--------------------- MISTA 2003: Call For Papers ------------------------------ (Please apologize multiple receipts of this e-mail) The 1st Multidisciplinary International Conference on Scheduling: Theory and Applications (MISTA) Wednesday 13th to Saturday 16th August 2003, hosted by The University of Nottingham, UK. This conference is the first in a series of conferences that serve as a forum for an international community of researchers, practitioners and vendors on all aspects of multi-disciplinary scheduling. The conference will cover, but not be limited to, the following disciplines: Artificial Intelligence, Computer Science, Engineering, Management, Manufacturing, Mathematics and Operational Research. The aim is to bring together scheduling researchers and practitioners from all the disciplines that engage with scheduling research. The scope of the conference includes (but is not limited to): * Commercial Packages * Automated Reasoning * Timetabling * Constraint Logic Programming * Evolutionary Algorithms * Rostering * Knowledge-Based Systems * Heuristic Search * Real-Time Scheduling * Local Search * Shop-Floor Scheduling * Multi-processor Scheduling * Transport Scheduling * Process Scheduling * Complexity of Scheduling Problems * Rule-Based Expert Systems * Real World Scheduling * Sports Scheduling * Production Scheduling * Vehicle Routing * Machine Scheduling * Meta-heuristic Search * Batch Scheduling * Theoretical Scheduling * Applications * Delivery Scheduling Submitting to MISTA ------------------- Authors are invited to submit papers in one of two categories: (a) Full Papers: Authors should submit papers describing significant, original and unpublished work. Six (hard) copies of the paper should be submitted by January 24th 2003 to the address below. Accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings. The authors of accepted papers will have the opportunity to submit their papers to a second round of refereeing so that their papers can be considered for a post-conference volume to be published by Kluwer. This can either be the same paper as was submitted to the conference or an updated version in the light of comments received or new work undertaken. Papers should be formatted following the guidelines given on the web site (not available at the time this document went to press). (b) Abstracts : Authors can submit abstracts of up to 2 pages (formatted in the same way as for the full papers) to the address below. Six (hard) copies of the abstract should be submitted by January 24th 2003. Abstracts will be fully refereed. The abstracts will not go forward to the second round of refereeing for the post-conference volume. However, authors of accepted abstracts will have the opportunity to write a paper (based on their abstract) and submit it for the selected papers volume at a later date (shortly after the conference). People who wish to give a talk (e.g. practitioners, researchers with incomplete work) but do not want to write an academic paper can submit under this category. Accepted abstracts will be published in the conference proceedings. All submissions should include a cover page which clearly states: * The title of the paper * Names, affiliations and EMAIL addresses of the authors * Who is the corresponding author * Keywords (chosen from the above list, where possible) * The category of submission (full paper or abstract) Submit To: Alison Payne (MISTA) Automated Scheduling and Planning Research Group School of Computer Science and Information Technology Jubilee Campus, Wollaton Road, Nottingham NG8 1BB. United Kingdom Important Dates: ---------------- Deadline for Paper Submission : 24th January 2003 Referees Comments Returned to Authors : 30th April 2003 Camera Ready Deadline : 30th June 2003 Early Registration Deadline : 30th June 2003 Conference : Wednesday 13th - Saturday 16th August 2003 Scheduling Tutorials -------------------- As part of the MISTA conference we plan to have a set of scheduling tutorials. The details are yet to be finalised but we have started to compile the tutorial program. The planned tutorials so far are (the timing of the tutorial will be planned once we have more details about the program). * Fast Algorithms for Project Scheduling by Eugene Levner (EMAIL : [log in to unmask]) This tutorial will overview fast (polynomial-time) algorithms for project management and scheduling, starting with the classic PERT/CPM method developed more than four decades ago and up to new algorithms on AND-OR graphs and hypergraphs developed in recent years. The main attention will be devoted to description and complexity chatacterization offollowing fast project scheduling algorithms: Ford&Fulkerson 1962, Knuth 1977, Dinic 1990, Levner&Nemirovsky 1994, Levner&Kats 1998, and Adelson-Velsky&Levner 1999/2002. The expected audience is PhD and postgraduate students specializing in optimization methods, scheduling theory, and strategic planning in industry and communications. Conference Web Page ------------------- For latest/more information see: http://www.mistaconference.org International Advisory Committee -------------------------------- * Graham Kendall (Chair), The University of Nottingham, UK * Abdelhakim Artiba, Facultes Universitares Catholiques de Mons (CREGI - FUCAM), Belguim * Jacek Blazewicz, Institute of Computing Science, Poznan University of Technology, Poland * Peter Brucker, University of Osnabrueck, Germany * Edmund Burke, The University of Nottingham, UK * Xiaoqiang Cai, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong * Ed Coffman, Columbia University, USA * Moshe Dror, The University of Arizona, USA * David Fogel, Natural Selection Inc., USA * Fred Glover, Leeds School of Business, University of Colorado, USA * Bernard Grabot, Laboratoire Génie de Production - Equipe Production Automatisée, France * Claude Le Pape, ILOG, France * Toshihide Ibaraki, Kyoto University, Japan * Mike Pinedo, New York University, USA * Ibrahim Osman, American University of Beirut, Lebanon * Jean-Yves Potvin, Université de Montreal, Canada * Michael Trick,Graduate School of Industrial Administration, Carnegie Mellon University, USA * Stephen Smith, Carnegie Mellon University, USA * Steef van de Velde, Erasmus University, Netherlands * George White, University of Ottawa, Canada Program Committee ----------------- 1.Uwe Aickelin, The University of Bradford, UK 2.Hesham Alfares, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Saudi Arabia 3.Abdelhakim Artiba, Facultes Universitares Catholiques de Mons (CREGI - FUCAM), Belguim 4.Belarmino Adenso-Diaz, University of Oviedo, Spain 5.Philippe Baptise, IBM T. 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Watson Research Center, USA 6.James Bean, Department of Industrial and Operations Engineering, University of Michigan, USA 7.Michael Bender, SUNY Stony Brook, USA 8.Jacek Blazewicz, Institute of Computing Science, Poznan University of Technology, Poland 9.Joachim Breit, Saarland University, Germany 10.Peter Brucker, University of Osnabrueck, Germany 11.Edmund Burke, The University of Nottingham, UK 12.Xiaoqiang Cai, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong 13.Jacques Carlier, Compiègne cedex France 14.Edwin Cheng, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong 15.Philippe Chretienne, Paris 6 University, France 16.Ed Coffman, Columbia University, USA 17.Peter Cowling, The University of Bradford, UK 18.Patrick De Causmaecker, KaHo St.-Lieven, Ghent, Belgium 19.Mauro Dell'Amico, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy 20.Erik Demeulemeester, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium 21.Kath Dowsland, Gower Optimal Algorithms Ltd., UK 22.Andreas Drexl, University of Kiel, Germany 23.Moshe Dror, University of Arizona, USA 24.Maciej Drozdowski, Poznan University of Technology, Poland 25.Janet Efstathiou, University of Oxford, UK 26.Wilhelm Erben, FH Konstanz - University of Applied Sciences, Germany 27.Dror Feitelson, The Hebrew University, Israel 28.Gerd Finke, Laboratory LEIBNIZ-IMAG, Grenoble, France 29.Peter Fleming, University of Sheffield, UK 30.David Fogel, Natural Selection, USA 31.Dalibor Froncek, University of Minnesota, USA 32.Michel Gendreau, Université de Montréal, Canada 33.Celia A. Glass, Department of Actuarial Sciences and Statistics, City University, UK 34.Fred Glover, Leeds School of Business, University of Colorado, USA 35.Bernard Grabot, Laboratoire Génie de Production - Equipe Production Automatisée, France 36.Alain Guinet, Industrial Engineering Department, INSA de Lyon, France 37.Jin-Kao Hao, University of Angers, France 38.Martin Henz, National University of Singapore, Singapore 39.Jeffrey Herrmann, University of Maryland, USA 40.Willy Herroelen, Department of Applied Economics, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium 41.Han Hoogeveen, Utrecht University, The Netherlands 42.Toshihide Ibaraki, Kyoto University, Japan 43.Graham Kendall, The University of Nottingham, UK 44.Jeffrey Kingston, University of Sydney, Australia 45.Hiroshi Kise, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Japan 46.Wieslaw Kubiak, Mon, Canada 47.Mitsuru Kuroda, Professor, Engineering, Aoyama Gakuin University, Japan 48.Raymond Kwan, University of Leeds, UK 49.Claude Le Pape, ILOG, France 50.Chung-Yee Lee, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong 51.Eugene Levner, Holon Institute of Technology, Israel 52.Arne Løkketangen, Dept. of Informatics, Molde College, Norway 53.Dirk C. Mattfeld, University of Bremen, Germany 54.David Montana, BBN Technologies, USA 55.Martin Middendorf, Catholic University of Eichsttt-Ingolstadt, Germany 56.Alix Munier, LIP6, university Paris 12, France 57.Alexander Nareyek, Carnegie Mellon University, USA 58.Klaus Neumann, University of Karlsruhe, Germany 59.Bryan A. Norman, University of Pittsburgh, USA 60.Wim Nuijten, ILOG, France 61.Ibrahim Osman, American University of Beirut, Lebanon 62.Costas P.Pappis, University of Piraeus, Greece 63.Erwin Pesch, University of Siegen, Germany 64.Sanja Petrovic, The University of Nottingham, UK 65.Mike Pinedo, New York University, USA 66.Chris Potts, University of Southampton, UK 67.Christian Prins, University of Technology, Troyes, France 68.Jean-Yves Potvin, Université de Montreal, Canada 69.Kirk Pruhs, University of Pittsburgh, USA 70.Vic J. Rayward-Smith, University of East Anglia, UK 71.Colin Reeves, Coventry University, UK 72.Celso C. Ribeiro, Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 73.Andrea Schaerf, University of Udine, Italy 74.Guenter Schmidt, Saarland University, Germany 75.Wolfgang Slany, Technische Universitaet Wien, Austria 76.Roman Slowinski, Poznan University of Technology, Poland 77.Stephen Smith, Carnegie Mellon University, USA 78.Vincent T'Kindt, University of Tours, France 79.Roberto Tadei, Politecnico di Torino, Italy 80.Jonathan Thompson, Cardiff University, UK 81.Michael Trick,Graduate School of Industrial Administration, Carnegie Mellon University, USA 82.Edward Tsang, University of Essex, UK 83.Denis Trystram, ID - IMAG, France 84.Steef van de Velde, Erasmus University, Netherlands 85.Greet Vanden Berghe, KaHo St.-Lieven, Ghent, Belgium 86.Stefan Voss, University of Hamburg, Germany 87.Jan Weglarz, Poznan University of Technology, Poland 88.Dominique de Werra, IMA, Faculté des Sciences de Base, Lausanne, Switzerland 89.George White, University of Ottawa, Canada 90.Darrell Whitley, Colorado State University, USA 91.Gerhard J Woeginger, Faculty of Mathematical Sciences, University of Twente, The Netherlands 92.Yakov Zinder, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia (Not Yet Complete : See web site for up-to-date list)