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Call for paper of : 
                        COOP'2000 Workshop on

       Cooperative Models based on Argumentation in Problem Solving


Argumentation still nowaday a research subject to deepen. Main challenge in
this research, is to study :

    - how argumetation is used by managers, engineers, lawyers, scientists,
...
in their activities and especially in collaborative decision making ;
    - how techniques and tools can contribute on understanding and
facilitating
these processes ;
    - how argumentation models are built (with which components) and
implemented 
     (which representation formalism),  how they are used (on which domain,
for
which type of problem solving) and evaluated (with which techniques, what are
the results, missings, etc.) ;
     - how linguistic analysis can contribute to model argumentation.

Several disciplines are involved in these studies, as sociology, communication
studies, cognitive sciences, new technology of information and communication,
etc.

Our main objective is to offer through this workshop a discussion ground
between these studies and fields, on how to build cooperative models based on
argumentation and how to make them advantageous, under which interface types,
with which technics ?


Topics of interest include:
-------------------------------------

Papers are welcome in any area concerning argumentation and collaborative
decision making.

     - Theoretical Argumentation studies : classification of arguments, use
in 
  communication, etc.
     - Implicit communication and  tacit agreement.
     - Contribution of linguisitic in argumantation modelling.
     - Computer Supported Collaborative Argumentation : use of distributed 
environnement, multimedia interfaces, ... to support argumentation and
collaborative decision making.
     - Applications : in learning, design-rationale support and management,
etc.
    -  Argumentation and knowledge management : Project memory, etc.


   Important dates


      Submission deadline: February 25, 2000
      Notification of acceptance: March 17, 2000
      Camera (Web)-ready:   March 31, 2000
      Workshop: May 23-26 2000

 Submission Procedure
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Contributions are invited in the form of a full paper (max. 5 pages). The
title
page should include name, affiliation, and e-mail address of the contributor.
Papers will be judged on their contribution to the discussion, and some
will be
selected for presentation. Papers have to be submitted electronically (in
PostScript or HTML or pdf)  to the contact person.

Papers have to be submitted electronically (in PostScript and HTML) to the
contact persons : nada.matta@univ-troyes.fr or 
myriam.lewkowicz@univ-troyes.fr. The proceedings will be published on the WWW
and as a report.

We plan to schedule a demonstration session during the workshop. So
demonstrations (industrial or research prototypes) are also welcome.

Organizing committee
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Myriam Lewkowicz
Address: COG-Net,
Technopole de l'Aube BP. 1064 10009 Troyes Cedex, France
Tel: (+33) 3 25 71 58 65
E-mail: myriam.lewkowicz@cog-net.fr

Nada Matta
Address: Université de Technologie de Troyes (GSID/Tech-CICO)
12, rue Marie Curie BP. 2060, 10010 Troyes Cedex France
Tel: (+33) 3 25 71 58 65
E-mail: nada.matta@univ-troyes.fr

Manuel Zacklad
Address: Université de Technologie de Troyes (Tech-CICO)
12, rue Marie Curie BP. 2060, 10010 Troyes Cedex France
Tel: (+33) 3 25 71 76 95
E-mail: manuel.zacklad@univ-troyes.fr


Program committee
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     M. Baker, Universite de Lyon2 (Lyon, France)
     C. Castelfranchi,  National Research Council Institute of Psychology
(Roma, Italy)
     S. Craipeau  INT, (France)
     J. Conklin, Corporate memory systems (USA)
     A. Giboin, INRIA (Sophia-Antipolis, France)
     L. Karsenty, IRIT (Toulouse, France)
     M. Marcoccia, UTT (Troyes, France)
     N. Matta, UTT (Troyes, France)
     F. De Rosis, Department of Informatics University of Bari (Italy)
     B. Trousse, INRIA (Sophia-Antipolis, France)
     M. Zacklad, UTT (Troyes, France)


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Nada Matta
Universite de Technologie de Troyes (GSID/Tech-CICO)
12, rue Marie Curie BP. 2060, 10010 Troyes Cedex France
Tel: (+33) 3 25 71 58 65
Fax: (+33) 3 25 71 76 98
e-mail: nada.matta@univ-troyes.fr
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