The Team
This competition brings together a collection of people who are experienced in both the theory and practice of educational timetabling. Although the management of the competition is undertaken by the EventMAP research group at Queen’s University of Belfast, the other institutions involved have significant autonomy with regard to issues such as number and format of datasets. The following outlines the people and research groups who are involved with organising and running the competition. Each track will be governed by the Competition rules as provided.
EventMAP: Event Management and Planning Research Group
Key University: Queen’s University, Belfast
Key Contacts: Dr Barry McCollum, Dr Paul McMullan
Role: Track 1 Leaders
Centre for Emergent Computing / Quantative Methods Research Group
Key University: Napier University / Cardiff Business School
Key Contacts: Professor Ben Paechter, Dr Rhyd Lewis
Role: Track 2 Leaders
SaTT: Scheduling and Timetabling Group
Key University: University of Udine, Italy
Key Contact: Professor Andrea Schaerf, Dr Luca Di Gaspero
Role: Track 3 Leaders
ASAP: Automated Scheduling, Optimisation and Planning Group
Key University: University of Nottingham
Key Contact: Professor Edmund Burke
Other Contacts: Dr Andrew Parkes, Dr Rong Qu
Role: Advisory, Support
Last Updated: Wednesday, October 1, 2008 10:18 AM