Call for Papers
| Important Dates | |
|---|---|
| Paper Submission | TBD (AoE time) |
| Paper Notification | TBD (AoE time) |
| Early Registration | TBD (AoE time) |
| Camera Ready | TBD (AoE time) |
| Workshop Program Online | TBD (AoE time) |
| Standard Registration | TBD (AoE time) |
| Workshop | Early September 2027, Seville (exact dates TBD) |
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.
Topics of interest
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.
Special focus 2027
TBD
Paper Submission
TBD. Submission categories, page limits and formatting guidelines for ConfWS 2027 will be announced soon. For reference, previous editions accepted:
- Full papers (10 to 30 pages, including references).
- Short papers for position statements and problem instances (5 to 9 pages, including references).
- Already published articles, submitted as a one-page abstract (600 words) together with the article; these are not included in the proceedings.
Each submission will be subject to peer review by at least two members of the program committee.
Website submission: TBD (EasyChair link will be published here).
Formatting guidelines: TBD (previous editions used the CEUR-ART style, one-column template).
Publication: TBD (previous editions were published in the CEUR Workshop Proceedings library).
At least one author of each accepted paper must register and present the paper in ConfWS’27 in order for the submission to be published.
Best Paper Award
ConfWS’27 again plans Best Paper Awards. Two papers will be recognized:
- The best paper.
- The best PhD student paper.