2nd CFP: Argumentation in Multi-Agent Systems (ArgMAS)
Iyad Rahwan
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Fourth International Workshop on
Argumentation in Multi-Agent Systems (ArgMAS 2007)
Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, May 14-15, 2007
In Conjunction with AAMAS 2007
http://homepages.inf.ed.ac.uk/irahwan/argmas/argmas07/
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Overview
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Argumentation can be abstractly defined as the interaction of different
arguments for and against some conclusion. Over the last few years,
argumentation has been gaining increasing importance in multi-agent
systems, mainly as a vehicle for facilitating "rational interaction"
(i.e., interaction which involves the giving and receiving of reasons).
This is because argumentation provides tools for designing, implementing
and analysing sophisticated forms of interaction among rational agents.
Argumentation has made solid contributions to the practice of
multi-agent dialogues. Application domains include: legal disputes,
business negotiation, labor disputes, team formation, scientific
inquiry, deliberative democracy, ontology reconciliation, risk analysis,
scheduling, and logistics. A single agent may also use argumentation
techniques to perform its individual reasoning because it needs to make
decisions under complex preferences policies, in a highly dynamic
environment.
This workshop builds on two successful workshops:
* ArgMAS 2006 held in conjunction with AAMAS 2006, at Future
University, Hakodate, Japan (attracted 21 participants)
* ArgMAS 2005 held in conjunction with AAMAS 2005, at Universiteit
Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands (attracted 31 participants)
* ArgMAS 2004 held in conjunction with AAMAS 2004, at Columbia
University, New York, USA (attracted 20 participants)
Post-proceedings of previous editions of the workshop have been
published in two Springer LNCS volumes:
S. Parsons, N. Maudet, P. Moraitis, and I. Rahwan (Eds.) (2006).
Argumentation in Multi-Agent Systems Second International Workshop,
ArgMAS 2005, Utrecht, Netherlands, July 26, 2005, Revised Selected and
Invited Papers. Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, Volume 4049,
Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Germany.
I. Rahwan, P. Moraitis and C. Reed (Eds.) (2005). Argumentation in
Multi-Agent Systems: Proceedings of the First International Workshop
(ArgMAS'04): Expanded and Invited Contributions. Lecture Notes in
Artificial Intelligence, Volume 3366, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Germany.
The workshop will be concerned with the use of the concepts, theories,
methodologies, and computational models of argumentation in building
autonomous agents and multi-agent systems. The workshop will solicit
papers looking at both theory and practice. In particular, the workshop
aims at bridging the gap between the vast amount of work on
argumentation theory and the practical needs of multi-agent systems
research.
The workshop will be co-located with the sixth international conference
on Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems AAMAS 2007.
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Topics
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We solicit papers dealing with, but not limited to, the following areas:
* Computational models for argumentation
* Argumentation-based decision making
* Argumentation-based joint deliberation
* Argumentation-based persuasion
* Argumentation-based inquiry
* Argumentation-based negotiation and conflict resolution
* Argumentation and risk assessment
* Argumentation for legal reasoning
* Argumentation for electronic democracy
* Argumentation for coordination, cooperation and team formation
* Argumentation and game theory in multi-agent systems
* Human-agent argumentation
* Argumentation and preferences modelling
* Strategic behaviour in argument-based dialogues
* Deception, trust, reputation in argument-based interaction
* Computational complexity of argumentation dialogues
* Properties of argumentation dialogues (termination, success, etc.)
* Hybrid argumentation-based models
* Implemented argumentation-based multi-agent systems
* New application areas
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Important Dates
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Note that the dates are fixed by the AAMAS conference:
Submission Deadline: 5 February 2007
Notification of Acceptance/Rejection: 5 March 2007
Camera Ready Due: 19 March 2007
Workshop: 14 or 15 May 2007
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Publication
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The proceedings of ArgMAS will be printed and distributed at the workshop.
As we did for ArgMAS 2004, 2005, and 2006, is planned to publish revised
versions of the accepted full papers in an edited book as part of the
Springer Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence (LNAI) series. This
publication would have an ISBN number, and would be available both in
printed form, as well as electronically on the SpringerLink online library.
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Submission Procedure
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Contributors may submit either full papers (no longer than 5000 words,
not including figures) or a two page position statement that outlines
their interests, background, and discussion of an aspect of the workshop
theme.
Authors are encouraged to submit their papers in the Springer Lecture
Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) style, since this will be the format
required for the planned post-proceedings book. Formatting instructions,
as well as the style and sample files, can be found here:
http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.html
All submissions should be sent either in PostScript format or in PDF
format by email to Iyad Rahwan on ira...@acm.org
At least one author of each accepted papers must register for the workshop.
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Organising Committee
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Co-Chairs:
* Simon Parsons
Department of Computer and Information Science
Brooklyn College
City University of New York
2900 Bedford Avenue
Brooklyn, 11210 NY
par...@sci.brooklyn.cuny.edu
* Iyad Rahwan (Corresponding Organiser)
Institute of Informatics
British University in Dubai
P.O.Box 502216, Dubai
United Arab Emirates
(Fellow) School of Informatics
University of Edinburgh
Edinburgh, EH8 9LE
UK
* Chris Reed
Department of Applied Computing
University of Dundee
Dundee DD1 4HN
Scotland, UK
Chris...@computing.dundee.ac.uk
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ArgMAS Steering Committee
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* Antonis Kakas (University of Cyprus, Cyprus)
* Nicolas Maudet (Universite Paris Dauphine, France)
* Peter McBurney (University of Liverpool, UK)
* Pavlos Moraitis (University RENE DESCARTES-Paris 5, France)
* Simon Parsons (City University of New York, USA)
* Iyad Rahwan (British University in Dubai, UAE, and University of
Edinburgh, UK)
* Chris Reed (University of Dundee, UK)
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Program Committee
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* Leila Amgoud, IRIT, Toulouse, France
* Katie Atkinson, University of Liverpool, UK
* Jamal Bentahar, Concordia University, Canada
* Guido Boella, Università di Torino, Italy
* Brahim Chaib-draa, Laval University, Canada
* Carlos Chesnevar, Universitat de Lleida, Spain
* Frank Dignum, Utrecht University, Netherlands
* Rogier van Eijk, Utrecht University, Netherlands
* Frank Guerin, University of Aberdeen, UK
* Joris Hulstijn, Utrecht University, Netherlands
* Anthony Hunter, University College, London, UK
* Antonis Kakas, University of Cyprus, Cyprus
* Nikos Karacapilidis, University of Patras, Greece
* Nishan Karunatillake, University of Southampton, UK
* Nicolas Maudet, Universite Paris Dauphine, France
* Peter McBurney, University of Liverpool, UK
* Jarred McGinnis, Royal Holloway, University of London, UK
* Sanjay Modgil, Cancer Research UK
* Pavlos Moraitis, University RENE DESCARTES, France
* Bernard Moulin, Laval University, Canada
* Søren Holbech, Nielsen Aalborg University, Denmark
* Tim Norman, University of Aberdeen, UK
* Nir Oren, University of Aberdeen, UK
* Fabio Paglieri, ISTC-CNR, Roma IT
* Xavier Parent, King's College, UK
* Simon Parsons, City University of New York, USA
* Philippe Pasquier, University of Melbourne, Australia
* Enric Plaza, Spanish Scientific Research Council, Spain
* Henri Prade, IRIT, Toulouse, France
* Henry Prakken, Utrecht University, & University of Groningen, The
Netherlands
* Alun Preece, University of Aberdeen, UK
* Iyad Rahwan, British University in Dubai, UAE, & University of
Edinburgh, UK
* Sarvapali Ramchurn, University of Southampton, UK
* Chris Reed, University of Dundee, UK
* Michael Rovatsos, University of Edinburgh, UK
* Sandip Sen, University of Tulsa, USA
* Guillermo Simari, Universidad Nacional del Sur, Argentina
* Elizabeth Sklar, City University of New York, USA
* Katia Sycara, Carnegie Mellon University, USA
* Francesca Toni, Imperial College, London, UK
* Leon van der Torre, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg
* Paolo Torroni, Università di Bologna, Italy
* Bart Verheij, University of Groningen, Netherlands
* Gerard Vreeswijk, Utrecht University, Netherlands
* Doug Walton, University of Winnipeg, Canada
* Steven Willmott, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain
* Mike Wooldridge, University of Liverpool, UK
Copyright © Iyad Rahwan 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
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Dr. Iyad Rahwan | Honorary Fellow
MSc in IT Programme Coordinator | School of Informatics
Institute of Informatics | University of Edinburgh
British University in Dubai | United Kingdom
P.O.Box 502216 Dubai, UAE |
Tel: +971-4-3671959 |
email: ira...@acm.org
web: http://homepages.inf.ed.ac.uk/irahwan/
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hsairi lobna
I send you this email to ask you if it is possible to
have an extended deadline for some days for ArgMAS
best regards
Lobna HSAIRI
--- Iyad Rahwan <ira...@acm.org> a écrit :
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