- Apologies for multiple copies - If you want to receive detailed information including the ESSLLI 2001 poster please send us (esslli@helsinki.fi) your complete address. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! CALL FOR REGISTRATION !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 13th European Summer School in Logic, Language and Information ESSLLI 2001 University of Helsinki FINLAND August 13-24, 2001 http://www.helsinki.fi/esslli ** Early registration deadline: 30 April 2001 ** GENERAL INFORMATION The 13th European Summer School in Logic, Language and Information (ESSLLI'01) will take place at the University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland, during two weeks in August, from August 13 until 24. The ESSLLI Summer Schools are organised under the auspices of FoLLI (http://www.folli.uva.nl), the European Association for Logic, Language and Information. The main focus of the European Summer Schools is the interface between linguistics, logic and computation. Foundational, introductory and advanced courses, workshops and special events cover a wide variety of topics within six areas of interest: * Logic * Language * Computation * Logic and Language * Logic and Computation * Language and Computation The number of courses offered is over 50. Previous summer schools have been highly successful, attracting around 500 students from Europe and elsewhere. The school has developed into an important meeting place and forum for discussion for students, researchers and IT professionals interested in the interdisciplinary study of Logic, Language and Information. In addition to courses, workshops and evening lectures there will be a Student Session and a social program. COURSE PROGRAM The full scientific program can be found at our home page. Evening Lectures are given by * Edward L. Keenan "Spinoza Lecture" (UCLA) * Yannis Moschovakis "Vienna Circle Lecture" (UCLA) * Keith Devlin (Saint Mary's College, California) * Jaakko Hintikka (Boston & Helsinki) * Bonnie Webber (Edinburgh) WORKSHOPS There are currently several Calls for Workshop Papers. Please visit our home page for detailed information. TRAVEL AND LOCAL INFORMATION By plane to Helsinki airport and then a 30-minute nonstop coach or taxi service to the main railway station. From the railway station 5-minute walk to the university. A gateway between East and West, the city of Helsinki (population 1M) is the capital of Finland and one of the nine European Cities of Culture for the millennium. It is located at the warm and sunny south coast of Finland, within an easy reach from the main airports worldwide, or inside Europe by car or regular train services, or using the ferry services operating within the Baltic region. The scientific program of ESSLLI'01 will be held in the University Main Building, located on the University city campus at the very centre of Helsinki. The accommodation will be arranged at the University Summer Hotel close to the city campus. The accommodation includes sauna and breakfast. REGISTRATION ESSLLI 2001 is now open for registration. The registration fee for students is just ECU 190, for scholars ECU 350, and for industrial affiliates ECU 600. Please visit our home page for the on-line registration form and detailed instructions. ** Early registration deadline: 30 April 2001 ** All participants will get a letter of invitation to facilitate the procedure of getting a visa. GRANTS There will be a limited number of grants available, to partially support travel, registration and accommodation for ESSLLI'01. Instructions for grant applications are found at our home page. ** Deadline for grant applications: 31 May 2001 ** SPEACIAL EVENTS During ESSLLI, special "Finnish for Foreigners" language courses will be organised, as well as various excursions and other social events. Helsinki Summer School (http://summerschool.helsinki.fi) will offer special deals for ESSLLI participants who want to choose some of their courses and earn credits. SATELLITE EVENTS The Association for the Mathematics of Language will stage its annual meeting (MoL7) in conjunction with ESSLLI'01 in Helsinki, in the weekend preceding ESSLLI in August 10-12, and the affiliated Formal Grammar Conference will be held in conjunction with the Mathematics of Language Conference. ESSLLI participants are entitled to reduced registration fees. PROGRAM COMMITTEE Marcus Kracht (Chair) <kracht@math.fu-berlin.de> Jouko Väänänen (Logic) Bonnie Webber (Language) Claude Kirchner (Computation) Michael Moortgat (Logic and Language) Steffen Hölldobler (Computation and Logic) Claire Gardent (Language and Computation) CONTACT ADDRESSES Please visit ESSLLI'01 Home Page http://www.helsinki.fi/esslli for updated information concerning the scientific program, registration fees and procedures, grants, accommodation, satellite events, and other practical information. For further enquiries concerning ESSLLI'01, please contact the Organising Committee at <esslli@helsinki.fi>, or write to ESSLLI 2001 Secretariat C/o Department of Philosophy P.O. Box 24 00014 Helsinki University Finland ESSLLI'01 is organised by the Department of Philosophy (coordinator), the Department of Mathematics, the Department of General Linguistics, and the Department of Computer Science at the University of Helsinki. ORGANISING COMMITTEE Gabriel Sandu (Chair, Philosophy) Jouko Väänänen (Mathematics) Fred Karlsson (General Linguistics) Ilkka Niiniluoto (Philosophy) Martti Tienari (Computer Science) Ahti Pietarinen (Philosophy, secretariat) <esslli@helsinki.fi> ================================================================================