[Air-L] The Annual Meeting of the International Association for Computing and Philosophy - Thessaloniki, Greece

[Mariariosaria Taddeo]

Call for Papers: IACAP 2014 
The Annual Meeting of the International Association for Computing and Philosophy 
www.iacap.org


Anatolia College/ACT 
Thessaloniki, Greece
July 2-4. 2014 
Conference Website

UPDATES:

The submission deadline for symposium proposals has been extended. 

The Covey and Simon Award winners have been selected. The Executive Committee is pleased to announce that the Covey Award has been awarded to Professor Selmer Bringsjord (Rensselaer Polytechnic) and the Simon Award has been awarded to Professor Gualterio Piccinini (Missouri- St. Louis).

This year’s meeting of the International Association for Computing and Philosophy will be held at Anatolia College/ACT in Thessaloniki, Greece.

Computing technologies both raise philosophical questions and elucidate traditional philosophical problems. IACAP meetings emphasise this two-way relationship, providing an opportunity for researchers in multiple fields to share new work in an interdisciplinary setting.

We invite both abstract submissions and symposium proposals in areas at the intersection of computing and philosophy. This year’s meeting will have a single main track focusing on topics central to IACAP membership interests. Symposia will focus on more specific topics, organised autonomously by members or member groups. One symposium will be dedicated to the work of young researchers. Some abstracts will be accepted for presentation as posters. Paper presentations will be allotted 30 minutes, including discussion.

Selected papers will be published in a volume of the ‘Synthese Library’ (Springer). Authors of accepted abstracts will be invited to submit a full paper for peer-review to this volume. IACAP is also soliciting nominations for a number of awards (see below).

Topics of interest include (but are not limited to): • Artificial Intelligence • Artificial Life • Cognitive Science, Computation & Cognition • Computational Modeling in Science and Social Science • Computer-Mediated Communication • Distance Education and Electronic Pedagogy • Ethical Problems and Societal Impact of Computation and Information • History of Computing • Information Culture and Society • Logic • Metaphysics of Computing • Philosophy of Information • Philosophy of Information Technology • Robotics • Virtual Reality ... and related issues
Format

For abstracts, we request anonymous submission of 600-1000 words (plus references) in plain text or PDF, plus a short abstract of up to 120 words. All submissions will be reviewed double-blind by at least two members of the programme committee. All submissions of paper abstracts - whether to the main track or to symposia - are made centrally on the same site and all reviewing takes place on that site.

For symposia, please provide a brief motivation (ca. 300 words), a list of envisaged speakers, and indication of time needed (full day, half day, etc.). The submission procedure and reviewing for symposia will be taken care of by their organisers - but within the structure provided by IACAP and the submission system for this conference.

Dates

Submission of symposium proposals: 28 February 2014
Submission of abstracts: 1 March 2014 
Notification of acceptance or rejection: 13 March for symposia, 31 March for papers. 
Submissions may be sent through Easychair.

Further details can be found on the conference website .

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Dr. Mariarosaria Taddeo
Research Fellow in Cyber Security and Ethics, PAIS, University of Warwick
Research Associate - Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics, University of Oxford
President, International Association for Computing and Philosophy
http://rosariataddeo.net