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Call for Papers - 35th International Conference on Automated Planning 
and Scheduling
Abstract submissions: 25th October, 2024 23:59 AoE
Submission deadline: 1st November 2024, 23:59 AoE
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Planning and Scheduling are optimisation problems which require finding 
a set of actions, to complete a task, to achieve a goal or to optimise 
one or more objectives. Effective solutions to planning and scheduling 
problems are critical for a variety of important application areas, 
including Industry 4.0, aerospace systems, supply chain management, 
software engineering, robotics, education, digital entertainment and more.

The International Conference on Automated Planning and Scheduling 
(ICAPS) is the premier forum for new research results on the theory and 
applications of planning and scheduling technology. The 35th edition of 
the ICAPS conference series will be held in Melbourne, Victoria 
(Australia), from November 9th to 14th, 2025.

The program committee of ICAPS 2025 invites paper submissions on all 
aspects of automated planning and scheduling. Contributions are welcome 
in each of the following categories:

Theoretical papers, which broaden or improve the set of analytical tools 
used to study planning and scheduling problems and algorithms. Examples 
include complexity results, expressiveness and new theoretical frameworks.

Algorithmic papers, which describe novel perspectives and substantial 
(qualitative or quantitative) improvements for solving planning and 
scheduling problems. Examples include new optimisations or 
specialisations of existing algorithms, new propagators, new 
decomposition approaches etc.

Modelling papers, which describe new representations of planning and 
scheduling problems and their solutions. Examples include new 
mathematical frameworks for existing problems, original descriptions of 
emerging problems and refinements of existing frameworks for knowledge 
representation of actions, goals, states, or other rigorously defined 
concepts.

Position papers, which contribute thoughtful critiques or bold new 
perspectives of the field. Examples include meta-analysis of research 
trends, descriptions of new challenge problems suitable for planning and 
scheduling, historical perspectives and analysis of the field and 
technical discussions of various implementation techniques.

Tools papers, which describe systems that are of use and of interest to 
the planning and scheduling community, and which are built using novel 
algorithmic and engineering techniques. Examples include: integrated 
planning systems, model checkers and synthesis tools, libraries to 
construct, manage and transform representations of planning and 
scheduling problems, applications for visualising, benchmarking and 
comparing planners or other types of tools, etc.

All submissions to the main technical track must be classified in terms 
of one or more high-level topics, and one or more relevant 
subject-matter keywords,  which are within the scope of the conference. 
A list of relevant topics and keywords are available from the ICAPS 2025 
homepage [1] (links and references are provided at the end of the call).

KEY DATES

The reference timezone for all deadlines is UTC-12. That is, the 
deadline has not passed as long as there is still time anywhere in the 
world.

- October 1, 2024 - Submission site opens
- October 25, 2024 - Abstracts due
- November 1, 2024 - Full papers due (electronic submission, PDF)
- November 15 2024 - Desk reject notification
- December 16, 2024 - Phase 1 author notification
- January 27-31, 2024 - Author feedback period
- February 28, 2025 - Phase 2 author notification

The submission schedule of ICAPS 2025 is designed with authors in mind, 
offering multiple opportunities to revise and resubmit. For example, to 
ICAPS 2025 following Phase 1 reject from AAAI 2024, and to IJCAI 2025, 
following Phase 1 reject from ICAPS 2025.

AUTHOR GUIDELINES

All types of papers can be submitted as either long (8 pages AAAI style 
plus one page of references) or short (4 pages plus one page of 
references). Whether the paper is long or short must be indicated at 
submission time.

Over-length papers will be rejected without review. A paper is 
over-length whenever content other than the ethical impacts statement 
(see below) or acknowledgments section appears on page 9 (resp. Page 5) 
of long (resp. short) papers.

All papers that satisfy length and formatting requirements will be 
reviewed against standard criteria such as relevance, originality, 
significance, clarity, and soundness. Submissions are expected to meet 
the high standards of publication expected by ICAPS. Please refer to the 
conference website [2] [3] for further details and reviewing guidelines.

The review process has three possible outcomes: (1) acceptance for oral 
presentation and inclusion in the archival proceedings of the ICAPS 
conference series; (2) acceptance for poster presentation and 
non-archival extended abstract, for dissemination via the ICAPS 2025 
website; (3) rejection.

Papers submitted to ICAPS 2025 may not be submitted to other conferences 
or journals during the ICAPS 2025 review period, nor may they be already 
under review, accepted, or published in other conferences or journals.

Authors making multiple submissions must ensure that each submission has 
significant, unique content. Papers sharing co-authors and substantial 
overlap will be rejected. In case of doubt, please contact the program 
chairs of ICAPS 2025 before submission.

The format of ICAPS 2025 will be in-person. As such, we expect at least 
one author of each accepted paper to register for the conference and 
present their work in person, unless exceptional circumstances prevent this.

USE OF GENERATIVE AI

ICAPS 2025 continues the policy adopted in 2024 regarding using 
large-scale language models (LLMs) and other so-called “Generative AI” 
tools. Papers that include text generated from an LLM are prohibited 
unless the produced text is presented as a part of the paper’s 
experimental analysis. We stress that this policy DOES NOT prohibit 
authors from using these technologies for editing or polishing 
author-written text.

This policy is in line with AAAI policy [5] in that no AI system 
satisfies the criteria for authorship of papers published by AAAI Press 
(ICAPS’ publisher) and, as such, also cannot be used as a citable source 
in such papers.

Authors assume full responsibility for the content of submitted work, 
including checking for plagiarism and authenticity of all text.

ETHICAL / SOCIETAL IMPACT

Authors are encouraged to include a statement of the potential broader 
impact of their work, including its ethical aspects and future societal 
consequences. This statement can be included in either the main body 
pages or the reference page. Whenever such a statement is not included 
in the paper, but the reviewers deem that such a statement is necessary, 
the authors will be asked to provide one during the author response 
period for review. The statement will be taken into consideration as 
part of the reviewing process. If the paper is accepted, the statement 
provided will need to be incorporated into the camera-ready version.

BEST PAPER AWARDS AND JOURNAL FAST TRACK

Following the ICAPS tradition, we will award the best non-student and 
student papers. These papers may also receive an invitation to submit an 
extended version to a top AI journal, such as the Journal of Artificial 
Intelligence Research (JAIR) or the Artificial Intelligence Journal (AIJ).

SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS

All submissions will be made electronically via OpenReview (links to the 
submission system are provided in [4], below).

Submitted papers must be anonymous for double-blind reviewing, must 
adhere to the page limits of the relevant submission type (long or 
short), and must follow the author kit instructions for formatting. We 
use a slightly modified version of the AAAI 2025 author kit that can be 
found here:

https://icaps25.icaps-conference.org/files/icaps2025-author-kit.zip

Authors can submit supplementary material (videos, technical proofs, 
additional experimental results) in addition to the PDF paper they 
submit. Please ensure the supporting material is anonymised unless 
stated otherwise for specific submission types. Papers should be 
self-contained; reviewers are encouraged but not obligated to consider 
supporting material in their decisions.

PROGRAM CHAIRS AND CONTACT

- Daniel Harabor, Monash University, Australia
- Miquel Ramirez, University of Melbourne, Australia

For inquiries, please contact us by email: icaps25pc [at] googlegroups 
[dot] com

LINKS

[1] 
https://icaps25.icaps-conference.org/organization/paper_classification_system
[2] https://icaps25.icaps-conference.org/organization/roles_and_guidelines
[3]https://icaps25.icaps-conference.org/organization/conditions_for_acceptance
[4] 
https://openreview.net/group?id=icaps-conference.org/ICAPS/2025/Conference
[5] https://aaai.org/conference/aaai/aaai-25/policies-for-aaai-25-authors/