The Australian Research Council (ARC) Industrial Transformation Training Centre in Optimisation Technologies, Integrated Methodologies, and Applications (OPTIMA), has received Australian Government funding of $4.86 million through the Australian Research Council Industrial Transformation Research Program. The University of Melbourne, Monash University, and an inaugural group of ten industry partners have invested a further $3 million and made significant in-kind contributions. OPTIMA has 18 chief investigators across the University of Melbourne and Monash University, and a further 13 partner investigators across our industry organisations and three international partner universities.
OPTIMA works with industry to conduct world-class research and provides training for research students working in industrial optimisation. OPTIMA addresses industry’s urgent need for decision-making tools to support global competitiveness: reducing lead times and financial and environmental costs while improving efficiency, quality, and agility. Despite strong expertise in academia, industry is yet to fully benefit from optimisation technology due to its high barrier to entry. Connecting industry partners with world-leading interdisciplinary researchers and talented students, OPTIMA will advance an industry-ready optimisation toolkit while training a new generation of industry practitioners and over 120 young researchers, vanguarding a highly skilled workforce of change agents for the transformation of priority sectors including advanced manufacturing, energy resources, and critical infrastructure.
Optima's Mission
Industrial transformation via increased uptake of trusted and sophisticated optimisation technologies.
Optima's Goal
Advancing an industry-ready optimisation toolkit, while training a new generation of industry practitioners and over 120 young researchers, who will vanguard a highly skilled workforce of change agents for industrial transformation.
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If you missed the ACEM's public lecture given on Ada Lovelace Day by OPTIMA Director Kate Smith-Miles and Alison Harcourt you can still watch it here.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdcCtOp80jY
OPTIMA Director Prof. Kate Smith-Miles and Alison Harcourt AO are giving a public lecture next Tuesday at ACEMS celebrating Ada Lovelace Day. For more information and to register to receive the zoom link visit: https://lnkd.in/gDiutkP
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What is OPTIMA? Listen to this energetic and compelling podcast given by our director Professor Kate Smith-Miles. https://acems.org.au/podcast/episode-60-optima
Learn all about OPTIMA's missions and goals and how we will achieve them. Watch this introductory video on OPTIMA. https://youtu.be/gOB33x5iDYE
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Access recordings of OPTIMA seminars by going to the past event our events page. https://optima.org.au/outreach-and-events/
It's the final day of Melbourne Connect Innovation Week and we have some stellar events coming up this afternoon, including this OPTIMA seminar on #AI and decision making in #industry.
Don't miss speakers Prof. Kate Smith-Miles & Prof. Peter Stuckey!
https://innovationweek.melbconnect.com.au/event/ai-based-optimisation-seminar/
Are you wanting to know more about what we will achieve at OPTIMA? Join us on Wednesday at 4 pm AEST for an online seminar given by our two directors Prof. Kate Smith-Miles and Prof. Peter Stuckey.
https://optima.org.au/events/optima-seminar-series-18-august-2021/
We are hiring a postdoc at level A for three years!
We require strong programming skills and familiarity with modern version control systems such as git.
Full-time, part-time or flexible hours are negotiable.
https://optima.org.au/jobs/postdoctoral/
OPTIMA PhDs with a top-up scholarship. We still need students whose skillsets match our industry projects. Available projects are with Woodside Energy, AGL, South East Water, and AusNet Services. More details on our website https://optima.org.au/work-at-optima/
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