Department of Mathematics
PAUL SMITH
BSc (Adelaide), PhD (Cambridge)
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Position: | Professor of Mathematics | |
| Head of Department | |||
| Office: | E7A 402 | ||
| Phone: | [61-(0)2] 9850 8944 | ||
| Fax: | [61-(0)2] 9850 8114 | ||
| Email: | paul.smith@mq.edu.au | ||
| Website: | www.maths.mq.edu.au/~pdsmith/ | ||
Paul Smith completed his PhD at Cambridge, following undergraduate studies at Adelaide. He was appointed to the Chair of Mathematics at Macquarie University in 2002. His previous position was Professor of Applied Mathematics at the University of Dundee, Scotland, where he spent some twenty years building an international reputation in modern applied mathematics. He is interested in understanding phenomena in waves and non-linear dynamical systems by a synthesis of novel mathematical analysis, modelling and computation. Such theoretical studies have practical outcomes: he led the team which developed a device for imaging and detecting anti-personnel landmines (it was sucessfully deployed in Bosnia and elsewhere), and he holds patents for other similar devices. He regularly consults for government and industry in UK, USA and Australia. In his spare time, Paul enjoys music, especially live.