
Dr Andrew Black
Senior Lecturer
School of Mathematical Sciences
Faculty of Sciences, Engineering and Technology
Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD - email supervisor to discuss availability.
My research is based around stochastic modelling, mathematical epidemiology, evolution, probabilistic learning and Bayesian inference and Data Science.
Some current projects are:
- Mathematical modelling of the evolutionary transition from cells to multicellular life.
- Developing inference methods to assist pandemic preparedness.
- Quantifying the 1918 influenza pandemic.
- New simulation methods and importance sampling algorithms for stochastic models.
- Pseudo-marginal methods for Markov chain Monte Carlo.
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Appointments
Date Position Institution name 2022 - ongoing Senior Lecturer in Applied Mathematics University of Adelaide 2019 - 2021 Lecturer in Applied Mathematics University of Adelaide 2016 - 2019 DECRA Research Fellow University of Adelaide -
Research Interests
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Journals
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Current Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)
Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name 2022 Principal Supervisor More than just a result: using cycle threshold values in household epidemic modelling Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Dylan John Morris 2021 Principal Supervisor Fast likelihood-free inference for epidemic models using neural density estimation techniques. Master of Philosophy Master Full Time Mr Luke Phillip O'Loughlin 2021 Principal Supervisor Diffusion Approximations for Epidemic Modelling and Correlated Pseudo-Marginal Inference Methods. Master of Philosophy Master Part Time Mr Michael Fairbrother 2021 Principal Supervisor A modelling framework for estimating the risk of importation of a novel disease Master of Philosophy Master Full Time Mr Antonio Max Parrella 2020 Principal Supervisor Inference of population level transmissibility in household-structured epidemic models Master of Philosophy Master Full Time Miss Shan Shan Lin -
Past Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)
Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name 2019 - 2021 Principal Supervisor Inference on historical Ebola outbreaks using hierarchical models: a particle filtering approach Master of Philosophy Master Full Time Mr Dylan John Morris 2018 - 2021 Principal Supervisor Mathematical Modelling of the Early Stages of Multicellular Evolution Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Matthew Cody Nitschke 2016 - 2020 Co-Supervisor Bayesian Inference and Model Selection for Partially-Observed, Continuous-Time, Stochastic Epidemic Models Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr James Nicholas Walker 2015 - 2017 Co-Supervisor Epidemiological Characterisation of 1918 Pandemic Influenza Aboard Ships Master of Philosophy Master Full Time Mr Lachlan David Bubb 2015 - 2017 Co-Supervisor Household Models for Endemic Diseases Master of Philosophy Master Full Time Mr Jonathon James Pantelis 2014 - 2016 Co-Supervisor Inference Methods for First Few Hundred Studies Master of Philosophy Master Full Time Mr James Nicholas Walker 2013 - 2015 Co-Supervisor Approximations of Stochastic Household Models for Comparing Antiviral Allocation Schemes Master of Philosophy Master Full Time Michael John Lydeamore
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Memberships
Date Role Membership Country 2017 - ongoing Treasurer ANZIAM SA Australia 2017 - 2020 Treasurer ANZIAM Mathematical Biology Special Interest Group Australia
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