Research In The Department.

Head of the Department

The current Head of Department is Prof. Peter TAYLOR.

The Department

The Department of Mathematics & Statistics is a budget unit of the Faculty of Science and provides more that a quarter of the student load of the Faculty.

At present, there are 41 academic staff, 21 research staff, 10 administrative staff, 5 consulting centre staff, 5 IT staff, 2 staff are Fellows of the Australian Academy of Sciences.

The academic staff consists of:
9 Professor(s)
13 Associate Professor(s)
7 Senior Lecturer(s)
2 Lecturer(s)
6 Tutor(s)

The Statistical Consulting Centre staff consists of:
1 Director
4 Statistical Consultant(s)

Melbourne is the host department of the new Australian Mathematical Sciences Institute and a new ARC Centre of Excellence in the Mathematics and Statistics of Complex Systems.

The Department has several very active research groups.

Computing Resources

The Department's computing facilities are based on an integrated network of Apple Macintoshes and UNIX machines. Most academic staff have an upper-end Mac in their office, with a few using UNIX workstations instead. An Alpha server named tincan provides centralised communications and serving facilities.

Teaching-related facilities include an iMac Labs of some 25 iMacs and a PC Lab of 50 PC's. Two dedicated computer rooms containing Macintoshes, Linux boxes and PCs provide public access to computing resources for staff and graduate students.

Mathematical Sciences Library

Location

The library is situated within the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, in the Richard Berry Building (see a map), on the ground floor next to Lecture Theatre A. The Richard Berry Building is situated on the corner of Swanston St and Monash Rd (Gate 4).

Opening Hours

• Throughout the academic year:
  • 9 am - 5:15 pm Monday - Friday
• During the Long Vacation/Admissions Period, the opening hours are:
  • 9 - 1 pm and 2 pm - 5 pm Monday - Thursday
  • 9 - 1 pm and 2 pm - 4:30 pm Friday
• Closed Saturday, Sunday and University Holidays

Library Contacts

Librarian: Alan Burns
Phone: +613 8344 6607
Fax: +613 8344 4599
Email: acburns@unimelb.edu.au
Telephone Renewals: 8344 7599
Web: http://www.lib.unimelb.edu.au/collections/mathematics/MSLib.html