Workshop on the Intersections of Computation and Optimisations – WICO 

MoCaO (Mathematics of Computation and Optimisation) is planning a new workshop on the 22^nd to the 25^th of November 2021, which is sponsored by the ANU, UNSW and AMSI.

This workshop intends to bring together researchers from the areas of computation, optimisation, computing sciences and engineering interested in the cross- fertilization of ideas around the interfaces of computational mathematics and optimisation:

Workshop Format

The workshop will be held online using Zoom and Spatial Chat (for formal and informal interactions). Depending on COVID restrictions, we may also have some hybrid participation via live gatherings at some regional locations (including the mathematics department at the ANU in Canberra). Further announcement will be made closer to the event.

Keynotes Speakers:

Some keynotes may present in person (streamed online) and others will engage totally online in a remote format. In addition to their keynote presentations, keynotes who will be invited to give an informal discussion session post presentation.

Prof Gerlind Plonka-Hoch (University of Goettingen, Germany)

Prof. Frances Kuo (UNSW)

Prof Stefan Wild (Argonne, USA)

Prof Stephen Wright (Wisconsin, USA) 

Prof. Ian Turner (QUT)

Prof. Claudia Sagastizabal (IMECC-Unicamp and CEMEAI, Brazil)

Prof Martin Berggren (Umeå University, Sweden)

Important dates:

Registration is Free and Now Open: ANU WICO event page

Workshop Dates: 22/11/2021 to 25/11/2021

Future Announcements and Grants:

We also wish to draw female participants attention to the possibility of applying for the WIMSIG Cheryl E. Praeger Travel Award (support for attending conferences/visiting collaborators) and/or the WIMSIG Anne Penfold Street Awards (support for caring responsibilities while attending conferences/visiting collaborators).

There will be a special session in Computational Mathematics at the 65th Annual Meeting of the Australian Mathematical Society organized by Quoc Thong Le Gia (UNSW) and Bishnu Lamichhane (Newcastle).

We would like to invite you to give a contributed talk. Standard session talks are

20 minutes, followed by 5 minutes questions and 5 minutes break between talks.

The keynote speaker for the session will be  Prof Santiago Badia

https://research.monash.edu/en/persons/santiago-badia-rodriguez

from Monash University.

For more information, refer to

https://carma.newcastle.edu.au/meetings/austms2021/#page=sessions

Registration and abstract submission are now open for the 65th meeting of Australian Mathematical Society, to be held online 7–10 December 2021.

Confirmed plenaries for the optimization special session are Professor Radu Ioan Boţ (Universität Wien) and Levent Tuncel (University of Waterloo).

We look forward to seeing you there.

Save the date! The 65th Annual Meeting of the Australian Mathematical Society will feature a special session on Optimisation. The conference will be held online, from Tuesday, 7 December to Friday, 10 December, 2021. Registration and abstract submission will be open soon. You can follow the AustMS website or the CARMA website for further information.

Special session organisers:

Scott B. Lindstrom: scott.lindstrom@curtin.edu.au (Curtin University),

Hoa Bui: hoa.bui@curtin.edu.au (Curtin University) and

Reinier Diaz Millan: r.diazmillan@deakin.edu.au (Deakin)

Friday 9th July

The New South Wales branch of ANZIAM will hold a one-day virtual conference on Friday 9th July.  A Zoom link will be sent at a later date.

The conference will run from approximately 10am to 5.30pm (depending upon the number of speakers).

This meeting features the 2020 winner of WIMSIG Maryam Mirzakhani Award, Dr Hoa Bui (Curtin) as the invited speaker: https://www.maintenance.org.au/users/viewuserprofile.action?username=hoa.bui. Title: Optimisation Methods for Maintenance Scheduling in the Mining Industry.

There is no registration fee.

If you would like to give a presentation or are planning on attending please contact Dr Xiaoping Lu (xplu@uow.edu.au) by 30 June, and abstracts/titles of presentations should

be send to Xiaoping by Tuesday 6 July.

Election of Speakers

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ECRs and students are strongly encouraged to attend and present at the meeting.

In the fortunate event that we are over-subscribed with speakers, priority will be given to students and ECR, with preference given to NSW ANZIAM members. For established researchers, preference will again be given to NSW ANZIAM members.

Student prize

A prize in the value of $100, will be awarded to the best student presentation.

Organisers

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Dr Xiaoping Lu,

Centre for Financial Mathematics,

School of Mathematics and Applied Statistics,

University of Wollongong

A/P Mark Nelson

Centre for Multidisciplinary Mathematical Modelling,

School of Mathematics and Applied Statistics,

University of Wollongong