News | School of Mathematical Sciences | University of Adelaide http://www.maths.adelaide.edu.au/news/ As a result of the School's success in securing two prestigious Australian Research Council Future Fellowships, we now have two limited term positions available, one in Pure Mathematics and one in Statistics. en-ushttp://www.maths.adelaide.edu.au/news/ Between Monday 19 and Friday 23 March 2012, the Institute for Geometry and its Applications will host a lecture series by Professor Jonathan Rosenberg from the University of Maryland. There will be additional talks by other invited speakers. en-ushttp://www.maths.adelaide.edu.au/news/ Between Monday 5 and Friday 9 March 2012, the Institute for Geometry and its Applications will host a lecture series by Rajesh Gopakumar from the Harish-Chandra Research Institute. These lectures will be supplemented by talks by other invited speakers. en-ushttp://www.maths.adelaide.edu.au/news/ Congratulations to Wei Xian Lim who was awarded the prize for the best student presentation at the Membrane Society of Australasia 2011 ECR Membrane Symposium for her talk on "Mathematical modelling of gas capture in porous materials". Xian is working on her PhD with Jim Hill and Barry Cox. en-ushttp://www.maths.adelaide.edu.au/news/ The School has followed up its success in the ARC Discovery Project Scheme with a Future Fellowship being awarded to Dr Thomas Leistner and DECRAs award to Dr Pedram Hekmati and Dr Robert Yuncken. This brings the total number of ARC research grants to the School to 8 in 2011, which amounts to 14% of the total ARC grants awarded to the University of Adelaide in 2011. en-ushttp://www.maths.adelaide.edu.au/news/ Congratulations to the following staff who were successful in securing funding from the Australian Research Council Discovery Projects Scheme. Associate Professor Finnur Larusson awarded $270,000 for his project Flexibility and symmetry in complex geometry; Dr Thomas Leistner, awarded $303,464 for his project Holonomy groups in Lorentzian geometry, Professor Michael Murray Murray and Dr Daniel Stevenson (Glasgow), awarded $270,000 for their project Bundle gerbes: generalisations and applications; Professor Mathai Varghese, awarded $105,000 for his project Advances in index theory and Prof Anthony Roberts and Professor Ioannis Kevrekidis (Princeton) awarded $330,000 for their project Accurate modelling of large multiscale dynamical systems for engineering and scientific simulation and analysis en-ushttp://www.maths.adelaide.edu.au/news/ The aim of the Adelaide R-users group is to meet, discuss R, and share our experiences of R. It also hopes to be an opportunity for new users to get a helping hand up the first part of the steep learning curve or at least learn how to fit a line to the steep learning curve. en-ushttp://www.maths.adelaide.edu.au/news/ The first Australian-New Zealand Rotating Flow Workshop will be held from 9th to 11th of January 2012. The workshop, organised by the School of Mathematical Sciences at the University of Adelaide and the Department of Engineering Science at the University of Auckland, will bring together world leading researchers in the broad field of rotating flows. The workshop is sponsored by AMSI, the School of Mathematical Sciences, the University of Auckland and the Royal Society of New Zealand. Please visit the workshop website for further details. en-ushttp://www.maths.adelaide.edu.au/news/ Congratulations to Dr Ray Vozzo who has been awarded the inaugural Alf van der Poorten Travelling Fellowship from the Australian Mathematical Society. Ray will use the fellowship to attend a meeting in Potsdam and visit colleagues in the United Kingdom. en-ushttp://www.maths.adelaide.edu.au/news/ We are seeking an experienced researcher with an international reputation in an area of Pure Mathematics to join the School as a Full Professor in Pure Mathematics. You will also be an enthusiastic contributor to our teaching programs at undergraduate and postgraduate levels and be willing to take a leading role in the continued development and expansion of the School. Full details on how to apply, including the selection criteria are available on the University's jobs website. en-ushttp://www.maths.adelaide.edu.au/news/ Congratulations to Hayden Tronnolone who has been awarded the 2011 Ian Laing Prize by the Hydrological Society of South Australia. The annual prize, awarded to a student undertaking the final year of an ordinary or honours degree course or post graduate diploma course which involves some study of hydrology, water resource management, or related sciences, was awarded to Hayden for the work he undertook in his honours project on the study of flow in spiral particle separators. Hayden ins currently undertaking a PhD under the supervision of Dr Yvonne Stokes and Dr Matt Finn. en-ushttp://www.maths.adelaide.edu.au/news/ Associate Professor Zudi Lu has been awarded an ARC Future Fellowship. Associate Professor Lu, and Associate Professor in Statistics, will use the support provided by his Future Fellowship to further improve the theory and practice of econometric modelling of nonlinear spatial time series. Congratulations Zudi. en-ushttp://www.maths.adelaide.edu.au/news/ Congratulations to Mika Peace who has been awarded a PhD scholarship from the Bushfire Cooperative Research Centre. Mika is working with Trent Mattner and Graham Mills (from the Bureau of Meteorology) on coupled fire-weather modelling en-ushttp://www.maths.adelaide.edu.au/news/