Special Issue of Annals of Operations Research

Tue, 25 Sep 2018 00:00:00 +0000

The Annals of Operations Research seeks submissions for a special volume on the Practice and Theory of Automated Timetabling.

The submission deadline is 28th of February, 2019.

For more information see the call for papers.

PATAT Day 3 Pictures Online

Tue, 04 Sep 2018 00:00:00 +0000

Find pictures from PATAT day three online on Flickr!

PATAT Day 2 Pictures Online

Sat, 01 Sep 2018 00:00:00 +0000

Find pictures from PATAT day two online on Flickr!

PATAT Day 1 Pictures Online

Wed, 29 Aug 2018 00:00:00 +0000

Find pictures from PATAT day one online on Flickr!

Proceedings online

Mon, 27 Aug 2018 07:00:00 +0000

The conference proceedings are now online! Download Proceedings.

Social Events announced

Fri, 08 Jun 2018 07:00:00 +0000

The social events taking place at this year’s conference have been announced on the PATAT 2018 website. Get ready for a trip to beautiful Wachau region and look forward to a delicious banquet dinner! Do not forget to register for the conference until June 25th to get an early bird discount.

Registration is open!

Tue, 22 May 2018 07:00:00 +0000

The registration for PATAT 2018 is open, register until June 25th to get an early bird discount!

Timetabling Practitioner's Day announced

Thu, 17 May 2018 07:00:00 +0000

The timetabling research community want to hear from you! Join us for debates, discussions and talks.

If you’re an experienced higher education timetabler, you’ll know how far the technology behind timetabling software has improved over the years. But it still has a long way to go.

Call for Papers

Fri, 21 Jul 2017 09:00:00 +0000

The International Series of Conferences on the Practice and Theory of Automated Timetabling (PATAT) is held biennially as a 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 Viena, Austria.

Aim and Scope

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:

Algorithm Portfolios
Employee Rostering
Fuzzy Systems
Hybrid Methods
Machine Learning
Multi-criteria Decision Making
Resource Capacity Planning
Timetabling in Transport
Constraint-Based Methods
Expert Systems
Graph Colouring
Hyper-heuristics
Mathematical Programming
Multi-objective Approaches
Sports Timetabling
Tools and Applications
Educational Timetabling
Foundational Studies
Heuristic Search
Knowledge Based Systems
Metaheuristics
Parallel/Distributed Computing
Timetabling in Healthcare

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/

Hello World!

Fri, 21 Jul 2017 08:00:00 +0000

We just finished putting together the website for the PATAT 2018: the 12th conference on Practice and Theory of Automated Timetabling. It serves as a forum for an international community of researchers, practitioners and vendors on all aspects of computer-aided timetable generation.

The 2018 event will take place in Vienna, (one of) the most liveable cities in the world.

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