ICAPS 2018 Call for Papers
The 28th International Conference on Automated Planning and Scheduling
June 24-29, 2018, Delft, Netherlands

Website: icaps18.icaps-conference.org
For inquiries contact: pcchairs-icap...@googlegroups.com
Submissions due November 17, 2017 (abstracts)
                    November 21, 2017 (papers)
Notification    January 29, 2018

ICAPS 2018, the 28th International Conference on Automated Planning and 
Scheduling, will take place in Delft, Netherlands, June 24-29, 2018. ICAPS 2018 
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. In 2018, it will be co-located with CPAIOR.

The ICAPS 2018 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.

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 modelling, knowledge acquisition and engineering;
    Learning for planning and scheduling;
    Human computer interaction for planning and scheduling systems;
    Mixed initiative planning and scheduling systems;

The best papers will be invited for fast track by the Artificial Intelligence 
journal (AIJ) and to the award-winning papers track of the Journal of 
Artificial Intelligence Research (JAIR).

Tracks
------

Besides the main track, ICAPS 2018 will continue to host additional tracks in 
the following areas:

    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.
    Planning and Learning:  Research at the intersection of the fields of 
machine learning and planning & scheduling.
    ICAPS 2018 will host a new special track on operations research for 
planning & scheduling.

Additionally, the ICAPS program will include journal presentations, workshops 
and tutorials, each having separate submission and notification dates, to be 
announced separately.

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.

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 2018 may not be submitted 
to other conferences or journals during the ICAPS 2018 review period nor may 
they be already under review or published in other conferences or journals.  
Overlength papers will be rejected without review.

Submission Instructions
-----------------------

All submissions will be made electronically, through the EasyChair conference 
system: https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=icaps2018

Submitted PDF papers should be anonymous for double-blind reviewing, adhere to 
the page limits of the relevant track CFP/submission type (long or short), and 
follow the AAAI author kit instructions for formatting: 
http://www.aaai.org/Publications/Author/icaps.php

In addition to the submitted PDF paper, authors can submit supplementary 
material (videos, technical proofs, additional experimental results) for their 
paper. Please make sure that the supporting material is also anonymized. Papers 
should be self-contained; reviewers are encouraged, but not obligated, to 
consider supporting material in their decision.
Important Dates

    17 November, 2017 - Abstracts (electronic submission) due
    21 November, 2017 - Papers (electronic submission, PDF) due
    29 January, 2018 - Notification of acceptance

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!

Organizing Committee
--------------------

Conference Chairs
        
    Matthijs Spaan, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands
    Mathijs de Weerdt, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands

Programme Chairs

    Sven Koenig, University of Southern California, USA
    Gabriele Röger, University of Basel, Switzerland

Novel Applications Track Chairs
        
    Hana Rudová, Masaryk University, Czech Republic
    Shirin Sohrabi, IBM Research, USA

Operations Research Track Chairs

    Pascal Van Hentenryck, University of Michigan, USA
    Adrian Pearce, University of Melbourne, Australia

Planning and Learning Track Chairs

    Scott Sanner, University of Toronto, Canada
    Akshat Kumar, Singapore Management University, Singapore

Robotics Track Chairs

    Christopher Amato, Northeastern University, USA
    Daniele Magazzeni, King's College London, UK
    Manuela Veloso, Carnegie Mellon University, USA

Journal Presentation Track Chairs

    Nir Lipovetzky, University of Melbourne, Australia
    Malte Helmert, University of Basel, Switzerland

——
Dr Sara Bernardini
Royal Holloway University of London
ICAPS’18 Publicity Chair



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