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Hi Rao,
Can you include the following call for papers in your next planning =
digest please?
Many thanks
Peter.
Call For Papers
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ICAPS-04 Workshop: Connecting Planning Theory with Practice
June 4, 2004. Whistler, British Columbia, Canada.
Objective
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The theoretical and applied branches of the AI planning community have =
both made significant progress in recent years. New strategies allow =
research systems to solve sizable problems that can include time and =
resource considerations. Applied work has succeeded in controlling =
complex devices and is breaking into broader application areas with the=
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mixed-initiative paradigm. The concern is the gap between the issues =
and technologies being pursued in the branches. Theory centered work =
tends to focus on search speed and finding shortest plans while applied=
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practitioners look for qualitatively different plans and ways to open =
the planning process to afford users more control over the solutions.
The purpose of this workshop is to bring together researchers from both=
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branches to seek a cross-fertilization of issues and technologies. We =
are seeking two types of paper.
* Position papers that provide strong thought provoking insights in to =
the relationship between planning theory and practice.
* Technical Papers that describe theoretical work which is ripe for =
exploration or applications that have uncovered significant theoretical=
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challenges.
Co-Chairs
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Susanne Biundo, University of Ulm, Germany.
Peter Jarvis, SRI International, USA.
=A0Program Committee
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Steve Chien JPL, USA.
Maria Fox University of Strathclyde, UK.
J=F6rg Hoffmann Institut f=FCr Informatik Albert-Ludwigs-Universit=E4t =
Freiburg, Germany.
Lee McCluskey Uni. of Huddersfield, UK.
Keith Golden NASA Ames, USA.
Subbarao Kambhampati Arizona=A0State University, USA.
Sam Steel University of Essex, UK.
Dates
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Initial Submission: Feb. 17 2004
Notification March: 16 2004
Camera Ready Copy: March 30 2004
Web Page
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http://www.ai.sri.com/~jarvis/icaps-04-workshop/
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