Keith Murray
Contact Information	Space Management and Academic Scheduling Purdue University Engineering Administration Building, Room 402 400 Centennial Mall Drive West Lafayette, IN 47907-2016 USA	Voice: (765) 494-3911 Fax: (765) 494-6480 E-mail: kmurray@purdue.edu Web: web.ics.purdue.edu/~kmurray
Professional and Research Interests	Management of academic resources including: university course timetabling, examination timetabling, student sectioning, space planning and allocation, facilities utilization, campus planning.  Summary of current research available at http://www.unitime.org.
Education	Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana USA Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering, December 1982.  Research focused on identifying chemical precursors to soot formation during combustion at low pressures using gas chromatography techniques. Master of Science in Industrial Administration, July 1980. Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, with Highest Distinction, August 1979.
Awards	General Electric Graduate Fellowship Award, 1981-1982 National Merit Scholarship, 1976-1980
Professional Experience	Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana USA Director, Space Management and Academic Scheduling January 1998 to present Responsible for the scheduling of instructional activities, space, and related facilities to meet the curricular needs of students. Coordinate assignment and use of space in University buildings. Responsible for projecting new space requirements. Direct development of automated university course timetabling and scheduling systems. Associate Director for Space Management July 1992 to December 1997 Responsible for evaluation and negotiation of requests for space. Developed academic program statements for major facilities and renovations. Coordinated classroom renovations with instructional needs of academic units. Developed of analytical models for assessing facilities requirements. Assistant Director for Space Management July 1990 to June 1992 Developed academic program statements for new facilities and renovations. Assisted with evaluation and negotiation of requests for space.. Supervised development and operation of facilities inventory system. Management Systems Coordinator February 1983 to June 1990 Managed university space database. Conducted space utilization studies and evaluated requests for space. Developed academic program statements for new facilities and renovations. Graduate Instructor in Research May 1981 to December 1982 Environmental Protection Agency funded research project to identify chemical precursors to soot formation during combustion. International Harvester, Chicago, Illinois USA Management Trainee July 1980 to May 1981 Various assignments in financial analysis.
Publications	Hana Rudová and Keith Murray. University Course Timetabling with Soft Constraints. In Edmund Burke and Patrick De Causmaecker, editors, Practice and Theory of Automated Timetabling VI, pages 310-328. Springer-Verlag LNCS 2740, 2003. James F. Blakesley, Keith S. Murray, Frederick H.Wolf, and Dagmar Murray. Academic Scheduling. In Edmund Burke and Michael Carter, editors, Practice and Theory of Automated Timetabling II, pages 223-336. Springer-Verlag LNCS 1408, 1998.
Publications in Preparation	Keith Murray, Tomáš Müller, and Hana Rudová. Modeling and Solution of a Complex University Course Timetabling Problem. In Edmunfd Burke and Hana Rudová, editors, Practice and Theory of Automated Timetabling VI, pages 189-209. Springer-Verlag LNCS 3867, 2007.
Conference Publications	Keith Murray and Tomáš Müller. Real-time Student Scheduling. In Proceedings of the 3rd Multidisciplinary International Conference on Scheduling: Theory and Application, pages 598-600, 2007. Keith Murray and Tomáš Müller. Automated System for University Timetabling. In Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on the Practice and Theory of Automated Timetabling, pages 536-541. Masaryk University, 2006.
Service	Practice and Theory of Automated Timetabling Conference Series Program Committee, 2006-present Faculty Fellow, 2005-present Society of Collegiate and University Planners Facilities Academy, 2003-present West Lafayette Strategic Planning Forum, 1996-present Higher Education Facilities Management Association president, 1995-1997 secretary, 1998-2000 Classroom Technology Advisory Committee, chairman 1995-1996 Video Master Plan Task Force, chairman 1994 West Lafayette Recycling Advisory Committee, 1988-present Campus Appeals Board, 1987-1991, chairman 1988-1991