2021 Quarterly Report 4

ACP.1: CP 2022

The annual conference on Principles and Practice of Constraint Programming, will be held n Haifa, Israel, July 31-August 8. The Conference Chairs and Roie Zivan and Ferdinando Fioretto. The Program Chair is Christine Solnon. CP 2022 will be a part of the Federate Logic Conference 2022: https://www.floc2022.org/.

More information about the conference can be found on the conference website: https://cp2022.a4cp.org/.

ACP.2: Call for ACP Doctoral Research Award 2022

We invite nominations for the 2022 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 2022 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 and more details of this award can be found at: http://www.a4cp.org/awards/doctoral-research-award.

The deadline for submitting nominations is May 15, 2022.

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

ACP.3: Call for ACP Distinguished Service Award 2022

We invite nominations for the 2022 ACP award for Distinguished Service in Constraint Programming. This award is awarded every two years to celebrate those CP researchers who have made exceptional and very influential contributions to CP community. The award will be presented at the CP 2022 conference.

Past winners and more details of this award can be found at: http://www.a4cp.org/awards/distinguished-service-award.

The deadline for submitting nominations is May 15, 2022.

More details about the submission process can be found at http://www.a4cp.org/node/1398.

ACP.4: Call for ACP Early Career Award 2022

We invite nominations for the 2022 ACP Early Career Award in Constraint Programming, created with a generous donation from Prof. Eugene Freuder. This recognition is 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 2022 conference, where the award recipient will give a plenary talk.

Past winners and more details of this award can be found at: http://www.a4cp.org/awards/early-career-research-award.

The deadline for submitting nominations is May 15, 2022.

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

ACP.5: Call for ACP Executive Committee Nominations

(SOME EDITS FROM EMAILED REPORT BELOW)

We seek nominations for candidates for election to the Executive Committee (EC) of the ACP. A candidate must be an ACP member and be nominated by a member of the ACP. Nominated persons must agree to be a candidate and must write an election statement that will be posted on the ACP election site. We strive for a diverse and balanced committee and therefore encourage members of all geographic areas, ethnicity, gender, level of expertise, and backgrounds to apply.

Please send your nominations and election statements to the Secretary of the ACP (secretary@a4cp.org ) by July 6, 2022.

The Executive Committee of the ACP decides the venue of the annual CP international conference, as well as its programme and conference chairs. It also organises and supports other activities such as the CP doctoral programme, the ACP summer school, the ACP newsletter, web site, etc. Finally, it retains the surplus from CP conferences and re-invests it in other activities of the CP research community.

Bylaw 5 of the ACP Bylaws (see www.a4cp.org ) states the election procedure and rules. The term of EC members is 4 years, and three current EC members will end their term by the end of 2022: Sophie Demassey, Emmanuel Hebrard, and Michele Lombardi. Therefore, three new members will be elected to a four-year term. Elections will take place electronically in from July 15 to August 15, 2022 (inclusive). All members of the ACP are eligible to vote. The results will be communicated to the ACP members upon the completion of voting. The Election Committee consists of Tias Guns, David Bergman, and Chris Beck (Chair).