[CFP] AI³ 2026 - 10th Workshop on Advances in Argumentation in Artificial Intelligence
Carlo Taticchi
Call for Papers
AI³ 2026 - 10th Workshop on Advances in Argumentation in Artificial Intelligence
We invite submissions of the latest research results concerning applications and theory of computational argumentation to the 10th Workshop on Advances In Argumentation In Artificial Intelligence (AI³ 2026) that is a track of the 24th International Conference of the Italian Association for Artificial Intelligence (AIxIA 2026), which will be held in Perugia between the 6th and the 9th of October 2026.
Official workshop website: https://krarlab.dmi.unipg.it/ai3-2026/
Abstract
Argumentation is the study of the processes and activities involving the production and exchange of arguments, where arguments are attempts to persuade someone or something by giving reasons for accepting a particular conclusion as evident. As such, argumentation provides procedures for making and explaining decisions and is able to capture diverse kinds of reasoning and dialogue activities in a formal but still intuitive way, enabling the integration of different specific techniques and the development of trustable applications.
For these reasons, over the last two decades formal argumentation has become a main research topic in AI. A variety of theoretical models at different levels of abstraction have been extensively studied, ranging from purely abstract models to concrete implemented systems, argumentation solvers have been developed to identify the justification status for arguments according to different semantics, and a variety of applications of argumentation have been proposed for several fields, ranging from modeling dialogues in social networks to law and medicine.
Given that the study of argumentation is inherently interdisciplinary, the goal of the workshop, co-located with the 24th International Conference of the Italian Association for Artificial Intelligence (AIxIA 2026), is to stimulate discussions and promote scientific collaboration among researchers not only directly involved in argumentation, but also from research fields indirectly related to argumentation. In this respect, at least two directions can be envisaged:
Cross-fertilization with different fields (including non-monotonic reasoning, logic programming, linguistics, natural language processing, philosophy and psychology, just to mention a few of them) is needed to update and extend foundations in Argumentation Theory, as well as tackling a number of open issues that are currently debated in the area.
Inter-disciplinary collaborations are necessary to foster the adoption of argumentation as a viable AI paradigm with a wide range of applications.
In Italy, several research groups from different universities and institutions have been involved in argumentation in recent years. One of the aims of the workshop is also to bring together researchers working in argumentation to foster collaboration and the development of a specific national research community. At the same time, recent advances in Artificial Intelligence, particularly in machine learning, deep neural networks, and Large Language Models (LLMs), have renewed interest in methods capable of providing interpretable, explainable, and trustworthy reasoning. Argumentation is increasingly recognized as a key enabling technology for addressing these challenges, offering formal mechanisms to generate, evaluate, and communicate justifications, as well as to assess the soundness and reliability of complex reasoning processes. The workshop welcomes contributions investigating the interplay between argumentation and modern AI systems, with particular attention to explainability, trustworthiness, accountability, and reasoning reliability.
Topics
Topics include, but are not limited to:
Explainable AI with Argumentation
Argumentation for trustworthy and reliable AI
Persuasion systems
Formal, semi-formal and informal models for argumentation
Properties and evaluation of formal models of argumentation
Computational properties of argumentation
Traditional and ranking-based semantics
Instantiations of abstract argumentation frameworks
Implementation of argumentation systems
Relationships amongst different argumentation frameworks
Philosophical theories of argumentation
Argument mining
Argumentation in agent and multi-agent systems
Dialogue based on argumentation
Strategies in argumentation
Decision-making based on argumentation
Argumentation-based negotiation
Argumentation, trust and reputation
Argumentation for coordination and coalition formation
Argumentation and other Artificial Intelligence techniques
Argumentation and game theory
Argumentation and probability
Argumentation and fuzzy-logic
Argumentation and narrative
Argumentation and computational linguistics
Argumentation and human-computer interaction
Reasoning about action and time with argumentation
Tools for supporting argumentation
Practical applications of formal models of argumentation
Systems for learning through argument
Argument-based machine learning
Validation and evaluation of applications of argumentation
Keynotes
Prof. Henry Prakken, University of Utrecht
TBD
Submission
The workshop invites three types of submissions:
Full papers (15 pages), including contributions already submitted to other conferences or journals, and
Short papers (5 pages), which are particularly suitable for presenting work in progress, software prototypes, extended abstracts of doctoral theses, or general overviews of research projects.
Overviews of research projects (3 pages). Possibly moved to a poster session.
Manuscripts should be formatted using the 1-column CEUR-ART Style. You can access the Overleaf template or download an offline version with the style files.
Papers must be submitted through easychair. An official link for paper submissions will be included soon.
For any inquiries contact giusepp...@unibo.it or alessandr...@unibo.it.
All submitted papers will undergo a peer-review process. Accepted papers will be included in the workshop proceedings. In addition, selected contributions will be considered for publication in a post-workshop special issue or edited volume.
Deadlines
Paper Submission deadline: July 15th, 2026 CET
Notification of Acceptance: August 7th, 2026 CET
Camera-ready version: August 26th, 2026 CET
Attendance
The conference and workshops will be held in person, with the possibility of arranging remote calls for specific participants upon request.
All attendees (and at least one author per accepted paper) should register to AIxIA 2026.
Organising Committee
Giovanni Sartor, Università di Bologna
Matteo Cristani, Università di Verona
Carlo Taticchi, Università di Perugia
Giuseppe Pisano, University of Bologna
Alessandro Parenti, University of Bologna
Programme Committee
Sylvie Doutre, Institut de Recherche en Informatique de Toulouse - IRIT
Sergio Flesca, University of Calabria
Serena Villata, CNRS
Sara Tonelli, Fondazione Bruno Kessler
Pietro Baroni, University of Brescia
Luca Pasetto, University of Luxembourg
Mauro Vallati, University of Huddersfield
Marco Maratea, University of Genova
Marcello D'Agostino, University of Milan
Jean-Guy Mailly, Institut de Recherche en Informatique de Toulouse - IRIT
Luca San Mauro, University of Bari
Johannes Wallner, Graz University of Technology
Guido Governatori, CQUniversity
Gianvincenzo Alfano, University of Calabria
Francesco Parisi, University of Calabria
Filippo Furfaro, University of Calabria
Federico Cerutti, University of Brescia
Davide Grossi, University of Groningen
Daniele Porello, University of Genova
Carlo Proietti, ILC-CNR Genova
Bettina Fazzinga, University of Calabria
Emanuele De Angelis, CNR
Fabrizio Macagno, universit, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa
Sponsor
The workshop is supported by the FIS Project “GenAI4Law” (FIS-2024-07323)