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Call for Papers
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COMPUTING AND PHILOSOPHY
E-CAP2005@MDH SWEDEN
Mälardalen University, Västerås, Sweden, June 2-4, 2005
Chair: Gordana Dodig-Crnkovic gordana.dodig-crnkovic@mdh.se
http://www.idt.mdh.se/ECAP-2005/
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IMPORTANT DATES
January 28, 2005 Submission of extended abstracts
March 1, 2005 Notification of acceptance
May 7, 2005 Early registration deadline
Jun 2-4, 2005 Conference
August 25, 2005 Camera-ready paper
GENERAL INFORMATION
>From Thursday 2 to Saturday 4 June 2005 the International European
Conference COMPUTING AND PHILOSOPHY will be held at the Mälardalen
University, Västerås (near Stockholm, Sweden).
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
Greg Chaitin - Meta Math - The Quest for Omega
Barry Smith - Biological Ontologies
Terrel Bynum - Exploring the Foundations of Information Ethics
PROGRAM
The conference will deal with all aspects of the "computational turn" that
is occurring through the interaction of disciplines of philosophy and
computing.
RELEVANT RESEARCH AREAS We call for papers that cover topics pertaining to
computing and philosophy from the following list:
- Metaphysics (Distributed Processing, Emergent Properties, Formal Ontology,
Network Structures, etc)
- Philosophy of Information and Information Technology
- Interdisciplinary Approaches to the Problem of Consciousness
- Computational Linguistics
- Computer-based Learning and Teaching Strategies and Resources &
The Impact of Distance Learning on the Teaching of Philosophy and
Computing
- Information and Computing Ethics
- Biological Information, Artificial Life, Biocomputation
- New Models of Logic Software
SUBMISSION OF PAPERS
Authors should submit an electronic version of an extended abstract (total
word count approximately 1000 words). The file should also contain a 300
word abstract that will be used for the conference web site/booklet. Final
papers must not exceed a total word count of 3500 words and an abstract of
not more than 500 words. The submissions should be made electronically,
either as PDF, rtf or Word format.
To submit papers visit http://www.idt.mdh.se/ECAP-2005/submit
The extended abstract submission deadline is Friday 28th January 2005.
WORK IN PROGRESS (WiP) SESSION
A special Work in Progress (WiP) session will be organized. This session is
mainly intended for presentation of on-going and recent work. Accepted
papers will not be included in the conference proceedings, instead they will
be published through the www. Submission should be sent in the same format
as extended abstracts. Please indicate on your submission: WiP.
For information about paper submission and the program that is not available
on the web site, please contact the program chair.
REGISTRATION
Registration fee before/after 7 May 2005:
Standard: EURO 200/250 (all the activities of the Conference, Reception
Included) Phd Students: EURO 100/150
Students: Free
One day only: EURO 100,0
No refunds will be granted after May 12th, 2005
For registration please visit the conference web site:
http://www.idt.mdh.se/ECAP-2005/registration.htm
ACCOMMODATION
To book accommodation, please visit the conference web site:
http://www.idt.mdh.se/ECAP-2005/local_information.htm
ORGANIZATION
Gordana Dodig-Crnkovic, Mälardalen University, Sweden (Program chair)
PROGRAM COMMITTEE
Göran Collste (LiU, Sweden)
Chris Dobbyn (Open University, UK)
Luciano Floridi (U-Bari, Italy and U-Oxford, UK) Lars-Göran Johansson
(Uppsala-U, Sweden) Staffan Larsson (Göteborg-U, Sweden) Lorenzo Magnani
(U-Pavia, Italy) Colin Schmidt (Le Mans-U and Sorbonne-U, France) Susan
Stuart (Glasgow-U, United Kingdom) May Thorseth (NTNU, Norway) Lena Trojer
(BIT, Sweden) Tom Ziemke (U-Skövde, Sweden) Pedro C. Marijuán (U-Zaragoza,
Spain) Søren Brier (KVL, Denmark)
LOCAL ORGANIZER
Ms Ylva Boivie, Mälardalen University, Sweden E-mail ylva.boivie@mdh.se Tel
+46 21-107093
VENUE
Västerås is Sweden's sixth largest city. Located on beautiful Lake Mälaren,
it offers all the amenities of a large city while maintaining a small town
feel.
The journey between Västerås and Stockholm takes 50 minutes by trains which
run twice an hour from early morning to late at night.
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Gordana Dodig-Crnkovic
<http://www.idt.mdh.se/personal/gdc/> http://www.idt.mdh.se/personal/gdc/
Senior Lecturer
Mälardalen University,
Department of Computer Science and Engineering
Sweden
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