CFP: The Twenty-Fifth International Workshop on Computational Models of Natural Argument (CMNA'25)
CMNA’25: The Twenty-Fifth International Workshop on Computational Models of Natural Argument
The main website for this edition of the workshop is here: https://cmna-workshop.github.io/cmna25/
A PDF copy of this call can be found here: https://cmna-workshop.github.io/cmna25/assets/cfp/cfp1.pdf
The forthcoming 25th annual edition of the Workshop on Computational Models of Natural Argument (CMNA'25) will be held independently & online as we celebrate twenty-five years of this workshop series and look forward to a further twenty-five more.
We are pleased to invite submissions for this landmark twenty-fifth edition of the Computational Models of Natural Argument workshop. The CMNA workshop series focuses on the issue of modelling “natural” argumentation, where naturalness may range across a variety of forms, perhaps involving the use of visual rather than linguistic means to illustrate a point, for example using graphics or multimedia, or applying more sophisticated rhetorical devices, interacting at various layers of abstraction, or exploiting “extra-rational” characteristics of the audience, taking into account emotions and affective factors. For this edition, CMNA will be run online as virtual workshop entirely online in the hope that more of our friends and colleagues from around the world can participate.
To celebrate this landmark year, we solicit contributions on the special theme of “Reflections & Horizons: The past 25 years of Computational Models of Natural Argument and visions of things to come”. This theme should be interpreted broadly, to reflect the wide range of argumentative practices and models that have been studied and shared at CMNA. We also encourage reflection on the development of argumentation theory, within the remit of CMNA, during the last 25 years. Finally we also encourage forward looking contributions that share a vision of how argumentation research might develop over the next quarter century.
Nothwithstanding the special theme, we also solicit contributions addressing, but not limited to, the following areas of interest:
• The characteristics of “natural” arguments (e.g. ontological aspects, cognitive issues, legal aspects). • The linguistic characteristics of natural argumentation, including discourse markers, sentence format, referring expressions, and style. • The generation of natural argument. • Corpus argumentation results and techniques. • Argumentation mining. • Models of natural legal argument. • Rhetoric and affect: the role of emotions, personalities, etc. in argumentation. • The roles of licentiousness and deceit and the ethical implications of implemented systems demonstrating such features. • Natural argumentation in multi-agent systems. • Methods to better convey the structure of complex argument, including representation and summarisation. • Natural argumentation and media: visual arguments, multi-modal arguments, spoken arguments. • Evaluative arguments and their application in AI systems (such as decision-support and advice-giving). • Non-monotonic, defeasible and uncertain argumentation. • The computational use of models from informal logic and argumentation theory. • Computer supported collaborative argumentation, for pedagogy, e-democracy and public debate. • Tools for interacting with structures of argument. • Applications of argumentation based systems.
Submission =====================================================
We welcome submissions of full papers (limited to 10 pages in length), short papers (limited to 5 pages in length), or demos, position statements, and late Breaking results (each limited to a 2 a page abstract). It is highly recommended, but not mandatory, to format papers using the CEUR single column style (further information available from the submission section of the CMNA website). All submissions will be peer-reviewed by members of the programme committee. Accepted papers will be grouped into thematic sessions that incorporate extensive time for questions and discussion.
For all submission types, please upload your contribution using the Conference Management Toolkit (CMT): https://cmt3.research.microsoft.com/User/Login?ReturnUrl=%2FCMNA2025
Key Dates =====================================================
- Regular Paper submission (long & short papers): 17th October 2025 - Regular & Short Paper notification to authors: 7th November 2025 - Demo, position statement, & late breaking results submission (2 page abstract): 14th November 2025 - Demo, position statement, & late breaking results Notification to authors: 28th November 2025 - Final (Camera Ready) version of papers: 28th November 2025 - CMNA Workshop: 12th December 2025
Organizers =====================================================
- Giulia D’Agostino -- giulia.dagostino@usi.ch (Università della Svizzera italiana) - Floriana Grasso -- floriana@liverpool.ac.uk (University of Liverpool) - Nancy Green -- nlgreen@uncg.edu (University of North Carolina Greensboro) - Roos Scheffers -- r.j.scheffers@uu.nl (Utrecht University) - Jodi Schneider -- jschneider@pobox.com (University of Illinois Urbana Champaign) - Simon Wells -- s.wells@napier.ac.uk (Edinburgh Napier University)
*** Apologies for cross-posting *** Dear colleagues, Following the success of workshops at the past IEEE International Conference of Healthcare Informatics (ICHI), we cordially invite you to submit your workshop proposal to ICHI 2026https://zhang-informatics.github.io/ICHI2026/ to be organized in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America, June 1st - June 4th, 2026. Workshops are an integral part of ICHI 2026 and will be held on the day prior to the start of the main program (June 1st, 2026). Workshops at ICHI 2026 may be planned for a full or half day, and should address topics relevant to healthcare informatics. The ideal ICHI 2026 workshop proposal will focus on a timely and emerging topic and attract many interesting and high-quality contributions that spark discussions in an informal setting. The organizers can determine the workshop format, which may include paper presentations, poster sessions, invited talks, panels, or any other activity that will foster interaction and discussion. The approved workshop organizers will be responsible for inviting and reviewing submissions, planning the workshop program, and organizing the workshop. Submission Guidelines Each workshop proposal should include the following information: - Organizers: Names, affiliations, and email addresses; contact person; organizers’ background, prior experience of organizing similar workshops. - Topic: Abstract, theme, rationale for the workshop, issues to be addressed, goals of the workshop, relevance to ICHI, previous workshops that this workshop is building on (if applicable). - Audience: Target audience, communities that the workshop addresses, anticipated number of attendees. - Publicity: Measures foreseen to announce the workshop and attract a sufficient number of participants; envisaged follow-up activities after the workshop (if applicable). - Workshop Structure: Workshop length (half-day/3 hours or one-day/6 hours), tentative workshop program, activities foreseen to foster interaction and communication. - Reviewing: Planned reviewing process, program committee (if applicable). - Call for Papers: Tentative call for papers with workshop deadlines. If the workshop has been held before, please clearly describe any changes you propose, if any, and also include its history (i.e., the number of submissions, the number of accepted papers, and the number of attendees). No specific format is required, but the overall length of the proposal should not exceed 4 pages. Workshop proposals should be submitted by email to the workshop chair: - Halil Kilicoglu, PhD, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL, USA (halil@illinois.edumailto:halil@illinois.edu) - Mingquan Lin, PhD, University of Minnesota, USA (lin01231@umn.edumailto:lin01231@umn.edu)
Reviewing Reviewing will be done by the Workshop Chairs and independent reviewers as needed. Workshops will be accepted based on the timeliness of the topic, relevance to ICHI, potential to attract a sufficient number of participants, and potential of the workshop to spark discussions and achieve impact in the research community. Publication All IEEE ICHI 2026 workshop papers will appear in the conference proceedings published by IEEE and will be made available via IEEE Xplore. It is also envisaged that successful workshops may form the basis for special issues of the Journal of Health Informatics Research. We shall offer 1 complimentary registration for the workshop organizer/chair.
Important Dates - Proposal submission deadline: December 15th, 2025 - Proposal notification of acceptance: January 15th, 2026 - Submission for workshop papers: March 1st, 2026 - Notification of workshop paper acceptance: March 21st, 2026 - Camera ready workshop papers due: March 30th, 2026 - Workshops at ICHI 2026: June 1st, 2026
Workshop Chairs - Halil Kilicoglu, PhD, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL, USA (halil@illinois.edumailto:halil@illinois.edu) - Mingquan Lin, PhD, University of Minnesota, USA (lin01231@umn.edumailto:lin01231@umn.edu)
HALIL KILICOGLU Associate Professor School of Information Sciences University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign halil@illinois.edumailto:halil@illinois.edu https://ischool.illinois.edu/people/halil-kilicoglu
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