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<p class="p1" style="margin:0px;font:16px Courier">First Call for Nominations: E. W. Beth Outstanding Dissertation Prize 2022</p>
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<p class="p1" style="margin:0px;font:16px Courier">Since 1998, the Association for Logic, Language, and Information (FoLLI) has been awarding the annual E.W. Beth Dissertation Prize to outstanding Ph.D. dissertations in Logic, Language, and Information (http://www.folli.info/?page_id=74),
with financial support of the E.W. Beth Foundation (https://www.knaw.nl/en/awards/funds/evert-willem-beth-stichting/evert-willem-beth-foundation).<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p>
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<p class="p1" style="margin:0px;font:16px Courier">Nominations are now invited for outstanding dissertations in these areas resulting in a Ph.D. degree awarded in 2021.</p>
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<p class="p1" style="margin:0px;font:16px Courier">The deadline for nominations is the 15th of April 2022.</p>
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<p class="p1" style="margin:0px;font:16px Courier">Qualifications:<br>
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<p class="p1" style="margin:0px;font:16px Courier"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>- A Ph.D. dissertation on a related topic is eligible for the Beth Dissertation Prize 2022, if the degree was awarded between January 1st and December 31st, 2021.</p>
<p class="p1" style="margin:0px;font:16px Courier"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>- There are no restrictions on the nationality, ethnicity, age, gender or employment status of the author of the nominated dissertation, nor on the university, academic
department or scientific institution formally conferring the Ph.D. degree, nor on the language in which the dissertation has originally been written.</p>
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</span>In accordance with the aim of the Beth Foundation to continue and extend the work of the Dutch logician Evert Willem Beth, nominations are invited of outstanding dissertations on topics in the broad remit of ESSLLI, in logic, language, information and
computation. Interdisciplinary dissertations with results impacting various of these research areas in their investigations are especially solicited.</p>
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</span>If a nominated dissertation has originally been written in a language other than English, its file should still contain the required 10 page English abstract, see below. If the committee decides that a nominated dissertation in a language other than
English requires translation to English for proper evaluation, the committee can transfer its nomination to the competition in 2023. The English translation must in such cases be submitted before the deadline of the call for nominations in 2023. The committee
may recommend the Beth Foundation to consider supporting such nominated dissertations for English translation, upon request by the author of the dissertation.</p>
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<p class="p1" style="margin:0px;font:16px Courier">The prize consists of:</p>
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<p class="p1" style="margin:0px;font:16px Courier"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>- a certificate</p>
<p class="p1" style="margin:0px;font:16px Courier"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>- a donation of 3000 euros, provided by the E.W. Beth Foundation, divided among the winners, should there be more than one winner</p>
<p class="p1" style="margin:0px;font:16px Courier"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>- an invitation to submit the dissertation, possibly after revision, for publication in FoLLI Publications on Logic, Language and Information (Springer).</p>
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<p class="p1" style="margin:0px;font:16px Courier">Only digital submissions are accepted, without exception. Hard copy submissions are not allowed. The following documents are to be submitted in a single nomination file in zip format:</p>
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<p class="p1" style="margin:0px;font:16px Courier"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>- The original dissertation in pdf format (ps/doc/rtf etc. not acceptable).</p>
<p class="p1" style="margin:0px;font:16px Courier"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>- A ten-page English abstract of the dissertation, presenting the main results of each chapter.</p>
<p class="p1" style="margin:0px;font:16px Courier"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>- A letter of nomination from the dissertation supervisor, which concisely describes the scope and significance of the dissertation, stating when the degree was officially
awarded and the members of the Ph.D. committee. Nominations should contain the address, phone and email details of the nominator.</p>
<p class="p1" style="margin:0px;font:16px Courier"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>- Two additional letters of support, including at least one from a referee not affiliated with the academic institution that awarded the Ph.D. degree, nor otherwise
related to the nominee (e.g. former teachers, supervisors, co-authors, publishers or relatives) or the dissertation.</p>
<p class="p1" style="margin:0px;font:16px Courier"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>- Self-nominations are not possible.</p>
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<p class="p1" style="margin:0px;font:16px Courier">All pdf documents must be submitted electronically, as one zip file, via EasyChair by following the link <a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=bodp2022__;!!IBzWLUs!BjMR6N_QpngBxvD0uBW__BnvDgMabGFiO7mypREtsP9lIi-_NbwRwLZ54eb9hGFMJZSfK8c7rTxFxQ$"><span class="s1" style="font:13px Courier;text-decoration:underline;font-kerning:none;color:rgb(0, 0, 233)">https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=bodp2022</span></a>.
In case of any problems or questions please contact the chair of the committee Mehrnoosh Sadrzadeh (m.sadrzadeh@ucl.ac.uk).</p>
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<p class="p1" style="margin:0px;font:16px Courier">The prize will be awarded by the chair of the FoLLI board at a ceremony during the 33rd ESSLLI summer school, in Galway, August 8-19, 2021.</p>
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<p class="p1" style="margin:0px;font:16px Courier">Beth dissertation prize committee 2022:</p>
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<p class="p1" style="margin:0px;font:16px Courier">Maria Aloni (University of Amsterdam)</p>
<p class="p1" style="margin:0px;font:16px Courier">Cleo <span class="s2" style="color:rgb(29, 28, 27)">Condoravdi</span>(Stanford University)</p>
<p class="p1" style="margin:0px;font:16px Courier">Robin Cooper (University of Gothenburg)</p>
<p class="p1" style="margin:0px;font:16px Courier">Guy Emerson (University of Cambridge)</p>
<p class="p1" style="margin:0px;font:16px Courier">Katrin Erk (University of Texas at Austin)</p>
<p class="p1" style="margin:0px;font:16px Courier">Christoph Haase (University of Oxford)</p>
<p class="p1" style="margin:0px;font:16px Courier">Reinhard Muskens (University of Amsterdam)</p>
<p class="p1" style="margin:0px;font:16px Courier">Francesca Poggiolesi (CNRS, IHPST, University of Paris 1)</p>
<p class="p1" style="margin:0px;font:16px Courier">Mehrnoosh Sadrzadeh (University College London, chair)</p>
<p class="p1" style="margin:0px;font:16px Courier">Ana Sokolova (University of Salzburg)</p>
<p class="p1" style="margin:0px;font:16px Courier">Mark Steedman (University of Edinburgh)</p>
<p class="p1" style="margin:0px;font:16px Courier">Carla Umbach (University of Koeln)</p>
<p class="p3" style="margin:0px;font:16px Courier;color:rgb(24, 24, 23)"><span class="s3" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">Jouko </span><span class="s4" style="color:rgb(19, 19, 18)">Vaananen
</span><span class="s3" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">(</span>University of Helsinki and University of Amsterdam<span class="s3" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">)</span></p>
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<p class="p4" style="margin:0px;font:16px Courier">FoLLI is committed to diversity and inclusion and we welcome dissertations from all under-represented groups.</p>
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