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Associate Professor Barry HUGHES
	Position:	Associate Professor
	Email:	B.Hughes@ms.unimelb.edu.au
	Room:	G20
	Ext. Number:	45557
	Webpage:	www.ms.unimelb.edu.au/~hughes/
Research Group:	- Applied Mathematics
Interests:	- Academic Timetabling - Continuum Modelling - Random Environments - Scale-free Phenomena - Stochastic Processes - Stochastically Evolving Networks - Transform Methods and Asymptotics
Recent Publications: Selected Publications \| Publications RSS Feed Cell lineage tree models of neurogenesis(2009) more Cell migration and proliferation during monolayer formation and wound healing (2009) more Multi-species simple exclusion processes(2009) more Distinguishing between directed and undirected cell motility within an invading cell population(2009) more New integer linear programming approaches for course timetabling(2008) more
Research: I am the author of two books: B.D. Hughes, Random Walks and Random Environments. Volume 1: Random Walks (Oxford University Press, 1995). B.D. Hughes, Random Walks and Random Environments. Volume 2: Random Environments. (Oxford University Press, 1996). I have been working in applied probability for more than 25 years. My recent work is on power-law distributions, the evolution of stochastic networks, and problems in developmental biology. I collaborate with Professor W.J. Reed (University of Victoria, BC, Canada), and within the department, with Professor Kerry Landman. I have also been long interested in continuum modelling, including applications of elasticity and fluid mechanics in colloid and interface science, and am associated with the Particulate Fluids Processing Centre. I have also collaborated with colleagues in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics and the Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering in research on academic timetabling, and I have long had an interest in administrative, political and social aspects of practical timetabling. Teaching Recent teaching interests include first year linear algebra and analysis, and later year material on differential equations, integral transforms and asymptotic methods. Other teaching interests include continuum mechanics, mathematical modelling (especially in a biological context) and probability. **Academic administration My principal interests are in undergraduate and postgraduate selection policies and practices, the interface between school and university mathematics education, and the effects of English language background on student progress. I also have considerable experience in academic timetabling, and in equal employment opportunity for women.

Current Postgraduate Supervision:

James CAFFREY	"Mathematical modelling of the interaction of cells with biomaterials"
Rebecca CHISHOLM	"Onychophora Development Model"

Past Postgraduate Supervision:

Anna Q CAI	"Mathematical modelling of cell populations in experimental systems: migration, proliferation and differentiation"
Liam T G MERLOT	"Techniques for academic timetabling"
Jennifer L SLATER	"Growing network models with an application to neurogenesis"
Amy SULLIVAN	"Chemical signals in interneuron migration: modelling repulsion and inhibition"
Dimetre TRIADIS	"Indentation models for colloid science and nanotechnology"

Recent Honours Students:

James WOODCOCK

"Mortal Polygamous Networks"

Subject(s) Currently Teaching:

620-158

Mathematics 2 (Semester 2, 2009)

Recent Grant History:

Year(s)	Source	Type	Title
2006 - 2009	ARC	Discovery	Multi-scale modeling of cell migration in developmental biology

Responsibilities:

Access Programs Subcommittee member

Building Renovations

Chair of various prize award committees

Chair, Grading Practices and Grade-Point AveragesWorking Group

Deputy Central Timetable Negotiations

English Language Bridging and Support Programs Task Force member

Faculty Finance & Facilities Committee member

General Advisor (all years)

Joint Committee of the Academic Board and Heads of Colleges member

Policy and Procedures Working Group member

Selection Procedures Committee Chair

Student Entry Pathways Subcommittee member

Student Equity and Diversity Committee member

University Selection Procedures Committee Chair

Committees:

Math. Sciences Library Users Committee

Strategic Planning Committee

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