Title: Using LLMs to deliver optimisation solutions

Speaker: Christina Burt
Fortescue

Summary:
The goal of our GenAI project is to explore fundamentally different ways to deliver AI projects that are algorithmic in nature. The challenge that we face in the AI program is that highly technical teams require a lot of context in order to effectively build AI solutions. Gathering the right context through a discovery process is time consuming. Defining the right product is challenging. In this talk we will discuss the possibilities of utilising GenAI to automatically generate schedules and to automatically generate algorithms. We will share preliminary results that indicate promising outcomes.

Biography:
Dr Christina Burt leads a team of 6 Optimisation Specialists in Fortescue as a part of the wider AI program. She has developed a specialisation in decomposition algorithms over three postdocs at MASCOS, AIT (Vienna) and the University of Melbourne (Computing Science). She transitioned to industry with a London-based AI startup Satalia, before moving to Water Corporation (Perth) where her optimisation initiatives have enduring impact and are saving millions of dollars each year. She has been with Fortescue for 5 years, where she has developed in production solutions including truck dispatch and scheduling optimisation software.

This event is Hybrid (in-person and Zoom):
15:30 – 16:00 – Join us in-person before the seminar begins for a meet and greet with light afternoon refreshments
**REGISTER for in-person attendance here: https://go.unimelb.edu.au/p3n2
Location for in person: Melbourne Connect, Level 7, Manhari Room, 700 Swanston Street, Carlton, 3053

16:00 – 17:00 – Seminar start in-person and on Zoom

SEMINAR: WED 26 NOVEMBER 2025 15:30 -17:00 (AEDT, Melbourne Time)
ZOOM MEETING ID: 873 1557 5255; PASSWORD: 778635