CfP: 6th Scheduling and Planning Application Workshop (SPARK 2012)

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S P A R K
Scheduling and Planning Applications woRKshop
 
An ICAPS'12 Workshop
 
Atibaia, São Paulo, Brazil
June 25-29, 2012
 
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The International Scheduling and Planning Applications woRKshop (SPARK) aims to provide
a stable forum on relevant topics connected to application-focused research and the deployment
of P&S systems. Application domains that entail planning and scheduling (P&S) problems present
a set of interesting modeling, technological and institutional challenges to the
AI planning and scheduling community that are becoming more and more frequently affordable for AI.
SPARK aims at fostering the practical application of advances made in the AI P&S community.
 
This is the 6th edition of SPARK. The websites of the previous editions of the workshop series
 
WORKSHOP AIM
 
Application domains that entail planning and scheduling (P&S) problems present a set of compelling
challenges to the AI planning and scheduling community, from modelling to technological
to institutional issues. New real-world domains and problems are becoming more and more frequently
affordable challenges for AI. The international Scheduling and Planning Applications woRKshop (SPARK)
was established to foster the practical application of advances made in the AI P&S community.
 
The SPARK'12 workshop, the sixth in the series, aims to provide a stable forum on relevant topics
connected to application-focused research and the deployment of P&S systems.
Participation from researchers, practitioners, and users are welcomed.
 
The best papers from SPARK'07 and '08 were invited to a special issue of the journal
Computational Intelligence. Discussions for SPARK'10 and '11 papers are in progress.
Higher quality papers from the 2012 edition will be similarly invited to a journal special issue
or post-proceedings volume.
 
FORMAT
 
The workshop will retain the successful format of previous SPARK editions, consisting of
a single full day. In order to foster discussion amongst speakers and attendees, reviewers of
submissions will be asked to write a public critique of each paper composed by a set of public
questions or thoughts, in addition to regular private comments to the authors and confidential
comments to the organizers. These critiques will also be provided to the authors in advance
of the workshop and distributed among the workshop attendees.
 
Each session will consist of presentations of technical papers, their commentaries, and a short
discussion on the topic of papers. A joint session with the ICAPS'12 TAMPRA workshop
The SPARK'12 workshop will feature a panel discussion aiming at wrapping up all the
relevant issues and challenges as possible propositions for future editions of the series.
 
TOPICS
 
Starting from the results of the previous editions, SPARK'12 will deepen the debate
on application-relevant aspects of P&S theory and practice, with the aim of reporting
and discussing experiences relating to deploying P&S systems.
Topics of the workshop include, but are not limited to:
 
    * Novel domains and benchmark or challenge problems
    * Experiences in deploying P&S systems, from their conception to their maturity in practice
    * Comparison with previously existing technologies and/or systems
    * Integration of operational knowledge from existing legacy components
    * Integration of multiple sources of knowledge and reasoning schemes (actions, time, resources)
    * Algorithmic and technological issues
    * Mixed initiative approaches
    * User interface design, visualization and explanation
    * Plan execution and replanning
    * Handling dynamic and uncertain sources of knowledge
    * Machine learning methodologies applied to P&S systems
    * Engineering, deployment, and maintenance
    * Evaluation, testing, and validation
    * Assessment of impact on end users
    * Modelling and domain model acquisition
 
 
 
SUBMISSION INFORMATION
 
Submissions may be regular papers (preferably 6 pages, although
consideration will be given to papers of up to 8 pages) or short position
papers (at most 2 pages).  All papers should conform to the AAAI formatting
guidelines and style  Submissions will be reviewed by at least two referees.
Interested contributors are invited to communicate their intent to submit
to the workshop organizers.
 
Submissions, in PDF format, may be submitted via the EasyChair site:
 
 
All workshop participants must be registered for ICAPS'12 or one of the
co-located conferences.
 
 
IMPORTANT DATES
 
Submission deadline for papers:       February 26th, 2012
Notification of acceptance/rejection: April 13th, 2012
Camera-ready version due:             April 29th 2012
 
 
ORGANIZATION
 
   * Luis Castilo Vidal, IActive, Spain
   * Minh Do,  NASA Ames Research Center / SGT Inc., USA
   * Riccardo Rasconi, ISTC-CNR, Italy
 
 
PROGRAMME COMMITTEE
 
   * Susanne Biundo, Universität Ulm, Germany
   * Mark Boddy, Adventium, USA
   * Luis Castillo, IActive Intelligent Solutions, Spain (co-chair)
   * Gabriella Cortellessa, ISTC-CNR, Italy
   * Mathijs de Weerdt, TU Delft
   * Minh Do, NASA Ames Research Center / SGT Inc., USA (co-chair)
   * Patrik Haslum, NICTA, Australia 
   * Jana Koehler, Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Switzerland
   * Robert Morris, NASA Ames, USA
   * Nicola Policella, ESA-ESOC, Germany
   * Riccardo Rasconi, ISTC-CNR, Italy (co-chair)
   * David Smith, NASA Ames, USA
   * Gérard Verfaillie, ONERA, France
   * Neil Yorke-Smith, American University of Beirut, Lebanon, and SRI International, USA
   * Terry Zimmerman, SIFT, USA
 
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