[agents] [CFP] TAFA-15: 3rd International Workshop on Theory and Applications of Formal Argumentation

[Oren, N.]

Third International Workshop on Theory and Applications of Formal Argumentation (TAFA 2015)

**** Submission Deadline: April 27, 2015 ****

http://homepages.abdn.ac.uk/n.oren/pages/TAFA-15/index.html


Call For Papers
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The Third International Workshop on Theory and Applications of Formal Argumentation (TAFA 2015) will be co-located with IJCAI 2015 in Buenos Aires, and builds on the success of the previous two iterations of the workshop. The workshop is inspired by the recent rapid growth of interest in formal models of argumentation and their application in diverse sub-fields and domains of application of Artificial Intelligence. TAFA 2015 aims to further foster uptake of argumentation as a viable AI paradigm with wide ranging application by providing a forum for further development of existing ideas and for the initiation of new and innovative collaborations.

TAFA 2015 therefore encourages submission of papers on formal theoretical models of argumentation and their application in (sub-fields of) AI, and on the evaluation of models of argumentation, both theoretical (in terms of formal properties) and practical (in concretely developed applications). We particularly encourage work on theories and applications developed through inter-disciplinary collaborations. The First International Competition on Computational Models of Argumentation (ICCMA) will be co-located with TAFA-15.

The workshop will solicit papers dealing with, but not limited to, the following topics:

  *   Properties of formal models of argumentation
  *   Instantiations of abstract argumentation frameworks
  *   Relationships amongst different argumentation frameworks
  *   Practical applications of formal models of argumentation
  *   Argumentation and other Artificial Intelligence techniques
  *   Evaluation of formal models of argumentation
  *   Validation and evaluation of applications of argumentation

As in 2011 and 2013, selected papers will be published in a LNAI post-proceedings.

Submission Guidelines
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Submission to the workshop will take place via the EasyChair system, and will be anonymously reviewed. Contributors must submit papers (no longer than 15 pages) in the Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science style. Formatting instructions, as well as the style and sample files can be found here:

http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.html

https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=tafa13

Important Dates
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  *    April 27, 2015 - Paper Submission Deadline
  *   May 13, 2015 - Paper Review Deadline
  *   May 20, 2015 - Notification of Acceptance
  *   May 30, 2015 - Camera Ready Submission Deadline

Organising Committee (Co-chairs)
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   * Elizabeth Black
     Department of Informatics,
     King’s College London
     elizabeth.black [at] kcl.ac.uk<http://kcl.ac.uk/>

   * Sanjay Modgil
     Department of Informatics,
     King’s College London
     sanjay.modgil [at] kcl.ac.uk<http://kcl.ac.uk/>

   * Nir Oren
     Department of Computer Science,
     University of Aberdeen
     n.oren [at] abdn.ac.uk<http://abdn.ac.uk/>

Programme Committee
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Leila Amgoud, IRIT - CNRS
Katie Atkinson, University of Liverpool
Pietro Baroni, University of Brescia
Floris Bex, Utrecht University
Elise Bonzon, LIPADE - Université Paris Descartes
Richard Booth, University of Luxembourg
Gerhard Brewka, Leipzig University
Katarzyna Budzynska, Polish Academy of Sciences and University of Dundee
Martin Caminada, University of Aberdeen
Federico Cerutti, University of Aberdeen
Carlos Chesñevar, Universidad Nacional del Sur
Madalina Croitoru, LIRMM,Univ. Montpellier II
Sylvie Doutre, IRIT - University of Toulouse 1
Massimiliano Giacomin, University of Brescia
Tom Gordon, Fraunhofer FOKUS
Anthony Hunter, University College London
Souhila Kaci, LIRMM, Univ. Montpellier II
Joao Leite, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa
Sanjay Modgil, King's College London
Pavlos Moraitis, Paris Descartes University
Nir Oren, University of Aberdeen
Simon Parsons, University of Liverpool
Henry Prakken, University of Utrecht & University of Groningen
Odinaldo Rodrigues, King’s College London
Chiaki Sakama, Wakayama University
Guillermo R. Simari, Universidad Nacional del Sur in Bahia Blanca
Hannes Strass, Leipzig University
Yuqing Tang, Carnegie Mellon University
Matthias Thimm, Universität Koblenz-Landau
Francesca Toni, Imperial College London
Alice Toniolo, University of Aberdeen
Paolo Torroni, University of Bologna
Leon van der Torre, University of Luxembourg
Srdjan Vesic, CRIL - CRNS
Serena Villata, INRIA Sophia Antipolis
Simon Wells, Edinburgh Napier University
Stefan Woltran, Vienna University of Technology
Adam Wyner, University of Aberdeen



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