[agents] 2nd CFP: ArgMAS 2009: The Sixth International Workshop on Argumentation in Multi-Agent Systems

Mon Jan 5 06:36:42 EST 2009

WITH APOLOGIES FOR MULTIPLE POSTINGS

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    SECOND CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

    to the

Sixth International Workshop on Argumentation in Multi-Agent Systems (ArgMAS 
2009)

Budapest, Hungary, May 11 or 12, 2009

In Conjunction with AAMAS 2009

Workshop web site:

http://homepages.inf.ed.ac.uk/irahwan/argmas/argmas09/

ArgMAS series web site:

http://homepages.inf.ed.ac.uk/irahwan/argmas/

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Overview

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 the following successful workshops:

ArgMAS 2008 to be held in conjunction with AAMAS 2008, in Estoril,
Portugal, May 12, 2008 (attracted 21 participants)

ArgMAS 2007 held in conjunction with AAMAS 2007, in Honolulu, Hawai'i,
USA (attracted 22 participants)

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)

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.

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Topics

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

As in previous ArgMAS workshops, the organizers will encourage the
appropriate workshop atmosphere with the use of Q&A periods and a panel
discussion on a current topic.  We are also planning to appoint designated
responders for accepted papers (as is usual in Philosophy workshops), in
orderto better focus questions and feedback to paper presenters.

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Important Dates

Tentative Dates (subject to confirmation):

      Submission Deadline: Friday 30 January 2009
      Notification of Acceptance/Rejection: Friday 27 February 2009
      Camera Ready Due: Wednesday 11 March 2009
      Workshop: 11 or 12 May 2009

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Publication

The proceedings of ArgMAS will be printed and distributed at the workshop.

As with previous ArgMAS workshops, it 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

Contributors may submit either full papers (no longer than 18 pages) 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

Papers must be submitted through a dedicated EasyChair site, which is still
under construction.  Details will be available in due course on the workshop
webpage:

http://homepages.inf.ed.ac.uk/irahwan/argmas/argmas09/

At least one author of each accepted papers must register for the workshop.

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Organising Committee

Co-Chairs:

  Peter McBurney (Corresponding Organiser)
  Department of Computer Science
  Ashton Building, University of Liverpool
  Liverpool L69 3BX, UK
  mcburney [at] liverpool.ac.uk

  Simon Parsons
  Department of Computer and Information Science
  Brooklyn College
  City University of New York
  2900 Bedford Avenue
  Brooklyn, 11210 NY

  Iyad Rahwan
  Faculty 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

   Nicolas Maudet
  LAMSADE
  Universite Paris 9 Dauphine
  75775 Paris Cedex 16
  France

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ArgMAS Steering Committee

Antonis Kakas (University of Cyprus, Cyprus)
Nicolas Maudet (Universite Paris Dauphine, France)
Peter McBurney (University of Liverpool, UK)
Pavlos Moraitis (Paris Descartes University, 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

The following people have agreed to serve on the Program Committee for 
ArgMAS 2009:

Leila Amgoud, IRIT, Toulouse, France
Katie Atkinson, University of Liverpool, UK
Trevor Bench-Capon, University of Liverpool, UK
Jamal Bentahar, Concordia University, Canada
Guido Boella, Università di Torino, Italy
Carlos Chesnevar, Universidad Nacional del Sur, Argentina
Frank Dignum, Utrecht University, Netherlands
Yannis Dimopoulos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus
Sylvie Doutre, University of Toulouse 1, France
Paul E Dunne, University of Liverpool, UK
Rogier van Eijk, 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, London, UK
Sanjay Modgil, King's College, London, UK
Pavlos Moraitis, Paris Descartes University, France
Tim Norman, University of Aberdeen, Scotland, UK
Nir Oren, King's College, London, UK
Fabio Paglieri, ISTC-CNR, Roma IT
Simon Parsons, City University of New York, USA
Philippe Pasquier, Simon Fraser University, Canada
Enric Plaza, Spanish Scientific Research Council, Spain
Henri Prade, IRIT, Toulouse, France
Henry Prakken, Utrecht University, & University of Groningen, The 
Netherlands
Alun Preece, Cardiff University, Wales, UK
Iyad Rahwan, British University in Dubai, UAE, & University of Edinburgh, 
Scotland, UK
Sarvapali Ramchurn, University of Southampton, UK
Chris Reed, University of Dundee, Scotland, UK
Michael Rovatson, University of Edinburgh, UK
Hajime Sawamura, Niigata University, Japan
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
Douglas Walton, University of Winnipeg, Canada
Simon Wells, University of Dundee, Scotland, UK
Michael Wooldridge, University of Liverpool, UK

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