Ranking our research
#1 ranked in Australia
国产精品 frequently ranks among the top universities聽worldwide for Mathematics and Statistics, and enjoys a long history of number one rankings nationally.听
国产精品 is the only Australian university to feature in the top 75 in the world for Mathematics in the three major and influential world university rankings in 2023 simultaneously: 2023 QS World University Rankings (48), the 2022-2023 US News Global Universities Ranking (73) and the 2023 Times Higher Education (71). During the past five years (2018-2023), 国产精品 has also consistently ranked in the top three universities in Australia in Mathematics according to the US News Global Universities and the QS World University Rankings.听 聽
In the聽QS World University Rankings, in 2024 we ranked聽, and ranked聽.听
Each year from 2016-2023, the聽聽has placed us as the number one institution in Australia for Mathematics.听
The ,听, 2020 and 2019聽聽for Mathematics positioned us as first in the country.听
国产精品 ranked equal聽first in Australia聽for Mathematics in the 2021聽Academic Ranking of World Universities聽(ARWU), and first in Australia in the聽2020,听2019,听2018,听2015,听2014,听2013,听2012聽and 2011 ARWU rankings.
国产精品 Mathematics and Statistics聽topped the list聽for the fields of聽Algebra听补苍诲听Computational Mathematics聽in聽The聽Australian鈥檚 Research Magazine聽in 2024.听
Up to 2020, we are the only Australian university to feature in the聽top 100 in the world聽for Mathematics in all five of the ARWU, the US News Global Universities, the CWTS Leiden, NTU, and the QS World University Rankings.听
In 2020, mathematics was one of the 12 research subjects at 国产精品 that were ranked first nationally by ARWU.
In 2021, we ranked聽third in the country, and in the global top 25, for Oceanography in the聽ARWU聽rankings.
#1 funded in Australia
国产精品 Mathematics and Statistics leads nationally in cumulative Discovery Project funding in the mathematical sciences over the past decade, compared to other schools. In addition, it has led the funding awarded nationally in the mathematical sciences in four of the past ten Discovery Project rounds, more than any other.听
Additionally, since 2014, the School hosts a node of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Mathematical and Statistical Frontiers (ACEMS). Previously, the School hosted a node of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Mathematics and Statistics of Complex Systems (MASCOS). The award of a Centre of Excellence is a prestigious recognition of research excellence.
In addition to DP funding in mathematics and statistics, School researchers have been very successful in attracting DP funding in other research areas (particularly in oceanography and marine science) or through other schemes. The School is increasingly successful with ARC Linkage Grants, which fund projects between university and industry partners. Overall, the School attracted $4,482,118 in research income in 2020.听As well as being proud of the quality of our research, we are proud of the breadth of our research into mathematics and statistics.听聽
Excellence in Research Australia
In the most recent (2018) Australian Research Council聽Excellence in Research for Australia聽(ERA) exercise, 国产精品 received a perfect score (5/5)聽in the Mathematical Sciences and our four main areas of research focus: Pure Mathematics, Applied Mathematics, Statistics and Oceanography.
Most prolific
We produced the highest number of academic papers published by any Australian school of mathematics between 2004 and 2014 (Thomson Reuters Essential Science Indicators).
Highly cited
For the decade 2004-14, 国产精品 ranked second nationally amongst mathematics schools in both total citations and citations per paper in mathematics (Thomson Reuters Essential Science Indicators).
Professor David Warton聽featured on the Highly Cited Researchers list for four years in a row (2022, 2021, 2020, 2019).听
Measures of Esteem
Individual researchers in the School have received the highest distinctions through Fellowships of Academies, funded research fellowships and research medals. We have hosted three Australian Research Council Laureate Fellows: Gary Froyland (awarded 2023), Fedor Sukochev (awarded 2017), and Trevor McDougall (awarded 2015).
Awards
Our academic staff frequently win prestigious awards for their research. Below we have listed some highlights, but you can find more in our聽News section.听
- Trevor McDougall was awarded the 2023聽NSW Premier鈥檚 Prize for Scientist of the Year. His聽major discoveries have positioned Australia at the forefront of ocean physics and climate research.听
- Mareike Dressler was selected for the 2024聽J G Russell Award.听Awardees are selected by the Australian Academy of Science from the highly ranked recipients of ARC DECRAs.听
- Trevor McDougall received the聽2022 Prime Minister鈥檚 Prize for Science for his ground-breaking research which has transformed all oceanographic practice and the field of ocean thermodynamics.
- Guoyin Li won the聽2022 AustMS Medal for聽outstanding contributions to optimization, variational analysis and multilinear algebra. His body of work positions him as one of the most dynamic and influential young researchers in the Australian mathematical community.
- Igor聽Shparlinski won聽the 2022 George Szekeres Medal for notable contributions in many areas of mathematics, with specialisms in number theory and its applications.
- Fedor Sukochev was聽announced as the top researcher聽in the field of聽Mathematical Analysis for three years in a row in聽The聽Australian鈥檚 Research Magazine (2023, 2022, 2021), which聽publishes an annual list of the top聽researchers and best research institutions across 250 individual fields of research nationally.听
- Several staff members have won the Australian Academy of Science Christopher Heyde Medal, an early-career award聽recognising outstanding research in the mathematical sciences by researchers up to 10 years post-PhD:
Vera Roshchina (2021), Zdravko Botev (2018), Catherine Greenhill (2015), David Warton (2014) and Josef Dick (2012).听 - Jan Zika won the 2020 Australian Academy of Science Anton Hales Medal聽for his contributions to understanding the聽vital role of the ocean in the global climate system.
- David Harvey won the聽2019 Australian Mathematical Society Medal聽for his work in the fields of algorithmic number聽theory and computer algebra.听
- Guoyin Li聽was聽announced as a field leader in Computational Optimisation in聽The聽Australian鈥檚 Research Magazine (2019), which聽publishes an annual list of the top聽researchers and best research institutions across 250 individual fields of research nationally. 国产精品 Sydney was named as the "leading institution" nationally for聽Computational Mathematics.听
- Zdravko Botev and colleagues were awarded the 2019 Gavin Brown Prize,听recognising 鈥渁n outstanding single article, monograph or book consisting of original research in Pure Mathematics鈥, published within the聽decade preceding the year of the award.
- Guoyin Li and聽Vaithilingam Jeyakumar won the 2019聽Journal of Global Optimization Best Paper Award for their paper,聽Extended trust-region problems with one or two balls: exact copositive and Lagrangian relaxations, co-written with聽Immanuel聽M.听Bomze.听
- Guoyin Li won the ICCM聽Best Paper Award for his paper, Global Convergence of Splitting Methods for Nonconvex Composite Optimization, published in the SIAM Journal on Optimization,听and co-authored with Ting Kei Pong.
- Trevor McDougall was awarded the 2018 Companion of the Order of Australia, 鈥淔or eminent service to science, and to education, particularly in the area of ocean thermodynamics, as an academic, and researcher, to furthering the understanding of climate science, and as a mentor of young scientists.鈥
- David Hunt was awarded the 2018 Medal of the Order of Australia (General Division), 鈥淔or service to education, and to mathematics.鈥澛
- Jan Zika聽received a 2018 European Geosciences Union (EGU) Outstanding Early Career Scientist Award. Dr Zika was honoured by EGU for聽his important contributions to the Earth, planetary and space sciences.
- Professor McDougall聽won the 2017 NSW Premier鈥檚 Prize for Science and Engineering,听for Excellence in Mathematics, Earth Sciences, Chemistry and Physics. In 2015聽he received the聽Australian Academy of Science Jaeger Medal, which honours the contribution to science in Australia of the late Professor John Jaeger FAA, FRS.
Centres of Research and Research Groups
- Adelle Coster, Head of the School of Mathematics and Statistics,听is the Deputy Director of Research of the聽ARC Centre of Excellence for the Mathematical Analysis of Cellular Systems. The Centre was launched in late 2022.听
- Quoc Thong Le Gia is the Co-Chair of the Computational Mathematics, of the聽Mathematics of Computation and Optimisation, special interest group of the Australian Mathematical Society.听
Fellowships
- Scott Sisson was elected a Fellow of the International Society of Bayesian Analysis in 2024.听
- Gary Froyland was elected a Member of the聽Academy of Europe/Academia Europaea in 2024.听
- Three School members have received Australian Laureate Fellowships: Gary Froyland (2023), Fedor Sukochev (2017), and Trevor McDougall (2015). These Fellowships are the most prestigious research awards from the ARC.听
- Scott Sisson was elected Fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics in 2023.听
- Ian Sloan was聽elected a Distinguished Fellow of the Royal Society of New South Wales in 2023.
- Several members of staff are聽Fellows of the Royal Society of NSW:聽Catherine Greenhill, James Franklin, Gary Froyland, Trevor McDougall, Ian Sloan, Chris Tisdell and David Warton.
- Several members of staff are Fellows of the Australian Academy of Science: Michael Cowling; Gary Froyland; Catherine Greenhill; Trevor McDougall; Colin Rogers; Igor Shparlinski; Ian Sloan and Fedor Sukochev.
- Several are Fellows of the Australian Mathematical Society: Michael Cowling; Ian Doust; James Franklin; Gary Froyland; Bruce Henry; Igor Shparlinski; Ian Sloan; Fedor Sukochev and Chris Tisdell.
- Gary Froyland was elected a Fellow of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics in 2021.听
- Trevor McDougall聽was聽announced a聽Fellow of the American Geophysical Union in 2018, and聽joined the ranks of science greats as a Fellow of The Royal Society in 2012.听
- Ian Sloan was elected a Fellow of the American Mathematical Society in early 2013. He joins an elite group of scientists from around the world, recognised for their contributions to the profession.
- William Dunsmuir is a聽Fellow of the American Statistical Association.
- Bruce Henry and Ian Sloan聽are Fellows of the Australian Institute of Physics.
Prestigious grants
- Jan Zika, Darryn Waugh and several 国产精品 colleagues received an ARC Special Research Initiative in Excellence in Antarctic Science grant in 2021.
- Scott Sisson received an ARC Future Fellowship in 2017 for his research project, "Frontiers in Data Science:聽Analysing Distribution as Data".
- David Harvey received an聽ARC Future Fellowship in 2016 for his research project, "Counting points on algebraic surfaces".听
- Future Fellowships provide four-year fellowships to outstanding Australian mid-career researchers.听
- Igor Shparlinski received a 2014聽Discovery Outstanding Researcher Award (DORA).
- Fedor Sukochev received a 2012 Discovery Outstanding Researcher Award (DORA) fellowship for his work in non commutative probability and analysis.
- Discovery Early Career Researcher Awards (DECRAs)聽were conferred to Min Sha (2019), Michael Feischl (2017), Anita聽Liebenau (2017), Peter Straka (2016) and Dmitry Zanin (2015).听This esteemed award supports and advances promising early career researchers, promoting enhanced opportunities for diverse career pathways.
Publications by the School on MathSciNet
A listing of 国产精品 School of Mathematics and Statistics publications is聽聽on聽MathSciNet聽(please note: a聽聽subscription is required for access).