TENTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON COMPUTATIONAL MODELS OF ARGUMENT (COMMA 2024) Hagen, Germany, 18th – 20th September 2024 FINAL CALL FOR PAPERS - SUBMISSION DEADLINE 18 APRIL 2024 https://comma2024.krportal.org/ The International Conference on Computational Models of Argument (COMMA) is a regular forum for presentation and exchange of the latest research results concerning theory and applications of computational argumentation. After the successful editions in Liverpool (2006), Toulouse (2008), Desenzano del Garda (2010), Vienna (2012), Pitlochry (2014), Potsdam (2016), Warsaw (2018), Perugia (2020), and Cardiff (2022), the biennial COMMA event will be hosted at the FernUniversität in Hagen, Germany. COMMA 2024 will be preceded by the sixth edition of the Summer School on Argumentation (SSA 2024). In addition to the main conference track, COMMA 2024 will include system demonstrations, as well as workshops devoted to specific argumentation-related themes. COMMA topics include, but are not limited to: • Formal, semi-formal and informal models for argumentation • Argumentation and Non-monotonic Reasoning • Dialogue based on argumentation • Strategies in argumentation • Argumentation and game theory • Argumentation and probability • Argumentation and narrative • Argumentation-based explanation • Argumentation and computational linguistics • Argument mining • 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argumentation • Demonstrations of innovative working applications and tools We invite submission of original and unpublished work. Parallel submission to journals or other conferences or workshops with published proceedings is not permitted. The conference includes a Regular Track and an Innovative Applications Track. As to the latter, we encourage the submission of original papers about innovative applications, e.g., in law, medicine, e-democracy, risk assessment, intelligent user interfaces, recommender systems, argument mining etc. Innovative applications papers will be assessed in an equally rigorous reviewing procedure as regular track papers. The reviewing process is single blind. The length of each submission for both Regular and Innovative Applications papers must not exceed 12 pages. Paper submission, in PDF format, will be managed through EasyChair online at https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=comma2024 and will be open until 18 April 2024 (all dates are 23:59 UTC-12, ‘anywhere on Earth’). We also invite submissions of demonstration of systems and tools. Authors of accepted submissions will be invited to present their demonstrations during a special demonstration session. Systems of interest include (but are not limited to): • Innovative applications in law, medicine, -democracy, risk assessment, intelligent user interfaces, recommender systems • Argumentation-based reasoners • Systems for generating arguments from knowledge bases • Systems for editing, presenting, and judging arguments and counterarguments • Collaborative and social systems based on argumentation • Simulations of dialogue-based argumentation • Argumentation-based agents and multi-agent systems • Decision support systems based on argumentation • Argument mining systems • Argumentation-based systems for explainable decision making All those intending to demonstrate a system should notify the demonstrations coordinator Tjitze Rienstra (t.rienstra@maastrichtuniversity.nl) by e-mail no later than April 4th, 2024, specifying whether the demo is connected to a paper in the main conference track. Where a demonstration is not connected to a paper in the regular or innovative applications tracks, a two-page extended abstract about the system must be submitted for review by the general paper submission deadline of 18 April 2024. For those demonstrations that are connected to a paper in one of the main conference tracks, no separate abstract about the demonstration should be submitted. The submission site, format and dates for extended abstracts are the same as for regular papers. Accepted extended abstracts will be published in the conference proceedings The proceedings of the conference will be published by IOS Press as an open-access book. Authors should prepare their submission following the instructions given by IOS Press (http://www.iospress.nl/service/authors/latex-and-word-tools-for-book-authors/). We are happy to announce that the following workshops will take place prior to the COMMA 2024 conference: 24th International Workshop on Computational Models of Natural Argument, CMNA 2024 https://cmna-workshop.github.io/cmna24/ 2nd International Workshop on Argumentation for eXplainable AI, ArgXAI 2024 https://people.cs.umu.se/tkampik/argxai/2024.html 5th International Workshop on Systems and Algorithms for Formal, SAFA 2024 https://safa2024.argumentationcompetition.org/ Important Dates • Demo request email deadline: 04 April 2024 • Paper submission deadline: 18 April 2024 • Notification of acceptance: 10 June 2024 • Camera-ready versions due: 1 July 2024 Invited Speakers • Leila Amgoud, Institut de Recherche en Informatique de Toulouse • Ulrike Hahn, Birkbeck, University of London • Serena Villata, Université Côte d’Azur Organisation Program Chair: Chris Reed (University of Dundee, United Kingdom) Local Chair: Matthias Thimm (University of Hagen, Germany) Workshop Chair: Sarah A. Gaggl (TU Dresden, Germany) Demo Chair: Tjitze Rienstra (Maastricht University, The Netherlands) Summer School Chairs: Jesse Heyninck (Open Universiteit Heerlen, The Netherlands), and AnneMarie Borg (Utrecht University, The Netherlands) Programme Committee Milad Alshomary, Paderborn University Leila Amgoud, IRIT - CNRS Ofer Arieli, The Academic College of Tel-Aviv Katie Atkinson, University of Liverpool Pietro Baroni, DII - University of Brescia Trevor Bench-Capon, University of Liverpool Floris Bex, Utrecht University Stefano Bistarelli, Università di Perugia Elizabeth Black, King's College London Alexander Bochman, Computer Science Dept., Holon Institute of Technology Elise Bonzon, LIPADE - Universite de Paris Richard Booth, Cardiff University Katarzyna Budzynska, Warsaw University of Technology Elena Cabrio, Université Côte d'Azur, CNRS, Inria, I3S, France Martin Caminada, Cardiff University Federico Cerutti, University of Brescia Chung-Chi Chen, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology Carlos Chesñevar, UNS (Universidad Nacional del Sur) Oana Cocarascu, King's College London Andrea Cohen, Institute for Computer Science and Engineering (ICIC), CONICET-UNS Kristijonas Čyras, Ericsson Sylvie Doutre, University Toulouse Capitole - IRIT Paul Dunne, University of Liverpool Wolfgang Dvořák, TU Wien Xiuyi Fan, Nanyang Technological University Anette Frank, Computational Linguistics Department, University of Heidelberg Massimiliano Giacomin, University of Brescia Lluis Godo, Artificial Intelligence Research Institute, IIIA - CSIC Guido Governatori, Charles Sturt University Annette Hautli-Janisz, University of Passau Jesse Heyninck, Open Universiteit, the Netherlands Anthony Hunter, University College London Souhila Kaci, Lirmm Gabriele Kern-Isberner, Technische Universitaet Dortmund Hiroyuki Kido, Cardiff University Sébastien Konieczny, CRIL - CNRS Marie-Christine Lagasquie-Schiex, IRIT - Universite Paul Sabatier John Lawrence, University of Dundee Eimear Maguire, University of Dundee Quratul-Ain Mahesar, University of Huddersfield Jean-Guy Mailly, Université Toulouse Capitole, IRIT, Toulouse, France Maria Vanina Martinez, ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE RESEARCH INSTITUTE (IIIA - CSIC) Sanjay Modgil, King's College London Maxime Morge, Université de Lille Elena Musi, University of Liverpool Juan Carlos Nieves, Umeå University Nir Oren, University of Aberdeen Fabio Paglieri, ISTC-CNR Rome Simon Parsons, University of Lincoln Guilherme Paulino-Passos, Imperial College London Martín Pereira-Fariña, University of Santiago de Compostela Brian Pluss, University of Dundee Sylwia Polberg, Cardiff University Henry Prakken, Department of Information and Computing Sciences, University of Utrecht & Faculty of Law, University of Groningen Antonio Rago, Imperial College London Chris Reed, University of Dundee Tjitze Rienstra, Maastricht University Odinaldo Rodrigues, Kings College London Ramon Ruizdolz, University of Dundee Chiaki Sakama, Wakayama University Francesco Santini, Dipartimento di Matematica e Informatica, Università di Perugia, Italy Isabel Sassoon, Brunel University London Jodi Schneider, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Guillermo R. Simari, Universidad del Sur in Bahia Blanca Mark Snaith, Robert Gordon University Aberdeen Manfred Stede, Univ Potsdam Christian Strasser, Ruhr-University Bochum Carlo Taticchi, Università degli Studi di Perugia Matthias Thimm, FernUniversität in Hagen Alice Toniolo, University of St Andrews Markus Ulbricht, University of Leipzig Leon van der Torre, University of Luxembourg Bart Verheij, University of Groningen Srdjan Vesic, CRIL, CNRS – Univ. Artois Serena Villata, CNRS - Laboratoire d'Informatique, Signaux et Systèmes de Sophia-Antipolis Jacky Visser, University of Dundee Henning Wachsmuth, Leibniz University Hannover Johannes P. Wallner, TU Graz Simon Wells, Edinburgh Napier University Emil Weydert, CSC, University of Luxembourg Stefan Woltran, TU Wien Andreas Xydis, University of Lincoln The University of Dundee is a registered Scottish Charity, No: SC015096