CP97 will be an important event. Until today, we have received 160 registrations. We apologize for multiple copies. Up-to-date information can be found at the CP97 web site http://www.mpi-sb.mpg.de/conferences/CP97/. CALL FOR PARTICIPATION Third International Conference on Principles and Practice of Constraint Programming (CP97) Schloss Hagenberg, Austria, October 29 - November 1, 1997 Invited Speakers Steven Minton: ``Configurable Solvers: Tailoring General Methods to Specific Applications'' Pascal Van Hentenryck: ``A Modeling Language for Constraint Programming'' Tutorial Speakers Yves Caseau: ``Complex scheduling problems that require complex resources and travel'' Laurent Michel and Jean-Francois Puget: ``Interval methods for non linear constraints'' Leszek Pacholski and Andreas Podelski: ``Set Constraints'' Workshops on October 27-28, preceding the Conference FTP97 International Workshop on First-Order Theorem Proving http://www.logic.tuwien.ac.at/FTP97/ COTIC 97 Concurrent Constraint Programming for Time Critical Applications http://www.di.unipi.it/~gabbri/COTIC97.html Annual workshop of the CompulogNet, area "Constraint Programming", joint with the second meeting of the ERCIM working group on Constraints http://pauillac.inria.fr/~codognet/cp97.html CP97 Workshops on November 1, the last day of the Conference Constraints and Bioinformatics/Biocomputing http://www.soi.city.ac.uk/~drg/cp97-workshop.html Constraint Reasoning on the Internet http://www.pst.informatik.uni-muenchen.de/personen/fruehwir/wcicp97.html The Theory and Practice of Dynamic Constraint Satisfaction http://www-icparc.doc.ic.ac.uk/~hhe/dcsp_workshop.html Industrial Constraint-directed Scheduling http://www.ie.utoronto.ca/EIL/profiles/andrewd/cfp.html Set Constraints and Constraint-based Program Analysis http://www.mpi-sb.mpg.de/conferences/CP97/sets.html Scope of the Conference Constraints have emerged as the basis of a representational and computational paradigm that draws from many disciplines and can be brought to bear on many problem domains. The conference is concerned with all aspects of computing with constraints including: algorithms, applications, environments, languages, models, systems. Conference Venue CP97 will take place at Schloss Hagenberg, a medieval, renovated castle close to Linz, Austria, known as the site of the Research Institute for Symbolic Computation (RISC). Registration and Local Arrangements For registration, please fill out the registration form and the hotel reservation form appended below, and send it by fax or email to the address given there. The hotel reserved for conference participants is the comfortable "Steigenberger MAXX" Hotel, located quietly next to the Danube river in Linz. For particular questions about local arrangements, please contact the CP97 Local Arrangements Chair Betina Curtis, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Papers The proceedings will be published as Springer LNCS 1330; they will be available at the conference. Selected papers will appear in a special issue of the CONSTRAINTS journal devoted to the conference. Official Sponsors: Compulog, Ilog, Prologia, DFKI, MPI, RISC Conference Organization Conference Chair: Bruno Buchberger (RISC) [EMAIL PROTECTED] Program Chair: Gert Smolka (DFKI and Universitaet des Saarlandes) [EMAIL PROTECTED] Program Committee: Franz Baader (RWTH Aachen) Frederic Benhamou (University of Orleans) Alex Brodsky (George Mason University) Yves Caseau (Bouygues) Hoon Hong (RISC) John Hooker (CMU) Joxan Jaffar (National University of Singapore) Claude Kirchner (INRIA Lorraine and CRIN) Michael Maher (Griffith University) Kim Marriott (Monash University) Dave McAllester (AT&T Research) Ken McAloon (Brooklyn College) Bernhard Nebel (University of Freiburg) Tobias Nipkow (TU Muenchen) Martin Odersky (TU Karlsruhe and University of South Australia) Catuscia Palamidessi (University of Genova) Andreas Podelski (Max-Planck-Institut fuer Informatik) Jean-Francois Puget (ILOG) Francesca Rossi (University of Pisa) Thomas Schiex (INRA) Bart Selman (AT&T Research) Gert Smolka (DFKI and Universitaet des Saarlandes) Peter J. Stuckey (University of Melbourne) Edward Tsang (University of Essex) Peter van Beek (University of Alberta) Mark Wallace (ICL/Imperial College) Publicity and Workshop Chair: Andreas Podelski (Max-Planck-Institut fuer Informatik) [EMAIL PROTECTED] Organizing Committee: Alan Borning (University of Washington) Alain Colmerauer (University of Marseille) Eugene Freuder (University of New Hampshire) Jean-Pierre Jouannaud (University of Paris Sud) Jean-Louis Lassez (New Mexico Tech) Ugo Montanari (University of Pisa) Anil Nerode (Cornell University) Vijay Saraswat (AT&T Research) Pascal Van Hentenryck (Brown University) Ralph Wachter (Office of Naval Research) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Registration Form Third International Conference on Principles and Practice of CONSTRAINT PROGRAMMING (CP 97) RISC, Castle of Hagenberg, Austria October 29 - November 1, 1997 Personal Data: Family Name: First Name: Affiliation: Mailing Address: Country: e-mail: Phone: Fax: Conference Registration fees: Registration and payment Registration and payment received by Sept. 19, 1997 received after Sept. 19, 1997 Regular* USD 420 USD 460 Students** USD 200 USD 240 Accompanying Person *** USD 230 USD 270 Additional banquet ticket: USD 50 USD 50 For lunches etc.: o Vegetarian o Regular food Payment: Please choose one of the following. All payments must be made in US $. o I have remitted the above total fee on . . . . . . . . . . .(Date) to the account "CP97", No. 26203, Raiffeisenbank Hagenberg, BLZ: 34151, A-4232 Hagenberg, Austria (Europe). I add a copy of the transfer form to confirm the remittance. o I add a bank cheque for the above total fee payable to the account "CP97" No. 26203, Raiffeisenbank Hagenberg, BLZ: 34151, A-4232 Hagenberg, Austria (Europe). o I agree to remit above total fee by credit card o American Express o Mastercard o VISA Card Number: Card holder's name: Expiration Date: Date: Authorized Signature: Date Signature * Fee for regular participant includes: proceedings, refreshment breaks, lunches (hors d'oeuvre, main meal, dessert, drink), conference banquet, shuttle bus from conference hotel to the conference site and back, shuttle bus to the restaurant for the conference dinner, guided walk in the hilly area of the "Muehlviertel". ** Fee for students includes: proceedings, refreshment breaks, lunches (hors d'oeuvre, main meal, dessert, drink), shuttle bus from conference hotel to the conference site and back, guided walk in the hilly area of the "Muehlviertel". *** Fee for accompanying person includes: all conference sessions, refreshment breaks, lunches (hors d'oeuvre, main meal, dessert, drink), conference banquet, shuttle bus from conference hotel to the conference site and back, shuttle bus to the restaurant for the conference dinner, guided walk in the hilly area of the "Muehlviertel". Social programme for accompanying persons and guests (excursion to Salzburg or Vienna) is planned. Please contact the conference office ([EMAIL PROTECTED]). Please send the completed form by e-mail or fax or surface mail to: Betina Curtis, RISC - Research Institute for Symbolic Computation Schloss Hagenberg, A-4232 Hagenberg Fax: +43(7236)323130 Tel.:+43(7236)323121 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Hotel Reservation Form Third International Conference on Principles and Practice of Constraint Programming (CP 97) RISC, Castle of Hagenberg, Austria October 29 - November 1, 1997 Name: Affiliation Address: e-mail: Phone: Fax: Accompanying Person(s): Family Name: First Name: I reserve as follows: Arrival Date: Departure Date: o single room ATS 890,- = about US $ 75,- per day/person o double room ATS 550,- = about US $ 47,- per day/person Included in the price: Breakfast buffet, health club, shuttle service airport - hotel - airport. There is a small contingent of student rooms available. These accommodations are secluded and scattered over the region. If you want to reserve this room-category, please contact the local organizer Betina Curtis, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]). o I arrive by plane and need a shuttle service to the hotel: Arrival time: Flight from: Flight number: Please send the completed form by e-mail or fax or surface mail to: Betina Curtis, RISC - Research Institute for Symbolic Computation Schloss Hagenberg, A-4232 Hagenberg Fax: +43(7236)323130 Tel.:+43(7236)323121 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]