Abbreviation ASL Type Scholarly society Headquarters Poughkeepsie, New York | Formation 1936 | |
The Association for Symbolic Logic (ASL) is an international organization of specialists in mathematical logic and philosophical logic. The ASL was founded in 1936 and its first president was Alonzo Church. The current president of the ASL is Alasdair Urquhart.
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Publications
The ASL publishes books and academic journals. Its three official journals are
In addition, the ASL has a sponsored journal,
The organization played a part in publishing the collected writings of Kurt Gödel.
Meetings
The ASL holds two main meetings every year, one in the United States and one in Europe (the latter known as the Logic Colloquium). In addition, the ASL regularly holds joint meetings with both the American Mathematical Society ("AMS") and the American Philosophical Association ("APA"), and sponsors meetings in many different countries every year.
Awards
The association periodically presents a number of prizes and awards.
Karp Prize
The Karp Prize is awarded by the association every five years for an outstanding paper or book in the field of symbolic logic. It consists of a cash award and was established in 1973 in memory of Professor Carol Karp.
Recipients comprise:
Source: ASL
Sacks Prize
The Sacks Prize is awarded for the most outstanding doctoral dissertation in mathematical logic. It consists of a cash award and was established in 1999 to honor Professor Gerald Sacks of MIT and Harvard.
Shoenfield Prize
The Shoenfield Prize is awarded for outstanding expository writing in the field of logic and honors the name of Joseph R. Shoenfield.