Seminars
3rd International Seminar on Railway Operations Modelling and Analysis RailZurich2009
The 3rd International Seminar on Railway Operations Modelling and Analysis will be held on February 11 - 13, 2009 at ETH Zurich/Switzerland. The Seminar will contribute to interdisciplinary diffusion in the railway operations research area through the discussion of analytical, combinatorial and simulation approaches and project results by engineers, mathematicians, economists and computer scientists.
Organization
The organizing committee consists of:
- I.A. Hansen (Delft University of Technology)
- E. Wendler (RWTH Aachen University)
- U. Weidmann and M. Lüthi (ETH Zurich)
- J. Rodriguez (INRETS Villeneuve d’Ascq)
- S. Ricci (University La Sapienza Rome)
- L. Kroon (Erasmus University Rotterdam).
Information to authors
Prospective presenters of contributed papers should submit an extended abstract until June 15, 2008. Abstracts can be uploaded on the conference homepage: http://www.ivt.ethz.ch/news/railzurich2009. The abstracts will be reviewed by the members of the organizing committee and the authors of selected papers will be notified until July 31, 2008.
Draft papers of a maximum length of 20 pages will need to be submitted by November 1, 2008 in accordance to the format of the following sample papers
The papers will be reviewed by independent experts from at least two countries. The accepted final papers will be distributed to all participants at the beginning of the seminar by CD-ROM. Professionals and researchers from the railway industry are also encouraged to present practical studies and open research issues for discussion during the Seminar. The presentation files of the talks will be made available after the seminar on our website.
Young Railway Operations Research Award
Excellent papers on innovative research carried out and presented by participants not older than 35 years are eligible for the Young Railway Operations Research Award sponsored by the Board of IAROR. The Award is worth € 2,500. The winner will be announced during the Seminar.
Registration
Academics and professionals working on similar topics as listed above are cordially invited to pre-register for participation via the website http://www.ivt.ethz.ch/news/railzurich2009. The seminar fee for researchers from academic institutes is € 250, while it is € 500 for employees from private companies. The fee is to be paid after confirmation of registration before January 15, 2009.
Deadlines
Pre-registration and abstracts: June 15, 2008
Acceptance notification: July 31, 2008
Paper and presentation submission: November 1, 2008
Registration and payment: January 15, 2009
Acceptance notification: July 31, 2008
Paper and presentation submission: November 1, 2008
Registration and payment: January 15, 2009
General information
More information about the seminar is available on http://www.ivt.ethz.ch/news/railzurich2009 or by email to iaror@ivt.baug.ethz.ch.