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Plymouth is a city of 243,795 inhabitants (2001 census) in the southwest of England, or alternatively the Westcountry, and is situated within the traditional county of Devon. It is located at the mouths of the rivers Plym and Tamar and at the head of one of the world’s largest and most spectacular natural harbours, the Plymouth Sound. The city has a rich maritime past and was once one of the two most important Royal Navy bases in the United Kingdom, a factor that made the city a prime target of the Luftwaffe during the Second World War. After the destruction of the dockyards and city centre in the blitz of 1941, Plymouth was rebuilt under the guidance of architect Patrick Abercrombie and is now one of the few remaining naval dockyards in the United Kingdom and the largest naval base in Western Europe. Important locations in the city include The Royal Citadel, Devonport Dockyard and The Barbican from where the Pilgrims left for the New World in 1620.

(tratto da http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plymouth)

Ne avevo accennato un po’ timidamente qualche tempo fa. Più per scaramanzia che per altro. Oggi, invece, posso tranquillamente urlare. La euCognition ha ufficialmente approvato la “network action” proposta dal buon Angelo Cangelosi, direttore dell’Adaptive Behaviour and Cognition Research Group presso la School of Computing, Communications and Electronics dell’Università di Plymouth, rivolta al sottoscritto.

Da maggio a settembre/ottobre di quest’anno, la mia nuova casettina sarà a Plymouth.

Che farò una volta là? Ancora il lavoro deve essere definito nei dettagli. Per ora, a grandi linee:

Fabio will continue this line of research [il riferimento è a quello su cui sto lavorando qui a Roma] at the University of Plymouth, in particular with new focus will be on the emergence of communication in different social and interaction scenarios including cooperation and competion. Through his visit at the University of Plymouth, Fabio will aquire new research skills on evolution of language and interact with other staff and students in Plymouth working on models of language evolution and acquisition.

Ogni mia precedente perplessità sull’Inghilterra è stata spazzata via. Ora l’obiettivo è laurearsi in fretta (se tutto va bene, il 19 di aprile), possibilmente col massimo dei voti, preparare armi e bagagli e quindi trasferirsi per qualche mese al di là della Manica.

I’m ready…

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