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COMPUTING AND PHILOSOPHY
E‐CAP09
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, July 2‐4, 2009
Chair: Jordi Vallverdú, jordi.vallverdu@uab.cat
http://ia‐cap.org/ecap09/
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IMPORTANT DATES
February 23rd , 2009: Abstracts submission deadline
March 16th , 2009: Notification of acceptance
April 24th , 2009: Start of wiki‐debates
May 11th , 2009: Early registration deadline
July 2nd ‐ 4th , 2009: Conference
GENERAL INFORMATION
From Thursday 2 to Saturday 4 July 2009 the European Conference on COMPUTING AND
PHILOSOPHY (E‐CAP 2009) will be held at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra
(very
close to Barcelona city, Catalonia).
E‐CAP is the European conference on Computing and Philosophy, the European affiliate of
the
International Association for Computing and Philosophy (IACAP, president: Luciano
Floridi). ECAP'09
is the seventh conference in the annual series.
PROGRAM
The conference is interdisciplinary: we invite papers from philosophy, computer science,
social
science and related disciplines.Computers and thinking are the two sides of the same coin:
biocomputing, AI, logic, cognition, robotethics, IT, ontology, history, robotics,
affective computing,
infoethics, epistemology, simulations, computer proofs, among others, are expressions of
the
conceptual crossroads between researchers all around the world. E‐CAP09 will promote
scholarly
dialogue on all aspects of the computational & informational turn and the use of
computers in the
service of philosophy.
CONFIRMED KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
Klaus Mainzer (U. Augsburg): Complexity [http://www.uniaugsburg.
de/de/institute/I3/leitung/Direktor/index.html]
Raymond Turner (U. Essex): Logic and Computation [http://cswww.essex.ac.uk/staff/turnr]
Roderic Guigó (UPF): Biocomputing [http://genome.imim.es/~rguigo/]
Francesc Subirada (BSC), Associate Director of the Barcelona Supercomputing Center:
Supercomputing [http://www.bsc.es/]
Kevin Warwick (U. Reading): Cybernetics [http://www.kevinwarwick.com/ ]
RELEVANT RESEARCH AREAS
We call for papers that cover topics pertaining to computing and philosophy from the
following list
(but not restricted to that list):
‐ Metaphysics (Distributed Processing, Emergent Properties, Formal Ontology,
Network Structures, etc)
‐ Philosophy of Computer Science
‐ Robotics, AI, and Ambient Intelligence
‐ Human‐Machine Interaction and Explanation Capabilities
‐ 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
‐ IT and Gender Research, Feminist Technoscience Studies
‐ Information and Computing Ethics: RobotEthics, Infoethics
‐ Biological Information, Artificial Life, Biocomputation
‐ Electronic Art
‐ Complexity and Emergency
‐ Imaging and Knowledge
‐ New Models of Logic Software
‐ Models & Simulations Epistemology
‐ Synthetic emotions
‐ Computer & Gender Studies
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 350 word abstract that will be used for the conference web
site/booklet. Each abstract should indicate a first choice for the track to which it is
submitted, as well
as a second choice for track.
The submissions should be made electronically, either as PDF, or in rtf or Word format to
ECAP09@gmail.com.
TRACKS (and track chairs):
I. Philosophy of Information: Patrick Allo
II. Philosophy of Computer Science: Raymond Turner.
III. Computer and Information Ethics: Johnny Søraker and Alison Adam
IV. Computational Approaches to the Mind: Ruth Hagengruber
V. IT and Cultural Diversity: Jutta Weber, Charles Ess
VI. Crossroads: David Casacuberta.
VII. Robotics, AI & Ambient Intelligence: Thomas Roth‐Berghofer
VIII. Biocomputing, Evolutionary and Complex Systems: Gordana Dodig‐Crnkovic & Søren Brier
IX. E‐learning, E‐science and Computer‐Supported Cooperative Work: Annamaria Carusi
X. Technological Singularity and Acceleration Studies: Amnon Eden
REGISTRATION
Registration fees (in Euros) before/after 11 May 2009:
Standard: 250/300
Phd Students: 150/200
Students: 80/120
IACAP members: 150/200
You can become member of IACAP for only U.S. $30 ($10 for students). Please, if you are
interested
go to the IACAP membership page: http://www.ia‐cap.org/membership.php.
ACCOMMODATION
To book accommodation, please visit the official conference web site.
Atlhough the campus has own accommodation facilities (hotels), the UAB’s close situation
(and
good public transport service connections) from Barcelona may open the possibility to
stay in
Barcelona city.
ORGANIZATION
Jordi Vallverdú, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona , Catalonia (Program chair)
PROGRAM COMMITTEE
Philip Brey, University of Twente
Bernd Carsten‐Stahl, De Montfort University
David Casacuberta, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Gordana Dodig‐Crnkovic, Mälardalen University
Amnon Eden, University of Essex
Luciano Floridi, Oxford University
Ruth Hagengruber, Universität Paderborn
Johnny Hartz Søraker, University ofTwente
Thomas Roth‐Berghofer, German Research Center for AI DFKI GmbH, Kaiserslautern
Raymond Turner, University of Essex
Yorick Wilks, Oxford University
The congress will receive the organization support of TECNOCOG (UAB), SETE (UAB) and Epson
Foundation‐BCN.
VENUE
The Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona's central campus is in Bellaterra (Cerdanyola del
Vallès),
20km outside Barcelona, between Sabadell and Sant Cugat del Vallès. The Universitat
Autònoma de
Barcelona was founded in 1968. The founders aimed to establish four principles of
autonomy:
freedom to select teaching staff, admission available to all students (but with a limited
number),
freedom to create its own study plans and freedom to administrate the University's
capital. It is
therefore a young university, but in its short history it has moved forward at a rapid
pace.
http://www.uab.es/servlet/Satellite/About‐the‐UAB‐1101231886460.html
E‐CAP conferences are organized under the supervision of the International Association for
Computing and Philosophy (IACAP). Website: http://ia‐cap.org/

Short Academic Courses

The 7th Annual NY-St. Petersburg Institute of Linguistics, Cognition and Culture, (NYI 7)

Dear friends and colleagues,

St. Petersburg State University and the State University of New York (Stony Brook University) offer a unique nonprofit academic summer program, The New York-St. Petersburg Institute of Linguistics, Cognition and Culture (NYI 7)!

In July of 2009 the program will open its doors at the Philological faculty of St. Petersburg State University for the 7th time.

The NYI summer program is aimed at students and researchers with relevant academic background interested in improving their knowledge in formal linguistics, cultural studies and cognitive psychology. The working language of the program is English.

To meet the high scholarly standards of the NYI faculty, competitive selection based on recommendations will help to attract enthusiastic and knowledgeable students from Russia, the USA, Western and Eastern Europe, as well as young researchers who are already part of the international scientific community.

You are welcome to visit our website at www.nyi.spb.ru and print out the information materials to be handed to the most enthusiastic and talented students:
- «NYI Posters» link has a printing version of NYI 2009 billboard;
- beginning with April 1 electronic application form is available in the section «Application Process».

Attention! The number of places is limited!

With all additional questions contact us at the relevant section of the website www.nyi.spb.ru

John Frederick Bailyn, Professor of Linguistics, SUNY, Stony Brook,
Anna Alexandrovna Maslennikova, Professor of Philology, St. Petersburg 
State University,
Co-directors of NYI

SUNY (Stony Brook) - St. Petersburg State University
Center for Interdisciplinary Studies
Office 2, Rector's Premises
7/9 Universitetskaya emb.
St. Petersburg, Russia
phone/fax: + 7 812 326 49 22
www.nyi.spb.ru

Journals

*Introducing ‘**Philosophical Papers and Reviews  **(PPR)’*

The *Philosophical Papers and Reviews *(PPR) publishes high-quality
solicited and unsolicited articles, in all areas of the subject. All
articles published in PPR will be peer-reviewed. The following types of
papers are considered for publication:

·         Original articles in basic and applied research.

·         Critical reviews, surveys, opinions, commentaries and essays.

Our objective is to inform authors of the decision on their manuscript(s)
within four weeks of submission. Following acceptance, a paper will normally
be published in the next issue.

Instruction for authors and other details are available on our website
www.academicjournals.org/PPR. Prospective authors should send their
manuscript(s) to PPR@acadjourn.org

*Open Access*

One key request of researchers across the world is unrestricted access to
research publications. PPR is fully committed Open Access Initiative by
providing free access to all articles (both abstract and full PDF text) as
soon as they are published. We ask you to support this initiative by
publishing your papers in this journal.

*Invitation to Review*

PPR is seeking for qualified reviewers as members of the review board team.
PPR serves as a great resource for researchers and students across the
globe. We ask you to support this initiative by joining our reviewer’s 
team. If
you are interested in serving as a reviewer, kindly send us your resume to
PPR@acadjourn.org

*Publication Alert*

We will be glad to send you a publication alert showing the table of content
with link to the various abstracts and full PDF text of articles published
in each issue. Kindly send us an email if you will like to receive
publication alert.

Best regards,

Ejegi Precious
Editorial Assistant
Philosophical Papers and Reviews (PPR)
E-mail: PPR@acadjourn.org
www.academicjournals.org/PPR