About the Conference
Conference on Transportation Scheduling and Disruption Handling
The Conference on Transportation Scheduling and Disruption Handling will be held on the 20-22nd of September 2010 at the Monash University Prato Centre in Prato, Italy.
The integration between scheduling and disruption handling has recently become a focus of intensive research. The area presents three challenges: how to schedule in a way that is robust to disruption; how to reschedule after a disruption so as to minimize costs; and how to schedule and reschedule in an integrated way so as to get back on schedule as quickly as possible with minimal additional cost.
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.
The conference is organized by the CTI-Monash Centre for Optimization and CTI, sponsored by CTI.
Presenters
Online optimization Invited speaker: Pascal Van Hentenryck, Brown University. Title of presentation: "Disaster Planning, Response, and Recovery".
Rail optimization 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.
Registration
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 made online here
Call for Presentations
Participants should submit presentations online by 31st of July 2010. Presentations can be submitted here
Important Dates
Submission of presentations: 31st of July 2010
Conference attendees are invited to present a talk at the conference. Talk abstracts can be submitted online.
Registration: Final date 15th August 2010
Conference Dates: 20th - 22nd September 2010
Lodging and travel
Please visit Monash University's Prato Centre website for directions on how to get there and accommodation information.
More Information
For further information please contact
Sandra Kaercher
Email: Sandra.Kaercher@constrainttechnologies.com or:
Kerry McManus
Email: Kerry.McManus@monash.edu