26th Symposium on ALGORITHMIC APPROACHES FOR TRANSPORTATION MODELLING,
OPTIMIZATION, AND SYSTEMS (ATMOS 2026)
September 3-4, 2026, L'Aquila, Italy
Conference website: https://algo-conference.org/2026/atmos/
Submission link: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=atmos2026
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SCOPE
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The 26th Symposium on Algorithmic Approaches for Transportation Modelling,
Optimization, and Systems (ATMOS 2026) will be part of ALGO 2026, which
will take place at the Department of Human Studies and at the "San Basilio"
Congress Centre of the University of L’Aquila in L'Aquila, Italy.
ATMOS is scheduled on 3-4 September 2026.
Since 2000, ATMOS brings together researchers and practitioners who are
interested in all aspects of algorithmic methods and models for transport
optimization. The symposium provides a forum for the exchange and
dissemination of new ideas and techniques. The aim of making transportation
better gives rise to very complex and large-scale optimization problems
requiring innovative solution techniques and ideas from algorithms,
mathematical optimization, theoretical computer science, and operations
research.
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INVITED SPEAKER
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Renato Werneck, Amazon, USA
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IMPORTANT DATES
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Submission deadline: June 26, 2026 (AoE)
Notification to authors: August 4, 2026
Camera ready submission: August 11, 2026
Symposium: September 3-4, 2026
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TOPICS
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The symposium welcomes but is not limited to papers addressing the
following topics:
- Congestion Modelling and Reduction
- Crew and Duty Scheduling
- Demand Forecasting
- Delay Management
- Design of Pricing Systems
- Electromobility
- Infrastructure Planning
- Intelligent Transportation Systems
- Models for User Behaviour
- Line Planning
- Mobile Applications for Transport
- Mobility-as-a-Service
- Multi-modal Transport Optimization
- Routing and Platform Assignment
- Route Planning in Road and Public Transit Networks
- Rostering
- Timetable Generation
- Tourist Tour Planning
- Traffic Guidance
- Vehicle Routing
- Vehicle Scheduling
The symposium welcomes but is not limited to papers applying and advancing
the following techniques: Algorithmic Game Theory, Approximation Algorithms,
Combinatorial Optimization, Graph and Network Algorithms, Heuristics and
Meta-heuristics, Mathematical Programming, Methods for the Integration of
Planning Stages, Online and Real-time Algorithms, Simulation Tools,
Stochastic and Robust Optimization.
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SUBMISSIONS
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Authors are invited to submit high-quality manuscripts reporting original
unpublished research in the topics related to the symposium. Simultaneous
submission to other journals or conferences with published proceedings is
not allowed. By submitting a paper the authors acknowledge that, in case of
acceptance, at least one of the authors must register at ALGO/ATMOS 2026,
attend the conference on-site, and present the paper.
Submissions must be in the form of a single PDF file prepared according to
the author instructions
https://www.dagstuhl.de/en/publishing/series/details/oasics
and using the LaTeX OASIcs style file and must be submitted electronically
via the EasyChair submission system https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=atmos2026
ATMOS 2026 accepts two types of submissions, both of which will be reviewed
with the same quality standards by the Program Committee.
(a) Regular paper submissions: A regular paper submission should clearly
motivate the importance of the problem being addressed, discuss prior work
and its relationship to the paper, explicitly and precisely state its key
contributions, and outline the key technical ideas and methods used to
achieve the main results. A regular paper submission should consist of
a main body plus an optional and clearly marked appendix. The target length
for the main body (excluding the bibliography, the front page(s) (authors,
affiliation, keywords, abstract, ...)) is 12-15 pages. The total paper,
including the bibliography, the front page(s) (authors, affiliation,
keywords, abstract, ...) and the optional appendix, may not exceed 20 pages.
Authors should include all necessary details in their submission so that the
Program Committee can judge the correctness, importance and originality of
their work. Any material (e.g., proofs or experimental results) omitted
(from the main part of 15 pages) due to space limitations can be put into
the optional appendix, which will be read at the Program Committee’s
discretion. Regular papers will be allotted up to 20 pages in the
proceedings.
(b) Short paper submissions: A short paper submission may present preliminary
results or work-in-progress on a specific topic. Authors should clearly
motivate the importance of the problem being addressed, discuss prior work
and its relationship to the paper, explicitly and precisely state the
paper’s key contributions, and outline the key technical ideas and methods
used to achieve the main claims. A short paper submission should have at
least 4 and at most 6 pages. Authors should provide sufficient details in
their submission so that the Program Committee can judge the correctness,
importance and originality of their work. Short papers will be allotted up
to 6 pages in the proceedings.
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PROCEEDINGS
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The proceedings will be published on the Dagstuhl Open Access Series
in Informatics (OASIcs) publication service.
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SPECIAL ISSUE
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A special issue in the journal Networks is planned for high-quality selected
papers of ATMOS 2026.
An adequately extended version with respect to the ATMOS paper is expected.
All submissions will undergo the standard peer-review procedure of
the journal Networks.
Further information on submission dates will be posted later.
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PROGRAM COMMITTEE
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- Thomas Bläsius, Institute of Technology, Germany
- Valentina Cacchiani (co-chair), University of Bologna, Italy
- David Coudert, INRIA Sophia Antipolis, France
- Mattia D'Emidio, University of L'Aquila, Italy
- Twan Dollevoet, Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands
- Markus Friedrich, University of Stuttgart, Germany
- Stefan Funke (co-chair), University of Stuttgart, Germany
- Andrew Goldberg, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, USA
- Niels Lindner, Zuse Institute Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Richard Lusby, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark
- Matus Mihalak, University of Maastricht, the Netherlands
- Federico Perea, University de Seville, Spain
- Dennis Schieferdecker, Apple, San Francisco, USA
- Philine Schiewe, Aalto University, Finland
- Marie Schmidt, University of Würzburg, Germany
- Sebastian Stiller, Technical University Braunschweig, Germany
- Renato Werneck, Amazon, San Francisco, USA
- Christos Zaroliagis, Patras, Greece
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STEERING COMMITTEE
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- Matthias Müller-Hannemann, University of Halle, Germany
- Marie Schmidt, Universität Würzburg, Germany
- Anita Schöbel, University of Kaiserslautern-Landau, Germany
- Christos Zaroliagis, University of Patras, Greece (Chair)
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