ICAPS International Summer School on Planning & Scheduling

[Steve Chien <chien@aig.jpl.nasa.gov> (by way of Subbarao Kambhampati <rao@asu.edu>)]

                           CALL FOR PARTICIPATION

              ICAPS 2006  Summer School on AI Planning and Scheduling

                               JUNE 3-5, 2006



                      http://icaps.hud.ac.uk/summerschool

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Domain independent planning is an area of intense research interest,
encompassing a wide range of techniques and approaches, and
increasingly applied in different areas.

This school brings together international subject experts. It is aimed
at PhD students and young researchers in the field,  as well as at
industrial participants. The school will provide an introduction to the
broad range of current planning approaches, will present applications
of planning in several areas, and  will provide a lively forum for
attendees to discuss their research lines. Previous Summer Schools on
AI Planning have been held in 2000, 2002 and 2003 and have been a great
success.

The school is to be held in the weekend immediately before the
International Conference on Automated Planning and Scheduling
(ICAPS'06), located in the beautiful Lake District of North-West
England.  Participation in both the conference and the school is highly
encouraged.

The Summer School Program features a range of theoretical and practical
seminars covering the various application areas of AI Planning and
Scheduling. Courses are taught by renowned experts (both researchers
and practitioners) in these respective fields.

Lecturers and Courses:

* Ruth Aylett
  Heriot-Watt University
  AI Planning for Games and Synthetic Characters

* Chris Beck
  University of Toronto
  Constraint-based Scheduling

* Sven Koenig and Maxim Likhachev
  University of Southern California and Carnegie Mellon University
  Fast Replanning

* Lee McCluskey
  University of Huddersfield
  Knowledge Engineering for AI Planning

* Alfredo Milani
  University of Perugia
  The Integration of Numerical and Logical Approaches into AI Planning Models

* Shlomo Zilberstein
  University of Massachusetts
  Decision Theoretic Planning

Please note: Places are strictly limited
Deadline for registration: 6th MAY 2006

For further information and details of how to register, see:

     http://icaps.hud.ac.uk/summerschool/

Any enquiries, please e-mail: icaps06@hud.ac.uk

Organizers:
        Steve Chien (NASA)
        Diane Kitchin (University of Huddersfield, UK)
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Thanks,  Steve

--
Steve Chien, Ph.D.
Principal Scientist, Autonomous Space Systems
Principal Investigator, Autonomous Sciencecraft Experiment
Technical Group Supervisor, Artificial Intelligence Group

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