Deadline Extension Announcement - ICAPS 2013 Application Showcase

[Julie Porteous]

**** DEADLINE EXTENSION ANNOUNCEMENT *****

APPLICATION SHOWCASE at ICAPS 2013

NEW SUBMISSION DEADLINE: ** APRIL 12th, 2013 **

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23rd International Conference on Automated Planning and Scheduling

ICAPS 2013 - http://icaps13.icaps-conference.org/

Rome, Italy, June 10-14, 2013.

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FINAL CALL for APPLICATION SHOWCASE SUBMISSIONS

http://icaps13.icaps-conference.org/technical-program/demo/

Deadline for proposal submissions: April 12th, 2013 (Extended)

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The Application Showcase program at ICAPS 2013 provides an opportunity
for
planning and scheduling researchers and practitioners to demonstrate
their
state-of-the-art implementations in action. This event allows the
ICAPS
community to experience some of the latest contributions to the field,
while broadening the reach of novel methods.

Automated planning and scheduling researchers 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 themes, user-friendliness, and
presentation.

We encourage a multitude of demonstrations including:
* new and innovative techniques for planning and scheduling,
* functionalities of mature, commercial, or deployed systems, and
* prototypes systems under development.

During the conference, the “Best Demo” will be selected and an award
will be
given.



Submissions

Potential exhibitors are invited to upload their applications at

https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=icaps13appshowcase

by April 12th 2013 (Extended).

The uploaded material should be a .zip archive containing the
following items:

1. A 2-4 page short paper in the AAAI format. This paper 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 storyboard
will be
the primary evaluation of the suitability and merit of the proposed
demonstration.
The authors may choose one of the following three alternatives:
* a set of slides in PPT or PDF format,
* 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.

3. A description of any hardware/software requirement and/or logistic
arrangements.

In addition to the direct submission of demonstrations and exhibits,
contributions
accepted to the ICAPS technical paper tracks as well as contributions
submitted to
ICAPS workshops (e.g., SPARK, KEPS, Planning in Games) will have the
option to
indicate that the submission can be considered for suitability to the
Application
Showcase track. Accepted technical papers with this indication will be
fast-tracked, and the authors will not need to provide an extended
abstract.
However, the authors still need to provide a storyboard and a
description of their
requirements, i.e., items 2 and 3.



Publication

The short papers of accepted demonstrations will be available to
conference
participants and will be archived on the conference web-site. Note
that the papers
included in the main track of the conference are copyrighted by AAAI
and cannot be
duplicated.



Important Dates

The timetable for paper submissions and reviewing is as follows:

* Submission deadline: April 12th, 2013 (Extended)
* Notification: April 22th, 2013
* Camera-Ready deadline: May 6th, 2013



Organizing Committee

Program co-chairs:
* Nicola Policella - ESA-ESOC (Germany), nicola.p...@esa.int
* Nilufer Onder - Michigan Technological University (USA),
nil...@mtu.edu

Please contact the program co-chairs for questions or comments.