NA-CAP@LOYOLA 2007

THE ANNUAL NORTH AMERICAN MEETING OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR

COMPUTING AND PHILOSOPHY

July 26th – 28th, 2007

Call for Proposals

The 2007 North American Computing and Philosophy Conference will be held at

Loyola University’s Water Tower Campus in Chicago from July 26th to the

28th. The theme for this year’s conference is Open Source Software and Open

Access Publication. Keynote speakers are Richard Stallman, founder of the

GNU project, and Peter Suber, a leader in the open access movement. (Visit

In addition to this theme, the conference will also include its usual array

of topics in information ethics, cognitive science, AI, robotics, cultural

and social issues, simulations and modeling, distance learning,

computational logic and linguistics, and electronic and teaching resources.

(To get a feel for CAP conferences in general and the range of presentation

Currently, the program committee is soliciting proposals for the conference.

Please submit electronically an extended abstract of approximately 1000

words, targeted to one of the topic areas below. Include your name,

institutional affiliation (if you have one), email and snail mail addresses,

a title for your presentation, and a short, 2-3 paragraph abstract for use

on the conference website. Attach supplemental materials (such as links,

PowerPoint slides, etc.) as you see fit.

Send two copies of your proposal, one to the committee member for the

appropriate topic area below and the other to Anthony Beavers, program chair

of the conference, at afbeavers@gmail.com.

DEADLINE: March 1st, 2007

The 2007 NA-CAP Program Committee:

Information and Computer Ethics

Cognitive Science, AI, and Robotics

Selmer Bringsjord (selmer@rpi.edu)

Social, Cultural, and Metaphysical Issues Charles Ess ( cmess@drury.edu

Simulations and Computational Modeling

Branden Fitelson (branden@fitelson.org)

Issues in Distance Learning

Computational Logic and Linguistics

Patrick Grim (pgrim@notes.cc.sunysb.edu)

Electronic Scholarly Resources

Electronic Teaching Resources

Michael Byron (mbyron@kent.edu)

Student Track – Grads and Undergrads