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       System Demonstrations and Exhibits
             An event at ICAPS 2012
           Atibaia, Sao Paulo, Brazil
                  June 25-29

    http://icaps12.poli.usp.br/icaps12/demo

              CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
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The System Demonstrations and Exhibits program at ICAPS 2012 provides
an opportunity for planning and scheduling researchers and practitioners
to demonstrate their state-of-the-art implementations in action. This
event allows the community to experience some of the latest contributions
to the field, while broadening the reach of novel methods.

Researchers from all sub-areas of AI planning and scheduling are encouraged
to submit proposals to demonstrate their systems. Submissions will be
evaluated on the basis of their novelty, scientific or industrial
contributions, relevance to the conference theme and to users, user-
friendliness, and presentation. We encourage submissions demonstrating new
and innovative techniques for planning and scheduling, as well as submissions
from mature, commercial and/or deployed systems, and systems in development.

Recognition of the Demonstrations and Exhibits is anticipated by an award for
the Best System Demonstration.

Important Dates

-- Submission deadline: March 27th, 2012
-- Notification: April 25th, 2012

Submission Instructions

Potential exhibitors are invited to upload their applications via the EasyChair
conference system at: http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=sysdemoicaps12
The uploaded material should be a .zip archive containing the following:

1) An extended abstract of 2-4 pages in the AAAI format. This must include
   the title of the proposed demonstration, the list of authors and their
   affiliations, and an abstract of up to 250 words. It must describe the
   technical content of the demonstration, with the appropriate credits and
   references.

2) A storyboard describing the proposed demonstration. The authors can choose
   one of the following three alternatives:
   -- a set of slides in the PPT or the PDF format; OR
   -- a PDF document of not more than six pages in the AAAI format; OR
   -- a URL link to a video in the MPEG, QuickTime or Flash format.
   The storyboard will be the primary evaluation of the suitability and merit
   of the proposed demonstration.

3) A description of any non-standard hardware/software requirement and/or
   logistic arrangements.

The extended abstracts of accepted demonstrations will be available to
conference participants and will be archived on the conference web site.

In addition to the direct submission of demonstrations and exhibits,
accepted papers to the ICAPS technical paper tracks indicating that the
submission can be considered for a demonstration will be fast-tracked to
the System Demonstrations and Exhibits, and their authors will not need to
provide an extended abstract. Still, the authors will have to provide a
storyboard and a description of their requirements (i.e., points 2 and 3).

Program Chairs

-- Simone Fratini - ESA-ESOC (Germany) simone.fratini (AT) esa.int
-- Adi Botea - IBM Research (Ireland) adibotea (AT) ie.ibm.com