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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=19471328QUESTIONS
For any queries on the submission process, please contact the Program Chairs
Louis-Martin Rousseau and Kostas Stergiou at:
cpaior2019@uowm.gr------------------------------
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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