The EU-funded Research Training Network Algorithmic Methods for Optimizing the Railways in Europe (AMORE) has organized a research seminar on railway optimization problems. It was mainly addressed to researchers on a pre- or post-doctoral level. Interested individuals from outside the AMORE network were explicitly encouraged to participate.
There were lectures introducing the participants to known problems and existing solutions in railway optimization. Problems included line planning, time table generation, and shunting, and an emphasis in solution methods was on shortest paths. The following speakers have given presentations:
| Jan-Willem Goossens | (Maastricht, The Netherlands) |
| Leo Kroon | (Rotterdam, The Netherlands) |
| Marco Lübbecke | (Braunschweig, Germany) |
| Alberto Marchetti-Spaccamela | (Rome, Italy) |
| Rolf H. Möhring | (Berlin, Germany) |
| Leon Peeters | (Rotterdam, The Netherlands) |
| Dorothea Wagner | (Konstanz, Germany) |
| Christos Zaroliagis | (Patras, Greece) |
| Uwe Zimmermann | (Braunschweig, Germany) |
The seminar took place in Waldhaus Jakob, Konstanz, Germany, which is a nice conference site directly on Lake Constance (Bodensee in German), in Southern Germany, very close to the Swiss border. Follow this link for travel information. Arrival of the participants was planned for Monday evening, October 16, and departure was planned for Friday afternoon, October 20.
The registration fee of 550 DM (approximately 275 Euro) covered the lectures, accommodation, meals, and social events. To register, the registration form had to be filled out before Sunday, September 17, 2000. Besides name, address, and other practical information, registrants were asked to provide a short CV indicating their academic stage and background. Attendance was limited to about 35 people.
The first announcement of the research seminar was sent out in mid August. In case of further questions, please send an email to Annegret.Liebers@uni-konstanz.de with AMORE in the Subject.