[Opt-net] CFP: CPAIOR 2011 in Berlin - submission deadline January 9, 2011

[Tobias Achterberg]

			   Call for Papers

			     CPAIOR 2011

      Eighth International Conference on Integration of Artificial
     Intelligence and Operations Research Techniques in Constraint
			     Programming

		   ZUSE INSTITUTE BERLIN - GERMANY

			  MAY 23 - 27, 2011

The Eighth International Conference on Integration of Artificial
Intelligence and Operations Research Techniques in Constraint
Programming will be held in Berlin, Germany, May 23-27, 2011.

The aim of the conference is to bring together interested researchers
from Constraint Programming (CP), Artificial Intelligence (AI), and
Operations Research (OR) to present new techniques or new applications
in combinatorial optimization and to provide an opportunity for
researchers in one area to learn about techniques in the others. A
main objective of this conference series is also to give these
researchers the opportunity to show how the integration of techniques
from different fields can lead to interesting results on large and
complex problems. Therefore papers that actively combine, integrate,
or contrast approaches from more than one of the areas are especially
solicited. High quality papers from a single area are also welcome,
provided that they are of interest to other communities involved.
Finally, application papers showcasing CP/AI/OR techniques on
innovative and challenging applications or experience reports on such
applications are strongly encouraged.

The program committee invites submissions that include but are not
limited to the following topics:

     * Inference and relaxation methods: constraint propagation,
       cutting planes, global constraints, graph algorithms, dynamic
       programming, Lagrangean and convex relaxations, heuristic
       functions based on constraint relaxation.

     * Search methods: branch and bound, intelligent backtracking,
       incomplete search, randomized search, column generation and
       other decomposition methods, local search, meta-heuristics.

     * Integration methods: static/dynamic problem decomposition,
       solver communication, transformations between models and
       solvers, collaboration between concurrent methods, models, and
       solvers.

     * Modeling methods: comparison of models, symmetry breaking,
       uncertainty, dominance relationships.

     * Innovative Applications of CP/AI/OR techniques.

     * Implementation of CP/AI/OR techniques and optimization systems.


PAPER SUBMISSION

Paper submissions are of two types: Long papers and short papers.

INSTRUCTION FOR LONG PAPERS:
Long papers should present original unpublished work and be at most 15
pages plus references in length, and should be prepared in the format
used for the Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science series
(http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.html). These papers will
undergo rigorous review. The proceedings will be published in the
Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science series.

NOTE: Unlike previous CPAIOR conferences the page limit for long
       papers is 15 LNCS pages *plus references*.

LONG PAPER SUBMISSION:
Abstract due : JANUARY 9, 2011 11.59 P.M. PST
Full paper due: JANUARY 16, 2011 11.59 P.M. PST
Notification: FEBRUARY 20, 2011
Final version due: MARCH 6, 2011

INSTRUCTION FOR SHORT PAPERS: Short papers are also encouraged,
limited to 5 LNCS pages plus references and should be prepared with
the same format as long papers
(http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.html). Although containing
less material, short papers should describe original unpublished work
and will be reviewed to the same criteria of quality as long
papers. It is also encouraged to submit short papers about work in
progress on ideas that are interesting but for which the practical or
theoretical relevance is not yet fully identified. Short papers will
be presented at the conference and published in the conference
proceedings.

SHORT PAPER SUBMISSION:
Abstract due : JANUARY 19, 2011 11.59 P.M. PST
Paper due: JANUARY 26, 2011 11.59 P.M. PST
Notification: FEBRUARY 20, 2011
Final version due: MARCH 6, 2011

SUBMISSION NOTES:
All papers are to be submitted electronically in PDF format by
following the instructions at the URL

http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=cpaior2011

For any queries on the paper submission process, please contact the
Program Chairs on the email cpaior-pc at zib.de.

CONFERENCE ORGANIZATION:
Program Chairs
Tobias Achterberg
J. Christopher Beck

Conference Chairs
Timo Berthold
Ambros M. Gleixner
Stefan Heinz
Thorsten Koch