2021 Quarterly Report 1

ACP.1: ACP Executive Committee (EC) updates

The 2021 ACP Executive Committee (EC) comprises the following people:

  • Chris Beck - President
  • Emmanuel Hebrard - Conference Coordinator
  • Sophie Demassey - Treasurer
  • David Bergman - Secretary
  • Zeynep Kiziltan
  • Tias Guns
  • Michele Lombardi
  • Maria Garcia de la Banda - Past President (ex-officio, non-voting)

The following ACP EC members left the ACP EC at the end of 2020 after having served their respective terms:

  • Laurent Michel (ex-officio, non-voting)
  • Claude-Guy Quimper
  • Charlotte Truchet

On behalf of the CP community, the EC thanks the outgoing members for their contributions and dedication during their service on the EC.

ACP.2: CP 2021 Conference

The 27th International Conference on Principles and Practice of Constraint Programming (CP 2021) will take place at the Faculty of Law of Montpellier from October 25, 2021 to October 29, 2021. The conference will continue the successful format of thematic tracks, the doctoral program, workshop and tutorial programs, and much more. The deadline for abstract submission is approaching (14 May 2021). Visit the conference website for the more information: https://cp2021.a4cp.org/.

Given the uncertainties associated with the COVID-19 pandemic, the dates of the conference may be adjusted. The intention of the organizers is to hold the conference in-person but this may have to change as the European and global situations evolve over the next 6 months.

ACP.3: Plans for CP2022 and CP2023

With the uncertainties associated with conferences and travel resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, the plans for CP2022 and CP2023 are still in flux. The intention is to have CP2022 in Haifa, Israel as part of FLOC2022 and CP2023 in Toronto, Canada. However, FLOC has raised the possibility of postponing their constellation of conferences until 2023. If that happens, we are preparing contingency plans to hold CP2022 in Toronto.

The Executive Committee will distribute an announcement when we are able to make commitments on these plans.

ACP.4: Call for ACP Doctoral Research Award 2021

We invite nominations for the 2021 ACP Doctoral Research Award. The ACP Doctoral Research Award is awarded every year to a promising young researcher working in the area of constraint programming and who defended her/his thesis between January and December in the last two calendar years. The award will be presented at the CP 2021 conference, where the winning researcher will present a talk on the topic of her/his doctoral dissertation. The award includes a cash prize of 500 euros, plus free registration for the conference.

Past winners of this award can be found at: http://www.a4cp.org/awards/doctoral-research-award.

The deadline for submitting nominations is June 1, 2021.

More details about the submission process can be found at http://www.a4cp.org/node/1349.

ACP.5: Call for ACP Research Excellence Award 2021

We invite nominations for the 2021 ACP award for Research Excellence in Constraint Programming. This award is awarded every two years to celebrate those CP researchers who have made exceptional and very influential research contributions to CP with their work. The award will be presented at the CP 2021 conference, where the award recipient will give a plenary talk. For the list of previous awardees, see: http://www.a4cp.org/awards/research-excellence-award

The deadline for submitting nominations is June 1 2021.

More details about the submission process can be found at http://www.a4cp.org/node/1351.

ACP.6: Call for ACP Early Career Award 2021

We invite nominations for the inaugural ACP Early Career Award in Constraint Programming, created with a generous donation from Prof. Eugene Freuder. This new recognition will be awarded annually to celebrate those CP researchers who have made exceptional research contributions to CP in the early part of their career. The award will be presented at the CP 2021 conference, where the award recipient will give a plenary talk.

The deadline for submitting nominations is June 1 2021.

More details about the submission process and eligibility can be found at http://www.a4cp.org/node/1350.