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cfp: Workshop on AI for Problem Solving




CALL FOR PAPERS.
Workshop on "Advances & Trends in Artificial Intelligence for Problem Solving"
XX International Conference of the Chilean Computer Science Society (SCCC 2000)
Santiago, Chile, November 16-18, 2000

Search is an important aspect in many fields of computing and, in particular, for AI. Recent success in many
AI disciplines like machine learning, planning and scheduling, game playing (IBM's Deep Blue defeating
Kasparov), constraint programming and many others have been mainly due to the development of effective
search techniques for exploring huge search spaces. 
Based on these successes there is considerable research effort based on the further enhancement of known
search techniques and the developement of new approaches to tackle hard problems from both academia and
practical applications. We can foresee that these developements will further boost the performance of current
search techniques and extend their applicability. 

The workshop will bring together researchers of the Latinamerican and international AI community who have
active research lines on search techniques applicable to AI or strong interest in knowing about recent
developements. 

Workshop topics include, but are not limited to, the following research subjects: 

    - improvement of known techniques such as Evolutionary Algorithms, Tabu Search, Simulated
      Annealing, Hybrid Methods, Multiagent systems, Ant Colony Optimization, Iterated Local Search,
      Swarm Intelligence, etc. 
    - development of new or hybrid approaches. 
    - innovative applications of the AI techniques to tackle challenging problems (real-world applications
      or theoretical). 
    - enhancement of the understanding of algorithms' performance. 
    - advances in traditional AI search techniques like A*, and others. 

We expect to have a half-day tutorial. More information will be added as soon as it is available, so please
check for updates. 

Attendance 

Participants will be selected based on refereed submissions. The number of participants is limited. 
All individuals interested in attending must indicate this by either submitting a paper or requesting
attendance. 

Submissions 

Paper submissions should be no longer than six pages, written in English, Spanish or Portuguese. 
To submit a paper, email it in postcript format to the workshop chair. If this is not possible, please contact the
workshop chair. 
  
All accepted papers will be presented at the workshop as oral presentations or as a poster. 

Chair 

María Cristina Riff 
Departamento de Informática 
Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María 
Casilla 110-V 
Valparaíso 
Chile 
Tel: +56 32 65 44 05 
Fax: +56 32 79 75 13 
E-mail: atai@inf.utfsm.cl 
  
Committee 
  
  
Analia Amandi       Universidad Nacional del Centro de la Pcia. de Bs. As., Argentina
Carlos Coello       Laboratorio Nacional de Informática Avanzada, México
Héctor Geffner      Universidad Simón Bolivar, Venezuela
Zbigniew Michalewicz University of North Carolina, USA
María Carolina Monard Universidad de Sao Paulo at Sao Carlos, Brasil
Alexander Nareyek   GMD First, Germany
Bertrand Neveu      Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées, CERMICS, France
María Cristina Riff Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María, Chile
Mauricio Solar      Universidad de Santiago, Chile
Thomas Stützle      Darmstadt University of Technology, Germany

Important Dates 

Submission Deadline: 
July 31, 2000 

Notification of acceptance: 
September 11, 2000 

Camera ready copy due: 
September 29, 2000 

Additional Information 

Workshop Homepage: 
http://ixquic.inf.utfsm.cl/Workshop-atai