[SIGCIS-Members] CfP -- International conference on the history and philosophy of computing

[Liesbeth De Mol]

Dear colleagues,

the CfP for the conference on the History and Philosophy of Computing, 
November 7-10, 2011, Universiteit Gent is now open. The aim of this 
conference is to bring together historians and philosophers of 
computing. Hence, i think that members of this list might be interested 
in this conference,

very best regards,
Liesbeth.

[apologies for crosspostings]

CALL FOR PAPERS
/International Conference on the History and Philosophy of Computing/
7―10 November 2011
Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
http://www.computing-conference.ugent.be

Celebrating the 75th anniversary of the famous 1936
Papers by A. Church, E.L. Post and A.M. Turing.


 From 7-10 November 2011 the Centre for Logic and Philosophy of Science, 
Ghent University organizes an International Conference on the History 
and Philosophy of computing.


The number of researchers working in fields related to computing is 
growing rapidly in many different directions. As Mahoney once stated, 
“the computer is not one thing but many different things, and the same 
holds true of computing”. As a consequence, the computing sciences 
collect the most diverse complex of experts: philosophers, logicians, 
historians, mathematicians, computer scientists, programmers, engineers. 
The number of involved subjects grows accordingly: from the foundational 
issues to their applications; from the philosophical questions to 
problems of realizability and design of specifications; from the 
theoretical studies of computational barriers to the relevance of 
machines for educational purposes. Given the significance of computing 
for modern society, the relevance of its history and philosophy can 
hardly be overestimated. The aim of this conference is to bring together 
these two streams: we are strongly convinced that an interplay between 
researchers with an interest in the history and philosophy of computing 
can crucially add to the maturity of the field.

Topics of the conference include but are not restricted to:

･ The history of computing
･ Philosophical, foundational and practical issues of computability in 
logic, mathematics and computer science
• Computation in the sciences
For a more detailed list of possible topics see 
http://www.computing-conference.ugent.behttp://www.computing-conference.ugent.be/cfp

SUBMISSION DETAILS:

We cordially invite researchers working in a field relevant to the main 
topics of the conference to submit a short abstract of approximately 200 
words and an extended abstract of at most a 1000 words (references 
included) to

https://www.easychair.org/account/signin.cgi?conf=hapoc11

Abstracts must be written in English. Please note that the format of 
uploaded files must be .pdf or .doc.

In order to access the submission page, the creation of an EasyChair 
account will be required. Please notice that what is called “abstract” 
in the EasyChair “Title, Abstract and Other Information” section 
corresponds to the short abstract of this call, and what is called 
“paper” in the EasyChair “Upload Paper” section corresponds to the 
extended abstract of this call.

IMPORTANT DATES:

Submission deadline: May 15, 2011
Notification of acceptance: July 20, 2011

INVITED SPEAKERS:
Bill Aspray (University of Texas)
Martin Davis (New York University, UC Berkeley)
Fairouz Kamareddine (Heriot-Watt University Edinburgh)
Sybille Krämer (Freie Universität Berlin)
Giovanni Sambin (Universita' di Padova)
Raymond Turner (University of Essex)
Stephen Wolfram (Wolfram Research)

CONFERENCE CHAIRS:
Liesbeth De Mol and Giuseppe Primiero


PROGRAMME COMMITTEE:

G. Alberts (Amsterdam); S. Artemov (New York); M. Campbell-Kelly 
(Warwick); L. Corry (Tel Aviv) M. Denecker (Leuven); A. Eden (Essex); L. 
Floridi (Oxford & Hertfordshire); R. Kahle (Lisbon); B. Loewe 
(Amsterdam); J. Meheus (Ghent); E. Myin (Antwerp); S. Negri (Helsinki) 
V. de Paiva (Palo Alto); S. Smets (Groningen); G. Sundholm (Leiden); C. 
Toffalori (Camerino); J.-.P. van Bendegem (Brussels); M. van Dyck 
(Ghent); B. van Kerkhove (Brussels & Hasselt); E. Weber (Ghent)

GRANTS
The International Association for Computing and Philosophy 
http://ia-cap.org/ will fund a $500 travel grant for an IACAP graduate 
student to attend. IACAP graduate students who would like to apply for 
this grant need to send a copy of their submission to Tony Beavers 
(executivedirector at ia-cap.orgexecutivedirector@ia-cap.org), executive 
director of IACAP. The Association also offers a 10% discount on the 
conference fee for IACAP members.



Student members of the Association for Symbolic Logic 
http://www.aslonline.org/index.htmhttp://www.aslonline.org/index.htm 
also may apply for ASL travel support. Applications have to be addressed 
directly to the ASL. For more information and application details on ASL 
student travel awards see 
http://www.aslonline.org/studenttravelawards.htmlhttp://www.aslonline.org/studenttravelawards.html. 
Note that the deadline for application is 7, 2011.




SPECIAL ISSUES

A selection of papers will be published as a special issue of the 
journal Philosophy & Technology (Springer)
http://www.springer.com/philosophy/epistemology+and+philosophy+of+science/journal/13347

We also intend to publish a selection of papers in a special issue of 
History and Philosophy of Logic (Taylor & Francis)
http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/authors/thplauth.asp

More details will follow later.


CONTACT AND INFORMATION:
For further information please contact us at:


computing.conference at ugent.be

or have a look at our website:
http://www.computing-conference.ugent.be