About the conference
CTAC is organised by the special interest group in computational techniques and applications of ANZIAM, the Australian and New Zealand Industrial and Applied Mathematics Division of the Australian Mathematical Society.
The meetings provide an interactive forum for researchers interested in the development and use of computational methods applied to engineering, scientific and other problems. The CTAC meetings have been taking place biennially since 1981, the most recent being held online in 2020 at the University of New South Wales.
CTAC 2022 was hosted by QUT School of Mathematical Sciences and QUT Centre for Data Science.
Plenary speakers
- Chris Drovandi (Queensland University of Technology, Australia)
- Jennifer Flegg (The University of Melbourne, Australia)
- Frances Kuo (The University of New South Wales, Australia)
- Christian Lubich (University of Tuebingen, Germany)
- Marco Palombo (Cardiff University, UK)
- Emilie Sauret (Queensland University of Technology, Australia)
- Karen E Willcox (The University of Texas at Austin, USA)
- Dr Andy Wilkins (CSIRO) - Public lecture speaker
Organising committee
- Tim Moroney (QUT) - Co-chair
- Qianqian Yang (QUT) - Co-chair
- Ian Turner (QUT)
- Vivien Challis (QUT)
- Elliot Carr (QUT)
- Sarie Gould (QUT)
Scientific committee
- Bishnu Lamichhane (Newcastle)
- Frances Kuo (UNSW)
- Ian Turner (QUT)
- Kevin Burrage (QUT)
- Linda Stals (ANU)
- Qianqian Yang (QUT)
- Quoc Thong Le Gia (UNSW)
- Tim Moroney (QUT)
- Vivien Challis (QUT)
- William Mclean (UNSW)
- Fawang Liu (QUT)
Special themes
- computational fluid dynamics
- inverse problems
- data science
- biophysical modelling
- numerical analysis
- machine learning
- computational engineering
- approximation theory
- uncertainty quantification
- mathematics in medicine
- fractional differential equations
Programme
Public lecture
The importance of mathematics
Wednesday, 30 November 2022, 6:30pm-7:30pm AEST
Speaker: Dr Andy Wilkins. CSIRO Senior Scientist.
'When I confess I’m a professional mathematician, I often receive incredulous stares. Most people see maths as a necessary evil when completing their tax returns, but pretty-much useless otherwise. In this lecture, I hope to demonstrate that mathematics is actually incredibly valuable, by presenting a cornucopia of mathematical applications that I have worked on. I will include every-day subjects such as washing machines, ball-point pens, doors, textiles, chickens and wine, as well as more specialised phenomena such as groundwater, structural optimisation, plasticity, energy storage and earth tides. While most of my examples contain university-level maths at their heart, this is a public lecture so I will not present endless opaque equations!'
Andy is a numerical mathematician whose diverse interests cover topics such as high-energy physics, mosquitoes, energy storage, mining and the environment. He gained his PhD from Adelaide Uni, and after a few postdocs (including at QUT!) he moved to CSIRO, where he has been for the last 15 years. Andy leads CSIRO’s Digital Twin, Modelling and Simulation community.
Proceedings
A refereed proceeding will be published after the conference in the Electronic Supplement of the ANZIAM Journal. This will be subject to the usual rigorous ANZIAM Journal refereeing process.
“Instructions for submitting an article to the CTAC Proceedings
(PDF file, 150.5 KB)
Registration
Registration for this event has now closed.
Student prizes
Two prizes worth $500 each will be awarded for the best student presentations, sponsored by the QUT Centre for Data Science and Mathematics of Computation and Optimisation (MoCaO) special interest group of AustMS.
The Modelling and Simulation Society of Australia and New Zealand is sponsoring an award for the best student presentation relating to modelling and simulation. This prize will be free registration for the MODSIM2023 conference being held in Darwin from July 9 to 13.
Accommodation
QUT Gardens Point Campus is conveniently located in the Brisbane CBD, within easy walking distance of many accommodation options in the CBD. There are also free City Loop buses every 10 minutes which stop directly outside QUT and service much of the CBD, although these only run until 6pm. Alternatively, across the river in South Bank there are further accommodation options, also easily walkable via the Goodwill Bridge.
Travel
Brisbane Airport (servicing both Domestic and International routes) is around 20 minutes drive from the CBD outside peak traffic periods, or alternatively a 20 minute train trip to Central Station. The Brisbane Airport website has more detailed information on transport options.