Apologies for multiple receipts ******************************************************** ******************************************************** Fourth International Workshop on Argumentation in Multi-Agent Systems (ArgMAS 2007)
Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, May 14-15, 2007 In Conjunction with AAMAS 2007 http://homepages.inf.ed.ac.uk/irahwan/argmas/argmas07/ ******************************************************** ******************************************************** ********** 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 two successful workshops: * 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) Post-proceedings of previous editions of the workshop have been published in two Springer LNCS volumes: S. Parsons, N. Maudet, P. Moraitis, and I. Rahwan (Eds.) (2006). Argumentation in Multi-Agent Systems Second International Workshop, ArgMAS 2005, Utrecht, Netherlands, July 26, 2005, Revised Selected and Invited Papers. Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, Volume 4049, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Germany. I. Rahwan, P. Moraitis and C. Reed (Eds.) (2005). Argumentation in Multi-Agent Systems: Proceedings of the First International Workshop (ArgMAS'04): Expanded and Invited Contributions. Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, Volume 3366, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Germany. 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. The workshop will be co-located with the sixth international conference on Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems AAMAS 2007. ********** 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 *************** Important Dates *************** Note that the dates are fixed by the AAMAS conference: Submission Deadline: 5 February 2007 Notification of Acceptance/Rejection: 5 March 2007 Camera Ready Due: 19 March 2007 Workshop: 14 or 15 May 2007 *********** Publication *********** The proceedings of ArgMAS will be printed and distributed at the workshop. As we did for ArgMAS 2004, 2005, and 2006, 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. ******************** Submission Procedure ******************** Contributors may submit either full papers (no longer than 5000 words, not including figures) 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 All submissions should be sent either in PostScript format or in PDF format by email to Iyad Rahwan on [EMAIL PROTECTED] At least one author of each accepted papers must register for the workshop. ******************** Organising Committee ******************** Co-Chairs: * Simon Parsons Department of Computer and Information Science Brooklyn College City University of New York 2900 Bedford Avenue Brooklyn, 11210 NY [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Iyad Rahwan (Corresponding Organiser) Institute 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 * Chris Reed Department of Applied Computing University of Dundee Dundee DD1 4HN Scotland, UK [EMAIL PROTECTED] ************************* ArgMAS Steering Committee ************************* * Antonis Kakas (University of Cyprus, Cyprus) * Nicolas Maudet (Universite Paris Dauphine, France) * Peter McBurney (University of Liverpool, UK) * Pavlos Moraitis (University RENE DESCARTES-Paris 5, 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) ******************** Program Committee ******************** * Leila Amgoud, IRIT, Toulouse, France * Katie Atkinson, University of Liverpool, UK * Jamal Bentahar, Concordia University, Canada * Guido Boella, Università di Torino, Italy * Brahim Chaib-draa, Laval University, Canada * Carlos Chesnevar, Universitat de Lleida, Spain * Frank Dignum, Utrecht University, Netherlands * Rogier van Eijk, Utrecht University, Netherlands * Frank Guerin, University of Aberdeen, UK * Joris Hulstijn, 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, Royal Holloway, University of London, UK * Sanjay Modgil, Cancer Research UK * Pavlos Moraitis, University RENE DESCARTES, France * Bernard Moulin, Laval University, Canada * Søren Holbech, Nielsen Aalborg University, Denmark * Tim Norman, University of Aberdeen, UK * Nir Oren, University of Aberdeen, UK * Fabio Paglieri, ISTC-CNR, Roma IT * Xavier Parent, King's College, UK * Simon Parsons, City University of New York, USA * Philippe Pasquier, University of Melbourne, Australia * Enric Plaza, Spanish Scientific Research Council, Spain * Henri Prade, IRIT, Toulouse, France * Henry Prakken, Utrecht University, & University of Groningen, The Netherlands * Alun Preece, University of Aberdeen, UK * Iyad Rahwan, British University in Dubai, UAE, & University of Edinburgh, UK * Sarvapali Ramchurn, University of Southampton, UK * Chris Reed, University of Dundee, UK * Michael Rovatsos, University of Edinburgh, UK * Sandip Sen, University of Tulsa, USA * 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 * Doug Walton, University of Winnipeg, Canada * Steven Willmott, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain * Mike Wooldridge, University of Liverpool, UK Copyright © Iyad Rahwan 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 -- ---------------------------------------------------------- Dr. Iyad Rahwan | Honorary Fellow MSc in IT Programme Coordinator | School of Informatics Institute of Informatics | University of Edinburgh British University in Dubai | United Kingdom P.O.Box 502216 Dubai, UAE | Tel: +971-4-3671959 | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] web: http://homepages.inf.ed.ac.uk/irahwan/ ---------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ uai mailing list [email protected] https://secure.engr.oregonstate.edu/mailman/listinfo/uai
