Call For Papers

                     ICALP 2001 Satellite Workshop on

         ALGORITHMIC METHODS AND MODELS FOR OPTIMIZATION OF RAILWAYS 

                                ATMOS 2001

                       July 13, 2001, Crete, Greece

                   http://www.ceid.upatras.gr/atmos2001


Efficient solution of railway optimization problems requires a coordinated
interdisciplinary effort from various areas in mathematical optimization and
theoretical computer science, including graph and network algorithms, theory
of computation, approximation algorithms, formal methods, foundations of
software engineering, combinatorial optimization, and algorithm engineering.

The goal of the workshop is to provide a forum for the exchange and dissemination
of new ideas, techniques, and research in the field of railway optimization.
In particular, the workshop is meant to bring together researchers from the above areas
interested in ALL aspects of algorithmic methods and models for railway optimization,
including those interested in formal software specification and implementation methods, 
and in formal domain and knowledge models of railway systems.

ATMOS 2001 collocates with ICALP 2001 and is part of the exciting conference activities
held on 4-13 July in Crete (SPAA 2001, STOC 2001, ICALP 2001) organized by the Computer
Technology Institute. The workshop is supported by the Human Potential Programme of EU 
under contract no. HPRN-CT-1999-00104 (AMORE).


TOPICS
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Papers are solicited in all aspects of algorithmic methods and models
for railway optimization problems including (but not limited to):

- Time Table Information 
- Time Table Generation
- Time Table on Demand (Disposition)
- Railway Crew Scheduling and Rostering
- Rolling Stock Scheduling
- Line Planning
- Infrastructure and Rolling Stock Planning
- Maintenance and Shunting of Rolling Stock
- Pricing Systems
- Simulation Tools


SUBMISSIONS
============

Authors are invited to submit electronically an extended abstract
(max 10 pages) including their fax number and e-mail address.
If authors feel that additional details are necessary, they may
include them in a clearly marked appendix, which will be read at 
the discretion of the program committee. The details of the electronic 
submission process are now available on the Web page of ATMOS 2001. 
Authors who are unable to submit electronically should contact 
the Program Chair at zaro@ceid.upatras.gr to receive instructions. 

The extended abstract must be received by April 4, 2001. 
Authors will be sent notification of acceptance or rejection 
by email after April 30, 2001.


PROCEEDINGS
===========

The proceedings of the workshop will be published in a single volume 
collecting the contributions to all satellite workshops of ICALP 2001.
The volume will be published in the Electronic Notes in Theoretical
Computer Science series of Elsevier and a printed version will be 
distributed to all participants of the workshop. 
A final copy of each accepted paper is required by May 15, 2001.
A special issue of the Journal on Discrete Algorithms
will be devoted to selected papers from this workshop.

PROGRAM COMMITTEE 
=================

Dines Bjorner                  (TU Lyngby, Denmark)
Leo Kroon                      (NS Reizigers, Utrecht, Holland)
Alberto Marchetti-Spaccamela   (Univ. of Rome I, Italy)
Rolf Moehring                  (TU Berlin, Germany)
Anita Schoebel                 (Univ. of Kaiserslautern, Germany)
Gabriele Di Stefano            (Univ. of L'Aquila, Italy)
Dorothea Wagner                (Univ. of Konstanz, Germany)
Frank Wagner                   (Deutsche Bahn, Berlin, Germany)
Peter Widmayer                 (ETH Zurich, Switzerland)
Christos Zaroliagis (chair)    (CTI & Univ. of Patras, Greece)
Uwe Zimmermann                 (TU Braunschweig, Germany)


INVITED SPEAKERS 
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Anita Schoebel   (Univ. of Kaiserslautern, Germany)


IMPORTANT DATES 
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Submission of Papers       :  April 4, 2001
Notification of Acceptance : April 30, 2001
Final Version due          :   May 15, 2001


LOCATION
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The workshop collocates with ICALP 2001, in the Aldemar Knossos Royal 
Village Hotel, Hersonissos, Crete.


ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
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Ioannis Chatzigiannakis
Grigorios Prasinos
Christos Zaroliagis (chair)


MORE INFORMATION
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Additional information can be obtained through

                 Fax : +30-61-960374
               Email : atmos2001@ceid.upatras.gr
                 WWW : http://www.ceid.upatras.gr/atmos2001