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se.cuhk.hk>*************************************************** This version supersedes the previous announcement. *************************************************** PLEASE DUPLICATE, CIRCULATE & POST CALL FOR ABSTRACTS - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- SYMPOSIUM ON REFERENTIAL PROPERTIES OF CHINESE NOUN PHRASES JUNE 24-25, 1996 Linguistic Society City University of Hong Kong of Hong Kong We are pleased to announce that the Symposium on Referential properties of Chinese Noun Phrases will be held at City University of Hong Kong on June 24-25, 1996. The Symposium will focus on issues centering on the referential and quantificational properties of noun phrases of Chinese (Mandarin and other dialects), including definiteness/indefiniteness effects, specificity/non-specificity, genericity/non-genericity, uniqueness/non-uniqueness, identifiability/non-identifiability, deicticity/non-deicticity, anaphoricity/non-anaphoricity, mass/count criteria, eventuality and the definiteness requirement, wh-movement and the defiteness effect, 'dou'-quantification, etc. Abstracts of two to three pages are now invited for presentation at the Symposium. The abstract must include a short, 10 line, summary clearly indicating subject matter, general framework, conclusion, and major references. Each speaker will have 20 minutes for presentation followed by a 10 - minute's discussion. Working languages of the Symposium are English and Chinese. The result of abstract selection will be announced by the end of February, 1996. Participants whose abstracts are accepted must have a full paper ready by the time of presentation. A selection of papers will be published in English after the Symposium. The deadline for abstract submission is January 10, 1996. Abstract must be single-spaced, single-sided, and word-processed with font size 12 on A4 or 8 1/2" letter size paper. At least 1.25 inches should be kept on the left margin. Send five copies of abstract, one with author's name, affiliation and e - mail address, four without, and a separate index card specifying the author's name, abstract title, affiliation, mailing and e-mail addresses, and telephone and fax numbers. Organizing Committee: Yang Gu, Chinese University of Hong Kong Yan Jiang, Polytechnic University of Hong Kong Thomas Lee, Chinese University of Hong Kong Kang Kwong Luke, University of Hong Kong Caesar Lun, City University of Hong Kong Haihua Pan, City University of Hong Kong Tim Shi, Polytechnic University of Hong Kong Liejiong Xu, City University of Hong Kong Abstracts and inquiries should be sent to: GU Yang Department of English Chinese University of Hong Kong Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong FAX: (852)2603-5270 E-mail: yangguMail to author|Respond to list|Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue
cs.ruu.nl>Sixth conference on THEORETICAL ASPECTS OF RATIONALITY AND KNOWLEDGE TARK VI (previously: Theoretical Aspects of Reasoning about Knowledge) March 17 - 20, 1996 De Zeeuwse Stromen (a seaside resort), The Netherlands About the conference ==================== The mission of the bi-annual 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 formal reasoning about rationality and knowledge. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, semantic models for knowledge, for belief, and for uncertainty, bounded rationality and resource-bounded reasoning, commonsense epistemic reasoning, knowledge and action, applications of reasoning about knowledge and other mental states, and belief revision. Previously a by-invitation-only conference, TARK is now open to all interested attendees. TARK-VI is the first to be held outside the United States. Information for Authors ======================= Submissions are now invited to TARK-VI. Please submit 12 copies of a detailed abstract (not a full paper) to the program chair (address below). Two types of submission are invited -- papers reporting on novel research, and expository papers. Each submission should be clearly identified as belonging to one category or the other. In both categories, strong preference will be given to papers whose topic is of interest to an interdisciplinary audience, and all papers should be written so that they are accessible to such an audience. Novel research abstracts will be held to the usual high standards of novel research publications. In particular, they should 1) contain enough information to enable the program committee to identify the main contribution of the work; 2) explain the significance of the work---its novelty and its practical or theoretical implications; and 3) include comparisons with and references to relevant literature. Expository abstracts, which will be held to similarly high standards, may survey an area or report on a more specific previously published work; the abstract should make clear the relevance to the TARK audience. Abstracts should be no longer than ten double-spaced pages (4,000 words). If possible, an email address for the contact author should be included. Papers arriving late or departing significantly from these guidelines risk immediate rejection. Economists should be aware that special arrangements are being made with certain economics journals (in particular, with the Journal of Economic Theory and with Games and Economic Behavior) so that publication of an extended abstract in TARK will not prejudice publication of a full journal version. The deadline for submission of abstracts is October 10, 1995. Authors will be notified of acceptance by December 15, 1995. Camera-ready copies of the accepted papers will be due by January 15, 1996. One author of each accepted paper will be expected to present the paper at the conference. The conference proceedings will be published. Program Committee ***************** Barbara Grosz (Harvard University, AI / computational linguistics) Peter G"ardenfors (Lund University, Philosophy) Sergiu Hart (Hebrew University, Economics / Mathematics) Hans Kamp (Stuttgart University, Linguistics) Daphne Koller (U.C. Berkeley, Computer Science) Stephen Morris (University of Pennsylvania, Economics) Gil Neiger (Georgia Institute of Technology, Computer Science) Christos Papadimitriou (U.C. San Diego, Computer Science) Krister Segerberg (Uppsala University, Philosophy) Yoav Shoham, Chair (Stanford University, AI) Moshe Tenneholtz (Technion, Management) Michael Wellman (University of Michigan, AI). Conference Chair **************** Johan van Benthem - --------------- ILLC, Department of Mathematics & Computer Science, University of Amsterdam Plantage Muidergracht 24, NL-1018 TV Amsterdam, The Netherlands fax: +31 20 525 5206, email: johanMail to author|Respond to list|Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue