SIGMAOPT
SIGMAOPT is the optimisation special interest group of ANZIAM. The group consists of a forum for Australian and New Zealand optimisation specialists to interact.
The SIGMAOPT mailing list may be joined here.
Rules of Procedure
SigmaOpt/MoCaO Best Student Paper Prize
The SigmaOpt/MoCaO Student Best Paper Prize is award to a student for an exceptional paper in the field of mathematical optimsation, 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 SigmaOpt workshop. For information on preparing and submitting a nomination, see the nomination form here.
Past Awardees
- 2025: Lien Nguyen (RMIT). Paper title: Fast Gradient Algorithm with Dry-like Friction and Nonmonotone Line Search for Nonconvex Optimization
- 2024: Sandy Spiers (Curtin). Paper title: An exact cutting plane method for the Euclidean max-sum diversity problem
Current SIGMAOPT Executive
- Chair: Matthew Tam
- Secretary: James Foster
- Treasurer: Minh Dao
- Ordinary Members: Felipe Atenas, Neil Dizon, Nadia Sukhorukov, Julien Ugon
- Co-opted Members: Dmytro Matsypura and Ricardo Ruiz Baier (MoCaO chairs)
Past SIGMAOPT Executives
- 2023-2024 SIGMAOPT Execuitive
- Chair: Matthew Tam
- Secretary: Julien Ugon
- Treasurer: Minh Dao
- Ordinary Members: Reinier Diaz Millan, Andrea Raith (ORSNZ Vice President), Nadia Sukhorukova
- Co-opted Members: Hoa Bui, Andrew Eberhard (MoCaO chair)
