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CPAIOR 2019 first Call for Papers (erratum)

  • 1.  CPAIOR 2019 first Call for Papers (erratum)

    Posted 09-19-2018 11:18
    (Sorry for multiple post, there were some errors in the dates)

    CPAIOR 2019: Call for Papers
    http://cpaior2019.uowm.gr/ <cpaior2019.uowm.gr/>

    The 16th International Conference on the Integration of Constraint
    Programming, Artificial Intelligence, and Operations Research will be
    held in Thessaloniki, Greece, June.4-7 2019. The traditional CPAIOR 
    Master Class will be chaired by Bistra Dilkina and Phebe Vayanos 
    on the topic of « Optimization of Social Good » 

    The aim of the conference is to bring together interested researchers
    from Constraint Programming (CP), Artificial Intelligence (AI), and
    Operations Research (OR) to present new techniques or applications and
    to provide an opportunity for researchers in one area to learn about
    techniques in the others. A main objective of this conference series
    is also to give these researchers the opportunity to show how the
    integration of techniques from different fields can lead to
    interesting results on large and complex problems. Therefore, papers
    that actively combine, integrate, or contrast approaches from more
    than one of the areas are especially solicited. High quality papers
    from a single area are also welcome, if they are of interest to other
    communities involved. Application papers showcasing CP/AI/OR
    techniques on novel and challenging applications or experience reports
    on such applications are strongly encouraged.

    The program committee invites submissions that include but are not
    limited to the following topics:

    * Inference and relaxation methods: constraint propagation, cutting
    planes, global constraints, graph algorithms, dynamic programming,
    Lagrangian and convex relaxations, heuristic functions based on
    constraint relaxation.

    * Search methods: branch and bound, intelligent backtracking,
    incomplete search, randomized search, portfolios, column generation,
    Benders decompositions or any other decomposition methods, local
    search, meta-heuristics.

    *AI and Machine Learning techniques applied to solve optimization and
    Operations Research problems.

    * Integration methods: solver communication, model transformations and
    solver selection, parallel and distributed solving, combining machine
    learning with combinatorial optimization.

    * Modeling methods: comparison of models, symmetry breaking,
    uncertainty, dominance relationships.

    * Innovative applications of CP/AI/OR techniques.

    * Implementation of CP/AI/OR techniques and optimization systems.

    Submissions are of two types: regular papers (submitted for
    publication and presentation) and extended abstracts (submitted for
    presentation only).  Outstanding regular paper submissions may be
    invited to be published directly in the journal Constraints through a
    'fast track' process.

    This year's conference will, as last year, give a distinguished paper award
    and a student paper award.

    INSTRUCTIONS FOR REGULAR PAPERS

    Regular papers should present original unpublished work and can be of two types:

    * long papers (at most 15 pages plus references)
    * short papers (at most 8 pages plus references)

    Both long and short papers will undergo rigorous review and are
    subject to the same criteria of quality. Both types are also eligible
    for distinguished paper or student paper award.  Short papers are
    particularly encouraged for interesting and novel work in progress,
    for which the practical or theoretical relevance is not yet fully
    identified.

    The conference proceedings will be published in the Springer Lecture
    Notes in Computer Science series.  All regular papers should be
    prepared in the format used for that series
    (www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.html <www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.html>).

    Submission schedule for regular papers (both long and short):

    Abstracts: November 18, 2018
    Full papers: November 27, 2018
    Rebuttal Phase:  January 6-20, 2019
    Notification: January 31, 2019
    Camera-ready version: March 1st, 2019

    INSTRUCTIONS FOR EXTENDED ABSTRACTS

    Extended abstracts should be 1 or 2 pages in length and may present
    preliminary work or work already published in other outlets. The
    extended abstracts are submitted for presentation only (if accepted),
    and will not be formally published in the LNCS conference volume.  A
    collection of the accepted extended abstracts will be published on the
    conference website.  A submission representing work submitted or
    published in another outlet should state that outlet. Extended
    abstracts will be reviewed to ensure appropriateness for the
    conference.

    Submission schedule for extended abstracts:

    Abstract: March 1, 2019
    Notification: March 16, 2019

    INSTRUCTIONS FOR JOURNAL FAST TRACK

    A selection of outstanding submissions to the technical program will
    be offered the opportunity to be published exclusively through a 'fast
    track' process in the journal constraints.


    If the authors opt for this option, their papers will be published on the web site
    of the conference so they are available for consultation. After the conference the extended
    version should be submitted to the Constraints journal and the process will be accelerated by the
    fact that the editors will ask the same PC members to review it. Invited authors who select to
    fast track their paper will receive a 1-page extended abstract in the
    conference proceedings and will be invited to present at the
    conference on the same ground as any other accepted submission.

    Submission Process

    All papers are to be submitted electronically in PDF format by
    following the instructions at the URL

    easychair.org/conferences/conference_dir.cgi?a=19471328

    QUESTIONS

    For any queries on the submission process, please contact the Program Chairs
    Louis-Martin Rousseau and Kostas Stergiou at:  cpaior2019@uowm.gr


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    Louis-Martin Rousseau, Ph.D.
    Professor, CIRRELT - Mathematic and Industrial Engineering, Polytechnique de Montréal 
    Chairholder, Canada Research Chair in Healthcare Analytics and Logistics
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