What is OHAAI?

The Online Handbook of Argumentation for AI (OHAAI) is a collection of selected peer-reviewed papers summarising ongoing PhD research on Argumentation in AI, published annually as an online Open Access handbook. OHAAI serves as a research hub to track the latest PhD projects on the theory and application of argumentation. We maintain a rolling deadline for submissions, allowing contributors to submit their work anytime. OHAAI’s aims are to:

• Encourage collaboration and knowledge discovery between members of the argumentation community.
• Provide a platform for PhD students to have their work published in an annual citable peer-reviewed venue.
• Promote argumentation through events and communications throughout a general PhD community and beyond.

OHAAI aims to host an annual event that provides those who have submitted their work with the opportunity to present. This event could be independent, or associated with a summer school, workshop, or conference.

How can I contribute to OHAAI?

If you are a PhD student or recent graduate, you can contribute to OHAAI. OHAAI welcomes summaries of PhD projects in the field of computational argumentation, with clear indication of how your work contributes to emerging theoretical techniques and/or applications of argumentation for AI. Every three months, we will have a submission deadline and then we will conduct a thorough single-blind peer-review process for all submissions up until that point, providing feedback to each contributor and informing them whether their submission has been accepted for the annual handbook or if further revisions are necessary before acceptance. If accepted, the submission will be included in the annual handbook and we aim to invite you to an event next year to present your submission.

The first deadline for the 2024/2025 academic year is: 31st December 2024. See the Submit page for more details on the format of the submissions.

We encourage contributors to update their project summaries annually for each edition, creating a continually refreshed repository of PhD research in argumentation. Our focus is on topics that link AI to other areas using argumentation, inspired from disciplines such as, but not limited to: Philosophy, Psychology, Cognitive Science, Law, Health, Sociology, Communication Science, and Economics.

Why should I contribute to OHAAI?

By contributing to OHAAI, you will have the opportunity to get your work published in a citable peer-reviewed venue. If you are just at the beginning of your PhD studies then publishing in OHAAI will help you start building your research profile from an early stage. If you are still doing your PhD and have already published some of your work or if you have recently submitted your PhD thesis, contributing to OHAAI will help boost your research profile even further, providing peers with a concise understanding of the work you have conducted during your PhD. OHAAI is a continuous annual project, which means you will be able to submit updates to your work each year in order to keep the research community in touch with the progress of your PhD.