OPTIMA brings together a team of 19 Chief Investigators at different career stages with interdisciplinary expertise in optimisation in mathematics, computer science, statistics, engineering, and economics. Their research portfolios are complemented by three international partners and ten industry partners. Supporting this program are talented PhD candidates and research fellows based at our node universities, Monash University and the University of Melbourne.
Chief Investigators
Centre Director
University of Melbourne
Deputy Director
Monash University
Chief Investigator
The University of Melbourne
Uptake Theme Leader
Assoc. Professor Alysson M. Costa
Chief Investigator
The University of Melbourne
Advance Theme Leader
Chief Investigator
Monash University
Advance Theme Leader
Chief Investigator
The University of Melbourne
Chief Investigator
Monash University
Integrate Theme Leader
Chief Investigator
The University of Melbourne
Chief Investigator
The University of Melbourne
Professor Maria Garcia de la Banda
Chief Investigator
Monash University
Chief Investigator
The University of Melbourne
Chief Investigator
The University of Melbourne
Integrate Theme Leader
Chief Investigator
The University of Melbourne
Chief Investigator
Monash University
Chief Investigator
The University of Melbourne
Chief Investigator
The University of Melbourne
Associate Professor Aldeida Aleti
Monash University
International partners
Partner Investigator
UNIMORE, IT
Partner Investigator
University of Warwick, UK.
Partner Investigator
The University of Lancaster, UK
Project Team
Business and Operations Manager
OPTIMA
Education and Outreach Officer
OPTIMA
Software Developer
OPTIMA
OPTIMA Research Fellows
University of Melbourne
Monash University
University of Melbourne
Associate Investigators
University of Melbourne
University of Melbourne
Assoc. Professor Damjan Vukcevic
Monash University
Assoc. Professor Gerardo Berbeglia
University of Melbourne
Assoc. Professor Hamideh Anjomshoa
The University of Melbourne
Assoc. Professor Marcus Brazil
University of Melbourne
Assoc. Professor Marcus Gallagher
University of Queensland
Assoc. Professor Markus Wagner
Monash University
Assoc. Professor Roberto Amadini
University of Bologna
University of Melbourne
Deakin University
Monash University
Monash University
University of Technology Sydney
Monash University
University of Melbourne
University of Melbourne
Monash University
The University of Hong Kong
Monash University
Monash University
University of Melbourne
Monash University
Monash University
University of Melbourne
Monash University
Monash University
Aeronautics Institute of Technology (ITA)
Monash University
University of Melbourne
Monash University
University of Melbourne
University of Melbourne
Monash University
University of Melbourne
University of Melbourne
University of Melbourne
Deakin University
Monash University
RMIT University
Monash University
University of Melbourne
University of Melbourne
University of Adelaide
University of Melbourne
Monash University
University of Melbourne
La Trobe University
Professor Athanasios Pantelous
Monash University
University of Melbourne
University of Adelaide
University of Melbourne
University of Melbourne
RMIT University
Research Students
University of Melbourne
Monash University
University of Melbourne
University of Melbourne
University of Bologna
University of Melbourne
University of Melbourne
Monash University
Monash University
Monash University
University of Melbourne
University of Melbourne
Monash University
Monash University
Monash University
University of Melbourne
University of Melbourne
University of Melbourne
Monash University
RMIT University
University of Melbourne
The University of Melbourne
University of Melbourne
University of Melbourne
Monash University
Monash University
University of Melbourne
Monash University
University of Melbourne
University of Melbourne
University of Melbourne
University of Melbourne
University of Melbourne
University of Melbourne
Monash University
University of Melbourne
University of Melbourne
Monash University
University of Melbourne
Monash University
Monash University
University of Melbourne
University of Melbourne
University of Melbourne
University of Melbourne
University of Bologna
Monash University
University of Melbourne
University of Melbourne
University of Melbourne
University of Melbourne
Monash University
Monash University
Monash University
Monash University
Monash University