Operations Research in Australia: The Experts Speak!
UNSW@ADFA, Canberra, Australia
Register at: http://www.unsw.adfa.edu.au/dsarc/conferences/or_conference.html
Day 1
9:00 Prof. John Baird, Rector, UNSW@ADFA, Welcome
9:05 Dr Nanda Nandagopal, DCDS, DSTO, Opening
9:15 Dr. Jennie Clothier, CDJOD, DSTO, The need for OR in organisations
10:00 Morning Coffee
10:30 Prof. Natashia Boland, University of Newcastle, Progress and challenges in linear programming, integer programming, and their applications
11:30 Prof. Louis Caccetta, Curtin University, Effective computational models for constrained path problems
12:30 Lunch [Officers Mess]
13:30 Prof. Amrik Sohal, Monash, Applying Operations Research to Designing and Managing Supply Chains
14:30 Dr. Ruhul Sarker, UNSW@ADFA, Why use evolutionary computation for solving optimisation problems?
15:30 Afternoon Coffee
16:00 Prof. Neville Curtis, DSTO, Operations Research at the front end
17:00 Close
1900-2200 Conference Dinner, Old Parliament House, King George Terrace, Parkes ACT 2600]
Day 2
9:00 Dr. Richard Davis, Office of National Security, Prime Minister & Cabinet Department, Challenges for OR in the national security domain
10:00 Morning Coffee
10:30 A/Prof. Moshe Sniedovich, Melbourne University, Responsible decision-making in the face of severe uncertainty
11:30 Prof. Hussein Abbass, UNSW@ADFA, Managing the known and preparing for the unknown: computational scenarios for analysis and planning
12:30 Lunch [Officers Mess]
13:30 Dr. Bruce Fairlie, DSTO, Defence OR in the air domain
14:30 Dr. Paul Whitbread, DSTO, OR for command and control analysis
15:30 Afternoon Coffee
16:00 Russell Hay & Paul Trushell, Geoscience Australia and Attorney General Department, CIPMA: A computational tool to support government & business decision making
17:00 Close
Fiona Richmond
Centre Administrator
Defence & Security Applications Research Centre
Canberra ACT 2600
UNSW@ADFA
Phone: (02) 62688 087
Fax: (02) 62688 933
Email:
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