Applied and Computational Mathematics/Meteorology
The Applied and Computational Mathematics group heads up the research in Meteorology and Climate through the UCD Meteorology and Climate Centre. Other major research themes of the group include turbulence, computational black hole physics, fluid dynamics, mathematical system biology, nonlinear dynamics and chaos, extreme waves and ocean dynamics. Much of this research takes place in the Complex and Adaptive Systems Laboratory (CASL) Research Institute and Systems Biology Ireland.
Applied and Computational Mathematics underpins the science of simulation bringing together scientific, mathematical and computational concepts to tackle the enormous complexity of the challenges faced by science and society. Simulation enables fundamental insights to be obtained by constructing and analysing mathematical models through a combination of mathematical analysis and computational simulation, where experimentation is impossible, too expensive or too dangerous. Simulation has emerged as a powerful tool in the Physical, Biological and Social Sciences enabling scientific predictions in areas such as climate change, systems biology and financial markets. Indeed, just as 400 years ago Newton’s application of Mathematics to Physics led to a revolution in that subject that continues on in Theoretical Physics, today the application of Mathematics to areas such as Biology and Finance is leading to fundamental new approaches. Within industry, simulation has become an indispensable tool to fundamental development in a broad range of technologies, including microelectronics, advanced materials, biotechnology, nanotechnology, pharmaceuticals, energy, environment and medicine.
Professor Adrian Ottewill
Head of Applied and Computational Mathematics