iyad rahwan aeidswuacmorg apologies multiple receipts 1st call papers ieee intelligent systems special issue argumentation technology submission deadline 2 mar 2007 pdf version call available httphomepagesinfedacukirahwandocsieeeiscfppdf theory argumentation rich interdisciplinary area research lying across philosophy communication studies linguistics psychology last years formal models argumentation gaining increasing importance artificial intelligence found wide range applications ranging specifying semantics logic programs natural language text generation supporting legal reasoning facilitating multiagent dialogue negotiation various forums dedicated theory argumentation ai international conference computational models argument comma 2006 computational models natural argument cmna workshop series argumentation multiagent systems argmas 04 05 06 workshop series however consolidated stateoftheart survey practical applications argumentation ai exists special issue ieee intelligent systems aims report state art applications argumentation ai solicit original research papers topics including limited applications argumentation complexsystems engineering design argumentbased decision support systems argument extraction real data argumentation computersupported collaborative work argumentation natural language processing edemocracy egovernment applications educational applications argumentation intelligent tools argument construction analysis legal applications medical applications practical argumentbased multiagent systems semantic web applications especially interested papers reporting deployed systems pilot systems provide highly promising techniques ideas also interested surveys specific areas application argumentbased legaldecision support important dates submissions due review 2 mar 2007 notification acceptance 27 apr 2007 final version submitted 22 june 2007 issue publication septoct 2007 submission guidelines submissions 3000 7500 words counting standard figure table 200 words follow magazines style presentation guidelines see wwwcomputerorgintelligentauthorhtm references limited 10 citations submit manuscript access ieee computer society webbased system manuscript central httpcsieeemanuscriptcentralcomindexhtml questions contact guest editors iyad rahwan aeidswuacmorg peter mcburney pjmcburneycsclivacuk dr iyad rahwan honorary fellow institute informatics school informatics british university dubai university edinburgh pobox 502216 dubai uae united kingdom tel 97143671959 email aeidswuacmorg web httphomepagesinfedacukirahwan thu 07 aug 2008 092917 0400 uai ieee intelligent systems special issue argumentation technology