Philip George Howlett; Professor of Industrial and Applied Mathematics, UniSA; BSc (Hons); Adelaide, 1965; PhD, Adelaide, 1971. 1965 – 1989, Tutor, Senior Tutor, Lecturer, Senior Lecturer, SA Institute of Technology; 1990 – 1995, Senior lecturer, UniSA; 1996 – 2000, Associate Professor, UniSA; 2001 – 2010, Professor of Industrial and Applied Mathematics, UniSA; 2010 - present, Emeritus Professor, UniSA. Winner ASOR Ren Potts medal 2015; Winner Aust MS ANZIAM medal 2018.
About me
Philip George Howlett; Professor of Industrial and Applied Mathematics, UniSA; BSc (Hons); Adelaide, 1965; PhD, Adelaide, 1971. 1965 – 1989, Tutor, Senior Tutor, Lecturer, Senior Lecturer, SA Institute of Technology; 1990 – 1995, Senior lecturer, UniSA; 1996 – 2000, Associate Professor, UniSA; 2001 – 2010, Professor of Industrial and Applied Mathematics, UniSA; 2010 - present, Emeritus Professor, UniSA. Winner ASOR Ren Potts medal 2015; Winner Aust MS ANZIAM medal 2018.
About me
Australian Mathematical Society (AustMS); Australia and New Zealand Industrial and Applied Mathematics (ANZIAM); Australian Society for Operations Research (ASOR).
About me
Doctor of Philosophy The University of Adelaide
I am a member of the Scheduling and Control Group in the Centre for Industrial and Applied Mathematics. I work on optimization problems with a special interest in optimal train control; applied analysis and operator approximation with a special interest in inversion of operator pencils that are singular at the origin; and applied probability with a special interest in maximum entropy methods for rainfall modelling. I have also worked on water strorage in a series of dams and on optimal methods for compression and reconstruction of electronic signals.
Research
Excludes commercial-in-confidence projects.
The fundamental equations for inversion of operator pencils, ARC - Discovery Projects, 01/04/2016 - 31/08/2019
Improving train flows with connected driver advice systems , ARC - Linkage Project, 15/12/2015 - 31/12/2018
Improving train flows with connected driver advice systems, TTG Transportation Technology Pty Limited, 01/07/2015 - 31/12/2018
ARC Linkage Partners: Paving the way: an experimental approach to the mathematical modelling and design of permeable pavements, Zero Waste SA, 01/01/2011 - 30/12/2016
Saving energy on trains - demonstration, evaluation, integration, ARC - Linkage Project, 25/11/2011 - 30/06/2016
Paving the way: an experimental approach to the mathematical modelling and design of permeable pavements, ARC - Linkage Project, 01/11/2011 - 31/03/2016
Research
Research outputs for the last seven years are shown below. Some long-standing staff members may have older outputs included. To see earlier years visit ORCID, ResearcherID or Scopus
Open access indicates that an output is open access.
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2024 |
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2024 |
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1
1
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2023 |
1
1
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2023 |
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2023 |
2
2
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2023 |
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1
1
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2022 |
Open access
6
5
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2022 |
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3
4
1
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2022 |
4
3
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2020 |
Open access
2
2
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2020 |
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5
4
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2020 |
Open access
4
3
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2020 |
Open access
1
1
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2020 |
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35
29
2
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2019 |
Open access
6
6
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2019 |
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2
2
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2018 |
Open access
1
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2018 |
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20
18
3
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2018 |
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3
2
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2016 |
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10
8
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2016 |
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3
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2016 |
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235
192
1
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2016 |
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175
138
4
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2016 |
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2
2
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2016 |
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42
36
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2015 |
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44
24
1
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2015 |
4
3
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2014 |
Open access
10
9
1
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2014 |
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14
14
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2014 |
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2014 |
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1
1
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2
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2013 |
186
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2013 |
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2
1
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2013 |
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2
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2012 |
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11
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2011 |
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8
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2011 |
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23
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2010 |
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1
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2010 |
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2010 |
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6
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2010 |
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2010 |
4
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2010 |
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12
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2010 |
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2010 |
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2009 |
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2009 |
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1
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2009 |
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14
14
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2
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2009 |
377
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2009 |
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6
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2008 |
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2008 |
44
34
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2014 |
6
3
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2012 |
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2011 |
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28
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2010 |
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Research
Details | Registry | Status |
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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
Organisation | Country |
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Beijing Jiaotong University | CHINA |
Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) | NETHERLANDS |
Dutch Railways (Netherlands) | NETHERLANDS |
Flinders University | AUSTRALIA |
Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine | UNITED KINGDOM |
INRIA Sohpia Antipolis | FRANCE |
Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica | COSTA RICA |
King Abdulaziz University | SAUDI ARABIA |
National Institute for Research in Digital Science and Technology | FRANCE |
Queensland University of Technology | AUSTRALIA |
Sapienza University of Rome | ITALY |
TTG Transportation Technology | AUSTRALIA |
University of Adelaide | AUSTRALIA |
University of Malaysia Pahang | MALAYSIA |
University of Melbourne | AUSTRALIA |
University of Newcastle | AUSTRALIA |
University of South Australia | AUSTRALIA |
University of Sydney | AUSTRALIA |
University of Tasmania | AUSTRALIA |
University of Twente | NETHERLANDS |
University of Western Australia | AUSTRALIA |
Utrecht University | NETHERLANDS |
External engagement & recognition
Engagement/recognition | Year |
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ANZIAM MedalAustralian and New Zealand Industrial and Applied Mathematics |
2018 |
Ren Potts MedalThe Australian Society for Operations Research |
2015 |
Teaching & student supervision
Supervisions from 2010 shown
Thesis title | Student status |
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Computational methods for the inversion of matrix pencils | Current |
Managing peak power demands for a fleet of trains | Current |
Markov models and computer simulations of water management in connected dams with an application to a stormwater system in the City of Salisbury | Completed |
Mathematical modelling of rainfall in the Murray-Darling Basin | Completed |
Optimal transforms of random vectors | Completed |
Pickup and delivery with queueing | Completed |
Stochastic dynamic programming and conditional value-at-risk to evaluate water management policies | Completed |
Train scheduling on long haul railway corridors | Completed |