ARG:dundee

Argumentation Research Group

People

Members

  • Chris Reed :: Contact :: Homepage
  • Chris is head of the Argumentation Research Group and has worked in the fertile area lying between argumentation and AI for over a decade. He continues to strive to bring the two communities together through activities such as the CMNA workshop series (that has alternated between IJCAI and ECAI since 2001), the ArgMAS workshop series at AAMAS meetings since 2003, and various other journal special issues and ad hoc events. He is active in the fields of both AI and philosophy of argument, has published over 80 refereed papers, and is editor of the journal Argument and Computation. He is also active in commercialisation of research through a spin out company, Calico Jack of which he is an executive director.

  • Floris Bex :: Contact :: Homepage
  • Floris is a post-doctoral research assistant, working on the Dialectical Argumentation Machines project.

  • Katarzyna Budzynska :: Contact :: Homepage
  • Katarzyna is an Assistant Professor in the Institute of Philosophy at Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw. She is visiting the ARG:dundee group from October 2009 until September 2010.

  • Joseph Devereux :: Contact :: Homepage
  • Joseph is a PhD student exploring computational properties of argumentation protocols.

  • John Lawrence :: Contact :: Homepage
  • John is a postgraduate research assistant working on the Dialectical Argumentation Machines project.

  • Phil Quinlan :: Contact :: Homepage
  • Phil is a part-time PhD student exploring argumentation in medical statistical reasoning. He is based at Ninewells Hospital.

  • Mark Snaith :: Contact :: Homepage
  • Mark started his PhD in the group in 2009.

  • Simon Wells :: Contact :: Homepage
  • Simon is a post-doctoral research fellow in the School of Computing. His Ph.D research investigated the applications of formal dialectical games in multiagent systems. His interests include argumentation theory, multi-agent systems, artificial intelligence, security, and ludic theory. A common thread through his research is the idea of complex systems, how they can be represented, constructed and deployed, and most importantly how such systems fail.

Affiliate Members

ARG:dundee also enjoys chatting and working with other folk in the University, including:

  • Pete Deak, a PhD student in the Computational Systems Group
  • Keith Edwards, a senior lecturer in the Computational Systems Group
  • Nigel Johnson, Professor in the Duncan of Jordanston College of Art
  • Glenn Rowe, a former lecturer in the School

Collaborations

ARG:dundee collaborates with researchers around the world, including, over the last few years,

  • Carlos Chesnevar Department of Computer Science, Universidad Nacional del Sur, Argentina
  • Jim Crosswhite Department of English, University of Oregon, US
  • John Fox Department of Engineering, University of Oxford, UK
  • Michael Gilbert Department of Philosophy, York University, Toronto
  • Floriana Grasso, Department of Computer Science, University of Liverpool
  • Nick Jennings School of Engineering & Computer Science, University of Southampton, UK
  • Helena Lindgren Department of Computing Science, University of Umea, Sweden
  • Tim Norman Department of Computing Science, University of Aberdeen, UK
  • Henry Prakken Department of Computer Science, University of Utrecht, Netherlands
  • Iyad Rahwan Faculty of Informatics, British University in Dubai, UAE
  • Dory Scaltsas Department of Philosophy, University of Edinburgh, UK
  • Guillermo Simari Department of Computer Science, Universidad Nacional del Sur, Argentina
  • Chris Tindale, Department of Philosophy, University of Windsor, Canada
  • Bart Verheij Department of Artificial Intelligence, University of Groningen, Netherlands
  • Gerard Vreeswijk Department of Computer Science, University of Utrecht, Netherlands
  • Doug Walton, Department of Philosophy, University of Windsor, Canada