Apologies if you receive multiple copies. Please distribute this call to interested parties.] ====================================================================== == ICAPS 2016 -- Call for Papers == The 26th International Conference on Automated Planning and Scheduling ICAPS 2016 June 12-17, 2016, London, UK. icaps16.icaps-conference.org ([log in to unmask] for inquiries). Submissions due: November 18, 2015 (abstracts) November 22, 2015 (papers) Notification: January 26, 2016 Special tracks: * Planning and Scheduling in Robotics * Novel Applications of Automated Planning and Scheduling ====================================================================== ICAPS 2016, the 26th International Conference on Automated Planning and Scheduling, will take place in London, UK, June 12-17, 2016. ICAPS 2016 is part of the ICAPS conference series, the premier forum for exchanging news and research results on theory and applications of intelligent planning and scheduling technology. The ICAPS 2016 program committee invites paper submissions related to automated planning and scheduling. Relevant contributions include, but are not limited to: * Theoretical and empirical studies of planning and scheduling problems and algorithms; * Novel techniques and approaches that extend the scope and scale of problems that can be solved; * Analytic and implemented tools supporting automated planning and scheduling; and * Studies of applying automated planning and scheduling technologies to significant problems with deep technical insight. Special Tracks -------------- ICAPS 2016 will continue to host two special tracks: * Robotics: Planning, execution, and coordination for individual or teams of robots, at the level of tasks, behaviors and motions; applications in autonomous, mixed-initiative, and human-robot interactive systems; preference for techniques demonstrated on actual robot systems. * Novel Applications: Emerging and deployed applications, case studies and lessons learned. Additionally, the ICAPS program will include journal presentations, workshops and tutorials, each having separate submission and notification dates, to be announced separately. For more information, see icaps16.icaps-conference.org/ Author Guidelines ----------------- Authors may submit long papers (8 pages AAAI style plus up to one page of references) or short papers (4 pages plus up to one page of references). The type of paper must be indicated at submission time. For more information, see icaps16.icaps-conference.org. All papers, regardless of length, will be reviewed against the standard criteria of relevance, originality, significance, clarity and soundness, and are expected to meet the same high standards set by ICAPS. Short papers may be of narrower scope, for example by addressing a highly specific issue, or proposing or evaluating a small, yet important, extension of previous work or new idea. Authors making multiple submissions must ensure that each submission has significant unique content. Papers submitted to ICAPS'16 may not be submitted to other conferences or journals during the ICAPS’16 review period nor may they be already under review or published in other conferences or journals. Overlength papers will be rejected without review. Topics include, but are not limited to: * applications and case studies of planning and scheduling techniques * uncertainty and stochasticity in planning and scheduling * partially observable and unobservable domains * conformant, contingent and adversarial planning * plan and schedule execution, monitoring and repair * continuous planning, on-line and real-time domains * plan recognition, plan management and goal reasoning * classical planning techniques and analysis * continuous state and action spaces * multi-agent and distributed planning * domain modeling, knowledge acquisition and engineering * learning for planning and scheduling All submissions will be made electronically, through the EasyChair conference system: https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=icaps16 Important Dates --------------- Abstracts (electronic submission) due: November 18th, 2015 Papers (electronic submission, PDF) due: November 22th, 2015 Notification of acceptance: January 26th, 2016 The reference timezone for all deadlines is UTC-12. That is, as long as there is still some place anywhere in the world where the deadline has not yet passed, you are on time! Organising Committee -------------------- Conference Chairs: * Andrew Coles (King's College London) * Daniele Magazzeni (King's College London) Programme Chairs: * Amanda Coles (King's College London) * Stefan Edelkamp (University of Bremen, Germany) * Scott Sanner (NICTA and ANU, Australia) Robotics Track Chairs: * Nick Hawes (University of Birmingham, United Kingdom) * Andrea Orlandini (National Research Council, Italy) Novel Applications Track Chairs: * Gabriella Cortellessa (CNR, Italy) * Neil Yorke-Smith (American University of Beirut, Lebanon) Journal Presentation Track Chairs: * Amedeo Cesta (CNR, Italy) * Roman Bartak (Charles University, Prague) Please direct all questions to [log in to unmask] -- ***************************************** Eva Onaindia Dept. Sistemas Informáticos y Computación Universitat Politècnica de València Camino de Vera s/n 46022 Valencia, Spain Telef. 34-963877755 Fax: 34-963877359 email: [log in to unmask] http://users.dsic.upv.es/grupos/grps/ *****************************************