Emeritus Professor Philip Pollett
Emeritus Professor

Philip Pollett

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Background

Emeritus Professor Phil Pollett has research interests in Markov process theory, and mathematical modelling in population biology, ecology, epidemiology, chemical kinetics and telecommunications.

He holds an honours degree in Applied Mathematics from the University of Adelaide and a PhD degree in Applied Probability from the University of Cambridge. He joined the then Department of Mathematics in 1987 as Senior Lecturer, having previously held positions at the University of Adelaide, Murdoch University and University College of Cardiff. He was promoted to Reader in 1993 and to Professor in 2004.

His research is recognized internationally for significant contributions to Markov process theory, and mathematical modelling. This research has been supported by 12 ARC Large/Discovery/Linkage grants. He is a Chief Investigator within the ARC Centre of Excellence for Mathematical and Statistics Frontiers (ACEMS), and was a Chief Investigator (2002-2014) within the ARC Centre of Excellence for Mathematics and Statistics of Complex Systems (MASCOS). In 1993, he was awarded the Moran Medal by the Australian Academy of Science for distinguished research in Applied Probability.

Phil Pollett has served on the editorial boards of the Journal of the Australian Mathematical Society, Methodology and Computing in Applied Probability, Stochastic Models, and The Annals of Applied Probability, and has served on the organizing committees of several major international conferences. He devised the Probability Web, recognized as the main Web resource for probabilists throughout the world, and one of the first academic web sites. He has a strong record of innovation in undergraduate teaching, and has guided the development of many postgraduate students and postdoctoral fellows through supervision and collaboration.

Availability

Emeritus Professor Philip Pollett is:
Not available for supervision
Media expert

Fields of research

Applied mathematics Statistics

Qualifications

  • Bachelor (Honours) of Science (Advanced), University of Adelaide
  • Doctor of Philosophy, University of Cambridge
  • Australian Mathematical Society, Australian Mathematical Society

Search Professor Philip Pollett’s works on UQ eSpace

141 works between 1982 and 2025
All (141) Journal Article (117) Book Chapter (3) Conference Publication (21)

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1991

Journal Article

Invariant-Measures for Q-Processes When Q Is Not Regular

Pollett, PK (1991). Invariant-Measures for Q-Processes When Q Is Not Regular. Advances in Applied Probability, 23 (2), 277-292. doi: 10.2307/1427748

Invariant-Measures for Q-Processes When Q Is Not Regular

1991

Journal Article

On the Construction Problem for Single-Exit Markov-Chains

Pollett, PK (1991). On the Construction Problem for Single-Exit Markov-Chains. Bulletin of the Australian Mathematical Society, 43 (3), 439-450.

On the Construction Problem for Single-Exit Markov-Chains

1991

Journal Article

Diffusion Approximations for a Circuit Switching Network with Random Alternative Routing

Pollett, PK (1991). Diffusion Approximations for a Circuit Switching Network with Random Alternative Routing. Australian Telecommunication Research, 25 (2), 45-51.

Diffusion Approximations for a Circuit Switching Network with Random Alternative Routing

1991

Journal Article

Poisson Approximations for Telecommunications Networks

Brown, TC and Pollett, PK (1991). Poisson Approximations for Telecommunications Networks. Journal of the Australian Mathematical Society Series B-Applied Mathematics, 32 (3), 348-364. doi: 10.1017/S0334270000006913

Poisson Approximations for Telecommunications Networks

1991

Journal Article

On the construction problem for single-exit Markov chains

Pollett, P. K. (1991). On the construction problem for single-exit Markov chains. Bulletin of the Australian Mathematical Society, 43 (3), 439-450. doi: 10.1017/S0004972700029282

On the construction problem for single-exit Markov chains

1990

Journal Article

On a Model for Interference Between Searching Insect Parasites

Pollett, PK (1990). On a Model for Interference Between Searching Insect Parasites. Journal of the Australian Mathematical Society Series B-Applied Mathematics, 32 (02), 133-150. doi: 10.1017/S0334270000008390

On a Model for Interference Between Searching Insect Parasites

1990

Journal Article

A Note On the Classification of Q-Processes When Q Is Not Regular

Pollett, PK (1990). A Note On the Classification of Q-Processes When Q Is Not Regular. Journal of Applied Probability, 27 (2), 278-290. doi: 10.2307/3214647

A Note On the Classification of Q-Processes When Q Is Not Regular

1990

Journal Article

A Description of the Long-Term Behavior of Absorbing Continuous-Time Markov-Chains Using a Center Manifold

Pollett, PK and Roberts, AJ (1990). A Description of the Long-Term Behavior of Absorbing Continuous-Time Markov-Chains Using a Center Manifold. Advances in Applied Probability, 22 (1), 111-128. doi: 10.2307/1427600

A Description of the Long-Term Behavior of Absorbing Continuous-Time Markov-Chains Using a Center Manifold

1989

Journal Article

The Generalized Kolmogorov Criterion

Pollett, PK (1989). The Generalized Kolmogorov Criterion. Stochastic Processes and Their Applications, 33 (1), 29-44. doi: 10.1016/0304-4149(89)90064-1

The Generalized Kolmogorov Criterion

1989

Journal Article

The Supercritical Birth, Death and Catastrophe Process - Limit-Theorems On the Set of Extinction

Pakes, AG and Pollett, PK (1989). The Supercritical Birth, Death and Catastrophe Process - Limit-Theorems On the Set of Extinction. Stochastic Processes and Their Applications, 32 (1), 161-170. doi: 10.1016/0304-4149(89)90060-4

The Supercritical Birth, Death and Catastrophe Process - Limit-Theorems On the Set of Extinction

1988

Journal Article

On the Problem of Evaluating Quasistationary Distributions for Open Reaction Schemes

Pollett, PK (1988). On the Problem of Evaluating Quasistationary Distributions for Open Reaction Schemes. Journal of Statistical Physics, 53 (5-6), 1207-1215. doi: 10.1007/BF01023864

On the Problem of Evaluating Quasistationary Distributions for Open Reaction Schemes

1988

Journal Article

Reversibility, Invariance and Mu-Invariance

Pollett, PK (1988). Reversibility, Invariance and Mu-Invariance. Advances in Applied Probability, 20 (3), 600-621. doi: 10.2307/1427037

Reversibility, Invariance and Mu-Invariance

1988

Journal Article

A Method Involving Antithetic Sampling for Estimating Blocking Probabilities in a Circuit-Switched Network

Pollett, PK (1988). A Method Involving Antithetic Sampling for Estimating Blocking Probabilities in a Circuit-Switched Network. Australian Telecommunication Research, 22 (2), 39-44.

A Method Involving Antithetic Sampling for Estimating Blocking Probabilities in a Circuit-Switched Network

1987

Journal Article

Preserving Partial Balance in Continuous-Time Markov-Chains

Pollett, PK (1987). Preserving Partial Balance in Continuous-Time Markov-Chains. Advances in Applied Probability, 19 (2), 431-453. doi: 10.2307/1427426

Preserving Partial Balance in Continuous-Time Markov-Chains

1987

Journal Article

Quasi-Stationary Distributions for Autocatalytic Reactions

Parsons, RW and Pollett, PK (1987). Quasi-Stationary Distributions for Autocatalytic Reactions. Journal of Statistical Physics, 46 (1-2), 249-254. doi: 10.1007/BF01010344

Quasi-Stationary Distributions for Autocatalytic Reactions

1986

Journal Article

Connecting Reversible Markov-Processes

Pollett, PK (1986). Connecting Reversible Markov-Processes. Advances in Applied Probability, 18 (4), 880-900. doi: 10.2307/1427254

Connecting Reversible Markov-Processes

1986

Journal Article

On the Equivalence of Mu-Invariant Measures for the Minimal Process and its Q-Matrix

Pollett, PK (1986). On the Equivalence of Mu-Invariant Measures for the Minimal Process and its Q-Matrix. Stochastic Processes and Their Applications, 22 (2), 203-221. doi: 10.1016/0304-4149(86)90002-5

On the Equivalence of Mu-Invariant Measures for the Minimal Process and its Q-Matrix

1985

Journal Article

Stochastic-Models of Computer-Communication Systems - Response-Time Problems in Communication-Networks - Scheduling and Characterization Problems for Stochastic Networks - Discussion

Kingman, J, Biggins, JD, Hordijk, A, Ackroyd, MH, Pollett, PK, Gibbens, RJ, Bather, JA, Key, PB, Macphee, IM, Donnelly, PJ, Bernerslee, C, Stidham, S and Zachary, S (1985). Stochastic-Models of Computer-Communication Systems - Response-Time Problems in Communication-Networks - Scheduling and Characterization Problems for Stochastic Networks - Discussion. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series B-Methodological, 47 (3), 415-428.

Stochastic-Models of Computer-Communication Systems - Response-Time Problems in Communication-Networks - Scheduling and Characterization Problems for Stochastic Networks - Discussion

1984

Journal Article

Distributional Approximations for Networks of Quasireversible Queues

Pollett, PK (1984). Distributional Approximations for Networks of Quasireversible Queues. Lecture Notes in Mathematics, 1095, 108-129.

Distributional Approximations for Networks of Quasireversible Queues

1983

Journal Article

Sojourn Times in Closed Queuing-Networks

Kelly, FP and Pollett, PK (1983). Sojourn Times in Closed Queuing-Networks. Advances in Applied Probability, 15 (3), 638-656. doi: 10.2307/1426623

Sojourn Times in Closed Queuing-Networks

Past funding

  • 2015 - 2018
    Random discrete structures: approximations and applications (ARC Discovery Project administered by The University of Melbourne)
    University of Melbourne
    Open grant
  • 2014 - 2021
    ARC Centre of Excellence for Mathematical and Statistical Frontiers of Big Data, Big Models, New Insights (University of Melbourne lead institution)
    University of Melbourne
    Open grant
  • 2014
    Understanding the effects of individual variation on population dynamics
    ARC Discovery Projects
    Open grant
  • 2012 - 2015
    Random network models with applications in biology (ARC Discovery Project administered by the University of Melbourne)
    University of Melbourne
    Open grant
  • 2011 - 2013
    New methods for improving active adaptive management in biological systems (ARC Discovery Project administered by The University of Adelaide)
    University of Adelaide
    Open grant
  • 2009 - 2012
    Animal movement between populations deduced from family trees - a test case on dugongs in southern Queensland
    ARC Linkage Projects
    Open grant
  • 2008 - 2009
    Strategies for managing invasive species in space: deciding whether to eradicate, contain or control
    University of Melbourne
    Open grant
  • 2003 - 2013
    ARC Centre of Excellence for Mathematical and Statistical Modelling of Complex Systems (Univ Melbourne_lead institution)
    University of Melbourne
    Open grant
  • 2001 - 2003
    Analytical and Computational Methods for Studying Explosive Random Processes
    ARC Australian Research Council (Large grants)
    Open grant
  • 1999
    Travel scheme for collaborative research by Dr P Pollett at Victoria University of Wellington New Zealand
    UQ Travel Grants Scheme
    Open grant
  • 1997 - 1999
    Analytical and computational methods for assessing the performance of telecommunications networks
    ARC Australian Research Council (Large grants)
    Open grant
  • 1995 - 1997
    Analytical and computational methods for modelling evanescent random processes
    ARC Australian Research Council (Large grants)
    Open grant

Availability

Emeritus Professor Philip Pollett is:
Not available for supervision

Supervision history

Completed supervision

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