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
