[agents] Advanced Course on AI Summer School (ACAI-2013), on Argumentation in AI: early registration deadline 20 May

[Black, Elizabeth]

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     *CALL FOR PARTICIPATION*

15th ACAI Summer School, on Argumentation in AI

http://www.inf.kcl.ac.uk/events/acai13/

to be held at the Department of Informatics, King's College
London, 1 - 5 July 2013

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In odd-numbered years, the European Coordinating Committee for Artificial Intelligence sponsors a specialised course in Artificial Intelligence, called Advanced Course on AI (ACAI).

The 15th Advanced Course on AI 2013 (ACAI 2013) will be held at King's College London, UK, from the 1st July to the 5th July 2013 and is on the topic of Argumentation in Artificial Intelligence.

Computational models of argument, and the development of agreement technologies, is becoming an important area in artificial intelligence. The aim of the summer school is to provide the attendees with a solid grounding in the basic ideas in formal modelling of argumentation, dialogue, and negotiation. Tutorials will be given by some of the most prominent researchers in the area. Furthermore, there will be a programme of lectures on application areas, lab sessions on software developments, and lectures linking with areas in AI and beyond.

ACAI 2013 will be co-located and run in parallel with the European Agent Systems Summer School 2013 (http://www.inf.kcl.ac.uk/events/easss13/), giving students the opportunity to interact with a wide variety of peers.
  
Early registration is £210 and the*early registration deadline is 20 May 2013*. For how to register see:
http://www.inf.kcl.ac.uk/events/acai13/registration.html

The European Coordinating Committee for Artificial Intelligence (ECCAI) sponsors the ACAI Summer School series by providing 25 student grants of 400 Euros each. Details on how to apply for these grants is on the website:
http://www.inf.kcl.ac.uk/events/acai13/grants.html

More information, including the programme and contact details, is available on the website.

http://www.inf.kcl.ac.uk/events/acai13/

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Dr Elizabeth Black | Lecturer
Planning, Agents and Intelligent Systems Group
Department of Informatics | King's College London
Strand Building S6.21 | Strand | London | WC2R 2LS
Tel: 020 7848 2694 | Email: elizabeth.black at kcl.ac.uk
Website: http://www.inf.kcl.ac.uk/staff/lizblack/