David Arrowsmith

Prof. David K. Arrowsmith
School of Mathematical Sciences
Queen Mary , University of London
Mile End Road, London E1 4NS, UK
E: D.K.Arrowsmith@qmul.ac.uk
T: +44 020 7882 5464 (direct)

Deputy Head of School

My current office hours (communal room 201) are given here.

Recent Publications

Congestion dependencies in the European gas pipeline network during crises, IEEE Proc COMPENG2014, ( Complexity in Engineering) 978-1-4799-4079-0/14, L. Buzna, R. Carvalho, F. Bono, M. Masera, D.K. Arrowsmith.

Resilience of natural gas networks during conflicts, crises and disruptions, PLOS | one DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0090265, (2014) R. Carvalho, L. Buzna, F. Bono, M. Masera, D. Arrowsmith, D. Helbing.

Review of Resilience of natural gas networks during conflicts, crises and disruptions, Journal of Energy Security, 2014

Fair sharing of resources in a supply network with constraints, Phys. Rev. E 85, 046101 (2012) R. Carvalho, L. Buzna, W. Just, D Helbing, D.K. Arrowsmith.

The emerging energy Web, M. Ajmone-Marsan, D. Arrowsmith, W. Breymann, O. Fritz, M. Masera, A. Mengolini, and A. Carbone, Eur. Phys. J. Special Topics 214, 547 - 569 (2012).

Generating functions and duality for non-crossing walks on a plane graph, D.K. Arrowsmith, F.M. Bhatti, J.W. Essam, J. Phys. A: Math. Theor. 45 (2012) 494008 (19pp)

Bose and Fermi Walk Configurations on Planar Graphs, D.K. Arrowsmith, F.M. Bhatti, J.W. Essam, J. Phys A: Math. Theor. 45 (2012). . Currently available here

An overview of research programmes and prospective technology in the development of more secure supply chains: The Case of Shipping Containers Report EUR 25298 (EN 2012) JRC Scientific and Policy Reports, E. Gutierrez (DG-JRC), W. van Heeswijk (DG-TAXUD), D.K. Arrowsmith (Queen Mary, University of London), EUR 25298 EN, ISBN 978-92-79-24168-0 (pdf),ISBN 978-92-79-24167-3 (print).

Maximal Fermi walk configurations on the directed square lattice and standard Young Tableaux, DKA, F.M. Bhatti and J. Essam J. Phys. A: Math. Theor. 43 145206 (2010).

Robustness of Trans-European Gas Networks: The Hot Backbone, R. Carvalho, L. Buzna,, Flavio Bono, E. Gutierrez, W. Just, DKA. Phys. Rev. E 78, 016110 (2009)

Teaching and Presentations

I am not teaching in the academic year 2015-16

I taught Metric Spaces(MTH6126) in Semester 5 of the Autumn Term 2013. Module information is available through the QM+ portal.

The Royal Institution Masterclass I gave on INFINITY and beyond , given on 5th March, 2014 is here

My recent interests have been in complex infrastructure networks and the School now has an
MSc in Network Science

Recent National Activity

Education Secretary of the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications January 2015-
Member of the OFQUAL Mathematics Subject Benchmark Committee, 2014.
Member of the Executive Committee of the Joint Mathematical Council 2014-.
Member of the EPSRC Mathematics Prioritisation Panel March, 2013.
Chair of the EPSRC Mathematics Prioritisation Panel 6-7 December, 2012
Member of the EPSRC Strategic Advisory Team 2010-2014.

Chair of the Heads of the Departments of Mathematical Sciences(HoDoMS) 2010-2014.

HoDoMS representative on the LMS Research Committee 2011-2014.

Member of the IMA Higher Education Service Area ((HEdSA), 2011-2014. a Committee of the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications that works to promote mathematics education at tertiary level.

Fellow of the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications 2011- .

Visit to EC Joint Research Centre, Ispra, Italy (October 1st - Dec 16th 2011)

Research Projects

EPSRC (2010-2013): Resilience, Adaptability and Vulnerability of complex Energy Networks RAVEN.
Principal Investigator - David Arrowsmith. Principal Researcher - Dr Rui Carvalho. Co-investigators: Dr Wolfram Just (Mathematical Sciences), Dr Raul Mondragon (Electronic Engineering)
EPSRC (2011-2012): Data support for RAVEN project from impactQM .
Principal Investigator - David Arrowsmith. Principal Researcher - Dr Rui Carvalho. Co-investigators: Dr Wolfram Just (Mathematical Sciences), Dr Raul Mondragon (Electronic Engineering)
EC Pathfinder programme MANMADE(2007-2009): Diagnosing vulnerability, emergent phenomena, and volatility in man-made networks.
Coordinator - David Arrowsmith
Collaborating institutions: Collegium Budapest; Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Skopje; Queen Mary, University of London, Universita Carlo Cattaneo, Castellanza; Joint Research Centre, Ispra.
MANMADE website.
Research activity and interests
Dynamical systems
Networks

Infrastructure networks
interconnectedness
structure and resilience
Grid dynamics

source sink flows
introduction of renewable sources
pricing and shaping of demand
Control of dynamical systems

parametric and external forcing
use of dynamical iteration to model packet transport in computer networks
modelling and control of double impact oscillators
Chromatic polynomials and partition functions

Walker problems on lattices
Chromatic functions and associated structures on directed graphs
Other collaborative Research Projects
SOURCES OF LONG RANGE DEPENDENCE IN INTERNET TRAFFIC and THEIR RELATIVE IMPORTANCE IN NETWORKS (with Prof. J.M. Pitts, Electrical Engineering, Queen Mary. An EPSRC funded project(April, 2002), joint with Prof M. Dodson, University of York.
PACKET TRAFFIC IN NETWORKS JOINT RESEARCH GROUP
Modelling of Packet Traffic and Control of Networks EPSRC(Eng), 1998-2001 (with Prof. Jonathan M. Pitts, Electronic Engineering QMUL (Investigators: Drs Oscar Bandtlow and Matthew Woolf and Associate: Dr Raul Mondragon)
CASE support (with Electronic Engineering, QMUL) for two research students Control of Packet Traffic (DKA), Web Caching (Dr Basia Bogacka, Mathematics) and Dynamical Modelling of Packet Traffic (Dr J. Pitts, Telecoms Group,QMUL)
Joint supervision (with Franco Vivaldi) of postgraduate study in modelling the effect of earthquakes on large structures using using impact oscillators. The student is a research worker at the ELSA Structural Mechanics Laboratory, Ispra, Italy.
Coordinator for an INTAS proposal (submitted August 1999) on The Bogdanov map and weakly dissipative KAM Theory involving the University of Grenada (JHC Cartwright), Moscow State University (RI Bogdanov), QMUL(DK Arrowsmith) and UMIST (PA Glendinning).
Control of Cellular Automata, DRA, 1990-1993, Investigator: Dr Rory Dow
Control of Entrainment, EPSRC,1994-1997 (with Dr A. Lansbury, Department of Physics, University of Brunel). Investigator: Dr Raul Mondragon.
Publications
a listing of publications and preprints can be found within the School lists here
Books on Dynamical Systems

Information on Introduction to Dynamical Systems (CUP), D.K. Arrowsmith and C.M. Place

Information on Dynamical Systems: Differential Equations, Maps and Chaotic Behaviour (Chapman & Hall), D.K. Arrowsmith and C.M. Place

A collage of books co-authored with Colin Place.

Some Conference Presentations and Proceedings

Resilience of Infrastructure Networks, David Arrowsmith George Boole Bicentenary Conference, University College Cork, (August 2015) .
INFRASTRUCTURE NETWORKS David Arrowsmith University of Catania, 2012 .
INFRASTRUCTURE NETWORKS David Arrowsmith Manchester May 2010 .
INFRASTRUCTURE NETWORKS David Arrowsmith IWCSN, Bristol June 2009 .
Critical infrastructures in European Power Structures , David Arrowsmith British Applied Mathematics Colloquium, Nottingham, UK, April 2009
Spectral and topological analysis of weighted networks , David Arrowsmith, F. Bono, E. Gutierrez, K. Poljansek Control and Management of Risk, La Sapienza, Rome, July 2008 .
MANMADE,DIAGNOSING VULNERABILITY, EMERGENT PHENOMENA, and VOLATILITY in MANMADE NETWORKS David Arrowsmith Control and Management of Risk, La Sapienza, Rome, July 2008 .
Modelling of Critical Infrastructures, David Arrowsmith Bridging the Gaps, QMUL, June 2008 .
Modelling of Critical Infrastructures, David Arrowsmith Bridging the Gaps, QMUL, June 2008
Optimal Networks, Congestion and Braess Paradox D.K. Arrowsmith and R.J. Mondragon, IWCSN - 2007 Guilin, CHINA.
MANMADE D.K. Arrowsmith, D.K. Arrowsmith*, F.Bono**, E. Gutierrez, NEST Pathfinder CRP Forum, European Conference on Complex Systems 2007 (ECCS '07), Dresden 6th October, 2007
MANMADE D.K. Arrowsmith, NEST Pathfinder ECCS06 Satellite Workshops, European Conference on Complex Systems 2006 (ECCS '06), Said Business School, University of Oxford 25-29 September 2006.

Background lecture notes , D.K. Arrowsmith and R.J. Mondragon . These notes are an expanded version of Data Traffic, Topology and Networks, D.K. Arrowsmith, R.J. Mondragon and M. Woolf, "Modelling in Complex Networks", eds Vattay and Kocarev Springer Verlag, 2005, 127-158 .
EPSRC WORKSHOP on COMPLEXITY, Bristol, July 2006. Lecture slides: Packet Traffic on Networks, D.K. Arrowsmith and R.J. Mondragon .
Communication models with distributed transmission rates and buffer sizes, David Arrowsmith, Mario di Bernardo, Francesco Sorrentino, . IEEE Proceedings of Systems andCircuits, (Kos) May 2006 .
Congestion and Centrality in Data Networks, D.K. Arrowsmith and R.J. Mondragon, InternationalWorkshop on Complex Systems and Networks, City University of HongKong, May, 2005 .
Effects of variations of load distribution on network performance, David Arrowsmith, Mario di Bernardo, Francesco Sorrentino, . IEEE Proceedings of Systems andCircuits, Kobe} May 2005, 3773-3776. .
The statistics of intermittency maps and dynamical modelling of packet traffic networks, D.K. Arrowsmith , M. Barenco, R.J. Mondragon, M. Woolf Conference-Nonlinear Dynamics and Complexity in Information and Communication Technology, University of Bologna, September 6-8, 2004 .
The statistics of intermittency maps and dynamical modelling of networks, D.K. Arrowsmith , M. Barenco, R.J. Mondragon, M. Woolf Sixteenth International Symposium onMathematical Theory of Networks and Systems (MTNS2004)Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, BelgiumJuly 5-9, 2004.
MODELLING OF TCP PACKET TRAFFIC IN A LARGE INTERACTIVEGROWTH NETWORK, D.K. Arrowsmith and M.WoolfProc. IEEE Systems and Circuits, Vancouver, 2004 V, 477-480. .
Special invited session: Nonlinear Dynamics forCoding Theory and Network Traffic in the IEEE Proceedings of Systems and Circuits (Bangkok, May, 2003)PAPER: INTERNET PACKET TRAFFIC CONGESTION, D.K. Arrowsmith, R.J. Mondragon, J.M.Pitts, M. Woolf Vol 3 pp746-749, and PRESENTATION: INTERNET PACKET TRAFFIC CONGESTION.
Theme lecture at the University of Sharjah(UAE) Mathematics Day, May 8th, 2003. Modelling internet packet traffic congestion in networks using chaotic maps
Conference paper for the ATCM 2002 Conference (Kuala Lumpur) Nonlinear Modelling of Packet Traffic , D.K. Arrowsmith and M.Woolf, Proc. 7th Asian Tech. Conf. in Mathematics, 34-43, 2002.
Plenary lecture at the ATCM 2002 Conference (Kuala Lumpur) Nonlinear Modelling of Packet Traffic

Some further Papers and Publications

Time series analysis and long range correlations of Nordic spot electricity market data H. Erzgraber, F. Strozzi, J-M Zaldivar, H Touchette, E. Gutierrez, DKA, Physica A 2008 387, Issue 26, p. 6567-6574. PHYSA11614
Queues, Long-range Dependent Traffic and Non-linear Maps , Raul J. Mondragon (University of London), DKA (University of London) Bologna, 100055 NOLTA 2006.
Data Traffic, Topology and Networks, DKA, R.J. Mondragon, M. Woolf, "Modelling in Complex Networks", Springer Verlag, 2005.
D.K. Arrowsmith, R.J. Mondragon, J.M. Pitts and M. Woolf, Phase transitions in Packet Traffic on Regular Networks:a comparison of source types and topologies,Report 08, 2004/2005, Institut Mittag-Leffler, Stockholm
M. Woolf, D.K. Arrowsmith, S. Zhou, R.J. Mondragon and J.M. Pitts, Dynamical Modelling of TCP Packet Traffic on Scale-Free Networks, Report 07, 2004/2005, Institut Mittag-Leffler, Stockholm.
The Encyclopedia of Nonlinear Science (editor Alwyn Scott, Routledge, 2004) provides complete coverage at the introductory level of the field of nonlinear science, from intuitive descriptions to mathematical concepts over a wide range of subject matters. I have contributions on topology and symbolic dynamics.
E. Gutierrez and D.K. Arrowsmith, Control of a double impacting mechanical oscillator using displacement feedback, , International Journal of Bifurcation and Chaos, 14 No. 9 (2004), 3095-3113.
M. Barenco, D.K. Arrowsmith, The autocorrelation of double intermittency maps and the simulation of computer packet traffic , DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS,19(1) 2004, 61-74.
M. Woolf, DKA, R.J. Mondragon and J.M. Pitts, Optimization and phase transitions in a chaotic model of data traffic, Phys Rev E 66(4) 046106, 2002. See also Supplementary Figures.
R.J.Mondragon, J.M. Pitts and D.K. Arrowsmith, Minimising end-to-end delays in the presence of self-similar traffic, XVIII World Telecommunications Congress (Paris) ,September 2002.
End-to-end performance in real time IP networks with self-similar behaviour, J.M. Pitts, J.A. Schormans, M. Woolf, R.J. Mondragon, D.K. Arrowsmith), IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing, 2002, Orlando, USA (invited paper).
ERCIM News Online No. 50 Special theme: erciMATHEMATICS Nonlinear Modelling of Packet Traffic July 2002.
Controlling self-similar traffic and shaping techniques, R..J. Mondragon, D.K. Arrowsmith and J.M. Pitts), Nonlinear Control in the Year 2000, Lecture Notes in Control and Information Sciences 259, Springer-Verlag(Berlin), 2001, 2 149-61.
Chaotic maps for traffic modelling and queueing performance analysis, R.J. Mondragon, D.K. Arrowsmith, J.M. Pitts, Performance Evaluation 43 , 2001 223-240.
R.J. Mondragon, DKA, J.M. Pitts, Chaotic Maps for traffic modelling and queueing performance analysis, Performance Evaluation 43(2), 2001, 223-240.
Traffic Modelling and Queueing Performance using Chaotic Maps, Proc. Nonlinear Dynamics of Electronics (eds Setti et al), World Sci. 2000, 56-60.
C.M. Place, DKA, Control of Transient Chaos in Tent Maps near Crisis, I Fixed points, Phys Rev E abstract Phys Rev E, 61(2), 2000, 1357-1368.
C.M. Place, DKA, Control of Transient Chaos in Tent Maps near Crisis, II Periodic Orbits, Phys Rev E abstract Phys Rev E, 61(2), 2000, 1369-1381.
R. Carretero-Gonz\'alez, F. Vivaldi, DKA One-dimensional dynamics for travelling fronts in coupled map lattices and Phys Rev E abstract Phys Rev E, 61 (2), 2000, 1329-1336.
R.J.Mondragon, J.M. Pitts, DKAChaotic Maps for Traffic Modelling and Queueing Performance Analysis Electronic Letters36 2000, 184-186.
J.W. Essam, DKA, Chromatic polynomials and mod-q flows on Directed Graphs and Their Applications Proceedings, Centre de Researches Mathematiques , Montreal, 23(12), 1999, 1-20.

Funded Vistors

Makoto Katori (Chuo University, Tokyo) visited Queen Mary (March-August 2001) and All Souls, University of Oxford (September, 2001-February, 2002).An overview paper entitled "Flow polynomials, Schur Polynomials and Discrete Orthogonal Polynomials'', M. Katori, D.K. Arrowsmith, J.W. Essam was produced connecting properties of friendly walkers, Young tableaux, random matrices, and the Bender-Knuth formula.

Dr F.M. Bhatti (Lahore University of Management Sciences) visited QMUL and Professor John Essam of RHUL in in July 2009 and July 2010 under the London Mathematical Society Scheme 5.

Other publications

London Taught Course Centre 2009, LMS, Russell Square - Module in APPLIED DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS
Lecture notes for classes 1-5 on Basic Dynamical Systems: Intermittency and Auto-correlation.
The Applied mathematics publication lists are here.
If you prefer something a little more congenial, try PURPLE GOLD: Niche Grape Growing Networks in Orange, an M.Sc. Thesis by Matthew Arrowsmith, University of Sydney, 2002!

Previous Main Administration

Director of Undergraduate Studies, School of Mathematical Sciences, QMUL (1993-96)
Director of the Mathematics Research Centre, QMUL (1996-99)
Secretary to the University of London Mathematics Panel (1998-2001)
Director of Applied Mathematics, Mathematics Research Centre, QMUL (2000-2003)
Director of Postgraduate Studies, School of Mathematical Sciences, QMUL (2001-03)
Head of the School of Mathematical Sciences, QMUL (2003-2011).

David Arrowsmith

David Arrowsmith

Recent Publications

Teaching and Presentations

MSc in Network Science

Recent National Activity

Research Projects

EC Pathfinder programme MANMADE(2007-2009): Diagnosing vulnerability, emergent phenomena, and volatility in man-made networks. Coordinator - David Arrowsmith

Research activity and interests

Dynamical systems

Chromatic polynomials and partition functions

Other collaborative Research Projects

Publications

Books on Dynamical Systems

Some Conference Presentations and Proceedings

Some further Papers and Publications

Funded Vistors

Dr F.M. Bhatti (Lahore University of Management Sciences) visited QMUL and Professor John Essam of RHUL in in July 2009 and July 2010 under the London Mathematical Society Scheme 5.

Other publications

London Taught Course Centre 2009, LMS, Russell Square - Module in APPLIED DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS Lecture notes for classes 1-5 on Basic Dynamical Systems: Intermittency and Auto-correlation.

Previous Main Administration

EC Pathfinder programme MANMADE(2007-2009): Diagnosing vulnerability, emergent phenomena, and volatility in man-made networks.
Coordinator - David Arrowsmith

London Taught Course Centre 2009, LMS, Russell Square - Module in APPLIED DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS
Lecture notes for classes 1-5 on Basic Dynamical Systems: Intermittency and Auto-correlation.