Call for Papers
| Important dates | |
|---|---|
| Paper Submission | |
| Paper Notification | July 5, 2023 (AOE time) |
| Registration deadline | July 15, 2023 (AOE time) |
| Camera ready | |
| Workshop | Sep 6-7, 2023 (AOE time) |
Overview
Configuration is a special type of design approach where the product being configured is composed from instances of a set of predefined component types that can be combined in ways defined by a set of constraints. This task requires powerful knowledge representation formalisms and acquisition methods to capture the variety and complexity of configurable products. Furthermore, efficient reasoning methods are required to support intelligent interactive behavior, solution search, satisfaction of user preferences, personalization, optimization, reconfiguration, and diagnosis.
The main goal of the workshop is to promote high-quality research in all technical areas related to configuration. The workshop is of interest for both researchers working in the various fields of applicable technologies and industry representatives interested in the relationship between configuration technology and the business problems behind configuration and mass customization.
Topics
Workshop topics include but are not limited to the following ones:
- Configuration Problems and Models. Definitions of configuration, reconfiguration, distributed configuration. Definitions of product, process, system, service configuration. Structure of configuration problems. Knowledge representation, ontologies, fuzzy and incomplete knowledge, standardization of catalog exchange formats, feature models. Representations for product and process configuration, product design and configuration.
- Techniques for obtaining and/or maintaining Configuration Models. Knowledge acquisition methods, cognitive approaches, machine learning, data extraction methods, ontology integration, reconciliation of knowledge bases, knowledge elicitation, testing and debugging configuration knowledge bases, knowledge understanding.
- Reasoning Methods. Constraint satisfaction problems (CSPs) and extensions, preference based reasoning, description logics, rules, case-based reasoning, SAT-solving, Answer Set Programming (ASP), local search, genetic algorithms, neural networks, problem decomposition, optimization, multi-criteria optimization, symmetry breaking, cooperative configuration processes, explanations, distributed problem solving, benchmark proposals, knowledge-based recommendation, knowledge compilation.
- Intelligent User Interfaces and Business Process Integration. Personalization, explanations, recommender technologies, configuration web services, related software architectures, distributed configuration. Integration into the production and selling process, Configuration for pick-to-order, assemble-to-order, make-to-order, engineer-to-order. Product configuration and mass customization.
- Applications and Tools. Configuration tools, design tools, application reports, new application domains such as the Internet of Things (IoT), case studies, real-world challenges, test environments for configuration knowledge bases, configuration in related fields such as software configuration, service composition, and model-driven engineering, Environments for feature model development and maintenance, design theories for applications and tools.
Paper Submission
- Full papers are limited to 10 pages (including references).
- Position statements and problem instances can be submitted as short papers limited to 4 pages (including references).
- Published articles: It is possible to submit already published or submitted articles. In that case, submit both a one-page abstract (600 words) and the article, and take note that the article will not be included in the proceedings. A limited number (max 4) of already published articles will be accepted.
Full and short papers submitted to ConfWS 2023 must be original. The submission, or a highly similar version of it, cannot have been published or accepted in a journal or another conference proceedings. Further, submissions must not be concurrently under consideration for publication or presentation elsewhere. In this case, consider to submit your work as a published article (one-page abstract).
Each submission will be subject to peer review by at least two members of the program committee. Refereeing criteria are relevance to workshop topics, significance and novelty of the research, technical content, discussion of relationship to previous work, and clarity of presentation. A contribution submitted as a full paper may be accepted as a short paper, if the program committee considers it to be inadequate for a long full paper but to present an important issue.
Website submission: Papers should be submitted to EasyChair.
Formatting guidelines: Both full and short papers must be formatted in PDF according to the new CEUR-ART style using the two-columns template.
Latex users should modify the following code placed at the start of the Latex document as follows:
\copyrightyear{2023}
\conference{ConfWS'23: 25th International Workshop on Configuration, Sep 6--7, 2023, Málaga, Spain}
Word users should modify the same information at the bottom of the first page.
Publication: The proceedings will be published in the CEUR Workshop Proceedings library.
At least one author of each accepted paper must register and present the paper in ConfWS’23 in order for the submission to be published.
Best Paper Award
ConfWS’23 again plans Best Paper Awards. Two papers will be recognized:
- The best paper.
- The best PhD student paper.