The Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Mathematics and Statistics of Complex Systems (MASCOS) (www.complex.org.au) has the following research themes

Professor Ian Sloan of UNSW is Deputy Director.

There are fourteen Chief Investigators in the Centre of Excellence. The CIs at UNSW are Professor Tony Dooley in pure mathematics, Professor Matt England in oceanographic dynamical systems,
Associate Professor Gary Froyland in dynamical systems and optimization, and Professor Ian Sloan in the area of Monte Carlo Methods. Innovative collaborative projects in the above theme areas are positively encouraged and contact should be made with the appropriate CI in this connection

MASCOS researchers Ian Sloan and his group hold a Linkage Grant with Macquarie Bank for research into computational methods to improve the calculation of financial risk ... news story

MASCOS was a major partner in a workshop in Chile, Feb 26-Mar 3 2007, where an international agreement was signed between MASCOS and its Chilean counterpart, CMM ... news item. A follow-up 'Mining Summit' is planned for Feb 23-27 2009 in Sydney. Apologies: because of the sudden downturn in the industry, this Summit has had to be postponed. It is hoped to run it when conditions improve.

A short course on the mathematical tools for studying complexity was held at UNSW ... details

The workshop, organised by UNSW Mathematics and Statistics postgrads, was held at UNSW Feb 11-14, 2007 ... details

MASCOS offers generous PhD scholarships, tenable in its member institutions including UNSW ... more

A MASCOS / AMSI Breakfast on Risk: Managing Financial Risks with Uncertainty was held at the NSW Dept of State and Regional Development. Sixty-six people from business and academia attended. The speakers' presentations are available ... details

A regular MASCOS/UNSW analysis seminar takes place Wednesdays at 12 ... details

A major forum in Sydney on July 21 2005 brought together mathematicians and industry partners on the theme of the benefits of using the mathematical sciences to manage risk, resources and health. The key speaker was Professor Arvind Gupta (pictured left, with Ian Sloan at UNSW), Scientific Director of the very successful Canadian centre MITACS, and the Forum was opened by the federal Minister for Industry, Tourism and Resources, Ian Macfarlane ... details. At a reception hosted by the Canadian Consul-General, a Memorandum of Understanding was signed on collaboration between MITACS, MASCOS and AMSI.

The German Research Center for Mathematics of Key Technologies (Matheon) and MASCOS signed a collaborative agreement in Berlin on Nov 1, 2004. As part of the agreement, the Director of the German Center, Professor Martin Groetschel (right, with Ian Sloan) visited Australia. He was in Sydney Feb 6-9, 2005, and a major event was held on Tuesday Feb 8 ... details He also spoke at UNSW ... details.

Under the agreement, Matheon provided personnel to assist a pilot project based at UNSW on port container unloading with Patrick. Thorsten Koch and Nicole Megow of Matheon visited UNSW. Thorsten presented a seminar at a reception at DSRD on 13 Sept 2005.

Dr Josef Dick Dr Frances Kuo (QEII Fellow)
Dr Dirk Nuyens
A/Prof John Roberts
Benjamin Waterhouse
A/Prof Rob Womersley

Dr Oleg Ageev (Research Fellow)
Jan Baldeaux (PhD student)
Dr Q Thong Le Gia (Research Fellow) (poster)
Dr Bernard Kachoyan (Industrial Fellow)
Zhi Jun Guo (PhD student)
Michelle Dunbar (PhD student)
Stephen Howe (PhD student)
Therese Keane (PhD student)
Terence Jegaraj (PhD student)
Nathan Pearce (PhD student)
Ognjen Stancevic (PhD student)
Robert Taggart (PhD student) (poster
Dalia Terhesiu (PhD student)
Han Zhang (PhD student)

Marketing Consultant: Lyn Forsyth

Industrial Liaison Associate: James Franklin

Industry Projects Manager:
David Shteinman

The Centre gratefully acknowledges the support of the New South Wales Department of State and Regional Development.