<html><head><style>body{font-family:Helvetica,Arial;font-size:12px}</style></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><div><font face="Courier New">CALL FOR PARTICIPATION: CPAIOR 2017</font></div><div><font face="Courier New">==============================================================================</font></div><div><font face="Courier New"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New">The Fourteenth International Conference on Integration of Artificial</font></div><div><font face="Courier New">Intelligence (AI) and Operations Research (OR) techniques in Constraint</font></div><div><font face="Courier New">Programming (CPAIOR 2017) invites participants to register for the conference. </font></div><div><font face="Courier New"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New">- Conference Location: Padova, Italy </font></div><div><font face="Courier New">- Conference Dates: June 5 - June 8, 2017</font></div><div><font face="Courier New">- Conference Website: http://cpaior2017.dei.unipd.it</font></div><div><font face="Courier New">- Conference Series: http://www.andrew.cmu.edu/user/vanhoeve/cpaior/</font></div><div><font face="Courier New">- Contact: cpaior2017@easychair.org</font></div><div><font face="Courier New"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New">The conference program includes a master class on "Computational Techniques for</font></div><div><font face="Courier New">optimization" and a workshop of the EURO working group on "Data Science Meets</font></div><div><font face="Courier New">Optimization (DSO)".</font></div><div><font face="Courier New"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New">DSO WORKSHOP ANNOUNCEMENT</font></div><div><font face="Courier New">==============================================================================</font></div><div><font face="Courier New"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New">CPAIOR 2017 will host a workshop of the EURO working group on "Data Science</font></div><div><font face="Courier New">meets Optimization". The workshop will be bi-located, with the second</font></div><div><font face="Courier New">installation being remotely connected and hosted by the CEC 2017 conference.</font></div><div><font face="Courier New"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New">The EURO DSO group aims at promoting the interaction of data science (DS) and</font></div><div><font face="Courier New">optimisation (O), and better exploitation of the areas in which they overlap.</font></div><div><font face="Courier New">Additional information on the group can be found at:</font></div><div><font face="Courier New"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New">https://www.euro-online.org/web/ewg/40/ewg-data-science-meets-optimization-dso</font></div><div><font face="Courier New"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New">The detailed Call for Papers for the workshop can be found at:</font></div><div><font face="Courier New"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New">http://ds-o.org/index.php/workshops/dso-workshops-2017</font></div><div><font face="Courier New"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New">Here we report the main pieces of information.</font></div><div><font face="Courier New"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New">Workshop Aim</font></div><div><font face="Courier New">------------------------------------------------------------------------------</font></div><div><font face="Courier New"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New">The aim of the workshop is to organise an open discussion and exchange of ideas</font></div><div><font face="Courier New">by researchers from different domains (Data Science and Optimization, in broad</font></div><div><font face="Courier New">terms). Authors are invited to send in a contribution in the form of a position</font></div><div><font face="Courier New">paper. A reviewing panel will select the papers to be presented at the workshop</font></div><div><font face="Courier New">according to their suitability to the aims. Finished work highlighting the</font></div><div><font face="Courier New">opportunities will be welcomed, as will be sound descriptions and elaborations</font></div><div><font face="Courier New">on good ideas. Following the workshop, a special issue will be prepared.</font></div><div><font face="Courier New"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New">Paper submission</font></div><div><font face="Courier New">------------------------------------------------------------------------------</font></div><div><font face="Courier New"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New">Please send your contribution by e-mail to</font></div><div><font face="Courier New"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New"> pieter.leyman@kuleuven.be</font></div><div><font face="Courier New"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New">And use the subject:</font></div><div><font face="Courier New"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New"> Workshop on Data Science meets Optimisation.</font></div><div><font face="Courier New"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New">Please mention that you will be attending the installation of the workshop at</font></div><div><font face="Courier New">CPAIOR 2017. </font></div><div><font face="Courier New"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New">If your submission is specifically sent to the workshop (and not as a regular</font></div><div><font face="Courier New">paper to CPAIOR 2017), then to help ensure correct formatting please use the</font></div><div><font face="Courier New">IEEE conference paper templates (US Letter). Please prepare the manuscripts</font></div><div><font face="Courier New">following the template instructions. Only papers prepared in PDF format will be</font></div><div><font face="Courier New">accepted. </font></div><div><font face="Courier New"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New">- Paper Length: 3 to 8 pages, including figures, tables and references.</font></div><div><font face="Courier New">- Paper Formatting: double column, single spaced, #10 point Times Roman font.</font></div><div><font face="Courier New">- Margins: Left, Right, and Bottom: 0.75" (19mm). The top margin must be 0.75"</font></div><div><font face="Courier New"> (19 mm), except for the title page where it must be 1" (25 mm). No page</font></div><div><font face="Courier New"> numbers please. We will insert the page numbers for you.</font></div><div><font face="Courier New"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New">Important dates</font></div><div><font face="Courier New">------------------------------------------------------------------------------</font></div><div><font face="Courier New"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New">- Submission deadline: March 25, 2017</font></div><div><font face="Courier New">- Workshop date: June 5 (in parallel with the CPAIOR master class)</font></div><div><font face="Courier New"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New">Workshop organization</font></div><div><font face="Courier New">------------------------------------------------------------------------------</font></div><div><font face="Courier New"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New">- Group coordinators: Patrick De Causmaecker, Ender Özcan, Andrew Parkes</font></div><div><font face="Courier New">- Proceedings chair: Pieter Leyman</font></div><div><font face="Courier New">- Publicity chair: Morteza Davari</font></div><div><font face="Courier New"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New">CONFERENCE REGISTRATION DETAILS</font></div><div><font face="Courier New">==============================================================================</font></div><div><font face="Courier New"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New">The CPAIOR registration can be done on-line at:</font></div><div><font face="Courier New"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New">http://www.sabiwork.it/registration/</font></div><div><font face="Courier New"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New">- The deadline for early registrations is April: 15, 2017</font></div><div><font face="Courier New">- The deadline for regular registrations is: May 31, 2017</font></div><div><font face="Courier New">- It is also possible to register on-site (at an increased fee)</font></div><div><font face="Courier New"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New">The fees are as follows:</font></div><div><font face="Courier New"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New">Type | Early bird | Late | On-site</font></div><div><font face="Courier New">----------------------------------------------------------------------</font></div><div><font face="Courier New">Regular | 390€ | 450€ | 550€</font></div><div><font face="Courier New">Student | 220€ | 280€ | 350€</font></div><div><font face="Courier New">Master class & workshop only | 80€ | 100€ | 120€</font></div><div><font face="Courier New">Social dinner ticket | 60€ | 60€ | 80€</font></div><div><font face="Courier New"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New">- All fees already include a 22% VAT.</font></div><div><font face="Courier New">- The conference fee includes the master class & workshop</font></div><div><font face="Courier New">- The conference fee does _not_ include the social dinner ticket</font></div><div><font face="Courier New">- It is possible to buy up to one extra social dinner ticket per registration,</font></div><div><font face="Courier New"> for accompanying persons</font></div><div><font face="Courier New"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New">The proceedings will be available in electronic format</font></div><div><font face="Courier New"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New">CONFERENCE DETAILS</font></div><div><font face="Courier New">==============================================================================</font></div><div><font face="Courier New"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New">The aim of the conference is to bring together interested researchers from</font></div><div><font face="Courier New">Constraint Programming (CP), Artificial Intelligence (AI), and Operations</font></div><div><font face="Courier New">Research (OR) to present new techniques or applications in combinatorial</font></div><div><font face="Courier New">optimization, and to provide an opportunity for researchers in one area to</font></div><div><font face="Courier New">learn about techniques in the others.</font></div><div><font face="Courier New"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New">A main objective of this conference series is also to give these researchers</font></div><div><font face="Courier New">the opportunity to show how the integration of techniques from different fields</font></div><div><font face="Courier New">can lead to interesting results on large and complex problems.</font></div><div><font face="Courier New"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New">The program covers broadly the following topics:</font></div><div><font face="Courier New"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New">* Inference and relaxation methods: constraint propagation, cutting planes,</font></div><div><font face="Courier New"> global constraints, graph algorithms, dynamic programming, Lagrangian and</font></div><div><font face="Courier New"> convex relaxations, heuristic functions based on relaxations. </font></div><div><font face="Courier New">* Search methods: branch and bound, intelligent backtracking, incomplete</font></div><div><font face="Courier New"> search, randomized search, portfolios, column generation, Benders</font></div><div><font face="Courier New"> decomposition or any other decomposition methods, local search and</font></div><div><font face="Courier New"> metaheuristics</font></div><div><font face="Courier New">* Integration of machine learning and optimization: learning-based search and</font></div><div><font face="Courier New"> heuristics, use of predictive models in optimization, constraint acquisition,</font></div><div><font face="Courier New"> optimization for training machine learning models</font></div><div><font face="Courier New">* Integration methods: solver communication, model transformations and solver</font></div><div><font face="Courier New"> selection, parallel and distributed resolution techniques, models, and</font></div><div><font face="Courier New"> solvers. </font></div><div><font face="Courier New">* Modeling methods: comparison of models, symmetry breaking, uncertainty,</font></div><div><font face="Courier New"> dominance relationships.</font></div><div><font face="Courier New">* Innovative Applications of CP/AI/OR techniques.</font></div><div><font face="Courier New">* Implementation of CP/AI/OR techniques and optimization systems.</font></div><div><font face="Courier New"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New">CONFERENCE SCHEDULE</font></div><div><font face="Courier New">==============================================================================</font></div><div><font face="Courier New"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New">The detailed program and schedule (accepted papers organized in sessions) will</font></div><div><font face="Courier New">be published soon on the conference web site.</font></div><div><font face="Courier New"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New">June 5: Master class and workshop</font></div><div><font face="Courier New">------------------------------------------------------------------------------</font></div><div><font face="Courier New"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New">- Master class on "Computation Techniques for Optimization", with lecturers:</font></div><div><font face="Courier New"> - prof. Tobias Achterberg,</font></div><div><font face="Courier New"> http://www.zib.de/members/achterberg</font></div><div><font face="Courier New"> - prof. Laurent Michel,</font></div><div><font face="Courier New"> http://ash.engr.uconn.edu/~ldm/work/</font></div><div><font face="Courier New"> - prof. Pascal Van Hentenryck,</font></div><div><font face="Courier New"> http://pascalvanhentenryck.engin.umich.edu</font></div><div><font face="Courier New"> - prof. Pierre Schaus,</font></div><div><font face="Courier New"> https://www.info.ucl.ac.be/~pschaus/</font></div><div><font face="Courier New">- EURO group workshop on "Data Science Meets Optimization"</font></div><div><font face="Courier New"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New">June 6 -- June 8: Technical program</font></div><div><font face="Courier New">------------------------------------------------------------------------------</font></div><div><font face="Courier New"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New">- Presentations of the 32 accepted papers and 4 Fast Track papers which are</font></div><div><font face="Courier New"> accepted for publication on the "Constraints" journal</font></div><div><font face="Courier New">- Two invited talks, by</font></div><div><font face="Courier New"> - Prof. Christian Kersting,</font></div><div><font face="Courier New"> http://www-ai.cs.uni-dortmund.de/PERSONAL/kersting.html</font></div><div><font face="Courier New"> - Prof. Andrea Lodi,</font></div><div><font face="Courier New"> https://www.gerad.ca/en/people/andrea-lodi</font></div><div><font face="Courier New"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New">Abstracts of the invited talks will be published on the conference we site as</font></div><div><font face="Courier New">soon as they are available.</font></div><div><font face="Courier New"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New">ORGANIZERS</font></div><div><font face="Courier New">==============================================================================</font></div><div><font face="Courier New"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New">Program Chairs: Domenico Salvagnin and Michele Lombardi</font></div><div><font face="Courier New">Conference Chair: Domenico Salvagnin</font></div></body></html>