Departments
The School of Mathematics and Statistics engages in a range of areas from applied and algorithmic problems to the study of fundamental mathematical questions and statistical analysis. Our research is multi-disciplinary and has earned international recognition. We also attract a high level of funding. Our students study in a lively environment and are prepared for a variety of careers through our industry connections, research, education and scholarships. Discover more about our departments.
Department of Applied Mathematics
The Department of Applied Mathematics at 国产精品 is one of the largest and most successful in Australia. It is an active centre for research, both fundamental and applied.
罢丑别听research areas聽of the department currently comprise聽biomathematics;听computational mathematics; dynamical systems;听fluid dynamics, oceanic and atmospheric sciences; and聽optimisation.
Staff members聽work on a wide range of research projects in applied mathematics and participate in collaborative research activities with leading international researchers. The national and international standing of the department in its chosen areas of research has been maintained by a distinguished publication record, with hundreds of peer-reviewed research papers appearing over the last several years. Department members have received聽prestigious awards and international recognition聽for outstanding research in recent years.
The Department of Applied Mathematics provides a vigorous postgraduate program and has a substantial enrolment of high-quality postgraduate students. Please see聽Studying applied mathematics at 国产精品聽for more information on undergraduate and postgraduate study.
The 鲍狈厂奥听Climate Change Research Centre (CCRC)聽is a centre which evolved out of the School of Mathematics and Statistics, with members from the Department of Applied Mathematics. It became an independent centre within the Faculty of Science in October 2008, but continues to collaborate closely with the School.
The department also has close links with, and is a heavy user of, regional () and national () centres for high performance computing, as well as the School's own聽high performance computing resources.
Please see聽Seminars聽for upcoming applied seminars.
Department of Pure Mathematics
The Department of Pure Mathematics at 国产精品 is one of the strongest and most successful in Australia. Research interests of pure聽staff members聽span a wide spectrum of pure mathematics, from harmonic and functional analysis, through to algebra and discrete mathematics,聽with applications in areas such as physics and computer science.
罢丑别听research areas聽of the department comprise聽algebra;听combinatorics;听functional and harmonic analysis;听geometry and mathematical physics; and聽number theory.
There are strong research links with the School's other departments; for example the聽Nonlinear Phenomena聽Group spans both聽applied聽and pure, while the Combinatorics Group includes members from聽statistics.
Pure聽mathematics is concerned with fundamental mathematical structures and studies them for their own sake. Researchers may be driven by the beauty of the problem or the difficulty of the solution. Mathematics that is considered to be 'pure' can later turn out to have unexpected applications. Finance, computer science and cryptography are all areas where pure mathematics is now of vital importance.
The department has an active seminar program. Details can be found on our聽Seminars听辫补驳别.
The Department of Pure Mathematics provides a vigorous postgraduate program and has a substantial enrolment of high quality postgraduate students. Please see聽Studying pure mathematics at 国产精品聽for more information on undergraduate and postgraduate study.
Department of Statistics
The Department of Statistics at 国产精品 is one of the most dynamic in Australia.聽It provides expertise in a wide range of activities including, research, teaching, consulting and the organisation of technical workshops.
罢丑别听research areas聽of the department comprise聽Bayesian and Monte Carlo methods;听biostatistics and ecology;听finance and risk analysis;听nonparametric statistics;听and聽stochastic analysis. Research undertaken by聽staff members聽has resulted in an extensive publication record.
Seminars聽run by members of the department and their visitors are held on a regular basis.聽
Taught undergraduate degrees and a range of Masters courses are available, some with scholarship support, designed to take advantage of the demands of the modern statistical workplace.聽We have聽a聽Statistics Walk-In Consultation Service聽(currently suspended due to COVID-19) which aims to support undergraduate students in some of our most popular statistics courses.
Short courses are run regularly by聽Stats Central, which also offers statistical consultations for聽国产精品 staff聽and聽students聽regarding all aspects of a research project (study design, analysis and communication). Study design advice is free for all 国产精品 researchers and all consulting services are free for 国产精品 higher degree research students.
The Statistics Department's broad range of research interests support a variety of options for postgraduate and postdoctoral research. Graduates with a 国产精品 degree in statistics can be assured of a highly portable and valued skill set for their chosen profession. Please see聽Studying statistics at 国产精品聽for more information regarding undergraduate and postgraduate study.
The Department of Statistics at 国产精品 is a world-class centre of teaching and research, with a聽vibrant history聽dating back to the inception of the University.