Monash University – ճԹ I Championing Mathematical Sciences for Australia’s Advancement ճԹ Wed, 09 Sep 2026 03:46:18 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.8.17 /wp-content/uploads/2015/11/cropped-ճԹ_icon-32x32.png Monash University – ճԹ I Championing Mathematical Sciences for Australia’s Advancement 32 32 Postdoctoral Research Fellow: Computational Methods for Fluid-Granular Flows /2026/09/09/lecturer-senior-lecturer-in-discrete-mathematics-at-monash-university-2/ Wed, 09 Sep 2026 03:40:21 +0000 /?p=18132

Role type: Three year fixed-term
School: School of Mathematics
University:Monash University Clayton Campus, Melbourne, VIC

Join an ARC-funded research project developing numerical methods to simulate the flow of dense viscous liquids through a deformable granular mush. The project aims to improve fluid-dynamical understanding of how magmatic ore deposits form. Such deposits contain critical minerals including nickel, copper, cobalt and platinum-group elements that underpin the global transition to Net Zero.

You will be responsible for developing novel numerical methods to model continuum problems in a two-liquid/granular medium and for interpreting the results physically. These models will capture how a dense fluid migrates, spreads and becomes trapped within a deformable, yield-stress material. Working alongside a co-supervised PhD student and the wider investigator team, you will build and extend simulation tools to explore droplet migration, instability and gravity-driven flows within this setting. There is scope to bring your own perspective to the numerical approach, and your work will feed directly into peer-reviewed publications in leading fluid mechanics journals and presentations at both specialist and general conferences.

The position is part of an interdisciplinary team spanning applied mathematics and economic geology and is based in the School of Mathematics at Monash University. You will work closely with A/Prof Anja Slim at Monash, Dr Edward Hinton at the University of Melbourne and A/Prof Duncan Hewitt at the University of Cambridge. The position includes extended visits to Cambridge’s Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics. You will also have regular opportunities to work with the project’s economic geology team, testing your models against real field and experimental data and seeing your results feed directly into questions about how magmatic ore deposits form and where they might be found.

This is a chance to help develop some of the first physical models of how magmatic ore deposits form. Despite their economic importance, these systems remain largely unexplored from a fluid-dynamical perspective, offering substantial scope for fundamental new insights.

Applications must be made via the Monash University

Confidential enquiries can be sent to sci-maths-jobs@monash.edu

Applications Close:Monday 5 October 2026, 11:55 pm AEDT
]]> Lecturer/ Senior Lecturer in Discrete Mathematics at Monash University /2026/08/04/lecturer-senior-lecturer-in-discrete-mathematics-at-monash-university/ Tue, 04 Aug 2026 06:08:23 +0000 /?p=17906
Role type:Full time
School: School of Mathematics
University:Monash University Clayton Campus, Melbourne, VIC
Salary: $123,138 – $146,228 pa Level B OR $150,841 – $173,931 pa Level C (plus 17% employer superannuation)

Join Monash University’s School of Mathematics as a Lecturer or Senior Lecturer in Discrete Mathematics (Level B or C) and contribute to world-class teaching and research in one of Australia’s leading mathematics schools.

In this role, you will work closely with colleagues across the School of Mathematics to advance research in discrete mathematics, deliver outstanding teaching, and support the development of undergraduate and postgraduate students.

Research areas of interest include combinatorics, graph theory, design theory, and algebra with a combinatorial flavour.

Applications must be made via the Monash University

Confidential enquiries can be sent to sci-maths-jobs@monash.edu

Applications Close: Sunday 13 September 2026, 11:55 pm AEDT.

]]> 2026 starts on a high with conclusion of ճԹ Summer School /2026/02/10/2026-starts-on-a-high-with-conclusion-of-amsi-summer-school/ Tue, 10 Feb 2026 03:27:29 +0000 /?p=16783 The ճԹ (ճԹ) ispleasedto haveconcluded asuccessful ,where Australiaand New Zealand’s brightest young mathematical minds collaborated and networked with lecturers, prospectiveemployersand fellow students.

The 24theditionofSummerSchool, which was held at Monash University’sClayton campus in Melbourneand online,hasbeencommended as one of theInstitute’s most successful to date,with over 150 studentsin attendanceacrosstheprogram’sfour-weekduration.

Long regarded as a major event in the tertiaryeducationmathematicscalendar,ճԹ’s Summer Schoolisan annual national training and networking eventtargetedathonoursand postgraduate students in the mathematical sciences and related disciplines, early careerresearchersand industry professionals.Theevent aims to connectstudents with peers,researchersand potential future employers —all whiledevelopingtheirmathematical skills.

Courses

Students were invited to partake in a course of their choosingfromoneor twoof the followingoptions:

  • Applications of Probability Generating Functions to Biological Systemsby A. Prof. Joel Miller, La Trobe University
  • Applied Partial Differential Equations in Fluid DynamicsbyDr MichaelDallaston, Queensland University of Technology
  • Computational and Combinatorial Algebraic Topologyby Dr AgneseBarbensiandDr DanieleCeloria, The University of Queensland
  • From Equations to Intelligence: A Deep Dive into Data Science and AIby Dr AlinaDonea, Monash University
  • Linear and Nonlinear Elliptic and Parabolic Partial Differential Equationsby Dr Yann Bernard, Monash University
  • Machine Learning in Financial Mathematicsby DrKihunNam, Monash University
  • MathematicalOptimisationTheory and Applicationsby Dr Hoa T. Bui and Dr Vinesha Peiris, Curtin University
  • Multivariate Statistical AnalysisbyDr Sharon Lee, The University of Queensland

Participant Talks

Student involvement throughout was exceptional. The judged ParticipantTalk was a notable highlight with both winners, RyanBraidenand Joshua O’Callaghan,hailing from the University of Queensland.

Winners:

  • Ryan Braiden, The University of Queensland. Talk: ‘TheK(pi, 1) conjecture for Artin groups’.
  • Joshua O’Callaghan,The Universityof Queensland. Talk: ‘The Parity Problem’.

Runners-up:

  • Super Cao, University of Sydney.Talk: ‘Knots, andDiagrammaticAlgebra’.
  • Hardik Gaur, Monash University.Talk: ‘From Chaos to Coherence: Modelling Cities as ComplexSystems’.

 

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Opportunities

Careers Day has long been a cornerstone of the Summer School schedule, and this year’s edition was no exception with over 130 people including students, teachers, careers councillors and organisation representatives taking part. Among the companies and organisations present at the Day were the Australian Bureau of Statistics, Biarri, IMC Trading, The Mathematical Association of Victoria, Australian Signals Directorate, EdgeRed, CSL, Jane Street and APR.Intern —testament to the diverse career pathways open to our mathematics, statistics and data science graduates.

Mathemagician

AsSummerSchooldrew to a close, ճԹ enlistedthe expertise ofwell-known mathematician,and ‘mathemagician’Professor Burkard Polsterof Monash Universityto presentthe annualPublicLecture. TitledThe Other Golden Ratio, Prof.Burkardutilisedhis trademark array ofunusualprops, including aLabubu, tovisualisewhat he described as “a much less well-known but equally remarkable golden ratio that shows up just as often in the same places, but with surprising twists.”

Importance

Speaking after the event, ճԹ Director Professor Tim Marchant noted that Summer School is “critical in bringing Australia and New Zealand’s brightest budding mathematicians together — not only to improve their mathematical literacy in specific fields, but to show them the incredible career opportunities open to them once their university studies conclude.”

Thankyou to Event Director Dr Ngan Le and the organising team from Monash University, ourlecturers and guest speakers,attendees, and sponsors, Monash University, and the , without whom this event would not have been possible.

 

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robbie.byrne@amsi.org.au

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