ICCL Summer School 2008 - Call for Participation

F. Baader and L. Straßburger
at the ICCL Summer School 2004

As in the past summer schools at TU Dresden in 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, and 2007, people from distinct, but communicating communities will gather in an informal and friendly atmosphere. This two-week event is aimed at graduate students and researchers.

Topic

The topic of this year´s summer school is

Computational Logic and Cognitive Science

The summer academy will focus on the long-lasting controversy of the relationship between modern formal logic (including its use for automated reasoning and computation) and, on the other hand, the rationality and common sense underlying human reasoning. Traditionally, a huge gap is perceived between the symbolic representation of knowledge used in modern logic and the sub-symbolic representation considered dominant in human reasoning. Psychological experiments of the past even suggested that people often don't reason logically and, in general, that logic seems to play only a minor role in human reasoning. However, recently, new ways of explaining human reasoning seem to revive its relatedness to logic. For this reason this summer academy attempts to bring together researchers from both sides for an exchange of views.

Please consult the Course Program for further details.

Registration

If you want to attend the summer school, we would like you to register via the Online Registration Form preferably by April 1, 2008.

For all who want to apply for a grant, this deadline is obligatory.

After April 1, 2008, registration will be possible as long as there are vacant places. (Since we intend to restrict participation to about 60 people, in case of excessive demand, we will have to close the registration to the summer school.)
Please register at latest by June 15, 2008 because - apart from the mentioned overall restriction of participation - we would need an early estimate of the number of participants.

People applying until April 1, 2008, and applying for a grant will be informed about respective decisions on grants by end of April 2008.
After April 1, 2008, applications for grants cannot be considered any more.

Fees

We ask for a participation fee of 200 EUR. Please pay this summer school fee cash at the day of your arrival.

Grants

A limited number of grants may be available, please indicate in your application if the only possibility for you to participate is via a grant. Applications for grants must include an estimate of travel costs (to be filled in the respective part of the online registration form).

Integrated workshop

It will be possible for some participants to present their research work during a small workshop integrated in the summer school. If you would like to do so, please register by means of the online registration form. You are asked to submit the title of your proposed talk by June 15, 2008 and, in addition, an extended abstract or a full paper of at most 10 pages in postscript or pdf format.

A program committee consisting of the summer school lecturers will select among the submissions. Notification of acceptance of a talk at the integrated workshop will be by end of June 2008.

Please note that participation at the summer school is a prerequisite for participation at the workshop.

Assistance

We will provide assistance in finding an accommodation in Dresden.

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