CALL FOR PAPERS
Workshop on Theories of Information Dynamics and Interaction and their
Application to Dialogue
http://www.irit.fr/~Laure.Vieu/Esslli10

Workshop organized as part of
European Summer School on Logic, Language and Information ESSLLI 2010
http://esslli2010cph.info/

August 16-20 (ESSLLI 2nd week) 2010, Copenhagen

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Workshop Purpose and Topics
Theoretical approaches to communication and dialogue modeling are varied
and often unrelated because separately focusing on different aspects of
dialogue (speech acts, goals, beliefs, plans, questions, conventions,
roles, cooperation, disputes, argumentation, reference,
semantics-pragmatics interface...).
On the other hand, the area of foundations of multi-agent systems is
inducing new developments in logics of interaction and information
dynamics, with a recent trend towards comparison and integration.
Analyzing the impact of this trend on communication and dialogue modeling
is timely.
This workshop aims at discussing formal theories and logics of information
dynamics and interaction and their applications to dialogue and
communication modeling. It is intended to bring together logicians,
linguists and computer scientists in order to provide a better
understanding of the potentialities and limitations of formal methods for
the analysis of dialogue and communication. Its scope includes not only
the technical aspects of logics, but also multidisciplinary aspects from
linguistics, philosophy of language, philosophy of social reality, social
sciences (social psychology, economics).

The following are some examples of formal theories and logics that are
relevant to the workshop (no order):

speech act theory,
argumentation theory,
game theory,
public announcement logic,
dynamic epistemic logic (DEL),
logics of agency and power (e.g. STIT, ATL, Coalition Logic),
theories of persuasion,
theories of commitment,
dynamic semantics,
semantic approaches to interrogative clauses,
rhetorical approaches to dialogue (e.g., Segmented Discourse
Representation Theory).
The focus of the workshop will be on recent developments, especially those
that combine several approaches (e.g. dynamic epistemic logic and speech
act theory, dynamic epistemic logic and segmented discourse representation
theory, public announcement logic and commitment theories, STIT and
dynamic epistemic logic, Coalition Logic and public announcement logic...)
to deal with complex dialogue and communication phenomena.

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Invited speakers:
Patrick Blackburn, LORIA, INRIA Nancy
Jeroen Groenendijk, ILLC, University of Amsterdam

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Workshop Organizers:
Emiliano Lorini ("lorini at irit.fr") and Laure Vieu ("vieu at irit.fr"),
IRIT-CNRS, Toulouse
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Workshop Programme Committee:
Nicholas Asher, IRIT-CNRS, Toulouse
Guillaume Aucher, Univ. of Luxembourg
Alexandru Baltag, Oxford Univ.
Anton Benz, ZAS, Berlin
Patrick Blackburn, INRIA, Nancy
Guido Boella, Univ. of Turin
Jan Broersen, Univ. of Utrecht
Cristiano Castelfranchi, ISTC-CNR, Rome
Hans van Ditmarsch, Univ. of Otago & Univ. of Seville
Raquel Fernández, Univ. of Amsterdam
Jonathan Ginzburg, King's College, London
Jeroen Groenendijk, Univ. of Amsterdam
Davide Grossi, Univ. of Amsterdam
Andreas Herzig, IRIT-CNRS, Toulouse
Wiebe van der Hoek, Univ. of Liverpool
Joris Hulstijn, Vrije Univ. of Amsterdam
Andrew Jones, King's College, London
Barteld Kooi, Univ. of Groningen
Kepa Korta, Univ. of Basque Country, Donostia
Alex Lascarides, Univ. Edinburgh
Dominique Longin, IRIT-CNRS, Toulouse
John-Jules Meyer, Univ. of Utrecht
Paul Piwek, The Open Univ., Milton Keynes
Henry Prakken, Univ. of Utrecht
Leon van der Torre, Univ. of Luxembourg


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Submission Details:
Authors are invited to submit an extended abstract presenting work
relevant to the area of information dynamics, interaction and dialogue.
Extended abstracts should have a maximum of 6 pages. Papers should be in
PDF format (Latex-generated papers are preferred, but not necessary).
Please follow the instructions that will be posted on the workshop's web
page (http://www.irit.fr/~Laure.Vieu/Esslli10) to submit your paper by the
deadline below.
The submissions will be reviewed by the program committee and possibly
additional reviewers. The accepted papers will appear in the workshop
proceedings published by ESSLLI. The format for the final versions will be
made available in due course.
A special issue of the journal
Synthese(http://www.springer.com/philosophy/philosophy+of+sciences/journal/11229)
is planned, based on selected papers presented at the workshop, of which
full versions will be independently reviewed.

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Important dates:
Apr 12, 2010: Deadline for submission
May 24, 2010: Notification
June 1, 2010: Deadline for early registration to ESSLLI
Jun 15, 2010: Deadline for final papers
August 16-20, 2010: Workshop

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Local Arrangements:
All workshop participants including the presenters will be required to
register for ESSLLI.

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Further Information:
About the workshop: http://www.irit.fr/~Laure.Vieu/Esslli10
About ESSLLI: http://esslli2010cph.info/