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Associate Professor Ute Mueller

Associate Professor Ute Mueller

Associate Professor Ute Mueller

Associate Professor

Telephone: (61 8)  6304 5272  
Facsimile: (61 8)  6304 5811  
Email: u.mueller@ecu.edu.au   
Campus: Joondalup  
Room: JO5.208  

 

Background

  • Since 2008: Associate Professor in Mathematics, Edith Cowan University
  • 2003-2008: Senior Lecturer in Mathematics, Edith Cowan University
  • 1998-2002: Lecturer B in Mathematics, Edith Cowan University
  • 1994-1997: Lecturer A in Mathematics, Edith Cowan University
  • 1989-1990: Temporary Lecturer in Mathematics, Murdoch University
  • 1986-1988: Tutor/Senior Tutor in Mathematics, Murdoch University, Australia
  • 1983-1985: Part-time Lecturer in Mathematics, Concordia University, Canada
  • 1982-1983: Tutor in Theoretical Physics, Technical University of Clausthal
  • 1977-1981: Part-time Tutor in Mathematics, Technical University of Clausthal

Professional Memberships

  • Australian Mathematical Society
  • International Association of Mathematical Geology
  • Geostatistical Association of Australasia
  • Australian Society for Operations Research
  • Institution of Engineers, Australia (Companion)

Research Areas and Interests

  • Geostatistics, Multivariate Methods,Technology in Mathematics Education
  • Applications of geostatistics to health and natural resources data

Staff Qualifications

  • PhD, Germany .
  • Master of Science, United States of America .
  • Master of Science, Germany .

Research

Recent Research Grants

  • Boat -based recreational boat fishing activity in Western Australia: a long term profile,  Dept of Fisheries WA,  Grant,  2011,  $1,100,000.
  • The use of Geostatistical Simulation in Mine Planning,  RIO Tinto (Technological Resources Pty Ltd),  Grant,  2011,  $18,000.
  • The use of Geostatistical Simulation in Mine Planning,  RIO Tinto (Technological Resources Pty Ltd),  Grant(**),  2010,  $18,000.
  • Space-time analysis of western king prawns, brown tiger prawns and saucer scallops in Shark Bay for improved fisheries management,  Fisheries R&D Corporation,  Grant,  2009,  $16,582.
  • Space-time analysis of western king prawns, brown tiger prawns and saucer scallops in Shark Bay for improved fisheries management,  Fisheries R&D Corporation,  Grant,  2007,  $75,139.
  • The use of Geostatistical Simulation in Mine Planning,  RIO Tinto (Technological Resources Pty Ltd),  Grant,  2007,  $24,319.
  • Space-time analysis of western king prawns, brown tiger prawns and saucer scallops in Shark Bay for improved fisheries management,  Fisheries R&D Corporation,  Grant,  2006,  $65,104.
  • Space-time analysis of western king prawns, brown tiger prawns and saucer scallops in Shark Bay for improved fisheries management,  Fisheries R&D Corporation,  Grant,  2005,  $40,070.
  • Spatiotemporal modelling of the prawn and scallop catch and fishing effort in the Shark Bay fishery in Western Australia,  Dept of Fisheries WA,  Grant,  2004,  $20,000.

Recent Publications (within the last five years)

Journal Articles

  • Mueller, U., Kangas, M., Sporer, E., Caputi, N., (2012), Variability in the spatial and temporal distributionof the saucer scallop, Amusium balloti,in Shark Bay ] management implications. Marine and Freshwater Research, 63(11), 1152-1164, Australia, DOI: dx.doi.org/10.1071/MF12051.
  • Mueller, U., Ferreira, J., (2012), The U-Wedge Transformation Method for Mutlivariate Geostatistical simulation. Mathematical Geosciences, 44(4), 427-448, DOI: 10.1007/s11004-012-9384-7.
  • Aboagye-Sarfo, P., Cross, J., Mueller, U., (2010), Trend analysis and short-term forecast of incident HIV infection in Ghana. African Journal of AIDS Research, 9(2), 165-173, South Africa, DOI: 10.2989/16085906.2010.517485.
  • Bandarian, E., Bloom, L., Mueller, U., (2008), Direct minimum/maximum autocorrelation factors within the framework of a two structure linear model of coregionalisation. Computers & Geosciences, 34(3), 190-200.

Conference Publications

  • Ward, C., Mueller, U., (2012), Multivariate Estimation using Log-Ratios: A worked Alternative. Geostatistics Oslo 2012, 333-344, Dordrecht.
  • Mueller, U., Ferreira, J., (2011), Multivariate Geostatistical Simulation via Joint Approximate Diagonalisation ? A Case Study. Proceedings of the 35th APCOM Symposium, 217-230.
  • Appiah, S., Mueller, U., Cross, J., (2011), Spatio-temporal modelling of malaria incidence for evaluation of public health policy interventions in Ghana, West Africa. MODSIM2011, 19th International Congress on Modelling and Simulation, 676-682.
  • Denham, A., Mueller, U., (2010), Incorporating survey data to improve space-time geostatistical analysis of king-prawn catch rate. geoENV VII - Geostatistics for environmental Applications. Proceedings of the seventh European conference on geostatistics for environmental applications, 16 Quantitative Geology and Geostatistics(10/9/2008), 13-26, Dordrecht, DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-2322-3.
  • Bandarian, E., Mueller, U., Ferreira, J., Richardson, S., (2010), Transformation Methods for Multivariate Geostatistical Simulation - Minimum/Maximum Autocorrelation Factors and Alternating Columns Diagonal Centres. Advances in Orebody Modelling and Strategic Mine Planning 1: Old and New Dimensions in a Changing World, 17(16-18 March 2009), 79-89, Carlton Victoria Australia.
  • Aboagye-Sarfo, P., Cross, J., Mueller, U., (2009), Application of Intervention Analysis to Incidence Cases of HIV Infection in Ghana. 57th Session of the International Statistical Institute. ISI 2009 Proceedings, 5p..
  • Shao, C., Mueller, U., Cross, J., (2009), Area-to-point Poisson kriging analysis for lung cancer in Perth areas. Proceedings of the 18th World IMACS Congress and MODSIM09 International Congress on Modelling and Simulation, 178-184, Christchurch, N.Z..
  • Mueller, U., (2009), Geostatistics: A Mathematical youngster. Mathematics: It's mine. Proceedings of the 22nd Biennial Conference of The Australian Association of Mathematics Teachers, 17-25, Adelaide, South Australia.
  • Denham, A., Mueller, U., (2008), Space-Time Geostatistical Analysis of King Prawn Catch Rate. Geostats 2008: Proceedings of the Eigth International Geostatistics Congress, 2(1-5 December), 1011-1022, Santiago, Chile.
  • Bandarian, E., Mueller, U., (2008), Reformulation of Direct Minimum/Maximum Autocorrelation Factors as a Generalised Eigenvalue Problem. Proceedings of the Eigth International Geostatistics Congress 2008, 2(1-5 December), 1173-1178, Santiago, Chile.
  • Mueller, U., Dickson, J., Kangas, M., Caputi, N., (2008), Geostatistical Modelling of the Scallop Density Distribution in Shark Bay, Western Australia from Survey Data. Geostats 2008: Proceedings of the Eigth International Geostatistics Congress, 2(1-5 December 2008), 971-980, Santiago, Chile.
  • Mueller, U., Bloom, L., Kangas, M., Caputi, N., (2008), King Prawn Catch by Grade Category from an Economic and a Stock Management Perspective. geoENV VI - Geostatistics for Environmental Applications, 15(25-27 October, 2006), 103-113, Netherlands, DOI: DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-6448-7_9.

Research Student Supervision

Principal Supervisor

  • Doctor of Philosophy,  Approaches To The Spatial Modeling Of Cancer Incidence And Mortality In Metropolitan Perth, Western Australia, 1990- 2005.
  • Doctor of Philosophy,  Geostatistical Spatiotemporal Modelling With Application To The Shark Bay Managed Prawn Fishery..
  • Master of Science (Mathematics and Planning),  Goestatistical Methods For Estimating Iron, Silica And Alumina Grades Within The Hardcap Of The Section Seven Iron Deposit, Tom Price.
  • Master of Science (Mathematics and Planning),  The Simulation Of Material Types In A Western Australian Iron Deposit..
  • Master of Science (Mathematics and Planning),  Plurigaussian Simulation Of Rocktypes Using Data From A Gold Mine In Western Australia..
  • Doctor of Philosophy,  Linear Transformation Methods For Multivariate Geostatistical Simulation.

Co-principal Supervisor

  • Master of Science (Environmental Management),  The Western Australian Charter Industry: Working Towards Long Term Sustainability .

Associate Supervisor

  • Doctor of Philosophy,  Time Series Analysis Of Hiv Incidence Cases In Ghana: Trends, Predictions And Impact Of Interventions.