Plenary Speakers

Prof Angela Chukwu (University of Ibadan, Nigeria)

Research Interests: Biometry, biostatistics, mathematical statistics, demography

Prof Giulia Di Nunno (University of Oslo, Norway)

Research Interests: Stochastic analysis, calculus, and control. Applications of stochastic analysis with focus on mathematical finance: modeling, pricing hedging and other optimal portfolio problems under full, partial, and inside information; sensitivity and robustness; markets with memory; energy finance.

Dr Christina Edholm (Scripps College, USA)

Research Interests: mathematical biology focusing on invasive species control and epidemiological modeling.

Prof Mark Glickmann (Harvard University)

Research Interests:  Areas of statistical models for rating competitors in games and sport, and in statistical methods applied to problems in health services research. 

Prof Louis Labuschagne (North West University, RSA)

Research Interests: Operator algebras as a framework for noncommutative analysis.

Prof Dennis Lin (Purdue University, USA)

Research Interests: Quality assurance, industrial statistics, data mining, and data science.

Prof Angela Montanari (University of Bologna, Italy)

Research Interests: Latent variable models; covariance estimation; robust methods; mixture models; supervised classification; unsupervised classification; dimensional reduction; random projections

Prof Sugnet Lubbe (University of Stellenbosch, RSA)

Research Interests: multivariate data analysis, and more specifically biplots and graphical visualisation of multivariate data.

Prof Gideon Ngwa (University of Buea, Cameroon)

Research Interests: Mathematical modeling of biological systems including: applicable mathematics, mathematical modeling and numerical analysis; mathematical ecology and biology; dynamics of directly and indirectly transmitted diseases; effects of boundary conditions on reaction-diffusion euations; biological pattern formation

Prof John van den Berg (University of Pretoria, RSA)

Research Interests: Ring and module theory, specifically Torsion Theory and the Kurosh-Amisur Radical Theory of associative rings.