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CALL FOR PAPERS

4th International Conference on

COMPUTATIONAL MODELS OF ARGUMENT (COMMA 2012)

Vienna, Austria, September 10-12, 2012

www.kr.tuwien.ac.at/comma2012/

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AIMS AND SCOPE

Argumentation is an important and exciting research topic in artificial
intelligence, with a broad spectrum of research activities ranging from
theory to applications. The International Conference on Computational
Models of Argument (COMMA) is a regular forum for presentation and
exchange of the latest research results related to computational aspects
of argumentation. After the successful editions in Liverpool (2006),
Toulouse (2008) and Desenzano del Garda (2010), COMMA 2012 will be held
in Vienna in September 2012.


TOPICS

Topics include, but are not limited to:

* Formal and informal models for argumentation
* Dialogue based on argumentation
* Strategies in argumentation
* Argumentation and game theory
* Computational properties of argumentation
* Reasoning about action and time with argumentation
* Decision making based on argumentation
* Argumentation in agent and multi-agent systems
* Argumentation for coordination and coalition formation
* Argumentation-based negotiation
* Argumentation, trust and reputation
* Argumentation and human-computer interaction
* Systems for learning through argument
* Implementation of argumentation systems
* Tools for supporting argumentation
* Applications (e.g. e-democracy, risk assessment, law and medicine)


IMPORTANT DATES

Submission deadline: March 26, 2012
Notification of acceptance: May 23, 2012
Final version of accepted papers: June 20, 2012


PROCEEDINGS

The proceedings for the conference will be published by IOS Press in
the "Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence and Applications" series. The
length of each submission should not exceed 12 pages. Authors should
prepare their submission following the instructions by IOS Press available
from the conference website. Paper submission will be managed through
EasyChair and will be open between March 1 and March 26.


INVITED SPEAKERS

* Trevor Bench-Capon (University of Liverpool, United Kingdom)
* Erik Krabbe (University of Groningen, The Netherlands)
* Keith Stenning (University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom)


ORGANISING COMMITTEE

* Program Chair: Bart Verheij
(University of Groningen, The Netherlands)
* Conference Chairs: Stefan Szeider and Stefan Woltran
(Vienna University of Technology, Austria)