As part of the College of Engineering and Physical Sciences Inaugural Lecture Series, please join Professor Hong Duong, Professor of Mathematics, as he delivers his inaugural lecture "Energy, entropy and randomness in evolutionary systems".
What can the concepts of energy, entropy, and randomness tell us about evolution and the behaviour of complex systems? In this inaugural talk, Professor Duong explores this question through the mathematical frameworks of partial differential equations, stochastic processes, and evolutionary game theory. These tools enable the analysis of a wide range of phenomena across biology, physics, and engineering, while revealing common mathematical structures underlying complex systems.
Professor Hong Duong received his PhD in Mathematics (cum Laude) in September 2014 from the ITN Marie-Curie PhD Fellow Programme jointly between University of Bath (UK) and Eindhoven University of Technology (the Netherlands). From October 2014 to September 2017, he was a Research Fellow at the University of Warwick. From October 2017 to July 2018, he held a prestigious Chapman Fellowship at Imperial College London (UK). He joined University of Birmingham in July 2018 and was promoted to Professor in 2024. His research interests span a wide range of topics in the intersections of analysis, applied probability and computational mathematics, inspired by inspired applications across statistical physics and biological/social/material sciences.
15:00 – Introduction by Professor Karl Dearn, Head of College of Engineering and Physical Sciences and Pro-Vice Chancellor
15:05 – Inaugural lecture by Professor Hong Duong
15:55 – Vote of thanks by Professor Paul Houston, Head of School of Mathematics
16:00 – Reception
Professor of Mathematics
School of Mathematics
Professor Hong Duong's research lies at the intersections of analysis, applied probability and computational mathematics including partial differential equations and interacting particle systems.
