Second International Conference on Computational Models of Argument

Toulouse, 28-30 May 2008

COMMA'08IRIT

Programme

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Wednesday 28 May
08:00 - 08:45 Registration
08:45 - 09:00 Introduction and Welcome (Philippe Besnard and Tony Hunter)
09:00 - 10:00 slides Invited talk: Henry Prakken - On the structure of arguments, and what it means for dialogue (Chair: Tony Hunter)
10:00 - 11:00 Theory
Chair: Francesca Toni
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  Integrating Object and Meta-Level Value Based Argumentation - Sanjay Modgil, Trevor Bench-Capon
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slides A systematic classification of argumentation frameworks where semantics agree - Pietro Baroni, Massimiliano Giacomin
11:00 - 11:30 Coffee break
11:30 - 12:45 Theory
Chair: Paul Dunne
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  Hybrid argumentation and its properties - Dorian Gaertner, Francesca Toni
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slides Strong and weak forms of abstract argument defense - Diego Martinez, Garcia Alejandro, Guillermo Simari
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slides On the Issue of Contraposition of Defeasible Rules - Martin Caminada (Short)
12:45 - 14:15 Lunch
14:15 - 16:30 Dialogue
Chair: Chris Reed
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slides On measuring persuasion dialogs quality - Leila Amgoud, Florence Dupin de Saint Cyr
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slides Asking the right question: forcing commitment in examination dialogues - Trevor Bench-Capon, Sylvie Doutre, Paul Dunne
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  A computational model of argumentation in everyday conversation: A problem-centred approach  - Jean-Louis Dessalles (Short)
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slides Investigating Stories in a Formal Dialogue Game - Floris Bex, Henry Prakken
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  Towards argumentation-based contract negotiation - Phan Minh Dung, Phan Minh Thang, Francesca Toni
16:30 - 16:50 Coffee break
16:50 - 18:20 Decision making
Chair: Leila Amgoud
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slides Basic influence diagrams and the liberal stable semantics - Paul Matt, Francesca Toni
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  Decision Rules and Arguments in Defeasible Decision Making - Edgardo Ferretti, Marcelo Errecalde, Garcia Alejandro, Simari Guillermo 
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slides A Methodology for Action-Selection using Value-Based Argumentation  - Fahad Nawab, Trevor Bench-Capon, Paul Dunne
19:00 - 20:00 Cocktail reception at the Capitole
 
Thursday 29 May
09:00 - 10:30 Dialogue Chair: Sylvie Doutre
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  Applying Preferences to Dialogue Graphs - Sanjay Modgil, Henry Prakken
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slides Arguments from Experience: The PADUA Protocol - Maya Wardeh, Trevor Bench-Capon, Frans Coenen
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  AIF+: Dialogue in the Argument Interchange Format - Wells Simon, Chris Reed, Glenn Rowe, Joseph Devereux 
10:30 - 11:00 Coffee break
11:00 - 12:30 Tools Chair: Iyad Rahwan
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  Diagramming the Argument Interchange Format - Glenn Rowe, Chris Reed
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slides Ontological Foundations for Scholarly Debate Mapping Technology - Neil Benn, Simon Buckingham Shum, John Domingue, Clara Mancini 
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slides Political Engagement Through Tools for Argumentation - Dan Cartwright, Katie Atkinson
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch
14:00 - 15:45 Algorithms and systems Chair: Guillermo Simari
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slides Focused search for Arguments from Propositional Knowledge - Vasiliki Efstathiou, Anthony Hunter
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slides A Distributed Argumentation Framework using Defeasible Logic Programming - Matthias Thimm, Gabriele Kern-Isberner
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slides On the Relationship of Defeasible Argumentation and Answer Set Programming - Matthias Thimm, Gabriele Kern-Isberner
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  Dungine: A Java Dung Reasoner  - Mathew South, Gerard Vreeswijk, John Fox (Short)
15:45 - 16:15 Coffee break
16:15 - 17:30 Tools Chair: Pietro Baroni
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  Arguments in OWL: A Progress Report - Iyad Rahwan, Bita Banihashemi
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slides Cohere: Towards Web 2.0 Argumentation - Simon Buckingham Shum
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  Requirements for reflective argument visualization tools  - Michael Hoffmann (Short)
 
17:30 - 19:00 Software demonstrations
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  Demonstration of The Carneades Argumentation System - Thomas Gordon
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  Authoring Arguments on the Semantic Web using Avicenna - Iyad Rahwan, Bita Banihashemi
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  CaSAPI - an assumption-based argumentation system with explicit arguments - Dorian Gaertner, Francesca Toni
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  An Epistemic and Practical Reasoner - Wietske Visser
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  DeLP-Server: an Argumentative Reasoning Service - Alejandro Garcia, Guillermo R. Simari
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  ARG!Draw: An Argument Graphs Drawing Tool - Tangming Yuan, Jenny Schulze
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  Compendium - Simon Buckingham Shum
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  Cohere - Simon Buckingham Shum
19:30 - 22:30 Gala dinner cruise aboard L'Occitania (Photos)
 
Friday 30 May
09:00 - 10:00 Invited talk: Phan Minh Dung - Argumentation and Conflict Resolution (Chair: Philippe Besnard)
10:00 - 11:00 Theory Chair: Sanjay Modgil
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slides The Computational Complexity of Ideal Semantics I: Abstract Argumentation Frameworks - Paul Dunne
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  Argument Theory Change: Revision Upon Warrant - Rotstein Nicolas, Moguillansky Martín, Falappa Marcelo, Garcia Alejandro Guillermo Simari
11:00 - 11:30 Coffee break
11:30 - 12:45 Theory Chair: Claudette Cayrol
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slides Resolution-based argumentation semantics - Pietro Baroni, Massimiliano Giacomin
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slides Argumentation Using Temporal Knowledge - Nick Mann, Anthony Hunter
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  Semantics for Evidence-Based Argumentation  - Nir Oren, Timothy Norman (Short)
12:45 - 14:15 Lunch
14:15 - 15:45 Uncertainty Chair: Henri Prade
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  A Level-based Approach to Computing Warranted Arguments in Possibilistic Defeasible Logic Programming - Teresa Alsinet, Carlos Chesnevar, Lluis Godo Lacasa
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slides Modeling Persuasiveness: change of uncertainty through agents' interactions - Magdalena Kacprzak, Katarzyna Budzynska, Pawel Rembelski
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  Agent Dialogue as Partial Uncertain Argumentation and its Fixpoint Semantics - Takayoshi Takayoshi, Hajime Sawamura
15:45 - 16:15 Coffee break
16:15 - 17:45 Decision making Chair: Tom Gordon
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slides Heuristics in Argumentation: A Game Theory Investigation - Regis Riveret, Henry Prakken, Antonino Rotolo, Giovanni Sartor 
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slides Argument Schemes and Critical Questions for Decision Aiding Process - Wassila Ouerdane, Nicolas Maudet, Alexis Tsoukias
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  Modelling Judicial Context in Argumentation Frameworks - Adam Wyner, Trevor Bench-Capon
17:45 Conference close (Philippe Besnard and Tony Hunter)

 

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