ARC Complex Open Systems Research Network

Prof Peter Robinson

 

Australian Research Council Federation Fellow, University of Sydney. Address: Prof. Peter Robinson, School of Physics University of Sydney Sydney NSW 2006 Phone: +61 2 9351 3779. Email: robinson@physics.usyd.edu.au Research Node: NSW-1

 

Role in Network

Academic - Researcher

COSNet Research Themes

1. Irreversibility and Emergence in Nonequilibrium Systems
2. Turbulence and Coherent Structures, Control and Computation
3. Dynamics and Statistics of Multi-Scale Systems
4. Network Theory
5. Cellular Automata, Agent-Based Modelling and Simulation

COSNet Application Areas

1. Complex Physical Systems
2. Complex Biological Systems
3. Complex Computational Systems
4. Complex Socio-Economic Systems

 

Research Topics

space plasmas, wave theory, fundamental plasma physics, propagators, biological physics  

Publications

1. Robinson, Rennie, and Rowe (2002). Phys. Rev. E, 65, 041924.
2. Knock, Cairns, Kuncic, and Robinson (2001). J. Geophys. Res. 106, 25041.
3. Cairns and Robinsn (1999). Phys. Rev. Lett., 82, 3066.
4. Robinson (1996). Rev. Mod. Phys. 69, 507.
5. Robinson, Cairns, and Gurnett (1993). Astrophys. J., 407, 790.  

Professional or Public Outreach Activities

2000-now Chair, School of Physics Appointments Committee.

2000-01 Member, University of Sydney Sesqui Grants Panel.

1998-2002 Member, Local Organizing Committee, 2002 International Congress on Plasma Physics.

1998-99 Member, Australian Research Council University of Sydney Small Grants Panel.

1997-2002 Member, School of Physics Academic Programs Committee (Chair in 1999).

1997-now Member, School of Physics Research Committee 1997-98 State Secretary, Australian Institute of Physics.  

Grants

Year Short Title Funding
2002-2004 ARC Dynamics of Bursty Waves in Space
Astrophysics $530k
2003-2004 ARC/Industry Modeling and Analysis of EEG Signals $222k
2003-2005 NHMRC Neurobiological Aspects of Sleep Apnea $307k
2003-2007 ARC Field Statistics in Space and Astrophysics $455k
2003-2007 ARC/USydney Federation Fellowship: Physics of
Self-Organization $2.4M
2003 USydney New Approaches to Analyzing Fluctuating
Waves $43k  

Awards and Distinctions

1990-93 Australian Research Council Queen Elizabeth II Research Fellowship.
1995 Australian Academy of Science Pawsey Medal for Outstanding
Contributions to Physics.
1996 University of Sydney Award for Excellence in Teaching.
1996 Australian/French Academies of Science Bede Morris Fellowship.
1996 Science Foundation for Physics Messel Award for Excellence.
1996 Edgeworth David Medal of the Royal Society of NSW.
2002 Walter Boas Medal of the Australian Institute of Physics.
2003 Australian Research Council Federation Fellowship.
2003 Royal Societies Eureka Prize for Interdisciplinary Research.
2003 University of Sydney Award for Excellence in Postgraduate Supervision.