[gecode-users] CP-TOOLS-06: First International Day on Constraint Programming Tools

[Christian Schulte]

First International Day on Constraint Programming Tools (CP-TOOLS-06)
		   (In conjunction with CP'06)
		       September 24, 2006
		      URL: www.cptools.org

Description
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Much of the success and recognition of constraint programming
stems from constraint programming systems and their successful
use for practical applications. By providing rich languages and
sophisticated implementations, constraint programming tools model
complex applications, shorten development time, and produce code
that is easier to maintain and extend.

The goal of CP-TOOLS series is to foster the development of
constraint programming tools, to showcase their applications, to
educate young researchers in the use of CP tools, and to
encourage cross-fertilization in tool development. CP-TOOLS-06 is
the first event in this series that will take place yearly in
conjunction to a major conference.

The theme of the first day in the series is to expose young
researchers to a broad set of constraint-programming tools, to
the system-oriented research process, and to research themes in
the area. The CP-Tools program will consist of two invited talks
exploring these issues from industrial and academic standpoints,
presentations of the participating systems, and two panels. The
system presentations will collectively present the spectrum of
capabilities available in modern CP tools. The first panel will
focus on promoting system research and will discuss what makes it
so unique. The second panel will approach research themes and
trends that participants are exploring or are poised to
explore. Participating systems may be commercial or academic and
are expected to be available.

Up-to-date information is available at
        www.cptools.org


Invited Speakers
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Jean-François Puget, ILOG, France
Christian Schulte, KTH, Sweden


Submission of Abstracts
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Abstracts of system descriptions are sollicited from all areas of
constraint programming provided that the described system be
available. We expect authors to address at least the following
aspects in their abstract: system goals and area (research,
industrial, education), technical contributions, distinguishing
aspects, problematic aspects, relation to other systems,
availability, applications, future development plans. Based on
submitted abstracts, systems will be selected for presentation.


Important Dates
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August  6, 2006         Deadline for submissions
August 13, 2006         Notification

Abstracts should be sent to the three organizers.


Organization
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Laurent Michel (ldm at engr.uconn.edu)
Christian Schulte (schulte at imit.kth.seç)
Pascal Van Hentenryck (pvh at cs.brown.edu)


Sponsors
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SICS (Swedish Institute of Computer Science)
4C (Cork Constraint Computation Centre, Ireland)


Program Committee
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Mats Carlsson, SICS, Sweden
Yves Colombani, Dash Optimization, UK
Yan Georget, Koalog, France
Laurent Granvilliers, U Nantes, France
Narendra Jussien, EMN, LINA, France
François Laburthe, Bouygues, France
Laurent Michel, U of Connecticut, USA
Jean-François Puget, ILOG, France
Jean-Charles Régin, ILOG, France
Christian Schulte, KTH, Sweden
Marc van Dongen, 4C, Ireland
Pascal Van Hentenryck, Brown U, USA
Mark Wallace, Monash U, Australia
Roland Yap, NUS, Singapore