Conference on Logic and Argumentation - Call for Papers

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Fourth International Conference on Logic and Argumentation (CLAR 2021)
20-22 October 2021, Hangzhou, China
Hybrid (physical or virtual attendance)
https://www.xixilogic.org/events/clar2021/
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The 4th International Conference on Logic and Argumentation (CLAR 2021) invites
contributions from logic, artificial intelligence, philosophy, computer science,
linguistics, law, and other areas studying logic and formal argumentation.

CLAR 2021 will be held in Hangzhou, 20-22 October 2021 at Zhejiang University
City College. Due to the uncertainties of the epidemiological situation, the
conference will be held in a HYBRID format (virtual and physical attendance
both accepted), and we encourage physical participation if possible.

Papers accepted to CLAR 2021 will be published as Springer LNAI proceedings,
and will be available online during the conference. Authors of selected papers
will be invited to submit an extended version to a journal special issue after
the conference.

More information about CLAR 2021 can be found at the conference website:
http://www.xixilogic.org/events/clar2021

The CLAR 2021 conference will highlight recent advances in logic and
argumentation and foster interaction between these areas within and outside
China. Previous conferences can be accessed via:
http://www.xixilogic.org/events/clar

List of Topics
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Suggested topics include, but are not limited to the following:
* Abstract argumentation
* Applications of logic and/or argumentation
* Applied logic
* Argumentation and game theory
* Argumentation and law
* Argumentation and linguistics
* Argumentation and medical reasoning
* Argumentation in AI
* Argument mining
* Argumentation schemes
* BDI logic
* Computational argumentation
* Deontic logic
* Dynamic epistemic logic and belief revision
* Formal models for dialog and argumentation
* Informal logic
* Judgment aggregation
* Knowledge representation and reasoning
* Logic for game theory
* Logic for multi-agent systems
* Logic for semantic web
* Logic for social network
* Mathematical logic
* Modal logic
* Nonmonotonic logics
* Numerical and uncertainty reasoning
* Philosophical logic
* Pragma-Dialectics
* Preference logic
* Structured argumentation
* Uncertain argumentation

Submission Guidelines
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We invite two types of submissions: full papers (12 - 20 pages) describing
original and unpublished work and extended abstracts (5 - 8 pages) of
preliminary original work or extended abstracts of already published work
(needs to be highlighted along with the title), from either the field of logic
or the field of formal argumentation. Additional support material may be
included in an appendix, which may be considered or ignored by the program
committee.

Submissions must be prepared in LaTeX, using the Springer LNCS style:
ftp://ftp.springernature.com/cs-proceeding/llncs/llncs2e.zip
Submissions not complying with these guidelines will be desk rejected.

Papers in PDF format should be submitted via EasyChair:
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=clar2021

Each submitted paper will be carefully peer-reviewed by a panel of PC members
based on originality, significance, technical soundness, clarity of exposition
and relevance for the conference. For each accepted paper, at least one author
is expected to register and present the paper at the conference.

Important Dates
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Submission: 30 June 2021
Notification: 1 August 2021
Camera-Ready: 15 August 2021
Conference: 20-22 October 2021

PC Chairs
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Pietro Baroni, University of Brescia
Christoph Benzmüller, Freie Universität Berlin
Yì N. Wáng, Sun Yat-sen University

For general questions or questions regarding the local organizations please
send emails to clar2021@xixilogic.org. Questions regarding the program should
go to the PC chairs directly.
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Christoph Benzmüller (http://christoph-benzmueller.de)