed
keynote speakers are:
- James O'Shea (University College Dublin)
- Allan Gibbard (University of Michigan)
We invite papers on a broad range on topics relating to this theme. Contributions may concern - but need not be limited to - the following questions:
- What is normativity and what are its sources?
- How do norms differ from causes?
- How relevant is normativity in accounting for meaning in natural language?
- What is the nature of norms in human reasoning and decision-making and how do they bind us?
- How do social practices and individual factors determine or constrain norms underlying human reasoning?
- What is the normative force of conventions in communication?
For further information, you can visit the conference website at: https://www.illc.uva.nl/normativity/ or contact: normativity at science.uva.nl.
29 August 2008, Annual Boat trip
We are happy to announce that the ILLC will (as usual) welcome its new Master students by having a boat trip in which you can see the city from another point of view, followed by an informal reception where there will be something to eat and to drink. This gathering will be a nice opportunity to meet with ILLC staff members and students.
The boat leaves at 17.00 hrs sharp from the back of the Euclides building (Plantage Muidergracht 24), we request you to gather at the front desk at 16.45 from where we will walk to the landing place of the boat. The boat will return at 18.30. Reception is from 18.30 - 20.00 at the ILLC, third floor of Euclides, Plantage Muidergracht 24
For more information, contact T.Kassenaar at uva.nl
29-30 August 2008, Graduate Philosophy Conference on Normativity, Universiteitsbibliotheek, Singel 425, 1012 WP Amsterdam.
It has been strongly argued that human rationality, language, and meaning are intrinsically normative, and that as such they cannot be described in purely naturalistic terms. But how are we conceive of normativity? Taking this question as our starting point, we are interested in bringing together young researchers who are working towards a model that helps explain the nature of norms underlying human cognition and (linguistic) behaviour.
We are happy to announce that the conference's two confirmed
keynote speakers are:
- James O'Shea (University College Dublin)
- Allan Gibbard (University of Michigan)
We invite papers on a broad range on topics relating to this theme. Contributions may concern - but need not be limited to - the following questions:
- What is normativity and what are its sources?
- How do norms differ from causes?
- How relevant is normativity in accounting for meaning in natural language?
- What is the nature of norms in human reasoning and decision-making and how do they bind us?
- How do social practices and individual factors determine or constrain norms underlying human reasoning?
- What is the normative force of conventions in communication?
For further information, you can visit the conference website at: https://www.illc.uva.nl/normativity/ or contact: normativity at science.uva.nl.