WOMBAT/WICO 2023

Key Information

In 2023, the annual Workshop on Optimisation, Metric Bounds, Approximation and Transversality (WOMBAT 2023) will be run in conjunction with the second biennial Workshop on the Intersections of Computation and Optimisation (WICO 2023). Together, these workshops aim to bring together Australian and international researchers interested in all areas of optimisation and computational mathematics.

The joint WOMBAT/WICO 2023 event will be held at the University of Sydney from 11-15 December 2023. The event will be entirely in-person.

WOMBAT and WICO are events overseen by the Mathematics of Computation and Optimisation (MoCaO) Special Interest Group of the Australian Mathematical Society (AustMS). Details of previous WOMBATs are available on this page. The first WICO was held (virtually) in 2021, hosted by ANU and UNSW.

WOMBAT/WICO 2023 photo

Program

The conference program is available here.

Location

University of Sydney Business School. Abercrombie Building (H70), corner Abercrombie Street and Codrington Street, Darlington NSW 2006 (Google Maps).

Registration

Registration is free to all participants. The deadline for registration was 31 October. Please email the organisers if you haven't registered but still want to attend.

Talks: If you wish to give a talk, please provide a title and abstract in the registration form.

Open problem sessions: during the workshop we plan to have time to work on open problems suggested by participants. These will be informal collaborative sessions, bringing together the combined expertise of attendees in optimisation and/or computational mathematics. If you wish to suggest a problem, please indicate this in the registration form (there is also space to provide a brief summary of your problem, but you can leave that blank for now if you prefer).

Plenary Speakers

Andreas Ernst (Monash University)

Fatma Kılınç-Karzan (Carnegie Mellon University)

Andrea Raith (University of Auckland)

Ricardo Ruiz-Baier (Monash University)

Georg Stadler (New York University)

Travel

The University of Sydney's Camperdown/Darlington campus is located in central Sydney. It is accessible by many bus routes, particularly along Parramatta Rd and City Rd/King St. The nearest train station is Redfern, from which you can catch trains to most areas of Sydney. Public transport in Sydney uses the Opal ticketing system, but you can also tap on/off with contactless bank cards or digital wallets.

From Sydney Airport, you can catch the regular airport T8 train to Central Station and then either take a bus to campus or a train to Redfern. There are also taxi ranks and rideshare services. More information is available on the Sydney Airport website.

Important health information for international visitors travelling to Australia is available here. Apply early if you require a visa. If you require a letter confirming your participation/attendance at WOMBAT/WICO 2023, please send an email to lindon.roberts@sydney.edu.au.

Accommodation

We have reserved some rooms with discount group rates at nearby hotels Adina Chippendale and Adina Surry Hills. The discounted rates are available until 31 October.

Adina Chippendale (74-80 Ivy St, Chippendale NSW 2008)

  • Executive Queen Studio ($219/night)
  • One Bedroom Apartment ($259/night)

To access these rates, please email chippendale@adinahotels.com.au and mention "Business School WOMBAT conference".

Adina Surry Hills (359 Crown St, Surry Hills NSW 2010)

  • One Bedroom Apartment ($305/night)

To access this rate, please email surryhills@adinahotels.com.au and mention the group confirmation code 34502145.

Financial Support

Up to AUD$1000 of support may be provided to eligible students, subject to availability. Preference will be given to students from under-represented groups and those nearing the end of their PhD. See below for full guidelines and the application form. Applications are due by 15 October.

Guidelines for student support

Student support application form

Organising Committee

Mareike Dressler (UNSW Sydney)

Nam Ho-Nguyen (University of Sydney)

Quoc Le Gia (UNSW Sydney)

Dmytro Matsypura (University of Sydney)

Lindon Roberts (University of Sydney)

Acknowledgments

We acknowledge financial support from the University of Sydney's Discipline of Business Analytics and School of Mathematics and Statistics.

We would like to acknowledge and pay respect to the traditional owners of the land on which this event is being held; the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation. It is upon their ancestral lands that the University of Sydney's Camperdown campus is built.