Annual Alexander Rubinov orations
Each year Federation University Australia commemorates Professor Rubinov, the Founding Director of the Centre for Informatics and Applied Optimisation, with an annual oration dedicated to mathematics by a high profile invited speaker.
| Date | Guest speaker | Topic | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14 Nov 2019 | Dr Marcy Robertson, University of Melbourne | MC Escher - Visualising the Infinite | Flyer Video Photos |
| 8 Nov 2018 |
Professor Kate Smith-Miles, University of Melbourne
 | Optimisation in the darkness of uncertainty: when you don’t know what you don’t know, and what you do know isn’t much! | Flyer Video Photos |
| 2017 |
Professor John S Croucher, Macquarie University
| The Romance of Numbers | Flyer Video Photos |
| 2016 |
Professor Nalini Joshi, University of Sydney | Symmetry through Geometry | Flyer Video Photos |
| 2015 |
Dr Mark Lawrence, Mark Lawrence Group | Doing Maths: A Risk-Free Choice! | Flyer Video Photos |
| 2014 |
Professor Geoff Prince, Executive Director, Australian Mathematics Sciences Institute 
| Do Maths – not Medicine | Photos |
| 2013 |
Professor Peter Taylor, University of Melbourne 
| Why do we need to know about probability? | Video Photos |
| 2012 | Manfred Lenzen, University of Sydney | Think global - act local: a new quantitative view on how our actions affect the environment worldwide | Video |
| 2011 | Professor Moshe Sniedovich, University of Melbourne | The art, science and joy of (mathematical) decision making | Video |
| 2010 | Professor Sid Morris, Emeritus Professor, University of Ballarat | Mathematics: Mystery or Misery? | Video |
| 2009 | Professor Jon Borwein, Laureate Professor, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, New South Wales | Computer as Crucible: The End of Theory? | |
| 2008 | Professor Barney Glover, Vice Chancellor, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Northern Territory | Finding the Best Solution - Innovation, Education and Mathematics |