The CP'2001 Program Committee invites proposals for the Tutorial and
Workshop Program to be held in Cyprus. Tutorials will take place
during the technical program. Workshops are planned for Saturday,
December 1, 2001.
CP'2001 tutorials are ideally targeted at the whole constraint
community and should give a state of the art description of a field of
research related to constraint programming or of a large area of
application. Tutorials may address theoretical and/or practical aspect
of constraint solving. Typical subjects, without any limitation are:
numerical CSP, global constraints, n-ary constraints, soft
constraints, mathematical programming, dynamic programming and
constraints, cooperation between methods, local search,
functional/concurrent/logic constraint programming, areas of
application (e.g. bioinformatics)...
CP'2001 workshops will provide an informal setting where workshop
participants will have the opportunity to discuss specific technical
topics in an atmosphere that fosters the active exchange of ideas. It
is an opportunity to disseminate work in progress or to promote new
and emerging areas within the field of constraints. The topics of the
workshops can cover any area related to constraints and any related
cross-disciplinary areas.
The format of the workshop will be determined by the
organizers. Workshops can vary in length with an expected duration
ranging from half a day up to one day. Having two or three
co-organizers for a workshop is strongly advised. Workshop attendees
must either register for the main CP conference or pay a CP workshop
only fee.
Important Dates for Tutorials and Workshops
July 30, 2001: Proposal submission deadline
August 13, 2001: Acceptance notification
November 26-30, 2001: CP technical program and tutorials
December 1, 2001: CP'2001 workshops
Requirements for Submission
Proposals for tutorials and workshops should be between one and two
pages in length, and should contain the following information (in
english):
- - The title and a brief technical description of the
tutorial/workshop, specifying the goals and the technical issues
that will be its focus and a preliminary schedule (duration).
- - A brief discussion of why and to whom the tutorial/workshop is of
interest.
- - For workshops, if available, a list of tentatively confirmed
attendees.
- - A list of related tutorial/workshops held within the last three
years, if any, and their relation to the proposed tutorial/workshop.
- - The names, postal addresses, phone numbers, web page and email
addresses (if available) of the proposed organizing committee. This
committee should consist of two or three people knowledgeable about
the technical issues to be addressed, preferably not coming from the
same institution.
- - The name of the primary contact for the organizing committee; this
person must have an email address.
- - A description of the qualifications of the individual committee
members with respect to organizing a CP workshop/tutorial, including
a list of workshops/tutorials previously arranged by any members of
the proposed organizing committee, if any.
Each workshop organizing committee will be responsible for:
- - Producing a "Call for Papers" and a Web page for their workshop by
August 27, 2001. Please provide a web page/URL which can be linked
into the CP2001 home page. The call must make it clear that the
workshop is open to all members of the CP community. It should also
note that all workshop participants must register for the CP
conference or pay a CP workshop registration fee. Finally, it should
also clearly describe the process by which the Organizing Committee
will select the participants.
- - Providing a brief description of the workshop for the conference
program.
- - Reviewing/accepting submitted papers.
- - Scheduling workshop activities in collaboration with the local
organizers and the workshop chair.
- - By November 1, 2001, workshop organizing committees must provide any
working notes to be duplicated for the workshops (up to a maximum of
200 pages), and a list of audio-visual requirements and any special
room requirements.
Proposers are encouraged to send their draft proposal to potential
participants for comments before submission.
CP'2001 organizing committee will be responsible for the following:
- - Providing publicity for the workshop series as a whole.
- - Providing logistics support and a meeting place for the workshop.
- - In conjunction with the organizers, determining the workshop date
and time.
- - Duplicating working notes as described above and distributing them
to the participants.
Timetable
All proposals should be submitted by electronic mail (in ASCII,
Ghostscript compatible Postscript, PDF or LaTeX), to
Thomas.Schiex@toulouse.inra.fr, as soon as possible but no later than
July 30, 2001. Prospective organizers will be notified of the
committee's decision no later than August 13, 2001. Please send your
proposals and any inquiries to: Thomas Schiex (email:
Thomas.Schiex@toulouse.inra.fr).
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