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Talk Recordings
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Note that more is available in our slack workspace. Please contact the organisers to get the link.
Workshop Program
See here
Key Information
The fifth Workshop on Optimisation, Metric Bounds, Approximation and Transversality (WoMBaT2020) is being held online on 30 November–4 December 2020. This year WOMBAT is dedicated to the memory of Prof. Alex Rubinov.
Please visit the Rubinov Memorial Day page for a thank you message from the Rubinov family and photos of St-Petersburg.
Confirmed Keynotes
Prof. Barney Glover (Vice Chancellor, Western Sydney University)
- Alex Rubinov memorial session keynote
Dr Daniel Mansfield (UNSW Sydney)
The Forgotten Geometry of Mesopotamia: Revelations from an ancient clay tablet
- Alex Rubinov public lecture (organised by Federation University Australia)
Prof. Asen Dontchev (University of Michigan, USA)
Prof. Claudia Sagastizábal (University of Campinas, Brazil)
Prof. Hong-Kun Xu (Hangzhou Dianzi University, China)
Prof. Didier Henrion (University of Toulouse, France)
Childcare Support
WOMBAT2020 has received AustMS-WIMSIG Anne Penfold Street Award to support the arrangement of childcare for the participants. If you require such support, please contact Vera Roshchina.
Organisers
Dr Nadia Sukhorukova, Swinburne University of Technology
Dr Minh Dao, Federation University Australia
Dr Reinier Díaz Millán, Deakin University
Prof. Andrew Eberhard, RMIT University
Prof. Alex Kruger, Federation University Australia
Dr Vera Roshchina, UNSW Sydney
Dr Julien Ugon, Deakin University
Sponsors
Deakin University
The inscription is now closed (Deadline Nov 15th, 2020):
Please contact the organisers directly if you would like to correct earlier submitted registration details or talk information.