Phil Pollett's Research Pages: Some Recent Talks

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Some Recent Talks

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2009

Limit theorems for discrete-time metapopulation models, 53rd Annual Meeting of the Australian Mathematical Society, University of South Australia, City West Campus, Adelaide, Australia, 28 September-1 October 2009: abstract, talk and conference dinner photo

From rabbits in Canberra to convergence in D[0,t]: Part II, MASCOS Qld Meeting, Department of Mathematics, The University of Queensland, 21 September 2009: talk

From rabbits in Canberra to convergence in D[0,t]: Part I, MASCOS Qld Meeting, Department of Mathematics, The University of Queensland, 7 September 2009: talk

Rules of thumb for metapopulation management, 18th Biennial Congress on Modelling and Simulation (MODSIM09), Cairns Convention Centre, Cairns, Australia, 13-17 July 2009: abstract, paper and talk

Metapopulations: from network models to patch occupancy models, MASCOS Workshop on Complex Networks, University of Melbourne, 26th June 2009: talk

2008

Stochastic models for population networks, Invited Short Course, School on Information and Randomness (IR2008), Center for Mathematical Modelling, University of Chile, 15-19 December 2008: Lectures [1|2|3] Printable [1|2|3] Photos [1|2]

Stochastic models for population networks, International Workshop on Complex Systems and Networks (IWCSN08), Australian National University, 1-3 October 2008: [abstract|talk|photo]

Ensemble behaviour in population processes, 4th AMSI Australian Postgraduate Workshop on Stochastic Processes and Modelling (APWSPM08), University of Adelaide, 10-13 February 2008: abstract and talk

2007

Ensemble behaviour in population processes with applications to ecological systems, 17th Biennial Congress on Modelling and Simulation (MODSIM07), University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand, 10-13 December 2007: abstract, paper and talk

Modelling population processes with random initial conditions, 8th Asia-Pacific Complex Systems Conference (Complex'07), Surfers Paradise Marriott Resort, Surfers Paradise, Australia, 2-5 July 2007: abstract and talk

Limiting conditional distributions for reducible Markov chains, Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Durham, 23 May 2007: abstract

Limiting conditional distributions for reducible Markov chains, School of Mathematical Sciences, University of Nottingham, 21 May 2007: abstract

Limiting conditional distributions for reducible Markov chains, Department of Applied Mathematics, University of Zurich, 25 April 2007: abstract

2006

Modelling the long-term behaviour of evanescent processes, Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science, University of Hong Kong, 27 September 2006: abstract, talk and bibliography

Reversing time as an analytical tool: Isn't that just Radon-Nikodym?, University of Queensland, 11 May 2006: abstract and talk (extended version, including more musical examples, but no audio).
Stochastic models and their deterministic analogues, 2nd AMSI/MASCOS Australian Postgraduate Workshop on Stochastic Processes and Modelling (APWSPM06), University of Melbourne, 12-15 February 2006: abstract and talk.
Modelling the long-term behaviour of evanescent processes, 42nd Australasian Applied Mathematics Conference (ANZIAM06), 5-9 February 2006: talk and bibliography and some simulations -
- Auto-catalytic reaction [code]
- Ridler-Rowe epidemic model [code]

2005

Quasi-stationary distributions, Workshop on Large Deviations and Rare Events in Networks, Fields Institute, 4-5 July 2005: talk.

Which Markov chains have a given invariant measure? MASCOS Workshop on Markov Chains, The University of Queensland, 4th April 2005: abstract and talk.

2004

Evaluating stationary and quasi-stationary distributions for Markov chains with a large sparse transition structure, MASCOS Meeting, University of Queensland, 1 December 2004: talk.

Costs and decisions in population models (with Joshua Ross-two speakers), Workshop on Stochastics and their Applications, University of South Australia, 27 September-1 October 2004: abstract and talk.

Limiting conditional distributions for stochastic metapopulation models, Workshop on Metapopulation Modelling, University of Queensland, 2 September 2004: abstract and talk.

Path integrals for continuous-time Markov chains, MASCOS Working Seminars 2004, 20 August 2004: abstract and talk.

Evaluating the total cost of a random process over its lifetime, Winter School in Mathematics and Computational Biology, University of Queensland, 5-9 July 2004: abstract and talk.

2003

Mathematics Colloquium, Discipline of Mathematics, The University of Queensland, 31 March, 2003. Good judgement comes from bad experience: overhead transparencies [pdf|ps], relevant publications and some simulations -
- Auto-catalytic reaction [code]
- Ridler-Rowe epidemic model [code]
International Congress on Modelling and Simulation (MODSIM2003), Townsville, Queensland, Australia, 14-17 July, 2003. A method for evaluating the distribution of the total cost of a random process over its lifetime: abstract, paper and talk.

ARC Centre of Excellence for Mathematics and Statistics of Complex Systems, Melbourne, Australia, 13 November, 2003. A method for analysing complex Markovian models: talk.

The Oberwolfach Applied Probability Meeting, Mathematisches Forschungsinstitut Oberwolfach, Germany, 30 November-6 December, 2003. Identifying Markov chains with a given invariant measure: abstract, talk and photo.

2002

The Ecology Centre, The University of Queensland, Diffusion approximations for ecological models: abstract, paper, and overhead transparencies.

2001

Symposium in Honour of David Vere-Jones on the Occasion of his 65th Birthday, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand, 19-21 April, 2001. Similar Markov chains: abstract, paper and overhead transparencies (in html, dvi (text only), pdf, or colour postscript). Some simulations -

Photograph

27th Conference on Stochastic Processes and their Applications, Centre for Mathematical Sciences, Cambridge, UK, 9-13 July, 2001. Identifying Q-processes with a given finite m-invariant measure: abstract, paper and overhead transparencies.

16th National Conference of the Australian Society for Operations Research, McLaren Vale, South Australia, 23-26 September, 2001. A reduced load approximation accounting for link interactions in a loss network: abstract, paper and overhead transparencies.

Optimization Day, 16th National Conference of the Australian Society for Operations Research, McLaren Vale, South Australia, 27 September, 2001. Resource allocation in general queueing networks with applications to data networks: abstract, paper. and overhead transparencies.

Workshop in honour of Tony Pakes on the occasion of his 60th birthday, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia, 2 October, 2001. Invited talk: abstract and overhead transparencies (in html, dvi, pdf, or postscript).

School of Mathematical Sciences, Monash University, 11 October, 2001. Modelling quasistationarity in evanescent processes: abstract, overhead transparencies and some simulations -

International Congress on Modelling and Simulation (MODSIM2001), The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia, 10-13 December, 2001. Diffusion approximations for ecological models: abstract, paper. and overhead transparencies.

2000

2nd Joint International Workshop of the Operations Research Society of Japan (Hokkaido Chapter) and the Australian Society for Operations Research (Queensland Branch), Sapporo, Japan, 26-28 June, 2000. Resource allocation in general queueing networks: abstract, paper and overhead transparencies (in html, dvi (text only), pdf, or colour postscript). Figures: [1|2].

The 44th Annual Meeting of the Australian Mathematical Society, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia, 2-5 July, 2000. Poisson approximations for traffic processes: abstract and overhead transparencies (in html, dvi, or colour postscript).

1999

15th National Conference of the Australian Society for Operations Research, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, 4-7 July, 1999. Bottlenecks in Markovian queueing networks: abstract, paper and overhead transparencies (in html, dvi, pdf, or colour postscript).

International Workshop on Markov Processes and Controlled Markov Chains, Changsha, China, 22-28 August, 1999. Identifying Markov chains with a given invariant measure: abstract and overhead transparencies (in html, dvi (text only), pdf, or colour postscript). Figures: [1|2|3|4]. See also the official workshop photograph and a

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1st Western Pacific / 3rd Australia-Japan Workshop on Stochastic Models, Christchurch, New Zealand, 23-25 September, 1999. Product form approximations for highly linear loss networks with trunk reservation: abstract. See also a photograph taken at the welcome reception.

Workshop on Combinatorics, Discipline of Mathematics, The University of Queensland, 2-5 November, 1999. On the evolution of some random graphs: overhead transparencies (in html, dvi, pdf, or colour postscript).

International Congress on Modelling and Simulation (MODSIM99), Hamilton, New Zealand, 6-9 December, 1999. Quasistationarity in populations that are subject to large-scale mortality or emigration: abstract, paper and overhead transparencies (in html, dvi, pdf, or colour postscript).

1998

International Conference on Probability Theory and its Applications, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Taejon, Korea, 24-26 February, 1998. Fixed point methods for loss networks : abstract, paper and overhead transparencies (in html, dvi (text only), or colour postscript).

The Oberwolfach Applied Probability Meeting, Mathematisches Forschungsinstitut Oberwolfach, Germany, 29 November-5 December, 1998. Quasistationarity of continuous-time Markov chains with positive drift: abstract and overhead transparencies (in html, dvi (text only), or postscript). Figures: [1|2|3|4|5|6|7|6].

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University of Manchester, Department of Mathematics, 9 December, 1998. Modelling quasistationarity in evanescent processes: abstract, overhead transparencies and some simulations -

1997

International Conference on Telecommunications (ICT97), Melbourne, Australia, 2-4 April, 1997. Improved fixed point methods for loss networks with linear structure: abstract, paper and overhead transparencies (in html, dvi (text only), or colour postscript).

3rd International Symposium on Probability and its Applications, Park City, Utah, USA, 30 July-1 August, 1997. Quasistationarity in Markovian models: abstract and overhead transparencies (in html, dvi (text only), or postscript). Figures: [1|2|3|4|5|6|7|6].

Australia/New Zealand Applied Probability Workshop, Second Valley, South Australia, 28 September-2 October, 1997. Quasistationarity in Markov chains with drift to infinity: abstract and overhead transparencies (in html, dvi (text only), or postscript). Figures: [1|2|3|4|5|6|7|6].

4th Conference of the Association of Asia-Pacific Operational Research Societies (APORS97), Melbourne, Australia, 30 November-4 December, 1997. Optimal allocation of effort in general queueing networks: abstract and overhead transparencies (in html, dvi (text only), or postscript). Figures: [1|2].

3rd Asia-Pacific Conference on Communications (APCC97), Sydney, Australia, 7-10 December, 1997. Optimal allocation of effort in packet switching networks with generally distributed transmission times: abstract and overhead transparencies (in html, dvi (text only), or postscript). Figures: [1|2].

International Congress on Modelling and Simulation (MODSIM97), Hobart, Australia, 8-11 December, 1997. Limiting conditional distributions for stochastic metapopulation models: abstract and overhead transparencies (in html, dvi (text only), or postscript). Figures: [1|2|3|4|5|6].

1996

32nd Australasian Applied Mathematics Conference (ANZIAM96), Masterton, New Zealand, 4-8 February, 1996. Modelling bistability in telecommunications networks: abstract and overhead transparencies (in html, dvi, or postscript).

Sydney International Statistical Congress (SISC96), Sydney, Australia, 8-12 July, 1996. Estimating blocking probabilities in telecommunications networks with linear structure: abstract and overhead transparencies (in html, dvi (text only), or colour postscript).

Stochastic Networks Workshop, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia, 13 July, 1996. Modelling random fluctuations in a bistable telecommunications network: abstract and overhead transparencies (in html, dvi (text only), or colour postscript).

1995

The Numazu95 Workshop on Applied Probability, Numazu City, Japan, 2-13 July, 1995. Poisson approximations for traffic processes in telecommunications networks: abstract and overhead transparencies (in html, dvi, or colour postscript). See also a photo of a few attendees. Can you spot Mount Fuji in the background?

Conference on Applied Probability and Time Series Analysis (in honour of Joe Gani and in memory of Ted Hannan), Athens, Greece, 22-26 March, 1995. Quasistationary distributions for continuous-time Markov chains: abstract and overhead transparencies (in html, dvi (text only), or postscript).

Workshop on Geometry and Discrete Mathematics, Discipline of Mathematics, The University of Queensland, 7-9 November, 1995. Acyclicity in random graphs: abstract and overhead transparencies (in html, dvi, or colour postscript).

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feel free to e-mail me: pkp@maths.uq.edu.au