2009 News
August 09
EventMAP give a series of presentations at MISTA09 in relation to variable algorithmic approaches to solving timetabling problems. Please click here for more information.
Dr Barry McCollum is made the Perminant Conference Industrial Chair. In this role Barry will be able to encourage increased industrial and commercial collaboration.
July 09
EventMAP take leading role in MISTA09, The 4th Multidisciplinary International Conference on Scheduling: Theory and Applications will be held in Dublin in August 2009.
May 09
EventMAP take leading role on Industrial Steering Group of the LANCS Initative.
March 09
EventMAP , in partnership with Celcat, have signed a deal with Imperal College London to provide an innovative Scheduling Solution.
EventMAP secure first sale in China.
EventMap staff to travel to Ningbo, China to implement OptimeExam.
February 09
EventMAP sign new partnership with Celcat in the provision of leading edge automated optimisation technology.
EventMAP renew partnership agreement with Celcat for the provision of the Optime Scheduling Engine™. The integration of leading edge research based techniques with Celcat's Timetabler sets a new standard in automated timetabling within the Educational Sector.
Personnel from EventMAP asked to take the lead in organisation of the 3rd International timetabling Competition.
After the success of ITC2007 the PATAT steering committee have asked Dr Barry MCollum to organise the next International Timetabling Competition to be held in 2011.
January 09
EventMAP publish important work on improving space utilisation levels within Universities.
For a copy of the paper please download it from here. For further information please contact Barry McCollum.
This international competition sets the agenda for research into timetabling for the next decade.
OptimeExam v 2.6.1 under general release.
The new version of OptimeExam is now available. The major development is the development of a module to deal with students that require extra time during the examination process.
OptimeEvent v 1.0.1 undergoes successful implementation at UK University.
UK University cuts the timetable production time in half while producing more flexible timetables for students and staff.