[apologies for multiple posting] 2nd CALL FOR PAPERS A CP2001 workshop CONSTRAINTS AND UNCERTAINTY December 1st, 2001 Cyprus http://www.csd.abdn.ac.uk/~kbrown/CP2001Uncertainty/ * NOTE EXTENDED DEADLINE * Description of the workshop --------------------------- The handling of uncertainty is a significant issue in many real-world problems traditionally tackled by constraint-based methods. Uncertainty can arise through incomplete knowledge of the problem at hand, or through incomplete knowledge of how the problem changes over time, or may be inherent in the problem itself. Though explicit treatment of uncertainty has long been a central topic in artificial intelligence, it has received little attention from the constraints community. Constraints research that has addressed uncertainty is dispersed among a number of sub-fields - Soft Constraints, and Dynamic CSPs, for example. The goal of this workshop will be to bring together the different aspects of uncertainty in constraint problems, to consider how existing methods can be used to handle uncertainty, and to consider avenues for future research. Thus in addition to research results, we also welcome discussions of work in progress, challenge problems, and surveys of existing techniques. The workshop will be of interest to those modelling and solving real world problems, to those interested in theoretical issues in constraints, and also to members of the Uncertainty in AI community. We invite submissions which address any of the following topics, or which deal with any other aspect of constraints and uncertainty: * modelling uncertainty in static constraint problems * algorithms for handling uncertainty in static constraint problems * modelling uncertainty in dynamic constraint problems * algorithms for handling uncertainty in dynamic constraint problems * uncertainty and constraints in application domains - for example, scheduling, vehicle routing, and resource allocation * the contributions of existing constraint-based techniques to uncertainty handling Submissions will be reviewed by the Program Committee, and will be selected based on their contribution to the topic of the workshop. For those who would like to participate, but do not wish to submit a full paper, we request short position statements of at most 2 pages, describing their research background or presenting a view on constraints and uncertainty. Submission guidelines --------------------- Final papers for the workshop notes will be limited to 10 pages in the Spinger Verlag LNCS style (font size 10). Note that there is very little time between notification of acceptance and the deadline for final versions, so we recommend submissions should be in the proper format to save time. Please email all submissions as either postscript, MS Word 6.0 or pdf to Ken Brown ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) by Sept 24th. Each submission should have a title page with the name, address, and email address for each author. One of the authors should be identified as the contact author. Short position papers should also be submitted by Sept 24th. Attendance Details ------------------ At least one author of each accepted submission must attend the workshop. All workshop attendees must pay the CP/ICLP workshop registration fee. The workshop will be timed in consultation with the organisers of the Soft Constraints workshop, so that there is no overlap, and attendance at both will be possible. Important Dates --------------- Email submission: September 24th Notification: October 17th Final versions: October 24th CP2001: November 26th Workshop: December 1st Workshop Organisers ------------------- Chris Beck, ILOG, France, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ken Brown, University of Aberdeen, UK, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Primary Contact) Program Committee ----------------- Amedeo Cesta , CNR, Italy Andrew Davenport, IBM TJ Watson, USA Carmen Gervet, IC-Parc, UK Philippe Laborie, ILOG , France Gerard Verfaillie, ONERA, France Thierry Vidal, ENIT , France
