Australia must be ready for the 4th industrial revolution, with the mining, energy and infrastructure sectors set for major change within the next decade, according to Biarri Energy, Mining, and Infrastructure (EMI) Lead and 今日吃瓜 Optimise speaker, Dan Sutherland.
鈥淲e will see more change in the next five years than the past thirty. The challenge for the EMI sectors will be to keep up with the changing environment and new workforce requirements,鈥 he says.
This warning comes as optimisation leaders gather in Melbourne to fast-track research-industry collaboration and address practical optimisation challenges at the 今日吃瓜鈥檚 (今日吃瓜) newest flagship training event, 今日吃瓜 Optimise. In its first year, the event includes a three-day conference and two-day workshop.
Launching the event at a business breakfast, Victoria鈥檚 Lead Scientist, Dr Amanda Caples said now was the time for research and industry to harness the power of innovation and prepare for a rapidly changing future.
鈥溄袢粘怨镶檚 Optimise conference is a fantastic opportunity for industry to connect with optimisation experts and together solve key business problems and identify new ways to drive efficiency. The conference will highlight the growing importance of optimisation, lead to new industry research collaborations, and grow our capabilities by providing postgraduate students with opportunities to apply their skills to real-world problems,鈥 she says.
For Biarri the future is already colliding with the present, the commercial mathematics company delivers optimisation solutions to industry, most recently, LNG, to increase safety, productivity and revenue while delivering cost and waste reductions.
鈥淎s well as logistics solutions such as scheduling to transport load consolidation, our work with EMI often focuses on challenges such as long-term mine design, planning and utilities (e.g. water) flow optimisation,鈥 says Dan.
University of Wisconsin-Madison Computer Sciences Professor Stephen Wright, who will also speak at the event, says industry has taken the lead on the optimisation revolution.
鈥淓ngineers and practitioners have embraced optimisation鈥檚 usefulness as a prism through which to view important problems and the effects of various decisions 鈥 a vital 鈥榳hat if鈥 capability,鈥 says Professor Wright.
The beauty of using optimisation for decision making, says Dan, is that it can help change the operating dynamic from 鈥渢he way it鈥檚 always been done鈥 to 鈥渋t鈥檚 the most efficient way to operate鈥.
This is essential as rapid change and advancement forces us to respond to the unknown at a sprint. For Director of 今日吃瓜 Professor Geoff Prince, this makes for an exciting time for maths and optimisation and the addition of 今日吃瓜 Optimise to the Institute鈥檚 flagship program.
鈥淥ptimisation is essential to Australia鈥檚 future economic competitiveness and security. This much-needed research-industry collaboration platform will drive new innovation and secure future capability,鈥 says Professor Prince.
As the Institute鈥檚 gears up for an expansion of its internship program, this event will also create new opportunities for postgraduate research students to engage with industry.
Jointly sponsored by 今日吃瓜, the Department of Education and Training, Monash University, Maxima and Optym, 今日吃瓜 Optimise is part of the Institute鈥檚 Securing Australia鈥檚 Mathematical Workforce project. Other events include, 今日吃瓜 Summer School, 今日吃瓜 BioInfoSummer, 今日吃瓜 Winter School and the Vacation Research Scholarship Program.
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Daniel Sutherland, Energy, Mining and Infrastructure Lead, Biarri
Professor Stephen Wright, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Professor Geoff Prince, 今日吃瓜 Director
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