From: schulte@imit.kth.se   
      
   First International Day on Constraint Programming Tools (CP-TOOLS-06)   
    (In conjunction with CP'06)   
     September 24, 2006   
      
   Description   
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   Much of the success and recognition of constraint programming stems   
   from constraint programming systems and their successful use for   
   practical applications. By providing rich languages and sophisticated   
   implementations, constraint programming tools model complex   
   applications, shorten development time, and produce code that is   
   easier to maintain and extend.   
      
   The goal of CP-TOOLS series is to foster the development of constraint   
   programming tools, to showcase their applications, to educate young   
   researchers in the use of CP tools, and to encourage   
   cross-fertilization in tool development. CP-TOOLS-06 is the first   
   event in this series that will take place yearly in conjunction to a   
   major conference.   
      
   The theme of the first day in the series is to expose young   
   researchers to a broad set of constraint-programming tools, to the   
   system-oriented research process, and to research themes in the   
   area. The CP-Tools program will consist of two invited talks exploring   
   these issues from industrial and academic standpoints, presentations   
   of the participating systems, and two panels. The system presentations   
   will collectively present the spectrum of capabilities available in   
   modern CP tools. The first panel will focus on promoting system   
   research and will discuss what makes it so unique. The second panel   
   will approach research themes and trends that participants are   
   exploring or are poised to explore. Participating systems may be   
   commercial or academic and are expected to be available.   
      
   Submission of Abstracts   
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   Abstracts of system descriptions are sollicited from all areas of   
   constraint programming provided that the described system be   
   available. We expect authors to address at least the following aspects   
   in their abstract: system goals and area (research, industrial,   
   education), technical contributions, distinguishing aspects,   
   problematic aspects, relation to other systems, availability,   
   applications, future development plans. Based on submitted abstracts,   
   systems will be selected for presentation.   
      
   Important Dates   
   ===============   
      
   August  6, 2006  Deadline for submissions   
   August 20, 2006  Notification   
      
   Abstracts should be sent to the three organizers.   
      
   Organization   
   ============   
      
   Laurent Michel (ldm@engr.uconn.edu)   
   Christian Schulte (schulte@imit.kth.sec)   
   Pascal Van Hentenryck (pvh@cs.brown.edu)   
      
   Program Committee   
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   Mats Carlsson, SICS, Sweden   
   Yves Colombani, Dash Optimization, UK   
   Yan Georget, Koalog, France   
   Laurent Granvilliers, U Nantes, France   
   Narendra Jussien, EMN, LINA, France   
   Francois Laburthe, Bouygues, France   
   Laurent Michel, U of Connecticut, USA   
   Jean-Francois Puget, ILOG, France   
   Jean-Charles Regin, ILOG, France   
   Christian Schulte, KTH, Sweden   
   Marc van Dongen, 4C, Ireland   
   Pascal Van Hentenryck, Brown U, USA   
   Mark Wallace, Monash U, Australia   
   Roland Yap, NUS, Singapore   
      
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