Subject: An International Symposium Celebrating the 100th Birthday of Kurt Gödel
Newsgroups: gmane.science.mathematics.frogs
Date: 2005-12-13 15:13:05 GMT (2 years, 21 weeks, 2 days, 20 hours and 27 minutes ago)
Horizons of Truth Logics, Foundations of Mathematics, and the Quest for Understanding the Nature of Knowledge Gödel Centenary 2006 An International Symposium Celebrating the 100th Birthday of Kurt Gödel 27.-29. April 2006 Festsaal of the University of Vienna Organized by the Kurt Gödel Society The Symposium will take place April 27- 29 in the Celebration Hall of the University of Vienna, famous for its architectural beauty and Gustav Klimts murals. More than 20 lectures by eminent scientists in the fields of logics, mathematics, philosophy, physics, cosmology, and theology will provide new insights into the life and work of Kurt Gödel and their implications for future generations. A young researcher's competition will allow 10 young researchers to present their projects to an eminent audience, the awards being presented at Belvedere Palace on Friday, April 28, Kurt Gödel's 100th birthday. The first prize in the amount 20 000 EUR will be awarded to the best project, followed by two additional prizes of 5000 EUR each. A poster session, containing presentations of selected posters will be held in the Small Celebration Hall, and the Senate Hall of the University of Vienna. The poster volume will be published by the Kurt Gödel Society after the Symposium and sent to all authors. An exhibition on Gödels life and work will be held in the old library of the University of Vienna throughout the Symposium. Honorary Chair: Gaisi Takeuti, University of Tsukuba, President of the Kurt Gödel Society Invited Speakers: John D. Barrow, University of Cambridge Gregory J. Chaitin, IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center, New York Paul Cohen, Stanford University Jack Copeland, University of Canterbury, New Zealand George Ellis, University of Cape Town Solomon Feferman, Stanford University Harvey Friedman, Ohio State University Ivor Grattan-Guinness, Middlesex University Petr Hajek, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic Juliette Kennedy, University of Helsinki Ulrich Kohlenbach, Darmstadt University of Technology Georg Kreisel, Royal Society Angus John Macintyre, Royal Society Piergiorgio Odifreddi, University of Turin Christos H. Papdimitiriou, University of California, Berkeley Roger Penrose, University of Oxford Hilary Putnam, Harvard University Wolfgang Rindler, University of Texas, Dallas Dana Scott, Carnegie Mellon University Avi Wigderson, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton Hugh Woodin, University of California, Berkeley Invited Presentation: Andrei Voronkov, University of Manchester and Microsoft Web and registration: <http://www.logic.at/goedel2006/>http://www.logic.at/goedel2006/