The timetabling now promised by Lord Chilcot for his committee's farcically late Iraq report, along with the migration crisis and EU referendum, offer rich pickings for new debates.
The timetabling of the trip was in part determined by a busy domestic agenda with the president facing tough battles over economic policy at home and rolling crises elsewhere in the world, particularly the Middle East.
The timetabling of lecturers, seminars, practical sessions and examinations is a core business process for academic institutions.
The timetabling problem at universities is an NP-hard problem concerned with instructor assignments and class scheduling under multiple constraints and limited resources.
The timetabling process is made ever more difficult by the constant increase in travel demand, and the consequent need to provide sufficient transport capacity, avoid train and platform congestion and guarantee a good level of service reliability is increasingly felt.
The London Transport Museum recently hosted an event for high school students to spend time with the timetabling department.
