OPTIMA ARC Industry Training Centre

Optimisation for Health Solutions: Driving Efficiency and Quality Through Better Decisions This session will showcase successful case studies and share advances in optimisation techniques aimed at improving industry efficiencies.

Optimisation for Health Solutions: Driving Efficiency and Quality Through Better Decisions
Date: 25 March 2026
Time: 13:30 – 17:00 (Main Event) | 17:00 – 18:00 (Networking)
Location: Melbourne Connect, 700 Swanston Street, Carlton, VIC

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Following the success of OPTIMA‑CON 2024, the conference will return as a key forum in the science of decision making, bringing together researchers and industry.
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We are winding down for 2025, but we’re not quite finished yet!
Read the latest OPTIMA newsletter and catch up on the latest, including:
✅ Jobs
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📣 OPTIMA Seminar - Christina Burt (Fortescus) will be presenting: Using LLMs to deliver optimisation solutions
💡 Curious about the future of AI-driven optimisation? You a researcher, industry professional or tech enthusiast?
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📅 Wed 26 Nov, 4pm AEDT
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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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Fully funded PhD (not OPTIMA): University of Adelaide
Collaborative AI-Based Optimisation for Sustainable Resource Extraction (copper & gold mining).
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Our latest OPTIMA newsletter is out!
Packed with optimisation insights, events, conferences, jobs & success stories from across research & industry.
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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

YouTube video by OPTIMA ARC Septiana Septiana OPTIMA Student Showreel Competition Winner

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

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Poster of an optimisation transport event being held in Melbourne

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
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YouTube video by Melbourne Connect OPTIMA Debate: We Shouldn't Optimise Everything

⚡️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.

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OPTIMA Newsletter – July 2025 is here!

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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...

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Such an important piece of history indeed! Would love to take the credit, but that goes to our friends at The Random Sample Podcast:
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YouTube video by OPTIMA ARC Modelling and analysis of multi-timescale uncertainty in energy system planning

OPTIMA Seminar Spotlight🔦
Modelling & Analysis of Multi-Timescale Uncertainty in Energy System Planning presented by Hongyu Zhang
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If you're interested in #optimisation #energytransition #enegysystemmodelling #uncertaintymodelling #stochasticoptimisation, this is for you!

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

YouTube video by OPTIMA ARC Automated Planning for Keel Block Reconfiguration at the Captain Cook Graving Dock

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.

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#Optimisation #Robotics

People swimming in the swimmable Birrarung (https://www.regen.melbourne/)

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.

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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.
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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
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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
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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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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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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

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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A photo of people attending the AI-OPT conference

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:
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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.
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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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