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ARC Centre of Excellence

Mathematics and Statistics for Complex Systems (MASCOS)

[With Tony Guttmann, Peter Taylor, Aleks Owczarek, Kostya Borovkov, Aihua Xia and Richard Brak (The University of Melbourne), Peter Hall and Chris Heyde (The Australian National University), Tony Dooley, Ian Sloan and Colin Rogers (The University of New South Wales), and Reinout Quispel (La Trobe University)]

Summary

This Centre, formed by a group of high-profile researchers, brings expertise from linked but hitherto disparate areas together. It will place Australia at the forefront of research into complex systems.

The mission of the Centre is to stimulate research in mathematical and statistical modelling of complex systems and to encourage cross-fertilisation of ideas and techniques.

The specific objectives are

• to formulate and analyse mathematical and statistical models for natural and artificial complex systems;
• to use these models to develop an understanding of the behaviour of these systems;
• to incorporate this understanding into strategies for management and control.

There are eight major themes:

• Critical Phenomena
• Dynamical Systems
• Modelling and Control of Complex Systems
• Monte Carlo Methods
• Optimization and Networks
• Risk Modelling
• Scientific Computation
• Statistical Modelling of Complex Systems

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