Merge pull request #13 from miquelramirez/tutorial-cfp-upload

ICAPS-24 Tutorials

config.toml

@@ -124,12 +124,12 @@ theme = 'mainroad'
     url = "/calls/workshop_call"
     parent = "calls"
     weight = 50
-#  [[menu.main]]
-#    identifier = "tutorial_call"
-#    name = "Call for Tutorial Proposals"
-#    url = "/calls/tutorial_call"
-#    parent = "calls"
-#    weight = 60
+  [[menu.main]]
+    identifier = "tutorial_call"
+    name = "Call for Tutorial Proposals"
+    url = "/calls/tutorial_call"
+    parent = "calls"
+    weight = 50
 #  [[menu.main]]
 #    identifier = "demo_track"
 #    name = "System Demonstrations"

content/calls/tutorial_call.md

@@ -4,37 +4,67 @@ date: 2023-01-23T14:00:00+01:00
 draft: false
 ---
 
-# ICAPS 2023 Call for Tutorial Proposals:
+# ICAPS 2024 Call for Tutorial Proposals:
+**Submission Deadline: March 1st, 2024**
 
-The Organizing Committee for the 33rd International Conference on Automated Planning and Scheduling (ICAPS 2023) invites proposals for its Tutorial Program. Tutorials offer the attendees a review of a specific subfield by a leading expert. Participation in the tutorials is free for all ICAPS participants. 
+The Organizing Committee for the 34th International Conference on Automated Planning and Scheduling (ICAPS 2024) 
+invites proposals for its Tutorial Program. Tutorials offer the attendees a review of a specific subfield by a leading 
+expert. Participation in the tutorials is free for all ICAPS participants.
 
-The tutorial (and workshop) programs will comprise several concurrent events held in the two-day period before the plenary sessions of the conference. Tutorial registration is free for ICAPS participants.
+We welcome proposals in all areas related to AI planning and scheduling, and highly encourage topics that have not 
+appeared in recent ICAPS tutorials. We accept both introductory tutorials, and more advanced tutorials covering 
+recent advances in depth. We explicitly encourage proposals that address techniques of relevance to planning and 
+scheduling, even if planning and scheduling is not the main focus of the proposed tutorial. Proposals could target, 
+for example,
 
-We welcome tutorial proposals in all areas related to AI planning and scheduling (P&S), and highly encourage topics that have not appeared in recent ICAPS tutorials. We accept both introductory tutorials, and more advanced tutorials covering recent advances in depth. We explicitly encourage proposals that address techniques of relevance to planning and scheduling, even if planning and scheduling is not the main focus of the proposed tutorial. Proposals could target, for example:
+- relevant techniques and best practices in Software Engineering for developing and testing critical components in 
+planning & scheduling technology,
+- recent advances in neurosymbolic methods and frameworks, including the underlying theory (e.g. provenance semirings) 
+for propagating information across the neural-symbolic interface, that can demonstrably be integrated with solvers for 
+planning and scheduling problems,
+- applications of machine learning and reinforcement learning theory and algorithms into planning and scheduling 
+technology,
+- novel formulations and algorithms that address scalable planning and robust control of complex dynamical systems 
+composed by multiple devices or agents, including sensors or state estimation procedures based on machine learning,
+- recent algorithmic and theoretical advances in deterministic and stochastic optimization with potential to inform 
+the development of novel methods for planning and scheduling,
+- novel methods, theoretical results and solver architectures for Boolean Satisfiability and other problems related to 
+constraint satisfaction,
+- recent advances in general algorithms for stream processing and sketching with potential applications in planning and 
+scheduling technology,
+- novel algorithms in (approximate) dynamic programming and search with exciting applications on planning and 
+scheduling,
+- other relevant techniques in knowledge representation and reasoning.
 
-- relevant techniques in explainable AI for planning and scheduling;
-- techniques that combine reinforcement learning and planning;
-- planning and plan execution for multi-robot systems;
-- relevant techniques in knowledge representation and reasoning;
-- a specific application domain in which planning and scheduling problems arise, or;
-- search algorithms or heuristic families.
+We encourage tutorials that (i) include a hands-on session that can be completed remotely or asynchronously, allowing 
+participants to experiment with useful tools, or (ii) experiment with algorithmic components, to deepen the 
+participants' understanding of the topic. We especially welcome tutorials that collaborate with a workshop, such that 
+the tutorial provides some introductory material that can be later discussed at the workshop.
 
-We encourage tutorials that (i) include a hands-on session that can be completed remotely or asynchronously, allowing participants to experiment with useful tools, or (ii) experiment with algorithmic components, to deepen the participants' understanding of the topic. We especially welcome tutorials that collaborate with a workshop, such that the tutorial provides some introductory material that can be later discussed at the workshop.
+**Tutorial Proposals**
 
-## Tutorial Proposal Content and Submission Details
+Tutorial Submissions should include the tutorial's title, type (advanced or introductory), summary, outline, and 
+expected length (half-day or quarter-day) as well as a short CV of the proposer(s), including a list of significant 
+publications and/or prior tutorial experience. The proposal should not exceed two pages.
 
-Tutorial submissions should include the tutorial's title, type (advanced or introductory), summary, outline, and expected length (half-day or quarter-day) as well as a short CV of the proposer(s), including a list of significant publications and/or prior tutorial experience. ***The proposal should not exceed two pages***.
+Tutorial proposals should be submitted by email, in PDF, to the Tutorial Chairs with subject "Tutorial Proposal for 
+ICAPS-24" no later than March 1st 2024, AoE. Organizers of tutorials will be notified by email of the acceptance or 
+rejection of their proposal by March 18th 2024.
 
-Please submit your tutorial proposals by email, in PDF, to <[email protected]> with the subject "Tutorial Proposal for ICAPS-23".  Organizers of tutorials will be notified by email about their proposal by the notification deadline.  All PDFs must be less than 25 MB in size.
+**Summary of Important Dates**
 
-### Submission Details and Format
+Deadline for submission of proposals: March 1st, 2024.
 
-- Email submission deadline: 6 March 2023
-	- Email your 2-page PDF (plus a brief CV for each proposer) to: <[email protected]>
-- Notification: 20 March 2023
-- Tutorials held before ICAPS: 9-10 July 2023
+Notification of tutorial acceptance: March 18th, 2024.
 
+Tutorial dates: June 2-3, 2024 (together with ICAPS-24 Workshops).
 
-Please direct all questions to the Workshop Program Chairs at <[email protected]>
+**Tutorial Program Chairs**
 
+The tutorial chairs are
 
+ - Miquel Ramirez (University of Melbourne, Dept. Electric and Electronic Engineering)
+ - Christina N. Burt (Fortescue Metals Group, Perth, Australia)
+
+Please direct all questions about the tutorial program to the tutorial program chairs via 
+[the official workshop e-mail address](mailto:[email protected]).