[Rstlist] deadline extended: CMNA, computational models of natural argument at AISB 2018

[Grasso, Floriana]

Submission are solicited to the 18h Workshop on Computational Models of Natural Argument, to be held in conjunction with AISB 2018<http://aisb2018.csc.liv.ac.uk/> at the University of Liverpool, UK, on April 4th-6th 2018.

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Paper submission will be handled by the Easychair conference system. Please submit your paper here<https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=cmna18>.


KEY DATES

  *   Paper submission (all categories): 10 January 2018 Extended: 22 January 2018
  *   Notification to authors: 15 February 2018
  *   Final version of papers: 5 March 2018
  *   Early registration deadline: from the AISB 2018<http://aisb2018.csc.liv.ac.uk/> website
  *   CMNA 18: one day workshop during the AISB conference 4th - 6th April 2018 (exact date to be announced)
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CMNA18 proceedings will be published as <http://www.aisb.org.uk/aisbpublications/convention-proceedings> AISB Convention Proceedings<http://www.aisb.org.uk/aisbpublications/convention-proceedings>. <http://ceur-ws.org/>


TOPICS
The workshop focuses on the issue of modelling "natural" argumentation. Contributions are solicited addressing, but not limited to, the following areas of interest:

  *   The characteristics of natural arguments: ontological aspects and cognitive issues.
  *   Personalisation and tailoring of argument to a specific audience
  *   Models of arguer and models of audience
  *   The use of models from informal logic and argumentation theory, and in particular, approaches to specific schools of thought developed in informal logic and argumentation.
  *   Rhetoric and affect: the role of emotions, personalities, etc. in models of argumentation.
  *   The roles of manoeuvering and deceit and the ethical implications of implemented systems demonstrating such features.
  *   The linguistic characteristics of natural argumentation, including discourse markers, sentence format, referring expressions, and style. Persuasive discourse processing (discourse goals and structure, speaker/hearer models, content selection, etc.). Language dependence and multilingual approaches. Empirical work based on corpora looking at these topics are especially welcomed.
  *   Non-monotonic, defeasible and uncertain argumentation.
  *   Natural argumentation and media: visual arguments, multi-modal arguments, spoken arguments.
  *   Models of argumentation in multi-agent systems inspired by or based upon theories of human argument.
  *   Empirically driven models of argument in AI and Law.
  *   Evaluative arguments and their application in AI systems (such as decision support and advice giving).
  *   Issues of domain specificity, and in particular, the independence of argumentation techniques from the domain of application.
  *   Applications of computer supported collaborative argumentation, in realistic domains in which argument plays a key role, including pedagogy, e-democracy and public debate.
  *   Applications of argumentation based systems, including, for example, the pedagogical, health-related, political, and promotional.
  *   Methods to better convey the structure of complex argument, including representation and summarisation.
  *   Tools for interacting with structures of argument, including visualisation tools and interfaces supporting natural, stylised or formal dialogue.
  *   The building of computational resources such as online corpora related to argumentation.

The workshop encourages submissions in four categories:

  *   Long papers, either reporting on completed work or offering a polemic discussion on a burning issue (up to 10 pages).
  *   Short papers describing work in progress (up to 5 pages).
  *   Demonstration of implemented systems: submissions should be accompanied by written reports (up to 3 pages).
  *   Short abstract, describing a doctoral thesis summary or a project proposal (up to 2 pages).


Dr Floriana Grasso
Department of Computer Science
University of Liverpool
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