UC's Mathematics researchers are engaged in a number of fields including strong research interests in the area of biomathematics and computational mathematics. Our researchers are working in ring theory, geometry, combinatorics, harmonic analysis, the potential theory of differential operators and the history of mathematics.
Research strengths
Algebra, combinatorics, and logic
Areas of current research in algebra, combinatorics, and logic include:
- Algebraic groups
- Representation theory
- Clifford algebras
- Automorphism groups
- Finite geometry
- Matroid theory, combinatorial and algorithmic phylogenetics
- Constructive analysis and topology
- Cryptography
- Foundations of mathematics
- Non-classical logics
- Number theory
Research centres and groups
- Clifford Algebra Research Group
- School of Mathematics and Statisticsin the College of Engineering
Researchers and supervisors
Staff actively working in these areas are:
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Brendan Creutz
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Brendan Creutz
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Brendan Creutz
200 and 300-level Mathematics Coordinator
Associate Professor
Associate Head of School
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Hannes Diener
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Hannes Diener
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Hannes Diener
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Jeanette McLeod
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Jeanette McLeod
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Jeanette McLeod
Senior Lecturer Above the Bar
Postgraduate Coordinator
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Charles Semple
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Charles Semple
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Charles Semple
Distinguished Professor
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Mike Steel
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Mike Steel
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Mike Steel
Distinguished Professor
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Gunter Steinke
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Gunter Steinke
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Gunter Steinke
Associate Professor
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Felipe Voloch
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Felipe Voloch
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Felipe Voloch
Professor
Analysis and geometry
Areas of current research in analysis and geometryinclude:
- Approximation theory
- Topological geometry
- Constructive and non-classical analysis and topology
- Functional analysis (including applications to quantum theory)
- Harmonic analysis
- Partial differential equations and potential theory
- General topology
- Algebraic geometry
Researchcentresand groups
- School of Mathematics and Statisticsin the College of Engineering
Researchers and supervisors
Staff actively working in these areas are:
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Rick Beatson
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Rick Beatson
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Rick Beatson
Lecturer (Teach & Admin only)
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Brendan Creutz
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Brendan Creutz
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Brendan Creutz
200 and 300-level Mathematics Coordinator
Associate Professor
Associate Head of School
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Hannes Diener
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Hannes Diener
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Hannes Diener
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Gunter Steinke
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Gunter Steinke
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Gunter Steinke
Associate Professor
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Felipe Voloch
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Felipe Voloch
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Felipe Voloch
Professor
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Ngin-Tee Koh
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Ngin-Tee Koh
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Ngin-Tee Koh
Senior Lecturer
Applied statistics
Applied statistics broadly covers research where statistics is being used to help solve real-world problems. Examples include:
- environmental monitoring
- risk assessment and uncertainty analysis
- medical and engineering applications
- statistical genetics.
Researchers and supervisors
Staff actively working in these areas are:
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Jennifer Brown
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Jennifer Brown
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Jennifer Brown
Director of Teaching - Data Science
Professor
Postgraduate Data Science Coordinator
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Marco Reale
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Marco Reale
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Marco Reale
Associate Professor
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Blair Robertson
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Blair Robertson
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Blair Robertson
Associate Professor
100-level Data Science & Statistics Coordinator
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Carl Scarrott
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Carl Scarrott
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Carl Scarrott
Adjunct Professor
Computational mathematics
Areas of current research in computational mathematicsinclude:
- Numerical optimisation
- Approximation theory
- Algorithms for surface approximation
- Inverse problems
- Numerical linear algebra
- Rigorous set processing
Researchcentresand groups
- School of Mathematics and Statisticsin the College of Engineering
Researchers and supervisors
Staff actively working in these areas are:
Dynamical systems and differential equations
Areas of current research indynamical systems and differential equations include:
- Chaotic dynamics
- Ergodic theory
- Inverse problems
- Nonlinear models in ecology and medicine
- Symmetry methods.
Researchcentresand groups
- School of Mathematics and Statisticsin the College of Engineering
Researchers and supervisors
Staff actively working in these areas are:
Financial and industrial mathematics
Areas of current research in financial and industrial mathematics include:
- Econometrics
- Mathematical economics
- Fast surface fitting algorithms for applications in geophysics, image processing, computer graphics and custom manufacture
- Statistical design and analysis of communication systems
- Signal and image processing
- Acoustics
- Industrial applications of spatial statistics, extreme value methods and spectral analysis.
Researchcentresand groups
- School of Mathematics and Statisticsin the College of Engineering
Researchers and supervisors
Staff actively working in these areas are:
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Rick Beatson
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Rick Beatson
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Rick Beatson
Lecturer (Teach & Admin only)
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Michael Plank
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Michael Plank
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Michael Plank
Professor
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Christopher Price
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Christopher Price
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Christopher Price
Deputy Head of School
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Marco Reale
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Marco Reale
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Marco Reale
Associate Professor
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Carl Scarrott
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Carl Scarrott
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Carl Scarrott
Adjunct Professor
Health
Areas of current research in health include:
- Physiological modelling
- Epidemiology
- Statistical models for clinical studies and trials and healthcare analytics
Researchcentresand groups
- Health researchin the School of Mathematics and Statistics
Researchers and supervisors
Staff actively working in these areas are:
History and philosophy of mathematics and mathematics education
Areas of current research in history and philosophy of mathematics and mathematics educationinclude:
- Mathematics in the ancient Near East, ancient Greece, India, and Islam with an emphasis on editing mathematical texts from these cultures from the original primary sources
- Mathematics during the Italian renaissance
- History of ancient mathematical astronomy
- Constructive and non-classical mathematics
- Foundations of mathematics
- Mathematics education in the tertiary sector
- Mathematics and communication
Researchcentresand groups
- School of Mathematics and Statisticsin the College of Engineering
Researchers and supervisors
Staff actively working in these areas are:
Mathematical biology
Areas of current research inmathematical biology include:
- Computational molecular biology and phylogenetics
- Ecological and physiological modelling
- Statistical applications in ecology and medicine
Researchcentresand groups
Researchers and supervisors
Staff actively working in these areas are:
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Jennifer Brown
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Jennifer Brown
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Jennifer Brown
Director of Teaching - Data Science
Professor
Postgraduate Data Science Coordinator
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Michael Plank
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Michael Plank
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Michael Plank
Professor
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Charles Semple
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Charles Semple
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Charles Semple
Distinguished Professor
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Mike Steel
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Mike Steel
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Mike Steel
Distinguished Professor
Theoretical and computational statistics
Areas of current research in theoretical and computational statistics include:
- Stochastic processes
- Computational methods
- Bayesian inference
- Statistical genetics
- Sampling theory
- Random matrices
- Extreme value theory
- Graphical models
Researchcentresand groups
- School of Mathematics and Statisticsin the College of Engineering
Researchers and supervisors
Staff actively working in these areas are:
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Jennifer Brown
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Jennifer Brown
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Jennifer Brown
Director of Teaching - Data Science
Professor
Postgraduate Data Science Coordinator
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Marco Reale
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Marco Reale
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Marco Reale
Associate Professor
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Blair Robertson
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Blair Robertson
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Blair Robertson
Associate Professor
100-level Data Science & Statistics Coordinator
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Mike Steel
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Mike Steel
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Mike Steel
Distinguished Professor
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Carl Scarrott
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Carl Scarrott
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Carl Scarrott
Adjunct Professor