Dr Rich Little
Group Leader
Contact details:
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- +61404658056
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GPO BOX 1538
HOBART TAS 7001 AUSTRALIA
Biography
Rich Little is a Senior Research Scientist at CSIRO Oceans & Atmosphere, in Hobart, Australia. His research specialises in modelling population dynamics, economics, and management decision-making in natural resource and marine environmental science. Much of this work has focused on the Coral Reef Finfish Fishery of the Great Barrier Reef, where he has worked on the development of a computer-based decision support tool called ELFSim. He has published work widely on modelling tradeable permit markets for fisheries quota, artificial intelligence mechanisms (Bayesian Belief Networks) for simulating fishing behaviour, and the economics of marine protected areas. In 2007, he was seconded as a visiting scholar to the Crawford School of Economics and Government at the Australian National University in Canberra, Australia. In 2003 he was awarded the Early Career Research Prize from the Modelling and Simulation society of Australia and New Zealand, and in 2007, he received the CSIRO Julius award for mid-career research. His current research interest is in exploring the use of computer-based biophysical process-models for financial risk management purposes.
He is also currently associated with Marine Visual Technologies, an initiative interested in developing solutions to support sustainable fisheries management using deep video analytics .
Academic Qualifications
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2000
PhD
University of Alberta -
1995
Master of Science (MSc)
The University of Western Ontario -
1989
Bachelor of Science (BSc)
The University of Western Ontario -
1993
Diploma Honours Standing (Ecology and Evolution)
The University of Western Ontario
Achievements and Awards
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2008-2011
CSIRO Julius Career Development Award
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2007-2010
Honorary Associate, Centre for Marine Science, University of Tasmania
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2005
Early Career Research Excellence Award, The Modelling and Simulation Society of Australia and New Zealand
Other highlights
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2012
Australian Academy of Science, Theo Murphy Frontiers of Science meeting: The Green Economy (Steering Committee)