Statistics and Mathematical
Modelling in Combination

Conference Program now available

To view a copy of the conference timetable please click HERE

To view a copy of the conference program which includes all the abstracts please click HERE

This conference will take place on 16-18 November 2022. 

It will precede the biennial Forum Mathematics for Industry FMfI2022 to be held at the same location 21-24 November 2022. For more information about the Forum visit https://apcmfi.org/fmfi2022/index.html.

Both the Conference and Forum will presented in hybrid mode. Attendees are encouraged to consider attending both events to receive the maximum benefit and in-person attendance is also encouraged.

See below for registration closing dates.

Deterministic modellers and statisticians have a lot to be gained by working as a team in which both types of approaches are used. The combination of statistics and classical dynamics has long been a fertile field, tracing back to statistical mechanics from the end of the 19th century and stochastic differential equations from the 1920s. The need to combine the two modelling approaches has never been greater and neither has the opportunity for affordable high-performance computation. During the COVID-19 pandemic, agreement has been found between agent-based models and differential compartment equations in modelling infection numbers. Each approach gives confidence to the other, and this suggests scope for new hybrid models.

Other relevant areas include:

• Model identification from a set of output data
• Inverse problems to determine transport coefficients from noisy data
• Evolution equations with uncertain model parameters
• Transport in random media
• PDE for financial derivatives based on fluctuating stocks
• Stationary distributions of ergodic dynamical systems
• Boltzmann equation based on statistical dynamics
• Transport in fractal media
• Complex systems in ecology and economics
• Probabilistic interpretation of deterministic Schroedinger equation

Invited speakers

• Professor Andrea L. Bertozzi (University of California, Los Angeles)
• Professor Michael Stumpf (University of Melbourne)
• Professor Jukka Corander (University of Oslo)
• Professor Kei Hirose (Kyushu University)
• Professor Shizuo Kaji (Kyushu University)
• Professor Natalie Thamwattana (University of Newcastle)
• Professor Malay Banerjee (Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur)
• Dr Oliver Maclaren (University of Auckland)
• Dr iadine Chadès  (CSIRO)
• Professor Emma McBryde (James Cook University)

Registration

Registrations for in-person attendance close on Wednesday 9 November (for catering purposes).

Online registrations will be open until 15 November.

The issues with our payment gateway have been resolved.  Please contact Diana Heatherich if you still have issues with registering and making your payment. 

Location

Level 2, 360 Collins Street Melbourne, 3000

Call for abstracts

If you would like to submit an abstract for presentation at the conference, please do so via the 'Abstract's' tab.  

Abstracts need to be no more than 100 words.

Closing date for submission of abstracts HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO 12 October 2022.

Organising Committee

• Professor Marcel Jackson – La Trobe University (Chair)
• Emeritus Professor Philip Broadbridge – La Trobe University (Deputy Chair)
• Dr Christopher Lenard – La Trobe University (Conference Co-Director)
• Dr Rebecca Chisholm – La Trobe University (Conference Co-Director)
• Dr Luke Bennetts – University of Adelaide
• Associate Professor Joel Miller – La Trobe University
• Associate Professor Winston Sweatman – Massey University, New Zealand
• Professor Luke Prendergast – La Trobe University
• Professor Osamu Saeki – Kyushu University, Japan
• Professor Kenji Kajiwara, Kyushu University, Japan
• Associate Professor Pierluigi Cesana, Kyushu University, Japan
• Dr Anja Slim – Monash University
• Dr Melanie Roberts – Griffith University
• Dr Peter van den Kamp – La Trobe University
• Diana Heatherich – La Trobe University (secretariat)

Conference Accommodation Partner - Causeway 353 Hotel

We look forward to welcoming delegates to La Trobe University Statistics and Mathematical Modelling in Combination conference and Mathematics of Public Health and Sustainability forum in November 2022.

We are pleased to offer a special discount of 20% off our best available rates at Causeway 353 Hotel when booking direct online via our website, using a special offer promo code.

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Budget Accommodation

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