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Researchers of Constraint Programming, Artificial Intelligence, and Operations Research Converge at the Tepper School

Author:Mark D. Burd 412-268-3486

Release Date: May 27, 2009

PITTSBURGH—Researchers from around the world specializing in the areas of constraint programming (CP), artificial intelligence (AI) and operations research (OR) are gathering in Pittsburgh this week to take part in the 2009 CP-AI-OR Conference. Now in its sixth year, the international venue is designed to give researchers the opportunity to examine how the integration of techniques from these different fields can lead to interesting results in addressing large and complex problems.

 The program will be hosted by Carnegie Mellon’s Tepper School of Business, May 27-31. Chairing the program are professors John Hooker, the T. Jerome Holleran Professor of Business Ethics and Social Responsibility and Professor of Operations Research, and Willem van Hoeve, Assistant Professor of Operations Research. Additional contributions to this research program have been made by Michael Trick, Professor of Operations Research.

 “This is the first time that this conference has met in North America, and it’s great to have the Tepper School as the academic host,” said Professor Hooker. “There is great value in combining ideas from operations research and artificial intelligence to obtain more powerful problem-solving methods.

 Constraint programming, also part of the mix, is a relatively new field as it relates to artificial intelligence. A unique feature of this year’s meeting is a two-day intensive CP tutorial for Ph.D. students and professionals in operations research, which is intended to increase the visibility of this area of research in the U.S.”

The 2009 conference program and additional information are available on-line at: www.tepper.cmu.edu/cpaior09. Additionally, information regarding past and future CP-AI-OR programs is available on-line at http://www.cpaior.org/.