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23rd International Conference on Automated Planning and Scheduling
ICAPS 2013 - http://icaps13.icaps-conference.org/
Rome, Italy, June 10-14, 2013.
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CALL for APPLICATION SHOWCASE SUBMISSIONS
http://icaps13.icaps-conference.org/technical-program/demo/
Deadline for proposal submissions: April 8th, 2013
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The Application Showcase program at ICAPS 2013 provides an opportunity for
planning and scheduling researchers and practitioners to demonstrate their
state-of-the-art implementations in action. This event allows the ICAPS
community to experience some of the latest contributions to the field,
while broadening the reach of novel methods.
Automated planning and scheduling researchers are encouraged to submit
proposals to demonstrate their systems. Submissions will be evaluated on
the basis of their novelty, scientific or industrial contributions,
relevance to the conference themes, user-friendliness, and presentation.
We encourage a multitude of demonstrations including:
* new and innovative techniques for planning and scheduling,
* functionalities of mature, commercial, or deployed systems, and
* prototypes systems under development.
During the conference, the “Best Demo” will be selected and an award will be
given.
Submissions
Potential exhibitors are invited to upload their applications at
https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=icaps13appshowcase
by April 8th 2013.
The uploaded material should be a .zip archive containing the following items:
1. A 2-4 page short paper in the AAAI format. This paper must include the title
of the proposed demonstration, the list of authors and their affiliations, and
an abstract of up to 250 words. It must describe the technical content of the
demonstration with the appropriate credits and references.
2. A storyboard describing the proposed demonstration. The storyboard will be
the primary evaluation of the suitability and merit of the proposed demonstration.
The authors may choose one of the following three alternatives:
* a set of slides in PPT or PDF format,
* a PDF document of not more than six pages in the AAAI format, or
* a URL link to a video in the MPEG, QuickTime or Flash format.
3. A description of any hardware/software requirement and/or logistic arrangements.
In addition to the direct submission of demonstrations and exhibits, contributions
accepted to the ICAPS technical paper tracks as well as contributions submitted to
ICAPS workshops (e.g., SPARK, KEPS, Planning in Games) will have the option to
indicate that the submission can be considered for suitability to the Application
Showcase track. Accepted technical papers with this indication will be
fast-tracked, and the authors will not need to provide an extended abstract.
However, the authors still need to provide a storyboard and a description of their
requirements, i.e., items 2 and 3.
Publication
The short papers of accepted demonstrations will be available to conference
participants and will be archived on the conference web-site. Note that the papers
included in the main track of the conference are copyrighted by AAAI and cannot be
duplicated.
Important Dates
The timetable for paper submissions and reviewing is as follows:
* Submission deadline: April 8th, 2013
* Notification: April 22th, 2013
* Camera-Ready deadline: May 6th, 2013
Organizing Committee
Program co-chairs:
* Nicola Policella - ESA-ESOC (Germany), [log in to unmask]
* Nilufer Onder - Michigan Technological University (USA), [log in to unmask]
Please contact the program co-chairs for questions or comments.
