12th International Conference on the Practice and Theory of Automated Timetabling

Vienna, Austria | Tue 28 Aug 2018 - Fri 31 Aug 2018

AOR Special Issue - Call For Papers

About PATAT

Conference
Conference

The conference serves as a forum for an international community of researchers, practitioners and vendors on all aspects of computer-aided timetable generation.

Industry
Industry

In tough economic times optimising the use of limited resources and getting more from less is essential. Timetabling and scheduling advances can make significant impact to the bottom line.

Get involved
Get involved

Why not get actively involved with this research community. Let us know your comments, submit a paper or an abstract.

Conference topics

Topics of interest and themes of the conference include, but are not limited to:

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

Important dates

Paper Submission

Notification of Acceptance

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Early Registration

Conference Begins

Conference Ends

Latest news

Special Issue of Annals of Operations Research

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. continue reading

PATAT Day 3 Pictures Online

Find pictures from PATAT day three online on Flickr! continue reading

Johannes Gärtner
Ximes GmbH
Louis-Martin Rousseau
École Polytechnique de Montréal
Hana Rudová
Masaryk University
Pascal Van Hentenryck
University of Michigan

Invited Speakers

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Location

  • TU Wien
    Faculty of Electrical Engineering and IT
  • Gußhausstraße 27-29, Wien, Austria