Dr Xuan Vu |
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| Position: | Tutor | |
| Division/Portfolio: | Division of Information Technology, Engineering and the Environment | |
| School/Unit: | School of Mathematics and Statistics | |
| Campus: | Mawson Lakes Campus | |
| Position: | Volunteer | |
| Division/Portfolio: | Division of Information Technology, Engineering and the Environment | |
| School/Unit: | School of Mathematics and Statistics | |
| Campus: | Mawson Lakes Campus | |
| Office: | OC1-21 | |
| Telephone: | +61 8 830 23123 | |
| Fax: | +61 8 830 25785 | |
| Email: | Xuan_dot_Vu_at_unisa_dot_edu_dot_au | |
| URL for Business Card: | http://people.unisa.edu.au/Xuan.Vu | |
I teach the following courses
| MATH 1063 | Mathematical Methods for Engineers 1 |
Professional associations
Women in Science Enquiry Network
Mathematical Association of South Australia Inc.
The Australian Mathematica Society
Qualifications
2006 Doctor of Philosophy (Mathematics)
2002 Bachelor of Information Technology(Mathematics and Computing) Honour, University of South Australia
1987 Bachelor of Teaching Mathematics (UEH, Vietnam)
Research interests
- Any kind of optimisation problems
- Optimal control and estimation, filtering techniques, nonlinear filtering
- Singularly Pertubation Control
- Measure Theory
- Mathematical teaching in tertiary education.
Research publications
Howlett P., Pudney P. & Vu X., Estimating train parameters with an Unscented Kalman Filter, Proceedings of the Fifth Asia-Pacific Industrial Engineering and Management Systems Conference, Gold Coast, 12-15 December 2004, Queensland University of Technology.
Analysis of necessary conditions for the optimal control of a train. PhD thesis, November 2006, University of South Australia.
Howlett P., Pudney P., Vu X. and Yee R., Freightmiser: help drivers save fuel and arrive on time, Proceedings of the 8th Congress on Railway Research, 18 - 22 May 2008 Seoul, Korea.
Benjamin B., Howlett P., Pudney P. and Vu X., Freightmiser: Optimal Speed Profiles for Long Haul Trains, Proceedings of the 10th International Conference in Applications of Advanced Technologies in Transportation, 27 - 30 May 2008, Athens, Greece.
Howlett P., Pudney P. and Vu X., Local energy minimisation in train control, Automatica 45 (2009), p. 2692 - 2698.
Vu X., Analysis of necessary condition for the optimal control of a train - New necessary conditions for energy-efficient train control, VDM Verlag Dr Muller Aktiengesellschaft & Co. KG, Germany April 2009.
Albrecht A., Coleman D., Howlett P., Pudney P., Stoltz C. and Vu X., Using simulation to access the benefits of energy-efficient driving strategies, Proceedings of the 9th International Heavy Haul Conference, June 2009 Shanghai, China.
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