International Conference, History and Philosophy of Computing

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International Conference, History and Philosophy
of Computing, Gent University, Belgium - first announcement:

International Conference,
History and Philosophy of Computing
November 7 - 10, 2011
Gent University, Belgium
http://www.computing-conference.ugent.be

First announcement

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

Topics of the conference include:

* The birth, evolution and future of computation

* Philosophical, foundational and practical issues of computability
in logic, mathematics and computer science

* Computation in the sciences

More details on deadlines and submissions can be found at:
http://www.computing-conference.ugent.be

INVITED SPEAKERS:
Bill Aspray (University of Texas)
Martin Davis (New York University)
Fairouz Kamareddine (Heriot-Watt University Edinburgh)
Sybille Kraemer (Freie Universitaet Berlin)
Giovanni Sambin (Universita' di Padova)
Raymond Turner (University of Essex)

CONFERENCE CHAIRS:
Liesbeth De Mol and Giuseppe Primiero

PROGRAMME COMMITTEE:
G. Alberts (Amsterdam)
S. Artemov (New York)
M. Campbell-Kelly (Warwick)
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)

SUPPORT
A number of Students Grants will be available through our Sponsor and
Supporting Associations. More details to come on the webpage of the
conference.