Ninth International Workshop on
Argumentation in Multi-Agent Systems (ArgMAS 2012)
Valencia,
Spain, June 2012
In Conjunction
with AAMAS
2012
ArgMAS
series web site:
http://www.mit.edu/~irahwan/argmas/
News
& Announcements
- (20
Feb 2012) Workshop date set to 4 June.
- (15
Dec 2011) ArgMAS 2012 web page up.
In memoriam: Jonathan Adler (1949-2012)
We are saddened to learn of the death of Professor Jonathan Adler, Professor of Philosophy at Brooklyn College, City University of New York and we send our commiserations to his family and friends. Professor Adler was a noted philosopher of argumentation and of epistemology. He was our invited speaker at the First International Workshop on Argumentation in Multi-Agent Systems (ArgMAS 2004), held in New York City in 2004, where he gave a typically thought-provoking and witty talk.
There is a page of memorial recollections here.
Overview
Submissions
are invited for the Ninth International Workshop on Argumentation in
Multi-Agent Systems (ArgMAS2012), to be held in Valencia, Spain as part
of AAMAS 2012.
ArgMAS 2012 will focus on the concepts, theories, methodologies, and
applications of computational models of argument in creating autonomous
agents and multi-agent systems. Argumentation can be abstractly defined
as the formal interaction of different arguments for and against some
conclusion (eg, a proposition, an action intention, a preference, etc).
A single agent may use argumentation techniques to perform individual
reasoning, to resolve conflicting evidence, or to decide between
conflicting goals. Multiple agents may also use dialectical
argumentation in order to identify and reconcile differences between
themselves, through interactions such as negotiation, persuasion, and
joint deliberation.
The main goal of ArgMAS 2012 will be to bring together the community of
researchers working on argumentation in multi-agent systems. The
workshop has the following technical goals:
(a) To explore the use of argumentation in practical reasoning.
(b) To investigate how argumentation can be used to enable rational
interaction between autonomous agents.
(c) To explore the applicability of argumentation for solving a variety
of problems in multi-agent systems, such as information exchange,
negotiation, team formation, deliberation, etc.
(d) To explore strategic reasoning and behaviours in
argumentation-based interaction.
(e) To better understand how argumentation relates to other areas of
multiagent research, such as game theory, agent communications, and
planning.
(f) To present and encourage implemented systems which demonstrate the
use of argumentation in multi-agent systems.
The workshop solicits papers looking at either theory or practice, or
both. 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.
Different agents within a multiagent system potentially have
differential access to information and capabilities, different beliefs,
different preferences and desires, and different goals and
values. A key aspect of the scientific study of multiagent
systems therefore is the development of methods and procedures for
identifying, assessing, reconciling, and arbitrating between such
differences. Market mechanisms and voting procedures are two
methods for dealing with such differences. Argumentation theory is
another. In recent years, formal theories of argument and
argument interaction have been proposed, and this has led to the study
of computational models of argument. The ArgMAS series of
workshops has focused on computational argumentation within the context
of agent reasoning and multiagent systems.
The workshop will be of interest to anyone studying or applying default
reasoning in autonomous agents, single-agent reasoning and planning
under uncertainty, strategic single-agent reasoning in the context of
potential competitor actions, and the rational resolution of the
different beliefs and intentions of multiple agents within multiagent
systems.
This
workshop builds on the following successful
workshops (see ArgMAS workshop series
web site).
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
Programme
Draft Program:
- SESSION 1: DELIBERATION AND NEGOTIATION (Chair: Peter McBurney)
- 0900 - 0925: Latifa Al-Abdulkarim, Katie Atkinson and Trevor Bench-Capon: A strategy for deliberation using combinations of values
- 0925 - 0950: Eric Kok, John-Jules Meyer, Henry Prakken and Gerard Vreeswijk: Testing the benefits of structured argumentation in multi-agent deliberation dialogues
- 0950 - 1015: Alice Toniolo, Timothy Norman and Katia Sycara: An empirical study of argumentation schemes for deliberative dialogue
- SESSION 2: APPLICATIONS (Chair: Eric Kok)
- 1050 - 1115: Andy Applebaum, Zimi Li, Ali Raza Syed, Karl Levitt, Simon Parsons, Jeff Rowe and Elizabeth Sklar: Firewall configuration: An application of multiagent metalevel argumentation
- 1115 - 1140: Cristhian Ariel David Deagustini, Santiago Emanuel Fulladoza Dalibon, Sebastian Gottifredi, Marcelo A. Falappa, Carlos Ivan Chesnevar and Guillermo Ricardo Simari: Supporting defeasible argumentation processes over relational databases
- 1140 - 1205: Yuqing Tang, Elizabeth Sklar, and Simon Parsons: An argumentation engine: ArgTrust
- INVITED TALK (Chair: Peter McBurney)
- 1205 - 1300: Nicolas Troquard: Logical Models of Action and Agency: History and Modern Developments
- SESSION 3: FOUNDATIONS AND THEORY (Chair: Carlos Chesnevar)
- 1420 - 1445: Barbara Dunin-Keplicz, Alina Strachocka, Andrzej Szalas and Rineke Verbrugge: A paraconsistent approach to speech acts
- 1145 - 1510: Cristian Gratie and Adina Magda Florea: SCC-Recursiveness revisited
- 1510 - 1535: Ioan Alfred Letia and Adrian Groza: Justificatory and explanatory argumentation for committing agents
- 1525 - 1600: Mark Snaith and Chris Reed: Justified argument revision in agent dialogue
- SESSION 4: FOUNDATIONS AND THEORY (Chair: Iyad Rahwan)
- 1630 - 1655: Pablo Pilotti, Ana Casali and Carlos Chesnevar: A belief revision approach for argumentation-based negotiation with cooperative agents
- 1655 - 1720: Adam Wyner, Katie Atkinson and Trevor Bench-Capon: Towards a formal language for argumentation schemes
- 1720 - 1745: Ashwag Maghraby, David Robertson, Adela Grando and Michael Rovatsos: Bridging the specification protocol gap in argumentation
Important
Dates
Note
that these dates are set by AAMAS and cannot be extended.
Submission
Deadline: |
28
February
2012 |
Notification
of
Acceptance/Rejection: |
27
March 2012 |
Camera
Ready Due: |
10
April
2012 |
Workshop: |
Monday 4
June
2012 |
Publication
The
proceedings of ArgMAS will be printed and distributed at the
workshop. As with previous ArgMAS workshops, it is planned to
publish revised versions of the accepted full papers in an edited book
as part of the Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS)
series. This publication will have an ISBN number, and would be
available both in printed form, as well as electronically in
SpringerLink online.
Submission
Procedure
As with
previous workshops, each ArgMAS submission will be reviewed by two
members of the expert program committee. Contributors may submit
either full papers (no longer than 20 pages) 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
Papers
submitted should be in PDF format, and must be submitted through our
dedicated EasyChair site, here:
https://www.easychair.org/account/signin.cgi?conf=argmas2012
Submitted
papers should give full names and contact details for all authors. At
least one author of each accepted papers must register for the workshop.
Organisers
The workshop
organizers are:
- Peter
McBurney
(Contact Organiser)
Department of Informatics, King's College London
Tel: + 44 20 7848 1253
peter.mcburney [a*t] kcl.ac.uk
- Simon
Parsons
Department of Computer and Information Science
Brooklyn College, City University of New York, 11210 NY USA
parsons [a*t] sci.brooklyn.cuny.edu
- Iyad
Rahwan
Masdar
Institute of Science & Technology
P.O.Box 54224 Abu Dhabi
United Arab Emirates
|
Massachusetts
Institute of Technology
Cambridge, MA
USA |
ArgMAS
Steering Committee
- Antonis
Kakas (University of Cyprus, Cyprus)
- Nicolas
Maudet (Universite Paris Dauphine, France)
- Peter
McBurney (King's College London, UK)
- Pavlos
Moraitis (Paris Descartes University,
France)
- Simon
Parsons (City University of New York, USA)
- Iyad
Rahwan (Masdar Institute, UAE, and MIT, USA)
- Chris
Reed
(University of Dundee, UK)
Program
Committee (to be confirmed)
- Leila Amgoud,
IRIT, Toulouse, France
- Katie
Atkinson, University of Liverpool, UK
- Jamal
Bentahar, Concordia University, Canada
- Elizabeth
Black, King's College London, UK
- Guido Boella,
Università di Torino, Italy
- Carlos
Chesnevar, Universitat de Lleida, Spain
- Yannis
Dimopoulos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus
- Sylvie
Doutre, IRIT, Toulouse, France
- Paul Dunne,
University of Liverpool, UK
- Rogier van
Eijk, Utrecht University, Netherlands
- Anthony
Hunter, University College, London, UK
- Antonis
Kakas, University of Cyprus, Cyprus
- Nikos
Karacapilidis, University of Patras, Greece
- Nicolas
Maudet, Universite Paris Dauphine, France
- Jarred
McGinnis, Press Association, UK
- Sanjay
Modgil, King's College London, UK
- Pavlos
Moraitis, Paris Descartes University, France
- Timothy
Norman, University of Aberdeen, UK
- Nir Oren,
University of Aberdeen, UK
- Fabio
Paglieri, ISTC, Rome Italy
- Enric Plaza,
Spanish Scientific Research Council, Spain
- Henry
Prakken, Utrecht University and University of Groningen, The Netherlands
- Chris Reed,
University of Dundee, UK
- Michael
Rovatsos, University of Edinburgh, UK
- Hajime
Sawamura, Niigata University, Japan
- Guillermo
Simari, Universidad Nacional del Sur, Argentina
- Yuqing Tang,
Carnegie-Mellon University, USA
- Francesca
Toni, Imperial College, London, UK
- Paolo
Torroni, Università di Bologna, Italy
- Bart Verheij,
University of Groningen, The Netherlands
- Gerard
Vreeswijk, Utrecht University, Netherlands
- Tom van der
Weide, Utrecht University, The Netherlands
- Douglas
Walton, University of Windsor, Canada
- Simon Wells,
University of Dundee, UK
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