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Please see below for an invitation to (1) join SigmaOpt (an ANZIAM special interest group for optimisation, Operations Research, optimal control and related fields), (2) attend the ANZIAM conference and the (3) SigmaOpt workshop immediately after the ANZIAM conference.
Finally, (4) SigmaOpt / MoCaO are also calling for nominations for a student best paper prize.

(1) Invitation to join SigmaOpt (An ANZIAM Special Interest Group in Mathematical Optimisation)

You may be aware of ANZIAM (Australian and New Zealand Industrial and Applied Mathematics). ANZIAM has a Special Interest Group in Mathematical Optimisation (SigmaOpt). Andrea Raith is a member of the SigmaOpt executive committee on behalf of ORSNZ.

SigmaOpt is the special interest group of ANZIAM for optimisation, Operations Research, optimal control and related fields. The SigmaOpt webpage is: https://www.anziam.org.au/SIGMAOPT
You can request to join the SigmaOpt website here: https://groups.google.com/g/sigmaopt or contact Dr Hoa Bui at [email protected].

We welcome you to join the SigmaOpt mailing list as well as sharing this announcement with any interested colleagues.

ANZIAM also offers free student membership for interested students.

(2) ANZIAM 2024 conference – Golbon Zakeri, who many of you will know, is an invited speaker at the upcoming ANZIAM conference.

The Organising Committee warmly invites you to join us for the ANZIAM 2024 Conference, to be held in the Adelaide Hills, South Australia.

Dates: 11-15 February 2024
Venue: Adelaide Hills Convention Centre, Hahndorf SA
Website: https://www.mathematics.org.au/sys/public/home.php?conf_id=61

The scientific programme for the annual ANZIAM Conference will include 8 invited plenary lectures on a range of areas of applied mathematics. The conference will also feature a student social event, WIMSIG Lunch, LGBTQIA+ & Allies event, and formal conference dinner.
An ECR Workshop will be held on Saturday and Sunday (10–11 Feb) and the Mathematical Biology Special Interest Group (MBSIG) Workshop and SigmaOpt Workshop will both take place on Friday 16 February following the conference.

Confirmed Invited Speakers:
• David Abrahams (U. Cambridge)
• Luke Bennetts (U. Adelaide)
• Beth Fulton (CSIRO)
• Adrianne Jenner (Queensland U. Technology)
• Chris Lustri (U. Sydney)
• Neela Nataraj (Indian Institute of Technology Bombay)
• Tony J. Roberts (U. Adelaide)
• Golbon Zakeri (U. Massachusetts Amherst)

(3) SigmaOpt 2024 workshop and student paper prize – Golbon Zakeri, is also an invited speaker here.

SigmaOpt, the optimisation special interest group of ANZIAM, is holding a one-day workshop in Adelaide City on the day after the 2024 ANZIAM Conference (in Adelaide Hills). The workshop will feature talks from five invited speakers as well as the winner of the Student Best Paper Prize.

Important Information:

When: Friday February 16, 2024.
Where: Room RR5-09 at the City West Campus of UniSA.
Invited Speakers:

Kate Helmstedt (QUT)
Yalcin Kaya (UniSA)
Vicky Mak (Deakin)
Lindon Roberts (USyd)
Golbon Zakeri (UMas Amherst, USA)
The Winner of the Student Best Paper Prize (TBA) – see call below

Registration: $50 (includes catering) using the following link via the ANZIAM 2024 conference registration system: https://www.mathematics.org.au/sys/pages/plain.php?page_id=39&conf_id=61

(4) SigmaOpt/MoCaO Student Best Paper Prize: SigmaOpt and MoCaO call for nominations for the joint SigmaOpt/MoCaO Student Best Paper Prize for an exceptional paper in the field of mathematical optimisation, optimal control, operations research or related field published in the last 18 months. The winner of this prize will be awarded $300 and invited to present the paper at the one-day workshop. For information on submitting a nomination, visit: https://www.anziam.org.au/SIGMAOPT
Nominations for the prize are due by 4/12/2023.

For further information about the workshop, visit the ANZIAM conference webpage:
https://www.mathematics.org.au/sys/pages/plain.php?page_id=39&conf_id=61

Kia ora koutou,

The 11th Asia-Pacific International Conference on Advanced Reliability and Maintenance Modeling (APARM2024) will be held in Nagoya City, Japan, 26-30 August 2024. See the conference website https://aparm2024-conf.github.io/info/ for further information.

Noho ora mai, Mike (ORSNZ president) on behalf of Sarah (ORSNZ council member)

Kia ora koutou,

We invite you to register for the ORSNZ 2023 Annual Conference. Registrations are being managed via Eventbrite. Note that there is Student Financial Assistance available.

You also need to submit an abstract if you would like to present, along with a paper if you would like to be considered for the Young Practitioner’s Prize (YPP).

Please let Mike know if you have any issues: president AT THE orsnz.org.nz.

Ngā mihi nui, Tom & Mike (Conference Organisers)

Kia ora koutou,

We invite you to submit an abstract for the ORSNZ 2023 Annual Conference (23-24 November 2023) by Monday 6 November 2023. For those eligible for the Young Practitioners’ Prize (YPP), you also need to submit a short paper (at most 12 pages) by Monday 13 November 2023.

We hope to see you there! Noho ora mai, Tom & Mike (Conference Organisers)

Kia ora koutou,

Please see the APORS announcement below. ORSNZ has the opportunity to nominate up to 3 papers for these awards. Please email me president AT THE orsnz.org.nz if you would like to put a paper forward for consideration.

Noho ora mai, Mike (ORSNZ President)

Call for Nominations

for

APORS Young Researcher Best Paper Award

The APORS Young Researcher Best Paper Award will be set up in 2023 and is presented to young scholar(s) “In recognition of the outstanding research in the Operations Research and related areas in either theories and/or applications”.

The Young Researcher Best Papers awarded by the APORS will definitely help the recognition and exchange among the member societies and facilitate the communication of young operations research researchers within the region. The award will offer an opportunity for young researchers in Asia and Pacific region to present their latest achievements and we hope, to foster collaborative exchanges and create new academic connections among the member societies of APORS.

The APORS Young Researcher Best Paper awards are categorized into three types: Theoretical Research Award, Applied Practice Award, and Collaborative Progress Award, to encourage academic researches among young researchers in the theoretical and applied aspects, and to encourage collaboration between different APORS member societies.

Now we call for nominations from our 12 APORS member societies for the 2023 APORS Young Researcher Best Paper Awards. Attached is the guidelines for the awards, eligibility, and nomination requirements.

Deadline of the nomination for the 2023 Awards is set to October 22, 2023.

Thank you for your cooperation!

Yu-Hong Dai

President of the APORS

Date: September 21, 2023

Kia ora koutou,

The ORSNZ Annual Conference 2023 will be held at the University of Auckland on Thursday 23 November-Friday 24 November. The conference website is being updated this week so you should be able to register and submit abstracts/papers very soon.

Hope to see you there! Noho ora mai, Tom & Mike (Conference Organisers)

Dear ORSNZ,

I am an expert member of the Global Partnership on AI (GPAI). I am now actively involved in a program titled “Scaling RAI solutions.” This project aims at providing opportunities to deploy and scale Responsible AI solutions, showcasing results, encouraging cross-functional collaboration, and helping adopt performance metrics. Our intention is to contribute to tangible outcomes that can help operationalize the RAI framework within GPAI and beyond.

We just launched a call for participation addressed to organizations/AI initiatives that are facing challenges in either scaling or in implementing responsible AI. Upon selection, teams will be provided with mentorship and guidance from GPAI expertise and support to help with reaching sustainable deployment of such AI solutions over a period of three months (June 2023 to August 2023). Teams interested in this program can apply and find more information on our application platform. The application period closes on May 27, 2023, giving teams one month to submit their applications.

We would like to know more about your current projects and explore your potential interest in the Scaling RAI Solutions 2023 program. If you and your team are interested in applying to our Scaling RAI Solutions 2023 Challenge, please visit our website for more information and to fill out an application. Additionally, as we continue to build the community around this initiative, we are welcoming assistance with outreach efforts. If you know of any teams that may be interested in this opportunity, we encourage you to spread the word and share our call for participation. We would greatly appreciate your support.

You can also find out initiative on social media:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/CEIMIA_mtl/status/1653041925799260163
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7058807287800328192

Let me know if you are interested in continuing this discussion. I would be pleased to arrange a call to delve deeper into the matter. We are hosting two webinars in May aimed at presenting this initiative and addressing any queries you may have.

Ngā manaakitanga,
Mike O’Sullivan on behalf of the Scaling RAI Solutions 2023 Project team

Kia ora koutou!

November 28 & 29 saw the return of the ORSNZ Annual Conference, very well organised by Tony Downward (ORSNZ Secretary) and Tom Adams (ORSNZ Treasurer). It was very nice to see people kanohe ki te kanohe (eye to eye), both those I know and those I met at the conference.

The conference began with a ½ day Healthcare Modelling cluster organised by the ORSNZ SIG on Healthcare Analytics (OSHA) with talks bookended by an excellent plenary address by Dr Melanie Reuter-Oppermann and a discussion panel with experts from academia and industry (Melanie, Ms Pieta Brown, Dr Isaac Cleland, Dr Tom Adams, Assoc Prof Ilze Ziedins, Assoc Prof Cameron Walker).

The sessions that followed included talks by both young and experienced practitioners covering topics from finding missing people with integer programming to teaching the next generation of OR students.

There were two prize highlights during the conference. First, Associate Professor Andrew Mason was awarded the Hans Daellenbach Prize, the ORSNZ prize awarded for a body of work in OR/MS that combines strong innovative methodology with a practical impact which has made a significant contribution and received international recognition. Second, the Young Practitioners’ Prize – sponsored by Optimity and the Supply Chain Company – was awarded for presentations and papers as follows:

• Paper
  • 1st place: Christina Lin – Modelling housing feature impacts on sale price in newly developed suburbs relative to a standard house. (Department of Engineering Science and Biomedical Engineering, University of Auckland)
  • 2nd place: Dominic Keehan – Certainty equivalent model predictive control and distributionally robust stochastic dynamic programming. (Department of Engineering Science and Biomedical Engineering, University of Auckland)
• Presentation
  • 1st place: Karl Zhu – Finding the missing with integer programming. (Department of Engineering Science and Biomedical Engineering, University of Auckland)
  • 2nd place: Uwe Langenmayr – Calculation of synthetic energy carrier production costs with high temporal and geographical resolution. (Institute for Industrial Production, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology)

The AGM saw the addition of one of the YPP people, Karl Zhu, in the Communications role. Your ORSNZ Council is as follows:

One of Karl’s first tasks might be introducing you to your Council members.

One of my colleagues remarked that this year’s conference was one of the best ORSNZ conferences he had been to. Ngā mihi nui to those who could attend the conference this year and a special thanks to those that presented. Ngā mihi to Optimity and the Supply Chain Company for sponsoring the YPP. I hope to see you some time soon at an ORSNZ event.

Noho ora mai, Mike (ORSNZ President)

Kia ora koutou,

You might want to listen in to the International Conference on Science, Engineering Management and Information Technology. Please see https://www.semit.refconf.com/ for more information.

Noho ora mai, Mike (ORSNZ President)