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Call for Participation: MCMP-Western Ontario Workshop on Computation in Scientific Theory and Practice (31 May - 2 June 2019)
by Michael Cuffaro May 24, 2019

May 24, 2019

*********************************************************************** MCMP-Western Ontario Workshop on Computation in Scientific Theory and Practice LMU Munich 31 May - 2 June 2019 https://www.mcmp.philosophie.uni-muenchen.de/events/workshops/container/ws_… *********************************************************************** The goal of this interdisciplinary meeting is to explore philosophical and historical issues that arise at the intersection of theoretical computer science, mathematics, and natural science, including issues that arise in the practice of those disciplines. Topics to be discussed will include, but are not limited to: the history of computer science; the foundations of computation and mathematical cognition; computational and informational perspectives on scientific decision making, scientific methodology, and the characterisation of scientific theories; physical notions of computation and the 'Physical Church-Turing Thesis'. INVITED SPEAKERS: * Dan Christensen (University of Western Ontario) * Robert Corless (University of Western Ontario) * Walter Dean (University of Warwick) * Benedict Eastaugh (MCMP/LMU Munich) * Laura Felline (University of Rome 3) * Stephan Hartmann (MCMP/LMU Munich) * Markus Mueller (Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information, Vienna) * Wayne Myrvold (University of Western Ontario) * Gualtiero Piccinini (University of Missouri St. Louis) * Paula Quinon (Warsaw University of Technology/University of Lund) * Tom Sterkenburg (MCMP/LMU Munich) * Máté Szabo (University of Lorraine/University of Paris 1) SPEAKERS FOR CONTRIBUTED TALKS: * Thomas De Saegher * Samuel Fletcher * Corey Maley * Robert Moir * Allan Olley * Philippos Papayannopoulos * Tomasz Steifer and Dariusz Kalociński * Gašper Štukelj DATES AND REGISTRATION: Conference Date: 31 May - 2 June 2019 Registration Fees: * Regular fee: 80 EUR * Reduced fee (for graduate students): 50 EUR * Members of the MCMP and LMU: participation free of charge The fee should be payed in cash at the conference site. The conference dinner is not included. The additional fee for the conference dinner is 30 EUR. The participation is optional. If you would like to attend the conference, please register in advance by emailing the organisers at cstp2019(a)easychair.org. FURTHER INFORMATION (PROGRAM, PRACTICAL INFO, ETC.) See https://www.mcmp.philosophie.uni-muenchen.de/events/workshops/container/ws_… ORGANIZERS: * Marianna Antonutti Marfori (MCMP/LMU Munich) * Michael Cuffaro (Rotman Institute of Philosophy/Western Ontario and MCMP)

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