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CALL FOR PAPERS
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SoCS 2014: The Seventh Annual Symposium on Combinatorial Search
Prague, Czech Republic
August 15-17, 2014
Web: http://socs14.search-conference.org
Submission Deadline: May 15th, 2014
SoCS 2014 is the seventh installment of the International Symposium on
Combinatorial Search. Heuristic search and other forms of combinatorial
search are currently very active areas of research in artificial
intelligence, planning, robotics, constraint programming, operations
research, bioinformatics, and other areas of computer science. SoCS is
meant to bring researchers from these areas together to exchange their
ideas and cross-fertilize the field.
Topics of Interest
-----------------------
Topics of interest include but are not limited to the following:
Analysis of search algorithms
Automated synthesis of lower bounds
Bounding and pruning techniques
Combinatorial puzzles
Continuous problem solving
External-memory and parallel search
Incremental and active learning in search
Meta-reasoning and search
Methodology and critiques of current practice
Model-based search
Random vs. systematic search strategy selection
Portfolios of search algorithms
Real-time search
Search focus in goal-directed problem solving
Search space discretization for continuous state-space problems
Self-configuring and self-tuning algorithms
Symmetry handling
Time, memory, and solution quality trade-offs
Search in Big Data
Constraint search
Special Scope This Year: Big Data Search
----------------------------------------------------------
Previous SoCS events have provided a special focus on graph search
engineering (2013), grid-based path planning (2012), search in robotics
(2011), and automated planning (2010). This year, SoCS specifically invites
submissions from researchers in the big data community and related areas
that work on large-sized problems and other combinatorial search problems
that fit the scope of SoCS.
In the past, a large part of the audience of SoCS has had an AI background,
and SoCS has traditionally collocated with the AAAI and IJCAI conferences.
In 2014, SoCS will be collocated with the ECAI'14 conference
Paper Submission
-------------------------
We encourage researchers to submit two categories of papers to the
symposium: original papers and recently published papers from other venues.
Original papers: we welcome technical papers that report on substantial
original research as well as position papers discussing ideas and concepts
related to search. Examples of position papers could include thoughtful
critiques of the field, historical perspectives and analysis, technical
discussions of various implementation techniques, methodological
contributions, and insightful reports on new and demanding applications.
Please read the section "Requirements for Original Papers" for formatting
and submission requirements for original papers.
Previously published papers: in order to foster the exchange of ideas at
SoCS, we encourage authors to submit papers describing new research which
has been reported in other venues in the last year. Papers that have been
accepted for publication at another venue but are not yet officially
published can also be submitted in this category. Papers that are currently
under review cannot be submitted. Papers in this category are not
republished in the SoCS proceedings. However, an extended abstract can be
published if the authors desire this.
Please read the section "Requirements for Previously Published Papers" for
formatting and submission requirements for previously published papers.
Papers related to the special scope of this year's symposium are welcome in
both categories.
SoCS papers should be submitted to EasyChair (
https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=socs2014).
All submissions must be formatted in AAAI style (
http://www.aaai.org/Publications/Author/author.php).
SoCS 2014 is held in cooperation with AAAI and has formal archival
proceedings published by AAAI Press.
Requirements for Original Papers
----------------------------------------------
Original papers will be carefully peer-reviewed by at least three
reviewers. SoCS 2014 will follow a double-blind review process for original
papers, and hence authors of original papers are required to omit author
information from their submissions and anonymize obvious self-references.
Non-anonymous submissions may be rejected without review.
Original papers can be submitted as full papers or research abstracts:
Full papers may be up to 8 pages in length, plus an additional page for
references only.
Research abstracts may be up to 2 pages in length including references.
They should report on ongoing but already mature work.
Publication of a research abstract in the SoCS 2014 proceedings generally
allows publishing a full paper on the same line of research at SoCS 2015 or
other venues.
If the work cannot be thoroughly evaluated on the basis of the abstract
alone, authors may attach a longer version (up to 8 pages plus 1 page for
references), which will be considered by the reviewers but not included in
the SoCS proceedings. Such an attachment must also be anonymized. In this
case, upload the research abstract as the "paper" and the longer version
for the reviewers as the "attachment" in EasyChair.
Requirements for Previously Published Papers
----------------------------------------------------------------
Previously published papers will undergo a light reviewing process in order
to ensure that they are of interest to the SoCS community and that the
optional extended abstract (see below) meets the required quality
standards. Because they are already published, these papers cannot be
submitted anonymously.
Previously published papers are submitted via the conference's EasyChair
submission site just like original papers. Please fill in the original
title and a complete and meaningful abstract. The abstract should mention
the venue at which the paper was previously published if this is not
obvious from the paper itself.
Previously published papers may be submitted with or without an original
extended abstract. Extended abstracts may be up to 2 pages in length
including references. We emphasize that this is an upper limit. A minimal
abstract of less than one column is perfectly acceptable.
In EasyChair, please submit the extended abstract as the "paper" and the
originally published paper as the "attachment". If you do not wish to
publish an extended abstract, please upload a dummy PDF file as the "paper"
because EasyChair does not allow uploading an attachment without a paper.
If the paper is accepted for presentation at the symposium, the extended
abstract (if one was submitted) will be included in the SoCS 2014
proceedings. The paper itself will not be reprinted in the proceedings.
Travel Support for Students
--------------------------------------
SoCS is a student-friendly event. We strongly encourage students to attend.
Students who have a submission accepted for the SoCS program can apply for
travel support by contacting the conference chairs. Details about the
application process will be sent to all authors by email.
Dates and Location
---------------------------
SoCS will be collocated with the ECAI'14 conference and will take place in
the Hotel NH Prague, Prague, Czech Republic. The symposium will start with
welcome drink and dinner on the evening of August 15 and will finish in the
late afternoon of August 17.
The participants will be given instructions how to get to the ECAI venue,
but no transport will be organized (there is a direct connection by subway).
Important Dates
----------------------
Abstract submission deadline: May 10, 2014, 11:59PM UTC-12
Paper submission deadline: May 15, 2014, 11:59PM UTC-12
Notification: June 17, 2014
Early registration deadline: June 22, 2014
Camera-ready papers due: June 31, 2014
Late registration deadline: July 30, 2014
SoCS conference: August 15-17, 2014 (technical program: August 16-17)
Invited Speakers
-----------------------
We are pleased to have the following invited speakers at SoCS 2014.
Alexander Reinefeld is Head of Computer Science Department Zuse Institute
Berlin in Berlin-Dahlem. He is also Professor for Parallel and Distributed
Systems Humboldt-Universitaet zu Berlin. Alexander Reinefelds' MSc and PhD
degrees both come for the University of Hamburg. He has been the Director
of the Paderborn Center for Parallel Computing.
Sven Koenig is a professor in computer science at the University of
Southern California. He received his Ph.D. degree in computer science from
Carnegie Mellon University. He is a fellow of the Association for the
Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI), a distinguished speaker of
the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) and the recipient of an ACM
Recognition of Service Award. Sven was also a program director at the
National Science Foundation (NSF) from 2010 to 2012.
Conference Chairs
--------------------------
Stefan Edelkamp, University of Bremen, Germany
Roman Bartak, Charles University, Czech Republic
CALL FOR PAPERS
-----------------------------
SoCS 2014: The Seventh Annual Symposium on Combinatorial Search
Prague, Czech Republic
August 15-17, 2014
Web: http://socs14.search-conference.org
Submission Deadline: May 15th, 2014
SoCS 2014 is the seventh installment of the International Symposium on
Combinatorial Search. Heuristic search and other forms of combinatorial
search are currently very active areas of research in artificial
intelligence, planning, robotics, constraint programming, operations
research, bioinformatics, and other areas of computer science. SoCS is
meant to bring researchers from these areas together to exchange their
ideas and cross-fertilize the field.
Topics of Interest
-----------------------
Topics of interest include but are not limited to the following:
Analysis of search algorithms
Automated synthesis of lower bounds
Bounding and pruning techniques
Combinatorial puzzles
Continuous problem solving
External-memory and parallel search
Incremental and active learning in search
Meta-reasoning and search
Methodology and critiques of current practice
Model-based search
Random vs. systematic search strategy selection
Portfolios of search algorithms
Real-time search
Search focus in goal-directed problem solving
Search space discretization for continuous state-space problems
Self-configuring and self-tuning algorithms
Symmetry handling
Time, memory, and solution quality trade-offs
Search in Big Data
Constraint search
Special Scope This Year: Big Data Search
----------------------------------------------------------
Previous SoCS events have provided a special focus on graph search
engineering (2013), grid-based path planning (2012), search in robotics
(2011), and automated planning (2010). This year, SoCS specifically invites
submissions from researchers in the big data community and related areas
that work on large-sized problems and other combinatorial search problems
that fit the scope of SoCS.
In the past, a large part of the audience of SoCS has had an AI background,
and SoCS has traditionally collocated with the AAAI and IJCAI conferences.
In 2014, SoCS will be collocated with the ECAI'14 conference
Paper Submission
-------------------------
We encourage researchers to submit two categories of papers to the
symposium: original papers and recently published papers from other venues.
Original papers: we welcome technical papers that report on substantial
original research as well as position papers discussing ideas and concepts
related to search. Examples of position papers could include thoughtful
critiques of the field, historical perspectives and analysis, technical
discussions of various implementation techniques, methodological
contributions, and insightful reports on new and demanding applications.
Please read the section "Requirements for Original Papers" for formatting
and submission requirements for original papers.
Previously published papers: in order to foster the exchange of ideas at
SoCS, we encourage authors to submit papers describing new research which
has been reported in other venues in the last year. Papers that have been
accepted for publication at another venue but are not yet officially
published can also be submitted in this category. Papers that are currently
under review cannot be submitted. Papers in this category are not
republished in the SoCS proceedings. However, an extended abstract can be
published if the authors desire this.
Please read the section "Requirements for Previously Published Papers" for
formatting and submission requirements for previously published papers.
Papers related to the special scope of this year's symposium are welcome in
both categories.
SoCS papers should be submitted to EasyChair (
https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=socs2014).
All submissions must be formatted in AAAI style (
http://www.aaai.org/Publications/Author/author.php).
SoCS 2014 is held in cooperation with AAAI and has formal archival
proceedings published by AAAI Press.
Requirements for Original Papers
----------------------------------------------
Original papers will be carefully peer-reviewed by at least three
reviewers. SoCS 2014 will follow a double-blind review process for original
papers, and hence authors of original papers are required to omit author
information from their submissions and anonymize obvious self-references.
Non-anonymous submissions may be rejected without review.
Original papers can be submitted as full papers or research abstracts:
Full papers may be up to 8 pages in length, plus an additional page for
references only.
Research abstracts may be up to 2 pages in length including references.
They should report on ongoing but already mature work.
Publication of a research abstract in the SoCS 2014 proceedings generally
allows publishing a full paper on the same line of research at SoCS 2015 or
other venues.
If the work cannot be thoroughly evaluated on the basis of the abstract
alone, authors may attach a longer version (up to 8 pages plus 1 page for
references), which will be considered by the reviewers but not included in
the SoCS proceedings. Such an attachment must also be anonymized. In this
case, upload the research abstract as the "paper" and the longer version
for the reviewers as the "attachment" in EasyChair.
Requirements for Previously Published Papers
----------------------------------------------------------------
Previously published papers will undergo a light reviewing process in order
to ensure that they are of interest to the SoCS community and that the
optional extended abstract (see below) meets the required quality
standards. Because they are already published, these papers cannot be
submitted anonymously.
Previously published papers are submitted via the conference's EasyChair
submission site just like original papers. Please fill in the original
title and a complete and meaningful abstract. The abstract should mention
the venue at which the paper was previously published if this is not
obvious from the paper itself.
Previously published papers may be submitted with or without an original
extended abstract. Extended abstracts may be up to 2 pages in length
including references. We emphasize that this is an upper limit. A minimal
abstract of less than one column is perfectly acceptable.
In EasyChair, please submit the extended abstract as the "paper" and the
originally published paper as the "attachment". If you do not wish to
publish an extended abstract, please upload a dummy PDF file as the "paper"
because EasyChair does not allow uploading an attachment without a paper.
If the paper is accepted for presentation at the symposium, the extended
abstract (if one was submitted) will be included in the SoCS 2014
proceedings. The paper itself will not be reprinted in the proceedings.
Travel Support for Students
--------------------------------------
SoCS is a student-friendly event. We strongly encourage students to attend.
Students who have a submission accepted for the SoCS program can apply for
travel support by contacting the conference chairs. Details about the
application process will be sent to all authors by email.
Dates and Location
---------------------------
SoCS will be collocated with the ECAI'14 conference and will take place in
the Hotel NH Prague, Prague, Czech Republic. The symposium will start with
welcome drink and dinner on the evening of August 15 and will finish in the
late afternoon of August 17.
The participants will be given instructions how to get to the ECAI venue,
but no transport will be organized (there is a direct connection by subway).
Important Dates
----------------------
Abstract submission deadline: May 10, 2014, 11:59PM UTC-12
Paper submission deadline: May 15, 2014, 11:59PM UTC-12
Notification: June 17, 2014
Early registration deadline: June 22, 2014
Camera-ready papers due: June 31, 2014
Late registration deadline: July 30, 2014
SoCS conference: August 15-17, 2014 (technical program: August 16-17)
Invited Speakers
-----------------------
We are pleased to have the following invited speakers at SoCS 2014.
Alexander Reinefeld is Head of Computer Science Department Zuse Institute
Berlin in Berlin-Dahlem. He is also Professor for Parallel and Distributed
Systems Humboldt-Universitaet zu Berlin. Alexander Reinefelds' MSc and PhD
degrees both come for the University of Hamburg. He has been the Director
of the Paderborn Center for Parallel Computing.
Sven Koenig is a professor in computer science at the University of
Southern California. He received his Ph.D. degree in computer science from
Carnegie Mellon University. He is a fellow of the Association for the
Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI), a distinguished speaker of
the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) and the recipient of an ACM
Recognition of Service Award. Sven was also a program director at the
National Science Foundation (NSF) from 2010 to 2012.
Conference Chairs
--------------------------
Stefan Edelkamp, University of Bremen, Germany
Roman Bartak, Charles University, Czech Republic
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