11-13 May 2026 Reykjavík (Iceland)

Program at a glance

Monday, May 11, 2026

Time Event
08:30 - 09:00 Registration - Registration  
09:00 - 09:15 Opening session (Room N-132)  
09:15 - 10:15 Keynote 1: Queues on Interacting Networks (Room N-132) - Maria Vlasiou  
10:15 - 10:45 Coffee break  
10:45 - 12:30 Session 1.A: Fluid models and limits (Room N-132) - Miklos Telek  
10:45 - 11:10 › How Small Changes Affect Fluid Queues: A Regular Perturbation Framework - Sarah Dendievel, ICHEC Brussels Management School, Department of Telin - SMACS Research Group - Ghent University  
11:10 - 11:35 › Multimodal Shared Queues with Threshold Switching: Performance Analysis and Optimization - Natarajan Gautam, Syracuse University  
11:35 - 12:00 › A Holistic Approach for Bitcoin Confirmation Times & Optimal Fee Selection - Stella Kapodistria, Eindhoven University of Technology  
12:00 - 12:25 › Fluid Limits for Highest Response Ratio Next Queues - Łukasz Kruk, Maria Curie-Sklodowska University  
10:45 - 12:30 Session 1.B: Energy-aware systems and game theory (Room N-131) - René Bekker  
10:45 - 11:10 › A non-cooperative game between sensor nodes in an Energy Packet Networks model - Josu Doncel, University of the Basque Country  
11:10 - 11:35 › Queueing Analysis Minimizes Energy Consumption in a Distributed System - Erol Gelenbe, Institute of Theoretical and Applied Informatics (Polish Academy of Sciences)  
11:35 - 12:00 › Multiserver Queues with Batch Arrivals and Setup Times - Tuan Phung-Duc, University of Tsukuba  
12:00 - 12:25 › A Queueing Game with Priority Pricing and Shared Capacity - Caitlin Vanden Bussche, Ghent University  
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch (University Centre (Háskólatorg))  
14:00 - 15:15 Session 2.A: Reinforcement learning for stochastic networks (Room N-132) - Matthieu Jonckheere  
14:00 - 14:25 › Mean-Field Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning For Buffered Cellular Network Optimization - Taisiia Morozova, Uppsala Universitet [Uppsala]  
14:25 - 14:50 › Particle systems for policy evaluation in Reinforcement Learning with sparse rewards - Ernesto GARCIA CIGANDA, Équipe Services et Architectures pour Réseaux Avancés  
14:50 - 15:15 › Instability of Local Algorithms in Infinite State Spaces - Matthieu Jonckheere, Équipe Services et Architectures pour Réseaux Avancés  
14:00 - 15:15 Session 2.B: Scheduling for queues (Room N-131) - Douglas D. Down  
14:00 - 14:25 › Mixed Stable Nash Equilibria in the M/M/1 Priority Queue with Deadline-Aware Customers - Rob Van der Mei, Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI), Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU)  
14:25 - 14:50 › Scheduling and dispatching LLM inference tasks to minimize latency - Esa Hyytia, University of Iceland  
14:50 - 15:15 › Maximizing Throughput for Queues with Abandonments - Douglas D. Down, McMaster University  
15:15 - 15:45 Coffee break  
15:45 - 16:00 Gather in front of conference building - (bus departing at 4pm)  
16:00 - 22:00 Social event - Social event  

Tuesday, May 12, 2026

Time Event
08:30 - 10:15 Session 3.A: Mean-field and scaling limits (Room N-132) - Bernardo D'Auria  
08:30 - 08:55 › A Mean-Field Model of Societal Trust Dynamics - Sindhu Chaudhary, Department of TELIN (Ghent University)  
08:55 - 09:20 › Queueing models for load balancing with phase-type distributions of decision-to-action delays - Kazuma Abe, University of Tsukuba  
09:20 - 09:45 › Scaling limits for workload processes in networks with dependent rates and durations - Ekaterina Kosarevskaia, Universiteit Leiden = Leiden University  
09:45 - 10:10 › Stochastic analysis of a system of particles moving among heterogeneous nodes with fixed capacity - Alessia Rigonat, INRIA  
08:30 - 10:15 Session 3.B: Scheduling for queues II (Room N-131) - Ata Baris  
08:30 - 08:55 › The BAR-SOT: Scheduling in Stochastic Networks as Optimal Transport - Harsha Honnappa, Purdue University [West Lafayette]  
08:55 - 09:20 › Control vacations and average cost reductions - Camiel Koopmans, Mathematical Institute, Leiden University  
09:20 - 09:45 › Preemption pays: optimal preemptive priority pricing in M/G/1 queues - Binyamin Oz, University of Auckland [Auckland]  
09:45 - 10:10 › Dynamic Scheduling of a Multiclass Parallel-Server Queueing System: A Computational Method for High-Dimensional Problems - Ata Baris, University of Chicago Booth School of Business  
10:15 - 10:45 Coffee break  
10:45 - 11:45 Keynote 2: Scheduling in Stochastic Networks with Constraints (Room N-132) - Mark Squillante  
11:45 - 12:50 Takács award ceremony (Room N-132)  
12:50 - 14:00 Lunch (University Centre (Háskólatorg))  
14:00 - 15:15 Session 4.A: Estimation and information (Room N-132) - Erol Gelenbe  
14:00 - 14:25 › Uncovering the topology of a queueing network from population data - Michel Mandjes, University of Amsterdam  
14:25 - 14:50 › Quick PH Fitting - Miklos Telek, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, MTA-BME Information Systems Research Group  
14:50 - 15:15 › Age of Information in Multi-Server Status Update Systems - Nail Akar, Bilkent University  
14:00 - 15:15 Session 4.B: Multi-skilled queueing systems (Room N-131) - Josu Doncel and Elene Anton  
14:00 - 14:25 › On the Performance of Dynamic Matching Models with Threshold-based Policies - Gontzal Sagastabeitia, Zientzia eta Teknologia Fakultatea [Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea], Laboratoire Informatique de l'Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour  
14:25 - 14:50 › Learning the SED policy in heterogeneous load-balancing queues - Sanne Van Kempen, Eindhoven University of Technology  
14:50 - 15:15 › Matching Systems Associated with Level-Dependent Quasi-Birth-and-Death Process - Moyi Yang, Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, DAVID  
15:15 - 15:45 Coffee break  
15:45 - 17:00 Session 5.A: Product-form queueing systems (Room N-132) - Jacques Resing  
15:45 - 16:10 › A family of multiclass LCFS networks with a novel product-form solution - Giuliano Casale, Imperial College London  
16:10 - 16:35 › Pass-and-swap queues, applications and extensions - Jan-Pieter Dorsman, University of Amsterdam  
16:35 - 17:00 › Blocking policies for networks of finite capacity quasi-reversible nodes - Richard Boucherie, Mathematics of Operations Research [University of Twente]  
19:00 - 22:00 Conference dinner - Conference dinner  

Wednesday, May 13, 2026

Time Event
08:30 - 09:45 Session 6.A: Laplace-Stieltjes transforms (Room N-132) - Michel Mandjes  
08:30 - 08:55 › Exact analysis of transient behavior of finite-capacity MAP-driven queues - Rutgers Daniël, Leiden University  
08:55 - 09:20 › Polling on a circle with batch arrivals - Jacques Resing, Eindhoven University of Technology  
09:20 - 09:45 › Exit Problems for Additive-Increase Multiplicative-Decrease Markov-Modulated Processes - Bernardo D'Auria, Dipartimento di Matematica [Padova]  
08:30 - 09:45 Session 6.B: Queueing systems for healthcare (Room N-131) - Guillaume Ballif  
08:30 - 08:55 › A two-class queueing model for transplant waiting lists with reneging patients - Thomas Debevere, Ghent University  
08:55 - 09:20 › Allocation of clients to mental health homes - Rene Bekker, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam [Amsterdam]  
09:20 - 09:45 › Stochastic analysis of an emergency service with two levels sharing the servers. - Guillaume Ballif, Centre Inria de Paris  
09:45 - 10:45 Keynote 3: Novel Multiclass Queueing Models for Road Traffic (Room N-132) - Joris Walraevens  
10:45 - 11:15 Coffee break  
11:15 - 12:30 Session 7.A: Generating functions (Room N-132) - Tuan Phung-Duc  
11:15 - 11:40 › Exit Times for a Discrete Markov Additive Process - Zbigniew Palmowski, Wrocław University of Science and Technology = Politechnika Wroclawska [Wrocław]  
11:40 - 12:05 › A Single-Server Queueing Model with Bernoulli Catastrophes and Repair Times - Rein Nobel, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam [Amsterdam]  
12:05 - 12:30 › System contents and delays in two tandem queues with randomly alternating service - Bruneel Herwig, SMACS Research Group  
11:15 - 12:30 Session 7.B: Approximation methods (Room N-131) - Marko Boon  
11:15 - 11:40 › Waiting time approximations for multi-server queues with Poisson arrivals and heterogeneous servers - Marko Boon, Eindhoven University of Technology  
11:40 - 12:05 › Total Variance based Discrete Time Queueing Models - Dave Worthington, Lancaster University Management School, Lancaster University Management School  
12:05 - 12:30 › Performance approximation of stationary and time-dependent retrial queues - Raik Stolletz, University of Mannheim  
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch (University Centre (Háskólatorg))  
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