Optimisation, Intelligent Modelling and Learning

A research group within the Securing Cyberspace Research Cluster.

OptIMAL is a research group within the School of Information Technology at Deakin University that spans several disciplines including mathematical modelling, operations research, fuzzy systems, computational intelligence and machine learning.

The mission of OptIMAL is to foster an environment of collaborative scientific excellence where research will lead to discoveries involving:

1. Development of new optimisation methods and their numerous practical applications.
2. Development of novel methods of data analysis, clustering and classification and their applications.
3. Optimal design of networks and wireless systems

Group Coordinator

A/Prof Gleb Beliakov
Mathematics Leader
Burwood Campus
Phone: +61 3 9251 7475
Email: gleb.beliakov@deakin.edu.au

Academic and Research Staff

Dr Vicky Mak
Dr Honghua Dai
Mr Tim Wilkin
Dr Shui Yu
Dr Gang Li
Dr Ming Li
Dr Kok-Leong Ong
Mr Simon James

Collaborations

Dr A Bagirov - Centre for Informatics and Applied Optimisation, University of Ballarat
Prof T Calvo - University of Alcala, Spain
Dr Qiang Wu - University of Technology, Sydney
Dr Liang Wang - The University of Melbourne
Dr CS Lee - Monash University, Australia
Dr Wenyuan Lee - University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA
Dr Xuan Hong Dang - The University of Melbourne
Dr Wee-Keong Ng - Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Prof H Bustince - Public University of Navarra, Spain

Students

Mr Poh Hean Yap
Mr Luke Mason
Mr Fabion Kauker
Mr Quan Vu
Mr Junlin Zhu
Ms Jia Rong
Mr Yongli Ren

Research

1. Operations research
2. Global Optimisation
3. Computational intelligence
4. Clustering and classification
5. Data mining and Web 2.0
6. Network and wireless systems design
7. Fuzzy systems
8. TULIP Lab (Team for Universal Learning and Intelligent Processing - www.tulip.org.au)