Associate Professor Peter Pudney

Associate Research Professor School of Information Technology and Mathematical Sciences

Mawson Lakes Campus (OC1-78)
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email Peter.Pudney@unisa.edu.au

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About me

Peter Pudney is an Associate Research Professor of Industrial and Applied Mathematics. He is also Deputy Director of the Centre for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, a member of the Barbara Hardy Institute, and an affiliate member of the Future Industries Institute.

Assoc Prof Pudney leads the Scheduling and Control Group within the Centre for Industrial and Applied Mathematics. His research focusses on the application of scheduling and control methods to develop practical solutions to real problems. He has led Cooperative Research Centre (CRC) and Australian Research Council Linkage projects to develop a driver advice system that is being used by train drivers around the world to help keep trains on time and... Read more

School of Information Technology and Mathematical Sciences

Offering degrees in IT, mathematics, science and data science, the School is a leading Australian applied maths department.

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Research

Research themes

An age friendly world
Transforming industries
Scarce resources

Highlights

Low carbon living

I am currently working on projects with the CRC for Low Carbon Living and Adelaide Living Laboratory, designing energy policies that will increase the use of renewable energy and reduce peak demand for electricity in the built environment.

Efficient rail transport

Our Energymiser in-cab driver advice system uses optimal control theory to help train drivers stay on time and minimise energy use. The system is being used by railways around the world, including on ore trains in Australia, intercity passenger trains in the UK, and on high-speed TGV trains in France.

I am currently leading a Linkage project to develop new methods and systems for the scheduling and control of trains on congested rail corridors, to... Read more

Research

Projects

Excludes commercial-in-confidence projects.

Maximising solar PV with phase change thermal energy storage, Australian Renewable Energy Agency - R&D Program, 01/05/2016 - 30/04/2019
Improving train flows with connected driver advice systems, TTG Transportation Technology Pty Limited, 01/07/2015 - 31/12/2018
Improving train flows with connected driver advice systems, ARC - Linkage Project, 15/12/2015 - 31/12/2018
Control theory for counter terrorism and security systems, Defence Science & Technology Organisation - Business & Commercialisation Office, 01/01/2013 - 31/12/2016
Saving energy on trains - demonstration, evaluation, integration, ARC - Linkage Project, 25/11/2011 - 30/06/2016
Towards sustainable transport - building a greener mid-size fleet in South Australia, Nia Pty Ltd, 01/01/2016 - 28/02/2016
Saving energy on trains - demonstration, evaluation, integration, TTG Transportation Technology Pty Limited, 01/01/2011 - 31/12/2015
Distributed Storage Scoping Study, CRC for Low Carbon Living Ltd, 01/01/2014 - 31/12/2014
Train planning R2.103, CRC for Rail Innovation, 01/10/2008 - 30/09/2011
Smart Charging for Electric Vehicles, CRC for Advanced Automotive Technology Ltd, 01/10/2009 - 30/06/2011
Grain sales optimisation tool, Centre State Exports Pty Ltd, 23/11/2010 - 28/02/2011

Research

Outputs

Research since 2008 is shown below. To see earlier years visit ORCID, ResearcherID or Scopus

Open access indicates that an output is open access.

Chapters

Year	Output
2013	Boland, JW, Pudney, P & Filar, J 2013, 'Electricity supply without fossil fuels', in T Yu (ed.), Computational intelligent data analysis for sustainable development, CRC Press, US, ch. 8, pp. 243-271.
2011	Pudney, PJ 2011, 'Low-emission mobility', in P Roetman & C Daniels (eds), Creating sustainable communities in a changing world, Crawford House Publishing, Australia, pp. 135-140. Open access
2008	Pudney, PJ & Wardrop, A 2008, 'Generating Train Plans with Problem Space Search', in Mark Hickman, Pitu Mirchandani, Stefan VoB, Computer-aided systems inpublic transport, Springer, Berlin, vol. 600, pp. 195-207. 9 3

Journal Articles

Year	Output
2018	Albrecht, A, Howlett, P, Pudney, P, Vu, X & Zhou, P 2018, 'The two-train separation problem on non-level track-driving strategies that minimize total required tractive energy subject to prescribed section clearance times', Transportation Research Part B: Methodological: An International Journal, vol. 111, pp. 135-167. Open access 1 1 3
2018	Galapitage, A, Albrecht, A, Pudney, P, Vu, X & Zhou, P 2018, 'Optimal real-time junction scheduling for trains with connected driver advice systems', Journal of Rail Transport Planning and Management, vol. 8, no. 1, pp. 29-41. 2 1 1
2018	Grantham, A, Pudney, P & Boland, J 2018, 'Generating synthetic sequences of global horizontal irradiation', Solar Energy, vol. 162, pp. 500-509. 7 6
2018	Sweatman, WL, White, K, Albrecht, A, Peron, M, Pudney, P & Whittle, D 2018, 'Mining sequencing to control blend quality', The ANZIAM Journal , vol. 58, pp. M33-M66. Open access 1
2017	Grantham, A, Pudney, P, Ward, L, Belusko, M & Boland, J 2017, 'Generating synthetic five-minute solar irradiance values from hourly observations', Solar Energy, vol. 147, pp. 209-221. Open access 11 12 1
2017	Grantham, A, Pudney, P, Ward, LA, Whaley, D & Boland, J 2017, 'The viability of electrical energy storage for low-energy households', Solar Energy, vol. 155, pp. 1216-1224. 12 12
2016	Albrecht, A, Howlett, P & Pudney, P 2016, 'The cost-time curve for an optimal train journey on level track', The ANZIAM Journal , vol. 58, no. 1, pp. 10-32. Open access 5 3
2016	Albrecht, A, Howlett, P, Pudney, P, Vu, X & Zhou, P 2016, 'An optimal timetable for the two train separation problem on level track', Pacific Journal of Optimization, vol. 12, no. 2, pp. 327-353. 2
2016	Albrecht, A, Howlett, P, Pudney, P, Vu, X & Zhou, P 2016, 'The key principles of optimal train control. Part 1: formulation of the model, strategies of optimal type, evolutionary lines, location of optimal switching points', Transportation Research Part B: Methodological: An International Journal, vol. 94, pp. 482-508. Open access 58 43 1
2016	Albrecht, A, Howlett, P, Pudney, P, Vu, X & Zhou, P 2016, 'The key principles of optimal train control. Part 2: existence of an optimal strategy, the local energy minimization principle, uniqueness, computational techniques', Transportation Research Part B: Methodological: An International Journal, vol. 94, pp. 509-538. Open access 48 38 1
2016	Chen, D, Yin, J, Yang, S, Li, L & Pudney, P 2016, 'Constraint local principal curve: concept, algorithms and applications', Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics, vol. 298, pp. 222-235.
2016	Cirocco, LR, Belusko, M, Bruno, F, Boland, J & Pudney, P 2016, 'Maximising revenue via optimal control of a concentrating solar thermal power plant with limited storage capacity', IET Renewable Power Generation, vol. 10, no. 5, pp. 729-734. Open access 4 3
2016	Pudney, PJ & White, G 2016, 'The impact of missing or incorrect addresses', The ANZIAM Journal , vol. 57, pp.115-129. Open access
2015	Albrecht, A, Howlett, P, Pudney, P, Vu, X & Zhou, P 2015, 'Energy-efficient train control: the two-train separation problem on level track', Journal of Rail Transport Planning and Management, vol. 5, no. 3, pp. 163-182. Open access 17 16 1
2015	Cirocco, LR, Belusko, M, Bruno, F, Boland, J & Pudney, P 2015, 'Controlling stored energy in a concentrating solar thermal power plant to maximise revenue', IET Renewable Power Generation, vol. 9, no. 4, pp. 379-388. 15 13
2014	Cirocco, LR, Belusko, M, Bruno, F, Boland, J & Pudney, P 2014, 'Optimisation of storage for concentrated solar power plants', Challenges, vol. 5, pp. 473-503. Open access
2014	McDonald, B, Pudney, PJ & Rong, J 2014, 'Pattern recognition and segmentation of smart meter data', The ANZIAM Journal , vol. 54, pp. M105-M150. Open access
2014	Yang, S, Chen, D, Zeng, X & Pudney, PJ 2014, 'A Greedy algorithm for constraint principal curves', Journal of Computers, vol. 9, no. 5, pp. 1125-1130. Open access
2013	Albrecht, AR, Howlett, PG, Pudney, PJ & Vu, X 2013, 'Energy-efficient train control: From local convexity to global optimization and uniqueness', Automatica, vol. 49, no. 10, pp. 3072-3078. 87 77
2013	Anjomshoa, H, Albrecht, A, Lee, D & Pudney, P 2013, 'Optimising passing bay locations and vehicle schedules in underground mines', Journal of the Operational Research Society, vol. 64, no. 2, pp. 241-249. 1
2013	Pudney, P, Albrecht, A, Bunker, J & Howlett, P 2013, 'Estimating the robustness of long-haul train plans', Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part F: Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit, vol. 227, no. 5, pp. 582-590. 2 1
2012	Anjomshoa, H, Albrecht, AR, Lee, DH & Pudney, PJ 2012, 'Efficient vehicle haulage in underground mines', Transactions of the Institutions of Mining and Metallurgy Section A: Mining Technology, vol. 121, no. 2, pp. 83-90.
2010	Albrecht, AR, de Jong, J, Howlett, PG & Pudney, PJ 2010, 'Estimating the robustness of train plans for single-line corridors with crossing loops', The ANZIAM Journal , vol. 51, pp. 768-783. Open access 1
2010	Anjomshoa, H, Lee, D, Pudney, P, Albrecht, A & Mackenzie, S 2010, 'Passing bays in an underground mine', Transactions of the Institutions of Mining and Metallurgy Section A: Mining Technology, vol. 119, no. 1, pp. 31-33. 3 2
2010	Wadhawan, IB, Pudney, PJ, Howlett, PG & Piantadosi, J 2010, 'Scheduling trains with cross entropy optimisation', The ANZIAM Journal , vol. 51, pp. 332-346. Open access 1
2009	Howlett, P, Pudney, P & Vu, X 2009, 'Local energy minimization in optimal train control', Automatica, vol. 45, no. 11, pp. 2692-2698. 240 201

Conferences

Year	Output
2017	Whaley, D, Berry, S & Pudney, P 2017, 'Resident experiences using load management devices in an Australian monitored low-energy housing development', 9th International Conference on Energy Efficiency in Domestic Appliances and Lighting, EU Publications, pp. 401-417. Open access
2016	Galapitage, A & Pudney, P 2016, 'Scheduling electric vehicles with shared charging stations', 12th Biennial engineering mathematics and applications conference, Cambridge University Press, vol. 57, pp. C208-C220. Open access
2015	Albrecht, A, Howlett, P, Pudney, P, Vu, X & Zhou, P 2015, 'Energy-efficient train control: the two-train separation problem on level track', 6th International Conference on Railway Operations Modelling and Analysis - RailTokyo2015, RailTec, paper no. 163, pp. 1-17.
2015	Albrecht, A, Howlett, P, Pudney, P, Vu, X & Zhou, P 2015, 'Optimal driving strategies for two successive trains on level track subject to a safe separation condition', in (eds), ACC2015 American Control Conference, IEEE, pp. 2925-2929. 8 7
2015	Cirocco, LR, Boland, JW, Belusko, M, Bruno, F & Pudney, PJ 2015, 'Optimal control of electrical and thermal energy storage', in T Weber, M McPhee & RS Anderssen (eds), 21st International Congress on Modelling and Simulation (MODSIM2015), Modelling and Simulation Society of Australia and New Zealand, pp. 1820-1826.
2015	Farah, S, Whaley, DM, Pudney, P & Saman, W 2015, 'Control strategies of domestic electrical storage for reducing electricity peak demand and life cycle cost', in M Essaaidi & Y Zaz (eds), 3rd International Renewable and Sustainable Energy Conference, IEEE, 452-457. Open access 3
2014	Albrecht, A, Howlett, P, Pudney, P, Vu, X, Zhou, P & Chen, D 2014, 'Using maximum power to save energy', International conference on intelligent transportation systems, IEEE Press, pp. 1205-1208. 2 2
2014	Whaley, DM, Pudney, PJ, Grantham, AP & Saman, WY 2014, 'Performance of a cluster of low-energy housing rooftop PV systems: Theoretical vs. Actual output', 52nd Annual Conference, Australian Solar Energy Society, AuSES - Australian Solar Energy Society, pp. 1-10.
2013	Albrecht, A & Pudney, P 2013, 'Pickup and delivery with a solar-recharged vehicle', in P Gaertner et al. (eds), 22nd National Conference of the Australian Society for Operations Research, The Australian Society for Operations Research, pp. 239-246. Open access
2013	Albrecht, A, Howlett, P, Pudney, P, Vu, X & Zhou, P 2013, 'The two train separation problem on level track', in P Gaertner et al. (eds), 22nd National Conference of the Australian Society for Operations Research, The Australian Society for Operations Research, pp. 247-253. Open access
2013	Albrecht, AR & Pudney, PJ 2013, 'Coordinated charging of electric vehicles', in J Piantadosi, RS Anderssen & J Boland (eds), 20th International Congress on Modelling and Simulation, Modelling and Simulation Society of Australia and New Zealand, pp. 1468-1474. Open access
2013	Cirocco, LR, Pudney, PJ, Belusko, M, Boland, JW & Bruno, F 2013, 'Review of technologies and optimisation methods for integrating renewable energy sources and storage within the Australian national energy market', in J Piantadosi, RS Anderssen & J Boland (eds), 20th International Congress on Modelling and Simulation, Modelling and Simulation Society of Australia and New Zealand, pp. 1482-1488. Open access
2013	Grantham, AP, Pudney, PJ, Boland, JW & Belusko, M 2013, 'Synthetically interpolated five-minute direct normal irradiance', in J Piantadosi, RS Anderssen & J Boland (eds), 20th International Congress on Modelling and Simulation, Modelling and Simulation Society of Australia and New Zealand, pp. 1489-1495. Open access 3
2013	Kamarazaman, M, Albrecht, A & Pudney, P 2013, 'Train scheduling and cooperative games', in P Gaertner et al. (eds), 22nd National Conference of the Australian Society for Operations Research, Australian Society for Operations Research, pp. 261-271. Open access
2013	Zhou, P, Pudney, P & Howlett, P 2013, 'In-train forces from energy-efficient driving strategies', in P Gaertner et al. (eds), 22nd National Conference of the Australian Society for Operations Research, Australian Society for Operations Research, pp. 293-299. Open access
2012	Pudney, P, Albrecht, A, Stoltz, C, Ghys, S & Coleman, D 2012, 'Integrating Driving Advice with Safeworking Displays', CORE 2012: Global Perspectives; Conference on railway engineering, Informit, pp. 601-605.
2011	Albrecht, A, Koelewijn, J & Pudney, P 2011, 'Energy-efficient recovery of delays in a rail network', Australasian Transport Research Forum 2011, Australasian Transport Research Forum, pp. 1-7. Open access 8
2011	Albrecht, AR, Howlett, PG, Pudney, PJ & Vu, X 2011, 'Optimal train control: analysis of a new local optimization principle', 2011 American Control Conference, IEEE, pp. 1928-1933, article no. 5991057. Open access 19
2011	Pudney, P, Howlett, P, Albrecht, A, Coleman, D, Vu, X & Koelewijn, J 2011, 'Optimal driving strategies with intermediate timing points', 2011 IHHA specialist technical session : Excellence in Heavy Railroading, International Heavy Haul Association, pp. 1-4.
2010	Coleman, D, Howlett, P, Pudney, P, Vu, X & Yee, R 2010, 'Coasting boards vs optimal control', 2010 IET Conference on Railway Traction Systems, IEEE, vol. 2010, no. 13342, pp. 1-5. Open access 7
2009	Albrecht, A, De Jong, J, Howlett, PG, Panton, DM & Pudney, PJ 2009, 'Assessing Australian interstate train plans', Conference on Transportation Scheduling and Disruption Handling, CTI-Monash Centre for Optimisation, pp. 1-15.
2009	Albrecht, AR, Holyoak, N, Raicu, R, Pudney, PJ & Zito, R 2009, 'Electric vehicles: the solution to emissions from transport?', 2009 AutoCRC Conference, Cooperative Research Centre for Advanced Automotive Technology, pp. 1-10.
2009	Coleman, D, Stolz, C, Pudney, PJ, Howlett, PG, Vu, X & Albrecht, AR 2009, 'Using simulation to assess the benefits of energy-efficient driving strategies', 9th International heavy haul conference, China Railway Publishing House, pp. 1048-1052. 1
2009	Pudney, PJ, Stolz, C & Campbell, P 2009, 'Using Energy-efficient Journeys to Calculate Section Running times', AusRAIL PLUS 2009.
2009	Taylor, MA, Pudney, P, Zito, R, Holyoak, N, Albrecht, A & Raicu, R 2009, 'Planning for electric vehicles in Australia - can we match environmental requirements, technology and travel demands', in G Strachan (ed.), ATRF 2009, Ministry of Transport, pp. 1-14. 4
2008	Benjamin, BR, Howlett, PG, Pudney, PJ & Vu, X 2008, 'Freightmiser: Optimal Speed Profiles for Long Haul Trains', in Prof. Kumares C Sinha, AATT, pp. 1-12.
2008	Mills, G & Pudney, PJ 2008, 'The effects of deadlock avoidance on rail network capacity and performance', in John Hewitt & Kevin White, Australian Mathematical Society, pp. 49-63.
2008	Teh, A, Jayasuriya, AU & Pudney, PJ 2008, 'Admission control in wireless infrastructure networks based on the predicted percentage of delayed packets', in IEEE, IEEE, pp. 1-5. Open access 3

Reports

Year	Output
2015	Pudney, P, Grantham, A, Ward, LA, Whaley, D & Boland, JW 2015, The viability of electrical energy storage for Lochiel Park households, Australian Government, Department of Industry and Science, Australia. Open access

Research

Patents

Details	Registry	Status
Improving timekeeping and energy efficiency for trains Pudney, Peter John; Howlett, Philip George; Albrecht, Amie Renee	WO	Filed
System for improving timekeeping and saving energy on long-haul trains Howlett, Philip George; Pudney, Peter John	CA	Granted
System for improving timekeeping and saving energy on long-haul trains Howlett, Philip George; Pudney, Peter John	GB	Filed
System for improving timekeeping and saving energy on long-haul trains Howlett, Philip George; Pudney, Peter John	US	Granted
System for improving timekeeping and saving energy on long-haul trains Howlett, Philip George; Pudney, Peter John	WO	Filed

External engagement & recognition

Collaborations

Highlights

Low energy mobility

I have been designing, building and racing solar cars since 1993. I am currently the chair of the Technical Committee of the World Solar Challenge, and I am on the regulations committee of the International Solarcar Federation.

I am currently leading the African Solar Taxi project, which is developing a solar-powered transport system that will be used to transport pregnant women to hospital in rural Zimbabwe.

I also led the development of Trev, a small green electric car that in 2010-11 was driven 28,000 km around the world using less than $400 worth of renewable energy.

Electricity demand management

I am a member of Standards Australia working groups developing standards for demand response systems that will reduce the peak demand for electricity.

External engagement & recognition

Collaborations

Organisation	Country
Beasley Industries Pty Ltd	AUSTRALIA
Beijing Jiaotong University	CHINA
CSIRO Australia (Commonwealth Scientific Industrial Research Organisation)	AUSTRALIA
Deakin University	AUSTRALIA
Flinders University	AUSTRALIA
Fuzhou University	CHINA
Glaciem Cooling Technologies	AUSTRALIA
Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine	UNITED KINGDOM
Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis	UNITED STATES
Massey University	NEW ZEALAND
Nia Energy	UNITED STATES
Origin Energy	AUSTRALIA
Queensland University of Technology	AUSTRALIA
TTG Transportation Technology	AUSTRALIA
Universitat De Lleida	SPAIN
University of Adelaide	AUSTRALIA
University of Malaysia, Terengganu	MALAYSIA
University of Melbourne	AUSTRALIA
University of South Australia	AUSTRALIA
University of Twente	NETHERLANDS

External engagement & recognition

Engagement/recognition	Year
Chair, Technical Committee World Solar Challenge	2017
Chair, Technical Committee World Solar Challenge	2016
Chair, Technical Committee, World Solar Challenge SA Motor Sport Board	2015
Chair, Technical Committee, World Solar Challenge SA Motor Sport Board	2014
Chair, Technical Committee, World Solar Challenge SA Motor Sport Board	2013
Unsung Hero of South Australian Science Communication Australian Science Communicators	2013
Chair, Technical Committee, World Solar Challenge SA Motor Sport Board	2012

Teaching & student supervision

Highlights

I do some mathematics teaching, but I also supervise engineering student projects related to renewable energy systems and solar and electric mobility. I have four PhD students.

Teaching & student supervision

Research degree supervision

Supervisions from 2010 shown

Thesis title	Student status
Improving train flows with connected driver advice systems	Current
Optimisation of renewable energy technology systems	Current
Oversaturated traffic signal: stochastic optimization with upstream gating and queue balancing	Current
Redesigning the electricity system with microgrids	Current
Stochastic optimal control of a solar powered car	Current
Tailoring renewable energy systems to communities, with a focus on retirement living	Current
Incompetence, training and changing capabilities in game theory	Completed
Mathematical tools for maximising renewable energy use in electricity supply	Completed
Optimal control of electrical and thermal energy storage combined with renewable energy systems	Completed
Optimal placement of passing bays in underground mines	Completed
Pickup and delivery with queueing	Completed
Water current energy for remote community: design and testing of a clog-free horizontal axis hydrokinetic turbine system	Completed

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Associate Professor Peter Pudney

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Chair, Technical Committee

Chair, Technical Committee, World Solar Challenge

Chair, Technical Committee, World Solar Challenge

Chair, Technical Committee, World Solar Challenge

Unsung Hero of South Australian Science Communication

Chair, Technical Committee, World Solar Challenge

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