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The 9th Australasian Conference on
Mathematics and Computers
in Sport
Twin Towns Resort, Tweed Heads, NSW
1-3 September, 2008
Details will be posted here as we get closer to the date. |
The conference directors are:
- Professor John Hammond (University of Lincoln, UK);
- Emeritus Professor Neville de Mestre (Bond University).
This conference will bring together sports scientists who are interested in:
- mathematical and statistical modelling in sport;
- the use of computers in sport;
- the application of these to improve coaching and individual performance;
- teaching that combines mathematics, computers and sport.
You are cordially invited to attend.
Previous conferences were held at Bond University (Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4 & 6),
University of Technology Sydney (No. 5), Massey University NZ (No. 7)
and Coolangatta Qld. (No. 8).
Papers are invited on any of the following themes:
- computers in sport;
- statistics in sport;
- mathematical modelling in sport;
- teaching of mathematics, computers and sport;
- interactions between any of these.
200-300 word abstracts should be emailed to jhammond@lincoln.ac.uk
by 25 January 2008, and full papers by 25th March 2008.
Please use the following linked Word (.doc) files as a template for your
MathSport-08 abstract
and/or MathSport-08 full paper.
Conference papers will be formally reviewed for significance, correctness and appropriateness to
the conference themes.
Conference Proceedings will be published in a collection which will be available to all at the beginning of the conference.
Only those papers considered by the Conference Scientific Committee to be acceptable in content and presentation will be included in the Conference Proceedings.
Other papers may be included on the program, with abstracts provided beforehand by the authors.
Twin Towns Resort is located in Tweed Heads, not far from the Coolangatta airport.
It is only a short taxi-cab ride from the airport.
Major airlines flying into the Gold Coast include:
Alternatively flights may be made to Brisbane and then train to Robina on the Gold Coast.
A taxi-cab or bus ride will also be required to reach the resort.
Accommodation at Twin Towns Resort is very affordable.
Twenty-five rooms have been reserved for the Sunday, Monday and Tuesday nights
of the conference.
Prices (including breakfast) will be:
$135 for a single room, $145/$165 for a double room per night.
Delegates should contact the Resort and book their own accommodation.
For further information visit www.twintowns.com.au .
Speakers will have approx. 30 minutes to present their papers and answer questions.
The keynote speakers will have approx. 60 minutes to present their papers and answer questions.
There will be no parallel sessions.
Ross Moore
2008-01-14