February 2018 - philphysmunich

Second Call for Papers: 9th International Workshop on Physics and Computation
by Michael Cuffaro Feb. 12, 2018

Feb. 12, 2018

/* * Second Call for Papers * * 9th International Workshop on Physics and Computation (P&C 2018) * (A satellite workshop to Unconventional Computation & Natural * Computation 2018) * * IUT de Fontainebleau, Fontainebleau, France * * 25-29 June 2018 * * https://easychair.org/cfp/pc2018 * */ Workshop Description: --- The 9th International Workshop on Physics and Computation (P&C 2018) will be held as a satellite workshop of the 17th International Conference on Unconventional Computation and Natural Computation (UCNC 2018) in Fontainebleau, France, which is being held from 25-29 June 2018. (The workshop will be co-located with the main conference and will be held on one of the days within this period.) P&C 2018 is an interdisciplinary meeting which aims to bring together researchers from various domains with interests in physics and computation. Research and important issues relating to the interface between physics and the theories of computation, computability and information, including their application to physical systems, will be presented and discussed. In 2018, the P&C workshop coincides with the imminent publication of the interdisciplinary volume, "Physical Perspectives on Computation, Computational Perspectives on Physics" (Cambridge University Press), edited by Michael E. Cuffaro and Samuel C. Fletcher (http://www.cambridge.org/gb/academic/subjects/philosophy/philosophy-science…) We are pleased to announce that two of this book's contributors: Judit X. Madarász and Oron Shagrir will present keynote lectures at the workshop. Invited Speakers: --- * Judit X. Madarász * Oron Shagrir Submissions: --- Authors are invited to submit either an extended abstract (maximum 4-5 pages) or a full paper (12 pages maximum) to the workshop's EasyChair site: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=pc20180. Submissions must be prepared for blind review by removing any identifying author information, and submitted in Portable Document Format (PDF). Note that those submitting only an extended abstract will (if accepted) be asked to submit the full (maximum 12 page) version of the paper prior to the commencement of the workshop, so as to be published in the workshop's pre-proceedings (see below). Papers must not have been submitted simultaneously to other conferences or workshops with published proceedings. Accepted papers must be presented at the workshop. Proceedings: --- A 'pre-proceedings' of the workshop will be published as a volume of Electronic Proceedings in Theoretical Computer Science (EPTCS) before the workshop commences. Additionally, after the workshop, authors of selected papers will be invited to submit revised and extended versions of their papers, subject to additional review, for publication in a special issue of the International Journal of Unconventional Computing (IJUC). Topics: --- We welcome extended abstracts and/or paper submissions for presentation on topics relating to physics and computation. Typical, but not exclusive, topics include: * Axiomatisation of physics: completeness, decidability, reduction * Dynamical systems: computability, complexity * Hypercomputation * Molecular computation and reaction-diffusion models * Multiple-substrate computation * Novel models of computation * Philosophy of physics and computation * (Physical) Church-Turing thesis * Quantum computation and information * Quantum logics * Physics and computational complexity * Randomness: quantum, dynamical & physical randomness * Relativistic computation * Theory of measurement: axiomatisation, complexity * Thermodynamics of Computation Important Dates: --- * Submissions deadline: 1 March 2018 * Notification of acceptance: 30 April 2018 * Final versions of papers due (for pre-proceedings): 21 May 2018 Registration, Participation, & Accommodation: --- P&C 2018 is part of the broader UCNC conference and all costs are included in registration for the primary conference. To attend, please register for the conference at: https://ucnc2018.lacl.fr/. Accommodation information will also be made available via the UCNC site. Program Committee: --- * Hajnal Andréka * Jack Copeland * Nachum Dershowitz * Samuel Fletcher * Dominic Horsman * Viv Kendon * Olimpia Lombardi * Markus Müller * Wayne Myrvold * Gualtiero Piccinini * Michael Cuffaro * Philippos Pappayanoppolis Organising Committee --- * Michael Cuffaro * Philippos Pappayanoppolis Website --- https://easychair.org/cfp/pc2018 Email address for further inquiries --- pc2018-0(a)easychair.org The conference language is English.

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Irvine-Munich-PoliMi-Salzburg Network
by Giovanni Valente Feb. 5, 2018

Feb. 5, 2018

Irvine-Munich-PoliMi-Salzburg Network The Irvine-Munich-PoliMi-Salzburg network in philosophy and foundations of physics aims at fostering the collaboration between faculty, researchers and students based in the Department of Logic and Philosophy of Science at the University of California Irvine, the Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, the Department of Mathematics and the META group at the Politecnico di Milano, and the Department of Philosophy at the University of Salzburg. The activities of the network include the circulation of scholars among the four schools, as well as the organization of regular workshops on dedicated topics and an annual international conference for graduate students and post-doctoral fellows. Throughout the joint application for external funding it also promotes the career development of young researchers coming from all around the world. The local coordinators are Prof. Jim Weatherall (http://jamesowenweatherall.com/) in Irvine, Prof. Stephan Hartmann (http://www.stephanhartmann.org/) in Munich, Prof. Giovanni Valente (https://giovannivalente.weebly.com/) in Milan, and Prof. Charlotte Werndl (http://charlottewerndl.net/) in Salzburg. Stephan Hartmann<http://www.stephanhartmann.org/> www.stephanhartmann.org Stephan Hartmann. Stephan Hartmann is Professor of Philosophy of Science in the Faculty of Philosophy, Philosophy of Science and the Study of Religion at LMU Munich ... [http://jamesowenweatherall.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/physics-of-wall-s…]<http://jamesowenweatherall.com/> James Owen Weatherall ><http://jamesowenweatherall.com/> jamesowenweatherall.com I am a physicist, mathematician, and philosopher. I hold a position as Professor of Logic and Philosophy of Science at the University of California, Irvine, where I ... [http://giovannivalente.weebly.com/uploads/2/7/7/2/27725775/8784488.jpg]<https://giovannivalente.weebly.com/> Giovanni Valente - Giovanni Valente<https://giovannivalente.weebly.com/> giovannivalente.weebly.com Homepage of Giovanni Valente, philosopher of physics ... I'm an associate professor in Logic and Philosophy of Science in the Mathematics Department at the ...

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5th Conference on the Nature and Ontology of Spacetime
by Dieks, D.G.B.J. (Dennis) Feb. 5, 2018

Feb. 5, 2018

Second Call for Papers Fifth International Conference on the Nature and Ontology of Spacetime Date: 14-17 May 2018 Location: Albena (resort near Varna, Bulgaria) Website: http://www.minkowskiinstitute.org/conferences/2018/ Contact: 2018conference(a)minkowskiinstitute.org<mailto:2018conference@minkowskiinstitute.org> To mark the 110th anniversary of Hermann Minkowski's groundbreaking lecture "Space and Time" the main theme of the Fifth International Conference on the Nature and Ontology of Spacetime will be the nature of spacetime and time-e.g., whether spacetime should be interpreted in terms of an evolving present, or rather a block universe or perhaps a growing block? Despite that the focus of the fifth spacetime conference will be on the main theme, the Scientific Organizing Committee invites papers from physicists and philosophers on any topic related to the nature and ontology of spacetime. Contributed papers in the form of extended abstracts of between one and two pages should be emailed by Wednesday, February 28, 2018 to 2018conference(a)minkowskiinstitute.org<mailto:2018conference@minkowskiinstitute.org>. Submissions will be reviewed and notification of acceptance will be given by Wednesday, March 21, 2018. Scientific Organizing Committee: Dennis Dieks (Utrecht University) Mauro Dorato (University of Rome Three) George F. R. Ellis (University of Cape Town) Robert Geroch (University of Chicago) Eleanor Knox (King's College London) Vesselin Petkov (Minkowski Institute, Montreal) Steven Savitt (University of British Columbia) Anguel Stefanov (Bulgarian Academy of Sciences) James Owen Weatherall (University of California, Irvine) Christian Wüthrich (University of Geneva)

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