FIRST CALL FOR PAPERS THE ESSLLI'99 STUDENT SESSION August 9-20, 1999, Utrecht, The Netherlands Deadline : March 15th, 1999 We are pleased to announce the Student Session of the 11th European Summer School in Logic, Language and Information (ESSLLI'99) organized by University of Utrecht under the auspices of the European Association for Logic, Language and Information (FoLLI) and located at the University of Utrecht in August 1999. We will welcome submission of papers for presentation at the ESSLLI'99 Student Session and for appearance in the proceedings. PURPOSE: This is going to be the fourth ESSLLI Student Session and it will provide, like the other editions, an opportunity for ESSLLI participants who are students to present their own WORK IN PROGRESS and get feedback from senior researchers and fellow-students. It is desired that papers presenting creative and innovative ideas will be submitted. The ESSLLI'99 Student Session encourages submissions from students at any level, from undergraduates - before completion of the Master Thesis as well as postgraduates - before completion of the PhD degree. We will not accept papers co-authored by non-students. As in the previous editions, the ESSLLI'99 Student Session will consist of paper presentations. The ESSLLI'99 Student Session has its own timeslot in the school's schedule: 60 minutes every day for two weeks, provided that a sufficient number of good quality papers is accepted. Each presentation will last 30 minutes (including 10 minutes of discussion). REQUIREMENTS: The Student Session papers should describe original, unpublished work, completed or in progress that demonstrates insight, creativity, and promise. No previously published papers should be submitted. Papers will cover topics within the six ESSLLI subject areas (Logic, Linguistics, Computation, Logic&Linguistics, Logic&Computation, Linguistics&Computation). The accepted papers will be published in the ESSLLI'99 Student Session proceedings, which will be made available during ESSLLI'99, together with the readers of the courses. FORMAT OF SUBMISSION: Student authors should submit an anonymous extended abstract headed by the paper title, not to exceed 5 pages of length exclusive of references and a separate identification page (see below). Note that the length of the full papers will not be allowed to exceed 10 pages. Since reviewing will be blind, the body of the abstract should omit author names and addresses. Furthermore, self-references that reveal the author's identity (e.g., " We previously showed (Smith, 1991)... ") should be avoided. It is possible to use instead references like " Smith (1991) previously showed...". To identify each paper, a separate identification page should be supplied containing the paper's title, the name(s) of the author(s), the author(s)s'affiliation and complete address(s) a short (5 lines) summary and a specification of the subject area to which the paper belongs. The subject areas considered are: Logic, Linguistics, Computation, Logic&Linguistics, Logic&Computation, and Linguistics & Computation. MEDIA OF SUBMISSION AND FORMATTING REQUIREMENTS: The student authors should submit their papers electronically to: amalia@liia.u-strasbg.fr amalia@thor.infoiasi.ro For any submission a plain ASCII text version of the identification page should be sent separately by email, using the following format: Title: Author: <name of the first author> Address: <affiliation and address of first author> ... Author: <name of the last author> Address: <affiliation and address of last author> Short summary (5 lines): <summary> Subject area (one of): Logic | Linguistics | Computation | Logic and Linguistics | Logic and Computation | Linguistics and Computation Please always submit the identification page in a separate message. The submission should be in one of the following formats: - Self-contained Latex source (the most encouraged) - PostScript - ASCII text - Rich Text Format format (RTF) file We strongly encourage LaTeX submissions. The LaTeX source should use the standard article document-class, with A4 paper size and 12pt font size. The source should not refer to any other external files or styles except for the standard styles for LaTeX2e. The bibliography for a LaTeX submission cannot be submitted as separate .bib file ; the actual bibliography entries must be inserted in the submitted LaTeX source file. PostScript submissions must use a standard font and A4 (8 1/4 " x 11 3/4 ") size pages. Please avoid the default letter page size if submitting from outside Europe. RTF submissions should use the standard normal.dot document template, with page size A4, standard Times Roman font of 12pt size, single spacing, single column and the default margins. When other than standard ASCII character set is used (for instance True Type fonts for Eastern European Languages), the fonts must be embedded in the document, i.e. saved along with it. If you have to send an RTF submission, please try to send a postscript file as well. Submissions outside the specified length and formatting requirements will be subject to rejection without review. ESSLLI'99 STUDENT SESSION INFORMATION: In order to present a paper at ESSLLI'99 Student Session, every student author has to register as a participant at ESSLLI'99. However, authors of accepted papers will be eligible for a reduced registration fee. All the authors of accepted papers pay only the early registration fee also after the early registration deadline. Other offers for discounts or grants applicable for the ESSLLI'99 Student Session authors have not been announced yet. For all information concerning ESSLLI'99 please consult the ESSLLI'99 web site: http://esslli.let.uu.nl SCHEDULE : Submissions must be received by Monday, March 15, 1999, 12 p.m. Later submissions will not be considered. The abstracts will be reviewed by experts and by other students. Up to 20 submissions will be selected for presentation during the ESSLLI'99 Student Session and for inclusion in the proceedings. Authors will be notified of acceptance by May 16, 1999. Authors will then have time to complete and revise their papers, taking the reviews into account. Electronic and/or camera-ready copies of final versions (max. 10 pages long) must be received by June 15, 1999, accompanied by a signed copyright release statement, in order to be included in the ESSLLI'99 Student Session proceedings. IMPORTANT DATES: Deadline for submission of abstracts: Monday, March 15, 1999, 12 p.m. Authors Notifications: May 16, 1999 Final version for the proceedings: June 15, 1999 ESSLLI'99 Student Session: August 9-20, 1999 PROGRAMME COMMITTEE FOR THE ESSLLI'99 STUDENT SESSION: Chairwoman: Amalia Todirascu (University "Al.I.Cuza" of Iasi and LIIA, ENSAIS, Strasbourg) Area co-chairs: - Language and Computation: Richard Moot (University of Utrecht) - Computation: Dirk Nowotka (Turku Center for Computer Science) - Logic: Quintijn Puite (University of Utrecht) - Language: Esther Kraak (University of Utrecht) - Logic and Computation: Catherine Piliere (UHP-LORIA, Nancy) - Logic and Language: Fabien Reniers (University of Utrecht) If you have specific questions about the student session please do not hesitate to contact the chair. amalia@liia.u-strasbg.fr amalia@thor.infoiasi.ro Computer Science Department University " Al.I.Cuza " of Iasi 16, Berthelot Str. Iasi 6600 Romania Phone: +40 32 140703 Fax: +40 32 213330 and (until 17th December 1998) Laboratoire d'Informatique et d'Intelligence Artificielle Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Arts et d'Industrie Strasbourg 24, Bd. de la Victoire 67084 Strasbourg Cedex France Phone: +33 3 88 14 47 37 +33 3 88 14 47 53 Fax: +33 3 88 24 14 90 I am looking forward to receive your submissions and to see you at the ESSLLI'99 Student Session, Amalia Todirascu ESSLLI'99 Student Session chair