--------------------- MISTA 2003: Call For Papers ------------------------------
        (Please apologize multiple receipts of this e-mail)

                 **************************************************
                 ***** PLEASE NOTE THE CHANGE OF DATES        *****
                 ***** new dates are: 12-->16 of August, 2003 *****
                 **************************************************

--------------------- MISTA 2003: Call For Papers ------------------------------


     The 1st Multidisciplinary International Conference on Scheduling:
                        Theory and Applications (MISTA)


Tuesday 12th 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Authors should submit papers describing significant, original and unpublished work.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                              :       Tuesday 12th - Saturday 16th August 2003


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
-----------------

Abdelhakim Artiba, Belguim
Belarmino Adenso-Diaz, Spain
Michael Bender USA
Jacek Blazewicz, Poland
Joachim Breit, Germany
Peter Brucker, Germany
Edmund Burke, UK
Xiaoqiang Cai, Hong Kong
Edwin Cheng, Hong Kong
Ed Coffman, USA
Costas P.Pappis, Greece
Peter Cowling, UK
Patrick De Causmaecker, Belgium
Mauro Dell'Amico, Italy
Erik Demeulemeester, Belgium
Kath Dowsland, UK
Andreas Drexl, Germany
Moshe Dror, USA
Maciej Drozdowski, Poland
Janet Efstathiou, UK
Wilhelm Erben, Germany
Gerd Finke, Grenoble, France
Peter Fleming, UK
David Fogel, USA
Dalibor Froncek, USA
Celia A. Glass, UK
Fred Glover, USA
Bernard Grabot, France
Alain Guinet, France
Jin-Kao Hao, France
Martin Henz, Singapore
Jeffrey Herrmann, USA
Willy Herroelen, Belgium
Han Hoogeveen, The Netherlands
Toshihide Ibaraki, Japan
Graham Kendall, UK
Jeffrey H. Kingston, Australia
Hiroshi Kise, Japan
Mitsuru Kuroda, Japan
Raymond Kwan, UK
Claude Le Pape, France
Chung-Yee Lee, Hong Kong
Arne Lřkketangen, Norway
Dirk C. Mattfeld, Germany
David Montana, USA
Martin Middendorf, Germany
Alexander Nareyek, USA
Bryan A. Norman, USA
Ibrahim Osman, Lebanon
Erwin Pesch, Germany
Sanja Petrovic, UK
Mike Pinedo, USA
Chris Potts, UK
Christian Prins, France
Jean-Yves Potvin, Canada
Kirk Pruhs, USA
Vic J. Rayward-Smith, UK
Colin Reeves, UK
Andrea Schaerf, Italy
Guenter Schmidt, Germany
Wolfgang Slany, Austria
Stephen Smith, USA
Vincent T'Kindt, France
Jonathan Thompson, UK
Michael Trick, USA
Edward Tsang, UK
Steef van de Velde, Netherlands
Greet Vanden Berghe, Belgium
Stefan Voss, Germany
Jan Weglarz, Poland
Dominique de Werra, Switzerland
George White, Canada
Gerhard J Woeginger, The Netherlands
Yakov Zinder, Australia

(Not Yet Complete : See web site for up-to-date list)