LINGUIST List 28.764
Wed Feb 08 2017
Summer Schools: Third Nordic Logic Summer School (NLS) 2017/Sweden
Editor for this issue: Yue Chen <yuelinguistlist.org>
Date: 07-Feb-2017
From: Roussanka Loukanova <rl.stpuu
gmail.com>
Subject: Third Nordic Logic Summer School (NLS) 2017/Sweden
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Coordinating Institution: Stockholm University
Website: https://www.sls17.conf.kth.se
Dates: 07-Aug-2017 - 11-Aug-2017
Location: Stockholm, Sweden
Focus: The Third Nordic Logic Summer School (NLS) 2017 offers accessible courses in Logic.
Minimum Education Level: MA
Description:
The third Nordic Logic Summer School is arranged under the auspices of the Scandinavian Logic Society (
http://scandinavianlogic.org/). The two previous schools were organized in Nordfjordeid, Norway (2013) and Helsinki (2015). The intended audience is advanced master students, PhD-students, postdocs and experienced researchers wishing to learn the state of the art in a particular subject. The school is co-located with Logic Colloquium 2017 (August 14-20) and Computer Science Logic 2017 (August 21-24).
The school will consist of 10 five-hour courses, running in two parallel streams. In addition, there will be short student presentations and poster sessions.
The lectures start on: Monday August 7, 9:00, and end Friday August 11, 16:15
Lecturers and Courses: The following lecturers and course topics are confirmed.
- Mirna Dzamonja (University of East Anglia)
-- Set Theory
- Martin Escardo (Birmingham)
-- Topological and Constructive Aspects of Higher-Order Computation
- Henrik Forssell (Oslo)
-- Categorical Logic
- Volker Halbach (Oxford)
-- Truth & Paradox
- Larry Moss (Indiana University, Bloomington)
-- Natural Logic
- Anca Muscholl (LaBRI, Université Bordeaux)
-- Logic in Computer Science - Control and Synthesis, from a Distributed Perspective
- Eric Pacuit (University of Maryland)
-- Logic and Rationality
- Peter Pagin and Dag Westerståhl (Stockholm University)
-- Compositionality
- Sara L. Uckelman (Durham)
-- Medieval Logic
- Andreas Weiermann (Ghent)
-- Proof Theory
Certificates for participation will be provided. There will be possibilities to take official credits for some of the courses.
Venue: Department of Mathematics, Kräftriket Campus, Stockholm University.
Important Dates:
Registration:
Registration opens: March 6, 2017
Early registration ends: May 15, 2017
Late registration ends: August 4, 2017
Submission of abstracts for presentations and posters:
Opening: March 6, 2017
Closing: May 2, 2017
Notification of acceptance: May 9, 2017
The early registration fee will be 1900 SEK including VAT (approx. 190 Euros) per participant, and includes coffee breaks and conference materials. Late registration fee is 2600 SEK including VAT.
Some participation-fee grants may be available.
Accommodation:
The registration fee does not cover accommodation, but there will be special offers at hostels and hotels (in the range 700 -1200 SEK/night for single rooms) available when the registration opens.
Special Offer for Accommodation:
There will be offers of inexpensive accommodation via the Stockholm University Housing Office. The cost will be around 300 SEK per person per night, in studio apartments shared by two people. To be able to take part in this offer, participants need to register at the latest May 15. Enquiries may be directed to:
logic2017-accommodation [at] math.su.se
Further Information:
Further information about submissions, registration and accommodation possibilities will (in due time) be available on the NLS webpage:
https://www.sls17.conf.kth.se General enquiries: nls2017 [at] philosophy.su.se
Accommodation enquiries: logic2017-accommodation [at] math.su.se
Linguistic Field(s): Computational Linguistics
Semantics
Syntax
Tuition: 1900 Other
Financial Aid: Applications accepted until 15-May-2017
Some participation-fee grants may be available. Special Offer for accommodation.
Financial Aid Instructions:
General enquiries: nls2017
philosophy.su.se There will be offers of inexpensive accommodation via the Stockholm University Housing Office. The cost will be around 300 SEK per person per night, in studio apartments shared by two people. To be able to take part in this offer, participants need to register at the latest May 15. Enquiries may be directed to: logic2017-accommodation
math.su.se
Registration: 06-Mar-2017 to 04-Aug-2017
Contact Person: Valentin Goranko
Email: nls2017
philosophy.su.se
Apply by Email: nls2017
philosophy.su.se
Apply on the web: https://www.sls17.conf.kth.se
Registration Instructions:
Information about submissions, registration and accommodation possibilities will (in due time) be available on the NLS webpage: https://www.sls17.conf.kth.se General enquiries: nls2017
philosophy.su.se Accommodation enquiries: logic2017-accommodation
math.su.se
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