Event timetable

August 23

Day 1
Get together

A welcome reception will take place in the Velarium of Palazzo Garzolini – di Toppo Wasserman.

August 24

Day 2
Conference Opening

    Room T4

    Plenary Talk

    University Course Timetabling: From three-, to two-, to one-indexed Formulations – what’s next?
    • Marco Lübbecke RWTH Aachen University

    Room T4

    Coffee Break

    The refreshments will be served in the Velarium of Palazzo Garzolini – di Toppo Wasserman.

    Sessions
    Teacher-oriented Fairness in Course Timetabling

      Rostislav Burget and Hana Rudová

      Room T1

      Large neighbourhood search for large-scale shift assignment problems with multiple tasks

        Pieter Smet and Greet Vanden Berghe

        Room T2

        Integer Programming and Heuristic Approaches for a Multi-Stage Nurse Rostering Problem

          Florian Mischek and Nysret Musliu

          Room T3

          Room Planning at Universities

            Michael Lindahl and Andrew Mason

            Room T1

            Timetabling of Workplace Training: A Combination of Mathematical Programming and Simulated Annealing

              Oliver Czibula, Hanyu Gu and Yakov Zinder

              Room T2

              Solving the Multi-Stage Nurse Rostering Problem

                Nguyen Thi Thanh Dang, Sara Ceschia, Andrea Schaerf, Patrick De Causmaecker and Stefaan Haspeslagh

                Room T3

                Cohort Fairness in Examination Timetabling Problems

                  Ahmad Muklason, Andrew J. Parkes, Barry Mccollum and Ender Ozcan

                  Room T1

                  Workforce Planning - From sales to schedules

                    Caroline Jagtenberg and Gerhard Post

                    Room T2

                    A Direct MILP Approach Based on State-Expanded Network Flows and Anticipation for Multi-Stage Nurse Rostering under Uncertainty

                      Michael Römer and Taieb Mellouli

                      Room T3

                      Effective classroom management with a self-generating memetic algorithm for course timetabling

                        Cevriye Altıntaş, Tuncay Yiğit and Özkan Ünsal

                        Room T1

                        Solving a Multi-Activity Shift Scheduling Problem with a Tabu Search Heuristic

                          Stefania Pan, Lucas Létocart, Roberto Wolfler Calvo, Nora Touati and Mahuna Akplogan

                          Room T2

                          A Two-phase Heuristic Approach for Solving Trainee Rotation Assignment Problem at a Local School of Nursing

                            Ziran Zheng, Xiaoju Gong and Xiyu Liu

                            Room T3

                            Lunch

                            The lunch will be served in the Velarium of Palazzo Garzolini – di Toppo Wasserman.

                            Sessions
                            Examination timetabling with Moses: System demonstration

                              Gerald Lach, Mirjana Lach, Julian Steenken and Erhard Zorn

                              Room T1

                              Airport Ground Staff-sizing with Hierarchical Skills Using Column Generation

                                Lishun Zeng, Mingyu Zhao and Chunlei Mu

                                Room T2

                                A Sequence-based Selection Hyper-heuristic: A Case Study in Nurse Rostering

                                  Ahmed Kheiri, Ender Ozcan, Rhyd Lewis and Jonathan Thompson

                                  Room T3

                                  Post-enrollment-based course timetabling with Moses: System demonstration

                                    János Höner, Gerald Lach and Erhard Zorn

                                    Room T1

                                    Solving the Airline Pilot Manpower Planning Problem

                                      Per Sjögren and Björn Thalén

                                      Room T2

                                      ORTEC's contribution to the Second International Nurse Rostering Competition

                                        Hujin Jin, Gerhard Post and Egbert Van der Veen

                                        Room T3

                                        University course timetabling with Moses: System demonstration

                                          Gerald Lach, Mirjana Lach, Julian Schick and Erhard Zorn

                                          Room T1

                                          Synchronizing transportation of people with reduced mobility through airport terminals

                                            Rene van Twist, Marjan Van Den Akker and Han Hoogeveen

                                            Room T2

                                            Planning and Modeling Nurse Timetabling at an Intensive Care Unit in a Tunisian University Hospital

                                              Zeineb Fourati, Hichem Kammoun and Badreddine Jerbi

                                              Room T3

                                              Development of a tool for university timetabling using an integrated spreadsheet

                                                Jose Antonio Marmolejo, Iñigo Aranzabal, Santiago Sanchez and Kyoko Tellaeche

                                                Room T1

                                                Improving transport timetables usability for mobile devices: a case study

                                                  Manuel Martin Salvador, Marcin Budka, Tom Quay and Anthony Carver-Smith

                                                  Room T2

                                                  Integer Programming for Nurse Rostering: Modelling and Implementation Issues

                                                    Erfan Rahimian, Kerem Akartunali and John Levine

                                                    Room T3

                                                    Coffee Break

                                                    The refreshments will be served in the Velarium of Palazzo Garzolini – di Toppo Wasserman.

                                                    Plenary Talk

                                                    “You have to get wet to learn how to swim” applied to bridging the gap between the research into personnel scheduling and its implementation in practice
                                                    • Sanja Petrovic University of Nottingham

                                                    Room T4

                                                    Dinner

                                                    Conference dinner at Peperino.

                                                    August 25

                                                    Day 3

                                                    Plenary Talk

                                                    Automatically generating high-performance heuristics from flexible algorithm frameworks
                                                    • Thomas Stützle Université Libre de Bruxelles

                                                    Room T4

                                                    Coffee Break

                                                    The refreshments will be served in the Velarium of Palazzo Garzolini – di Toppo Wasserman.

                                                    Sessions
                                                    teaspoon: Solving the Curriculum-Based Course Timetabling Problems with Answer Set Programming

                                                      Mutsunori Banbara, Katsumi Inoue, Benjamin Kaufmann, Torsten Schaub, Takehide Soh, Naoyuki Tamura and Philipp Wanko

                                                      Room T1

                                                      Specifying and Solving Minimal Perturbation Problems in Timetabling

                                                        Jeffrey H. Kingston

                                                        Room T2

                                                        A Fast Algorithm for Personalized Travel Planning Recommendation

                                                          Aldy Gunawan, Hoong Chuin Lau and Kun Lu

                                                          Room T3

                                                          University Course Timetabling: Solver Evolution

                                                            Tomas Muller

                                                            Room T1

                                                            Conference Scheduling: A Personalized Approach

                                                              Bart Vangerven, Annette Ficker, Dries Goossens, Ward Passchyn, Frits Spieksma and Gerhard Woeginger

                                                              Room T2

                                                              Container transshipment at rail yards: A two-way bounded dynamic programming approach

                                                                Alena Otto, Xiyu Li and Erwin Pesch

                                                                Room T3

                                                                Modelling and Solving University Course Timetabling Problems Through XHSTT

                                                                  George Fonseca, Haroldo Gambini Santos, Eduardo Carrano and Thomas Stidsen

                                                                  Room T1

                                                                  Conference Room Distribution Planning at EURO 2015 and EURO 2016

                                                                    Thomas Stidsen, Daniele Vigo, David Pisinger

                                                                    Room T2

                                                                    Online Problems in Timetabling: Bus Priority at Signalised Junctions

                                                                      Randall Cogill, Jakub Marecek, Martin Mevissen and Hana Rudová

                                                                      Room T3

                                                                      Daily Pattern Formulation and Valid Inequalities for the Curriculum-based Course Timetabling Problem

                                                                        Niels-Christian Fink Bagger, Guy Desaulniers and Jacques Desrosiers

                                                                        Room T1

                                                                        Dynacargo routing subsytem and its algorithms for efficient urban waste collection

                                                                          Sotirios Christodoulou, Panayiotis Alefragis, Andreas Gizas, George Asimakopoulos and Vassilis Triantafillou

                                                                          Room T2

                                                                          Enhancing Local Search with Adaptive Operator Ordering and Its Application to the Time Dependent Orienteering Problem

                                                                            Aldy Gunawan, Hoong Chuin Lau and Kun Lu

                                                                            Room T3

                                                                            Lunch

                                                                            The lunch will be served in the Velarium of Palazzo Garzolini – di Toppo Wasserman.

                                                                            Sessions
                                                                            A variant of the high-school timetabling problem and a software solution for it based on integer linear programming

                                                                              Iulian Ober

                                                                              Room T1

                                                                              The use of overtime to limit the impact of demand variability in personnel scheduling

                                                                                Jonas Ingels and Broos Maenhout

                                                                                Room T2

                                                                                Particle Therapy Patient Scheduling: First Heuristic Approaches

                                                                                  Johannes Maschler, Martin Riedler, Markus Stock and Günther Raidl

                                                                                  Room T3

                                                                                  A Matheuristic Approach for an Examination Scheduling Problem

                                                                                    Roberto Bargetto, Federico Della Croce and Fabio Salassa

                                                                                    Room T1

                                                                                    Maximising employee satisfaction with individual preferences - Fairness enhanced rostering

                                                                                      Lena Wolbeck and Natalia Kliewer

                                                                                      Room T2

                                                                                      Short- and mid-term scheduling for home care personnel

                                                                                        Federico Mosquera, Pieter Smet and Greet Vanden Berghe

                                                                                        Room T3

                                                                                        Evolving Construction Ordering Heuristics for Educational Timetabling Problems

                                                                                          Nelishia Pillay and Ender Ozcan

                                                                                          Room T1

                                                                                          Modeling and solving staff scheduling with partial weighted maxSAT

                                                                                            Emir Demirovic, Nysret Musliu and Felix Winter

                                                                                            Room T2

                                                                                            Optimizing internal logistic flows in hospitals by dynamic pick-up and delivery models

                                                                                              Wim Vancroonenburg, Eline Esprit, Pieter Smet and Greet Vanden Berghe

                                                                                              Room T3

                                                                                              Student sectioning for minimizing potential conflicts on multi-section courses

                                                                                                David Schindl

                                                                                                Room T1

                                                                                                Network based formulations for roster scheduling problems

                                                                                                  Hanjing Zhang, Lisa Jackson, Antuela Tako, Jiyin Liu and Sarah Dunnett

                                                                                                  Room T2

                                                                                                  The effect of physician rescheduling on plan stability and plan quality within a decision support system for hospitals

                                                                                                    Christopher Gross, Andreas Fügener and Jens Brunner

                                                                                                    Room T3

                                                                                                    Coffee Break

                                                                                                    The refreshments will be served in the Velarium of Palazzo Garzolini – di Toppo Wasserman.

                                                                                                    Plenary Talk

                                                                                                    Using Timetabling solution approaches to assist in computer programming pedagogy
                                                                                                    • Douglas Moody New York City College of Technology

                                                                                                    Room T4

                                                                                                    Banquet

                                                                                                    The banquet will be held at Casa della Contadinanza (upon Udine Castle hill).

                                                                                                    August 26

                                                                                                    Day 4
                                                                                                    Sessions
                                                                                                    Search Algorithms for Improving the Pareto Front in a Timetabling Problem with a Solution Network-based Robustness Measure

                                                                                                      Can Akkan and Gülcin Ermis

                                                                                                      Room T1

                                                                                                      Partially Concurrent Open Shop Scheduling and Graph Colourings

                                                                                                        Hagai Ilani, Elad Shufan and Tal Grinshpoun

                                                                                                        Room T2

                                                                                                        Comparing Exact and Heuristic Algorithms for a Course-Timetabling Problem

                                                                                                          Daniel Myers, Jordan Rickman, Jay Yellen and Ruzgar Zere

                                                                                                          Room T3

                                                                                                          A Bi-criteria Hybrid Genetic Algorithm with Robustness Objective for the Course Timetabling Problem

                                                                                                            Can Akkan and Gulcu Ayla

                                                                                                            Room T1

                                                                                                            Improvements of a hybrid ILP-CP Benders decomposition for mapping and scheduling task DAGs on heterogeneous architectures

                                                                                                              Andreas Emeretlis, George Theodoridis, Panayiotis Alefragis and Nikolaos Voros

                                                                                                              Room T2

                                                                                                              Practices in Timetabling in Higher Education Institutions: a systematic review

                                                                                                                Rudy Oude Vrielink, Daniël Schepers and Erik Jansen

                                                                                                                Room T3

                                                                                                                x-Optimal Solutions in Highly Symmetric Multi-Objective Timetabling Problems

                                                                                                                  Maxime Clement, Tenda Okimoto, Katsumi Inoue and Mutsunori Banbara

                                                                                                                  Room T1

                                                                                                                  Scheduling independent tasks on heterogeneous computing systems by optimizing various objectives

                                                                                                                    Christos Gogos, Christos Valouxis, Panayiotis Alefragis, Iordanis Xanthopoulos and Efthymios Housos

                                                                                                                    Room T2

                                                                                                                    Grouping sport teams into round robin competitions

                                                                                                                      Túlio Angelo Machado Toffolo, Jan Christiaens, Frits Spieksma and Greet Vanden Berghe

                                                                                                                      Room T3

                                                                                                                      Coffee Break

                                                                                                                      The refreshments will be served in the Velarium of Palazzo Garzolini – di Toppo Wasserman.

                                                                                                                      Discussion and closing session

                                                                                                                        Room T4

                                                                                                                        Lunch

                                                                                                                        The lunch will be served in the Velarium of Palazzo Garzolini – di Toppo Wasserman.

                                                                                                                        Social Trip

                                                                                                                        The destination of the social trip will be Trieste, the Friuli Venezia Giulia capital and the most important maritime city of the former Austro–Hungarian Empire.