Monday, March 16, 2020

[DMANET] PMS 2020 in Toulouse postponed

Due to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, we are unfortunately forced to postpone the PMS 2020 workshop originally scheduled April 15-17. A new period, starting from late August 2020, will be announced as soon as possible.

Of course, all accepted papers are still accepted (see list below). Participants that will not be able to attend the conference at the new planned date will be refunded.

We will get back to you as soon as possible with the new worskhop and inscription limit dates.

Best regards
Christian Artigues

Workshop Chair


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PMS 2020
17th International Workshop on Project Management and Scheduling
April 15-17, 2020
Toulouse - France
https://pms2020.sciencesconf.org/ <https://pms2020.sciencesconf.org/>

List of Accepted papers
https://pms2020.sciencesconf.org/resource/page/id/13 <https://pms2020.sciencesconf.org/resource/page/id/13>

Confirmed plenary speakers (abstracts available on the web site):
** Stéphane Dauzère-Pérès (Ecole des Mines de Saint-Etienne) - Modeling and solving complex job-shop scheduling problems
** Marjan van den Akker (Utrecht University) - Robustness in Scheduling
** Mario Vanhoucke (Ghent University) - Data Driven Project Management

Confirmed industrial plenary talk (abstract available on the web site)
** Philippe Laborie (IBM) - Industrial project and machine scheduling with Constraint Programming

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PMS is an international Workshop series initialized by the EURO PMS Working Group, devoted to project management and scheduling (https://www.euro-online.org/websites/pms/ <https://www.euro-online.org/websites/pms/>). The Workshop is held every two years in different locations around Europe. This event brings together researchers and practitioners from different disciplines of Computer Science, Operational Research, Optimisation Engineering, Mathematical Programming and Industrial Engineering. The Workshop covers theoretical results and algorithmic developments in the fields of Project Management and Scheduling, including project management and scheduling practice and applications to real-life situations.

PMS 2020 (17th International Workshop on Project Management and Scheduling) will be held in Toulouse - France - on April, 15-17, 2020 (postponed) at Toulouse Business School, located in the heart of the City famous for its unique architecture which earned it the nickname la Ville Rose ("the Pink City") and counts two UNESCO World heritage sites : the Canal du Midi and and the Basilica of St. Sernin, the largest remaining Romanesque building in Europe (https://www.toulouse-visit.com/ <https://www.toulouse-visit.com/>), not to mention its famous South West French cooking and vibrating nightlife.

The Workshop website is https://pms2020.sciencesconf.org/ <https://pms2020.sciencesconf.org/>

The Workshop will cover the following but non exhaustive list of project management and scheduling areas:
- Project Management: Network modeling, Project scheduling, Resource management, Due-date management, Project risk management, Project scheduling under uncertainty, Proactive/reactive project scheduling, Multicriteria project scheduling, Applications, Software
- Machine Scheduling: Shop scheduling, Scheduling with additional constraints, Machine assignment and scheduling, Flexible/robust scheduling, Grid scheduling, Multicriteria scheduling, Applications, Software.

The list of accepted papers is available here: https://pms2020.sciencesconf.org/resource/page/id/13 <https://pms2020.sciencesconf.org/resource/page/id/13>

For detailed information about the Workshop and the venue, please, visit the Workshop website: https://pms2020.sciencesconf.org <https://pms2020.sciencesconf.org/> or send an email to pms2020@sciencesconf.org <mailto:pms2020@sciencesconf.org>

We are looking forward to welcoming you in Toulouse !

On behalf of the Organizing Committee,
Christian Artigues (Workshop Chair)
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