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Andrew G. Allison
Person_Name:	Andrew G. Allison
Birth_Date:	1956
Birth_Place:	Adelaide, Australia
Fields:	Renewable energy, signal processing, biomedical engineering, control, stochastics
Workplaces:	CSIRO, Telecom, AOTC, Telstra, Visionstream, University of Adelaide
High_School:	Pulteney Grammar School
Undergrad_University:	University of Adelaide
Undergrad_Degree:	Mathematical Science (1978) Computer Systems Engineering (1995)
Doctoral_University:	University of Adelaide
Doctoral_Degree:	Electrical & Electronic Engineering (2009)
Doctoral_Advisors:	Derek Abbott and Charles E. M. Pearce

Andrew G. Allison completed a BSc in Mathematical Science at the The University of Adelaide in 1978. He initially worked for the Division of Horticultural Science of the CSIRO in the areas of DNA and High Pressure Liquid Chromatography (HPLC). Between 1981 and 1995, he worked for an evolving group of telecommunications organisations: Telecom, AOTC, Telstra and Visionstream. Here he gained experience in he gained experience with telephony, electronic data processing, local area networks and cable television. He completed a BEng in Computer Systems Engineering at the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at The University of Adelaide in 1995 and then began working as a lecturer in that School.

Bachelor's degree #2

• Mathematical Science (1978), University of Adelaide, Australia
• Project:

Bachelor's degree #2

• Computer Systems Engineering (1995), University of Adelaide, Australia
• Project:

Doctoral degree

• Electrical & Electronic Engineering (2009), University of Adelaide, Australia
• Thesis: Aspects of stochastic control and switching: from Parrondo’s games to electrical circuits, under Derek Abbott and Charles E. M. Pearce.

Positions

• 2012 School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Adelaide, Lecturer (Level B)
• 1995 School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Adelaide, Lecturer (Level A)
• 1995 Visionstream, South Australia and Queensland, System Test Enginer
• 1993 Telstra Corporation, SA, Customer Service Engineer
• 1992 Australian and Overseas Telecommunications Corporation (AOTC), SA, Computer Support Engineer
• 1990 Australian Telecommunications Commission (ATC), SA, Computer Support Engineer
• 1987 Australian Telecommunications Commission (ATC), SA, Telephone Technician
• 1981 Australian Telecommunications Commission (ATC), SA, Database Management Support
• 1981 Power Coaching College, SA, Mathematics Tutor
• 1980 Division of Horticultural Science, CSIRO, Urrbrae, SA, Laboratory Technician
• 1978 Australian Taxation Office (ATO), Armadale, NSW, Trainee Computing Officer
• 1976 Barrett Brothers, Kent Town, Adelaide, SA, Laboratory Technician

Awards

• TBA

Scientific genealogy

• Allison's scientific genealogy

Google Scholar profile

• Allison's Google Scholar profile

Journal articles

[1] M. J. Berryman, A. Allison, C. R. Wilkinson, and D. Abbott, "Review of signal processing in genetics," Fluctuation and Noise Letters, Vol. 5, No. 4, pp. R13–R35, 2005.

[2] M.J. Berryman, A. Allison, and D. Abbott, "Mutual information for examining correlations in DNA," Fluctuation and Noise Letters, Vol. 4, No. 2, pp. L237-256, 2004.

[3] P. Amengual, A. Allison, R. Toral, and D. Abbott, "Discrete-time ratchets, the Fokker-Planck equation and Parrondo's paradox," Proc. Royal Society London A, Vol. 460, pp. 2269–2284, 2004.

[4] T. W. Tang, A. Allison, and 'D. Abbott, "Investigation of chaotic switching strategies in Parrondo's games," Fluctuation and Noise Letters, Vol. 4, No. 4, pp. L585-L596, 2004.

[5] M. J. Berryman, A. Allison, and D. Abbott, "Statistical techniques for text classification based on word recurrence intervals," Fluctuation and Noise Letters, Vol. 3, No. 1, pp. L1-L12, 2003.

[6] Y. Lee, A. Allison, D. Abbott, and H. E. Stanley, "Minimal Brownian ratchet: an exactly solvable model," Physical Review Letters, Vol. 91, No. 22, Art. No. 220601, 2003.

[7] A. Allison and D. Abbott, "A MEMS Brownian ratchet," Microelectronics Journal, Vol. 33, No. 3, pp. 235-243, 2002.

[8] A. Allison and D. Abbott, "The physical basis for Parrondo's games," Fluctuation and Noise Letters, Vol. 2, No. 4, pp. L327-L342, 2002.

[9] A. Allison and D. Abbott, "Control systems with stochastic feedback," Chaos, Vol. 11, No. 3, pp. 715-724, 2001.

[10] A. Allison and D. Abbott, "Stochastic resonance in a Brownian ratchet," Fluctuation and Noise Letters, Vol. 1, No. 4, pp. L239-244, 2001.

[11] A. Allison and D. Abbott, "Some benefits of random variables in switched control systems," Microelectronics Journal, Vol. 31, No. 7, pp. 515–522, 2000.

Conference articles

See also

• List of Derek Abbott's PhD students

External links

• Allison's Google Scholar profile
• Allison's homepage
• Allison biographic profile
• Allison on University of Adelaide's staff directory
• Allison's LinkedIn profile
• Allison's atheist group profile
• Allison's SPIE profile

Back

• Back to MyUni
• Back to Derek Abbott's homepage
• Back to EEE Department page
• Back to the University of Adelaide homepage