From g.pisano at unibo.it Mon Jul 6 10:02:06 2026 From: g.pisano at unibo.it (Giuseppe Pisano) Date: Mon, 6 Jul 2026 08:02:06 +0000 Subject: [Event@CIG] =?windows-1252?q?=5BCFP=5D_AI=B3_2026_-_10th_Worksho?= =?windows-1252?q?p_on_Advances_in_Argumentation_in_Artificial_Intelligenc?= =?windows-1252?q?e?= Message-ID: Apologies for cross-posting ============================================ Call for Papers AI? 2026 - 10th Workshop on Advances in Argumentation in Artificial Intelligence We invite submissions of the latest research results concerning applications and theory of computational argumentation to the 10th Workshop on Advances In Argumentation In Artificial Intelligence (AI? 2026) that is a track of the 24th International Conference of the Italian Association for Artificial Intelligence (AIxIA 2026), which will be held in Perugia between the 6th and the 9th of October 2026. Official workshop website: https://krarlab.dmi.unipg.it/ai3-2026/ Abstract Argumentation is the study of the processes and activities involving the production and exchange of arguments, where arguments are attempts to persuade someone or something by giving reasons for accepting a particular conclusion as evident. As such, argumentation provides procedures for making and explaining decisions and is able to capture diverse kinds of reasoning and dialogue activities in a formal but still intuitive way, enabling the integration of different specific techniques and the development of trustable applications. For these reasons, over the last two decades formal argumentation has become a main research topic in AI. A variety of theoretical models at different levels of abstraction have been extensively studied, ranging from purely abstract models to concrete implemented systems, argumentation solvers have been developed to identify the justification status for arguments according to different semantics, and a variety of applications of argumentation have been proposed for several fields, ranging from modeling dialogues in social networks to law and medicine. Given that the study of argumentation is inherently interdisciplinary, the goal of the workshop, co-located with the 24th International Conference of the Italian Association for Artificial Intelligence (AIxIA 2026), is to stimulate discussions and promote scientific collaboration among researchers not only directly involved in argumentation, but also from research fields indirectly related to argumentation. In this respect, at least two directions can be envisaged: Cross-fertilization with different fields (including non-monotonic reasoning, logic programming, linguistics, natural language processing, philosophy and psychology, just to mention a few of them) is needed to update and extend foundations in Argumentation Theory, as well as tackling a number of open issues that are currently debated in the area. Inter-disciplinary collaborations are necessary to foster the adoption of argumentation as a viable AI paradigm with a wide range of applications. In Italy, several research groups from different universities and institutions have been involved in argumentation in recent years. One of the aims of the workshop is also to bring together researchers working in argumentation to foster collaboration and the development of a specific national research community. At the same time, recent advances in Artificial Intelligence, particularly in machine learning, deep neural networks, and Large Language Models (LLMs), have renewed interest in methods capable of providing interpretable, explainable, and trustworthy reasoning. Argumentation is increasingly recognized as a key enabling technology for addressing these challenges, offering formal mechanisms to generate, evaluate, and communicate justifications, as well as to assess the soundness and reliability of complex reasoning processes. The workshop welcomes contributions investigating the interplay between argumentation and modern AI systems, with particular attention to explainability, trustworthiness, accountability, and reasoning reliability. Topics Topics include, but are not limited to: * Explainable AI with Argumentation * Argumentation for trustworthy and reliable AI * Persuasion systems * Formal, semi-formal and informal models for argumentation * Properties and evaluation of formal models of argumentation * Computational properties of argumentation * Traditional and ranking-based semantics * Instantiations of abstract argumentation frameworks * Implementation of argumentation systems * Relationships amongst different argumentation frameworks * Philosophical theories of argumentation * Argument mining * Argumentation in agent and multi-agent systems * Dialogue based on argumentation * Strategies in argumentation * Decision-making based on argumentation * Argumentation-based negotiation * Argumentation, trust and reputation * Argumentation for coordination and coalition formation * Argumentation and other Artificial Intelligence techniques * Argumentation and game theory * Argumentation and probability * Argumentation and fuzzy-logic * Argumentation and narrative * Argumentation and computational linguistics * Argumentation and human-computer interaction * Reasoning about action and time with argumentation * Tools for supporting argumentation * Practical applications of formal models of argumentation * Systems for learning through argument * Argument-based machine learning * Validation and evaluation of applications of argumentation Keynotes * Prof. Henry Prakken, University of Utrecht * TBD Submission The workshop invites three types of submissions: * Full papers (15 pages), including contributions already submitted to other conferences or journals, and * Short papers (5 pages), which are particularly suitable for presenting work in progress, software prototypes, extended abstracts of doctoral theses, or general overviews of research projects. * Overviews of research projects (3 pages). Possibly moved to a poster session. Manuscripts should be formatted using the 1-column CEUR-ART Style. You can access the Overleaf template or download an offline version with the style files. Papers must be submitted through easychair. An official link for paper submissions will be included soon. For any inquiries contact g.pisano at unibo.it or alessandro.parenti3 at unibo.it. All submitted papers will undergo a peer-review process. Accepted papers will be included in the workshop proceedings. In addition, selected contributions will be considered for publication in a post-workshop special issue or edited volume. Deadlines Paper Submission deadline: July 15th, 2026 CET Notification of Acceptance: August 7th, 2026 CET Camera-ready version: August 26th, 2026 CET Attendance The conference and workshops will be held in person, with the possibility of arranging remote calls for specific participants upon request. All attendees (and at least one author per accepted paper) should register to AIxIA 2026. Organising Committee Giovanni Sartor, Universit? di Bologna Matteo Cristani, Universit? di Verona Carlo Taticchi, Universit? di Perugia Giuseppe Pisano, University of Bologna Alessandro Parenti, University of Bologna Programme Committee Sylvie Doutre, Institut de Recherche en Informatique de Toulouse - IRIT Sergio Flesca, University of Calabria Serena Villata, CNRS Sara Tonelli, Fondazione Bruno Kessler Pietro Baroni, University of Brescia Luca Pasetto, University of Luxembourg Mauro Vallati, University of Huddersfield Marco Maratea, University of Genova Marcello D'Agostino, University of Milan Jean-Guy Mailly, Institut de Recherche en Informatique de Toulouse - IRIT Luca San Mauro, University of Bari Johannes Wallner, Graz University of Technology Guido Governatori, CQUniversity Gianvincenzo Alfano, University of Calabria Francesco Parisi, University of Calabria Filippo Furfaro, University of Calabria Federico Cerutti, University of Brescia Davide Grossi, University of Groningen Daniele Porello, University of Genova Carlo Proietti, ILC-CNR Genova Bettina Fazzinga, University of Calabria Emanuele De Angelis, CNR Fabrizio Macagno, universit, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa Sponsor The workshop is supported by the FIS Project ?GenAI4Law? (FIS-2024-07323)