Program
We will use the Underline platform provided by ECAI2020. Please check the attendance page for further details regarding how to access our tutorial live.
Structure of the Tutorial (CEST)
08:45 - 09:00 -- Welcome, Introduction
09:00 - 10:00 -- Topic 1 [Introduction to Computational Argumentation.], Exercise & Questions (Tutors: Simon Parsons, Nadin Kökciyan)
10:00 - 11:00 -- Topic 2 [Dialogue-based Computational Argumentation.], Exercise & Questions (Tutors: Nir Oren, Josh Murphy)
11:00 - 11:15 -- Tea/Coffee Break
11:15 - 12:15 -- Topic 3 [Applications of Computational Argumentation.], Exercise & Questions (Tutors: Isabel Sassoon, Elizabeth Sklar)
12:15 - 12:30 -- Closing
NEW (Sep 07, 2020)! The slides for the tutorial can be accessed here.
Outline of the Tutorial
This half day tutorial will commence with an introductory session to present the tutorial goals and objectives. The tutorial will cover three different topics. Each topic will last for an hour including 10 minutes for Q&A. This tutorial will cover the following topics:
Topic 1: Introduction to Computational Argumentation. This will cover the basic concepts underlying abstract argumentation, structured argumentation and will introduce argumentation schemes.
Topic 2: Dialogue-based Computational Argumentation. This will cover aspects of computational argumentation pertinent to dialogues, introduce dialogue types and protocols.
Topic 3: Applications of Computational Argumentation. This will cover aspects of computational argumentation specific to the context of Human-Agent Interaction such as Trust and Persuasion. This will include examples of such systems.
Everybody is welcome to attend this tutorial, which will provide introductory information about computational argumentation, which can be a mechanism to enable collaboration between humans and agents.