Call for papers

 

Human and Organisational Factors in Planning and Scheduling Conference

 

8 - 9 September 2008, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland

 

 

 

We are glad to announce the first international conference on human and organisational factors in planning and scheduling (HOPS 2008) to be held in Lausanne, Switzerland, sponsored by the European Science Foundation and particularly the COST office.

 

The conference will be hosted by the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology at Lausanne (EPFL) September 8 and 9, 2008 with the joint support of Eindhoven University of Technology (TUE) and the University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland (FHNW).

 

 

 

Scope

 

HOPS 2008 aims at providing an international forum for researchers and practitioners from different multidisciplinary areas to present their results, exchange information and to develop new ideas regarding the position of humans and the organisational aspects in planning and scheduling systems within challenging contexts.

 

HOPS 2008 welcomes:

 

*     research papers

*     project development and result analysis

*     case studies related to the advances in the fields of human-centred planning and control

 

 

 

Submission Topics

 

Contributions from researchers and practitioners are invited on a wide range of multidisciplinary topics, including but not limited to:

 

*     Human planner and scheduler

*     Tacit knowledge planning and scheduling

*     Organization of planning and scheduling processes

*     Inter- and Intra- organisational interfaces

*     Performance Management across the Supply Chain

*     Human information processing capabilities along the supply chain

*     Human-centred planning and scheduling processes

*     Design and support of the planning and scheduling task

*     Human control capabilities

*     Human-centred building of planning and scheduling IT

*     Human-centred design of scheduling algorithms

*     Task analysis methods for planning and scheduling

*     Allocating scheduling functions to humans and algorithm

*     Integration of human decision-making in mathematical planning models

 

 

 

Submission process

 

Potential contributors are invited to submit an extended abstract (500-800 words) for consideration for inclusion in the programme by May 18, 2008. Abstracts will undergo a peer review, and will be evaluated according to the following criteria:

 

*     Relevance: how well does the paper fit into the scope of the conference?

*     Significance: how important are the results of the paper?

*     Originality: how new are the results in the paper?

*     Clarity: how well are the results presented (format, language, style)?

*     Scientific quality: is the paper technically correct?

*     Impact: how much interest is the application likely to generate among practitioners and researchers?

 

 

 

A decision regarding acceptance will be made by June 22, 2008. At least one author of each accepted paper must register, attend the conference, and present the paper. After acceptance, full papers must be received by August 10, 2008, and should conform to the format and length requirements as specified in the  <http://www.euroma2008.org/contentimages/instructions%20EUROMA%202008.doc> instructions on the conference website. Accepted papers will be published in the Conference Proceedings in digital form on a USB key.

 

Each abstract should contain the name of the author(s), affiliation, postal address, and e-mail, all placed on a separate page along with the title of the paper. Please indicate the corresponding author and send your paper to  <mailto:ruth.fiaux@epfl.ch> ruth.fiaux@epfl.ch with 'HOPS conference' as subject.

 

Next steps will be detailed on the HOPS conference website  <http://lgppwww.epfl.ch/HOPS/index.html> http://lgppwww.epfl.ch/HOPS/index.html

 

 

 

Important dates

 

 Date    Deadline     

 May,18th, 2008  Abstract Submission  

 June, 22nd , 2008       Notification of acceptance   

 August, 10th, 2008      Full paper submission

 September, 8th and 9th, 2008    Conference   

 

Registration

 

Registration fee includes the conference proceedings on a USB key, the banquet, the midday meals and coffee breaks over the duration of the conference.

 

Registration before August 10th, 2008 : 400 CHF (eq. 250 Euros)

Registration after August 10th, 2008 :  470 CHF

 

Organisation committee

 

Naoufel Cheikhrouhou, CH

Toni Wäfler, CH

François Marmier, F

Jan Fransoo, NL

Philip Moscoso, E

 

International Scientific committee

 

Christos DIMOPOULOS     Cyprus

Zdenek MOLNAR   Czech Republic

Jan HOLMSTROM   Finland

Jean-Michel HOC France

Nasser MEBARKI  France

Ralph RIEDEL    Germany

Ruediger VON DER WETH   Germany

Peter WILLIAMS  Ireland

Fransoo JAN     Netherlands

Wout VAN WEZEL  Netherlands

Stefan MARSINA  Slovakia

Philip MOSCOSO  Spain

Johan KARLTUN   Sweden

Martina BERGLUND        Sweden

Dieter FISCHER  Switzerland

Toni WAEFLER    Switzerland

John R. WILSON  United Kingdom

Antti TENHIÄLÄ  Finland

Ulrike SATRKER  Germany

Jessica BRUCH   Sweden

Hannes GÜNTER   Switzerland

Katrin FISCHER  Switzerland

Jane GUINERY    United Kingdom

Bernard GRABOT  France

Rémy GLARDON,   Switzerland

Naoufel CHEIKHROUHOU    Switzerland

Julien CEGARRA  France

Vincent WIERS   Netherlands

Kathrin GÄRTNER Switzerland

Guillaume PINOT France

Anne Mayer      France

Cees DE SNOO    Netherlands

Jan RIEZEBOS    Netherlands

Craig SHEPHERD  United Kingdom

Roland GASSER   Switzerland

 

Contact

 

Conference secretariat

 

Mme Ruth Fiaux

Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

STI-IGM-LGPP

Station 9

CH-1007 Lausanne

Switzerland

 

 <mailto:Ruth.fiaux@epfl.ch> Ruth.fiaux@epfl.ch

Tel : +41(0)21 693 2932

Fax : +41(0)21 693 3553

 

 

 

We hope to see you soon in Lausanne.