CMNA IV Programme

23 August

15:30 - 15:35Welcome and Introduction
15:35 - 16:05 "Argumentation and Data-oriented Belief Revision: On the Two-Sided Nature of Epistemic Change", Fabio Paglieri and Cristiano Castelfranchi
16:05 - 16:20 "The EthnoAgent", Daniel Donato
16:20 - 16:50 "An Assessment of Dialogue Strategies for a Human Computer Debating System, via Computational Agents", Tangming Yuan, David Moore and Alec Grierson
16:50 - 17:05 "Elements of a Social Semantics for Argumentative Dialogue", Rodger Kibble
17:05 - 17:10 "Persuasion Strategies in Dialogue", Guido Boella, Joris Hulstijn and Leendert van der Torre
17:10 - 17:15 "Uncertainty in Metaphorical Reasoning", Alan Wallington and John Barnden
17:15 - 17:45Coffee Break (and Poster discussions)
17:45 - 18:15 "Modelling Naturalistic Argumentation in Research Literatures", Victoria Uren, Simon Buckingham Shum, Clara Mancini and Gangmin Li
18:15 - 18:30 "Persuasive Strategies and Rhetorical Relation Selection", Marco Guerini, Oliviero Stock and Massimo Zancanaro
18:30 - 18:45Panel introduction

24 August

09:00 - 09:05Welcome back :-)
09:05 - 09:35 "Towards a Formalization of Skepticism in Extension-based Argumentation Semantics", Pietro Baroni, Massimiliano Giacomin and Giovanni Guida
09:35 - 09:50 "Argumentation in the Agreement Negotiation Process: A Model that Involves Natural Reasoning", Mare Koit and Haldur Õim
09:50 - 10:20 "Modelling Argumentation with Belief Networks", Valeria Carofiglio
10:20 - 10:35 "Towards a Computational Model of Analogical Arguments", Amy Bohan and Mark T. Keane
10:35 - 10:50 "Computer supported collaborative argumentation", Maxime Morge
10:50 - 10:55 "Threat, reward and explanatory arguments: generation and evaluation", Leila Amgoud and Henri Prade
10:55 - 11:00 "Developing Argumentation Positions", Trevor Bench-Capon and Paul E. Dunne
11:00 - 11:30Coffee Break (and Poster discussions)
11:30 - 12:00 "Argumentation Schemes and Burden of Proof", Henry Prakken, Chris Reed and Douglas Walton
12:00 - 12:15 "Justifying Practical Reasoning", Katie Atkinson, Trevor Bench-Capon and Peter McBurney
12:15 - 13:15Panel