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Andrea Castelletti, Assistant Professor, Department of Electronics and Information, Politecnico di Milano


Improved data collection techniques as well as increasing computing power are opening up new opportunities for the development of  sophisticated models that can accurately reproduce hydrodynamic and  bio-chemical conditions of water bodies. While increasing model  complexity is considered a virtue for scientific purposes, it is a  definite disadvantage for management (engineering) purposes, as it  limits the model applicability to 'what if' analysis over a few,  a-priori defined interventions. Lately, this is becoming a significant  limitation, particularly considering recent advances in water quality rehabilitation technologies (e.g., mixers or oxygenators) for which many design parameters have to be decided.
 

Blakers Lecture Room, Ground Floor, Mathematics Building, University of Western Australia