[DL] ESSLLI 2027: Call for course and workshop proposals

[Danel Ahman]

ESSLLI 2027: 
European Summer School in Logic, Language and Information 2027

University of Tartu
Tartu, Estonia, August 2-13, 2027

Web page: https://digits.ut.ee/esslli-2027/
Submission link: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=esslli2027

**TL;DR:** ESSLLI seeks courses on diverse topics, each course taking
one or two weeks of 90 minutes per day. ESSLLI workshops follow the
same structure (5 days, 90 minutes per day) with content assembled
from external contributors.

# Important Dates

October 1, 2026 (AoE): Deadline for submitting course/workshop titles
October 15, 2026 (AoE): Deadline for submitting course/workshop proposals
December 10, 2026 (AoE): Notification sent to course/workshop proposers

Note that submitting a proposal requires that the person submitting
has an Easychair profile.

# Introduction

Under the auspices of the Association for Logic, Language, and
Information (FoLLI), the European Summer School in Logic, Language,
and Information (ESSLLI) runs every year. Except for 2021, when the
school was virtual, it runs in a different European country each
year. It takes place over two weeks in the summer, hosts approximately
50 different courses at levels that run from foundational to
introductory to advanced, and attracts around 400 participants from
all over the world. In 2027, ESSLLI will visit Tartu and Estonia for
the first time in its history.

Since 1989, ESSLLI has been providing outstanding interdisciplinary
educational opportunities in the fields of Computer Science, Cognitive
Science, Linguistics, Logic, Philosophy, and beyond. It comes from a
community which recognizes that advances in our common areas require
the contributions of multiple interrelated disciplines.

The main focus of ESSLLI is the interface between linguistics, logic
and computation, with special emphasis on human linguistic and
cognitive ability. Courses, both introductory and advanced, cover a
wide variety of topics within the combined areas of interest: Logic
and Computation, Computation and Language, and Language and
Logic. Workshops are also organized, providing opportunities for
in-depth discussion of issues at the forefront of research, as well as
a series of invited evening lectures.

# Topics and Format

Proposals for courses and workshops at ESSLLI 2027 are invited in all
areas of Logic, Linguistics and Computer Science. Cross-disciplinary
and innovative topics are particularly encouraged.

Each course and workshop will consist of five 90 minute sessions,
offered daily (Monday-Friday) in a single week. Proposals for two-week
courses should be structured and submitted as two independent one-week
courses, e.g. as an introductory course followed by an advanced
one. In such cases, the ESSLLI Program Committee reserves the right to
accept just one of the two proposals.

All instructional and organizational work at ESSLLI is performed
completely on a voluntary basis, so as to keep participation fees to a
minimum. However, organizers and instructors have their registration
fees waived, and are reimbursed for travel and accommodation expenses
up to a level to be determined and communicated with the proposal
notification. ESSLLI can only guarantee reimbursement for at most one
course/workshop organizer, and cannot guarantee full reimbursement of
travel costs for lecturers or organizers from outside of Europe. The
ESSLLI organizers would appreciate any help in controlling the
School's expenses by seeking partial or complete coverage of travel
and accommodation expenses from other sources.

Courses can have any number of instructors, but any instructors listed
are expected to attend.

# Categories

Each proposal should fall under one of the following categories.

## Foundational Courses

Such courses are designed to present the basics of a research area, to
people with no prior knowledge in that area. They should be of
elementary level, without prerequisites in the course's topic, though
possibly assuming a level of general scientific maturity in the
relevant discipline. They should enable researchers from related
disciplines to develop a level of comfort with the fundamental
concepts and techniques of the course's topic, thereby contributing to
the interdisciplinary nature of our research community.

## Introductory Courses

Introductory courses are central to ESSLLI's mission. They are more
sophisticated than Foundational courses but less specialized than
Advanced courses. They are intended to introduce a research field to
students, young researchers, and other non-specialists, and to foster
a sound understanding of its basic methods and techniques, but will
assume a greater level of maturity in students compared to
foundational courses. Such courses should enable researchers from
related disciplines to develop some comfort and competence in the
topic considered. Introductory courses in a cross-disciplinary area
may presuppose general knowledge of the related disciplines.

## Advanced Courses

Advanced courses are targeted primarily to graduate students who wish
to acquire a level of comfort and understanding in the current
research of a field.

## Workshops

Workshops focus on specialized topics, usually of current
interest. Workshop organizers are responsible for soliciting papers
and selecting the workshop program. They are also responsible for
publishing proceedings if they decide to have proceedings.

# Proposal Guidelines

Course and workshop proposals should closely follow these guidelines
to ensure full consideration.

Course and Workshop proposals can be submitted by no more than two
lecturers/organizers and can be presented by no more than these two
lecturers/organizers. Two is actually the preferred number of
lecturers/organizers, to secure the course/workshop against unexpected
unavailability. All instructors and organizers must possess a PhD or
equivalent degree by the submission deadline.

Course proposals should mention explicitly the intended course
category. Proposals for introductory courses should indicate the
intended level, for example as it relates to standard textbooks and
monographs in the area. Proposals for advanced courses should specify
the prerequisites in detail.

Proposals of Courses given at ESSLLI in the previous year will have a
lower priority of being accepted in the current year.

Proposals must be in PDF format and include all the following information:

1. Personal information for each proposer: Name, affiliation, contact
  address, email, homepage (optional)
2. General proposal information: Title, category
3. Contents information:
  * Abstract of up to 150 words
  * Motivation and description (up to two pages)
  * Tentative outline
  * Expected level and prerequisites
  * Appropriate references (e.g. textbooks, monographs, proceedings,
    surveys)
4. Information required of course proposers:
  * Will the course appeal to students outside of the main discipline
    of the course?
  * What experience does the proposer have in presenting an intensive
    one-week interdisciplinary setting?
  * What evidence is there that the course proposer is an excellent
    lecturer?
5. Information required of workshop organizers:
  * Information on relevant preceding meetings and events, if applicable.
  * Information about potential external funding for participants.

A typical proposal fits 3 pages.

# Submission Information

By October 1, 2026 (AoE), proposers are asked to submit at least the
name(s) of the instructor(s), the ESSLLI area+course level and a title
and short abstract for the proposed course/workshop.

By October 15, 2026 (AoE), course proposers must complete their
submission by uploading a PDF with the actual proposal as detailed
above.

# Submission Portal

Please submit your proposals to easychair.

# EACSL Sponsorship

The EACSL will support one Logic and Computation course or workshop
addressing topics of interest to Computer Science Logic (CSL)
conferences. The selected course or workshop will be designated an
EACSL course/workshop in the programme. If you wish to be considered
for this, please indicate it in your proposal.

# Program committee

Chair
* Michael Benedikt, Oxford University, UK  

Local co-chair
* Danel Ahman, University of Tartu, Estonia

Language and Logic
* Fausto Carcassi, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands
* Peter Sutton, Potsdam University, Germany
* Wateru Uegaki, University of Edinburgh, UK

Language and Computation
* Jon Rawski, San Jose State University, USA
* Kyle Richardson, Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence, USA
* Shane Steinert-Threlkeld, University of Washington, USA

Logic and Computation
* Dana Fisman, Ben-Gurion University, Israel
* Michael Hahn, Saarland University, Germany
* Thomas Zeume, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany