ICE-EM/AMSI SUMMER SCHOOL 2008

The 6th annual AMSI/ICE‑EM Summer School in Mathematics was hosted by Monash University, Clayton Campus, from 14 January to 8 February 2008. The organising committee, Prof. Robert Bartnik (Director), Dr Maria Athanassenas, Ms Gertrude Nayak, Dr Burkard Polster and Ms Amanda Teo presented an excellent program with both lecturers and students indicating a high level of satisfaction with the courses and overall organisation.

The School hosted a total of 116 students including international students from Hong Kong and Bogota, Columbia.

The program covered eight honours-level topics in pure and applied mathematics and statistics with 64 students taking courses for credit.

COURSES

MEASURE THEORY 

Marty Ross, The University of Melbourne

PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS 

Jerry Kazdan, University of Pennsylvania

KNOTS AND LINKS

Iain Aitchison, The University of Melbourne

APPROXIMATION THEORY 

Markus Hegland, The Australian National University

THE ART AND SCIENCE OF MODELLING, ANALYSING AND SOLVING DECISION-MAKING PROBLEMS

Moshe Sniedovich, The University of Melbourne

ADVANCED METHODS FOR ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS 

Andrew Bassom, The University of Western Australia

LIE GROUPS

John Stillwell, University of San Francisco

MARTINGALES IN DISCRETE TIME

Kais Hamza, Monash University

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