-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [AISWorld] [ExaCt 2011] Explanation-aware Computing, IJCAI-11 workshop, 2nd Call for papers Datum: Fri, 25 Feb 2011 16:22:11 +0100 Von: Thomas Roth-Berghofer Thomas@Roth-Berghofer.de An: aisworld@lists.aisnet.org

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SECOND CALL FOR PAPERS for the 6th International and IJCAI 2011 Workshop on

EXPLANATION-AWARE COMPUTING (ExaCt 2011)

16-17 July 2011, Barcelona, Spain

http://exact2011.workshop.hm

** Paper submission deadline: March 14, 2011 **

Both within AI systems and in interactive systems, the ability to explain reasoning processes and results can substantially affect system usability. Good explanations may help to inspire user trust and loyalty, increase satisfaction, improve domain understanding, or make it quicker and easier for users to find what they want.

Current interest in mixed-initiative systems provides a new context in which explanation issues may play a crucial role. When knowledge-based systems are partners in an interactive socio-technical process, with incomplete and changing problem descriptions, communication between human and software systems is a central part. Explanations exchanged between human agents and software agents may play an important role in mixed-initiative problem solving.

Other disciplines such as cognitive science, linguistics, philosophy of science, psychology, and education have investigated explanation as well. They consider varying aspects, making it clear that there are many different views of the nature of explanation and facets of explanation to explore.

The workshop series aims to draw on multiple perspectives on explanation, to increase understanding of the nature and uses of explanation, to examine how explanation can be applied to further the development of robust and dependable systems and to illuminate system processes to increase user acceptance and feeling of control.

If you would like to participate in discussions on this topic or like to receive further information about this workshop you might consider joining the Yahoo!-group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/explanation-research. Information on explanation research is also collected here: http://on-explanation.net.

GOALS AND AUDIENCE We invite original contributions to the research on explanations from a variety of areas and communities such as computer science, cognitive science, linguistics, philosophy of science, psychology, and education. In addition to presentations and discussions of invited contributions and invited talks, this workshop will offer organised and open sessions for targeted discussions and creating an interdisciplinary community. Demonstration sessions will provide the opportunity to showcase explanation-enabled/-aware applications.

TOPICS OF INTEREST Suggested topics for contributions (not restricted to IT views): * Models and knowledge representations for explanations * Quality of explanations; understandability * Integrating application and explanation knowledge * Explanation-awareness in (designing) applications * Methodologies for developing explanation-aware systems * Explanations and learning * Context-aware explanation vs. explanation-aware context * Confidence and explanations * Privacy, trust, and explanation * Empirical studies of explanations * Requirements and needs for explanations to support human understanding * Explanation of complex, autonomous systems * Co-operative explanation * Visualising explanations * Dialogue management and natural language generation * Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) and explanation

Submissions on additional topics are very welcome.

SUBMISSIONS AND STYLE Workshop submissions will be electronic, in pdf format only, using the EasyChair submission system linked from the workshop website.

Papers must be written in English and not exceed 10 pages in the Springer LNCS format. At least one author of each accepted paper must register for the workshop and the IJCAI conference and present the contribution in order to be published in the workshop proceedings. The organising committee is considering editing a special issue of an appropriate international journal (e.g., to submit a proposal to Kluwer's Knowledge-based Systems, Elsevier's Expert Systems with Applications, or Springer's Information System Frontiers) depending on the number and quality of the submissions.

Those wishing to participate without a paper submission should submit a brief synopsis of their relevant work or a brief statement of interest.

The workshop proceedings will be published online and on CD by IJCAI.

If you have questions please contact the chairs using the following email address: chairs@exact2011.workhop.hm.

IMPORTANT DATES Submission deadline: March 14, 2011 Notification of acceptance: April 25, 2011 Camera-ready versions of papers: May 16, 2011 ExaCt Workshop: July 16-17, 2011

WORKSHOP SCHEDULE The schedule will be made available on the workshop website. See the workshop website for an agenda overview and links to past workshops.

INVITED TALKS Talks by two invited speakers, each representing a different community addressing explanation issues, are planned.

CHAIRS Thomas Roth-Berghofer, Institute of Computer Science, University of Hildesheim, Germany thomas.roth-berghofer at uni-hildesheim de

David B. Leake, School of Informatics and Computing, Indiana University, USA leake at cs indiana edu

Nava Tintarev, Natural Language Generation Group, University of Aberdeen, UK n.tintarev at abdn ac uk

PROGRAMME COMMITTEE Agnar Aamodt, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) David W. Aha, Navy Center for Applied Research in AI, Washington DC, USA Martin Atzmüller, University of Kassel, Germany Patrick Brézillon, LIP6, France Jörg Cassens, University of Lübeck, Germany Giuseppe Carenini, University of British Columbia, Canada Ashok Goel, Georgia Tech University, Atlanta, GA, USA Pierre Grenon, KMI, The Open University, UK Anders Kofod-Petersen, SINTEF, Norway David McSherry, University of Ulster, UK Hector Muñoz-Avila, Lehigh University, USA Paulo Pinheiro da Silva, University of Texas, El Paso, USA Enric Plaza, IIIA-CSIC, Spain Christophe Roche, University of Savoie, France Olga Santos, Spanish National University for Distance Education Sven Schwarz, DFKI, Germany Gheorghe Tecuci, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, USA Douglas Walton, University of Windsor, Canada