[agents] First call for papers of the workshop ArgLPNMR 2016 (ArgLPNMR 2016 is co-located with IJCAI 2016)

[Juan Carlos Nieves]

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CALL FOR PAPERS: ArgLPNMR 2016

The First International Workshop on Argumentation in Logic Programming 
and Non-Monotonic Reasoning (ArgLPNMR 2016).

ArgLPNMR 2016 is co-located with the 25th International Joint Conference 
on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI 2016). It will take place in New York 
City, NY, USA, July 9-11, 2016.

Workshop webpage: 
https://ddll.inf.tu-dresden.de/web/Sarah_Alice_Gaggl/Arg-LPNMR2016

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MOTIVATION AND AIMS
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Research on argumentation and an Artificial Intelligence (AI) began in 
full force in the early eighties. The initial efforts showed how 
argumentation results in a very natural way of conceptualizing 
commonsense reasoning, appropriately reflecting its defeasible nature. 
In the mid-nineties, Dung (1995) has shown that argumentation provides a 
useful perspective for relating different non-monotonic formalisms. 
Currently, argumentation has been applied in different subfields of AI 
like Multi-Agent Systems, Semantic Web, Knowledge Representation and 
Reasoning, etc.


Works in the knowledge representation and reasoning community have shown 
that argumentation inferences in terms of the so called argumentation 
semantics have strong roots in logic-based theories and non-monotonic 
reasoning. In this sense, the relationship between logic programming and 
argumentation has attracted increased attention in the last years. 
Studies range from translating one into the other and back, using 
argumentation to explain logic programming models, and using logic 
programming systems to implement argumentation-based languages 
(ASPARTIX, DIAMOND). Influences go both ways and we believe that both 
fields can benefit from learning from each other. Moreover, 
argumentation allows to relate several non-monotonic formalisms such as 
belief revision, reasoning about actions and probabilistic reasoning.


More recently, argumentation has been revealed as a powerful conceptual 
tool for exploring the theoretical foundations of reasoning and 
interaction in autonomous systems and multiagent systems. Different 
dialogue models have been proposed based on the roots of argumentation. 
Indeed considering argumentation roots, the so called Agreement 
Technologies have been suggested in order to lead with the new 
requirement of interaction between autonomous systems and multiagent 
systems.


The aim of the workshop is to bring researchers from all these fields 
together, to present and discuss joint work, and identify possible 
shared future directions of the community.


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TOPICS
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Topics of interest include but are not limited to:


- formal argumentation theories and logical foundations of argumentation
- relating argumentation and logic programming
- studying properties of argumentation semantics
- operational semantics and execution models of argumentation systems
- dialogue games in argumentation
- argumentation for reasoning in multiagent systems
- argumentation dialogues in multiagent systems
- nonmonotonic reasoning in multiagent systems
- implementations of argumentation systems
- argumentation and belief revision
- defeasible logic programming and argumentation
- argumentation tools and applications, for example in multiagent 
systems, legal reasoning, the semantic web, practical reasoning and 
deliberation, and commonsense reasoning

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IMPORTANT DATES
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Abstract submission: 18 April 2016
Paper submission deadline: 22 April 2016
Notification of acceptance: 24 May 2016
Final manuscripts due: 17 June 2016
Workshop date: 9-11 July 2016



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PAPER SUBMISSION INFORMATION
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All papers must present original and innovative work. (Double submission 
is allowed if the work is not yet formally published at the time of 
submission.). Papers will be evaluated according to their significance, 
originality, technical content and relevance to the workshop.

Papers must not exceed 8 pages including references. Papers must be 
formatted according to the IJCAI 2016 style guide 
(http://ijcai-16.org/downloads/FormattingGuidelinesIJCAI-16.zip)

Please submit your contributions electronically in PDF format to EasyChair:
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=arglpnmr2016


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PROCEEDINGS
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Accepted papers will be included in the workshop on-line proceedings.

At least one author of each accepted paper is expected to register to 
the workshop and attend the workshop to present the paper.

We aim at selecting extended and revised versions of accepted papers to 
appear in a special issue of an international journal  provided that a 
sufficient amount of high quality papers is collected. Such papers will 
go through a second formal selection process to meet the high quality 
standard of the journal.


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ORGANIZATION
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Sarah Gaggl, TU Dresden, Germany.
Hannes Strass, Leipzig University, Germany
Juan Carlos Nieves, Umea University, Sweden.

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PROGRAM COMMITTEE
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- Gerhard Brewka
- Sylvie Doutre
- Phan Minh Dung
- Dov Gabbay
- Gabriele Kern-Isberner
- Mauricio Osorio
- Ken Satoh
- Jan Sefranek
- Guillermo Simari
- Francesca Toni
- Paolo Torroni
- Marina De Vos
- Stefan Woltran
- Toshiko Wakaki


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ArgLPNMR 2016 Anti-Harassment Policy
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The open exchange of ideas and the freedom of thought and expression are 
central to the values and goals of ArgLP. They require an environment 
that recognizes the inherent worth of every person and group. They 
flourish in communities that foster mutual understanding and embrace 
diversity. For these reasons, ArgLP is committed to providing a 
harassment-free conference experience, and implements the ACM policy 
against harassment 
(http://www.acm.org/sigs/volunteer_resources/officers_manual/anti-harassment-policy). 



ArgLPNMR participants violating these standards may be sanctioned or 
expelled from the meeting, at the discretion of the workshop organizers. 
Workshop attendees are asked to report serious incidents to the IJCAI 
General Chair.