Our research themes
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Applied mathematics
The Applied Mathematics Group has interests across the fields of colloid science, medicine, chemical engineering and materials processing.
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Data science
Data science combines aspects of statistics, computer science, and mathematics in order to organise, analyse, and extract knowledge from data sets.
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Discrete mathematics
Discrete mathematics is the study of mathematical structures that are by nature discrete rather than continuous. It includes combinatorics and graph theory.
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Learning and teaching innovation
This group fosters innovations in learning and teaching for tertiary mathematics and statistics.
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Mathematical biology
Mathematical, statistical and computational methods are crucial in many areas of modern biological research. Conversely technological advances in biology allow more data, often of a novel type or at a finer resolution, to be collected resulting in new challenges that are motivating research in mathematics, statistics and computational methods.
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Mathematical physics
Mathematical Physics is the study of the mathematics associated with models of the physical world.
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Operations research
Operations Research (OR) provides a scientific approach to decision making. It involves formulating mathematical models of these problems, and developing mathematical tools to obtain solutions.
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Pure mathematics
Pure math is the study of the intrinsic concepts and structural properties underlying modern mathematics. Its purpose is to search for a deeper understanding and an expanded knowledge of mathematics itself.
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Statistics
Statistics is the science of collecting, organising and interpreting data. Mathematical descriptions of the data collection processes and the statistical analysis are used to determine accurate statistical methods.
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Stochastic processes
This group studies a variety of areas, from the theory of branching processes to applications such as stochastic models of the stock market.
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Find a potential supervisor
Explore a comprehensive list of potential postgraduate supervisors and the research areas they work in.
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Partnerships
We host and collaborate with a number of institutes, networks and research centres.
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Seminars
Upcoming seminars based on research by staff at the School of Mathematics and Statistics.
Prospectus
Research within the School of Mathematics and Statistics covers areas of pure and applied mathematics and statistics. A broad school with an international reputation, we have research foci in Algebra, Continuum Modelling, Discrete Mathematics, Geometry and Topology, Operations Research, Mathematical Biology, Mathematical Physics, Stochastic Processes, Statistics, and Data Science.
Explore our research prospectus to find out what projects our leading academics are investigating.
