CP 2018 (Principles and Practice of Constraint Programming) is the 24th annual meeting of the flagship constraint programming conference. For the third consecutive year, the organizers are seeking to extend the scope of the conference through themed tracks, including one or more tracks in operations research. The conference takes place August 27-31 in Lille, France.
Of particular interest are topics from OR/mathematical programming that are potentially of interest to researchers outside that community. Any topic in which constraints play a role is appropriate, including but not limited to linear, integer, and nonlinear programming methods and software; deterministic and stochastic dynamic programming; scheduling methodology; modeling languages; and specific application areas.
The conference will provide track participants an opportunity to learn about the latest trends and attend tutorials in constraint programming, a powerful technology that is rapidly being adopted by industry. Papers accepted for presentation will be published in the conference proceedings, which are distributed at the time of the conference.
Proposals are invited from potential track chairs, who will be expected to recruit a small program committee (5 to 10 individuals) to review submissions. The chair(s) of the proposed track should reasonably expect to receive at least a half dozen submissions, some of which can be individually solicited if desired. They will also serve as members of the Senior Program Committee, which will discuss final acceptance decisions via EasyChair in late May 2018.
Potential chairs are encouraged to contact the CP 2018 Program Chair, John Hooker, by email (jh38@andrew.cmu.edu) to propose a topic or discuss ideas for topics. We would like to finalize the list of tracks by November 15 so that a timely call for papers can be issued.
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John Hooker
Professor
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh PA
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