Update, International Conference on the History and Philosophy of Computing

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International Conference on the History and Philosophy of
Computing

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 Kr?mer (Freie Universit?t 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@ia-cap.
orgexecuti...@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....@ugent.be

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