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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black">Second
</span><span style="font-family:Courier;color:black;background:white">Call for Nominations: E. W. Beth Outstanding Dissertation Prize 2020</span><span style="font-family:Courier;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:Courier;color:black">Since 2002, the Association for Logic, Language, and Information (FoLLI) has been awarding the annual E.W. Beth Dissertation Prize to outstanding Ph.D. dissertations
in Logic, Language, and Information (<a href="http://www.folli.info/?page_id=74">http://www.folli.info/?page_id=74</a>), with financial support of the E.W. Beth Foundation (<a href="https://www.knaw.nl/en/awards/funds/evert-willem-beth-stichting/evert-willem-beth-foundation">https://www.knaw.nl/en/awards/funds/evert-willem-beth-stichting/evert-willem-beth-foundation</a>).
Nominations are now invited for the best dissertation in these areas resulting in a Ph.D. degree awarded in 2019.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:Courier;color:black">The deadline for nominations is the 15th of April 2020.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:Courier;color:black">Qualifications:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:Courier;color:black">- A dissertation is eligible for the Beth Dissertation Prize 2020, if the Ph.D. degree has been awarded in Logic, Language, or Information between January 1st and December
31st, 2019.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:Courier;color:black">- There are no restrictions on the nationality, ethnicity, age, gender or employment status of the author of the nominated dissertation, nor on the university, academic
department or scientific institution formally conferring the Ph.D. degree, nor on the language in which the dissertation has originally been written.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:Courier;color:black"> <span class="apple-tab-span"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:Courier;color:black">- In accordance with the aim of the Beth Foundation to continue and extend the work of the Dutch logician Evert Willem Beth, nominations are invited of excellent dissertations
on current topics in philosophical and mathematical logic, computer science logic, philosophy of science, philosophy of language, history of logic, history of the philosophy of science and scientific philosophy in general, as well as the current theoretical
and foundational developments in information and computation, language and cognition. Dissertations with results more broadly impacting various research areas in their interdisciplinary investigations are especially solicited.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:Courier;color:black">- If a nominated dissertation has originally been written in a language other than English, its dossier should still contain the required 10 page English abstract,
see below. If the committee decides that a nominated dissertation in a language other than English requires translation to English for proper evaluation, the committee can transfer its nomination to the competition in 2021. The English translation must in
such cases be submitted before the deadline of the call for nominations in 2021. The committee may recommend the Beth Foundation to consider supporting such nominated dissertations for English translation, upon request by the author of the dissertation.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:Courier;color:black">The prize consists of:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:Courier;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:Courier;color:black"> <span class="apple-tab-span"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:Courier;color:black">- a certificate<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:Courier;color:black"> <span class="apple-tab-span"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:Courier;color:black">- a donation of 3000 euros, provided by the E.W. Beth Foundation<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:Courier;color:black"> <span class="apple-tab-span"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:Courier;color:black">- an invitation to submit the dissertation, possibly after revision, for publication in FoLLI Publications on Logic, Language and Information (Springer).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:Courier;color:black">Only digital submissions are accepted, without exception. Hard copy submissions are not allowed. The following documents are to be submitted in the nomination dossier:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:Courier;color:black">- The original dissertation in pdf format (ps/doc/rtf etc. not acceptable).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:Courier;color:black"> <span class="apple-tab-span"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:Courier;color:black">- A ten-page English abstract of the dissertation, presenting the main results of each chapter.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:Courier;color:black"> <span class="apple-tab-span"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:Courier;color:black">- A letter of nomination from the dissertation supervisor, which concisely describes the scope and significance of the dissertation, stating when the degree was officially
awarded and the members of the Ph.D. committee. Nominations should contain the address, phone and email details of the nominator.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:Courier;color:black"> <span class="apple-tab-span"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:Courier;color:black">- Two additional letters of support, including at least one from a referee not affiliated with the academic institution that awarded the Ph.D. degree, nor otherwise
related to the nominee (e.g. former teachers, supervisors, co-authors, publishers or relatives) or the dissertation.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:Courier;color:black">- Self-nominations are not possible.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:Courier;color:black">All pdf documents must be submitted electronically, as one zip file, via EasyChair by following the link
<a href="https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=bdp2020">https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=bdp2020</a>. In case of any problems with the submission one should contact the chair of the committee Mehrnoosh Sadrzadeh (<a href="mailto:m.sadrzadeh@ucl.ac.uk">m.sadrzadeh@ucl.ac.uk</a>).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:Courier;color:black">The prize will be awarded by the chair of the FoLLI board at a ceremony during the 32nd ESSLLI summer school in University of Utrecht, August 3-14, 2020.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:Courier;color:black">Beth dissertation prize committee 2020:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:Courier;color:black">Samson Abramsky (University of Oxford)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:Courier;color:black">Maria Aloni (University of Amsterdam)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:Courier;color:black">Alexander Clark (Kings College London) <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:Courier;color:black">Cleo
</span><span style="font-family:Courier;color:#262524">Condoravdi</span><span style="font-family:Courier;color:black"> (Stanford University)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:Courier;color:black">Robin Cooper (University of Gothenburg)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:Courier;color:black">Guy Emerson (University of Cambridge)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:Courier;color:black">Katrin Erk (University of Texas at Austin)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:Courier;color:black">Arash Eshghi (Hariot-Watt University)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:Courier;color:black">Sujata Ghosh (ISI, Chennai)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:Courier;color:black">Davide Grossi (</span><span style="font-family:Courier;color:#181817">Universities of Groningen and Amsterdam</span><span style="font-family:Courier;color:black">) </span><span style="font-family:Courier;color:#181817"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:Courier;color:black">Chris Haase (University College London)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:Courier;color:black">Aurelie Herbelot (University of Trento) <span class="apple-tab-span"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:Courier;color:black">Louise McNally (Universitat Pompeu Fabra Barcelona)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:Courier;color:black">Reinhard Muskens (University of Amsterdam)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:Courier;color:black">Laura Rimmell (Deep Mind)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:Courier;color:black">Mehrnoosh Sadrzadeh (University College London, chair)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:Courier;color:black">Matthew Stone (Rutgers)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:Courier;color:black">Jouko
</span><span style="font-family:Courier;color:#181817">Vaananen</span><span style="font-family:Courier;color:black"> (University of Helsinki)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:Courier;color:black">Noam Zeilberger (</span><span style="font-family:Courier;color:#181817">Ecole Polytechnique</span><span style="font-family:Courier;color:black">)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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