What's next? ICAPS07 workshop 22 September 2007 Providence, RI, USA

Scheduling a Scheduling Competition2 Acknowledgements Program Committee Roman Bartak (Charles University)‏ Chris Beck (University of Toronto)‏ Peter Brucker (Universität Osnabrüuck)‏ Amedeo Cesta (ISTC-CNR)‏ Eric Demeulemeester (KU Leuven)‏ Enrico Giunchiglia (Università of Genova)‏ Sanja Petrovic (University of Nottingham)‏ Stephen F. Smith (Carnegie Mellon University)‏ Pascal van Hentenryck (Brown University)

Scheduling a Scheduling Competition3 Acknowledgements ICAPS workshop chairs Philippe Laborie Dan Weld Invited speakers John Hooker Pascal van Hentenryck Session chairs, panelists Chris, Roman, Steve, Amedeo, Mark, Andrew, Toby All participants

Scheduling a Scheduling Competition4 Note This is not the last day, but the first!

Scheduling a Scheduling Competition5 The Next Steps Maintaining the community active on the issue of implementing a scheduling competition set up an open forum for discussion – wiki page, blog? Call for challenge definition an ambitious, sexy, […] challenge: due by Dec. 31 st, 2007

Scheduling a Scheduling Competition6 The Next Steps Definition of working groups KR (common language?) “Tracks” (probably) Measures (scheduling is not only makespan…) Interesting proposal by Claude: alternate problem definition and solver competition editions Find sponsors

Scheduling a Scheduling Competition7 The Next Steps Reference for organization

Scheduling a Scheduling Competition8 Are we ready to run? Is ICAPS the right host? Is 2008 realistic?