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SEMINAR: Mathematics and Statistics Colloquium

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Title: Mathematics and Statistics of Scuba Diving

Abstract: Scuba divers are trained to follow procedures that keep them safe while diving and afterward. Surprisingly, these safety measures are based on just a handful of simple mathematical and statistical principles, which will be explained in this colloquium. Better public understanding of these basic principles would dispel many common misconceptions about scuba safety. Modern diving practices also pose some challenging mathematical problems, with interesting solutions, which are often treated as an industrial secret by the manufacturers of safety devices.

About the speaker: Adrian Baddeley PhD DSc FAA is Professor of Computational Statistics at Curtin University in Perth, Australia. He is a former UWA professor and head of department, and now adjunct professor. Adrian is a keen diver with over 1100 scuba dives logged. He has recently published 3 journal papers on scuba decompression theory and scuba accident statistics.
Speaker(s) Professor Adrian Baddeley (Curtin University)
Location Blakers Lecture Theatre
Contact Luke Morgan <[email protected]>
URL http://www.maths.uwa.edu.au/research/colloquium
Start Thu, 07 Apr 2016 16:00
End Thu, 07 Apr 2016 17:00
Submitted by Luke Morgan <[email protected]>
Last Updated Wed, 30 Mar 2016 17:42
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