PATAT 2024 - Call for Submissions

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PATAT 2024 - Call for Submissions
14th International Conference on the Practice and Theory of Automated Timetabling
 
27-30 August, 2024 in Copenhagen, Denmark
 
Conference website: https://patatconference2024.dtu.dk
Submission link: https://patatconference2024.dtu.dk/submission
Submission deadline: 15 March 2024
 
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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 2024 which is the fourteenth in the
conference series will be held in Copenhagen, Denmark.
 
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,
including stakeholders, 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
2024, researchers and practitioners will be brought together through a
number of key presentations and contributed talks.
 
Topics of interest and themes of the conference include, but are not
limited to:

- Educational Timetabling
- Timetabling in Transport
- Employee Rostering
- Sports Timetabling
- Timetabling in Healthcare
- Resource Capacity Planning
- Graph Colouring
- Foundational Studies (e.g., Complexity Issues)
- Mathematical Programming
- Constraint-Based Methods
- Knowledge Based 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 and Selection
- Parallel/Distributed Computing
- Hybrid Methods (e.g., Memetic Computing, Matheuristics)
- Machine Learning (e.g., Data Mining, Classifier Systems, Neural
  Networks, Reinforcement Learning, Deep Learning, GFlowNets))
- Expert Systems
- Multi-objective Approaches
- Multi-criteria Decision Making
- Preference Collection and Elicitation in Timetabling
- Artificial Intelligence
- Trustworthiness, Fairness and Ethical Issues in Timetabling
- Timetabling Tools and Technologies (e.g., Web Applications,
  Interactive and Batch Systems, Standard Data Formats, Ontologies,
  Experiences, Libraries)
 
INVITED SPEAKERS

* Sigrid Knust, Universität Osnabrück (DE)
* Kaisa Miettinen, University of Jyväskylä (FI)
* Nysret Musliu, TU Wien (AT)
* Stefan Røpke, Technical University of Denmark (DK)


SUBMISSIONS

Authors are invited to submit their work in one of three categories:
 
1) Full papers: to describe significant, original and unpublished work,
   (max 15 pages excluding Reference List and Appendix).
 
2) Abstracts: people who wish to give a talk but do not want to submit a
   full paper (e.g., practitioners or researchers with preliminary or
   incomplete work) can submit abstracts of up to 1000 words/4 pages.
 
3) Demonstration abstracts: to showcase innovations and contributions of
   timetabling systems set in production by industrial researchers and
   practitioners (up to 1000 words/4 pages).
 
All submissions will be peer reviewed by the members of the programme
committee. Accepted constributions will be invited for an oral
presentation at the event and included in the PATAT 2024 proceedings
after the event.
 
Detailed submission details and the link to the submission system are
available at: https://patatconference2024.dtu.dk/submission
 
JOURNAL SPECIAL ISSUE

Authors of contributions of all three categories will be invited to
submit extended versions of their work as full papers to be considered
for publication in a Special Issue of the Journal of Scheduling.
 
IMPORTANT DATES

* Paper Submission Deadline:              15 March, 2024
* Notification of Acceptance:              3 May, 2024
* Early Registration Closes:              24 June, 2024
* Conference:                          27-30 August, 2024
 
PROGRAMME CO-CHAIRS

* Thomas Stidsen (Technical University of Denmark)
* Marco Chiarandini (University of Southern Denmark)
* Edmund Burke (Bangor University)
* Barry McCollum (Queen's University Belfast)
* Ender Özcan (University of Nottingham)
 
LOCAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

* Thomas Stidsen (Technical University of Denmark)
* Marco Chiarandini (University of Southern Denmark)