International Association for Computing and Philosophy (IACAP) 2016 Conference

The International Association for Computing and Philosophy (IACAP) [http://www.iacap.org/] is delighted to announce that submissions are now being accepted for its 2016 annual meeting, to be held on June 14-17 at the University of Ferrara, Italy. The meeting will be hosted by Professor Marcello D’Agostino [http://docente.unife.it/dgm] and Professor Marcello D’Alfonso [http://docente.unife.it/dlfmtv/].

IACAP has a long-lasting tradition of promoting philosophical dialogue and interdisciplinary research on all aspects of the computational and informational turn. This puts it in a privileged position, as IACAP’s members have contributed shaping the philosophical and ethical debate about computing, information technologies, and artificial intelligence. The 2016 annual meeting will keep this tradition and will gather philosophers, ethicists, roboticists, and computer scientists interested in the following topics:

·Artificial Intelligence

·Artificial Life

·Automated Warfare

·Cognitive Science, Computation & Cognition

·Computational Modeling in Science and Social Science

·Computer-Mediated Communication

·Ethical Problems and Societal Impact of Computation and Information

·History of Computing

·Information Culture and Society

·Metaphysics of Computing

·Philosophy of Information

·Philosophy of Information Technology

·Robotics

·Virtual Reality

... and related issues.

The meeting will have a main track focusing on topics at the core of IACAP members’ interests. Symposia will also be organized and run by members, or groups of members, to focus on more specific topics.

We invite submissions of papers (between 3000 and 6000 words) as well as submissions of proposals for symposia. A selection of the papers presented during the meeting will be included (after peer review) in a volume planned for the ‘Philosophical Library Studies’ (Springer). 

Important dates

Papers

Submission: January 11, 2016

Notification of acceptance: February 25, 2016

Submissions should be sent using the following link:

https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=iacap2016

Symposia

Submission: January 11, 2016

Notification of acceptance: 2 February 2016

Submissions should be sent using the following link:

https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=iacap2016

Proposal for symposia should indicate:

·the title of the proposed symposium;

·a description of the topic and of its relevance for the IACAP membership;

·a list the participants (indicating those who have confirmed their participation);

·the number of hours required.