[PlanetKR] SoCS-20: last call for papers

[Mauro Vallati]

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*** LAST CALL FOR PAPERS ***
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SoCS 2020: The 13th Annual Symposium on Combinatorial Search
Vienna, Austria, May 26-28, 2020

Conference website: https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/u4KDCD1v07HJMW8xcWXV0k?domain=socs20.search-conference.org
Submission link: https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/wZ6aCE8wP7H0nzZqHwOof6?domain=easychair.org


Important dates
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Abstract registration deadline:    February 12, 2020
Submission deadline:                 February 17, 2020
Notification:                                March 27, 2020
SoCS 2020 Conference:            May 26-28, 2020


Symposium on Combinatorial Search
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Heuristic Search and other forms of Combinatorial Search are very active
areas of inquiry in Artificial Intelligence. Such problem solving
techniques are studied in AI Planning, Robotics, Constraint Programming,
Operations Research, Bioinformatics and in many other areas of Computer
Science. The SoCS series of symposia aims to bring together researchers
from these different communities to exchange ideas and to cross-fertilise
the field.

In 2020, SoCS is co-located with the 17th International Conference
on the Integration of Constraint Programming, Artificial Intelligence,
and Operations Research (CPAIOR 2020). To celebrate this joint meeting we
especially encourage the submission of papers that explore the boundaries
between Heuristic/Combinatorial Search and discrete optimisation.

Submission Guidelines
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We encourage researchers to submit three categories of papers
to the symposium:

    Technical papers
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    Original long (up to 8 pages plus up to one page of references)
    and short (up to 4 pages plus up to one page of references) papers
    are the standard category. We welcome technical papers that report
    substantial original research in search or in the related area that
    are not under review in other archival conference or journal.

    Position papers
    ---------------
    In addition to the main technical track we encourage authors to submit
    original long and short position papers discussing ideas and concepts
    related to Heuristic and Combinatorial Search. Examples of position
    papers could include thoughtful critiques or bold new perspectives of
    the field, historical perspectives and analysis, technical discussions
    of various implementation techniques, methodological contributions,
    and insightful reports on new and demanding applications.

    Extended abstracts
    ------------------
    To foster the exchange of ideas at SoCS, we encourage authors
    to submit extended abstracts (of up to 2 pages, including references)
    of original work, work-in-progress, or work which has recently appeared
    in or is under review at other venues such as AAAI/IJCAI.


Original Long and Short Papers (both Technical and Position)
------------------------------------------------------------

Original papers will be rigorously peer-reviewed. SoCS 2020 will
follow a double-blind review process for original papers, and hence
authors of original papers are required to omit author information
from their submissions and anonymise obvious self-references.
Non-anonymous submissions may be rejected without review.

Long papers may be up to 8 pages in length, plus an additional page
for references only. Short papers may be up to 4 pages, plus an
additional page for references only. Long and short original papers
should be new work which has not been published (nor currently
simultaneously under review) in any other archival publication venue.
Papers that do not follow these requirements will be rejected without
review.

Extended Abstracts
------------------

The publication of a research abstract in the SoCS 2020 proceedings
generally allows publishing a full paper on the same line of research
at SoCS 2021 or other venues.

The extended abstract submissions will be lightly reviewed in order to
ensure that they are of interest to the SoCS community. The submitted
version of the extended abstract can be up to 8 pages, plus an
additional page for references only. However, if the extended abstract
submission is accepted, only 2 pages (including references) will be
allocated in the SoCS 2020 proceedings. The submitted version itself
will not be reprinted in the proceedings.

Abstracts of papers which are under double-blind review in another
conference must be anonymous (names and affiliations must not appear
in the submitted PDF).

For any questions, please contact the conference chairs.


List of Topics
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Topics of interest include but are not limited to the following:

    Problem solving using search
    Adversarial search
    Analysis of search algorithms
    Automated synthesis of lower bounds
    Bounding and pruning techniques
    Combinatorial puzzles
    Continuous problem solving
    External-memory and parallel search
    Incremental and active learning in search
    Meta-reasoning and search
    Methodology and critiques of current practice
    Model-based search
    Constraint search
    Random vs.systematic search strategy selection
    Portfolios of search algorithms
    Real-time search
    Combinatorial optimisation
    Search in goal-directed problem solving
    Search space discretisation for continuous state-space problems
    Self-configuring and self-tuning algorithms
    Symmetry handling
    Search in Boolean satisfiability
    Time, memory, and solution quality trade-offs
    Search in Big Data
    Search in robotics
    Search-based diagnosis
    Real-life applications
    Problem compilation

Organising Committee
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Daniel Harabor, Monash University, Australia
daniel.harabor at monash.edu

Mauro Vallati, University of Huddersfield, United Kingdom
m.vallati at hud.ac.uk


Venue
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The conference will be held in Vienna, Austria.
University of Huddersfield inspiring global professionals.
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