Workshop on
Perturbations, Game Theory,
Stochastics, Optimisation and Applications
In honour of Jerzy Filar's 60th birthday
September 26 - 27, 2009 (Sat. & Sun.)
University of South Australia,
City West Campus
In recent decades several mathematical techniques have been making significant impact at the interface of a number of well established branches of mathematics. These techniques include the so-called singular perturbation theory that evolved from the seminal treatise by T. Kato entitled "Perturbation Theory for Linear Operators"; the use of stochastic methods to tackle purely deterministic optimisation and control problems pioneered by P. Dupuis, H. Kushner and E. Feinberg in the US (as well as by V. Gaitsgory, J. Filar, D. Kroese and B. Miller in Australia) and Game Theory that, thanks to the growth of challenges of managing queues and networks and environmental problems (e.g., carbon trading) is now gaining popularity among electrical engineers and ecologists.
The timing of the workshop, just before AustMS 2009, offers a special opportunity to highlight the latest developments in these areas and to attract a number of outstanding scholars to visit Australia.
Registration is free and open until 30 August 2009. Please register here.
We cordially invite all participants to attend a conference dinner on Saturday, 26 September 2009.
Speakers: (Abstracts):
Konstantin Avrachenkov (INRIA)
Vivek Borkar (Tata Institute of Fundamental Research)
Vladimir Gaistgory (University of South Australia)
Tony Guttman (University of Melbourne)
Moshe Haviv (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
Roger Horn (University of Utah)
Phil Howlett (University of South Australia)
Fima Klebaner (Monash University)
Jacek Krawczyk (Victoria University of Wellington)
Dirk Kroese (University of Queensland)
Walter Murray (Stanford University)
Giang Nguyen (University of South Australia)T. E. S. Raghavan (University of Illinois at Chicago)
Flora Spieksma (University of Leiden)
Peter Taylor (University of Melbourne)
Peter Zograf (Steklov
Mathematical Institute, St. Petersburg)
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