FET-open are visionary projects, to develop a radically new technology. In FET-open a consortium of partners from different scientific disciplines are working together to achieve this. The choice of subject in a FET-open proposal is free, and therefore it is a very popular part of the EU program Horizon 2020.

However, a considerable number of proposals are not (fully) in line with the most important demands and conditions of the FET-open programme. The IXA UvA-HvA Grant Support team and the FNWI Projectmanagement team are therefore organizing this workshop, in which the FET-open conditions will be layed out clearly. The workshop will address the keyfactors for a successful FET-open proposal, experiences form evaluations, and furthermore the lay-out of a good project proposal.

This year marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of Adriaan van Wijngaarden (1916-1987), founder of computer science in the Netherlands and former director of CWI. 2016 is also the 70th founding anniversary of CWI.

We will celebrate these occasions with a special programme in honour of Adriaan van Wijngaarden and his legacy. Several internationally renowned speakers will explore the legacy of Van Wijngaarden in both mathematics and computer science.

NWO organises information meetings for researchers who want to apply for a Veni, Vidi of Vici grant. Practical information is given and selection committee members, NWO coordinators and researchers who have already acquired a Veni, Vidi or Vici share their experiences during a question and answer session. The meetings are in English. The next information meeting will be held on 4 November.

'Voor de Leeuwen' aims to provide a platform for all FGw-researchers to discuss research and grant opportunities, ideas and even failures in an open and informal setting.

For more information, please visit the website
http://www.illc.uva.nl/logic_tea/
or contact
Sirin Botan (s.botan at uva.nl), Bonan Zhao (bonan.zhao at student.uva.nl), or Julian Schloder (j.j.schloder at uva.nl).

BNAIC is the Annual Benelux Conference on Artificial Intelligence. This year, the 28th edition of BNAIC is jointly organized by the University of Amsterdam and the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, under the auspices of the Benelux Association for Artificial Intelligence (BNVKI) and the Dutch Research School for Information and Knowledge Systems (SIKS). BNAIC 2016 will include invited speakers, research presentations, posters and demonstrations.

BNAIC is the Annual Benelux Conference on Artificial Intelligence. This year, the 28th edition of BNAIC is jointly organized by the University of Amsterdam and the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, under the auspices of the Benelux Association for Artificial Intelligence (BNVKI) and the Dutch Research School for Information and Knowledge Systems (SIKS). BNAIC 2016 will include invited speakers, research presentations, posters and demonstrations.

This workshop is entirely devoted to the LogiCIC Research Project on “The Logical Structure of Correlated Information Change”. In this interdisciplinary project we focus in particular on correlations that arise in situations in which the very act of learning new information may directly change the reality that is being learnt. We will combine insights and techniques from a range of research domains, including logic, game theory, philosophy of science, network theory, quantum theory, belief revision theory, truth approximation and formal learning theory.

For more information and abstracts, see http://www.illc.uva.nl/LaCo/CLS/

This workshop is entirely devoted to the LogiCIC Research Project on “The Logical Structure of Correlated Information Change”. In this interdisciplinary project we focus in particular on correlations that arise in situations in which the very act of learning new information may directly change the reality that is being learnt. We will combine insights and techniques from a range of research domains, including logic, game theory, philosophy of science, network theory, quantum theory, belief revision theory, truth approximation and formal learning theory.

Speakers are Thomas Boyer-Kassem (Tilburg), Franz Dietrich (Paris), and Bauke Visser (Rotterdam).

For abstracts and more information, see http://www.illc.uva.nl/LoLa/DIP-Colloquium/.

This workshop is entirely devoted to the LogiCIC Research Project on “The Logical Structure of Correlated Information Change”. In this interdisciplinary project we focus in particular on correlations that arise in situations in which the very act of learning new information may directly change the reality that is being learnt. We will combine insights and techniques from a range of research domains, including logic, game theory, philosophy of science, network theory, quantum theory, belief revision theory, truth approximation and formal learning theory.

Dear colleagues.

The following weekend has now officially been appointed for major ICT maintenance:

• 19 & 20 november 2016

Further information will follow later on, but be aware all central systems and the network may be unavailable during this weekend.

Best wishes,
ILLC Office

For more information, contact illc at uva.nl

Dear colleagues.

The following weekend has now officially been appointed for major ICT maintenance:

• 19 & 20 november 2016

Further information will follow later on, but be aware all central systems and the network may be unavailable during this weekend.

Best wishes,
ILLC Office

For more information, contact illc at uva.nl

For more information, please visit the website http://www.illc.uva.nl/logic_tea/ or contact[b] Sirin Botan (s.botan at uva.nl), Bonan Zhao (bonan.zhao at student.uva.nl), or Julian Schloder (julian.schloeder at gmail.com).

The University of Twente will award an honorary doctorate to Edward Tufte, on the occasion of the 55th Dies Natalis of the university, November 25 2016. While Tufte is in Enschede he is willing to share his thoughts and visions on information design with us.

Edward Tufte has been an inspiring example for many active in information visualization, data visualization and geovisualization, and has stimulated cartographers and others to re-think design. In making his point Tufte is often using ’classic’ graphics and maps such as John Snow's cholera outbreak map, and Charles Joseph Minard's Carte Figurative (Napoleon’s invasion of Russia in 1812). Tufte’s comments on Minard’s map challenged Menno-Jan Kraak, the honorary promotor, to write a book on mapping time using Minard’s map as a common thread throughout the book.

Tufte’s career not only inspired geodata visualizers at ITC, but also impersonates developments among the public administration scientists of BMS. This reflects the interests of both Faculties: High Tech (data analytics and visualization)and Human Touch (informed public decision-making).

Attendance is free of charge for the general public, but places are limited and registration is required.

With the recent breakthroughs in hardware development, for many it is no longer a question of if but when the quantum computer will come. But when it comes, what will humanity do with it? The scientific field of quantum software is working on answers to this question. Historically, the Netherlands play an important role in this multidisciplinary field. The symposium will showcase a sample of the diverse topics that quantum software researchers from academia and industry in the Netherlands are working on.

To register for the symposium, please send an email to susanne.van.dam at cwi.nl before November 18. This event is hosted and organized by QuSoft, a joint research institute for quantum software, founded by CWI, UvA and VU. By organizing this event, QuSoft aims to support and stimulate the development of the Dutch quantum software ecosystem.

On Saturday 26 November 2016 we will celebrate the fact that the ILLC was founded 25 years ago by organising a symposium and evening programme.

For more information, see http://events.illc.uva.nl/ILLC/ILLC25.