Contents in order:

Equity, Diversity and Inclusion

Research Outputs

Joint Research Outputs (industry, wider)

Government, industry and business community briefings

Outreach

Engagement

Education and Training

 


Equity, Diversity and Inclusion KPIs

Equity, Diversity and Inclusion KPIs

All Centre members have been asked to complete at least one EDI training in 2022.

2022 Training in EDI (KPI 1 per person)

Feedback on training received from the following:

Doreen Thomas
Michael Kirley
Adrian Pearce
Charlotte Hurry
Peter Stuckey
John Betts

Other feedback for the EDI KPIs will be kept private.


Research Outputs

OPTIMA Outputs: Total number and quality of research outputs – written (OPTIMA Acknowledged)

Journal articles KPI 17
Books
Book chapters
Conference papers KPI 1
Patents applied (industry or CI)
Open source software KPI 2

Outputs below are those that have OPTIMA in the affiliations or the grant is mentioned in the acknowledgements.

Authors Title Year Journal DOI
Li A., Stuckey P., Koenig S., Kumar T.K.S. A FastMap-Based Algorithm for Block Modeling 2022 Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics) 10.1007/978-3-031-08011-1_16
Bierlee H., Gange G., Tack G., Dekker J.J., Stuckey P.J. Coupling Different Integer Encodings for SAT 2022 Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics) 10.1007/978-3-031-08011-1_5
Bustos-Coral D., Costa A.M. Drayage routing with heterogeneous fleet, compatibility constraints, and truck load configurations 2022 Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review 10.1016/j.tre.2022.102922
Muñoz M.A. Examining algorithm behavior using recurrence quantification and landscape analyses 2022 GECCO 2022 Companion – Proceedings of the 2022 Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference 10.1145/3520304.3534029
Ek A., Schutt A., Stuckey P.J., Tack G. Explaining Propagation for Gini and Spread with Variable Mean 2022 Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics, LIPIcs 10.4230/LIPIcs.CP.2022.21
Yap E., Munoz M.A., Smith-Miles K. Informing multi-objective optimisation benchmark construction through Instance Space Analysis 2022 IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation 10.1109/TEVC.2022.3205165
Michels A.S., Costa A.M. Mixed-integer linear programming models for the type-II resource-constrained assembly line balancing problem 2022 Assembly Automation 10.1108/AA-10-2021-0140
Somers V.L.J., Manchester I.R. Multi-Stage Sparse Resource Allocation for Control of Spreading Processes over Networks 2022 Proceedings of the American Control Conference 10.23919/ACC53348.2022.9867834
Cruz C.A., Costa A.M., Munari P., Morabito R. The vehicle allocation problem: Alternative formulation and branch-and-price method 2022 Computers and Operations Research 10.1016/j.cor.2022.105784

OPTIMA Outputs: Total number and quality of research outputs – written (OPTIMA NOT Acknowledged)

Outputs below have been reported for 2021/22 but DO NOT have OPTIMA in the affiliations or in the acknowledgements.

Name Type Title
Alysson M. Costa Journal Articles  Uncertainty representation in investment planning of lowcarbon power systems   Bastian Moya, Rodrigo Moreno,  Sebastian PüschelLøvengreen, A M Costa,  Pierluigi Mancarella  Electric Power Systems Research (No DOI YET) (Accepted in 2022 with acknowledgment)
Alysson M. Costa Journal Articles  Mixedinteger linear programming models for the typeII resourceconstrained assembly line balancing problem  AS Michels, AM Costa  NO DOI AVAILABLE YET (Accepted in 2022 with acknowledgment)
Alysson M. Costa Journal Articles  Multiperiod twoechelon location routing problem for disaster waste cleanup  C Cheng, R Zhu, AM Costa, RG Thompson, X Huang  https://doi.org/10.1080/23249935.2021.1916644 (Published in 2021 WITHOUT acknowledgment)
Alysson M. Costa Journal Articles  Optimisation of waste cleanup after largescale disasters  Cheng Cheng, Rui Zhu, Alysson M. Costa, Russell George Thompson  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wasman.2020.09.023  (Published in 2021 WITHOUT acknowledgment)
Alysson M. Costa Journal Articles  Network scheduling problem with crossdocking and loading constraints  PB Castellucci, AM Costa, F Toledo  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cor.2021.105271  (Published in 2021 WITHOUT acknowledgment)
Alysson M. Costa Journal Articles  Conserving workforce while temporarily rebalancing assembly lines under demand disruption  AS Michels, AM Costa  https://doi.org/10.1080/00207543.2021.1998694  (Accepted in 2021 WITHOUT acknowledgment)
Alysson M. Costa Journal Articles  A note to: A multiplerule based constructive randomized search algorithm for solving assembly line worker assignment and balancing problem   AS Michels, AM Costa  https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10845020016328  (Published in 2021 WITHOUT acknowledgment)
Doreen Thomas Journal Articles An exact algorithm for constructing minimum Euclidean skeletons of polygons
Nicolau Andres-Thio, Marcus Brazil, Charl Ras, Doreen Thomas, Marcus Volz
JOURNAL OF GLOBAL OPTIMIZATION | SPRINGER | Published : 2021DOI: 10.1007/s10898-021-01101-3
Doreen Thomas Journal Articles Simplifying obstacles for Steiner network problems in the plane
Marcus Volz, Marcus Brazil, Charl Ras, Doreen Thomas
NETWORKS | WILEY | Published : 2021DOI: 10.1002/net.22080
Doreen Thomas Journal Articles A model for open-pit pushback design with operational constraints
Juan L Yarmuch, Marcus Brazil, Hyam Rubinstein, Doreen A Thomas
OPTIMIZATION AND ENGINEERING | SPRINGER | Published : 2021DOI: 10.1007/s11081-021-09699-9
Doreen Thomas Journal Articles Minimum Steiner trees on a set of concyclic points and their center
David Whittle, Marcus Brazil, Peter Alexander Grossman, Joachim Hyam Rubinstein, Doreen A Thomas
INTERNATIONAL TRANSACTIONS IN OPERATIONAL RESEARCH | WILEY | Published : 2021DOI: 10.1111/itor.13055
Doreen Thomas Journal Articles A mathematical model for mineable pushback designs
Juan L Yarmuch, Marcus Brazil, Hyam Rubinstein, Doreen A Thomas
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MINING RECLAMATION AND ENVIRONMENT | TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD | Published : 2021DOI: 10.1080/17480930.2021.1885582
Doreen Thomas Journal Articles Computational complexity of the 2-connected Steiner network problem in the ℓp plane
CJ Ras, M Brazil, DA Thomas
Theoretical Computer Science | Elsevier | Published : 2021DOI: 10.1016/j.tcs.2020.11.002
Howard Bondell Journal Articles Optimal allocation of PCR tests to minimise disease transmission through contact tracing and quarantine
CM Baker, I Chades, J McVernon, AP Robinson, H Bondell
Epidemics 37, 100503
Howard Bondell Journal Articles In search of peak human athletic potential: A mathematical investigation
N James, M Menzies, H Bondell
Chaos: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Nonlinear Science 32 (2), 023110
Howard Bondell Journal Articles Temporal and spectral governing dynamics of Australian hydrological streamflow time series
N James, H Bondell
Journal of Computational Science, 101767
Howard Bondell Journal Articles Nonparametric conditional density estimation in a deep learning framework for short-term forecasting
DB Huberman, BJ Reich, HD Bondell
Environmental and Ecological Statistics, 1-15
Kate Smith-Miles Journal Articles Yap, E., Muñoz, M. A. and Smith-Miles, K., “On the Diversity and Robustness of Parameterised Multi-Objective Test Suites”, Applied Soft Computing, vol. 110, article 107613, 2021.
Kate Smith-Miles Journal Articles Smith-Miles, K., Christiansen, J. and Muñoz, M. ., “Revisiting “Where are the Hard Knapsack Problems?” via Instance Space Analysis”, Computers and Operations Research, vol. 128, article 105184, 2021.
Kate Smith-Miles Journal Articles Muñoz, M. A., Yan, T., Leal, M. R., Smith-Miles, K., Lorena, A. C., Pappa, G. L. and Rodrigues, R. M., “An Instance Space Analysis of Regression Problems”, ACM Transactions on Knowledge Discovery from Data, vol. 15, no. 2, article 28, 2021.
Kate Smith-Miles Journal Articles Talagala, P. D., Hyndman, R. J. and Smith-Miles, K., “Anomaly Detection in High Dimensional Data”, Journal of Computational and Graphical Statistics, vol. 30, no. 2, pp. 360-374, 2021.
Kate Smith-Miles Journal Articles Kletzander, L., Musliu, N. and Smith-Miles, K., “Instance Space Analysis for a Personnel Scheduling Problem”, Annals of Mathematics and Artificial Intelligence, vol. 89, pp. 617–637, 2021.
Kate Smith-Miles Journal Articles Edwards, S. J., Baatar, D., Smith-Miles, K. and Ernst, A., “Symmetry breaking of identical projects in the high-multiplicity RCPSP/max”, Journal of the Operational Research Society, vol. 72, no. 8, pp. 1822-1843, 2021.
Matthew Tam Journal Articles Aragón Artacho, F.J., Campoy, R. & Tam, M.K. Strengthened splitting methods for computing resolvents. Comput Optim Appl 80, 549–585 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10589-021-00291-6
Matthew Tam Journal Articles Csetnek, E.R., Eberhard, A. & Tam, M.K. Convergence rates for boundedly regular systems. Adv Comput Math 47, 62 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10444-021-09891-6
Matthew Tam Journal Articles Dao, M.N., Dizon, N.D., & Hogan, J.A.. Constraint Reduction Reformulations for Projection Algorithms with Applications to Wavelet Construction. J Optim Theory Appl 190, 201–233 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10957-021-01878-z
Matthew Tam Journal Articles Tam, M.K. Gearhart–Koshy acceleration for affine subspaces. Operations Research Letters 49(2), 157=163 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.orl.2020.12.007
Peter Stuckey Conference Papers Ilankaikone Senthooran, Pierre Le Bodic, and Peter J. Stuckey. Optimising training for service delivery. In Proceedings of the 27th International Conference on Principles and Practice of Constraint Programming, LIPICS, 48:1-48:15, 2021. [PDF] {10.4230/LIPIcs.CP.2021.48},
Peter Stuckey Conference Papers Jo Devriendt, Stephan Gocht, Emir Demirovic, Peter J. Stuckey, and Jakob Nordstrom. Cutting to the core of pseudo-boolean optimization: Combining core-guided search with cutting planes reasoning. In Proceedings of the Thirty-Fifth AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI-21), pages 3750-3758, 2021. [PDF] [AAAI] https://ojs.aaai.org/index.php/AAAI/article/view/16492(AAAI doesnt seem to have DOIs?)
Alysson M. Costa Journal Article An integrated multi-objective model for disaster waste clean-up systems optimization, ChengChengaJia-WeiLubRuiZhucdZuopengXiaoeAlysson M.CostafRussell G.Thompsong; Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review
Volume 165, September 2022, 102867
JiP Dekker Conference Papers CPAIOR 2022: Integration of Constraint Programming, Artificial Intelligence, and Operations Research pp 44–63 Coupling Different Integer Encodings for SAT
Hendrik Bierlee, Graeme Gange, Guido Tack, Jip J. Dekker & Peter J. Stuckey
Conference paper
First Online: 10 June 2022
293 Accesses
Andres Munoz Journal Article H. Alsouly, M. Kirley and M. A. Muñoz, “An Instance Space Analysis of Constrained Multi-Objective Optimization Problems,” in IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation, 2022, doi: 10.1109/TEVC.2022.3208595.
Andres Munoz Journal Article Becerra-Fernandez, M., Ruiz-Acosta, L. E., Camargo-Mayorga, D. A., & Muñoz, M. A. (2022). A system dynamics model for sustainable corporate strategic planning. In Production (Vol. 32). FapUNIFESP (SciELO). https://doi.org/10.1590/0103-6513.20220011
Andres Munoz Journal Article Sritharan, P., Muñoz, M.A., Pivonka, P. et al. Biomechanical Markers of Forward Hop-Landing After ACL-Reconstruction: A Pattern Recognition Approach. Ann Biomed Eng 50, 330–342 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10439-022-02921-4
Andres Munoz Journal Article Alipour, H., Muñoz, M. A., & Smith-Miles, K. (2023). Enhanced instance space analysis for the maximum flow problem. In European Journal of Operational Research (Vol. 304, Issue 2, pp. 411–428). Elsevier BV. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2022.04.012
Andres Munoz Journal Article Muñoz, M.A., Kirley, M. & Smith-Miles, K. Analyzing randomness effects on the reliability of exploratory landscape analysis. Nat Comput 21, 131–154 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11047-021-09847-1
Andres Munoz Conference Papers Mario Andrés Muñoz. 2022. Examining algorithm behavior using recurrence quantification and landscape analyses. In Proceedings of the Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference Companion (GECCO ’22). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 1658–1665. https://doi.org/10.1145/3520304.3534029
Andres Munoz Conference Papers Mario Andrés Muñoz, Hamed Soleimani, and Sevvandi Kandanaarachchi. 2022. Benchmarking algorithm portfolio construction methods. In Proceedings of the Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference Companion (GECCO ’22). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 499–502. https://doi.org/10.1145/3520304.3528880

OPTIMA Outputs: Presentations (see outreach for public talks)

Conference presentations KPI 2

Keynote address KPI 2

Who When Title Where or to whom Type
Hamideh Anjomshoa 1/10/2021 “Optimising Infectious Disease Intervention with Nonlinear Costs” WIMSIG Conference 2021, Plenary Speaker
Matthew Tam 1/11/2021 Resolvent splitting with minimia lifting  One World Optimization Seminar Keynote talk
Tim Fletcher 1/06/2022 Une gestion durable des eaux de pluie ? L’intersection du rôle du citoyen et de la gestion en temps réel. Canada Society for Sediment and Erosion Control Conference Presentations

Joint Research Outputs

The targets in this category will demonstrate the research outputs of the Research Hub or Training Centre.

Outputs: Number of joint publications:

Industry co-authored papers KPI 1

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Technical Reports KPI 5

Title and report number Title
Annual Progress Report -Technical Report 00001 Emely Pierau
Annual Progress Report -Technical Report 00002 Nadhir Hassen
Annual Progress Report -Technical Report 00003 Shiraz (Yi) Zhen
Annual Progress Report -Technical Report 00004 Vincent Barbosa
Annual Progress Report -Technical Report 00005 Zahra Namazian
Annual Progress Report -Technical Report 00006 Vaughn Grey
Annual Progress Report -Technical Report 00007 Hritika Gupta
Annual Progress Report -Technical Report 00008 Rehan Mendis
Annual Progress Report -Technical Report 00009 Harry Macarthur
Annual Progress Report -Technical Report 00010 Nico Thio

Government, industry and business community briefings

The targets in this category are intended to demonstrate the Research Hub’s or Training Centre’s level of engagement with external stakeholders and decision-makers. The ARC expects all students and Postdoctoral Fellows have opportunities to be involved in public talks.

To professional organisations and bodies KPI 1

Who When Topic Where or to whom Type
Tim Fletcher May-22 ?? Melbourne Water Corporation to professional organisations and bodies

To government (parliamentarians and department/agencies at both State and Federal level) KPI 2

Who When (month/year) Topic Where To whom Type
Kate Smith-Miles 23/11/2022 What is OPTIMA? Parliament House Canberra Hon David Coleman Meeting

To industry/business/end users (inc. NGOs) KPI 2

Who When (month/year) Topic Where To whom Type
Emely Pierau 1/11/2022 Spatiotemporal Object Detection from Multi-spectral, Time-sequenced Data Centre Launch External industry, end users poster
Nadhir Hassen 1/11/2022 Optimisation of Wind Farm Energy Production by Selected Turbine Control Centre Launch External industry, end users poster
Shiraz (Yi) Zhen 1/11/2022 Multi-objective Optimization in Water Systems Centre Launch External industry, end users poster
Vincent Barbosa 1/11/2022 Predict-and-Optimise through Time at Water Recycling Treatment Plants Centre Launch External industry, end users poster
Zahra Namazian 1/11/2022 Predict then Optimise for Inventory Management Centre Launch External industry, end users poster
Vaughn Grey 1/11/2022 Optimising long term river water quality monitoring Centre Launch External industry, end users poster
Hritika Gupta 1/11/2022 Server Allocation in a Call Centre Centre Launch External industry, end users poster
Rehan Mendis 1/11/2022 Optimal deployment of the smart meters and monitoring devices in water networks Centre Launch External industry, end users poster
Harry Macarthur 1/11/2022 Publishing Data While Preserving Privacy Centre Launch External industry, end users poster
Nico Thio 1/11/2022 Optimal sampling from multi-fidelity data sources for improved product design and testing Centre Launch External industry, end users poster
Kate Smith-Miles 29/11/2022 Uptake Biarri applied Maths conference at Uni of Sydney External industry, end users Keynote address at industry conference
Charlotte Hurry 30/11/2022 What is OPTIMA? Meet the neighbours 30/11/22 Intellischools Meeting
Charlotte Hurry 8/12/2022 What is OPTIMA? Spanish Trade Delegation-Melbourne Connect Saitec Engineering: Meeting
Charlotte Hurry 8/12/2022 What is OPTIMA? Spanish Trade Delegation-Melbourne Connect PVHARDWARE (GRANSOLAR GROUP) Meeting
Charlotte Hurry 8/12/2022 What is OPTIMA? Spanish Trade Delegation-Melbourne Connect SACYR Meeting
Charlotte Hurry 8/12/2022 What is OPTIMA? Spanish Trade Delegation-Melbourne Connect SOLARIG Meeting
C Hurry / Kate Smith-Miles 7/01/2022 What is OPTIMA? Melbourne Connect Suncable Meeting
Kate Smith-Miles details needed What is OPTIMA? details needed Sazoma Systems Meeting
Kate Smith-Miles details needed What is OPTIMA? details needed Hivery Meeting

Outreach

Outreach events

Number of outreach events held KPI 1
Number of Public/students reached in outreach activities KPI 20

Event name date Audience #public/students Organiser OPTIMA Members Location
OPTIMA Debate with Simon Pampena 5/09/2022 Public 70 OPTIMA Melbourne Connect
Tech Future Fest 2/11/2022 Public ? Monash-https://www.monash.edu/it/events/2022/TechFutureFest Jip Dekker State Library
School Visits ? ? ? Kate Smith-Miles school name?
School Visits ? ? ? Kate Smith-Miles school name?
School Visits ? ? ? Kate Smith-Miles school name?
School Visits ? ? ? Vera Somers school name?
School Visits ? ? ? Doreen Thomas school name?
Industry student video 16/11/2022 Public/industry/Academics 90 OPTIMA ??? online/Melbourne Connect

Public Talks

The targets in this category will demonstrate the Research Hub’s or Training Centre’s level of engagement with the public and their ability to communicate complex scientific information effectively. It is expected that the Director and other participants of the Training Centre will have the opportunity to present to the public.

Seminar series/scientific talks KPI 10
Public lectures KPI 4

Name Date Organiser Who Type Frequency
The Random Sample 28/10/2022 Joint with OPTIMA-bimonthly (started 28/10/2022) Sevvandi K-AI Scientific talk bi-monthly
Random Sample OPTIMA Podcast 9/09/2021 ACEMS Kate Smith-Miles Scientific talk once
ISAAC Summer school Jan-22 Keynote speakers KSM/Peter Stuckey Scientific talk once

Commentaries on OPTIMA

Media stories KPI 2
Social media KPI 10
Other media (YouTube, podcasts etc) KPI 5

Charlotte collecting OPTIMA data.


Engagement

Centre Visits – This KPI will provide a measurement of the significant visits (more than one week) to the Research Hub or Training Centre. These visits can be from inviting a person(s) to attend or requests to visit the Training Centre. This category does not include short visits, for example attending a single event such as a launch, presentation or mentoring session. However, if their stay for these events is extended to participate in research activities for one week or greater, this can be included.

International visitors KPI 0
National visitors KPI 0
Industry visitors KPI 0

Type Name Reason Length Start date National/International
Student Zahra Ghasemi ITTC Adelaide cross – visit One week Sep-22 National
Student Jakub Vincalek 2 week week intern and AI-OPT 2022 Two weeks 4-Nov International

Education and Training

Education & Training

Soft skills KPI 1
Industry-focused KPI 1
Optimisation training KPI 1
Number of Centre attendees at all research/professional development courses KPI 8
OPTIMA run workshops (not including outside workshops) KPI 1

The ARC expects Training Centres actively participate in a number of professional development courses beyond what is offered at the university.

Name Date Number of participants Where Who Delivered by Facilitator Hours Type
How to pitch your PhD 26/10/2022 8 UoM Andres Munoz OPTIMA Dr Carolin Südkamp-Baldoni (she/her) is the Careers Coordinator in the Faculty of Science. ? Soft Skills
Social Media Training 8/11/2022 5 Mon Dianne Ruka CTET Opyl Training 3 Soft Skills
Networking 1/12/2022 5 Mon Dianne Ruka CTET Opyl Training 3 Soft Skills
GIT and Version Control 10/10/2022 14 UoM Peter Stuckey OPTIMA Maria del Mar Quiroga, PhD

Research Data Specialist | Melbourne Data Analytics Platform (MDAP) |

2 Industry focused
Uptake in Industry 16/11/2022 45 UoM Kate Smith-Miles OPTIMA Evan Shellshear Gurobi 1 Industry focused
Introduction to modelling for discrete optimisation 3/11/2022 ? Mon Guido Tack OPTIMA Guido Tack-CI 3 Optimisation training
Introduction to modelling for discrete optimisation 29/11/2022 ? Mon Guido Tack OPTIMA Guido Tack-CI 3 Optimisation training

Number of Centre attendees at all research/professional development courses 77


OPTIMA run workshops (not including outside workshops) 

Name Date Number of participants Where Delivered by Audience Hours Type
AI-OPT 17/18 Nov 22 70 Melbourne Connect OPTIMA Industry, International, national academics, ECA, MCA 2 days Symposium

Milestones Achieved

Overseas student exchange

Nico Thio OPTIMA Industry Student Boeing Project Nov 21 – current Montreal Polytechnic