Farewell academics talk: Colloquium Logicum 2016 – Gödel Logics

Today I had my invited talk at the Colloquium Logicum 2016, where I gave an introduction to and overview of the state of the art of Gödel Logics. Having contributed considerably to the state we are now, it was a pleasure to have the opportunity to give an invited talk on this topic.

It was also somehow a strange talk (slides are available here), as it was my last as “academic”. After the rejection of extension of contract by the JAIST (foundational research, where are you going? Foreign faculty, where?) I have been unemployed – not a funny state in Japan, but also not the first time I have been, my experiences span Austrian and Italian unemployment offices. This unemployment is going to end this weekend, and after 25 years in academics I say good-bye.

Considering that I had two invited talks, one teaching assignment for the ESSLLI, submitted three articles (another two forthcoming) this year, JAIST is missing out on quite a share of achievements in their faculty database. Not my problem anymore.

It was a good time in academics, and I will surely not stop doing research, but I am looking forward to new challenges and new ways of collaboration and development. I will surely miss academics, but for now I will dedicate my energy to different things in life.

Thanks to all the colleagues who did care, and for the rest, I have already forgotten you.