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Giovanni Di Liberto
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University of Padua (Università degli Studi di Padova)
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Marco Collautti
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University of Padua (Università degli Studi di Padova)
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Simon de Givry
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Unité de Biométrie et d'Intelligence Artificielle INRA
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Past Visitors ... |
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Denny Schneeweiss
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Berlin University of Technology
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Petra Hofstedt
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Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus
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Cooperating Constraint Solvers
Declarative Languages
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Vivien Rooney
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School of Applied Psychology, University College Cork
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(bio)
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Laura Climent
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Departamento de Sistemas Informáticos y Computación
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Farshid Hassani Bijarbooneh
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Department of Information Technology Uppsala University
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(bio)
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Robert Woodward
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University of Nebraska-Lincoln
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Milan de Cauwer
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University of Nantes
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(bio)
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Lara Quijano Sánchez
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Complutense University of Madrid
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(bio)
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Tias Guns
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KU Leuven
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(bio)
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Massimiliano Cattafi
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University of Ferrara
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(bio)
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Nicolas Beldiceanu
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Ecole des Mines de Nantes
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(bio)
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Shant Karakashian
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University of Nebraska-Lincoln
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(bio)
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Robert Woodward
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University of Nebraska-Lincoln
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(bio)
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Javier Murillo
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University of Girona
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(bio)
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VÃctor Muñoz
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University of Girona
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(bio)
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Paola Campli
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University G.d' Annunzio
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(bio)
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Nicolas Beldiceanu
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Ecole des Mines de Nantes
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(bio)
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Jacopo Mauro
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University of Bologna
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Constraint Programming
Constraint Handling Rules (CHR)
Concurrent Languages
(bio)
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Susan Epstein
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Hunter College, City University of New York
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Problem Solving
Machine Learning
Cognitive Modeling (FORR)
Knowledge Representation
(bio)
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Marc Pouly
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University of Fribourg
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Valuation Algebra and Local Computation
NENOK: A generic Architecture for Local Computation
Fixpoint Formalisms and Generic Constructions
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Emanuele Di Rosa
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STAR Lab - DIST - University of Genoa
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(bio)
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Barbara Smith
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University of Leeds
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constraint satisfaction problems and how to solve them
modelling problems in constraint programming
practical applications of constraint programming, especially to scheduling.
(bio)
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Raphael Finkel
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University of Kentucky
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(bio)
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Beth Goldstein
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University of Kentuky - College of Education
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(bio)
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Robin Burke
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College of Computing and Digital Media, DePaul University, Chicago
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Case-based reasoning and User modeling
Collaborative filtering and Intelligent information access
Intelligent agents and Applications of case-based reasoning
Recommender systems
Security and robustness of recommender systems
Temporal properties of recommender systems
(bio)
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Wheeler Ruml
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University of New Hampshire
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(bio)
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Daniel Marx
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Budapest University of Technology and Economics
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parameterized complexity
constraint satisfaction problems
graph coloring
algorithmic graph theory
combinatorial optimization & computational complexity
(bio)
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David Aha
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Naval Research Laboratory, Washington D.C.
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Case-based reasoning (CBR)
Knowledge extraction (e.g., from text documents)
Machine learning (e.g., statistical relational learning, instance-based learning)
Knowledge management (e.g., intelligent lessons learned systems)
AI and simulation (e.g., complex games, training simulators)
(bio)
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Mike Trick
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Carnegie Mellon University
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Social Capital and Operations Research
Modeling Issues
Constraint Programming
Scheduling and Network Flows
Stochastic dynamic programming
(bio)
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Narendra Jussien
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Ècole des Mines de Nantes
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(bio)
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Charles PrudHomme
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Ecole des Mines de Nantes
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(bio)
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Guillaume Rochart
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e-lab, Bouygues
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(bio)
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Francois Laburthe
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Amadeus
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(bio)
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Ines Lynce
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IST/INESC-ID
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(bio)
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Brent Venable
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University of Padova
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Preferences
Soft and uncertain constraints
Temporal reasoning
(bio)
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Francesca Rossi
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University of Padova
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Constraint solving
Constraint Programming
Soft Constraints
Logic Programming
(bio)
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Eugenia Furems
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Institute for System Analysis (ISA) of the Russian Academy of Sciences
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Multicriteria Decision Making
Decision Support Systems
Multiattribute Classification
Knowledge Acquisition
Combinatorial Optimization
(bio)
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John Hooker
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Carnegie Mellon University
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A Framework for Combining Solution Methods
(bio)
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Francesco Santini
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IMT Lucca Institute for Advanced Studies
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(bio)
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J. Christopher Beck
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University of Toronto
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(bio)
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Mark Wallace
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Monash University, Australia
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CSP Modelling
ECLiPSe
(bio)
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Helene Fargier
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Toulouse Research Institute in Computer Science (IRIT-CNRS)
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Decision under uncertainty
Reasoning under uncertainty and/or inconsistency
Preference representation
Constraint Satisfaction Problems
Configuration , Scheduling and Production Planning
(bio)
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Simon de Givry
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Unité de Biométrie et d'Intelligence Artificielle INRA
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(bio)
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Barbara Smith
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University of Leeds
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constraint satisfaction problems and how to solve them
modelling problems in constraint programming
practical applications of constraint programming, especially to scheduling.
(bio)
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Peter Tiedemann
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IT University of Copenhagen
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Interactive Configuration and decision support
Compilation of constraint problems
Using constraint compilation techniques in search
(bio)
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Esben Rune Hansen
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The IT University of Copenhagen
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(bio)
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Jim Duggan
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NUI Galway
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(bio)
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Alessandro Sperduti
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University of Pisa
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Neural Networks
Hybrid Systems
Pattern Recognition
(bio)
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Francesca Rossi
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University of Padova
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Constraint solving
Constraint Programming
Soft Constraints
Logic Programming
(bio)
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Brian Williams
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
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Cooperative and space robotics
Applications include deep space explorers, distributed satellites,
Model-based Autonomy
Model-based programming and cooperative robotics
Intelligent embedded systems/Model-based programming/data-driven exploratory modeling/hybrid system
(bio)
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Tracy Anne Hammond
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Texas A&M University
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perception, cognitive behavior
computer human interaction, artificial intelligence, concept learning
computer graphics
the gender gap in computer science
sketch recognition
(bio)
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Roman Bartak
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Charles University
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constraints
logic programming
artificial intelligence
(bio)
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Judy Goldsmith
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University of Kentucky
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decision-theoretic planning
preferences
knowledge elicitation
knowledge-based model construction
dancing
(bio)
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Glen Murphy
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Oregon State University
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Harvesting system productivity
economic evaluation of environmental impacts caused by harvesting
value recovery
supply chain management
(bio)
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Pascal Van Hentenryck
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Brown University
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(bio)
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Helmut Simonis
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CrossCore
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(bio)
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Leonid Ioffe
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Technical University of Berlin
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(bio)
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Hubie Chen
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Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Spain
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(bio)
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Susan Epstein
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Hunter College, City University of New York
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Problem Solving
Machine Learning
Cognitive Modeling (FORR)
Knowledge Representation
(bio)
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Daria Terekhov
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University of Toronto, Mechanical & Industrial Eng.
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(bio)
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Antoine Desbordes
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Ecole de Mines de Nantes
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(bio)
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Ashok Gupta
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Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
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Software Engineering
Database Management Systems
Machine Learning
(bio)
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Ramesh Bollapragada
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SFSU College of Business
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(bio)
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Pablo Trinidad
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Universidad De Sevilla
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Software Product Lines
Feature Modelling and Debugging
Automated Reasoning
(bio)
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Stuart Bain.
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Griffith University
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(bio)
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Mats Petter Pettersson
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Lund University
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Constraint Satisfaction Problems
Planning
(bio)
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Mathijs de Weerdt
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University of Delft
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(bio)
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Nesim Erkip
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Bilkent University
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(bio)
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Josef Vancza
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Hungarian Academy of Sciences
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Intelligent CAD
Artificial Intelligence in manufacturing planning domains
Genetic algorithms in in geometric designs
Multi-agent models of manufacturing control
Large-scale transaction processing
(bio)
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Maria Fox
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University of Strathclyde- Glasgow
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teach an introductory course in Complexity Theory and advanced courses in Planning and Scientific M
(bio)
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Pascal Van Hentenryck
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Brown University
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(bio)
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Simon de Givry
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Unité de Biométrie et d'Intelligence Artificielle INRA
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(bio)
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Helene Fargier
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Toulouse Research Institute in Computer Science (IRIT-CNRS)
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Decision under uncertainty
Reasoning under uncertainty and/or inconsistency
Preference representation
Constraint Satisfaction Problems
Configuration , Scheduling and Production Planning
(bio)
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Helene Fargier
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Toulouse Research Institute in Computer Science (IRIT-CNRS)
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Decision under uncertainty
Reasoning under uncertainty and/or inconsistency
Preference representation
Constraint Satisfaction Problems
Configuration , Scheduling and Production Planning
(bio)
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Jerome Lang
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IRIT/CNRS
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computational aspects of social choice;
preference representation and decision making;
logical models of agent interaction;
reasoning about belief and knowledge, belief change;
planning under partial observability
(bio)
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Ryszard Michalski
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George Mason University
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Machine Learning
Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery
Inductive Databases and Knowledge Scouts
Non-Darwinian Evolutionary Computation
Plausible Reasoning
(bio)
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J. Christopher Beck
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University of Toronto
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(bio)
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Peter Jeavons
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Oxford University
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Algorithms and Computational Complexity
Peter is founder member of ConsNet - the network of UK constraint researchers supported by EPSRC
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Alan Bundy
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University of Edinburgh
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(bio)
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Ines Lynce
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IST/INESC-ID
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(bio)
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Maria Fox
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University of Strathclyde- Glasgow
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teach an introductory course in Complexity Theory and advanced courses in Planning and Scientific M
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Derek Long
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University of Strathclyde- Glasgow
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My research interests lie in planning and problem solving.
(bio)
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David McSherry
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University of Ulster, Coleraine
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(bio)
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Remi Coletta
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LIRMM
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Constraint Programming
Machine Learning
(bio)
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Christian Bessiere
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LIRMM
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Constraint programming and over-constrained problems
(bio)
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Chris Jefferson
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University of St. Andrews
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CP propagation methods
representation of abstract data structures for CP
group theory, complexity and software engineering
(bio)
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Steven Tanimoto
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University of Washington
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computer analysis of images
educational technology
visual programming
artificial intelligence
(bio)
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Les Proll
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Leeds University
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Computational and modelling aspects of mathematical programming
(bio)
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Susan Epstein
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Hunter College, City University of New York
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Problem Solving
Machine Learning
Cognitive Modeling (FORR)
Knowledge Representation
(bio)
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Berthe Y. Choueiry
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Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
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constrained-based reasoning and constraint satisfaction
scheduling and resource allocation
complexity and graph theory
interactive and distributed problem-solving
abstraction, reformulation and approximation
(bio)
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Jacob Feldman
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OpenRules, Inc.
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A hybrid use of rules and constraint programming for enterprise-level web applications.
(bio)
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Gilles Pesant
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University of Montreal
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(bio)
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J. Christopher Beck
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University of Toronto
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(bio)
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Jean-Charles Regin
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Cornell University
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(bio)
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Steven Minton
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University of Southern California
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(bio)
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Ben Weiner
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University of Wisconsin-Madison
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(bio)
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Ambrish Saxena
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Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
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Combinatorial Optimization Algorithms
Artificial Agent programming
(bio)
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David Benavides
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University of Seville
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Software Product Lines
Feature Modelling
Automated Reasoning
Configurators
Web Service Procurement.
(bio)
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Roberto Rossi
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Università degli Studi di Bologna, Facoltà di Ingegneria - DEIS
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Artificial Intelligence
Constraint programming
(bio)
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Refik Güllü
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Bogazici University
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(bio)
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Olga Tveretina
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Technical University of Eindhoven
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(bio)
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Giorgio Giantommasi
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University of Bologna
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(bio)
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Tomas Snäckerström
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DIS, Uppsala University
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(bio)
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Mathias Paulin
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LIRMM
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Constraint Programming
Machine Learning
(bio)
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Remi Coletta
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LIRMM
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Constraint Programming
Machine Learning
(bio)
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Christian Bessiere
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LIRMM
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Constraint programming and over-constrained problems
(bio)
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Hadrien Cambazard
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Ècole des Mines de Nantes
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(bio)
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Narendra Jussien
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Ècole des Mines de Nantes
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(bio)
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Barak A. Pearlmutter
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Hamilton Institute, NUI Maynooth
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(bio)
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Jeffrey Mark Siskind
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Purdue University
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AI
CogSci
NLP
machine vision; machine learning
programming languages & compilers
(bio)
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Patrick Prosser
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Glasgow University
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10 years of Conflict-directed Back Jumping
(bio)
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J. Christopher Beck
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University of Toronto
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(bio)
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Susan Epstein
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Hunter College, City University of New York
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Problem Solving
Machine Learning
Cognitive Modeling (FORR)
Knowledge Representation
(bio)
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Rica Gonen
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The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
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Mechanism Design
Combinatorial Auctions & Markets
Online Algorithms & Computation
Approximation Algorithms & Game theory
(bio)
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Remi Coletta
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LIRMM
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Constraint Programming
Machine Learning
(bio)
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Christian Bessiere
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LIRMM
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Constraint programming and over-constrained problems
(bio)
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Andrew J Page
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NUI Maynooth
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(bio)
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Karen Petrie
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Huddersfield University
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(bio)
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Armin Wolf
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Fraunhofer Institute FIRST
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(bio)
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Richard Dearden
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University of California at Santa Cruz / NASA Ames Research Center
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(bio)
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Eliezer L. Lozinskii
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The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
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Automated reasoning and Knowledge representation
Intelligent systems and Databases
Artificial Intelligence
Computer architecture
(bio)
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Patrick Prosser
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Glasgow University
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10 years of Conflict-directed Back Jumping
(bio)
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Barbara Smith
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University of Leeds
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constraint satisfaction problems and how to solve them
modelling problems in constraint programming
practical applications of constraint programming, especially to scheduling.
(bio)
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Paul Williams
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The London School of Economics
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Mathematical Programming Modelling
Methods of Allocating Shared Fixed Costs
Mathematical Programming Modelling
Methods of Allocating Shared Fixed Costs
Logical Linear + Integer Programming
Duality and Integer Programming
Fourier-Motzkin Elimination + Revenue (Yield )Management
(bio)
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Stefano Bistarelli
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Istituto di Informatica e Telematica, C.N.R., Pisa, Italy
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Constraint Solving
Constraint Programming
Soft Constraints
Security
(bio)
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Alasdair MacLeod
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University of the Highlands and Islands, Lews Castle College
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(bio)
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Stefania Verachi
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University of Bologna
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(bio)
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Julien Bidot
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Ecole Nationale d'Ingenieurs de Tarbes
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planning
scheduling
reasoning under uncertainty
constraint programming
(bio)
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Christian Bessiere
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LIRMM
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Constraint programming and over-constrained problems
(bio)
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Remi Coletta
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LIRMM
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Constraint Programming
Machine Learning
(bio)
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Diego Moya
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Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
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Adaptive CSP solving
(bio)
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Alessandro Sperduti
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University of Pisa
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Neural Networks
Hybrid Systems
Pattern Recognition
(bio)
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Francesca Rossi
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University of Padova
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Constraint solving
Constraint Programming
Soft Constraints
Logic Programming
(bio)
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Alexander Nareyek
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Carnegie Mellon University
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Artificial Intelligence ,Intelligent Agents
(bio)
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Iver Bailly-Salins
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INSA Toulouse
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(bio)
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Tomas Nordlander
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University of Aberdeen
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(bio)
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Thomas Nagy
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Ecole des Mines de Nantes
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Constraints
Local search methods
(bio)
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Prof Martin Charles Golumbic
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University of Haifa
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(bio)
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Amnon Meisels
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Ben_Gurion University
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Distributed Constraint Networks; Distributed Search; Timetabling Problems;
(bio)
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Derek Long
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University of Strathclyde- Glasgow
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My research interests lie in planning and problem solving.
(bio)
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Jennifer J. Preece
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University of Maryland
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Online Communities
Empathy and trust
Participation and Lurking
Heuristics and tools for evaluating success
(bio)
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Ben Shneiderman
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University of Maryland
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(bio)
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Pearl Pu
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Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
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intelligent user interfaces
preference elicitation in
information visualization
constraint satisfaction
(bio)
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Julio Brito
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Universidad de la Laguna
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Framework modelling combinatorial problems
Constraint-based Language
Meta-heuristics
Heuristics
(bio)
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Frederic Benhamou
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Universite de Nantes
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Decision support systems
constraint programming
interval constraints
(bio)
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Laurent Zimmer
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Dassault Aviation, France
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Constraints
Conceptual Design
Model-based Reasoning
(bio)
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Pedro Barahona
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New University of Lisbon
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Constraint Programming
Interval Constraints
Applications in Medicine
(bio)
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Nikola S. Nikolov
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University of Limerick
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EvoILP: Evolving Constraints for Integer Linear Programming Problems
(bio)
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John Hooker
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Carnegie Mellon University
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A Framework for Combining Solution Methods
(bio)
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Nic Wilson
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Keele University
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Computation and foundations of uncertain reasoning
Logical and uncertainty formalisms for Geographic Information
Uncertainty and soft constraints
(bio)
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Prof. Robert Kowalski
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Imperial College
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Logic in Cognitive Science and its Application to Game Theory and Conflict Resolution
(bio)
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Pragnesh J. Modi
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University of Southern California.
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Multi-Agent Systems and Constraint Programming.
(bio)
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Zeynep Kiziltan
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Uppsala University
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Constraints
(bio)
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Christian Bessiere
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LIRMM
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Constraint programming and over-constrained problems
(bio)
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Alan Frisch
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University of York
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Non-boolean satisfiability problems
Automatic generation of implied constraints
(bio)
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APES group
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By lunchtime on wednesday we will have most of the APES group visiting.
They have scheduled a number of talks and a discussion session
(bio)
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Manuela Moretti
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University of Padova, Italy
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Soft constraints in configuration problems
Explanations
(bio)
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Maria Sole Franzin
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University of Padova, Italy
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Distributed multi-agent scheduling
Soft Constraints
(bio)
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Magali Ruet
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Enit College, Tarbes, France.
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mixing case-based reasoning (CBR) and CSP
reuse of configuration experiences
(bio)
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Mohammed H. Sqalli
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King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals
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Constraint Based Reasoning
Case Based Reasoning
Computer Networks
Data Communication
Diagnosis and Debugging
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