RCRA 2009 events-Call for Papers
Marco Gavanelli
marco.gavanelli at unife.it
Do Apr 23 16:43:25 CEST 2009
[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://rcra.aixia.it
organises
the special RCRA session on
"Experimentation of Combinatorial Algorithms"
at the XI Conference of the
Italian Association for Artificial Intelligence (AI*IA 2009)
and the
16th RCRA workshop:
Experimental evaluation of algorithms for solving
problems with combinatorial explosion (RCRA 2009)
Email: rcra.aixia.09 at gmail.com
RCRA group web site: http://rcra.aixia.it/
Workshop web site: http://rcra.aixia.it/rcra2009
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These events follow the series of the RCRA (Knowledge Representation
and Automated Reasoning) annual meetings, 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.
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NEWS!!!
This year the RCRA working group organises two events:
- RCRA Session @AI*IA 2009. A special session of the XI Conference of the
Italian Association for Artificial Intelligence (AI*IA 2009), with
formal
proceedings published on Springer LNAI
- RCRA 2009. The 16th International RCRA workshop with original and
already published papers.
As in previous editions, authors of papers presented at either event
will have the opportunity to participate to the selection of a special issue
that will appear on a highly prestigious international journal.
The organizers are currently in contact with the publisher.
DATES
11-12 december 2008, co-located with AI*IA 2009
http://www.aixia09.unimore.it/
VENUE
Reggio Emilia, 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:
* Experimental evaluation of algorithms for
o knowledge representation
o automated reasoning
o planning
o scheduling
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
* 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
WORKSHOP CHAIRS
* Marco Gavanelli, Università degli Studi di Ferrara, Italy
* Toni Mancini, Sapienza Università di Roma, Italy
WORKSHOP PROGRAM COMMITTEE
To Be Announced
HOST ORGANIZATION
Università di Modena e Reggio-Emilia, Italy
LOCAL COMMITTEE
* To be announced
SUBMISSIONS
This year RCRA will have a regular session in the conference AI*IA 2009,
plus an informal workshop. Authors of papers appearing either in the
RCRA session
of AI*IA or in the RCRA workshop will be invited to submit to a
special issue of the
Journal of Algorithms in Logic, Informatics and Cognition (cf. below).
RCRA Session @AI*IA 2009
Authors interested in the RCRA session of AI*IA 2009 are encouraged
to submit
to AI*IA, indicating clearly that the main topic of the paper is
"Experimentation of Combinatorial Algorithms".
Papers must describe original work; deadline 15 May 2009.
Submission details are available on
http://www.aixia09.unimore.it/
Papers accepted to the AI*IA conference will be published as a volume
of the
Springer Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence series.
RCRA Workshop
Authors are invited to submit either original papers, or papers that
appear on
conference proceedings (different than AI*IA 2009).
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.
At the time of submission, authors are requested to clearly specify
whether their
submission is original or already published.
Workshop submissions must be in PDF format, do not exceed 15 pages,
and should be
written in LaTeX, using the RCRA 2009 style available on the workshop
web site.
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 and as an issue of the CEUR Workshop Proceedings
series.
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 papers presented either at the
RCRA workshop, or at the RCRA session of AI*IA will have the
opportunity to participate to the selection for the post-proceedings
by submitting an extended version of their work.
As the previous years, workshop post-proceedings will appear in a special
issue of a highly prestigious international journal.
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
(including the proceedings of AI*IA 2009).
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
* Submission to RCRA session @AI*IA: 15 May 2009
* Papers for RCRA workshop: 1 September 2009
* Notification of acceptance/reject: 15 October 2009
* Final version due: 15 November 2009
* RCRA session at AI*IA: 11 December 2009
* RCRA workshop: 12 December 2009
SELECTION FOR POST-PROCEEDINGS
* Extended papers submission deadline: 15 January 2010
* Notification of reviews of the 1st round: 28 February 2010
* Re-submission deadline
(for papers not accepted with minor rev.): 15 April 2010
* Final notification of acceptance: 1 May 2010
* Final version due: 15 May 2010
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