Connectionists: CPAIOR 2022: Call for Student Scholarships, the Mentorship Program, and Conference Registration

[Thiago Serra]

 Dear colleagues,

I would like to emphasize the unique opportunity this year for students to
have their costs to attend CPAIOR partially covered. In addition, students
and postdocs are welcome to apply for the first edition of our mentorship
program with senior members of our community. We are grateful for our
generous sponsors for making it possible, and looking forward to seeing you
in LA!

International Conference on the Integration of
Constraint Programming, Artificial Intelligence, and Operations Research
(CPAIOR)

Conference Dates: June 20-23, 2022
Conference Location: University of Southern California, Los Angeles,
California, USA
Early Registration Deadline: May 20, 2022
Registration Site:
https://sites.google.com/usc.edu/cpaior-2022/registration-and-hotels

CPAIOR-22 is a conference that brings together researchers from Constraint
Programming (CP), Artificial Intelligence (AI), and Operations Research
(OR) to showcase how the integration of techniques from these fields
advances the state-of-the-art in terms of techniques and challenging
applications. Scholarships are available for students.

CPAIOR-22 starts with a one-day Master class on June 20 on the theme
“Bridging the Gap between Machine Learning and Optimization,” where experts
from universities and companies provide overviews of research in the field
in tutorial-style lectures. The Master class is ideally suited for students
and participants from academia and industry who want to familiarize
themselves with the state-of-the-art in this exciting and quickly evolving
area. The speakers are

-         Brandon Amos (Facebook AI Research, USA)
-         Priya Donti (Carnegie Mellon University, USA)
-         Paul Grigas (University of California at Berkeley, USA)
-         Tias Guns (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium)
-         Bryan Wilder (Carnegie Mellon University and Harvard University,
USA)
-         Angela Zhou (UC Berkeley and University of Southern California,
USA)

CPAIOR-22 continues with the presentations of the accepted papers and
posters on June 21-23, supplemented by a social program (that includes an
opening reception and a banquet) and three talks by invited speakers, namely

-         Andre Cire (University of Toronto, Canada)
-         Carla Gomes (Cornell University, USA)
-         Vinod Nair (DeepMind, UK)

CPAIOR-22 is held on the smoke-free campus of the University of Southern
California (USC), which is located next to Exposition Park, one of the
major cultural centers of Los Angeles with several museums where one can,
for example, experience the Space Shuttle Endeavour up close. USC is also
just minutes away by public transportation from the center of Los Angeles
with all its attractions.

*For interested students, scholarships are available to cover part of the
CPAIOR registration fee, travel costs, and accommodation costs, whether
they just want to attend the Master class and/or conference or will present
their research, including for students from underrepresented groups in
computing and optimization, from small universities, and from countries
with limited study or research opportunities. A limited number of dormitory
rooms are available for CPAIOR-22 attendees on the USC campus, including
shared and individual rooms, with preference given to students. *

Attendees are strongly encouraged to attend in person to facilitate the
exchange of ideas and social interactions. However, CPAIOR-22 also offers a
virtual attendance option. It is expected that papers and posters will be
presented in person. To register for CPAIOR-22 (and, for students, apply
for a scholarship and the mentorship program), please visit

https://sites.google.com/usc.edu/cpaior-2022/registration-and-hotels

The early registration deadline is May 20, 2022, but registrations are
accepted until the start of CPAIOR-22.

To find out more about the COVID situation and safety protocols at USC and
in Los Angeles, please visit

https://coronavirus.usc.edu/
http://www.publichealth.lacounty.gov/media/Coronavirus/data/index.htm
<http://www.publichealth.lacounty.gov/media/Coronavirus/data/index.htm#>

CPAIOR-22 thanks Gurobi, Google, Nextmv, Kinaxis, The Optimization Firm,
Lindo Systems, Cosling, the Artificial Intelligence journal, the USC
Epstein Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering, the Epstein
Institute at USC, and the USC-Meta Center for Research and Education in AI
and Learning for their sponsorship.
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