[agents] [ICAPS 2016] Preliminary Call for Papers

[Eva Onaindia]

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                   == ICAPS 2016 -- Preliminary Call for Papers ==

                            The 26th International Conference on
                            Automated Planning and Scheduling

                                        ICAPS 2016

                             June 12-17, 2016, London, UK.

      icaps16.icaps-conference.org  (icaps16london at gmail.com for inquiries).


Submissions due:   November 18, 2015 (abstracts)
                    November 22, 2015 (papers)
Notification:      January  26, 2016



Special tracks:

* Planning and Scheduling in Robotics
* Novel Applications of Automated Planning and Scheduling

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ICAPS 2016, the 26th International Conference on Automated Planning
and Scheduling, will take place in London, UK, June 12-17, 2015.
ICAPS 2016 is part of the ICAPS conference series, the premier forum
for exchanging news and research results on theory and applications of
intelligent planning and scheduling technology.

The ICAPS 2016 program committee invites paper submissions related to
automated planning and scheduling. Relevant contributions include, but
are not limited to:

* Theoretical and empirical studies of planning and scheduling
   problems and algorithms;

* Novel techniques and approaches that extend the scope and scale of
   problems that can be solved;

* Analytic and implemented tools supporting automated planning and
   scheduling; and

* Studies of applying automated planning and scheduling technologies
   to significant problems with deep technical insight.


Special Tracks
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ICAPS 2016 will continue to host two special tracks:

* Robotics: Planning, execution, and coordination for individual or
   teams of robots, at the level of tasks, behaviors and motions;
   applications in autonomous, mixed-initiative, and human-robot
   interactive systems; preference for techniques demonstrated on
   actual robot systems.

* Novel Applications: Emerging and deployed applications, case studies
   and lessons learned.

Additionally, the ICAPS program will include journal presentations,
workshops and tutorials, each having separate submission and notification
dates, to be announced separately.

For more information, see icaps16.icaps-conference.org/


Author Guidelines
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Authors may submit long papers (8 pages AAAI style plus up to
one page of references) or short papers (4 pages plus up to one
page of references). The type of paper must be indicated at submission
time. For more information, see icaps16.icaps-conference.org.

All papers, regardless of length, will be reviewed against the
standard criteria of relevance, originality, significance, clarity and
soundness, and are expected to meet the same high standards set by
ICAPS. Short papers may be of narrower scope, for example by
addressing a highly specific issue, or proposing or evaluating a
small, yet important, extension of previous work or new idea.

Authors making multiple submissions must ensure that each submission
has significant unique content. Papers submitted to ICAPS'16 may not
be submitted to other conferences or journals during the ICAPS’16
review period nor may they be already under review or published in
other conferences or journals. Overlength papers will be rejected
without review.

Topics include, but are not limited to:

* applications and case studies of planning and scheduling techniques
* uncertainty and stochasticity in planning and scheduling
* partially observable and unobservable domains
* conformant, contingent and adversarial planning
* plan and schedule execution, monitoring and repair
* continuous planning, on-line and real-time domains
* plan recognition, plan management and goal reasoning
* classical planning techniques and analysis
* continuous state and action spaces
* multi-agent and distributed planning
* domain modeling, knowledge acquisition and engineering
* learning for planning and scheduling


All submissions will be made electronically, through the EasyChair
conference system: https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=icaps15



Important Dates
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Abstracts (electronic submission) due:      November 18th, 2015
Papers (electronic submission, PDF) due:    November 22th, 2015
Notification of acceptance:                 January  26th, 2016

The reference timezone for all deadlines is UTC-12. That is, as long as
there is still some place anywhere in the world where the deadline has 
not yet passed,
you are on time!



Organising Committee
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Conference Chairs:
* Andrew Coles (King's College London)
* Daniele Magazzeni (King's College London)

Programme Chairs:
* Amanda Coles (King's College London)
* Stefan Edelkamp (University of Bremen, Germany)
* Scott Sanner (NICTA and ANU, Australia)

Robotics Track Chairs:
* Nick Hawes (University of Birmingham, United Kingdom)
* Andrea Orlandini (National Research Council, Italy)

Novel Applications Track Chairs:
* Gabriella Cortellessa (CNR, Italy)
* Neil Yorke-Smith (American University of Beirut, Lebanon)

Journal Presentation Track Chairs:
* Amedeo Cesta (CNR, Italy)
* Roman Bartak (Charles University, Prague)

Please direct all questions to icaps16london at gmail.com.

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Eva Onaindia
Dept. Sistemas Informáticos y Computación
Universitat Politècnica de València
Camino de Vera s/n
46022 Valencia, Spain

Telef. 34-963877755
Fax: 34-963877359
email: onaindia at dsic.upv.es
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