31.2155, Confs: Text/Corpus Ling/Online

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LINGUIST List: Vol-31-2155. Thu Jul 02 2020. ISSN: 1069 - 4875.

Subject: 31.2155, Confs: Text/Corpus Ling/Online

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Date: Thu, 02 Jul 2020 13:23:49
From: Annette Hautli-Janisz [annette.hautli at uni-konstanz.de]
Subject: COMMA 2020 Workshop on Argument Visualization

 
COMMA 2020 Workshop on Argument Visualization 
Short Title: ArgVis 

Date: 08-Sep-2020 - 08-Sep-2020 
Location: Virtually, Italy 
Contact: Annette Hautli-Janisz 
Contact Email: annette.hautli at uni-konstanz.de 
Meeting URL: https://argvis-workshop.lingvis.io/ 

Linguistic Field(s): Text/Corpus Linguistics 

Meeting Description: 

Analyzing and visualizing argument structures is a notoriously difficult task,
as the data consists of large relational structures. Scalable (interactive)
visualization techniques have been shown to reduce the cognitive effort when
analyzing such complex structures. By bridging the gap between the
argumentation and visualization communities, we aim to foster novel approaches
facilitating argument visualization.

The workshop aims to bridge the gap between researchers from computational
argumentation and information visualization. In particular, we want to raise
awareness for the challenges that argumentative data and its annotation brings
with it (e.g. the multidimensionality of the feature set, its uncertainty) and
explore how information visualization can support their solution. At the same
time, information visualization can push the state of the art by tackling
exactly those challenges and testing their efficacy in user studies.

- Spell out existing challenges in argumentation theory and argument mining
and discuss how can they be translated into subproblems that information
visualization can help solving.
- Showcase how information visualization facilitates argument analysis.
- Propose new ways of making argumentative data accessible for the general
public with methods from information visualization.
- Discuss the background and design justifications for systems presented in
the COMMA 2020 demo track.
- Enable inter-disciplinary collaboration
 

Call for Papers: 

Due to the global COVID-19 pandemic, ArgVis 2020 will take place as a virtual
workshop via zoom. The deadline has been extended by two weeks.

Important Dates
Paper Submission (extended): July 15
Notification of Acceptance (extended):  August 15
Camera-ready (extended):  August 29
Workshop: September 08 2020

We invite papers, which have to be in English and formatted according to the
IOS style (template), in the following two categories:

Short Papers: 
Short papers present a novel approach to the visualization of arguments,
showcase the applicability of existing visualization research to the field of
argumentation, or highlight initial results of ongoing work. Short papers are
4 to 6 pages, excluding references.

Position Papers: 
Position papers present novel positions, theories and concepts that provide
opportunities for future research. While these ideas do not have to be already
implemented, they should be grounded on previous research in related fields.
Position papers are 4 pages in length, excluding references.

Submission will be handled through the EasyChair conference management system
(https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=argvis2020). All papers will be
peer-reviewed by the international program committee to ensure their quality
and relevance to the workshop. The workshop proceedings containing all
accepted papers will be published via CEUR-WS. At least one author of each
accepted paper must register for and attend the workshop to present the paper.

Topics of interest to the workshop include, but are not limited to:
 - Visualization of Argument Maps
 - Overview Visualizations of Argumentation
 - Visualizations for the Analysis of Arguments
 - Systems that foster participation and engagement
 - Teaching Systems
 - Visualizations of Argument Quality
 - Visual Analysis Systems for Argumentation





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