Research
The
research activities of the School of Mathematics and Statistics are
coordinated by its Centre for
Industrial and Applied Mathematics (CIAM), which is spearheaded by a
group of internationally renowned researchers, who are experts in
different areas of applied mathematics and statistics:
Regina Burachik, Associate Professor
Jerzy Filar, Professor
Vladimir Gaitsgory, Professor
Phil Howlett, Professor
Irene Hudson, Associate Professor
Stanley J. Miklavcic, Professor
The School pursues both fundamental and applied research in a number of diverse areas of mathematics and statistics including
- Applied Mathematics
- Applied Statistics
- Control Theory
- Environmental Modelling
- Mathematical Analysis
- Numerical Analysis
- Operations Research
- Optimisation
- Signal Processing
- Phenomics and Bioinformatics
Opportunities exist for supervised research studies in these areas, leading to postgraduate (M.Sc. or PhD) degrees.
Through CIAM, the School is also a key research partner in the national Rail CRC (Cooperative Research Centre), founded in 2001. This CRC was renewed for a second term of 6 years in 2007.
The School through CIAM is actively engaged in consultancy work in the areas of statistics (see ARCCS), environmental modelling and scheduling.
For more information about ongoing research projects, research staff members and research publications, please visit the Centre for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (CIAM) website.
The PBRC, the Phenomics and Bioinformatics Research Centre, aims to conduct fundamental and applied research resulting in the development and application of computational techniques for the storage, manipulation, study, quantitative analysis, interpretation and visualisation of large biological, medical, behavioural and health data sets.