RCRA 2008: First Call for Papers
Francesco Calimeri
calimeri at mat.unical.it
So Jun 15 14:10:30 CEST 2008
[apologies for multiple postings]
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The RCRA group (Knowledge Representation & Automated Reasoning) of
the
AI*IA (Italian Association for Artificial Intelligence)
http://www.dis.uniroma1.it/~rcra
organises the
15th RCRA workshop:
Experimental evaluation of algorithms for solving problems
with combinatorial explosion
http://www.dis.uniroma1.it/~rcra08
rcra08 at dis.uniroma1.it
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This workshop follows the series of the RCRA (Knowledge
Representation
and Automated Reasoning) annual meeting, held since 1994. The success
of the previous events shows that RCRA is becoming a major forum for
exchanging ideas and proposing experimentation methodologies for
algorithms in artificial intelligence.
*** Workshop post-proceedings will be published in the Elsevier ***
*** Journal of Algorithms in Logic, Informatics and Cognition. ***
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DATES
Two days in December 2008, co-located with ICLP 2008 (9-13 December
2008)
(exact dates to be announced)
VENUE
Udine, Italy
AIMS AND SCOPE
Many problems in Artificial Intelligence show an exponential explosion
of the
search space. Although stemming from different research areas in AI,
such
problems are often addressed with algorithms that have a common
goal: the
effective exploration of huge state spaces. Many algorithms developed
in one
research area are applicable to other problems, or can be hybridised
with
techniques in other areas. Artificial Intelligence tools often exploit
or
hybridise techniques developed by other research communities, such as
Operations Research.
In recent years, research in AI has more and more focussed on
experimental
evaluation of algorithms, the development of suitable methodologies for
experimentation and analysis, the study of languages and the
implementation of
systems for the definition and solution of problems.
Scope of the workshop is fostering the cross-fertilisation of ideas
stemming
from different areas, proposing benchmarks for new challenging
problems,
comparing models and algorithms from an experimental viewpoint, and, in
general, comparing different approaches with respect to efficiency,
problem
modelling, and ease of development.
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
o knowledge representation
o automated reasoning
o planning
o scheduling
o agents and distributed systems
o machine learning
o model checking
o boolean satisfiability (SAT)
o constraint programming
o constraint satisfaction
o quantified boolean formulae and quantified constraints
o modal logics
o logic programming
o disjunctive logic programming
o temporal reasoning
o combinatorial optimization
Contributions are solicited about (the list is not exhaustive):
* Experimental evaluation of algorithms
* Definition and construction of benchmarks
* Experimentation methodologies
* Metaheuristics
* Algorithm hybridisation
* Static analysis of combinatorial problems
* Languages and systems for definition and solution of problems
* Comparisons between systems and algorithms
* Application experiences
Publications showing negative results are welcome, provided that the
approach
was original and very promising in principle, the experimentation was
well-conducted, the results obtained were unforeseeable and gave
important
hints in the comprehension of the target problem, helping other
researchers to
avoid unsuccessful paths.
Although the spirit of the workshop is informal, a second formal stage
is
expected, with a second round of reviews for the selection of extended
versions of the papers to appear in a special issue of the
Elsevier Journal of Algorithms in Logic, Informatics and Cognition.
WORKSHOP CHAIRS
* Marco Gavanelli, Università degli Studi di Ferrara, Italy
* Toni Mancini, Sapienza Università di Roma, Italy
PROGRAM COMMITTEE
Gilles Audemard, Université d'Artois, France
Matteo Baldoni, Università di Torino, Italy
Francesco Buccafurri, Università Mediterranea di Reggio Calabria,
Italy
Francesco Calimeri, Università della Calabria, Italy
Stefania Costantini, Università dell'Aquila, Italy
Luca Di Gaspero, Università di Udine, Italy
Khalil Djelloul, Université d'Orléans, France
Marco Gavanelli, Università di Ferrara, Italy
Daniel Le Berre, Université d'Artois, France
Ines Lynce, Universidade Técnica de Lisboa, Portugal
Toni Mancini, Sapienza Università di Roma, Italy
Marco Maratea, Università di Genova, Italy
Joao Marquez-Silva, University of Southampton, UK
Pedro Meseguer, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Spain
Nicola Policella, European Space Agency, Germany
Steve Prestwich, Cork Constraint Computation Centre, Ireland
Luca Pulina, Università di Genova, Italy
Francesco Ricca, Università della Calabria, Italy
Fabrizio Riguzzi, Università di Ferrara,Italy
Daniel Singer, Université de Metz, France
Kostas Stathis, Royal Holloway, University of London, UK
Kostas Stergiou, University of the Aegean, Greece
Mirek Truszczynski, University of Kentucky, USA
Richard Wallace, Cork Constraint Computation Centre, Ireland
HOST ORGANIZATION
Università di Udine, Italy
LOCAL COMMITTEE
Luca Di Gaspero, Università degli Studi di Udine, Italy
Stefano Benedettini, Università degli Studi di Udine, Italy
Sara Ceschia, Università degli Studi di Udine, Italy
Andrea Schaerf, Università degli Studi di Udine, Italy
SUBMISSIONS
Authors are invited to submit either original papers, or papers that
appear on
conference proceedings.
At the time of submission, authors are requested to clearly specify
whether their
submission is original or already published.
All submissions must be in PDF format, do not exceed 10 pages, and
should be
written in Latex, using the standard Article style, 11pt.
All submissions will be reviewed by at least three members of the
program committee.
Papers accepted at the workshop will be electronically published on the
workshop web site.
Final and detailed submission instructions will be available on the
workshop
web site soon.
SELECTION FOR THE POST-PROCEEDINGS
Few weeks after the workshop, authors of accepted papers will have the
opportunity to participate in the selection for the post-proceedings
by submitting an extended version of their work.
Workshop post-proceedings will appear in a special issue of the
Elsevier
Journal of Algorithms in Logic, Informatics and Cognition.
All candidate articles must be original: they cannot have already been
published
in journals, and must contain significant additional material with
respect to any
previous version already published in formal conference proceedings.
Such papers will go through a second formal selection process, and will
be
reviewed by at least three reviewers. The selection process will be
kept very
short, and at most one re-submission stage will be allowed (cf.
important
dates). Hence, authors are invited to work on their paper mainly before
the
workshop date.
IMPORTANT DATES
* Abstract submission deadline: 1 September 2008
* Papers submission deadline: 15 September 2008
* Notification of acceptance/reject: 25 October 2008
* Final version due: 15 November 2008
* Workshop: Around 9-13 December 2008
SELECTION FOR POST-PROCEEDINGS
(special issue of Elsevier J. of Algorithms in Logic, Informatics and
Cognition)
* Extended papers submission deadline: 15 January 2009
* Notification of reviews of the 1st round: 28 February 2009
* Re-submission deadline
(for papers not accepted with minor rev.): 15 April 2009
* Final notification of acceptance: 1 May 2009
* Final version due: 15 May 2009
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Department of Mathematics, Università della Calabria Francesco Calimeri
Ricercatore (Researcher - Tenured Assistant Professor)
calimeri at mat.unical.it fcalimeri at gmail.com Ponte Pietro Bucci, cubo 30b
87036 Rende (CS)
ITALY
tel: +39 0984 49 6478
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