17th International Conference on the Integration of Constraint Programming,
Artificial Intelligence, and Operations Research in *Vienna, May 26 – 29,
2020*.
Submission deadlines for abstracts and full papers: *November 22 and 29,
2019*
Submission deadline for extended abstracts: February 21, 2020
Submission link: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=cpaior2020
Website of the conference: https://cpaior2020.dbai.tuwien.ac.at/
The 17th International Conference on the Integration of Constraint
Programming, Artificial Intelligence, and Operations Research will be held
in Vienna, Austria, May 26 – 29, 2020.
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.
Submission Guidelines
All papers must be original and not simultaneously submitted to another
journal or conference. The following paper categories are welcome:
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 (http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.html).
Submission schedule for regular papers (both long and short):
- *Abstracts:* November 22, 2019
- *Full papers:* November 29, 2019
- Rebuttal Phase: January 10-17, 2020
- Notification: January 27, 2020
- Camera-ready version: February 28, 2020
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:
- Abstracts: February 21, 2020
- Notification: March 6, 2020
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
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=cpaior2020
Contact
All questions about submissions should be emailed to the Program Chairs
Emmanuel Hebrard and Nysret Musliu at: cpaior2020@dbai.tuwien.ac.at
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