Call for Papers
ECAP09
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, July 2-4, 2009
Chair: Jordi Vallverdú, jordi.vallverdu@uab.cat
http://ia-cap.org/ecap09/
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
Kevin Warwick (U. Reading)
http://www.kevinwarwick.com/
Cybernetics
Roderic Guigó (UPF)
http://genome.imim.es/~rguigo/
Biocomputing
Francesc Subirada (BSC), Associate Director of the Barcelona Supercomputing Center,
http://www.bsc.es/
Supercomputing
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: TBC
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
IX. Logic and Computation: TBC
X. E-learning, E-science and Computer-Supported Cooperative Work: Annamaria Carusi
XI. Technological Singularity and Acceleration Studies: Amnon Eden
NOTE: A BOOK WILL BE PUBLISHED WITH THE BEST PAPER CONTRIBUTIONS.
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, University of Hertfordshire - University of Oxford
Ruth Hagengruber, Universität Paderborn
Johnny Hartz Søraker, University of Twente
Thomas Roth-Berghofer, German Research Center for AI DFKI GmbH, Kaiserslautern
Raymond Turner, University of Essex
Yorick Wilks, University of Oxford
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/
