Computing
and Philosophy
|
Pavia, Italy, Collegio
Ghislieri, June 3-5, 2004
Chair: Lorenzo Magnani
The Computational
Philosophy Laboratory
and
the
Department of Philosophy
ofthe
University of Pavia will be hosting
the European
Computing
and Philosophy conference from the 3rd to the 5th of June
North America
NA-CAP2004 Conference
IACAP
The International Association for Computing and Philosophy
The conference will deal with
all aspects of the "computational turn" that is occurring
within the discipline of Philosophy.
We solicit papers that examine topics pertaining to computing
and philosophy from the following list.
We call for papers that cover topics pertaining to
computing and philosophy from the following list:
The deadline for submission is
January
7, 2004 -
though late submissions will be considered.
Authors should submit
an electronic version - formatted in
Microsoft Word or RTF, but also in PDF or POSTSCRIPT
( in this last case please include source - DOC, TEX, etc.,
file) -
of an extended abstract (total word count
aproximately 1000 words).
The file should also contain a 300 WORD abstract
that will be used for the conference web site/booklet.
Contributions expressed in PPT files are also accepted along with or in
place of the
1000 words abstract.
not later than
January 7, 2004
Please the
extended abstract
to the Prof. Magnani at the address
A RIGID LAW ON PRIVACY IN ITALY DOES
NOT
FAVOR MORE
COMFORTABLE COMPUTATIONAL METHODS OF PAYMENTS
(CONFERENCE AND ACCOMMODATION FEES), SORRY.
PLEASE FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS INDICATED BELOW.
REGISTRATION AND FURTHER INFORMATION
PLEASE by email, fax or air mail by
sending the PROGRAM CHAIR Lorenzo Magnani first
and last name, function, institution, full
address, phone, fax and email.
Registration Fees:
Before 15 April 2004:
Standard: € 150,00
(to participate in all
the activities of the Conference
Reception included)
Phd Students: € 90,00
Students (Undergraduates): Free
After 15 April 2004:
Standard: € 180,00
(to participate in all
the activities of the Conference
Reception included)
Phd Students: € 110,00
Students
(Undergraduates): Free
One day only: € 80,00
confirmed in writing by 12th May. We regret that no
refund can be made after that date,
for whatever reason, although substitutions will be
acceptable if notified
in writing before the event.
METHOD OF PAYMENT:
SWIFT TRANSFER
SWIFT TRANSFER
To book a reservation please fill and fax this
ACCOMMODATION FORM
to +39-0382-23215 (dr. Elena Gandini Local Organizer).
POSSIBLY BEFORE APRIL 15, 2004.
For further information please email Elena
Gandini Local Organizer
elena@acrossevents.com).
Please do not send email messages containing your credit card data.
PENALTY
In case of no show the Hotels will
charged you their own penalty.
For further information,
please contact the local
organizer Elena Gandini elena@acrossevents.com.
A very limited number of less expensive rooms is
available
in the several Colleges (some of them historical) of
the ancient University of Pavia.
If the Hotels above will be completely booked other Hotels are
available,
in this last case please email
dr. Elena Gandini Local Organizer e-mail: elena@acrossevents.com
Submission
deadline..............................7 January 2004
Notification of acceptance....................
19 March 2004
Conference..........................................
.3-5 June 2004
Final papers............................due........
15 July 2004
PROGRAM CHAIR
Lorenzo MAGNANI
Department of Philosophy and Computational Philosophy
Laboratory
University of Pavia, Piazza Botta 6, 27100 Pavia, Italy
Office: +39-0382-506283, Home: +39-0383-371067
Fax: +39-0382-23215
&
Weissman Distinnguished Visiting Professor
Department of Philosophy, Baruch College,
1 Bernard Baruch Way, New York , NY 10010
Office: +646-312-4367, Fax: +646- 312-4361, Home:
646-432-9309
Email: lmagnani@cc.gatech.edu, lmagnani@unipv.it,
- Atocha Aliseda, Instituto
de Investigaciones Filosoficas Universidad
Nacional Autonoma de Mexico
(UNAM), Mexico City, MEXICO
e-mail:
atocha@minerva.filosoficas.unam.mx
- Diderik Batens, Centre for
Logic and Philosophy of Science,
Universiteit Gent, Ghent,
Belgium
e-mail: Diderik.Batens@rug.ac.be
- Robert Cavalier, Department of
Philosophy, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
e-mail: rc2z@andrew.cmu.edu
- Simon Colton, Department of
Computing, Imperial College London, London, UK
e-mail: sgc@doc.ic.ac.uk
- Roberto Cordeschi, Department
of Communication Sciences,
University of Salerno, Salerno , ITALY
e-mail: cordeschi@caspur.it
- Chris Dobbyn, Faculty of Maths
and Computing,The Open University,Walton Hall,
Milton Keynes MK7 6AA
e-mail: c.h.dobbyn@open.ac.uk
- Roy Dyckhoff, School of
Computer Science,University of St Andrews,North Haugh,
St Andrews,Fife, KY16 9SS, Scotland
e-mail: rd@dcs.st-and.ac.uk
- Luciano Floridi, Wolfson
College, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK and
University of Bari,Bari, ITALY
e-mail:
luciano.floridi@philosophy.oxford.ac.uk
- Theo Kuypers, Dept. of Philosophy, University of
Groningen, Groningen,
The Netherlands
e-mail:
T.A.F.Kuipers@philos.rug.nl
- Lorenzo Magnani, Department of
Philosophy, University of Pavia,
Pavia, ITALY and Baruch College,
The City University of New York,
New York, USA
e-mail: lmagnani@unipv.it,
lmagnani@cc.gatech.edu
- Nancy J. Nersessian, College of
Computing, Georgia Institute of
Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA
e-mail: nancyn@cc.gatech.edu
- Claudio Pizzi, Department of
Philosophy and Social Sciences,
University of Siena, Siena, ITALY
e-mail:
pizzic@unisi.it,claudiopizzi@everyday.com
- Mario
Stefanelli, Dipartimento di
Informatica e Sistemistica, Università di
Pavia, Pavia, ITALY
email: mstefa@aim.unipv.it
- Susan
Stuart, Humanities Advanced Technology and Information
Institute, University of
Glasgow, Glasgow, UK
e-mail:
S.Stuart@philosophy.arts.gla.ac.uk
- Guglielmo Tamburrini, Department
of Philosophy, University of Pisa,
Pisa, ITALY
e-mail: gugt@inwind.it
- Riccardo
Viale, Lascomes
(Laboratory of Cognitive, Methodological and Socio-Economic Sciences) -
Fondazione Rosselli, Torino, Italy e-mail:
riccardo.viale@fondazionerosselli.it
LOCAL
ORGANIZER
dr.
Elena Gandini
Across Events s.r.l.
Via A. Moro, 12
27021 Bereguardo (PV) Italy
mobile +39 349 55 41 915
e-mail: elena@acrossevents.com
www.acrossevents.com
LOCAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
Elena Gandini
(elena@acrossevents.com),
Riccardo Dossena
(riki.dox@libero.it), Lorenzo Magnani (lmagnani@cc.gatech.edu),
Emanuele Bardone (emabardo@ada2.unipv.it), Michele Bocchiola
(michele.bocchiola@unipv.it), (Department of Philosophy, University of Pavia,
Pavia, Italy),
Stefanelli Mario (mstefa@aim.unipv.it),
Matteo Piazza (pimat@yahoo.com),
(Dipartimento di Informatica e Sistemistica, Università di
Pavia, Pavia, Italy)
CONFERENCE SITE:
Collegio Ghislieri, Piazza Ghislieri, 27100
PAVIA,
Italy,
phone +39 0382 37861. http://www.ghislieri.it/
The Conference is sponsored by
UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA, ITALY
UNIVERSITY OF SIENA, ITALY
MIUR (Ministero dell'Università e della
Ricerca Scientifica e Tecnologica),
ITALY
HOW TO REACH PAVIA
LINATE Airport: www.sea-aeroportimilano.it/linate
People arriving by plane at LINATE should take the
bus to the
CENTRAL STATION of Milan (cf below fron this Station
to Pavia).
In LINATE it could be convenient to take a Taxi
because the
airport is close to the center of Milan.
Moreover,the bus
company SGEA) ( www.sgea.it ) offers
six runs from LINATE
to Pavia at 9.00, 10.00, 12.00 AM and 2.00, 5.00,
8.30 PM. The last stop is Pavia,
near the station (see again our updated web page for
possible alterations of this time-table)
(from Pavia to LINATE six runs at 5.00, 7.30, 10.00
AM, 1.00, 4.00, 6.00 PM)
(one hour trip; €13,00 retourn ticket, €8,00 one way
ticket). In Pavia
there is only one station.
The easiest way to reach the center of the town is
to get off at the station and than take the bus n. 3.
MALPENSA 2000 and OLD MALPENSA
Airports :
www.sea-aeroportimilano.it/malpensa
(usually people
arrive to Malpensa 2000 and not to OLD MALPENSA):
People arriving by plane at MALPENSA 2000 (also
called MALPENSA
2000 Terminal 1) or at "old" MALPENSA (now called
MALPENSA NORTH
but also called Malpensa 2000 Terminal 2)
should take the bus
to the CENTRAL STATION of Milan. There is also
a bus AND A shuttle
TRAIN (Malpensa Express) from Malpensa 2000 to the
NORTH STATION (Piazzale Cadorna)
of Milan, in this case from NORTH Station you will
have to take the underground MM2 (green line)
to the Central Raylway Station: trains to Pavia
leave from Central station. Moreover,
the bus company SGEA offers various runs from
MALPENSA 2000 to Pavia
at 9.00, 11:00 AM, 1:30 3:00, 5:00, 7:00,
9:30, PM (from Pavia to MALPENSA 2000
and to OLD MALPENSA various runs at 7.00, 9:00,
11:00 AM, 1:00, 3:15, 5:00, 7:00 PM)
(one hour and half trip; €18,00 retourn tiket,
€12,00 one way ticket).
The last stop is Pavia, near the station (see again
our updated web page for possible alterations
of this time-table) In Pavia there is only
onestation.
The easiest way to reach the center of the town is
to get off at the station and than take the bus n. 3.
There are trains from MILAN (Central Raylway
Station) to PAVIA and vice
Versa about every an hour www.trenitalia.it (routes:
MILAN-GENOVA; MILAN-VENTIMIGLIA;
MILAN-LA SPEZIA; MILAN-SAVONA; MILAN-SESTRI LEVANTE;
MILAN-IMPERIA;
MILAN-ALBENGA; Pavia is the first stop only if the
train is not slow, that is,
if it is not, in ITALIAN, "L", locale).
In Pavia there is only one railway
station. The easiest way to reach the
center of the town is to get off at the station and
than take the bus
n. 3.
For any further information do not hesitate to
contact our local organizer,
Elena Gandini at elena@acrossevents.com