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OPTIMA ARC Industry Training Centre
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ARC Training Centre in Optimisation Technologies, Integrated Methodologies, and Applications aims to help businesses improve their efficiency, quality & agility.
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🚀Only 2 more left in our 2025 Seminar Series! Wed 4pm (AEDT) Zoom:
19th- Prof Peter Stuckey | OPTIMA/Monash Uni
💡There are no integers in discrete optimisation
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26th - Christina Burt | Fortescue
💡Using LLMs to deliver optimisation solutions
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November 17, 2025 at 12:21 AM
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Fully funded PhD (not OPTIMA): University of Adelaide
Collaborative AI-Based Optimisation for Sustainable Resource Extraction (copper & gold mining).
Apply by 17 Nov 2025
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#PhD #Optimisation #Mining #Adelaide
Dr Aneta Neumann | Researcher Profiles
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November 11, 2025 at 10:49 PM
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Our latest OPTIMA newsletter is out!
Packed with optimisation insights, events, conferences, jobs & success stories from across research & industry.
Read here 👉 mailchi.mp/01af725153f1...

#optimisation #AI #OR #research #industry
OPTIMA Members Newsletter October 2025
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October 31, 2025 at 12:10 AM
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#transport #optimisation
October 16, 2025 at 5:33 AM
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Smarter Decision-Making in Action: Planning & Scheduling for Road Transport & Logistics Optimisation

Workshop 10 Nov 2025 in Melbourne, to explore how optimisation is transforming transport & logistics.

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#ICAPS2025 #Logistics #TransportOptimisation #AI
October 5, 2025 at 11:47 PM
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Congrats to Septiana for winning the OPTIMA Student Showreel Competition! 🎉

Her reel explored how optimisation, smart tech, and data-driven decisions can transform healthcare. Great seeing fresh ideas that reimagine patient care and efficiency.

Watch her video here - youtu.be/iYiTtL68ZXc

#OPTIMA
Septiana Septiana OPTIMA Student Showreel Competition Winner
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September 24, 2025 at 4:02 AM
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OPTIMA is hosting a workshop focused on real-world optimisation in road transport! We have free industry tickets available.

Date: 10 November 2025 08:30 - 12:30
Location: Melbourne Connect, Carlton, VIC
Workshop details optima.org.au/icaps-smart-...

#ICAPS2025 #TransportOptimisation
Poster of an optimisation transport event being held in Melbourne
September 18, 2025 at 3:49 AM
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⚡️Fiery speeches to quirky anecdotes, the @melbconnect.bsky.social #MCIW2025 OPTIMA Debate had it all!
Last week, our teams tackled the motion: We Shouldn’t Optimise Everything – Imperfection is Humanity’s Best Feature.

Catch it all: youtu.be/3xHtgVqFiXw?...
#Optimisation #OPTIMA #OptimisationEthics
OPTIMA Debate: We Shouldn't Optimise Everything
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September 11, 2025 at 2:16 AM
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OPTIMA Newsletter – July 2025 is here!

Read the full newsletter here: mailchi.mp/33b88ed1255a...

#OPTIMA #ResearchCommunity #Events #Opportunities #Newsletter
August 29, 2025 at 2:07 AM
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📬 Bold ideas & brilliant minds, the OPTIMA Debate returns, challenging if imperfection might be humanity’s greatest strength. Join us at: www.melbconnect.com.au/events/optim...
➕ a new partnership & opportunities in optimisation. More in our newsletter: mailchi.mp/3c84af35cc36...

#OptimisationNews
August 6, 2025 at 1:38 AM
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OPTIMA Seminar Spotlight🔦
Modelling & Analysis of Multi-Timescale Uncertainty in Energy System Planning presented by Hongyu Zhang
▶️ youtu.be/ls3FzoY621o?...

If you're interested in #optimisation #energytransition #enegysystemmodelling #uncertaintymodelling #stochasticoptimisation, this is for you!
Modelling and analysis of multi-timescale uncertainty in energy system planning
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July 23, 2025 at 2:00 AM
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The @gurobioptimization.bsky.social Optimisation Community event last week, proudly sponsored by OPTIMA was such an energising afternoon and opportunity to see a thriving, collaborative optimisation community in action! Thanks to all who made it!
#Gurobi #OPTIMA #Optimisation #OptimisationCommunity
July 23, 2025 at 1:48 AM
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OPTIMA Seminar Spotlight 🔦
Catch up on Dr William Jones as he shares his work on automating keel block planning at the Captain Cook Graving Dock. From his vision of a fully autonomous digitised dry dock, 3D scanning, and task & motion planning.

📺 : youtu.be/mSb6eLjQe6I?...
#Optimisation #Robotics
Automated Planning for Keel Block Reconfiguration at the Captain Cook Graving Dock
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July 16, 2025 at 2:01 AM
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Help Make the Birrarung Swimmable Again

We're seeking donations to support Leilah in her vital research. Your contribution will directly help make the Birrarung swimmable again.

Learn more optima.org.au/optimisation...

#Optimisation #RegenMelbourne #Birrarung
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July 9, 2025 at 4:27 AM
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Our latest OPTIMA Newsletter is out - offering up plenty of opportunities to engage in the optimisation community! Attend a networking event, join an OPTIMA seminar or find a role in optimisation that speaks to you.
🚀 mailchi.mp/2e35e25e7061...

#Optimisation #OptimisationNews #OptimisationCommunity
July 1, 2025 at 11:30 PM
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Join us for the @gurobioptimization.bsky.social Melbourne #OptimisationCommunity event! Sponsored by @optima-arc.bsky.social, connect with fellow problem solvers from across industry and academia.

📅 17 July, 3-6pm, Melbourne Connect
Register now:
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#Optimisation
June 18, 2025 at 2:48 AM
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💡 Interested in how optimisation powers the energy transition?
Join our online seminar today with Dr Martina Fischetti on using optimisation to design cheaper, smarter offshore wind farms
🗓️ Wed 4 June, 4–5pm AEST
More: optima.org.au/events/semin...

#Optimisation #OperationsResearch #SeminarSeries
June 4, 2025 at 2:14 AM
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The latest edition of the @optima-arc.bsky.social newsletter is out!
Explore upcoming seminars, events, and opportunities across the optimisation community - whether you're a researcher, practitioner, or just curious.
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#Optimisation #OPTIMASeminarSeries
OPTIMA Outreach Newsletter May 2025
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June 2, 2025 at 2:08 AM
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Tomorrow is IDAHOBIT! This day offers a powerful opportunity for OPTIMA to reaffirm our commitment to equity, respect, and inclusion for LGBTIQA+ members.

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#idahobit #optimisation
Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Resources – OPTIMA
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May 16, 2025 at 1:20 AM
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As we continue to celebrate International Women in Mathematics Day this week, here’s an article about one of the most influential mathematicians and statisticians ever to work at our school:
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#WomenInMaths #WomenInSTEM #Optimisation
Celebrating the “grandmother” of optimisation on International Women in Maths Day
Pioneering 95-year-old Australian mathematician Alison Harcourt AO has made a big impact on her field, and on her University of Melbourne colleagues
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May 14, 2025 at 1:56 AM
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To celebrate Women in Mathematics Day, we announce two $700 travel grants for women in optimisation to attend AI-OPT 2025.

You must submit an abstract for the conference. - Abstracts at due by May 14th 2025.

The link to apply can be found on the website:
go.unimelb.edu.au/ds8p

#optimisation
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May 12, 2025 at 3:26 AM
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In this month's newsletter, we bring you job opportunities, training in LLMS, five seminars, and conferences, and we announce two new industry students.
Don’t miss out!

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Sign up for OPTIMA's monthly newsletter go.unimelb.edu.au/t898

#optimisation #jobs #training
OPTIMA Outreach Newsletter April 2025
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April 29, 2025 at 2:13 AM
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The OPTIMA 2025 Seminar Series has been an incredible showcase of cutting-edge research and innovation in optimisation, with impacts spanning healthcare, advanced manufacturing, sustainability, and more.

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#Optimisation #OperationsResearch #SeminarSeries
April 24, 2025 at 5:27 AM
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A couple of weeks ago the OPTIMA Seminar Series was treated to a seminar presented by expert in artificial intelligence and best-selling author, Dr Evan Shellshear (Ubidy) on Why Data Science Projects Fail.

Catch this insightful seminar on our YouTube now:
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Why Data Science Projects Fail
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March 24, 2025 at 12:05 AM
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Missed out on our recent seminars? Enjoy this one by Felisa Vázquez-Abad (CUNY) on Gradient-based stochastic optimization under chance constraints. Watch on to the end as Felisa shares some of her recent projects in optimisation: youtu.be/GbejSkpPJbg

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Gradient-based stochastic optimization under chance constraints
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March 19, 2025 at 4:20 AM