* https://www.sportscheduling.ugent.be/ITC2021/ *
We are announcing the start ofthe new edition of the international timetabling competition (ITC 2021), which focuseson sports timetabling. We call for your participation.
In sports timetabling, theproblem is to decide on a suitable date for each of the matches to be played inthe tournament. This is a complex and challenging problem, even for a smallnumber of contestants. Our competition offers a rich and diverse set of sportstimetabling instances, involving up to 9 different constraints that are commonin real-life.
We invite any interested timetabler to participate, and aim to keep the threshold for participation as low aspossible. In that sense, the competition rules have no time or technologyrestrictions: we are looking for the best solutions regardless of thecomputation time, and commercial solvers are allowed. Our website offerssupport for handling the problem instance format.
Thanks to our sponsors, we canaward several prizes for the winners, such as 1000 EUR and a free registrationfor the PATAT 2021 conference (Bruges, Belgium) for the winner, and a freeregistration for the MathSport 2021 conference (Reading, UK) for the bestintermediate result.
There will be a special trackrelated to ITC 2021 at the PATAT 2021 conference. Moreover, each participantwill have the opportunity to submit a paper for a special journal issue of theconference.
The competition closes onApril 30th, 2021. We will release the instances in three groups(early, middle, and late); the early instances are now available on ourwebsite.
IMPORTANT DATES
October 31, 2020: Early instances are published
January 1, 2021: Milestonesubmission deadline
February 2021: Middle instances are published
April 2021: Late instances arepublished
April 30, 2021: Submissiondeadline, competition closes
May 2021: Finalists areannounced
August 2021: Winners areannounced
PRIZES
Winner first milestone:
Free registration forMathSport International 2021 (Reading, UK)
Top three overall:
Winner: 1,000EUR + freeregistration for PATAT 2021 (Bruges, Belgium)
Runner-up: 500EUR + discounton registration for PATAT 2021
Third: 250EUR + discount onregistration for PATAT 2021
SPONSORS
- EURO working group onAutomated Timetabling (EWG PATAT)
- EURO working group OR inSports (EWG OR in Sports)
ORGANIZERS
- David Van Bulck, GhentUniversity
- Dries Goossens, Ghent University
- Jeroen Beliën, KU Leuven
- Morteza Davari, SKEMABusiness School
We refer to our website (https://www.sportscheduling.ugent.be/ITC2021/) for all further information. In case you have anyquestions or want to participate in the competition, please send a mail to itc2021@ugent.be.
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