Workshop on Configuration 2018

20th Intl. Workshop on Configuration, Graz University of Technology, Austria

Thursday, September 27, 2018 – Friday, September 28, 2018
Last modified: Tue, Feb 19, 2019 10:31 AM

Description

The 20th International Workshop on Configuration will be held at Graz University of Technology (TU Graz, http://www.tugraz.at), Styria, Austria, hosted by the Applied Artificial Intelligence research group (http://ase.ist.tugraz.at). Beside researchers from a variety of configuration-related fields, the workshop attracts a significant number of participants from industry (major configurator vendors such as Tacton, SAP, Oracle, Encoway, or IBM-ILOG, as well as end-users from Siemens, Renault, HP, or DaimlerChrysler). A map view of previous Configuration Workshop locations and related weblinks can be found here: https://www.eventhelpr.com/event/JmBq0ti5/public


Location information

Address

Inffeldgasse 13, Graz, Österreich

Ground Floor

Date of event

Thursday, September 27, 2018 – Friday, September 28, 2018

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Workshop Schedule

Title Begin/End
Registration (receive workshop material and badges at registration desk)
Thu, Sep 27, 2018 09:00 AM – 09:15 AM
Welcome (from Co-Chairs and Sissi Potzinger from the City of Graz )
Thu, Sep 27, 2018 09:15 AM – 09:30 AM
Session 1 (Invited Talk, 45+15) David Benavides. Feature model analysis and configuration: a 10 years journey with configuration stops (Chair: Alexander Felfernig)
Thu, Sep 27, 2018 09:30 AM – 10:30 AM
Coffee Break
Thu, Sep 27, 2018 10:30 AM – 10:45 AM
Session 2 (Interacting with Configurators, long paper presentations 15+5, short paper presentations 10+5) (Chair: Martin Stettinger)
Thu, Sep 27, 2018 10:45 AM – 11:40 AM
Thomas Thüm, Sebastian Krieter and Ina Schaefer. Product Configuration in the Wild: Strategies for Conflicting Decisions in Web Configurators
Thu, Sep 27, 2018 10:45 AM – 11:05 AM
Alexander Felfernig, Johannes Spöcklberger, Ralph Samer, Martin Stettinger, Müslüm Atas, Juha Tiihonen and Mikko Raatikainen. Configuring Release Plans
Thu, Sep 27, 2018 11:05 AM – 11:25 AM
Andrés Felipe Barco Santa, Elise Vareilles and César Iván Osorio Díaz. Insights for Configuration in Natural Language (short paper)
Thu, Sep 27, 2018 11:25 AM – 11:40 AM
Lunch Break
Thu, Sep 27, 2018 11:40 AM – 01:30 PM
Session 3 (Invited Talk, 45+15) Joachim Pargfrieder. Inspiro Metro Configurator – a Virtual Reality Experience (Chair: Lothar Hotz)
Thu, Sep 27, 2018 01:30 PM – 02:30 PM
Break
Thu, Sep 27, 2018 02:30 PM – 02:40 PM
Session 4 (Business Aspects, long paper presentations 15+5, short paper presentations 10+5) (Chair: Andreas Falkner)
Thu, Sep 27, 2018 02:40 PM – 03:30 PM
Sara Shafiee, Alexander Felfernig, Lars Hvam, Poorang Piroozfar and Cipriano Forza. Cost Benefit Analysis in Product Configuration Systems (short paper)
Thu, Sep 27, 2018 02:40 PM – 02:55 PM
Aleksander Lubarski, Frank Dylla, Holger Schultheis, and Thorsten Krebs. Do You Read Me? On the Limits of Manufacturing Part Numbers for Communicating Product Variety
Thu, Sep 27, 2018 02:55 PM – 03:15 PM
Sara Shafiee, Lars Hvam, Anders Haug and Yves Wautelet. Behavior-driven Development in Product Configuration Systems (short paper)
Thu, Sep 27, 2018 03:15 PM – 03:30 PM
Coffee Break
Thu, Sep 27, 2018 03:30 PM – 03:45 PM
Session 5 (Knowledge Representation & Reasoning, long paper presentations 15+5, short paper presentations 10+5) (Chair: Thorsten Krebs)
Thu, Sep 27, 2018 03:45 PM – 04:45 PM
Stefan Bischof, Gottfried Schenner, Simon Steyskal and Richard Taupe. Integrating Semantic Web Technologies and ASP for Product Configuration
Thu, Sep 27, 2018 03:45 PM – 04:05 PM
Amartya Ghosh, Katrin Kristjansdottir, Lars Hvam and Élise Vareilles. Measuring the complexity of product configuration systems
Thu, Sep 27, 2018 04:05 PM – 04:25 PM
Juha Tiihonen, Iivo Raitahila, Mikko Raatikainen, Alexander Felfernig and Tomi Männistö. Generating configuration models from requirements to assist in product management – Dependency Engine and its performance assessment
Thu, Sep 27, 2018 04:25 PM – 04:45 PM
Workshop Dinner @ Restaurant “Zur Schmied’n” (St. Peter Hauptstraße 225, 8042 Graz)
Thu, Sep 27, 2018 07:00 PM – 10:00 PM
Session 6 (Invited Talk, 45+15) Juha Tiihonen. Life-cycle management of configurable products – the Variantum way (Chair: Alexander Felfernig)
Fri, Sep 28, 2018 09:00 AM – 10:00 AM
Coffee Break
Fri, Sep 28, 2018 10:00 AM – 10:15 AM
Session 7 (Applications, long paper presentations 15+5, short paper presentations 10+5) (Chair: Gottfried Schenner)
Fri, Sep 28, 2018 10:15 AM – 11:30 AM
Rania Ayachi, Delphine Guillon, Elise Vareilles, François Marmier, Michel Aldanondo, Thierry Coudert and Laurent Geneste. Knowledge retrieval for configuring risks when answering calls to tenders or direct customer demands (short paper)
Fri, Sep 28, 2018 10:15 AM – 10:30 AM
Abdourahim Sylla, Delphine Guillon, Rania Ayachi, Elise Vareilles, Michel Aldanondo, Thierry Coudert and Laurent Geneste. How to deal with Engineering-to-Order Product/System Configuration?
Fri, Sep 28, 2018 10:30 AM – 10:50 AM
Mathias Uta and Alexander Felfernig. Towards Knowledge Infrastructure for Highly Variant Voltage Transmission Systems
Fri, Sep 28, 2018 10:50 AM – 11:10 AM
Anna Myrodia, Thomas Randrup and Lars Hvam. Configuration lifecycle management – An assessment of the benefits based on maturity
Fri, Sep 28, 2018 11:10 AM – 11:30 AM
Lunch Break
Fri, Sep 28, 2018 11:30 AM – 01:00 PM
Session 8 (Interacting with Configurators, long paper presentations 15+5, short paper presentations 10+5) (Chair: Albert Haag)
Fri, Sep 28, 2018 01:00 PM – 02:00 PM
Ralph Samer, Müslüm Atas, Alexander Felfernig, Martin Stettinger, Andreas Falkner and Gottfried Schenner. Group Decision Support for Requirements Management Processes
Fri, Sep 28, 2018 01:00 PM – 01:20 PM
Iulia Nica, Oliver Tazl and Franz Wotawa. Chatbot-based tourist recommendations using model-based reasoning
Fri, Sep 28, 2018 01:20 PM – 01:40 PM
Yue Wang and Daniel Yiu-Wing Mo. The effect of default options on consumer decisions in product configuration process
Fri, Sep 28, 2018 01:40 PM – 02:00 PM
Coffee Break
Fri, Sep 28, 2018 02:00 PM – 02:15 PM
Session 9 (Knowledge Representation & Reasoning, long paper presentations 15+5, short paper presentations 10+5) (Chair: Elise Vareilles)
Fri, Sep 28, 2018 02:15 PM – 03:15 PM
Albert Haag. Quasi-finite domains: Dealing with the infinite in mass customization
Fri, Sep 28, 2018 02:15 PM – 02:35 PM
Artur Andrzejak, Gerhard Friedrich and Franz Wotawa. Software configuration diagnosis – A Survey of existing methods and open challenges
Fri, Sep 28, 2018 02:35 PM – 02:55 PM
Muesluem Atas, Tran Thi Ngoc Trang, Ralph Samer, Davide Fucci, Alexander Felfernig and Martin Stettinger. Liquid Democracy in Group-based Configuration
Fri, Sep 28, 2018 02:55 PM – 03:15 PM
Break
Fri, Sep 28, 2018 03:15 PM – 03:30 PM
Next venue for Configuration Workshop (5 mins presentations) (Chair: Lothar Hotz)
Fri, Sep 28, 2018 03:30 PM – 04:00 PM
Best Paper awards (Chair: Müslüm Atas)
Fri, Sep 28, 2018 04:00 PM – 04:30 PM
Workshop closing (by the Co-Chairs)
Fri, Sep 28, 2018 04:30 PM – 04:55 PM

Side events


Interesting places

Name Address
Grazer Uhrturm - Rating: 4.7/5.0 Clock Tower, Am Schlossberg, Graz, Austria (Map)
Jakominiplatz Jakominiplatz, Graz, Austria (Map)
Hauptplatz Hauptplatz, Graz, Austria (Map)
Oper Graz - Rating: 4.5/5.0 Oper Graz, Kaiser-Josef-Platz, Graz, Austria (Map)
Sporgasse Sporgasse, Graz, Austria (Map)
Herrengasse Herrengasse, Graz, Austria (Map)
Kunsthaus Kunsthaus, Graz, Austria (Map)
Glockenspielplatz Glockenspielplatz, Graz, Austria (Map)
Murinsel - Rating: 4.1/5.0 Grazer Murinsel, Lendkai, Graz, Austria (Map)
Domkirche zum Heiligen Ägydius in Graz - Rating: 4.5/5.0 Domkirche zum Heiligen Ägydius in Graz, Burggasse, Graz, Austria (Map)
Mariatrost Basilica - Rating: 4.7/5.0 Mariatrost Basilica, Kirchplatz, Graz, Austria (Map)
Workshop Location @ TU Graz Inffeldgasse 13, Graz, Österreich (Map)
Configuration Workshop Lunch Location Inffeldgasse 10, Graz, Österreich (Map)
Dinner Location: "Gasthaus Zur Schmied'n" (Sep. 27th) St. Peter Hauptstraße 225, Graz, Österreich (Map)

Accommodations

Name Address
Hotel roomz graz - Rating: 4.2/5.0 Hotel roomz graz, Conrad-von-Hötzendorf-Straße, Graz, Österreich (Map)
Hotel best western - Rating: 4.1/5.0 Best Western Plus Amedia Graz, Conrad-von-Hötzendorf-Straße, Graz, Österreich (Map)
Star Inn Hotel Graz - Rating: 4.0/5.0 Star Inn Hotel Graz, Graz, Österreich (Map)

Restaurants

Name Address
Gasthaus Zur Schmied'n (traditional Styrian) - Rating: 4.3/5.0 Gasthaus Zur Schmied'n, Graz, Österreich (Map)
Area 5 (configurable food) - Rating: 4.4/5.0 Area 5, Jakominiplatz, Graz, Austria (Map)
Pizzaiolo - Rating: 4.6/5.0 Pizzaiolo, Dietrichsteinplatz, Graz, Austria (Map)

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