ConfWS History

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The Workshop on Configuration started at the AAAI’96 Fall Symposium and continued on AAAI, ECAI, and IJCAI conferences since 1999. In 2013, the workshop was a stand-alone event for the first time, and has been co-located with relevant international conferences such as PC 2016 and SPLC 2022.

Here you may find links to all previous editions of the ConfWS series, including their proceedings , if available.

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• 25th International Workshop on Configuration (ConfWS’23)
  • Málaga, Spain. Sep 6-7, 2023
    _{ConfWS 2023 celebrates 25 years of Configuration Workshops (see commemorative poster). The figure of Award Chair was introduced in the organization committee, a role in charge of managing the selection of the best paper awards in a two-phase audience vote at the end of the workshop.}
• 24th International Workshop on Configuration (ConfWS’22 @ SPLC 2022)
  • Graz, Austria. Sep 12-13, 2022
    _{For the first time, ConfWS was held in conjunction with the International Systems and Software Product Line Conference (SPLC), two research communities with a lot of synergies.}
• 23rd International Workshop on Configuration (ConfWS’21)
  • Vienna, Austria. Sep 16-17, 2021
• 22nd International Workshop on Configuration (ConfWS’20)
  • Vicenza, Italy (Online event). Sep 10-11, 2020
    _{Originally scheduled to take place in Vicenza (Italy), it was a virtual event hosted online from Vicenza due to Covid-19 restrictions.}
• 21th International Workshop on Configuration (ConfWS’19)
  • Hamburg, Germany. Sep 19-20, 2019
• 20th International Workshop on Configuration (ConfWS’18)
  • Graz, Austria. Sep 27-28, 2018
• 19th International Configuration Workshop (ConfWS’17)
  • La Défense, Paris, France. Sep 14-15, 2017
    _{A Best Student Paper Award was set, applicable to PhD candidates and bachelor and MSc students.}
• 18th International Configuration Workshop (ConfWS’16 @ CP 2016)
  • Toulouse, France. Sep 5-6, 2016
    _{The workshop was organized within the International Conference on Principles and Practice of Constraint Programming (CP 2016).}
• 17th International Configuration Workshop (ConfWS’15)
  • Vienna, Austria. Sep 10-11, 2015
    _{The concept of Best Paper Award was introduced in the ConfWS in a two-phase audience vote at the end of the Workshop.}
• 16th International Configuration Workshop (ConfWS’14)
  • Novi Sad, Serbia. Sep 25-26, 2014
• 15th International Configuration Workshop (ConfWS’13)
  • Vienna, Austria. Aug 29-30, 2013
    _{In 2013, the Workshop was a stand-alone event for the first time, independently from major conferences.}
• ECAI 2012 Workshop on Configuration (ConfWS’12)
  • Montpellier, France. Aug 27, 2012
• IJCAI 2011 Workshop on Configuration (ConfWS’11)
  • Barcelona, Spain. Jul 16, 2011
• ECAI 2010 Workshop on Configuration (ConfWS’10)
  • Lisbon, Portugal. Aug 16, 2010
    _{A special issue on configuration in the AI EDAM journal (May 2011) collected the best papers of the 2009 and 2010 workshops.}
• IJCAI 2009 Workshop on Configuration (ConfWS’09)
  • Pasadena, California, USA. Jul 12-13, 2009
• ECAI 2008 Workshop on Configuration Systems
  • Patras, Greece. Jul 21-22, 2008
    _{A special issue in the International Journal of Mass Customisation (IJMassC) published extensions of the best papers of the 2008 Workshop.}
• AAAI 2007 Workshop on Configuration
  • Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Jul 22-23, 2007
• ECAI 2006 Workshop on Configuration
  • Riva del Garda, Italy. Aug 28-29, 2006
• IJCAI 2005 Workshop on Configuration
  • Edinburgh, United Kingdom. Jul 30, 2005
• ECAI 2004 Workshop on Configuration
  • Valencia, Spain. Aug 23, 2004
• IJCAI 2003 Workshop on Configuration
  • Acapulco, Mexico. Aug 11, 2003
• ECAI 2002 Workshop on Configuration
  • Lyon, France. Jul 22-23, 2002
• IJCAI 2001 Workshop on Configuration
  • Seattle, Washington, USA. Aug 6, 2001
• ECAI 2000 Workshop on Configuration
  • Berlin, Germany. Aug 21-22, 2000
• AAAI 1999 Workshop on Configuration
  • Orlando, Florida, USA. Jul 19, 1999
• AAAI 1996 Fall Symposium
  • Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. Nov 9-11, 1996
    _{The workshop started at the AAAI’96 Fall Symposium and continued at IJCAI, AAAI, and ECAI conferences since 1999.}