OPTIMA Events Code of Conduct

The Centre is committed to providing a workplace that is diverse, tolerant and respectful. This extends to the culture of our workshops and events. We acknowledge that robust intellectual debate and critique are ingredients in the advancement of…


AMSI Career Day

OPTIMA is proud to partner with AMSI for their career day on 16th January. Come and meet OPTIMA industry partners MECCA and AGL. The event is aimed at tertiary students who are studying any form of mathematics, statistics or data science and want to…


PhD opportunity with OPTIMA Partner ENGIE

OPTIMA is seeking expressions of interest for fully-funded PhD projects with generous top-up scholarships. PhD projects are 3.5 years, including a one-year equivalent industry placement, the timing of which can be negotiated. We’re looking for…


OPTIMA Hack-a-thon and other interesting initiatives

In 2023, OPTIMA will introduce several outreach events aimed at non-optima members. Check back here for more information.


Decision making is better left to machines than humans - debate

On the 5th of September 2022 OPTIMA hosted the highly entertaining OPTIMA debate. Moderated by comedian and mathematician Simon Pampena, the OPTIMA teams had great fun arguing if machines are better at making decisions than humans. It was a pleasure…