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Message from the Patron
 Our planet faces many challenges with many more yet to come.
Australia’s mathematicians
and statisticians are playing an integral role in identifying and solving these issues.
Whether it is addressing changes in our environment, minimising health risks for our population, securing adequate, nutritious food supplies, or building and powering infrastructure for this generation and the next, you will always find science and mathematics at the core of the solution.
We must all keep working towards increased literacy around mathematical sciences and the branches of chemistry, physics or biology which use them.
In 2013, let us recognise, support and celebrate our mathematicians and statisticians.
Professor Ian Chubb AC
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MPE Funding
 Want to hold an MPE event in 2013? Funding is available for outreach and scientific MPE themed events around Australia.
The next funding round closes
1 December 2012
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About MPE 2013
Scientific societies, universities, research institutes, and foundations from around the world have banded together and dedicated 2013 to Mathematics of Planet Earth.
The year will put Australian research on the global stage in a bid to answer and understand some of the world's toughest questions.
www.MoPE.org.au
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Call for Bloggers
 We are looking for guest bloggers to help us get the word out about the beauty and application of mathematics and statistics in the world around us. One blog or a series of blogs, whatever your time allows.
We want to show how mathematics and statistics appear in transport networks, bone remodelling, bush fire prediction, economic forecasting, predicting weather patterns, nature, movie animation, gene sequencing or any of the many other areas.
We invite contributions from students, researchers, professionals and the public.
More information or to submit a blog
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Maths of Planet Earth Australia Launch & Simons Foundation Public Lecture
 5.45pm - 7.00pm
Tuesday 29 January 2013
Sidney Myer Asia Centre
The University of Melbourne
Opening Address:
Prof. Ian Chubb AC, Chief Scientist
Public Lecture:
The challenge of sustainability and the promise of mathematics by Simon Levin, Princeton University
Register now
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Photography Competition - Singling out Symmetry
 It’s a photographic composition staple and an easy introductory category to start our Maths of Planet Earth photography competition.
This competition closes
5pm on Monday 21 January 2013.
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Treat yourself to a mathematical and statistical adventure at the 2013 AMSI Summer School! This exciting 4-week event will be held at the University of Melbourne, with eight courses available for honours, masters and PhD students, see http://www.ms.unimelb.edu.au/~amsi2013/.
Special events include a Careers afternoon, lunchtime Maths of Planet Earth speaker Simon Levin from Princeton, mathematics communicator Keith Devlin at the Summer School Dinner, and SBS's Lily Serna for a Letters and Numbers extravaganza at the pub.
Accommodation subsidies for Australian citizens are available. Apply online at http://www.ms.unimelb.edu.au/~amsi2013/registration.php
Modular forms (AustMS SS2013 subject)
The lectures serve as an in introduction to the classical theory of modular forms and their applications. An impact of the theory on Fermat's Last Theorem will be discussed at the end of the course.
http://www.ms.unimelb.edu.au/~amsi2013/modular.php
Measure theory
Measure theory is the modern theory of integration, the method of assigning a "size" to subsets of a universal set. It is more general, more powerful and more beautiful (though also more technical) than the classical theory of Riemann integration.
http://www.ms.unimelb.edu.au/~amsi2013/gmt.php
Solitons, instantons, Lax pairs and twistors
This is a series of introductory lectures on nonlinear partial differential equations that can be solved without approximation, and that play a central role in recent studies of non-perturbative phenomena in string and gauge theories.
http://www.ms.unimelb.edu.au/~amsi2013/mathphys.php
Numerical solution of conservation laws and hyperbolic linear systems
This course covers advection equations such as the Euler equations, the Shallow water equations and the time-dependent Maxwell equations. It includes a hands-on computational lab in addition to a discussion of theoretical topics like convergence (Lax equivalence theorem), characteristics, shocks and rarefaction waves and several numerical schemes like Lax-Wendroff and Crank-Nicholson in addition to Godunov schemes.
http://www.ms.unimelb.edu.au/~amsi2013/numerical.php
Structured Markov models and control theory. A unified approach via linear algebra
Performance analysis and control of natural and engineered systems evolving over time is a central theme in applied mathematics, operations research and engineering. Many such systems can be modelled as stochastic by means of structured Markov chains, while others are well described by deterministic linear models with feedback control. In both cases the underlying linear algebra is very similar. This course aims to teach the students both types of methodologies, stochastic modelling and control theory via a unified linear algebraic approach.
http://www.ms.unimelb.edu.au/~amsi2013/control.php
Complex networks
The world around us is brimming with structure that consists of discrete entities and relationship between those entities. These structures can be represented as a set of vertices and a set of links that formally define a graph, and a complex network is nothing more than a very large graph where the links are neither predictable nor completely random. This course will touch on the analysis of real, complex networks that arise in ecology and epidemiology, such as food webs and wildlife contact networks, but will emphasise the mathematical and statistical techniques used to classify and characterise networks.
http://www.ms.unimelb.edu.au/~amsi2013/networks.php
Mathematical epidemiology: stochastic models and their statistical calibration (ANZIAM SS2013 subject)
Mathematical models are increasingly used to inform governmental policy-makers on issues that threaten human health or which have an adverse impact on the economy. It is this real-world success combined with the wide variety of interesting mathematical problems which arise that makes mathematical epidemiology, stochastic models and their statistical calibration one of the most exciting topics in applied mathematics.
http://www.ms.unimelb.edu.au/~amsi2013/epidemiology.php
Methodology and theory for the bootstrap; Introduction to nonparametric regression and functional data
The course will begin by discussing the motivation and intuition behind bootstrap methods, and treat a variety of different approaches, including the double bootstrap. In the second part of the course we will introduce techniques for analysing data that are in the form of curves, such as, for example, yearly rainfall or temperature curves, growth curves, etc.
http://www.ms.unimelb.edu.au/~amsi2013/bootstrap.php
Reminder: Funding round for Maths of Planet Earth scientific workshops closes on 1 November.
Scientific societies, universities, research institutes, and foundations from all corners of the globe have banded together and dedicated 2013 to the Mathematics of Planet Earth.
The Australian Mathematical Sciences Institute — along with it partners — is leading the Australian effort in spreading the word about the importance mathematics has for our planet.
There are four international themes for the year
+ A PLANET TO DISCOVER
+ A PLANET SUPPORTING LIFE
+ A PLANET ORGANIZED BY HUMANS
+ A PLANET AT RISK
We invite applications for workshops and events that fall under these themes.
Full details: http://mathsofplanetearth.org.au/funding-opportunities/
Simi Henderson
Program Manager (Research and Higher Education)
Mathematics of Planet Earth Australia Co-ordinator
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We are very pleased to invite you to BioInfoSummer 2012, at University of Adelaide from 3-7 December 2012.
BioInfoSummer is a major annual bioinformatics event in Australia, bringing together in excess of 150 biologists, statisticians and bioinformatics professionals. The program covers state-of-the-art technologies used in medical and biological research and also teaches fundamentals of data analysis.
This year, the program will feature major themes in:
• DNA bioinformatics
• Proteomics
• Computational Biology
• Programming for Biologists
The program will include presentations by outstanding national and international speakers:
• Dr Conrad Burden, The Australian National University
• Dr. Karl Clauser, The Broad Institute
• Dr Martin Frith, Computational Biology Research Centre, AIST, Japan
• Dr. Suhita Nadkarni, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research
• Associate Professor Gavin Huttley, Australian National University
• Dr Jason Roberts, Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory
• Professor Hamish Scott, Institute of Medical and Veterinary Science
• Professor Gordon Smyth, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, Melbourne
• Professor Fuli Yu, Baylor College of Medicine
The presentations will be complemented by a sequence of hands-on computing sessions featuring the latest bioinformatics tools for both new and experienced users.
Student travel awards are available.
Key dates:
Last day for early bird registration: extended until 14 November 2012
Last day to submit an abstract: 23 November 2012
Registration closes: 23 November 2012
More information: http://www.maths.adelaide.edu.au/biosummer2012/
We look forward to seeing you in Adelaide for BioInfoSummer2012.
Professor David Adelson
Associate Professor Gary Glonek
BioInfoSummer 2012 Chairs
Simi Henderson
Program Manager (Research and Higher Education)
Mathematics of Planet Earth Australia Co-ordinator
