From pat@cs.strath.ac.uk Fri Dec 3 15:29:55 EST 1993 Article: 19752 of comp.ai Xref: glinda.oz.cs.cmu.edu comp.ai:19752 Path: honeydew.srv.cs.cmu.edu!fs7.ECE.CMU.EDU!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!uunet!pipex!warwick!str-ccsun!strath-cs!strath-cs!not-for-mail From: pat@cs.strath.ac.uk (Patrick Prosser) Newsgroups: comp.ai Subject: call for papers Date: 2 Dec 1993 12:15:46 -0000 Organization: Comp. Sci. Dept., Strathclyde Univ., Glasgow, Scotland. Lines: 172 Distribution: uk Message-ID: <2dkm9i$13t@kelvin-02.cs.strath.ac.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: kelvin-02.cs.strath.ac.uk Call for Papers The 13th Workshop of the UK Planning and Scheduling Special Interest Group University of Strathclyde, Glasgow 4th and 5th of May 1994 We are pleased to invite contributions for the 13th UK Workshop on AI Planning Systems and AI Scheduling Systems, to be held at The University of Strathclyde, May the 3d and 4th, 1994. This workshop will be aimed at bringing together researchers attacking different aspects of the planning problem and the scheduling problem. In order to attend we ask that you submit a paper reporting work in progress or completed work (approx 5000 words), or a statement of interest or views on a particular topic (approx 1000 words). This workshop will differ from previous SIG meetings in that we intend to run two concurrent sessions on the first day (the 4th of May), one devoted to AI planning, the other to AI scheduling. Topics of interest include (but are not limited to): ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Applications: Empirical studies of existing planning/scheduling systems; domain-specific techniques; heuristic techniques. Architectures: Real-time support for planning/scheduling/control; mixed-initiative planning and user interfaces. Environmental and task models: Analyses of the dynamics of environments, tasks, and domains with regard to different models of planning and execution. Formal Models: Reasoning about knowledge, action, and time; search methods and analysis of algorithms; formal characterisation of existing planners and schedulers. Intelligent Agency: Resource-bounded reasoning; distributed problem solving; integrating reaction and deliberation. Learning: Learning in the context of planning and execution; learning new plans and operators; learning in the context of scheduling and schedule maintenance Memory Based Approaches: Case-based planning/scheduling; plan and operator learning and reuse; incremental planning. Planning and Perception: Integration of planning and perceptual systems. Reactive Systems: Environmentally driven devices/behaviours; reactive control; behaviours in the context of minimal representations; schedule maintenance. Robotics: Motion and path planning; planning and control; planning and perception. Constraint-based Planning/Scheduling and Control Techniques: Constraint/preference propagation techniques, variable/value ordering heuristics, intelligent backtracking/TMS-based techniques, iterative repair heuristics, etc. Coordination Issues in Decentralised/Distributed planning/scheduling: coordination issues in both homogeneous and heterogeneous systems, system architecture issues, integration of strategic and tactical decision making. Iterative Improvement Techniques for Combinatorial Optimisation: Genetic Algorithms, Simulated Annealing, Tabu Search, Neural Nets, etc applied to scheduling and/or planning. Artificial Intelligence and Operations Research: Comparative studies and innovative applications combining AI and OR techniques, applied to scheduling and/or planning Submission Requirements: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Those interested in participating should submit three copies of a paper (work in progress, completed work, or statement of interest) to the workshop organiser (Patrick Prosser) by the 31st of January 1994. Papers can also be submitted via email to pat@cs.strath.ac.uk Participants will be selected by the Programme Committee based on their submissions. Invitations to participate will be sent by the 1st of March 1994. On a separate sheet of paper, please indicate what level of attendance you would require (see below under "Attendance at Workshop"), in order that we can make this available in advance, and say whether you are interested in scheduling, planning, or both. Submissions and inquiries should be sent to: Patrick Prosser Department of Computer Science. University of Strathclyde Glasgow G1 1XH email: pat@cs.strath.ac.uk phone: 041 552 4400 fax: 041 552 5330 Workshop Schedule ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Wednesday the 4th of May. The day will be devoted to paper presentations. We will start with a plenary session, followed by two parallel sessions, one on planning, the other on scheduling. There will then be a break for coffee, followed by further parallel sessions, then lunch. After lunch we will then have two further parallel sessions, punctuated with coffee. The day's presentations will then close with a plenary session where we will organise group discussions for the following day. The workshop dinner will be held on the Wednesday evening. Thursday the 5th of May. Four parallel discussion groups (2 on planning, 2 on scheduling), during the morning. After lunch each of the groups will make a brief presentation of their findings. There will then be a business meeting of the SIG, and a new chairperson will be elected. Workshop Location ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The workshop will be held on campus, in the Strathclyde Graduate Business School 's conference facilities (the recently completed Cathedral Street Building). Accommodation is available in the adjacent Sir William Duncan Building (more details below). The campus is within walking distance of two main line railway stations (Queen Street and Central Station), and is within easy reach of Glasgow Airport. Attendance at Workshop ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ There are 3 levels of attendance at the workshop. Level 1: Accommodation for 2 nights 3d of May, bed and breakfast and evening meal 4th of May, bed and breakfast, lunch, workshop dinner 5th of May , lunch Level 2: Accommodation for 1 night 4th of May, bed and breakfast, lunch, workshop dinner 5th of May, lunch Level 3: 4th of May, lunch and workshop dinner 5th of May, lunch Accommodation is in the Sir William Duncan Building. The 72 rooms within this building have recently been refurbished and redecorated to a high standard. Rooms include en-suite bathroom with shower, tea and coffee making facilities, colour tv, single bed, telephone. The Sir William Duncan Building is connected to the Cathedral Street building via a covered bridge. We expect that the cost of attending the workshop will be (at most): Level 1. 150 pounds including vat Level 2. 115 pounds including vat Level 3. 60 pounds including vat These prices may be reduced when we clarify the situation with respect to vat, and any financial assistance that we might be granted. Programme Committee: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ P. Prosser, University of Strathclyde B.M. Smith, University of Leeds A. Tate (chair), AIAI, University of Edinburgh Article 109 of comp.constraints: Xref: glinda.oz.cs.cmu.edu comp.constraints:109 Path: honeydew.srv.cs.cmu.edu!nntp.club.cc.cmu.edu!godot.cc.duq.edu!news.duke.edu!news-feed-1.peachnet.edu!emory!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!howland.reston.ans.net!pipex!uknet!zippy.dct.ac.uk!str-ccsun!strath-cs!strath-cs!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.constraints Subject: cfp Message-ID: <2poejl$8jp@kelvin-02.cs.strath.ac.uk> From: pat@cs.strath.ac.uk (Patrick Prosser) Date: 28 Apr 1994 14:44:21 +0100 Organization: Comp. Sci. Dept., Strathclyde Univ., Glasgow, Scotland. NNTP-Posting-Host: kelvin-02.cs.strath.ac.uk Lines: 185 Final Call for Papers The 13th Workshop of the UK Planning and Scheduling Special Interest Group University of Strathclyde, Glasgow 14th and 15th of September 1994 We are pleased to invite contributions for the 13th UK Workshop on AI Planning Systems and AI Scheduling Systems, to be held at The University of Strathclyde, September the 14th and 15th 1994. This workshop will be aimed at bringing together researchers attacking different aspects of the planning problem and the scheduling problem. In order to attend we ask that you submit a paper reporting work in progress or completed work (approx 5000 words), or a statement of interest or views on a particular topic (approx 1000 words). This workshop will differ from previous SIG meetings in that we intend to run two concurrent sessions on the first day (the 14th of September), one devoted to AI planning, the other to AI scheduling. It is expected that the 4 best papers from the workshop will be published in a future issue of AISB Quarterly (the Newsletter of the Society for the Study of Artificial Intelligence and Simulation of Behaviour). Topics of interest include (but are not limited to): ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Applications: Empirical studies of existing planning/scheduling systems; domain-specific techniques; heuristic techniques. Architectures: Real-time support for planning/scheduling/control; mixed-initiative planning and user interfaces. Environmental and task models: Analyses of the dynamics of environments, tasks, and domains with regard to different models of planning and execution. Formal Models: Reasoning about knowledge, action, and time; search methods and analysis of algorithms; formal characterisation of existing planners and schedulers. Intelligent Agency: Resource-bounded reasoning; distributed problem solving; integrating reaction and deliberation. Learning: Learning in the context of planning and execution; learning new plans and operators; learning in the context of scheduling and schedule maintenance Memory Based Approaches: Case-based planning/scheduling; plan and operator learning and reuse; incremental planning. Planning and Perception: Integration of planning and perceptual systems. Reactive Systems: Environmentally driven devices/behaviours; reactive control; behaviours in the context of minimal representations; schedule maintenance. Robotics: Motion and path planning; planning and control; planning and perception. Constraint-based Planning/Scheduling and Control Techniques: Constraint/preference propagation techniques, variable/value ordering heuristics, intelligent backtracking/TMS-based techniques, iterative repair heuristics, etc. Coordination Issues in Decentralised/Distributed planning/scheduling: coordination issues in both homogeneous and heterogeneous systems, system architecture issues, integration of strategic and tactical decision making. Iterative Improvement Techniques for Combinatorial Optimisation: Genetic Algorithms, Simulated Annealing, Tabu Search, Neural Nets, etc applied to scheduling and/or planning. Artificial Intelligence and Operations Research: Comparative studies and innovative applications combining AI and OR techniques, applied to scheduling and/or planning Submission Requirements: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Those interested in participating should submit three copies of a paper (which may be work in progress, a completed work, or a statement of interest) to the workshop organiser (Patrick Prosser) by the 9th May 1994. Papers can be submitted via email to pat@cs.strath.ac.uk as compressed and uuencoded postscript files, or in latex format, or ascii tex. Participants will be selected by the Programme Committee based on their submissions. Invitations to participate will be sent by the 1st of June 1994. On a separate sheet of paper, please indicate what level of attendance you would require (see below under "Attendance at Workshop"), in order that we can make this available in advance, and say whether you are interested in scheduling, planning, or both. Submissions and inquiries should be sent to: Patrick Prosser Department of Computer Science. University of Strathclyde Glasgow G1 1XH email: pat@cs.strath.ac.uk phone: 041 552 4400 fax: 041 552 5330 Workshop Schedule ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Wednesday the 14th of September. The day will be devoted to paper presentations. We will start with a plenary session, followed by two parallel sessions, one on planning, the other on scheduling. There will then be a break for coffee, followed by further parallel sessions, then lunch. After lunch we will then have two further parallel sessions, punctuated with coffee. The day's presentations will then close with a plenary session where we will organise group discussions for the following day. The workshop dinner will be held on the Wednesday evening. Thursday the 15th of September. Four parallel discussion groups (2 on planning, 2 on scheduling), during the morning. After lunch each of the groups will make a brief presentation of their findings. There will then be a business meeting of the SIG, and a new chairperson will be elected. Workshop Location ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The workshop will be held on campus, in the Strathclyde Graduate Business School 's conference facilities (the recently completed Cathedral Street Building). Accommodation is available in the adjacent Sir William Duncan Building (more details below). The campus is within walking distance of two main line railway stations (Queen Street and Central Station), and is within easy reach of Glasgow Airport. Attendance at Workshop ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ There are 3 levels of attendance at the workshop. Level 1: Accommodation for 2 nights Tuesday the 13th, bed and breakfast and evening meal Wednesday the 14th, bed and breakfast, lunch, workshop dinner Thursday the 15th, lunch Level 2: Accommodation for 1 night Wednesday the 14th, bed and breakfast, lunch, workshop dinner Thursday the 15th, lunch Level 3: Wednesday the 14th, lunch and workshop dinner Thursday the 15th, lunch Accommodation is in the Sir William Duncan Building. The 72 rooms within this building have recently been refurbished and redecorated to a high standard. Rooms include en-suite bathroom with shower, tea and coffee making facilities, colour tv, single bed, telephone. The Sir William Duncan Building is connected to the Cathedral Street building via a covered bridge. We expect that the cost of attending the workshop will be (at most): Level 1. 150 pounds including vat Level 2. 115 pounds including vat Level 3. 60 pounds including vat These prices may be reduced when we clarify the situation with respect to vat, and any financial assistance that we might be granted (possibly from the DTI). Important Dates ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 9th May 1994 Submission Deadline 1st June 1994 Invitations to attend sent out 14th and 15th September 1994 Workshop Programme Committee: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ P. Prosser, University of Strathclyde B.M. Smith, University of Leeds A. Tate (chair), AIAI, University of Edinburgh