LINGUIST List 25.937
Tue
Feb 25 2014
FYI: E. W. Beth
Dissertation Prize: Call for
Nominations
Editor for this issue:
Uliana Kazagasheva <ulianalinguistlist.org>
Date: 25-Feb-2014
From: Ann Copestake
<ann.copestake
cl.cam.ac.uk>
Subject: E. W. Beth
Dissertation Prize: Call for Nominations
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Since 2002, FoLLI (the Association for Logic,
Language, and Information,
http://www.folli.info)
has awarded the E.W. Beth Dissertation Prize to
outstanding dissertations in the fields of
Logic, Language, and Information. We invite
submissions for the best dissertation which
resulted in a Ph.D. degree awarded in 2013. The
dissertations will be judged on technical depth
and strength, originality, and impact made in
at least two of three fields of Logic,
Language, and Computation. Interdisciplinarity
is an important feature of the theses competing
for the E.W. Beth Dissertation Prize.
Who qualifies:
Nominations of candidates are admitted who were
awarded a Ph.D. degree in the areas of Logic,
Language, or Information between January 1st,
2013 and December 31st, 2013. Theses must be
written in English; however, the Committee
accepts submissions of English translations of
theses originally written in other languages,
and for which a PhD was awarded in the
preceding two years (i.e. between January 1st,
2011 and December 31st, 2012). There is no
restriction on the nationality of the candidate
or on the university where the Ph.D. was
granted.
The prize consists of:
- a certificate
- a donation of 2500 euros provided by the E.W.
Beth Foundation
- an invitation to submit the thesis (or a
revised version of it) to the FoLLI
Publications on Logic, Language and Information
(Springer). For further information on this
series see the FoLLI site.
How to submit:
Only electronic submissions are accepted. The
following documents are required:
1. The thesis in pdf format (ps/doc/rtf not
accepted).
2. A ten-page abstract of the dissertation in
pdf format.
3. A letter of nomination from the thesis
supervisor. Self-nominations are not admitted:
each nomination must be sponsored by the thesis
supervisor. The letter of nomination should
concisely describe the scope and significance
of the dissertation and state when the degree
was officially awarded.
4. Two additional letters of support, including
at least one letter from a referee not
affiliated with the academic institution that
awarded the Ph.D. degree.
All documents must be submitted electronically
(preferably as a zip file) to Ian
Pratt-Hartmann (ipratt
cs.man.ac.uk). Hard copy
submissions are not allowed. In case of any
problems with the email submission or a lack of
notification within three working days,
nominators should write to Ian
Pratt-Hartmann.
Important dates:
Deadline for Submissions: May 5th, 2014.
Notification of Decision: July 14th, 2014.
Committee:
Julian Bradfield (Edinburgh)
Wojciech Buszkowski (Poznan)
Michael Kaminski (Haifa)
Marco Kuhlmann (Lingkoping)
Larry Moss (Bloomington)
Ian Pratt-Hartmann (chair) (Manchester)
Ruy de Queiroz (Recife)
Giovanni Sambin (Padua)
Rob van der Sandt (Nijmegen)
Rineke Verbrugge (Groningen)
Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics
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