Rate My Professor Michael Small

University of Western Australia

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5.08/20/2025

Makes learning interactive and engaging.

4.05/21/2025

Challenges students to reach their potential.

5.03/31/2025

Encourages questions and exploration.

4.02/27/2025

Passionate about student development.

5.02/17/2025

Makes learning interactive and fun.

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Professor Michael Small is the CSIRO-UWA Chair of Complex Systems and a Professor in Mathematics and Statistics in the School of Physics, Mathematics and Computing at the University of Western Australia. He serves as Director of the UWA Data Institute, leads the Complex Systems Group, and is Chief Investigator for the Australian Research Council Industrial Transformation Training Centre for Transforming Maintenance through Data Science and the ARC Industrial Transformation Research Hub for Transforming Energy Infrastructure Through Digital Engineering. Small earned his BSc (Hons) in Pure Mathematics in 1994 and PhD in Applied Mathematics in 1998 from UWA. His honours project examined the history of mathematics, while his graduate research concentrated on nonlinear dynamical systems and nonlinear time series analysis. From 2001 to 2011, he held researcher and lecturer positions in the Department of Electronic and Information Engineering at Hong Kong Polytechnic University. In 2011, he joined UWA's School of Mathematics and Statistics with an Australian Research Council Future Fellowship professorial appointment. Since 2016, the CSIRO-UWA Chair has provided him with joint appointments at UWA's Faculty of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences and CSIRO Mineral Resources.