By Associate Professor Robert Niven

Conference Presentations

Niven RK; Noack BR; Abel M; Schlegel M; Waldrip SH; Kaiser E, 2014, 'Model reduction of flow systems and networks by the maximum entropy method', presented at Model Reduction Across Disciplines workshop, University of Leicester, UK, 19 August 2014 - 22 August 2014, http://www.math.le.ac.uk/people/ag153/homepage/ModelReductionAcrossDisciplinesWEB.htm

Niven R; Abel M; Waldrip S; Schlegel M; Noack B; Abbass H; Shafi K, 2014, 'Analysis of Flow Networks by the Maximum Entropy Method', presented at International Conference on Statistical Physics (Sigma Phi 2014), Rhodes, Greece, 07 July 2014 - 11 July 2014, http://www.sigmaphi.polito.it/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11&Itemid=111

Niven RK, 2010, 'Application of the MaxEP Principle to Turbulent Fluid Mechanics + Planetary Systems', presented at Mathematical and Statistical Approaches to Climate Modelling and Prediction, Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences, University of Cambridge, UK, 11 August 2010 - 22 December 2010

Niven RK, 2010, 'Derivation of a local form of the maximum entropy production principle', presented at Mathematical and Statistical Approaches to Climate Modelling and Prediction, Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences, University of Cambridge, UK, 11 August 2010 - 22 December 2010, http://www.newton.ac.uk/programmes/CLP/seminars/2010112214002.html

Niven RK, 2010, 'The maximum entropy production principle', presented at Planetary Science & Astrobiology Workshop, Planetary Science Institute, Research School of Earth Sciences & Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics, The Australian National University, 09 June 2010 - 10 June 2010

Niven RK, 2010, 'Introduction to (MaxEnt systems analysis and) theory of MEP (tutorial seminar)', presented at Maximum Entropy Production in the Earth System workshop, Jena, Germany, 10 May 2010 - 12 May 2010

Niven RK, 2010, 'MEP, non-equilibrium thermodynamics and fluid turbulence (seminar)', presented at Maximum Entropy Production in the Earth System workshop, Jena, Germany, 10 May 2010 - 12 May 2010

Niven RK, (ed.), 2005, 'Exact Statistical Mechanics', presented at NEXT - Sigma Phi Conference on Statistical Physics, Kolymbari, Crete, 13 August 2005 - 18 August 2005

Niven RK, (ed.), 2005, 'Maximum Entropy Velocity Profiles and Boundary Layer Theory in Turbulent Flow', presented at NEXT - Sigma Phi Conference on Statistical Physics, Kolymbari, Crete, 13 August 2005 - 18 August 2005

Valliappan S; Khalili-Naghadeh N; Niven RK, 2000, 'A New Technology for Remediation of Contaminated Sites in Lowland Areas', presented at International Symposium on Lowland Technology 2000, Saga, Japan, 04 October 2000 - 06 October 2000

Conference Abstracts

Taghavi N; Niven R; Paull D; Kramer M, 2021, 'Bayesian groundwater vulnerability assessment', in MODSIM 2021 - Modelling for action with a flood of data and a cloud of uncertainty, The Modelling and Simulation Society of Australia and New Zealand Inc., International Convention Centre Sydney, pp. 277 - 278, presented at MODSIM2021, 24th International Congress on Modelling and Simulation. Modelling and Simulation Society of Australia and New Zealand, International Convention Centre Sydney, 05 December 2021 - 09 December 2021, http://dx.doi.org/10.26190/unsworks/28331

Reports

Obbard E; Burr P; Gludovatz B; Hanley T; Waite D; Maddison P; Kruzic J; Yang J; Laws K; Niven R; Aboutanios E; Ladouceur F, 2023, Submission 238 to: Australia's Science and Research Priorities - Conversation Starter, http://dx.doi.org/10.26190/unsworks/28595, https://consult.industry.gov.au/sciencepriorities1/survey/view/238

Obbard E; Burr P; Preuss M; Williams E, 2023, Submission 242 to: Australia's Science and Research Priorities - Conversation Starter, https://consult.industry.gov.au/sciencepriorities1/survey/view/242

Niven R; Stuetz R; Andersen M; Timms W; Boyle C; Moon E; Ghadouani A, 2020, Proposal for the Renewal of Field of Research (FoR) Codes in Environmental Science and Environmental Engineering, submission 2, Canberra ACT Australia

Niven R; Khan S; Taylor M; Wilson S; Wright I, 2019, Summary and Position Paper: The need for a Commonwealth Environmental Protection Agency (CEPA) for enforcement of the regulation of environmental contaminants, http://dx.doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.10638.00323, https://www.researchgate.net/publication/333045411_Summary_and_Position_Paper_The_need_for_a_Commonwealth_Environmental_Protection_Agency_CEPA_for_enforcement_of_the_regulation_of_environmental_contaminants

Niven R; Stuetz R; Andersen M; Timms, W; Boyle C; Moon E; Ghadouani A, 2019, Proposal for the Renewal of Field of Research (FoR) Codes in Environmental Science and Environmental Engineering, Canberra ACT 2600 Australia, http://dx.doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.24239.48806

Niven R, 2018, Submission to NSW Government on Proposed Remediation of Land State Environmental Planning Policy (SEPP), UNSW, Canberra ACT Australia, http://dx.doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.15140.78721

Niven R, 2018, Submission, Parliamentary Inquiry into the Management of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substance (PFAS) Contamination in and around Defence Bases, UNSW, Canberra ACT Australia, http://dx.doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.20480.74245

Niven R, 2015, Consolidated Submission to the Nuclear Fuel Cycle Royal Commission, UNSW, Canberra ACT 2600

Theses / Dissertations

Niven RK, 1998, In situ multiphase fluidisation (`upflow washing`) for the remediation of diesel and lead contaminated soils

Patents

Khalili N; Niven RK, 1996, Remediation of Contaminated Sites, Patent No. Provisional Australian Patent Application. No. PN0752

Media

Niven R; Lee CK; Mohotti D; Hazell P, 2022, How to survive a tactical nuclear bomb? Defence experts explain, The Conversation Media Group Ltd, https://theconversation.com/how-to-survive-a-tactical-nuclear-bomb-defence-experts-explain-181340#:~:text=You%20must%20protect%20yourself%20from,doors%2C%20windows%20and%20air%20gaps.

Preprints

Wickramarachchige C; Condo-Colcha F; Niven R; Kramer M, 2026, Rethinking Vertical Transport of Buoyant Plastics in Open Channels, http://dx.doi.org/10.31223/x5w74d

Niven RK; Cordier L; Mohammad-Djafari A; Abel M; Quade M, 2024, Dynamical System Identification, Model Selection and Model Uncertainty Quantification by Bayesian Inference, http://dx.doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2401.16943

Niven RK, 2023, Dimensionless Groups by Entropic Similarity, https://arxiv.org/abs/2301.12665v1

Niven RK, 2021, New Classes of Conservation Laws Based on Generalized Fluid Densities and Reynolds Transport Theorems, http://dx.doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2101.06113

Niven RK; Cordier L; Kaiser E; Schlegel M; Noack BR, 2018, Rethinking the Reynolds Transport Theorem, Liouville Equation, and Perron-Frobenius and Koopman Operators

Gout J; Quade M; Shafi K; Niven RK; Abel M, 2018, Learning Optimal Control of Synchronization in Networks of Coupled Oscillators using Genetic Programming-based Symbolic Regression, http://dx.doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.1612.05276

Quade M; Abel M; Shafi K; Niven RK; Noack BR, 2016, Prediction of Dynamical Systems by Symbolic Regression, http://dx.doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.1602.04648

Niven RK; Noack BR, 2014, Control Volume Analysis, Entropy Balance and the Entropy Production in Flow Systems, http://dx.doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.1407.5475

Kaiser E; Noack BR; Cordier L; Spohn A; Segond M; Abel M; Daviller G; Östh J; Krajnović S; Niven RK, 2014, Cluster-based reduced-order modelling of a mixing layer, http://dx.doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.1309.0524

Niven RK; Noack BR, 2014, Discussion of Di Vita, A., On information thermodynamics and scale invariance in fluid dynamics, Journal of Thermodynamics & Catalysis 3: e108 (2012), http://dx.doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.1404.4087

Niven RK, 2011, Maximum-Entropy Weighting of Multi-Component Earth Climate Models, http://dx.doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.1104.0265

Niven RK; Andresen B, 2011, Jaynes' Maximum Entropy Principle, Riemannian Metrics and Generalised Least Action Bound, http://dx.doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.0907.2732

Niven RK, 2010, Simultaneous Extrema in the Entropy Production for Steady-State Fluid Flow in Parallel Pipes, http://dx.doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.0911.5014

Niven RK, 2009, Steady State of a Dissipative Flow-Controlled System and the Maximum Entropy Production Principle, http://dx.doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.0902.1568

Niven RK, 2009, Jaynes' MaxEnt, Steady State Flow Systems and the Maximum Entropy Production Principle, http://dx.doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.0908.0990

Niven RK, 2009, Combinatorial Entropies and Statistics, http://dx.doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.0902.3038

Niven RK, 2009, Non-Asymptotic Thermodynamic Ensembles, http://dx.doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.0807.4160

Niven RK; Grendar M, 2008, Generalized Maxwell-Boltzmann, Bose-Einstein, Fermi-Dirac and Acharya-Swamy Statistics and the Polya Urn Model, http://dx.doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.0808.2102

Niven RK, 2007, Combinatorial Entropy for Distinguishable Entities in Indistinguishable States, http://dx.doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.0709.3124

Niven RK, 2007, Origins of the Combinatorial Basis of Entropy, http://dx.doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.0708.1861

Grendar M; Niven RK, 2006, The Polya Urn: Limit Theorems, Polya Divergence, Maximum Entropy and Maximum Probability, http://dx.doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.cond-mat/0612697

Niven RK, 2005, Combinatorial Information Theory: I. Philosophical Basis of Cross-Entropy and Entropy, https://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0512017v5

Niven RK, 2005, Cost of s-fold Decisions in Exact Maxwell-Boltzmann, Bose-Einstein and Fermi-Dirac Statistics, http://dx.doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.cond-mat/0510128

Niven RK, 2005, Exact Maxwell-Boltzmann, Bose-Einstein and Fermi-Dirac Statistics, http://dx.doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.cond-mat/0412460

Niven RK, 2005, Constrained Forms of the Tsallis Entropy Function and Local Equilibria, https://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0503263v1

Other

Niven R, 2018, Official Committee Hansard, Parliamentary Inquiry into the Management of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substance (PFAS) Contamination in and around Defence Bases, Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade, Parliament of Australia, Parliament of Australia, Canberra ACT Australia

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