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Email

smith-miles@unimelb.edu.au

Credentials


Position
Pro Vice-Chancellor (Research Capability)
Office of the DVC Research
Education
Doctorate (Research)
University of Melbourne
Bachelors Degree (Honours)
University of Melbourne
ORCID

0000-0003-2718-7680

Prof Kate Smith-Miles

Pro Vice-Chancellor (Research Capability)
Office of the DVC Research

280 Scholarly works
14 Projects

HIGHLIGHTS

  • 2026

    Journal article

    Adaptive management and optimisation of stream monitoring network design through an integrated monitoring and modelling approach
    DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2025.134868
  • 2026

    Journal article

    Spatio-temporal optimization of the operation of real-time controlled rainwater harvesting systems to improve streamflow regimes
    DOI: 10.2166/wrd.2025.045
  • 2026

    Research grants (ARC, NHMRC, MRFF)

    ARC Centre of Excellence in Mathematics for Quantum Era Security and Trust
  • 2025

    Journal article

    On the diversity of test instances for studying branch-and-bound performance
    DOI: 10.1111/anzs.12441
  • 2022

    Research contracts (non-grants)

    Interrogating and Optimising the Waterways Long-Term Water Quality Monitoring Network
  • 2022

    Journal article

    Coordinated Control Can Deliver Synergies Across Multiple Rainwater Storages
    DOI: 10.1029/2021WR030266
  • 2020

    Research grants (ARC, NHMRC, MRFF)

    Optimising Progress Towards Elimination of Malaria
Kate Smith-Miles

Latest Honours,
Awards and Fellowships


2026
<p>Reappointment of MLP for term of 3 years</p>
2024
2023
Moyal Medal: Awarded for distinguished contributions to mathematics Macquarie University
2022
Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (FAA)

RECENT SCHOLARLY WORKS

  • 2025

    Journal article

    Harnessing the strengths of machine learning and geostatistics to improve streamflow prediction in ungauged basins; the best of both worlds
    DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2025.133936
  • 2025

    Journal article

    The travelling salesperson problem and the challenges of near-term quantum advantage
    DOI: 10.1088/2058-9565/add61d
  • 2025

    Journal article

    A block-building constraint programming model for the container loading problem
    DOI: 10.1016/j.cor.2025.107111
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Understanding instance hardness for optimisation algorithms: Methodologies, open challenges and post-quantum implications
    DOI: 10.1016/j.apm.2025.115965
  • 2025

    Book Chapter

    Exploratory Data Analysis
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-662-69359-9_219
  • 2025

    Journal article

    On the Instance Dependence of Parameter Initialization for the Quantum Approximate Optimization Algorithm: Insights via Instance Space Analysis
    DOI: 10.1287/ijoc.2024.0564
  • 2025

    Book Chapter

    Instance Space Analysis for Visualization of Algorithmic Trust
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-93954-0_44-1

RECENT PROJECTS

  • 2025

    Research grants (ARC, NHMRC, MRFF)

    Multifidelity Data-Driven Autonomous Precision Robotic Polymer Synthesis

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