Notice: International Conference, History and Philosophy of Computing

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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.


AIMS AND SCOPE

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
foundational issues to their applications; from philosophical
questions to
problems of realizability and design of specifications; from
theoretical
studies of computational barriers to the relevance of machines for
educational
purposes.

A historical awareness of the evolution of computing not only helps to
clarify
the complex structure of the computing sciences, but it also provides
an
insight in what computing was, is and maybe could be in the future.
Philosophy,
on the other hand, helps to tackle some of the fundamental problems
of
computing, going from the limits of the ?mathematicizing power of homo
sapiens?
to the design of feasible and concrete models of interactive
processes.

The aim of this conference is to bring together these two streams: we
are
strongly convinced that an interplay between the researchers with an
interest
in the history and philosophy of computing can crucially add to the
maturity of
the field.

We plan to have up to 30 contributed papers to be presented at the
conference.
We welcome contributions from logicians and philosophers or historians
of
science as well as from philosophically and/or historically aware
computer
scientists and mathematicians.

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
computing....@ugent.be


INVITED SPEAKERS:

Bill Aspray (University of Texas)

Martin Davis (New York University)

Fairouz Kamareddine (Heriot-Watt University Edinburgh)

Sybille Kr?mer (Freie Universit?t 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.