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PATAT 2018
12th International Conference on the Practice and Theory of Automated Timetabling
28-31 August, 2018 in Vienna, Austria
http://www.patatconference.org/patat2018/
(Extended deadline for submissions: 28 March 2018)
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AIM AND SCOPE
The International Series of Conferences on the Practice and Theory of Automated Timetabling (PATAT) is held biennially as the main international forum for both researchers and practitioners of timetabling to exchange ideas. PATAT 2018 which is the twelfth in the conference series will be held in Vienna, Austria.
Whether it is sporting events, educational institutions, transportation or employee management the construction of efficient timetables which provide the maximum in way of flexibility for all constituent parts is as important as it is challenging. An increasingly important aspect within organisations is an automated approach which optimises all aspects of resource usage. In doing so a number of quantitative and qualitative challenges must be dealt with from both a technical and practical perspective.
An important aim of the conference is to align the needs of practitioners and the objectives of researchers. This is achieved through the presentation and application of leading edge research techniques. Practitioners and Researchers alike are encouraged to present their work and experiences with the overall goal of developing efficient and practical solutions. With this goal in mind, at PATAT 2018, researchers and practitioners will be brought together through a number of key presentations and workshops.
Topics of interest and themes of the conference include, but not limited to:
- Educational Timetabling
- Timetabling in Transport
- Employee Rostering
- Sports Timetabling
- Timetabling in Healthcare
- Mathematical Programming
- Constraint-Based Methods
- Knowledge Based Systems
- Fuzzy Systems
- Heuristic Search
- Metaheuristics (e.g., Evolutionary Computation, Simulated Annealing, Tabu Search, Ant Colony Methods)
- Systems to Build Systems (e.g., Hyper-heuristics, Algorithm Portfolios)
- Algorithm Configuration
- Artificial Intelligence
- Graph Colouring
- Resource Capacity Planning
- Parallel/Distributed Computing
- Hybrid Methods (e.g., Memetic Computing, Matheuristics)
- Machine Learning (e.g., Data Mining, Classifier Systems, Neural Networks)
- Expert Systems
- Multi-objective Approaches
- Multi-criteria Decision Making
- Foundational Studies (e.g., Complexity Issues)
- Timetabling Tools and Applications (e.g., Interactive and Batch Systems, Standard Data Formats, Ontologies, Experiences)
INVITED SPEAKERS
* Johannes Gärtner, XIMES GmbH and TU Wien (AT)
* Louis-Martin Rousseau, École Polytechnique de Montréal (CA)
* Hana Rudová, Masaryk University (CZ)
* Pascal Van Hentenryck, University of Michigan (US)
PUBLICATION
Authors are invited to submit their work in one of three categories:
1) Full papers: Authors should submit papers describing significant, original and unpublished work.
2) Abstracts: People who wish to give a talk (e.g. practitioners, researchers with preliminary or incomplete papers) but do not want to submit a full paper can submit abstracts of up to 1000 words.
3) System demonstrations: Authors can also submit an abstract, describing the major properties and contribution of implemented and/or commercial timetabling systems.
All submissions will be peer reviewed by at least three members of the programme committee. Accepted papers will be invited for an oral presentation at the event and included in the PATAT 2018 proceedings after they are presented.
Detailed submission details and the link to the submission system are available at: http://patatconference.org/patat2018/instructions/
JOURNAL SPECIAL ISSUE
Authors of all three categories will be invited to submit extended versions of their original work as full papers for consideration to be published in a Special Issue of the Annals of Operations Research.
IMPORTANT DATES
* Paper Submission Deadline: 28 March, 2018
* Notification of Acceptance: 27 April, 2018
* Early Registration Closes: 30 June, 2018
* Conference: 28-31 August, 2018
PROGRAMME CO-CHAIRS
* Edmund Burke, Queen Mary University of London (UK), e.burke(ATT)qmul.ac.uk
* Luca Di Gaspero, Univerity of Udine (IT), luca.digaspero(ATT)uniud.it
* Barry McCollum, Queen's University Belfast (UK), b.mccollum(ATT)qub.ac.uk
* Nysret Musliu, TU Wien (AT), musliu(ATT)tuwien.ac.at
* Ender Özcan, University of Nottingham (UK), ender.ozcan(ATT)nottingham.ac.uk
ORGANISING COMMITTEE
* Emir Demiroviæ, University of Melbourne (AU)
* Luca Di Gaspero, University of Udine (IT)
* Florian Mischek, TU Wien (AT)
* Lucas Kletzander, TU Wien (AT)
* Nysret Musliu, TU Wien (AT)
* Tommaso Urli, Satalia and Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt (AT)
* Felix Winter, TU Wien (AT)
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