adi botea aycoscwinictacomau apologies cross postings call participation 2nd international competition knowledge engineering planning scheduling ickeps 2007 hosted international conference automated planning scheduling icaps 2007 providence rhode island usa september 2226 2007 icaps07icapsconferenceorg international competition knowledge engineering planning scheduling ickeps biannual event hosted international conference automated planning scheduling icaps objectives competition promote tools knowledge acquisition domain modeling accelerate knowledge engineering research ai encourage development software platforms promise rapid accessible effective ways construct reliable efficient systems registration free icaps 2007 participants knowledge engineering ke ai planning defined process deals acquisition validation maintenance planning domain models selection optimization appropriate planning machinery work hence ke processes support planning process comprise offline knowledgebased aspects planning application built online processes cause changes planners domain model expect competition encourage development tools across whole ke area including domain modeling heuristic acquisition plannerdomain matching domain knowledge validation 2nd ickeps hosted icaps 2007 builds previous competition held 2005 participants must submit 5page papers april 18 2007 participants also encouraged submit fulllength conference papers tools icaps systems track full details competition available ickeps website httpandorfercsunidortmunddeedelkampickeps important dates submission deadline april 18 2007 notificationfeedback june 11 2007 cameraready copy due date july 27 2007 simulations available april 18 2007 simulations close august 24 2007 competition day tbd competition results tbd area scope competition open authors tool integrated tools environment tools platform simply refer entry tool tool helps knowledge engineering ai ps purposes least one following categories knowledge formulation acquisition encoding domain structure andor control heuristics planner configuration fusing application knowledge ps engine validation domain model eg using visualization analysis reformulation validation ps system whole eg using planschedule visualization knowledge refinement maintenance eg automated learningtraining mixed initiative ps process standalone plannersschedulers eligible part tool competition entries must distributable without associated fees competition otherwise open participants authors must follow competition structure particular least one authors must present system conference competition structure phase 1 preconference authors must submit short paper describing tool 5 pages including screenshots competition chairs submission deadline papers due april 18 2007 papers must us letter size use aaai style template authors encouraged make tool available download web prior competition order judges evaluate tools independently prior conference tools ultimately posted ickep web page short papers lightly reviewed order provide feedback contributors updating paper matters explain address conference b contribute overall evaluation submissions tool accepted competition authors must submit cameraready copy paper competition chairs cameraready copy deadline july 27 2007 least one author must register competition via standard icaps registration phase 2 evaluation simulation addition preconference paper submission competition make available planning scheduling simulations competitors use evaluate tools simulations available via web service competitors read short text description competition domain including description simulation api retrieve problem instances submit plans instance receive feedback describing quality plan participants interaction simulators logged logs used part tool evaluation simulations made available later april 18 2007 competitors may evaluate systems august 24 2007 phase 3 conference least one author per tool must come conference demonstrate system person requirement entails giving short talk competition workshop ready demonstrate system answer questions demonstration session competitors must bring tools installed laptops competitors tailor presentations discuss tools helped solve simulated domains also discuss facets tools exercised simulations competition take place one day workshop competitors present systems 15 minutes system demonstration workshop system demonstration open everyone attending conference judges decide results using reviews short papers quantitative results competitors interaction simulations system presentations demonstrations proposed criteria used judges presented final rules posted competition web page presentation results winners prizes either conference reception duringbefore conference dinner final scores entry also posted competition webpage competition evaluation criteria used competition support potential potential tool helping processes within scope competition tool save time resource scope broad scope tool within defined scope competition usability tool easily used accessed andor configured could non planningexperts use interoperability tool integrated ps technology interfaces well defined software easily used ps software easily combined third party planners innovation quality scientific technical innovations underlie software wider comparison tool compare ke software areas ai example could software subsumed existing kbs ke tool build quality software appear robust software well tested relevance degree tool address problems peculiar ke ps software relevant applicable realworld applications domain simulation applicability well competitors address simulation domains using tools many domains simulators tried long take competitors generate valid plans domains many problem instances solved quality plans generated ickeps chairs stefan edelkamp university dortmund germany stefanedelkamp csunidortmundde jeremy frank nasa research center usa frank emailarcnasagov fri 08 aug 2008 023740 1100 uai ickeps 2007 call participation