[agents] "Formal Models of Norm Change 2", Amsterdam (The Netherlands), 18-19 Jan 2010

[Jan Broersen]

Formal Models of Norm Change 2
Workshop, University of Amsterdam, 18-19 January 2010

Formal models of norm change have been drawing attention since the 
seminal work of Alchourron and Bulygin on normative systems, and that of 
Alchourron, Gardenfors and Makinson on the logic of theory change. 
Recent research trends in Artificial Intelligence (e.g., virtual 
organizations, electronic institutions and e-government, multiagent 
systems, p2p networks) have also stressed the importance of a formal 
analysis of all kinds of dynamic aspects involved in systems of norms: 
from how norms influence and change the cognitive status of agents, to 
how norms regulate the dynamic interaction of rational agents, to how 
norms themselves can be changed by the agents of a society.

The symposium tackles such dynamic aspects involved in normative 
systems, by pursuing an interdisciplinary approach at the interface of 
(deontic) logic, artificial intelligence, and socio-economical 
disciplines. More specifically, topics of interest will be: norms and 
games, norms for the dynamics of interaction (procedures), the dynamics 
of normative systems, norm change and the dynamics of different 
cognitive attitudes (e.g. knowledge and preference).

A first edition of the symposium was held at the University of 
Luxembourg in 2007 (Formal Models of Norm Change 2007) and the theme of 
norm dynamics has regularly surfaced in recent editions of workshop and 
conferences in the same area: NorMAS07, NorMAS08 , DEON08, NorMAS09.

Participation

The workshop is open and participation is free. However, registration is 
required. In order to register please send an email to Davide Grossi by 
Monday 4th January.

Invited speakers

      * Guillaume Aucher, University of Luxembourg
      * Alexandru Baltag, Oxford University
      * Johan van Benthem, University of Amsterdam and Stanford University
      * Guido Boella, University of Turin
      * Dov Gabbay, King's College London and University of Luxembourg
      * Davide Grossi, University of Amsterdam
      * Emiliano Lorini, Universite Paul Sabatier
      * Gabriella Pigozzi, University of Luxembourg
      * Henry Prakken, Utrecht University and University of Groningen
      * Antonino Rotolo, University of Bologna
      * Paolo Turrini, Utrecht University
      * Emil Weydert and Richard Booth, University of Luxembourg

For more information, please visit 
http://www.cs.uu.nl/events/normchange2/index.html