CFP: Distributed Constraint Reasoning Workshop @ CP '07

[Jonathan Pearce]

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**** Ninth International Workshop on Distributed Constraint Reasoning  
(DCR) ****
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September 23, 2007

Held in conjunction with CP-07
Brown University
Providence, Rhode Island, USA

http://teamcore.usc.edu/DCR

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Call for Papers
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Workshop Description:

Distributed Constraint Reasoning (DCR) problems arise when pieces of  
information
about variables, constraints or both are relevant to independent but
communicating agents. They provide a promising framework to deal with  
the
increasingly diverse range of distributed real-world problems  
emerging from the
evolution of computation and communication technologies.

The new challenges posed by solving Distributed Constraint Reasoning  
Problems
include dealing with resource restrictions (such as limits on time and
communication), privacy requirements, exploiting opportunities for  
cooperation,
and designing conflict resolution strategies. The workshop addresses  
modeling,
formulation and solution of Distributed Constraint Reasoning problems,
including both Distributed Constraint Satisfaction and Optimization  
Problems.
The workshop encourages submissions on all topics related to Distributed
Constraint Reasoning, including (but not limited to) the following:

	*	unified frameworks for distributed constraint reasoning
	*	algorithms for solving distributed constraint reasoning problems
	*	theoretical results about distributed constraint reasoning problems
	*	privacy issues in distributed constraint reasoning
	*	problem solving in systems with self-interested agents
	*	distributed constraint propagation and consistency
	*	over-constrained problems
	*	applications of distributed constraint reasoning
	*	modeling of distributed constraint reasoning problems
	*	extensions of the distributed constraint reasoning paradigm/framework


Workshop Motivation:

The goal of the DCR workshop series is to bring together researchers  
from the
many different areas that are relevant to distributed constraint  
reasoning so
that commonalities and relationships can be discovered and understanding
improved. DCR is an inter-disciplinary research area involving the  
Constraint
Programming, Multiagent Systems and AI communities. As such, this  
workshop has
historically rotated its location between the three major conferences  
in each
of these areas: CP (in 2000 and 2004), IJCAI (in 2001, 2003, 2005,  
and January
of 2007) and AAMAS (in 2002 and 2006). In September of 2007, DCR will  
again be
held at CP and we invite all members of the CP community to participate.


Workshop Format:

At least one author of each accepted submission must attend the half-day
workshop. The workshop will emphasize group discussion so  
presentations will be
balanced with discussion time.  Proposals for panels / discussion  
groups during
the workshop are welcome.
Submission Guidelines:
Participants should submit a paper (maximum 15 pages), describing  
their work on
one or more of the topics relevant to the workshop. Other  
participants may
submit a shorter paper (maximum 5 pages) presenting a research  
statement or
perspective on topics relevant to the workshop. Accepted papers will be
presented during the workshop and will be published in the workshop  
proceedings.

Authors are requested to prepare their papers by following the LNCS  
Springer
instructions found at: http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.html.
All submissions and questions should be emailed to Jonathan Pearce at
jppearce at usc.edu. Submissions should include the name(s),  
affiliations, and
email addresses of all authors in the body of the email. We welcome the
submission of papers rejected from the CP-2007 technical program.

The deadline for receipt of submissions is July 12, 2007. Papers  
received after
this date may not be reviewed.


Important Dates and Deadlines:

	*	Submission Deadline: July 12, 2007
	*	Notification: August 9, 2007
	*	Camera-Ready Deadline: August 16, 2007
	*	Workshop Date: September 23, 2007


Contact:

Jonathan P. Pearce (workshop chair)
jppearce at usc.edu
http://www-scf.usc.edu/~jppearce
3737 Watt Way, PHE-210
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA


Organizing Committee:

Christian Bessiere
LIRMM-CNRS
bessiere at lirmm.fr

Boi Faltings
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne
boi.faltings at epfl.ch

Youssef Hamadi
Microsoft Research Cambridge, UK
youssefh at microsoft.com

Katsutoshi Hirayama
Kobe University
hirayama at maritime.kobe-u.ac.jp

Amnon Meisels
Ben-Gurion University
am at cs.bgu.ac.il

Pedro Meseguer
Institut d'Investigaci en Intelligencia Artificial (IIIA)
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas (CSIC)
pedro at iiia.csic.es

Jonathan P. Pearce
University of Southern California
jppearce at usc.edu

Marius Silaghi
Florida Institute of Technology
msilaghi at fit.edu

Milind Tambe
University of Southern California
tambe at usc.edu

Makoto Yokoo
Kyushu University
yokoo at is.kyushu-u.ac.jp