MISTA 2027: Call for Papers

Key information

The 10th MISTA conference will be held in Tours, France (8-10 June 2027), at the Graduate School of Engineering (Polytech Tours) of the University of Tours.

Papers presented at the conference will be considered for publication in a special issue of the Journal of Scheduling.

Don't miss the Best Student Paper award that will delivered to outstanding research works done by Ph.D. students.

We are delighted to announce that three reputed senior researchers will give keynote talks at MISTA 2027 (updates to follow):

Han Hoogeveen Erik Demeulemeester
Utrecht University, NL KU Leuven, BE

For important dates please see the dates page

Scientific scope of the conference

The conference serves as a forum for an international community of researchers, practitioners and vendors on all aspects of multi-disciplinary scheduling.

The conference will cover, but not be limited to, the following disciplines:

  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Computer Science
  • Engineering
  • Management
  • Manufacturing
  • Mathematics
  • Operational Research

The aim is to bring together scheduling researchers and practitioners from all the disciplines that engage with scheduling research. The scope of the conference includes (but is not limited to):

  • Agent Based Scheduling
  • Algorithmics
  • Applications
  • Automated Reasoning
  • Batch Scheduling
  • Commercial Packages
  • Complexity of Scheduling Problems
  • Constraint Logic Programming
  • Delivery Scheduling
  • Evolutionary Algorithms
  • Heuristic Search
  • Knowledge-Based Systems
  • Large Scale Scheduling
  • Local Search
  • Machine Scheduling
  • Meta-heuristic Search
  • Multi-processor Scheduling
  • Process Scheduling
  • Production Scheduling
  • Real World Scheduling
  • Real-Time Scheduling
  • Rostering
  • Rule-Based Expert Systems
  • Shop-Floor Scheduling
  • Sports Scheduling
  • Theoretical Scheduling
  • Timetabling
  • Transport Scheduling
  • Vehicle Routing

Theoretical as well as more pratical oriented submissions are welcome as long as they bring significant contributions to the field of planning or scheduling.

Best Student Paper Award

MISTA conference promotes the excellence in research conducted by Ph.D. students. An international recognition will be offered to the three best papers and a total prize of 1000€ will be dispatched. To apply, candidates must be Ph.D. students at the time of the submission. It is mandatory to present the research work as a full paper and the candidate must be the first author in the list of authors. Only one submission per candidate is allowed.

The three best papers will be highlighted in the book of proceedings published by Springer.

Notice that candidates are expected to send to the organizers any document attesting that they are Ph.D. students at the time of the submission.

Submission Details

Authors are invited to submit papers in one of two categories:

  1. Full Papers: These paper must present mature contributions and are limited to 8 pages.
  2. Extended Abstracts: These shorter papers (limited to 4 pages) concern on-going research that are worth being presented at the conference.

At the time of the submission a special category will be opened for application to the Best Student Paper Award: submissions in this category must be Full Papers.

Submissions will be thoroughly peer-reviewed by at least two referees and accepted contributions are expected to be presented at the time of the conference. The Full Papers will be published in a Lecture Notes in Operations Research book by Springer. All accepted contributions will be eligible for submission in the journal special issue following the conference.

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Special Issue

Post conference, there will be a call for papers for a special issue of Journal of Scheduling.

Journal of Scheduling is a well-reputated journal with high standards in the field of Scheduling (ranked Q1/Q2 according to Scimago). It provides a perfect support for the publication of research from both young or more experienced researchers.

Researchers who present their work at the conference will be encouraged to submit an extended version of their research to the special issue. The publication of the this issue is expected within the next months following the conference.