KEPS 2014 - Workshop on Knowledge Engineering for Planning and Scheduling (KEPS)

The goal of the workshop is to promote research in the areas lying between planning & scheduling technology on the one side, and practical applications and problems on the other. Despite recent advances in the area, the performance of planning & scheduling systems is still dependent to a large extent on how problems and domains are formulated, resulting in the need for careful system fine-tuning. Knowledge engineering for planning & scheduling deals with this area, covering the acquisition, formalization, design, validation and maintenance of domain models, and the selection and optimization of appropriate machinery to work on them. These processes impact directly on the success of real planning and scheduling applications. The importance of knowledge engineering techniques is clearly demonstrated by a performance gap between domain-independent planners and planners exploiting domain dependent knowledge.
Objectives and Topics
The workshop shall continue the tradition of several ICKEPS competitions and KEPS workshops. Rather than focusing on software tools only, which is the topic of ICKEPS, the workshop will cover all aspects of knowledge engineering for AI planning and scheduling. We seek original papers concentrating on topics ranging from experience reports to the description of new technology in the following areas:
methods and tools for the acquisition of domain knowledge
pre- and post-processing techniques for planners and schedulers
design process of knowledge models for planning and scheduling applications
metrics for measuring and comparing domain models
insights into how to choose among formulations of a domain, and the effect of different domain formulations on planner performance
acquisition and refinement of control knowledge
formal languages for domain description
translators from other application-area-specific languages to solver-ready domain models (such as PDDL)
formats for specification of heuristics, parameters and control knowledge for solvers
import of domain knowledge from general ontologies
ontologies for describing the capabilities of planners and schedulers
automated reformulation of problems
automated knowledge extraction processes
validation of domain models, problems and plans
visualization methods for domain models, search spaces and plans
mapping domain properties and planning techniques
plan representation and reuse
knowledge engineering aspects of plan analysis
We are pleased to accept papers based on recent publications from other (non ICAPS) venues such as specialized conferences (AAMAS, ICRA, KR, ...), or general AI conferences (AAAI, IJCAI, ECAI, ...). This must be however clearly indicated in the submitted paper.
Submission
Two types of papers can be submitted. Full technical papers with the length up to 8 pages are standard research papers. Short application papers with the length up to 2 pages describe a particular system or an application. The papers will be presented at different sessions; the technical papers will have a standard presentation format with commentary, while the application papers will be presented in a dedicated session as a system demonstration (similar to ICKEPS system demo or ICAPS application showcase). All papers should conform to the AAAI style . The papers must be submitted in a PDF format via EasyChair system.Submissions will be reviewed by at least two referees.
Important Dates
Paper submission: February 20th, 2014
Notification of acceptance: March 20th, 2014
Camera-ready paper submissions: TBA
Workshop date: June 22nd or June 23rd, 2014 (TBA)
Workshop Program Chairs
Roman Barta?k, Charles University, Czech Republic roman.bartak-AT-mff.cuni.cz
Simone Fratini, European Space Agency, Germany simone.fratini-AT-esa.int
Lee McCluskey, University of Huddersfield, UK t.l.mccluskey-AT-hud.ac.uk
Tiago Vaquero, University of Toronto, Canada tvaquero-AT-mie.utoronto.ca
Program Committee
Roman Barta?k, Charles University, Czech Republic (co-chair)
Daniel Borrajo, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain
Adi Botea, IBM, Ireland
Amedeo Cesta, ISTC-CNR, Italy
Susana Ferna?ndez, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain
Simone Fratini, European Space Agency, Germany (co-chair)
Antonio Garrido, Universidad Politecnica de Valencia, Spain
Arturo González-Ferrer, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain
Felix Ingrand, LAAS-CNRS, France
Lee McCluskey, University of Huddersfield, UK (co-chair)
Ugur Kuter, SIFT, USA
Julie Porteous, Teesside University, UK
Kanna Rajan, MBARI, USA
Jose? Reinaldo Silva, University of Sa?o Paulo, Brazil
Tiago Vaquero, University of Toronto, Canada (co-chair)
Dimitris Vrakas, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
Gerhard Wickler, University of Edinburgh, Scotland