[Includes course on categorical logic -- see below] Third Nordic Logic Summer School (NLS) 2017, First Announcement --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Stockholm, August 7 - 11, 2017 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 (14-20 August) and Computer Science Logic 2017 (21-24 August). 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. Lecturers and courses ------------------------------ The following lecturers and course topics are confirmed. Mirna Dzamonja (Univeristy of East Anglia) -- Set Theory Martin Escardo (Birmingham) -- Topological and Constructive Aspects of Higher-Order Computation Henrik Forssell (Oslo) -- Categorical Logic Volker Halbach (Oxford) -- Formal Theories of Truth Larry Moss (Indiana University, Bloomington) -- Natural Logic Anca Muscholl (LaBRI, Universit? Bordeaux) -- Logic in Computer Science - Control and Synthesis, from a Distributed Perspective Eric Pacuit (University of Maryland) -- Logic and Rationality Peter Pagin and Dag Westerst?hl (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: Kr?ftriket Campus, Stockholm University. Important dates --------------------- Registration Registration opens: March 6, 2017 Early registration: June 2, 2017 Late registration: August 4, 2017. Submission of abstracts for presentations and posters Opening: March 6, 2017 Closing: May 2, 2017 Notification of acceptance: May 16, 2017 The registration fee will be at most 2000 SEK (approx 200 Euros) per participant, and includes lunches, coffee breaks and conference materials. It does not cover accommodation, but there will special offers at hostels and hotels (in the range 700 -1200 SEK/night for single rooms, and much lower for shared hostel rooms) available when the registration opens. Some participation/fee waiver grants may be available. 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 Enquiries: nls2017@philosophy.su.se Committees ---------------- Program Committee of NLS 2017: Thierry Coquand (G?teborg), Ali Enayat (G?teborg), Mai Gehrke (IRIF, Paris), Nina Gierasimczuk (Copenhagen), Valentin Goranko (Stockholm U), Lauri Hella (Tampere), Lars Kristiansen (Oslo), Juha Kontinen (Helsinki), ?ystein Linnebo (Oslo), Sara Negri (Helsinki), Erik Palmgren (chair, Stockholm U). Local Organizing Committee of NLS 2017: Valentin Goranko (co-chair), Dilian Gurov, Roussanka Loukanova, Peter LeFanu Lumsdaine, Anders Lundstedt, Erik Palmgren (co-chair). [For admin and other information see: http://www.mta.ca/~cat-dist/ ]