[Discussion] The Beth Dissertation Prize

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The Beth Dissertation Prize --- call for submissions
deadline: March 15, 2005

[fwd: from LORIA by proof-theory (w/euro branch!)]

spread 'round, please!

E. W. Beth Dissertation Prize: call for submissions.

Since 2002, FoLLI (the European Association for Logic, Language, and =
Information, www.folli.org) awards the E. W. Beth Dissertation Prize to =
outstanding dissertations in the fields of Logic, Language, and =
Information. Submissions are invited for 2004. The prize will be awarded =
to the best dissertation which resulted in a Ph.D. in the year 2004. The =
dissertations will be judged on the impact they made in their respective =
fields, breadth and originality of the work, and also on the
interdisciplinarity of the work. Ideally the winning dissertation will =
be of interest to researchers in all three fields.

Who qualifies: Those who were awarded a Ph.D. degree in the areas of =
Logic, Language, or Information between January 1st, 2004 and December =
31st, 2004. There is no restriction on the nationality of the candidate =
or the university where the Ph.D. was granted. However, after a careful =
consideration, FoLLI has decided to accept only dissertations written in =
English.

Prize: The prize consists of

. a certificate
. an invitation to present the thesis during ESSLLI 05
. a donation of 2500 euros provided by the E. W. Beth Foundation.
. fee waive for ESSLLI 05 attendance
. the possibility to publish the thesis (or a revised version of it)
    in the new series of books in Logic, Language and Information to be
    published by Springer-Verlag as part of LNCS or LNCS/LNAI. (Further
    information on this series will be posted on the FoLLI site soon.)

How to submit: We only accept electronic submissions. The following =
documents are required:

     1. the thesis in pdf or ps format (doc/rtf not accepted);
     2. a ten page abstract of the dissertation in ascii or 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 to =
beth_award@dimi.uniud.it. Hard copy submissions are not admitted.

If you experience any problems with the email submission or do not =
receive a notification from us within three working days, please write =
to policriti@dimi.uniud.it or folli@inf.unibz.it

      * Important dates:
        Deadline for Submissions: March 15, 2005.
        Notification of Decision: June 30, 2005.

The prize will be officially assigned to the winner at ESSLLI'05 =
(http://www.macs.hw.ac.uk/esslli05/), the 17th European Summer School in =
Logic, Language, and Information, to be held in Edinburgh, Scotland, =
August 9-19, 2005. Prize winner will be expected to attend the ceremony =
and to give a presentation of her/his Ph.D. dissertation at ESSLLI?05.

Committee

. Anne Abeill=C8 (Universit=C8 Paris 7)
. Johan van Benthem (University of Amsterdam) [+ KNAW] [*]
. Veronica Dahl (Simon Fraser University)
. Nissim Francez (The Technion, Haifa)
. Valentin Goranko (University of Johannesburg)
. Alessandro Lenci (University of Pisa)
. Ewa Orlowska (Institute of Telecommunications, Poland)
. Gerald Penn (University of Toronto)
. Alberto Policriti (chair) (University di Udine)
. Christian Retor=C8 (Universit=C8 Bordeaux 1 )
. Rob van der Sandt (University of Nijmegen)
. Wolfgang Thomas (RWTH Aachen)
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European=20
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Language, and Information. Submissions are invited for 2004. The prize =
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awarded to the best dissertation which resulted in a Ph.D. in the year =
2004. The=20
dissertations will be judged on the impact they made in their respective =
fields,=20
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the interdisciplinarity of=20
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researchers in=20
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and=20
December 31st, 2004. There is no restriction on the nationality of the =
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consideration, FoLLI has decided to accept only dissertations written in =

English. Prize: The prize consists of . a certificate . =
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invitation to present the thesis during ESSLLI 05 . a donation of =
2500 euros=20
provided by the E. W. Beth Foundation. . fee waive for ESSLLI 05=20
attendance . the possibility to publish the thesis (or a revised =
version of=20
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Information to be &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; published by Springer-Verlag as =
part of=20
LNCS or LNCS/LNAI. (Further &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; information on this =
series=20
will be posted on the FoLLI site soon.) How to submit: We only =
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required: &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 1. the thesis in pdf or ps =
format=20
(doc/rtf not accepted); &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 2. a ten page =
abstract of=20
the dissertation in ascii or pdf format; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 3. =
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4. two=20
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March 15, 2005. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; =
Notification of=20
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(Universit=C8 Paris 7) . Johan van Benthem (University of Amsterdam) =
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Telecommunications, Poland) . Gerald Penn (University of =
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Alberto Policriti (chair) (Universit&yacute; di Udine) . Christian =
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