Dr Rosemary Harris

Reader in Applied Mathematics
Email: rosemary.harris@qmul.ac.ukTelephone: +44 (0)20 7882 5478Room Number: Mathematical Sciences Building, Room: MB-326Website: http://www.maths.qmul.ac.uk/~harrisOffice Hours: For MTH4107/MTH4207, see the module QMplus page. For other queries, please contact me by email for an appointment.
Profile
Rosemary Harris is a Reader in Applied Mathematics, member of the Dynamical Systems and Statistical Physics Research Group, and External Fellow of the London Mathematical Laboratory. She currently teaches Introduction to Probability to first-year undergraduates.
Her research interests are at the interface of applied mathematics and theoretical physics, focusing on the structure and applications of nonequilibrium statistical mechanics. This involves the mathematics of interacting particle systems; in particular, employing the tools of large deviation theory to characterize the probability of rare events, for instance, via the study of current fluctuations (away from the typical, or expected, values). See the publications list for examples of recent work, ranging from the theoretical framework of statistical mechanics to insights for real-world problems, e.g., decision-modelling and transport.
Research
Publications
- (2022), Decision-making with distorted memory: Escaping the trap of past experience Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications $nameOfConference(2021), Decision-making with distorted memory: Escaping the trap of past experience $journal $nameOfConference(2021), Statistical characterization of airplane delays Scientific Reports $nameOfConference(2020), Statistical Characterization of Airplane Delays $journal $nameOfConference(2020), Giant leaps and long excursions: fluctuation mechanisms in systems with long-range memory Physical Review E: Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics $nameOfConference(2020), A Large Deviation Perspective on Ratio Observables in Reset Processes: Robustness of Rate Functions Journal of Statistical Physics $nameOfConference(2020), Transport fluctuations in integrable models out of equilibrium SciPost Physics $nameOfConference(2019), A large deviation perspective on ratio observables in reset processes: robustness of rate functions $journal $nameOfConference(2019), Effective bandwidth of non-Markovian packet traffic Journal of Statistical Mechanics Theory and Experiment $nameOfConference(2019), Thermodynamic uncertainty for run-and-tumble type processes $journal $nameOfConference(2019), Thermodynamic uncertainty for run-and-tumble-type processes EPL $nameOfConference(2017), Do environmental concerns affect commuting choices?: hybrid choice modelling with household survey data Journal of the Royal Statistical Society: Series A (Statistics in Society) $nameOfConference(2017), Phase transitions in large deviations of reset processes Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical $nameOfConference(2016), A framework for the direct evaluation of large deviations in non-Markovian processes Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical $nameOfConference(2016), Defect production in quench from a current-carrying non-equilibrium state Journal of Statistical Mechanics Theory and Experiment $nameOfConference(2016), Local structure of current fluctuations in diffusive systems beyond one dimension. Phys Rev E $nameOfConference(2015), Large deviation analysis of a simple information engine. Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys $nameOfConference(2015), Temporally correlated zero-range process with open boundaries: Steady state and fluctuations Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics $nameOfConference(2015), Fluctuations in interacting particle systems with memory Journal of Statistical Mechanics Theory and Experiment $nameOfConference(2015), Random walkers with extreme value memory: modelling the peak-end rule New Journal of Physics $nameOfConference(2015), Data for paper: "Random walkers with extreme value memory: modelling the peak-end rule" $journal $nameOfConference(2015), Temporally correlated zero-range process with open boundaries: Steady state and fluctuations $journal $nameOfConference(2015), Erratum: Fluctuations in interacting particle systems with memory (J. Stat. Mech. (2015) P07021) Journal of Statistical Mechanics Theory and Experiment $nameOfConference(2014), Dynamics of non-Markovian exclusion processes Journal of Statistical Mechanics Theory and Experiment $nameOfConference(2014), Fluctuation relations for anisotropic systems EPL $nameOfConference(2014), Fluctuation Theorems for Stochastic Interacting Particle Systems MARKOV PROCESSES AND RELATED FIELDS $nameOfConference(2013), Dynamics of Instantaneous Condensation in the ZRP Conditioned on an Atypical Current ENTROPY $nameOfConference(2013), Large Deviation Approach to Nonequilibrium Systems $journal $nameOfConference(2012), Current loops and fluctuations in the zero-range process on a diamond lattice Journal of Statistical Mechanics $nameOfConference(2010), Fourier's law on a one-dimensional optical random lattice J PHYS A-MATH THEOR $nameOfConference(2010), First-order phase transitions from poles in asymptotic representations of partition functions. Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys $nameOfConference(2010), Traffic of cytoskeletal motors with disordered attachment rates. Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys $nameOfConference(2009), Short-time behaviour of demand and price viewed through an exactly solvable model for heterogeneous interacting market agents PHYSICA A $nameOfConference(2009), Current fluctuations in stochastic systems with long-range memory J PHYS A-MATH THEOR $nameOfConference(2008), On the range of validity of the fluctuation theorem for stochastic Markovian dynamics J. Stat. Mech. $nameOfConference(2007), Fluctuation theorems for stochastic dynamics J STAT MECH-THEORY E $nameOfConference(2007), Hydrodynamics of the zero-range process in the condensation regime J STAT PHYS $nameOfConference(2007), Scaling approach to related disordered stochastic and free-fermion models. Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys $nameOfConference(2007), Metastability of Traffic Flow in Zero-Range Model $journal $nameOfConference(2006), Breakdown of Gallavotti-Cohen symmetry for stochastic dynamics EUROPHYS LETT $nameOfConference(2005), Ideal and disordered two-lane traffic models PHYSICA A $nameOfConference(2005), Current fluctuations in the zero-range process with open boundaries J STAT MECH-THEORY E $nameOfConference(2004), Disordered asymmetric simple exclusion process: Mean-field treatment PHYS REV E $nameOfConference