CFP: 14th International Workshop on Distributed Constraint Reasoning (DCR'12)

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****                  The EACI-12 Workshop on Distributed Constraint Reasoning (DCR)                              ****
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Held in conjunction with ECAI 2012
August, 2012 
Montpellier, France


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 Call for Papers
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Workshop Description:

Distributed Constraint Reasoning (DCR) problems arise when pieces of information 
about variables, constraints or both are relevant to independent but communicating 
agents. They provide a promising framework to deal with the increasingly diverse 
range of distributed real-world problems emerging from the evolution of computation 
and communication technologies.

The new challenges posed by solving Distributed Constraint Reasoning Problems 
include dealing with resource restrictions (such as limits on time and 
communication), privacy requirements, exploiting opportunities for cooperation, 
and designing conflict resolution strategies.

The workshop addresses modeling, formulation and solution of Distributed Constraint 
Reasoning problems, including both Distributed Constraint Satisfaction and 
Optimization Problems. The workshop encourages submissions on all topics related to 
Distributed Constraint Reasoning, including (but not limited to) the following:

 * unified frameworks for distributed constraint reasoning
 * complete and incomplete algorithms for solving distributed constraint reasoning 
   problems
 * privacy issues in distributed constraint reasoning
 * problem solving in systems with self-interested agents
 * negotiation among self-interested agents
 * distributed constraint propagation and consistency
 * generation and formulation/modeling of distributed constraint reasoning
 * applications of distributed constraint reasoning



Workshop Motivation:

The goal of the DCR workshop series is to bring together researchers from the many 
different areas that are relevant to distributed constraint reasoning so that 
commonalities and relationships can be discovered and understanding improved. DCR 
is an inter-disciplinary research area involving the Constraint Programming, 
Artificial Intelligence and Multi-agent Systems communities. 

As such, this workshop has historically rotated its location between the three 
major conferences in each of these areas: IJCAI (in 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009 &
2011), CP (in 2000, 2004, & 2007) and AAMAS (in 2002, 2006, 2008 & 2010).



Workshop Format:

At least one author of each accepted submission must attend the workshop. The 
workshop will emphasize group discussion so presentations will be balanced with 
discussion time. Proposals for panels/discussion groups during the workshop are 
welcome. 



Workshop Attendance:

The workshop is open to all members of the AI community but the number of 
participants is strictly limited to 75 participants.



Submission Guidelines:

Participants should submit a paper (maximum 15 pages), describing their work on 
one or more of the topics relevant to the workshop. Alternatively, participants 
may submit a shorter paper (maximum 5 pages) presenting a research statement or 
perspective on topics relevant to the workshop. Accepted papers will be 
presented during the workshop and will be published in the workshop proceedings.

Authors are requested to prepare their papers by following the LNCS Springer 

All submissions are conducted via the DCR 2012 EasyChair website 
(http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=dcr2012).  Submissions should include 
the name(s), affiliations, and email addresses of all authors in the body of the 
email.  We welcome the submission of papers rejected from the ECAI 2012 technical 
program. The deadline for receipt of submissions is May 31st, 2012. Papers received 
after this date may not be reviewed.

Submissions will be refereed on the basis of technical quality, novelty, 
significance, and clarity. Each submission will be thoroughly reviewed by at least 
two program committee members. 

For questions about the submission process, contact the workshop co-chairs.


Important Dates (Tentative; check website for updates):


 * May 31,  2012  - Submission Deadline
 * June 20, 2012 - Acceptance/Rejection Notification
 * June 27, 2012 - Camera-Ready Deadline
 * August,X 2012 - Workshop Date 



Contact (Workshop Co-Chairs):

Roie Zivan
Dept. of Industrial Engineering and Management
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
P.O.B 653 Be'er Sheva 84105, Israel 

Alon Grubshtein
Dept. of Computer Science
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
P.O.B 653 Be'er Sheva 84105, Israel 


Program Committee:

  * Roie Zivan, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel
  * Alon Grubshtein, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel
  * Evan Sultanik, Johns Hopkins University, USA
  * Robert N. Lass, Drexel University, USA
  * Marius Silaghi, Florida Institute of Technology, USA
  * Juan Antonio Rodriguez Aguilar,  Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientficas (IIIA-CSIC), Spain
  * Manish Jain, University of Southern California, USA
  * Jesus Cerquides, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientficas (IIIA-CSIC), Spain
  * Makoto Yokoo, Kyushu University, Japan
  * William Yeoh, Singapore Management University, Singapore
  * Pedro Meseguer, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientficas (IIIA-CSIC), Spain
  * Alessandro Farinelli, Verona University, Italy
  * Matthew E. Taylor, Lafayette College, USA
  * Meritxell Vinyals, University of Verona, Italy
  * Katsutoshi Hirayama, Kobe University, Japan
  * Christopher Kiekintveld, University of Texas at El Paso, USA
  * Amnon Meisels, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Israel
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