Call for Papers
MIMAR is the premier maintenance and reliability modelling conference in the UK. It is an excellent international forum for disseminating information on the state-of-the-art research, theories and practices in maintenance and reliability modelling and offers a platform for connecting researchers and practitioners from around the world.
Presentations are encouraged on theory or application of maintenance and reliability:
- Maintenance and reliability modelling
- Reliability and maintenance engineering
- Degradation modelling and reliability assessment
- Digital twin for reliability and maintenance
- Predictive maintenance modelling and application
- Machine learning and data analysis in reliability and maintenance engineering
- Reinforcement learning for maintenance decision-making and optimization
- Prognostics and health management
- Awareness health control
- Safety, security and risk and management
- Fault detection and diagnosis
- Expert knowledge elicitation
- Operational research
- Production planning and control
- Quality control and management
- Resilience engineering
- Sustainability and circular economy
- Systems modelling and simulation
- Life cycle/performance analysis
Publication
Conference Proceedings: all full paper submissions will be peer reviewed and accepted papers will appear in the conference proceedings. The conference proceedings will be indexed by DOI system.
Special Issue: delegates are invited to submit papers for the Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part O: Journal of Risk and Reliability, guest edited by the conference chairs. Papers will be subject to the standard peer review processes of the journal. A paper submitted to the Special Issue cannot be the same as a paper published in the conference proceedings.
Special session submissions: Please send your special session proposal(s) to the conference chair by 18th December 2026. The template for special session proposal can be downloaded here: Template for MIMAR2027 special session
Abstract and full paper submissions: Easy chair link – https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=14imamimar
Key Dates
Proposal of special sessions by 18 December 2026
Abstracts submission by 19 February 2027
Notification of abstract acceptance by 19 March 2027
Optional full paper submission by 16 April 2027
Final deadline for acceptance for conference proceedings by 16 June 2027
Keynote Speakers
Professor Ajith Kumar Parlikad – University of Cambridge
Dr Gareth Calvert – Network Rail
Professor Geert-Jan van Houtum – Eindhoven University of Technology
Conferences Fee Package (Including Conference Dinner)
Conference Fee – IMA Member £440
Conference Fee – Non-Member £530
Conference Fee – Student IMA Member £290
Conference Fee – Student Non-Member £320
Includes your entry to the conference for all days as well as refreshments, lunches and the conference dinner on 7th July 2027.
Please note- this does not include accommodation or additional meals.
Conference Fees (Conference Only)
Conference Fee – IMA Member £390
Conference Fee – Non-Member £480
Conference Fee – Student IMA Member £240
Conference Fee – Student Non-Member £270
Includes your entry to the conference for all days as well as refreshments and lunches.
Please note- this does not include accommodation, additional meals or the conference dinner.
Please register for the conference via:
https://my.ima.org.uk/
Organising Committee
Rasa Remenyte-Prescott, Chair (University of Nottingham, UK)
Shaomin Wu, Co-Chair (University of Kent, UK)
Phuc Do, Co-Chair (IMT Mines Ales, France)
Scientific Committee
Philip Scarf (Cardiff University, UK)
Christophe Bérenguer (Grenoble INP, France)
Programme Committee
Babakalli Alkali (Glasgow Caledonian University, UK)
Fazel Ansari (TU Wien, Austria)
Anne Barros (CentraleSupelec, France)
Maria Dolores Berrade Ursúa (Universidad de Zaragoza, Spain)
Emannuel Borgonovo (Bocconi University, Italy)
Robert Boute (KU Leuven, Belgium)
Inma Castro (Universidad de Extremadura, Spain)
Cristiano Cavalcante (Federal University of Pernambuco, Brazil)
David Coit (Rutgers University)
Frank Coolen (Durham University, UK)
Rommert Dekker (Erasmus University, Netherlands)
Sarah Dunnett (Loughborough University, UK)
Richard Dwight (University of Wollongong, Australia)
Paolo Gardoni (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, US)
Antoine Grall (University of Technologies de Troyes, France)
Geert van Houtum (Technische Universiteit Eindhoven, Netherlands)
Lisa Jackson (Loughborough University, UK)
Abdelhakim Khatab (University of Lorraine, France)
Vytis Kopustinskas (Joint Research Centre, Italy)
Yan-Fu Li (Tsinghua University, China)
Mitra Fouladirad (Centrale Marseille, France)
Marcos Orchard (University of Chile)
Edoardo Patelli (University of Strathclyde, UK)
Rui Peng (Beijing University of Technology, China)
Ed Pohl (University of Arkansas, USA)
Adriano de Polpo (University of Western Australia, Australia)
Syed Mohammed Rizwan (National University of Science and Technology, Oman)
Jin Wang (Liverpool John Moores University, UK)
Ming J Zuo (Shandong University, China)
Alexandre Voisin (University of Lorraine, France)
Min Xie (City University, Hong Kong)
Rundong Yan (Nottingham University)
Lucas Equeter (UMONS)
