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AMSI supports and sponsors eminent international researchers through the scientific program in conjunction with SSAI, ANSIAM and MASCOS.
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AMSI-SSAI Lecturer 2012
Prof. Christian P. Robert, Universit'e Paris-Dauphine
Prof. Robert's research areas cover Bayesian statistics, with a focus on decision theory and model selection, numerical probability, with works cantering on the application of Markov chain theory to simulation, and computational statistics, developing and evaluating new methodologies for the analysis of statistical models.
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AMSI Lecturer 2012
Prof. Celia Hoyles, University of London
Former mathematics advisor to the UK government, now Director of the National Centre for Excellence in the Teaching of Mathematics Prof. Hoyles has long been concerned with mathematics at all levels.
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Prof. Darren Crowdy, Imperial College London
Prof. Crowdy's interests are broad but centre on the application of methods of complex analysis to problems arising in the physical sciences, applied mathematics and mathematical physics. He has special interests in the field of fluid dynamics.
Lecture tour
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Prof. Denise Lievesley, Kings College London
Prof. Lievesley is one of the UK's leading social statisticians, who has campaigned for evidence to be used as the basis for the development of sound public policies within the UK and more widely.
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AMSI-ANZIAM Lecturer 2008
Prof. Linda Petzold, University of California Santa Barbara
Dr Petzold's research interests include Numerical ODEs, DAEs and PDEs, scientific computing. Dr Petzold visited Australia twice, in February 2008 as plenary speaker at the 2008 ANZIAM annual conference and in July/August 2008 visiting a number of member institutions and plenary speaker at the 14th Biennial Comupational Techniques and Applications Conference (CTAC).
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AMSI-MASCOS Lecturer 2007/08
Em. Prof. Dr. Ingo Müller, Technical University of Berlin.
Prof. Müller's expertise is in thermodynamics, he developed Extended Thermodynamics, a thermodynamic theory of irreversible processes rarefied gases. He was plenary speaker at the AMSI-MASCOS Theme Program Concepts of Entropy and their Applications and delivered customised lectures at nine member universities.
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AMSI-SSAI Lecturer 2007
Prof. Xiao-Li Meng, Harvard University
Dr Meng's research interests are in the area of statistical inference under complex settings. Dr Meng visited Australia twice, in July 2007 as plenary speaker at the annual joint conference of the Statistical Society of Australia and the New Zealand Statistical Association and in July 2008, during both visits he spoke at a number of member institutions.
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AMSI-ANZIAM Lecturer 2006
Prof. John E. Dennis Jr, Rice University
Prof. Dennis's expertise is in optomisation algorithms for industrial and computational mathematics. He was plenary speaker at the 2006 ANZIAM annual conference. He then spoke at nine member universities.
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