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Talk at the Twentieth Computational Models of Natural Argument Workshop
I presented a talk to the delegates of the twentieth Computational Models of Natural Argument Workshop on the subject of “Datastores for Argumentation Data” in which he talked about SADFace & the ArgDB as a way to store and manipulate argumentative datasets.
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Demo at the 8th International Conference on Computational Models of Argument
I presented work in a demo at COMMA 2020 on the subject of “The Open Argumentation PLatform (OAPl)” in which I talked the various pieces of software (some more mature, some more exploratory and prototypical) which form the inital tranch of contributions to a nascent Open Platform for Argumentation Software.
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Talk at the Third Trust In Intelligent Machines Workshop
I presented a talk to the delegates of the third Trust in Intelligent Machines Workshop. The subject of my talk was on the various shaded of grey, or lack of clarity, in considering the issue of trust in the context of intelligent machines, communication, and dialogue when deception is an issue.
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ECA Paper on Partisan Political Argument in the online Brexit Campaign
At the recent Third European Conference on Argumentation (ECA) I presented a paper entitled “A Paroxysm of Dissent: Partisan Political Advertising During the Brexit Campaign”. The paper is about the online advertisements used within the Brexit campaign prior to the 2016 referendum.
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Contribution to the ECA Symposium on Argument Strength
I contributed to the Symposium on Argument Strength at the recent Third European Conference on Argumentation (ECA). The symposium was organised by Frank Zenker and other contributions were from to Marcin Selinger, Kamila Debowska-Kozlowska, and David Godden.
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Paper Published in the Proceedings of ISSA 2018
Together with my colleague, Al Baker, I published a paper in the proceedings of the 9th Conference of the International Society for the Study of Argumentation hosted by the University of Amsterdam.
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Trusting Intelligent Machines: Deepening Trust Within Socio-Technical Systems
Together with the other delegates from the first TIM workshop earlier in the year, I’ve published a paper in the IEEE Technology and Society Magazine entitled “Trusting Intelligent Machines: Deepening Trust Within Socio-Technical Systems”.
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Workshop on Intelligent Machines & Human Behaviour
With colleagues from the Leeds University & UCL, I am organising a workshop on Intelligent Machines & Human Behaviour which is to be hosted at the 2019 AISB Annual Convention.
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International Society for the Study of Argumentation (ISSA) Conference 2018
Together with my colleague, Al Baker, I presented a paper at the 9th Conference of the International Society for the Study of Argumentation hosted by the University of Amsterdam. Our paper is on the theme of lying machines and investigates the question of when a machine should be able to lie.
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SICSA Reasoning, Learning, & Explainability (ReaLX) Workshop
I presented a paper at the SICSA AI Theme workshop on Reasoning, Learning, & Explainability (ReaLX) hosted by Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen. My paper was on the subject of argumentative dialogue protocols and argumentation schemes as a fundamental and humane framework for achieving composable and explainable AI systems.
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