International transportation scheduling conference to be held in Italy

According to organisers Constraint Technologies, the2nd Conference on Transportation Scheduling and Disruption Handlingwill deal with software alorigthmsfor optimisation of transportation schedules, focusing on the interaction between scheduling and on-the-day operation.

The integration between scheduling and disruption handlinghas recently become a focus of intensive research.

The focus of this conference is on software algorithms for optimization of transportation schedules, focusing on the interaction between scheduling and on-the-day operation. The research community targeted by the conference is the “hybrid algorithms” community combining techniques from Constraint Programming, Artificial Intelligence and Operational Research.

Constraint Technologies is very happy to announce their 3 key speaker:

Pascal Van Hentenryck

Anita Schoebel

Philip Kilby

The conference will compriseof three sessions with the following confirmed:

Online optimisation

Invited speaker: Pascal Van Hentenryck, Brown University.

Title of presentation: "Disaster Planning, Response, and Recovery".

Rail optimisation

Invited speaker: Anita Schoebel, University of Goettingen.

Title of presentation: "Robustness concepts and their application to timetables in public transport".

Transport scheduling with side-constraints

Invited speaker: Philip Kilby, National ICT Australia (NICTA).

Title of presentation: "Flexible Routing with Constraints".

Additional sessions may be added if sufficient interest is shown in a particular topic.

Participants shouldsubmit abstracts onlineby 31st of July 2010.

• The full registration fee is $200 AUD.

• Student registration fee is $60 AUD.

Registration fee includes a conference dinner as well as welcome drinks.

Registration and payment can be madeonline.

For more information please contactSandra Krcher.