School of Computing & Mathematics

Philip completed his PhD in mathematics at the University of Newcastle in 1998. He has worked as a postdoctoral fellow at the Australian National University and the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena , and as a lecturer at La Trobe University. His research interests are in data analysis for the detection of gravitational waves, differential geometry and relativity.

Teaching Responsibilities

• STA201 (Scientific Statistics)
• MTH101 (Computer Aided Maths Applications 1)
• MTH219 (Linear Algebra)
• MTH102 (Computer Aided Mathematics 2)
• STA201 (Scientific Statistics)

Research

Research Focus

• Gravitational Waves
• Relativity
• Differential Geometry
• Mathematical Physics

Current Research Students

• Camilla Vote, PhD topic "Integrated mapping and modeling of water and carbon footprints of Australian irrigated agricultural systems".
• Mark Weedon, PhD topic "Solar heat loads on outdoor tanks".

Past Research Students

• Matthew Robards, "A discriminant analysis for undersampled data", Honours 1st Class, 2008.
• Leanne Morgan, "A simple-to-use analytic mathematical model of channel seepage under Australian conditions", Honours 1st Class, 2007.

Professional Activities

• Maths and Stats Seminar Co-ordinator

Selected Publications

• B Abbot et al. "Upper limit map of a background of gravitational waves", Physical Review D76 082003 (2007).
• E J Candes, P R Charlton and H Helgason. "Detecting Highly Oscillatory Signals by Chirplet Path Pursuit", Applied and Computational Harmonic Analysis21 issue 1 (2007).
• P R Charlton and A Lazzarini. "Comparison of band-limited RMS between DARM_ERR and calibrated strain in S4" , LIGO Technical Report T-060138.
• B Abbot et al. "Joint LIGO and TAMA300 Search for Gravitational Waves from Inspiralling Neutron Star Binaries", Physical Review D73 102002 (2006).
• B Abbot et al. "Search for gravitational waves from binary black hole inspirals in LIGO data", Physical Review D73 062001 (2006).
• B Abbot et al. "Search for gravitational wave bursts in LIGO's third science run". Classical and Quantum Gravity23 (2006) S29-S39.