Department of Linguistics
Harvard-Australia Workshop on Language, Learning and Logic
MGSM Conference Centre, Macquarie University
22nd - 26th August 2011
Call for Registration and Poster Submissions
The Centre for Language Sciences (CLaS) at Macquarie University and the Harvard University Australian Studies Committee invite poster submissions for the Harvard-Australia Workshop on Language, Learning and Logic, to be held from 22nd - 26th August 2011 at the MGSM Conference Centre, Macquarie University.
The workshop brings together an interdisciplinary group of national and international researchers to focus on fundamental research questions lying at the intersection of language, logic and learning. Philosophers and logicians study knowledge and how it can be represented and manipulated, while linguists study how meanings are expressed in human languages. Psychologists and computer scientists provide yet other viewpoints on how such knowledge is represented and acquired. Traditionally these questions have been investigated independently in separate faculties: logic has been studied by philosophers in the school of humanities, language has been studied by linguists in the social sciences, and learning has been studied by researchers from fields as disparate as psychology and computer science. This workshop brings together an eminent group of interdisciplinary researchers from Harvard and elsewhere to provide an opportunity for renewed interdisciplinary interaction on these fundamental questions.
Poster sessions
The poster sessions will provide a unique opportunity for young researchers to present their work and to get feedback from a group of eminent international scholars. If you are interested in presenting a poster at the workshop, please email your name, affiliation, title and a ½ page abstract to HAW2011@mq.edu.au before 30th June 2011.
Workshop registration
The Harvard-Australia Workshop on Language, Learning and Logic is open to the general academic community. Registration is free but our space is limited to approximately 30 participants. Priority will be given to students and post-docs presenting in the poster sessions, otherwise it’s first in, best dressed. If you'd like to attend, please send your name and affiliation to HAW2011@mq.edu.au.
For further information and a list of invited speakers, please see the attached brochure or visit the CLaS website at: http://www.ling.mq.edu.au/clas/index.htm
Mark Johnson, Stephen Crain and Drew Khlentzos
Centre for Language Sciences