Advances in Modal
Logic'98
AiML'98
October 16-18,
1998
Uppsala University, Uppsala,
Sweden
Final Call for
Participation
Advances in Modal Logic is an initiative aimed at presenting an
up-to-date picture of the state of the art in modal logic and its
many applications. The initiative consists of a workshop series
together with volumes based on those workshops.
Advances in Modal Logic'98 is the second workshop organized as part
of this initiative. AiML'98 will be held from October 16-18, 1998
in Uppsala, Sweden. The workshop is intended for users of modal
logic in cognition, computing, and language, as well as for
logicians working in the area.
Scientific
Program
The invited speakers are Johan van Benthem, Max J. Cresswell, Kit Fine,
Dov M. Gabbay, John F. Horty, Marcus Kracht, and Rohit Parikh.
During the workshop there will be a special morning session on modal
logic and belief revision; this session will be chaired by Sven Ove Hansson
and Sten Lindström.
In addition, there will be a tutorial on Explicit Modal Logic by Sergei
Artemov, as well as 16 contributed papers. The complete scientific program
is available at http://www.wins.uva.nl/~mdr/AiML/aiml98-program.html.
Workshop
Venue
AiML'98 will be held in the main hall of Uppsala University, in the center
of Uppsala. The city of Uppsala is situated in the province Uppland in
Uppsala county. The municipality of Uppsala is Sweden's fourth largest
municipality, with slightly more than 184,000 inhabitants. More information
is available at http://www.uppsala.se.
People arriving by air should get a flight to Stokholm Arlanda Airport.
There is a bus from Arlanda to Uppsala (number 801) every 15 or 30 minutes,
depending on the time of day; the fare is 75 SEK.
People arriving by train can take commuter trains or IC trains from
Stockholm, all departing from Stokholm Central Station.
Registration
The normal registration fee (without accommodation) is 1000 SEK; the
student fee is 400 SEK.
Registration includes access to the workshop, food service, the workshop
dinner, as well as copies of the workshop proceedings.
To register, please contact Rysiek Sliwinski by email or fax at the
following coordindates:
Rysiek Sliwinski
Department of Philosophy
Uppsala University
E-mail: rysiek.sliwinski@filosofi.uu.se
Phone: +46 18 471 73 51
Fax: +46 18 471 73 70.
To cut costs, the fees can only paid in cash on the spot upon arrival.
Unfortunately, credit cards can not be accepted.
Accommodation
Hotel accommodation will be arranged in various hotels in Uppsala. Please
ask Rysiek Sliwinski at the above address to help you to arrange
accommodation when you register.
Local Organizing
Committee
Krister Segerberg
Rysiek Sliwinski
Programme Committee
Michael Zakharyaschev, Moscow (chair)
Maarten de Rijke, Amsterdam
Krister Segerberg, Uppsala
Heinrich Wansing, Leipzig
AiML Steering
Committee
Maarten de Rijke, Heinrich Wansing, Michael Zakharyaschev
AiML Advisory
Board
Johan van Benthem, Amsterdam
Max Cresswell, Wellington
Luis Farinas del Cerro, Toulouse
Larry Moss, Indiana
Krister Segerberg, Uppsala
Colin Stirling, Edinburgh
Sponsors
AiML'98 is generously sponsored by Neurotec Hochtechnologie GmbH, the Computational Logic Group at
ILLC, University of Amsterdam, Compulog
Net network for Computational Logic, the Royal Swedish Academy of Science,
and the University of
Uppsala.
Further
Information
Email enquiries about the practical details of AiML'98 should be directed to rysiek.sliwinski@filosofi.uu.se
.
Information about the AiML initiative can be obtained on the World-Wide Web
at http://www.wins.uva.nl/~mdr/AiML/.
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