*********************************************************************************** **** The IJCAI-09 Workshop on Distributed Constraint Reasoning (DCR) **** *********************************************************************************** July 13, 2009 Held in conjunction with IJCAI 2009 Pasadena, California, USA http://scf.usc.edu/~wyeoh/DCR09/ *********************************************************************************** Call for Papers *********************************************************************************** Workshop Description: Distributed Constraint Reasoning (DCR) problems arise when pieces of information about variables, constraints or both are relevant to independent but communicating agents. They provide a promising framework to deal with the increasingly diverse range of distributed real-world problems emerging from the evolution of computation and communication technologies. The new challenges posed by solving Distributed Constraint Reasoning Problems include dealing with resource restrictions (such as limits on time and communication), privacy requirements, exploiting opportunities for cooperation, and designing conflict resolution strategies. The workshop addresses modeling, formulation and solution of Distributed Constraint Reasoning problems, including both Distributed Constraint Satisfaction and Optimization Problems. The workshop encourages submissions on all topics related to Distributed Constraint Reasoning, including (but not limited to) the following: * unified frameworks for distributed constraint reasoning * complete and incomplete algorithms for solving distributed constraint reasoning problems * privacy issues in distributed constraint reasoning * problem solving in systems with self-interested agents * negotiation among self-interested agents * distributed constraint propagation and consistency * generation and formulation/modeling of distributed constraint reasoning * applications of distributed constraint reasoning Workshop Motivation: The goal of the DCR workshop series is to bring together researchers from the many different areas that are relevant to distributed constraint reasoning so that commonalities and relationships can be discovered and understanding improved. DCR is an inter-disciplinary research area involving the Constraint Programming, Artificial Intelligence and Multi-agent Systems communities. As such, this workshop has historically rotated its location between the three major conferences in each of these areas: IJCAI (in 2001, 2003, 2005, and 2007), CP (in 2000, 2004, and 2007) and AAMAS (in 2002 and 2006, 2008). Workshop Format: At least one author of each accepted submission must attend the workshop. The workshop will emphasize group discussion so presentations will be balanced with discussion time. Proposals for panels/discussion groups during the workshop are welcome. Workshop Attendance: The workshop is open to all members of the AI community but the number of participants is strictly limited to 75 participants. Submission Guidelines: Participants should submit a paper (maximum 15 pages), describing their work on one or more of the topics relevant to the workshop. Alternatively, participants may submit a shorter paper (maximum 5 pages) presenting a research statement or perspective on topics relevant to the workshop. Accepted papers will be presented during the workshop and will be published in the workshop proceedings. Authors are requested to prepare their papers by following the LNCS Springer instructions found at: http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.html. All submissions are conducted via the DCR 2009 EasyChair website: http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=dcr09. Submissions should include the name(s), affiliations, and email addresses of all authors in the body of the email. We welcome the submission of papers rejected from the IJCAI 2009 technical program. The deadline for receipt of submissions is March 6, 2009. Papers received after this date may not be reviewed. Submissions will be refereed on the basis of technical quality, novelty, significance, and clarity. Each submission will be thoroughly reviewed by at least two program committee members. For questions about the submission process, contact the workshop co-chairs. Important Dates: * April 3, 2009 - Submission Deadline * April 24, 2009 - Acceptance Notification * May 8, 2009 - Camera-Ready Deadline * July 13, 2009 - Workshop Date Contact (Workshop Co-Chairs): Katsutoshi Hirayama Graduate School of Maritime Sciences, Kobe University 5-1-1 Fukaeminami-machi, Higashinada-ku, Kobe 658-0022 Japan +81-78-431-6262 hirayama@maritime.kobe-u.ac.jp http://www.edu.kobe-u.ac.jp/fmsc-hrymlab/ William Yeoh 300 Henry Salvatori Computer Science Center (SAL) University of Southern California 941 W 37th Street Los Angeles, CA 90089-0781 USA +1-213-740-6747 wyeoh@usc.edu http://scf.usc.edu/~wyeoh/ Roie Zivan Newell-Simon Hall, 1604D Carnegie Mellon University 5000 Forbes Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890 USA +1-412-268-3740 zivanr@cs.cmu.edu http://www.cs.bgu.ac.il/~zivanr/ Program Committee: * Christian Bessiere (bessiere@lirmm.fr), LIRMM, France * Boi Faltings (boi.faltings@epfl.ch), EPFL, Switzerland * Rachel Greenstadt (greenie@eecs.harvard.edu), Drexel University, USA * Youssef Hamadi (youssefh@microsoft.com), Microsoft Research Cambridge, UK * Katsutoshi Hirayama (hirayama@maritime.kobe-u.ac.jp), Kobe University, Japan * Amnon Meisels (am@cs.bgu.ac.il), Ben-Gurion University, Israel * Pedro Meseguer (pedro@iiia.csic.es), IIIA, Spain * Adrian Petcu (adrian.petcu@epfl.ch), EPFL, Switzerland * Marius Silaghi (msilaghi@fit.edu), Florida Institute of Technology, USA * William Yeoh (wyeoh@usc.edu), University of Southern California, USA * Makoto Yokoo (yokoo@is.kyushu-u.ac.jp), Kyushu University, Japan * Roie Zivan (zivanr@cs.cmu.edu), Carnegie Mellon University, USA