School of Mathematics and Statistics

Grants Held in 2009

ARC Discovery Projects

A. an Huef and A. D. Simms Operator algebras accociated to groupoids (2009: $95,000, 2010: $80,000, 2011: $80,000)
S.S Ajiev Functional and harmonic analysis of function spaces: synthesis, development and applications (2008: $78,648, 2009 : $78,648, 2010: $78,648)
M. L. Banner, W. L. Peirson and F. Dias Forecasting wave breaking in directional seas (2009: $200,000, 2010: $80,000, 2011: $90,000)
A.P. Bassom (UWA), P. J. Blennerhassett (UNSW) and C Davies The stability of unsteady fluid flows in channels and pipes (2008: $85,000, 2009: $85,000, 2010: $85,000)
T. Britz Chromatic polynomials, random graphs, and error-correcting codes: a unified approach to graph colouring problems(2007: $82,518, 2008: $78,698, 2009: $80,850)
D. S. Chan Towards Mike Artin's conjecture (2008: $45,000, 2009: $45,000, 2010: $40,000)
A. H. Dooley Dynamical systems: theory and practice (2008: $85,000, 2009: $85,000, 2010: $80,000)
B. Goldys and M. G. Roeckner Large time behavior of solutions to stochastic partial differential equations (2008: $85,000)
F. Y. Kuo (QEII Fellowship) Innovative Methods for Very High Dimensional Problems (2007: $141,826, 2008: $139,761, 2009: $122,893, 2010: $ 122,893 2011: $122,893)
J. A. G. Roberts and F. Vivaldi (University of London) Signatures of order, chaos and symmetry in algebraic dynamics (2007: $ 95,000, 2008: $ 90,00, 2009: $ 85,000)
I. Raeburn (UOW) and A. an Huef Endomorphisms, transfer operators and Hilbert modules (2007: $ 150,131, 2008: $ 135,000, 2009: $ 120,000)
M. Rutkowski Stochastic Methods for Dynamic Risk Management (2008: $80,000, 2009: $80,000, 2010: $80,000)
S. A. Sisson and Y. Fan Innovations in Bayesian inference with applications to climate extremes (2008: $75,000, 2009: $70,000, 2010: $ 65,000)
I. Sloan, E. Saff and H. Wedland Innovations in spherical approximation - construction, analysis and applications (2009: $110,000, 2010: $110,000, 2011: $110,000)
F. A. Sukochev, Q. Xu and V. V. Peller Non-commutative analysis and differential calculus (2009: $82,000, 2010: $85,000, 2011: $80,000)
D. I. Warton, N. R. Andrew and H. Gibb Predicting the effect of climate change on community structure and function: an assessment using temperate grassland invertebrates (2009: $120,000, 2010: $90,000, 2011: $90,000)
D. I. Warton Advances in statistical methods for analysing high dimensional count data (2009: $94,000, 2010: $94,000, 2011: $94,000)

NHMRC Grants

J. Zaunders, J. Murray, and K. Suzuki Processes underlying establishment and maintenance of the latent HIV reservoir and potential impact of integrase inhibitors (2008-2010: $ 305,500)
Cooper, Beard, Dore, Emery, French, Kelleher, Kent, Lloyd, Purcell, J. Murray (coinvestigator) HIV and HCV vaccines and immunopathogenesis (2009-2013 $17,734,213)
A. Williamson, R. Grzebieta, and J. Olivier The relationship between fatigue, sleepiness and crash risk while driving (2009-2011: $ 427,200)
James, Martin, Kraegen, Chisholm, Cooney, Ye, A. Coster (co-investigator) Pathways to Diabetes Prevention (2009-2013 $10,596,960)

ARC Linkage

R.T. Kingsford, S.W. Laffan, D. I. Warton, J.A. Merson, R.A. Bradstock, R. Mulley, T.D. Auld and R.S. Chapple Managing Ecosystem Change in the Greater Blue Mountains World Heritage Area (2008: $150,000, 2009: $150,000)

Other external Grants

A. Vallely, P. Siba, J. Kaldor and J. Murray (co-investigator), Male circumcision for HIV prevention among at-risk men and women in Papua New Guinea: Acceptability, epidemiological impact, cost-effectiveness and options for implementation (Australian Development Research Awards 2008-2010 $699,232)
D. Wilson, A. Hoare, J. Murray, J. Kaldour and M. Law, Evaluating and predicting the epidemiological impact of health policies for reducing HIV in Melanesian and South-East Asian populations (Australian Development Research Awards 2008-2010: $392,443)

Grants held in 2008

Federation Fellowship

M. H. England, Genesis of Australian climate extremes in the Southern Hemisphere extra-tropical ocean-atmosphere (2006 - 2010: $1,711,626)

ARC Discovery Projects

S.S Ajiev Functional and harmonic analysis of function spaces: synthesis, development and applications (2008: $ 78,648, 2009 : $ 78,648, 2010: $ 78,648)
M. E. Baird (ARF) Development of a coupled physical-biological model of size-structured biota in marine waters (2005: $105,000, 2006: $90,000, 2007: $90,000, 2008: $90,000, 2009: $90,000)
A.P Bassom (UWA), P. J. Blennerhassett (UNSW) and C Davies The stability of unsteady fluid flows in channels and pipes (2008: $85,000, 2009: $85,000, 2010: $85,000)
T. Britz Chromatic polynomials, random graphs, and error-correcting codes: a unified approach to graph colouring problems(2007: $82,518, 2008: $78,698, 2009: $80,850)
D. S. Chan Towards Mike Artin's conjecture (2008: $ 45,000, 2009: $45,000, 2010: $ 40,000)
A. H. Dooley Dynamical systems: theory and practice (2008: $ 85,000, 2009: $ 85,000, 2010: $ 80,000)
M. H. England and W. P. Sijp Coupled ocean-carbon-atmosphere feedbacks in the global climate system (2008: $145,000, 2009: $135,000, 2010: $135,000)
M. H. England, Genesis of Australian Climate Extremes in the Southern Hemisphere extratropical ocean atmosphere (2008: $315,000)
J. P. Evans Vulnerability of the Murray-Darling basin Hydrometeorology to human modification (2007-2011: $658,000)
Y. Fan and S. A. Sisson Trans-dimensional and approximate Bayesian computation (2006: $69,657, 2007: $25,000, 2008: $25,000)
B. Goldys and M. G. Roeckner Large time behavior of solutions to stochastic partial differential equations (2008: $85,000)
F. Y. Kuo (QEII Fellowship) Innovative Methods for Very High Dimensional Problems (2007: $141,826, 2008: $139,761, 2009: $122,893, 2010: $ 122,893 2011: $122,893)
B. I. McNeil (QEII Fellowship) An Investigation into Oceanic CO2 Variability and its Influence on Atmospheric CO2 Concentrations (2008: $129,806, 2009 : $123,806, 2010: $ 123,806, 2011: $ 120,000, 2012: $120,000)
A. Pitman et al Where will the species go? Revolutionising projections of species distributions with climate change (2008: $163,225, 2009: $133,000, 2010: $104, 486, 2011: $11,986)
A. Pitman et al Do terrestrial processes intensify Australian droughts? (2006: $90,000, 2007: $75,000, 2008: $75,000)
J. A. G. Roberts and F. Vivaldi (University of London) Signatures of order, chaos and symmetry in algebraic dynamics (2007: $ 95,000, 2008: $ 90,00, 2009: $ 85,000)
I. Raeburn (UOW) and A. an Huef Endomorphisms, transfer operators and Hilbert modules (2007: $ 150,131, 2008: $ 135,000, 2009: $ 120,000)
M. Rutkowski Stochastic Methods for Dynamic Risk Management (2008: $80,000, 2009: $80,000, 2010: $80,000)
S. A. Sisson and Y. Fan Innovations in Bayesian inference with applications to climate extremes (2008: $75,000, 2009: $70,000, 2010: $ 65,000)
I.M. Suthers and M. E. Baird Quantifying the role of salps in marine food webs and organic carbon export (2008: $87,708, 2009: $84,650, 2010: $77,426)

NHMRC Grants

J. Westbrook, W. Runciman, R. Day, W. T. M. Dunsmuir, J. Braithwaite and M. Williamson The safety and effectiveness of hospital systems: a controlled time series study (2006-8: $583,000)
W. Dunsmuir, S. Galbraith and others Levels of evidence for surrogate therapeutics ($ 513,875)
J. Zaunders, J. Murray, and K. Suzuki Processes underlying establishment and maintenance of the latent HIV reservoir and potential impact of integrase inhibitors (2008-2010: $ 305,500)

ARC Linkage

A. Pitman et al. Reengineering a dynamic vegetation model to explore the stability of Australian terrestrial carbon (2007: $57,883, 2008: $63,856, 2009: $70,182)
R.T. Kingsford, S.W. Laffan, D. I. Warton, J.A. Merson, R.A. Bradstock, R. Mulley, T.D. Auld and R.S. Chapple Managing Ecosystem Change in the Greater Blue Mountains World Heritage Area (2008: $150,000, 2009: $150,000)

Other External grants

J. Franklin and S. A. Sisson Evaluating frameworks for dealing with low probability - high consequence events (from the Australian Centre of Excellence for Risk Analysis 2007-8: $33,000)
S. Galbraith, A. Lloyd, B. Cameron Gene expression correlates of chronic fatigue syndrome (from The Mason Foundation, 2008: $99,500)
S. Penev, D Leonte Analysis of water quality measurements (from the Sydney Catchment Authority, 2007-8: $150,000)
A. Vallely, P. Siba, J. Kaldor and J. Murray (co-investigator), Male circumcision for HIV prevention among at-risk men and women in Papua New Guinea: Acceptability, epidemiological impact, cost-effectiveness and options for implementation (Australian Development Research Awards 2008-2010 $699,232)
D. Wilson, A. Hoare, J. Murray, J. Kaldour and M. Law, Evaluating and predicting the epidemiological impact of health policies for reducing HIV in Melanesian and South-East Asian populations (Australian Development Research Awards 2008-2010: $392,443)

UNSW Goldstar Awards

D Warton Advances in statistical methods for analysing community abundance data in the environmental sciences ($30,000)

Grants held in 2007

Federation Fellowship

M. H. England, Genesis of Australian climate extremes in the Southern Hemisphere extra-tropical ocean-atmosphere (2006 - 2010: $1,711,626)

ARC Discovery Projects

A. an Huef, Extension of representations and homogeneous spaces (2005: $50,000; 2006: $50,000; 2007: $50,000)
M. E. Baird (ARF) Development of a coupled physical-biological model of size-structured biota in marine waters (2005: $105,000; 2006: $90,000; 2007: $90,000; 2008: $90,000; 2009: $90,000)
T. Britz Chromatic polynomials, random graphs, and error-correcting codes: a unified approach to graph colouring problems (APD Fellowship) (2007: $82,518, 2008: $78,698, 2009: $80,850)
D. S. Chan, Noncommutative algebraic geometry (2005: $46,000; 2006: $46,000; 2007: $45,000)
M. G. Cowling and B. T. Warhurst (APD), Geometry on Nilpotent Groups (APD Fellowship) (2006: $93,000; 2007: $81,000; 2008: $81,000)
A. H. Dooley, Symmetries in analysis (2005: $101,000; 2006: $91,000; 2007: $91,000)
J. Du, Algebras with Frobenius morphisms and quantum groups (2006: $78,000; 2007: $65,000; 2008: $67,000)
M. H. England and A Muller, Abrupt Southern Hemisphere climate change: The role of the Southern Ocean thermohaline circulation (2006: $85,000; 2007: $90,000; 2008: $95,000)
J Evans Vulnerability of the Murray-Darling basin Hydrometeorology to human modification (Aust. Res. Fellowship) (2007: $143,000, 2008: $140,000, 2009: $125,000, 2010: $125,000, 2011: $125,000)
Y. Fan and S. A. Sisson Trans-dimensional and approximate Bayesian computation (2006: $69,657; 2007: $25,000; 2008: $25,000)
J. Franklin and C. W. Legg, Restraint: Recovering the virtue of self-control or temperance to strengthen the Australian social fabric (2006: $31,000; 2007: $55,000; 2008: $60,000)
J. Franklinand D.M. Armstrong, Mathematics, the science of real structure: an Australian realist philosophy of mathematics (2007: $40,000, 2008: $35,000, 2009: $35,000)
G. Froyland, M. Dellnitz and A. Treguier A Dynamical Systems Approach to Mapping Southern Ocean Circulation Pathways (2007: $100,000, 2008: $95,000, 2007: $90,000)
B. Goldys and M. G. Roeckner, Large time behavior of solutions to stochastic partial differential equations (2006: $93,000; 2007: $83,000; 2008: $85,000)
B, Goldys and R. S. Womersley, Market model of implied volatility (2005: $86,000; 2006: $86,000; 2007: $81,000)
B. I. Henry and S. Wearne (Mount Sinai), Mathematical measurement and modelling of neuronal degeneration (2006: $103,000; 2007: $93,000; 2007: $95,000)
T. D. Hoang (Electrical Engineering & Telecommunications), B. Vo (Melbourne) and V. Jeyakumar, Convex optimisation for control, signal processing and communication systems (2005: $146,000; 2006: $131,000; 2007: $126,000)
V. Jeyakumar and M.A. Thera, Quadratic support function technique to solving hard global nonconvex optimization problems (2007: $84,000, 2008: $82,000, 2009: $80,000)
F. Y. Kuo (QEII Fellowship) Innovative Methods for Very High Dimensional Problems (2007: $141,826, 2008: $139,761, 2009: $122,893, 2010: $ 122,893 2011: $122,893)
J. H. Middleton, R. W. Griffiths (ANU) and A. M. Moore (Colorado), Wake flows with upstream turbulence in marine, atmospheric and built environments (2005: $260,000; 2006: $232,000; 2007: $240,000; 2008: $240,000; 2009: $220,000)
R. Kohn (FCE) and D. J. Nott, Efficient estimation of statistical models with many parameters (2006: $110,000; 2007: $100,000; 2007: $106,000)
A. Pitman et al Do terrestrial processes intensify Australian droughts? (2006: $90,000, 2007: $75,000, 2008: $75,000)
J. A. G. Roberts and F. Vivaldi (University of London) Signatures of order, chaos and symmetry in algebraic dynamics (2007: $ 95,000, 2008: $ 90,00, 2009: $ 85,000)
I. Raeburn (UOW) and A. an Huef Endomorphisms, transfer operators and Hilbert modules (2007: $ 150,131, 2008: $ 135,000, 2009: $ 120,000)
W. K. Schief and C. Rogers, On the geometry of liquid crystals and biological membranes (2005: $121,000; 2006: $91,000; 2007: $91,000)
I. H. Sloan and M. Ganesh, Advanced computational algorithms for three-dimensional systems (2003: $100,000; 2004: $100,000; 2005: $90,000; 2006: $85,000; 2007: $80,000)
M. Wand and I. Koch, Statistical methods for flow cytometric data (2005: $132,000; 2006: $84,000; 2007: $85,000)

Office of Naval Research

M. L. Banner, Nonlinear wave group evolution to breaking - innovative measurements and analysis (2007: $9,183)

ARC Linkage

A. Pitman et al. Reengineering a dynamic vegetation model to explore the stability of Australian terrestrial carbon (2007: $57,883, 2008: $63,856, 2009: $70,182)

Other External Grants

M. H. England, Multiple equilibria in the Southern Ocean thermohaline circulation and links to global climate (from the Department of Environment and Water Resources 2007-2008: $25,196)
M. Roughan, Circulation and connectivity in Sydney estuaries (from the NSW Department of Primary Industries 2007: $26,500)
A. Kelleher, J. Murray, J. Zaunders, S. Emery and D. A. Cooper, A pilot study of the differential effects of a HAART regime including MK-0518 commenced at primary or during chronic infection on viral reservoirs (from Merck Research Laboratories 2007: $450,000)

UNSW Goldstar Awards

B. I. McNeil, Investigating the oceanic influence on atmospheric CO₂ concentrations via empirical analysis of ocean carbon measurements (2007: $40,000)
D. I. Warton, Advances in statistical methods for analysing community abundance data in the environmental sciences (2007: $40,000)
J. Zaunders and J. Murray, Delineation of establishment and maintenance of the T cell reservoirs of HIV-1 infection (2007: $40,000)

Grants held in 2006

Federation Fellowship

M. H. England, Genesis of Australian climate extremes in the Southern Hemisphere extra-tropical ocean-atmosphere (2006 - 2010: $1,711,626)

ARC Discovery Projects

A. an Huef, Extension of representations and homogeneous spaces (2005: $50,000; 2006: $50,000; 2007: $50,000)
M. E. Baird (ARF) Development of a coupled physical-biological model of size-structured biota in marine waters (2005: $105,000; 2006: $90,000; 2007: $90,000; 2008: $90,000; 2009: $90,000)
D. S. Chan, Noncommutative algebraic geometry (2005: $46,000; 2006: $46,000; 2007: $45,000)
A. Coster, Nonlinear dynamics of pulse-coupled oscillators (2004: $68,000; 2005: $68,000; 2006: $68,000)
M. G. Cowling, Iwasawa N groups (2002: $78,792; 2003: $82,000; 2004: $86,500; 2005: $70,000; 2006: $70,000)
M. G. Cowling and B. T. Warhurst (APD), Geometry on Nilpotent Groups (2006: $93,000; 2007: $81,000; 2008: $81,000)
A. H. Dooley Symmetries in analysis (2005: $101,000; 2006: $91,000; 2007: $91,000)
M. H. England and A Muller, Abrupt Southern Hemisphere climate change: The role of the Southern Ocean thermohaline circulation (2006: $85,000; 2007: $90,000; 2008: $95,000)
Y. Fan and S. A. Sisson, Trans-dimensional and approximate Bayesian computation (2006: $69,657; 2007: $25,000; 2008: $25,000)
J. Franklin and C. W. Legg, Restraint: Recovering the virtue of self-control or temperence to strengthen the Australian social fabric (2006: $31,000; 2007: $55,000; 2008: $60,000)
J. Du, Algebras with Frobenius morphisms and quantum groups (2006: $78,000; 2007: $65,000; 2008: $67,000)
B. Goldys and M. G. Roeckner, Large time behavior of solutions to stochastic partial differential equations (2006: $93,000; 2007: $83,000; 2008: $85,000)
B, Goldys and R. S. Womersley, Market model of implied volatility (2005: $86,000; 2006: $86,000; 2007: $81,000)
B. I. Henry and S. Wearne (Mount Sanai), Mathematical measurement and modelling of neuronal degeneration (2006: $103,000; 2007: $93,000; 2007: $95,000)
T. D. Hoang (Electrical Engineering & Telecommunications), B. Vo (Melbourne) and V. Jeyakumar, Convex optimisation for control, signal processing and communication systems (2005: $146,000; 2006: $131,000; 2007: $126,000)
V. Jeyakumar and A. M. Rubinov (University of Ballarat), Necessary and sufficient conditions for global minimum in multi-extremal global optimisation (2004: $94,158; 2005: $94,158; 2006: $94,158)
R. Kohn (FCE) and D. J. Nott, Efficient estimation of statistical models with many parameters (2006: $110,000; 2007: $100,000; 2007: $106,000)
J. H. Middleton, R. W. Griffiths (ANU) and A. M. Moore (Colorado), Wake flows with upstream turbulence in marine, atmospheric and built environments (2005: $260,000; 2006: $232,000; 2007: $240,000; 2008: $240,000; 2009: $220,000)
W. K. Schief and C. Rogers, On the geometry of liquid crystals and biological membranes (2005: $121,000; 2006: $91,000; 2007: $91,000)
I. H. Sloan and M. Ganesh, Advanced computational algorithms for three-dimensional systems (2003: $100,000; 2004: $100,000; 2005: $90,000; 2006: $85,000; 2007: $80,000)
C. C. Tisdell, Dynamic equations on measure chains (2004: $43,700; 2005: $43,700; 2006: $43,700)
M. Wand and I. Koch, Statistical methods for flow cytometric data (2005: $132,000; 2006: $84,000; 2007: $85,000)
R. S. Womersley, Approximation, cubature and point designs on spheres (2004: $70,000, 2005: $70,000, 2006: $70,000)

A. H. Dooley, C. Rogers and I. H. Sloan are also chief investigators of the ARC Centre of Excellence Mathematics and Statistics of Complex Systems, which has a major node at UNSW, with funding from the ARC and the Department of State and Regional Development (2003: $444,000; 2004:$445,000; 2005: $483,000; 2006: $486,000; $2007: $513,000)

ARC Linkage Projects

G. Froyland, N. Boland (Melbourne), M. Menabde (BHP Billiton) and M. Zuckerberg (BHP Billiton) A mathematical approach to flexible management of open pit mines with uncertain geology and unpredictable demand (2005: $38,000; 2006: $74,000; 2007: $72,000; 2008: $36,000)

ARC Linkage International Projects

C. C. Tisdell, Boundary value problems for differential inclusions (2005-2006: $5,600)

NHMRC Project Grants

D. James (Garvan Institute), A. Coster and V. Wasinger (Bioanalytical Mass Spectroscopy Facility, GLUT4 trafficking (2005-2007: $462,750)
J. Westbrook, W. Runciman, R. Day, W. T. M. Dunsmuir, J. Braithwaite and M. Williamsnon, The safety and effectiveness of hospital systems: a controlled time series study (2006-2008: $583,000)

Office of Naval Research

M. L. Banner, R. P. Morison, Columbia University, University of Massachusetts, University of Miami and University of Victoria, Ocean surface wave optical roughness - innovative measurement and modeling (2006-2010: USD$386,653)
M. L. Banner and R. P. Morison Validation study of wave breaking influence in a coupled wind wave model for hurricane wind conditions (2006-2007: USD$96,500)

NSW Department of Health

C. Finch and W. T. M. DunsmuirBiostatistical approaches for injury data (2004-2007: $233,500)

Other External Grants

Cooper, D.A. and Murray, J., Kinetic analysis of decay in HIV replication following initiation of an HIV-integrase inhibitor MK-0818 (2006: $60,000)

UNSW Goldstar Awards

UNSW Goldstar Awards of $40,000 for 2006

B. I. McNeil, The role of the Southern Hemisphere ocean in controlling atmospheric CO₂
W. P. Sijp, What controls the transition from a hot house climate to a cold house climate: the Eocene/Oligocene climate transition

Grants held in 2005

ARC Discovery Projects

A. an Heuf, Extension of representations and homogeneous spaces (2005: $50,000; 2006: $50,000; 2007: $50,000)
M. E. Baird (ARF) Development of a coupled physical-biological model of size-structured biota in marine waters (2005: $105,000; 2006: $90,000; 2007: $90,000; 2008: $90,000; 2009: $90,000)
D. S. Chan, Noncommutative algebraic geometry (2005: $46,000; 2006: $46,000; 2007: $45,000)
A. Coster, Nonlinear dynamics of pulse-coupled oscillators (2004: $68,000; 2005: $68,000; 2006: $68,000)
M. Cowling, Iwasawa N groups (2002: $78,792; 2003: $82,000; 2004: $86,500; 2005: $70,000; 2006: $70,000)
A. H. Dooley, Symmetries in analysis (2005: $101,000; 2006: $91,000; 2007: $91,000)
A. H. Dooley and G. Mortiss, Group orbits in harmonic analysis and ergodic theory (2002: $95,000; 2003: $125,000; 2004: $125,000; 2005: $60,000; 2006: $60,000)
M. H. England, L. M. Leslie, S. B. Power (BMRC), D. J. Karoly (Oklahoma) Australian climate extremes and predictability in a changing CO2 world: the unique role of the Southern Hemisphere extratropical ocean-atmosphere (2005: $75,000; 2006: $75,000; 2007: $75,000)
B, Goldys and R. S. Womersley, Market model of implied volatility (2005: $86,000; 2006: $86,000; 2007: $81,000)
B. I. Henry and S. L. Warne (Mount Sanai), Diffusion driven pattern formation and signal propagation in spatially complex excitable media (2003: $60,000; 2004: $65,000; 2005: $60,000)
T. D. Hoang (Electrical Engineering & Telecommunications), B. Vo (Melbourne) and V. Jeyakumar, Convex optimisation for control, signal processing and communication systems (2005: $146,000; 2006: $131,000; 2007: $126,000)
V. Jeyakumar and A. M. Rubinov (University of Ballarat), Necessary and sufficient conditions for global minimum in multi-extremal global optimisation (2004: $94,158; 2005: $94,158; 2006: $94,158)
R. J. Kohn (FCE), S. A. Wood (AGSM) and D. J. Nott, Bayesian inference for complex regression models using mixtures (2003: $65,000; 2004: $57,200; 2005: $50,336)
J. H. Middleton, R. W. Griffiths (ANU) and A. M. Moore (Colorado), Wake flows with upstream turbulence in marine, atmospheric and built environments (2005: $260,000; 2006: $232,000; 2007: $240,000; 2008: $240,000; 2009: $220,000)
W. K. Schief and C. Rogers, On the geometry of liquid crystals and biological membranes (2005: $121,000; 2006: $91,000; 2007: $91,000)
Y. shao, L. M. Leslie and J. Le Marshall, Predicting soil loss from wind erosion using an integrated, high resolution, land surface data assimilation-modelling system (2005: $85,000; 2006: $85,000; 2007: $85,000)
I. H. Sloan and M. Ganesh, Advanced computational algorithms for three-dimensional systems (2003: $100,000; 2004: $100,000; 2005: $90,000; 2006: $85,000; 2007: $80,000)
C. C. Tisdell, Dynamic equations on measure chains (2004: $43,700; 2005: $43,700; 2006: $43,700)
M. Wand and I. Koch, Statistical methods for flow cytometric data (2005: $132,000; 2006: $84,000; 2007: $85,000)
R. S. Womersley, Approximation, cubature and point designs on spheres (2004: $70,000, 2005: $70,000, 2006: $70,000)

ARC Linkage Projects

N. Boland (Melbourne), P. G. Taylor (Melbourne), G. Froyland and M. Menabde (BHP Billiton)Using mathematics to maximize the value of open pit mines (2003: $30,549; 2004: $55,139; 2005: $24,590)
G. Froyland, N. Boland (Melbourne), M. Menabde (BHP Billiton) and M. Zuckerberg (BHP Billiton) A mathematical approach to flexible management of open pit mines with uncertain geology and unpredictable demand (2005: $38,000; 2006: $74,000; 2007: $72,000; 2008: $36,000)

NHMRC Project Grants

D. James (Garvan Institute), A. Coster and V. Wasinger (Bioanalytical Mass Spectroscopy Facility, GLUT4 trafficking (2005-2007: $462,750)

UNSW Goldstar Awards

UNSW Goldstar Awards of $30,000 for 2005

M. L. Banner and W. L. Peirson (Civil and Environmental Engineering), Predicting wave breaking in directional wind seas
A. Sharma (Civil and Environmental Engineering),
D. J. Nott and L. A. Marshall, Modelling surface water flow in ungauged catchments using a Bayesian hierarchical approach
J. A. G. Roberts and F. Vivaldi (Queen Mary College, University of London), Signatures of order, chaos and symmetry over finite fields
S. S. Rahman (Petroleum Engineering) and T. Tran, Development of an innovative simulation technique to enhance productivity from low permeability naturally fractured reservoirs
T. Tran and W. McLean, Local mesh refinement and preconditioning techniques in computational science

Grants held in 2004

ARC Discovery Projects

A. Coster, Nonlinear dynamics of pulse-coupled oscillators (2004: $68,000; 2005: $68,000; 2006: $68,000)
M. Cowling, Iwasawa N groups (2002: $78,792; 2003: $82,000; 2004: $86,500; 2005: $70,000; 2006: $70,000)
A. H. Dooley and G. Mortiss, Group orbits in harmonic analysis and ergodic theory (2002: $95,000; 2003: $125,000; 2004: $125,000; 2005: $60,000; 2006: $60,000)
B. I. Henry and S. L. Warne (Mount Sanai), Diffusion driven pattern formation and signal propagation in spatially complex excitable media (2003: $60,000; 2004: $65,000; 2005: $60,000)
V. Jeyakumar and A. M. Rubinov (University of Ballarat), Necessary and sufficient conditions for global minimum in multi-extremal global optimisation (2004: $94,158; 2005: $94,158; 2006: $94,158)
R. J. Kohn (FCE), S. A. Wood (AGSM) and D. J. Nott, Bayesian inference for complex regression models using mixtures (2003: $65,000; 2004: $57,200; 2005: $50,336)
J. F. Middleton, Coastal processes driven by the East Australia current (2002: $63,000; 2003: $66,000; 2004: $87,000)
H. D. Qi (QEII Fellowship) Nonsmooth optimization in constrained spline interpolation (2004: $102,646; 2005: $104,146; 2006: $105,146; 2007: $105,646; 2008: $102,646)
I. H. Sloan and M. Ganesh, Advanced computational algorithms for three-dimensional systems (2003: $100,000; 2004: $100,000; 2005: $90,000; 2006: $85,000; 2007: $80,000)
C. C. Tisdell, Dynamic equations on measure chains (2004: $43,700; 2005: $43,700; 2006: $43,700)
N. Wildberger, Harmonic analysis on Lie groups via hypergroup convolution structures (2002: $30,000; 2003: $40,000; 2004: $40,000)
R. S. Womersley, Approximation, cubature and point designs on spheres (2004: $70,000, 2005: $70,000, 2006: $70,000)

ARC Linkage Projects

L. M. Leslie, D. W. Buckley, J. Le Marshall, L. Qi (APDI), Western Australia severe weather prediction: optimising forecasts using new data sources and improved high-resolution models, with the Commonwealth Bureau of Meteorology(2004: $39,580; 2005: $75,673; 2006: $75,673; 2007: $39,580).
J. H. Middleton, Measuring boundary layer flows with airborne LIDAR, with Swan International Services Pty Ltd (2004: $30,000; 2005: $52,500; 2006: $42,500; 2007: $20,000).

Faculty Research Grants

A. an Huef, Imprimitivity theorems and extension of representations ($7,000).
M. L. Banner, Refining new breaking wave parameterisation in storm seas ($12,000).
T. G. Bates, The noncommutative geometry of graph C^*-algebras ($6,000).
D. S. Chan, Noncommutative algebraic geometry ($12,000).
I. R. Doust, Operator theory and the structure of Banch spaces ($8,000).
J. Du, Qunatum groups: their structure, realization and representations ($14,000).
M. H. England, Extratropical ocean variability and its role in extremes and predictability of Australian climate ($12,000).
Y. Fan, Adaption, assessment and application of dimension varying Markov Chain Monte Carlo ($7,000).
C. Greenhill, Contiguity for new models of random regular graphs ($9,000).
B. Goldys, Parabolic Anderson Model and fluctuations of interfaces ($10,000).
B. Jefferies, Applications of functional calculi for systems of operators ($9,000).
I. Koch and M. Wand, Development of statistical learning methods for classifying antibodies from flow cytometry data ($8,000).
J. Kress, Closure of symmetry algebras in superintegrable systems ($7,000).
L. Leslie, Enesmble forecasting methods for tropical cyclone modelling and prediction ($12,000).
J. F. Middleton, Upwelling within submarine canyons, the Flinders current and atmospheric forcing ($9,000).
J. H. Middleton and M. E. Baird, East Australia current frontal processes at 30S ($10,000).
J. M. Murray, Qunatitative analysis of human immunodeficiency virus and the immune system ($7,000).
E. S. Noussair, The existence and qualitative properties of standing wave solutions for nonlinear Schrodinger equations ($9,000).
J. A. G. Roberts, Integrability and symmetry of rational maps over finite fileds ($12,000).
S. A. Sisson, Extremal dependence in financial series ($7,000).
T. Tran and W. McLean, Efficient solvers for boundary integral equations ($14,000).

Grants held in 2003

ARC Discovery Projects

M. Banner and L. Leslie, Incorporation of wave breaking into coupled marine wind-ocean wave models for severe weather conditions (2001: $65,000; 2002: $64,700; 2003: $65,500)
M. Cowling, Iwasawa N groups (2002: $78,792; 2003: $82,000; 2004: $86,500; 2005: $70,000; 2006: $70,000)
A. H. Dooley and G. Mortiss, Group orbits in harmonic analysis and ergodic theory (2002: $95,000; 2003: $125,000; 2004: $125,000; 2005: $60,000; 2006: $60,000)
M. England and C. J. Reason, J. Ribbe (Universidad de Concepcion), S. R. Rintoul (CSIRO), S. Rahmstorf (Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research), A. C. Hirst (CSIRO) and W. Cai (CSIRO) Midlatitude variability in the Southern Ocean and its role in Australian climate (2001: $50,000; 2002: $56,700; 2003: $57,500)
B. Goldys and F. Gozzi, Optimal control of stochastic partial differential equations (2003: $50,000)
B. I. Henry and S. L. Warne (Mount Sanai), Diffusion driven pattern formation and signal propagation in spatially complex excitable media (2003: $60,000; 2004: $65,000; 2005: $60,000)
R. J. Kohn (FCE), S. A. Wood (AGSM) and D. J. Nott, Bayesian inference for complex regression models using mixtures (2003: $65,000; 2004: $57,200; 2005: $50,336)
J. F. Middleton, Coastal processes driven by the East Australia current (2002: $63,000; 2003: $66,000; 2004: $87,000)
L. Qi Robust reformulation methods (2002: $60,000; 2003: $75,000; 2004: $75,000)
L. Qi, R. S. Womersley, Y. Ye (University of Iowa), A. Dontchev (American Mathematical Society) and D. Sun (National University of Singapore), Generalized Newton methods for constrained approximation problems and sum of norms problems (2001: $55,000; 2002: $55,000 ; 2003: $55,000)
C. Rogers and W. Schief, Deformation of isothermic surfaces and K-nets in membrane theory and nonlinear elasticity: Application of solitonic methods (2001: $68,348; 2002: $64,657; 2003: $64,906)
A. Sharma (CSE), W. Dunsmuir and U Lall (Utah State University) Seasonal to interannual ensemble forecasts of reservoir inflow volumes (2001: $39,000.00 2002: $36,700.00 2003: $37,500.00)
I. H. Sloan and M. Ganesh, Advanced computational algorithms for three-dimensional systems (2003: $100,000; 2004: $100,000; 2005: $90,000; 2006: $85,000; 2007: $80,000)
I. H. Sloan , H. Wozniakowski (Columbia University), S. Joe (University of Waikato), R. S. Womersley and M. Ganesh, Multivariate integration and approximation (2001: $70,000; 2002: $70,000; 2003: $70,000)
N. Wildberger, Harmonic analysis on Lie groups via hypergroup convolution structures (2002: $30,000; 2003: $40,000; 2004: $40,000)
I. Young (Adelaide) and M. Banner, Modelling ocean waves in coastal waters: a new approach based on recent physical insight into wave breaking (2001: $65,949; 2002: $64,891; 2003: $58,416)

Faculty Research Grants

A. an Huef, Duality of induction and restriction of representation and amenability ($10,000).
T. Bates, Shift spaces and C^*-algebras ($11,155).
P. Blennerhassett, Stability properties of oscillatory flow in pipes and channels ($5,000).
D. Chan, Noncommutative algebraic geometry ($13,000).
I. R. Doust, Functional caclulus and Banach space decompositions ($15,000).
J. Du, Quivers, Hall algebras, quantum groups and their represnetations ($19,000).
M. H. England, Southern Ocean water masses: stability, variability and long-term change ($15,000).
J. W. Franklin, Australia's postware immigration: the international dimension ($7,970).
V. Jeyakumar, Nonsmooth variational conditions characterizing solution sets of cone-constrained convex optimization problems ($15,000).
J. M. Kress, Quadratic algebras and superintegrable systems ($5,000).
L. Leslie and L. Qi, Incorporating ensembe forecast techniques in a numerical model for tropical syclone simulation and prediction ($12,000).
J. M. Murray, Qunatitative analysis of human immunodeficiency virus, hepatitis B virus and the T cell response ($12,000).
J. A. G. Roberts, Detection and creation of discrete integrable dynamical systems ($16,000).
C. Tisdell, On the existence of multiple solutions to the nonlinear boundary value problem for systems of second-order ordinary differential equations ($10,000).