OPTIMA Postdoctoral Research Fellow, AI in Optimisation

Your next career opportunity

You will drive exploratory research at the intersection of AI and optimisation within ARC Training Centre OPTIMA.

You will integrate AI tools into optimisation software, collaborate with industry, and co-supervise talented Masters and PhD students.

You will gain mentoring, publishing and networking opportunities in a highly collaborative, multidisciplinary team at Melbourne Connect.

What you will deliver:

• Advance cutting edge research on AI methods for model-based and black-box optimisation aligned with OPTIMA priorities.
• Develop, test and maintain open-source optimisation tools, integrating AI methods, instance space analysis and MiniZinc where appropriate.
• Publish high quality journal and conference papers, and present research at seminars, conferences and industry engagements.
• Co-supervise and mentor honours, Masters and PhD students, supporting timely thesis completion and impactful research outputs.
• Build collaborations with industry partners and OPTIMA colleagues, contributing to funding proposals, workshops and centre governance activities.