Artificial Intelligence Planning Systems Executive Council
The function of the Artificial Intelligence Planning Systems (AIPS)
Executive Council is to ensure the continuity of the AIPS conference
series. It ensures the orderly running of the current AIPS
conference, and it will review proposals to organize the next AIPS
conference, check on financial arrangements and decide on its venue.
Members of the AIPS Executive Council
The members of the AIPS
Executive Council are drawn from the Program and Conference chairs
of the previous three AIPS conferences. The current membership of the
Executive Council is as follows:
- James Allen, University of Rochester, USA
- Brian Drabble, AIAI, University of Edinburgh, UK.
- Kris Hammond, University of Chicago, USA.
- Earl Sacerdoti, Copernican Group, USA.
- Reid Simmons (Chair), Carnegie Mellon University, USA
- Stephen Smith, Carnegie Mellon University, USA
- Manuela Veloso, Carnegie Mellon University, USA
- Austin Tate, AIAI, University of Edinburgh, UK.
AIPS Conference Series
The International Conference on Planning Systems is the main
international gathering of researchers in AI Planning and Scheduling
Systems. The previous conferences were held at:
- Carnegie Mellon University, June 7-10, 1998
Program Co-chairs: Reid Simmons, Manuela Veloso and Stephen Smith,
Conference Chair: James Allen
- Holiday Inn -- Crowne Plaza, Edinburgh, May 29-31, 1996,
Program Co-chairs: Brian Drabble and Austin Tate, Conference Chair: Earl
Sacerdoti
- University of Chicago, June 13-15, 1994,
Program Chair: Kris Hammond, Conference Chair: Austin Tate
- College Park Maryland, June 15-17, 1992,
Program Chairs: Jim Hendler and Drew McDermott
Previous Conference Publications
The conference proceedings of the previous AIPS conferences are
available. Details of the proceedings and their publishers are as
follows:
-
Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Planning Systems.
(eds. R. Simmons, M. Veloso, S. Smith), Pittsburgh PA, USA, June 7-10,
1998. Published by AAAI Press, Menlo Park, California, USA, ISBN
1-57735-052-9.
- Notes of the workshops held in conjunction with AIPS '98:
- Planning as Combinatorial Search, (eds. H. Kautz, A. Blum,
S. Kambhampati, B. Selman). Some copies are still available (contact
aips98+info@cs.cmu.edu).
- Integrating Planning, Scheduling and Execution in Dynamic and
Uncertain Environments, (eds. R. Bergmann and A. Kott). AAAI
Technical Report WS-98-02. Published by AAAI Press, Menlo Park, California,
USA, ISBN 1-57735-055-3.
- Knowledge Engineering and Acquisition for Planning: Bridging
Theory and Practice, (eds. L. Barros, R. Benjamins, Y. Shahar,
A. Tate, A. Valente). AAAI Technical Report WS-98-03. Published by AAAI
Press, Menlo Park, California, USA, ISBN 1-57735-056-1.
- Interactive and Collaborative Planning,
(eds. G. Ferguson, K. Myers, S. Smith). Some copies are still available
(contact aips98+info@cs.cmu.edu).
- Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Planning
Systems. (ed. B. Drabble), Edinburgh, Scotland, 29th-31st May
1996. Published by AAAI Press, Menlo Park, California, USA, ISBN
0-929280-97-0. Details of the papers in this proceedings are available as
a bibtex file
- Advanced Planning Technology Volume, (ed
A. Tate). Published by AAAI Press, Menlo Park, California, USA. ISBN ISBN
0-929280-99-9.
- Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Planning
Systems, (ed. K. Hammond), University of Chicago, Illinois, USA, June
13th-15th, 1994. Published by AAAI Press, Menlo Park, California, USA,
ISBN 0-929280-56-3.
- Proceedings of the First International Conference on Planning
Systems, (ed. J. Hendler), College Park Maryland, USA, June 15th-17th,
1992. Published by Morgan Kaufmann, San Mateo, California, USA, ISBN
1-55860-250-X.
Proposal to Host AIPS 2000
The International Artificial Intelligence Planning Systems conference is
held every two years and the AIPS Executive Council is seeking proposals
from organizations wishing to host AIPS 2000. The deadline for proposals is
October 1, 1998 and the Executive Council will choose the venue for
AIPS 2000 by October 30, 1998.
There is no set format for the proposal, but potential applicants may
like to include:
- Organizers and organizational structure.
- Details of the venue and accommodations available to delegates.
- List of potential invited speakers.
- Additional events, e.g. workshops, competitions, demonstrations,
visits, etc.
- An outline budget of the the event.
- List of potential sponsors and support organizations.
Approximately $15,000 is available as profits from previous AIPS
conferences as seed money for AIPS 2000. This money is required to guarantee
the existence of the AIPS conference series and each organization
applying to host AIPS 2000 must show how they aim to cover the costs of
the event (and, if possible, make a slight profit).
Proposals to host AIPS 2000 should be addressed to Reid Simmons and
sent to the address below (electronic submissions are encouraged!).
Tel: (412) 268-2621 - Fax: (412) 268-5576