Complex Systems

In the last decade, there has been an extraordinary confluence of mathematics, biology, computational sciences and physics, leading to universal concepts that impact on systems as diverse as the stock market and the weather. Complex systems science arose from such interdisciplinary collaborations.

The purpose of this multidisciplinary umbrella research group is to promote interaction between research groups in the School of Mathematics and Statistics.

• Financial mathematics
  Financial modelling, portfolio theory, option pricing.
• Mathematical biology
  Social insects, theoretical and computational neurobiology.
• Geophysical and astrophysical fluid dynamics
  Numerical geophysical fluid dynamics, pattern formation in the atmosphere, solar physics, magnetohydrodynamics, dynamo theory.
• Soliton theory
  Asymptotic methods, solitons in nonlinear optics and fluid dynamics.
• Industrial mathematics
  Combustion, metal coiling, catalysis, medical engineering.

Professor Nalini Joshi (nalini@maths.usyd.edu.au)