Call for Participation

Thirtieth International Conference on Principles and Practice of Constraint Programming (CP 2024) September 02-06, 2024, Girona, Catalonia.

CP is the premier international event for presenting research in all aspects of computing with constraints, including, but not restricted to: theory, algorithms, environments, languages, models, systems, and applications. CP 2024 will be held in-person in Girona at the University of Girona (Old Quarter Campus), September 02-06, 2024.

The CP 2024 program will include presentations of high-quality scientific papers on constraints technology. In addition to the main conference program, CP 2024 will feature 3 specialised tracks covering important topics in Constraints:

  • Applications
  • CP and Machine Learning
  • CP and Quantum Computing

Preliminary Schedule

You can find a detailed preliminary schedule here:

Monday 2nd September: Workshops, Doctoral Program, Doctoral Program dinner, ConfWS 2024 dinner.
Tuesday 3rd September: Opening, invited talk, tutorial, regular sessions, ConfWS 2024 (only morning), Girona walking tour, welcome reception.
Wednesday 4th September: Tutorial, regular sessions, SPC dinner.
Thursday 5th September: Invited talk, tutorial, competition results, awards, DEI event, regular sessions, ACP general assembly, excursion to Ruins of Empúries, conference banquet.
Friday 6th September: Regular sessions, closing.

For more information, please check out the list of accepted papers. The detailed program will be announced soon.
Please also check our website for more information on the workshops, tutorials and invited talks.

Workshops

Tutorials

  • Modeling and Solving Combinatorial Optimization Problems with Domain-Independent Dynamic Programming by J. Christopher Beck and Ryo Kuroiwa.
  • Constraint Programming with JuMP by Benoît Legat.
  • Constraint Acquisition - A Tutorial on Learning Constraint Models by Dimos Tsouros.

Invited Talks

  • Ian P. Gent (University of St Andrews) - Solving Patience and Solitaire Games with Good Old Fashioned AI
  • Francesca Rossi (IBM) - Thinking fast and slow in AI: A cognitive architecture to augment both AI and human reasoning

Registration

The registration costs are as follows:

  • Workshop only (2 September): 205€
  • ConfWS only on-site (2 and 3 September): 275€
  • ConfWS only online (2 and 3 September): 175€
  • Conference and Workshop, Student: 495€
  • Conference and ConfWS, Student: 565€
  • Conference and Workshop, Regular: 850€
  • Conference and ConfWS, Regular: 925€

Please go to our registration page to register for CP 2024.

Sponsors

CP 2024 appreciates the generous support of our sponsors.

Gold sponsors:

Silver sponsors:

Bronze sponsors:

Other sponsors:

Organizing Committee

Conference Chairs

  • Miquel Bofill (Universitat de Girona)
  • Mateu Villaret (Universitat de Girona)

Program Chair

  • Paul Shaw (IBM)  

Workshop Chair

  • Carlos Ansótegui (Universitat de Lleida)

Tutorials Chair

  • Pierre Schaus (UCLouvain)

Doctoral Program Chair

  • Edward Lam (Monash University)

Publicity & Website Chair

  • Jordi Coll (Universitat de Girona)

DEI Chairs

  • Özgür Akgün (University of St Andrews)
  • María Andreína Francisco Rodríguez (Uppsala University)

Special Track Chairs

  • CP Applications Track: Louis-Martin Rousseau (École Polytechnique de Montréal)
  • CP & Machine Learning Track: Quentin Cappart (École Polytechnique de Montréal)
  • CP & Quantum Computing Track: Philippe Codognet (CNRS / Sorbonne University / University of Tokyo)

Senior Program Committee and Program Committee

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