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News & Views item - March 2007 |
An Open Letter to the Prime Minister of Australia --- http://www.review.ms.unimelb.edu.au/OpenLetter.html for most recent signature list.
Why
are signatures being collected for this letter?
It is now 3 months since the National Strategic Review of Mathematical Sciences
Research in Australia was completed. So far there has been no response from the
government.
It has therefore been decided that an open letter will be sent to the Prime
Minister. The letter is posted below. If you are prepared to have your name
appended, please download the
signature proforma spreadsheet available here and use it to send the
following details to
openletter@maths.org.au
Title, First Name, Second name, Family name, Position, Country
Who should sign? Anyone who is concerned about the state of mathematical sciences in Australia. Signatures from business, industry and overseas colleagues are especially welcome.
Text of the Open Letter to the Prime Minister of
Australia
Australia has had an international reputation for excellence in research
and teaching in mathematical sciences and has produced many fine mathematicians
and statisticians. This reputation was further enhanced when Professor Terry Tao
was awarded the Fields Medal in 2006.
The findings of the recent National Strategic Review of Mathematical
Sciences Research in Australia, completed in December 2006, are therefore deeply
disturbing. Australia cannot continue to make this kind of contribution from its
shrinking research base and narrow concentration of research fields.
The Review found that the shortage of mathematical modellers and
statisticians is so severe that it inhibits work of business and industry, such
as mining and biotechnology companies and financial institutions, and government
agencies including the Australian Antarctic Division and CSIRO. The shortage
brings pause to foreign companies' plans for investment in Australia.
The collapse of Australia's mathematical sciences departments also prevents
them from educating the mathematics teachers that are so desperately needed by
the nation's schools.
The three distinguished international reviewers, Professor Jean-Pierre
Bourguignon, Dr Brenda Dietrich and Professor Iain Johnstone, found "the
nation's tradition and capability to be on a truly perilous path".
Even more disturbing is that, in the short time since the Review, the
already seriously depleted base of mathematical sciences in Australian
universities is being further eroded with a number of universities currently
reducing staff through voluntary or forced redundancies.
We have noted your commitment, quoted in the Review, that "in this ever
more competitive global economy, Australia's science, engineering and technology
skills need to match the best in the world". Science, engineering and technology
skills depend on mathematical sciences.
We, the undersigned, urge the Australian government to take urgent action
and immediately address the priority areas identified in the Review.
Signatures were collected through April 2, 2007
International Signatories (113)
Austria
Professor Christian Krattenthaler, University Professor, University of Vienna
Belgium
Dr John Bamberg, Marie Curie Fellow
Brazil
Professor Pablo Ferrari, Institute of Mathematics and Statistics, University of
Sao Paulo
Canada
Professor Sydney Dennis Bulman-Fleming, Chair, Department of Mathematics,
Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario
Professor Richard W Kenyon, Professor, University of British Columbia
Professor Christopher John Radford, Professor and Head, Department of
Mathematics and Statistics, Memorial University, St John's NL
Dr Andrew Daniel Rechnitzer, Assistant Professor, University of British
Columbia. (previously ARC Postoctoral Fellow)
Dr David Ridout, Postdoctoral Researcher
Chile
Dr Servet Martinez, Full Professor Universidad de Chile
China
Professor Junping Li, Central South University
Mr Qin Li, Overseas student in Department of Mathematics and Statistics, RMIT
Associate Professor Yongjin Li, Department of Mathematics, Sun Yat-sen
University, People's Republic of China
Mr Lei Qiu, PhD student in RSISE, ANU
Denmark
Dr Adam Rennie, Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Copenhagen
France
Dr Cyril Banderier,Researcher, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique,
Paris
Dr Mireille Bousquet-Mélou, Research Director, CNRS
Dr Damien Stehle, Researcher, CNRS
Germany
Professor Karl Heinrich Hofmann, Fachbereich Mathematik, Technische University,
Darmstadt
Professor Peter Kloeden, JW Goethe University Frankfurt
Dr Gunter Hans Last, Professor for Mathematics at the University of Karlsruhe
Professor Matilde Marcolli, Max Planck Institute for Mathematics
Hong Kong
Professor Wing-Sum Cheung, Professor, University of Hong Kong
Dr Michael Small, Associate Professor, Hong Kong Polytechnic University
India
Professor Panamalai Ramarao Parthasarathy, Indian Institute of Technology,
Madras
Mr Pavan Prakash Tekur, Information Security Consultant
Iran
Ms Alireza Pourmoslemi, Department of Mathematics, Payame Noor University of
Bahar
Ireland
Professor Patrick itzpatrick, Department of Mathematics, Co-Director, Boole
Centre for Research in Informatics, Head of College of Science, Engineering and
Food Science, University College Cork
Italy
Professor Antonio Di Crescenzo, Associate Professor in Probability and
Statistics, Universita di Salerno
Professor Luciana Vianelli, Full Professor of Probability, University of Palermo
Japan
Dr David Brander, JSPS Postdoc, Kobe University
Netherlands
Professor Ruth Frances Curtain, Professor of Mathematics, University of
Groningen
New Zealand
Dr Peter Donelan, Senior Lecturer, Victoria University of Wellington
Professor David Barry Gauld, Professor of Mathematics
Associate Professor Charles Huw Crawford Little, Massey University
Dr David John Scott, Associate Professor of Statistics, The University of
Auckland
Dr Timothy E Stokes, Senior Lecturer in Mathematics, University of Waikato
Mr Andrew Robert Wallace, Biometrician, NZ Institute for Crop & Food Research
Dr Peter Alexander Whigham, Senior Lecturer, University of Otago
Peru
Mr Percy Antonio Pari Salas, Higher Degree Student, Bond University
Portugal
Dr Iliyan Georgiev, Assistant Professor, Universidade Nova de Lisboa
Singapore
Associate Professor Berwin A Turlach, Associate Professor, Department of
Statistics and Applied Probability, National University of Singapore
Spain
Professor Daniel Pena, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
Switzerland
Professor Andrew D Barbour, Chair, Institute of Mathematics, University of
Zuerich
Dr Bea Bleile, Post-Doctoral Fellow
Professor Peter Buser, Former President, Swiss Mathematical Society
Professor Robert C Dalang, Head of the Chair of Probability, Ecole Polytechnique
Fédérale de Lausanne
Professor Anthony Christopher Davison, Professor of Statistics, Ecole
Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Professor Kathryn Hess, Professor, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Professor Rolf Jeltsch, President Elect ICIAM, President GAMM, Chair of the
Seminar For Applied Mathematics at ETH Zurich, Congress Director ICIAM07
Professor Tudor Stefan Ratiu, Professor, Head of the Chair of Geometric
Analysis, Director of the Bernoulli Center, Swiss Federal Institute of
Technology, Lausanne
Professor Yvan Velenik, Professor of Mathematics, University of Geneva
United Kingdom
Sir Michael Atiyah FRS, Honorary Professor, University of Edinburgh
Professor David J Balding, Professor of Statistical Genetics, Imperial College
London
Sir John Ball FRS, Oxford, Past-President International Mathematical Union
Professor Adrian W Bowman, Professor of Statistics, University of Glasgow
Dr Benjamin J Cairns, Postdoctoral Research Assistant, University of Bristol
Dr Damian Clancy, Reader in Statistics, University of Liverpool
Professor John Coates FRS, Sadlerian Professor, University of Cambridge
Dr Pauline Coolen-Schrijner, Lecturer, Durham University
Sir David Cox FRS, Foreign Associate National Academy of Sciences
Mr Gordon Deane, Senior Transport Modeller, WSP Policy and Research
Professor Peter J Diggle, EPSRC Senior Fellow
Dr Suzanne Paget Evans, Senior Lecturer in Statistics, Birkbeck, University of
London
Professor David Firth, Professor of Statistics, University of Warwick
Professor Peter J Green FRS, H O Wills Professor of Mathematics, Bristol
Professor Roger Grimshaw, Professor, Loughborough University
Dr Ben Hambly, Lecturer, University of Oxford
Professor Frances C Kirwan FRS, Oxford University
Dr Glenys Luke, Chair of the Faculty of Mathematics, Univeristy of Oxford
Professor Guy Philip Nason, Professor of Statistics/Head of Statistics Group,
University of Bristol
Dr Peter M Newman, Oxford University Lecturer in Mathematics and Fellow of
Queen's College, Oxford
Dr Gabriel P Paternain, Reader, University of Cambridge
Dr Jeremy Penzer, Senior Lecturer in Statistics, London School of Economics
Dr Joshua V Ross. Research Fellow in Mathematical Epidemiology
Dr Len Thomas, Academic Fellow, University of St Andrews
Professor Donald Michael Titterington, Professor of Statistics, University of
Glasgow
Professor Adrian Williams, Professor of Statistics
United States of America
Professor Richard Askey, Department of Mathematics, University of
Wisconsin-Madison
Professor Peter L Bartlett, Professor, UC Berkeley, Statistics and Computer
Science
Dr Michael N Bleicher, Department of Mathematics, University of
Wisconsin-Madison
Professor Gary S Bloom, Computer Science Department, City University of New York
Dr Bradley McIntosh Broom, Associate Professor and Chair Ad Interim, Department
of Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, MD Anderson Cancer Center
Dr Anthony Brockwell, Associate Professor
Dr Scott D Chasalow, Associate Director, Statistical Genetics and Biomarkers,
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.
Professor Song Xi Chen, Department of Statistics, Iowa State Univeristy
Professor Dianne H Cook, Full Professor, Statistics, Iowa State University
Dr Owen Dearricott, John Wesley Young Research Instructor
Professor Kim-Anh Do, Professor in Biostatistics
Dr Murray James Elder, Assistant Professor, Stevens Institute of Technology
Professor Steven N Evans, Statistics and Mathematics, University of California
at Berkeley
Dr John H Ewing, Executive Director American Mathematical Society
Professor Constantine Gatsonis, Professor of Biostatistics, Brown University
Professor Ezra Getzler, Professor of Mathematics, Northwestern University;
Member, Scientific Board, AMSI
Professor Stephen P Glasby, Central Washington University
Dr Robert Gould, Vice-chair, Undergraduate Studies, Department of Statistics,
UCLA
Dr Morris W Hirsch, Former Chair, Mathematics Department, University of
California
Professor Iain Johnstone, Vice Dean, Humanities and Sciences, Stanford
University
Professor James Kuelbs, University of Wisconsin-Madison (Emeritus)
Professor Richard B Melrose, Simons Professor of Mathematics, Massachusetts
Institute of Technology
Professor Walter Neumann, Professor of Mathematics, Columbia University
Dr Kyle Peterson, Assistant Professor of Mathematics, University of Michigan
Professor Jim Pitman, President of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics
Dr Nuno M Romao, Visiting Scholar in Pure Mathematics, Massachusetts Institute
of Technology
Mr Benjamin Rubinstein, PhD Student, Computer Science Division, UC Berkeley
Mr Nathan Savir, Student of Mathematics at Princeton University
Professor Alan Sokal, Professor of Physics (New York University, USA) and
Professor of Mathematics (University College London, UK)
Professor Timo Seppalainen, Professor of Mathematics, University of
Wisconsin-Madison
Professor Simon J Sheather, Head of the Department of Statistics, Texas A&M
University
Professor John Stillwell, Mathematics Department, University of San Francisco
Professor Terence Chi-Shen Tao, Professor of Mathematics, University of
California Los Angeles
Professor Ruth Williams, Professor of Mathematics, University of California, San
Diego
Mr Matthew Martin Woeppel, Information Security Student, RMIT University,
International Student
Professor Andrei Zelevinsky, Professor of Mathematics, Northeastern University
Signatories from Australia (396)
Dr Vyacheslav M Abramov, Research Fellow
Dr Narasimaha R Achuthan, Senior Lecturer, Department of Mathematics and
Statistics, Curtin University
Professor Peter Adams, Associate Fellow of the Carrick Institute for Learning
and Teaching in Higher Education
Ms Peggy Adamson, Lecturer, CSU Wagga Wagga
Associate Professor Ron Addie, Head of the Department of Mathematics and
Computing, University of Southern Queensland
Dr Astrid an Huef, Senior Lecturer, University of New South Wales
Mr Ross Anderson, Software Engineer
Dr Yuri G Anissimov, Senior Lecturer in Maths
Dr Jonathan B Baell, Research Fellow, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical
Research
Dr Adil Bagirov, Australian Research Fellow
Dr Melanie Bahlo, NHMRC R. D. Wright Fellow, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of
Medical Research
Dr John Baker, Director, Natural Maths
Dr Peter John Baker, Statistician
Dr Rowena Ball, Senior Research Scientist, ANU
Dr Mary S Barnes, Retired Mathematics Educator and Researcher
Dr Adrian G Barnett, Senior Lecturer in Biostatistics
Dr Jerard Barry, Senior Principal Research Scientist, ANSTO (retired)
Professor Robert Bartnik, School of Mathematical Sciences, Monash University
Dr Noel Barton, Sunoba Pty Ltd
Professor Kaye E Basford, President, Statistical Society of Australia
Incorporated
Professor Lynn Margaret Batten, Director Information Security Research
Dr Peter Baumgartner, Principal Researcher, NICTA
Professor Nigel Geoffrey Bean, Chair of Applied Mathematics, University of
Adelaide
Dr Eric J Beh, Senior Lecturer - Statistics
Dr Catherine Belward, Project Coordinator - Jeppesen
Dr Ruth Best, General Practitioner, PO Box 405 Cleveland 4163
Dr Jos Albert Beunen, Senior Research Officer, Australian Bureau of Statistics
Associate Professor Elizabeth Jane Billington, Reader and Honorary Secretary,
Australian Mathematical Society
Dr Simon Phillip Blomberg, Lecturer and Consultant Statistician, Faculty of
Biological and Chemical Sciences, University of Queensland
Dr Sacha Carl Blumen, Research Fellow, Australian Council for Educational
Research
Dr Neville David Bofinger, Past President, Clean Air Society of Australia and
New Zealand
Dr John Boland, Senior Lecturer, School of Mathematics and Statistics, UniSA
Ms Agnes Boskovitz, PhD student, Australian National University
Ms Anna Boskovitz, ex maths teacher
Professor Lindsay C Botten FAustMS FAIP FOSA, Professor of Applied Mathematics,
University of Technology, Sydney,
Professor Peter Bouwknegt, FaustMS, FAIP, Professor Australian National
University
Mr Shane Bracher, Postgraduate Research Student, Bond University
Professor Tony Bracken, Professor of Mathematics, University of Queensland
Dr Richard Brak, Lecturer, The University of Melbourne
Dr Geoffrey Brent, Mathematician/biomedical engineer
Professor Richard P Brent, Federation Fellow
Ms Sandra Britton, Director, First Year Mathematics, University of Sydney
Professor Philip Broadbridge, Director, Australian Mathematical Sciences
Institute
Dr Thomas C Brodnicki, Research Fellow, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of
Medical Research
Professor Tim C Brown, Dean, College of Science, Australian National University
Mr Peter G Brown, School of Mathematics and Statistics, UNSW
Associate Professor George Bryan, Virtual Spaces Laboratory School of Computing
and Mathematics, University of Western Sydney
Dr Darryn Bryant, QEII Research Fellow, University of Queensland
Mr Derek Robert Buchanan, Mathematics Teacher, Taylors College
Mr Stephen R Buckley, Lecturer, CSU Wagga Wagga
Ms Linda Buisman, PhD Student, Research School of Computer Sciences and
Engineering, Australian National University
Professor Martin W Bunder, Professorial Fellow, University of Wollongong
Dr Regina S Burachik, Research associate, University of Ballarat
Ms Christina Naomi Burt, PhD Candidate (Applied Mathematics), Curtin University
of Technology
Ms Naomi Verity Busst, Adjunct teaching fellow, Bond University
Dr Harry James Butler, Lecturer in Mathematics, University of Southern
Queensland
Mr Peter H Button, Biostatistics Manager, Roche Products Pty Limited
Dr Tiberio Caetano, Researcher, Statistical Machine Learning, NICTA
Ms Anna Qianyao Cai, Ph.D student
Dr Maxwell Hugh Cameron, Principal Research Fellow, Monash University Accident
Research Centre
Dr Emma Carberry, School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Sydney
Professor John B Carlin, Director, Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics Unit
(CEBU), Murdoch Children's Research Institute
Ms Barbara R Catchpole, Lecturer, Aust Defence Force Academy
Associate Professor Pietro Cerone, Head, School of Computer Science and
Mathematics, Vic Uni
Dr Jason Robert Chen, Research Engineer, ANU
Mrs Ingrid Chen, PhD student in Mathematics at The Australia National University
Dr Belinda Ann Chiera, Senior Research Fellow
Mr Hardik K Cholera, Masters in Information Security student
Dr Boris Choy, Lecturer
Dr Eric KW Chu, Senior Lecturer, Monash University
Dr Brenton R Clarke, Senior Lecturer in Mathematics & Statistics, Murdoch
University
Dr Simon Clarke, Senior Lecturer, Mathematical Sciences, Monash University
Dr Carmel Coady, Associate Head of School, Computing and Mathematics, UWS
Mr Jonathan Asher Cohen, PhD Student
Associate Professor Arthur D Conigrave, Head, School of Molecular and Microbial
Biosciences, University of Sydney
Dr Lynn M Corcoran, Senior Research Fellow, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of
Medical Research
Professor Jim Corkery, Professor of Law, Bond University
Professor Suzanne Cory, Director, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical
Research
Ms Patricia C Cretchley, Senior Lecturer, Australian Subcomission of ICMI
Ms Kerrie L Cullis, Lecturer, CSU Wagga Wagga
Professor Geoff Cumming, Professor of Psychological Science, School of
Psychological Science, La Trobe University
Professor Norman E Dancer, Professor of Mathematics, University of Sydney
Ms Sue D'Arcy, PhD student, Charles Darwin University; IT and Maths Teacher
Dr Ross Darnell, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, University of
Queensland
Professor Brian Albert Davey, Reader and Associate Professor
Mr Jason Day, Head of Mathematics, Coomera Anglican College
Dr Jeremy E Dawson, Researcher, NICTA
Dr Michael A B Deakin, Honorary Research Fellow, Monash University
Associate Professor Keith BG Dear, Senior fellow, ANU
Dr Jan DeGier, ARC QEII Fellow, University of Melbourne
Dr Stijn Dekeyser, Senior Lecturer in Computing at the University of Southern
Queensland
Professor Robert Delbourgo, Fellow, Australian Institue of Physics
Associate Professor Jim Denier, Head, School of Mathematical Sciences, The
University of Adelaide
Dr Ioan Despi, Lecturer, University of New England
Professor Annette Dobson, Professor of Biostatistics, School of Population
Health, University of Queensland
Dr Ian W Doherty, Retired, Minister's Award for Defence Science, 1999
Ms Susan Donath, Senior Research Fellow, Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Unit, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute and University of Melbourne
Professor Peter J Donnelly FRS, Professor of Statistical Science
Dr James Bartram Douglas, Honorary Associate, UNSW
Professor Silvestru Sever Dragomir, Chair in Mathematical Inequalities
A/Professor Yihong Du, Associate Prof. in Mathematics, Univ of New England
Dr Paul Dudgeon, Lecturer in Quantitative Methods, Department of Psychology,
University of Melbourne
Professor William TM Dunsmuir, Incoming President Statistical Society of
Australia
Professor Michael Eastwood, Australian Professorial Fellow, University of
Adelaide
Professor Andrew C Eberhard, Professor of Optimization and Control RMIT
Mr Paul Eckermann, Statistician, University of Adelaide
Dr Allan D Ernest, Adjunct Lecturer, Charles Sturt University
Mr David G Farmer, PhD student RMIT
Dr Matthew David Finn, Lecturer, School of Mathematical Sciences, University of
Adelaide
Dr Gavin Ross Finnie, Professor, Bond University
Mr Peter John Flynn, Mathematics Teacher, The University of Melbourne
Associate Professor Andrew B Forbes, Department of Epidemiology and Preventive
Medicine, Monash University
Professor Larry Kennedy Forbes, Head, School of Mathematics and Physics,
University of Tasmania
Professor Peter J Forrester, Australian Professorial Fellow
Dr Scott David Foster, Statistician, CSIRO
Dr Andrew R Francis, Senior Lecturer, School of Computing and Mathematics,
University of Western Sydney
Dr Greg A Gamble, Mathematics Programmer, P/T Maths Lecturer
Professor Joseph Gani AM, Visiting Fellow, Mathematical Sciences Institute, ANU
Professor Jiti Gao, Professorial Fellow
Ms Kimberly Gauci, Administrative Officer, Institute for Sustainable Systems and
Technologies, University of South Australia
Professor Garth I Gaudry, Director, ICE-EM
Dr Volker Gebhardt, School of Computing and Mathematics, University of Western
Sydney
Mr Peter Julian Geelan-Small, PhD candidate in Biometry, University of Sydney
Mr Adrian Gepp, Course Coordi9antor, Economics, Bond University
Mr Brian C Gepp, Former Forestry Policy and Planning Officer, Forestry SA
Mr Meryl J Gepp, Former Senior Lecturer, Business and Management, University of
SA
Ms Lynne C Giles, Senior Research Fellow
Dr Peter Gill, Mathematical Sciences, University of Adelaide
Dr David WH Gillam, Sessional Lecturer, Ballarat and Swinburne Universities
Dr Jason Giri, School of Information Technology and Mathematical Sciences,
University of Ballarat
Mr Ian Gomm, Lecturer
Dr George Arnold Gottwald, ARC Research fellow
Dr Joseph F Grotowski, Senior Lecturer, Department of Mathematics, University of
Queensland
Mr Rob W Goudey, Statistician, EPA Victoria
Dr Catherine Greenhill, Senior Lecturer, School of Mathematics, University of
New South Wales
Dr Peter John Grootenboer, Senior Lecturer in Mathematics Education
Professor Tony Guttmann, Director, ARC CoE MASCOS
Dr Joseph Ha, Research Scientist
Dr Bronwyn H Hajek, Research Associate, School of Mathematical Sciences,
University of Adelaide
Dr Eldar Hajilarov, Lecturer, School of ITMS, University of Ballarat
Professor Peter G Hall, Federation Fellow
Dr Sydney H Hall, Retired academic geophysicist, working in the mathematical
areas of Electromagnetics since retirement.
Ms Pamela M Hammond, Manager, ASISTM Critical Friend Project; MERGA member
Dr Kais Hamza, Lecturer, Monash University
Professor Leonard C Harrison, Senior Principal Research Fellow, Walter and Eliza
Hall Institute of Medical Research
Dr Christina Hart, Senior Lecturer in Science Education, Centre for Equity and
Innovation in Early Childhood
Dr Vincent Gerald Hart, Retired Reader in Mathematics and Head of Department,
1985-94, University of Queensland
Dr David H Hartley, Security Software Consultant
Dr Andrew Hassell, Senior Lecturer, ANU
Dr Andrew Hayen, Research Fellow, UNSW
Dr Michele Haynes, Senior Lecturer, University of Queensland
Dr William R Heath, Senior Principal Research Fellow, The Walter and Eliza Hall
Institute
Dr Anthony Henderson, Lecturer, University of Sydney
Ms Jenny Henderson, Senior Lecturer in Mathematics, University of Sydney
Dr John Henstridge, Managing Director, Data Analysis Australia
Professor David J Hill, Federation Fellow, Australian National University
Dr Stephen Paul Hill, Senior Research Fellow, Curtin University, Western
Australia
Dr Damien Scott Holloway, Lecturer, School of Engineering, University of
Tasmania
Dr Kathryn Holmes, Lecturer, Mathematics Education, University of Newcastle
Dr Andrew Hopkins, ARC Queen Elizabeth II Fellow, University of Sydney
Professor Kathy Horadam, Professor of Mathematics
Dr David C Huang, Senior Research Fellow, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of
Medical Research
Dr Knut Hueper, Senior Principal Researcher, NICTA
Associate Professor Barry D Hughes, Department of Mathematics and Statistics,
University of Melbourne
Dr Garry Hughes, Research Scientist, DSTO
Dr John Robert Hunter, Sea-level Oceanographer, Antarctic Climate and Ecosystems
CRC
Professor Charles Angus Hurst, Emeritus Professor
Professor John E Hutchinson, Acting Dean, Maths Sciences Institute, ANU
Associate Professor Marcus Hutter, Australian National University
Professor Rob J Hyndman, Professor of Statistics, Monash University
Dr Rainer Ignetik, Director Ignetik Consulting Pty Ltd
Dr Deborah C Jackson, Unemployed lecturer, Chair Victorian Algebra Group 98-03
Dr Nethal Jajo, Mathematics Teacher
Associate Professor Leslie Stephen Jennings, Head, School of Mathematics and
Statistics, UWA
Mr Nathaniel David Jewell, PhD student (fluid mechanics & computational science)
Ms Erica Jobling, Executive Officer, Biostatistics Collaboration of Australia
(BCA)
Dr Stuart Johnson, Assistant Lecturer, School of Mathematical Sciences,
University of Adelaide
Dr Melanie Johnston-Hollitt, Astrophysicist & Lecturer, University of Tasmania
Dr Evan Llewellyn Jones, Greens spokesperson and Federal candidate elect
Dr Marilyn Jones, Associate Professor and Head, Marketing, Bond University
Dr Mark A Jones, Biostatistician, Queensland Health
Dr Owen D Jones, Senior Lecturer, Melbourne University
Miss Tiffany Anne-Marie Jones, Postgraduate Representative, Curtin University of
Technology
Emeritus Professor Graham Alfred Jones, Consultant and Mathematics Education
Specialist: Learning Federation (Australian Curriculum Corporation)
Professor Nalini Joshi, Head, School of Mathematics and Statistics, University
of Sydney
Mr Graham Keen, Parent of undergraduates
Ms Joanne Kelly, Portfolio Manager, ANZ
Mr Richard Devereux Kenderdine, private maths tutor
Dr Amy Lowes Kenworthy-U'Ren, Associate Professor, Bond University
Associate Professor Stephen Robert Kessell, Science and Mathematics Education
(retired)
Associate Professor Shahjahan Khan, Chief Editor, Journal of Applied Probability
and Statistics, USA, University of Southern Queensland
Dr Nazim Khan, Lecturer/Consultant, Statistics
Mr Jonathon Khoo, Director, Analytical Services Branch, Australian Bureau of
Statistics
Dr Andreas Kiermeier, Senior Statistician (SA R & D Institute)
Dr Anthony Desmond Klemm, Lecturer, Trinity College Foundation Studies, U of
Melbourne
Professor Padmanabhan (Paddy) Krishnan, Professor of Computer Science, Bond
University
Dr Dirk Pieter Kroese, Senior Lecturer
Mr Hans Kull, Director, Informatic Technologies
Dr Stephen Lack, Senior Lecturer, UWS
Associate Professor Finnur Larusson, Associate Professor Pure Mathematics
Emeritus Professor David H Lee, Hon. Professorial Fellow, University of
Melbourne
Professor Gus I Lehrer, Australian Professorial Fellow
Associate Professor Andrew M Lew, Principal Research Fellow, Walter and Eliza
Hall Institute of Medical Research
Mr. Jason Jingshi Li, MICT-PhD Candidate, Australian National University
Dr Paulette Lieby, Research Engineer
Mr Patrick Lim, Statistician/Research Officer
Mr Craig N Linn, Senior Lecturer Computing and Mathematics UWS
Dr Yanqun Liu, Lecturer
Dr Birgit I Loch, Australian Mathematical Society Gazette and University of
Southern Queensland
Associate Professor John Louis, Sub Dean Mathematics, CSU Wagga
Mrs Katrina Loukas, Statistical Analyst, Suicide Prevention Study
Dr Zeng-Hua Lu, Senior Lecturer, University of South Australia
Dr Eddie Ly, Lecturer, School of Mathematical & Geospatial Sciences, RMIT
Dr Jim MacDougall, Senior Lecturer, University of Newcastle
Ms Pamela Makhoul, Student of Mathematics and Statistics RMIT
Dr Daniel Gordon Mallet, Lecturer in Applicable Mathematics, Queensland
University of Technology
Mr David Manhire, Director, Intelligence and Risk ATO
Dr Prabhu Manyem, School of Information Technology and Mathematical Sciences,
University of Ballarat
Dr Rosemary Anne Mardling, School of Mathematical Sciences, Monash University
Associate Professor Gael M Martin, Associate Professor, Department of
Econometrics and Business Statistics, Monash University
Associate Professor Andrew Mathas, Associate Professor, University of Sydney
Ms Neva Maxim, Teaching Fellow, Bond Univeristy
Dr Heather Joan Mays, Lecturer Mathematics Education, Deakin University
Dr Paul McCann, Lecturer, School of Mathematical Sciences, University of
Adelaide
Dr James McCoy, Lecturer and ARC Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Wollongong
Mr Ian McDermid, Lecturer in Statistics, Australian National University
Ms Christine Anne McDonald, Lecturer in Statistics and Mathematics, University
of Southern Queensland
Dr Mark D McDonnell, Lecturer
Mr Leo Charles McHugh, Medical Researcher in Computational Biology
Professor Alan G.R. McIntosh, Professor
Professor Geoffrey John McLachlan, Australian Professorial Fellow, The
University of Queensland
Dr Geoffry N Mercer, Senior Lecturer, PEMS, ADFA, UNSW
Mr Ryan Mickler, Honours Student (Theoretical Physics), The University of
Western Australia
Ms Sue Middleton, Lecturer
Professor Mirka Miller, School of Information Technology and Mathematical
Sciences, University of Ballarat
Professor Jacques Miller AC FRS FAA, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute
Dr Alvin D Milner, Biostatistician
Dr Ken Milton, Honorary Life Member MERGA
Associate Professor Michael Charles Mitchelmore, Director, Centre for Research
in Mathematics and Science Education
Professor Sidney Morris, Head, School of Information Technology & Mathematical
Sciences, University of Ballarat
Dr Anthony Bruce Morton, Senior Engineer, Econnect Australia Pty Ltd
Dr Judith Anne Mousley, President, Mathematics Education Research Group of
Australasia and Vice-president, FASTS
Dr Samuel Mueller, Lecturer in Applied Statistics, UWA
Mr Robert D Murison, Lecturer, Mathematicss, Stats and Computer Science,
University of New England
Dr Anthony B Murphy, Fellow, Australian Institute of Physics
Professor Michael K Murray, Fellow of the Australian Mathematical Society
Ms Susan F Nankervis, Senior Project Director, ACER
Mrs Gertrude Nayak, School Manager, School of Mathematical Sciences, Monash
University
Dr Stuart V Newstead, Senior Research Fellow, Monash University Accident
Research Centre
Dr Kee Siong Ng, Researcher, National ICT Australia
Associate Professor Peter Nickolas, Univeristy of Wollongong
Dr Ole Nielsen, Computational Scientist, Geoscience Australia
Mrs Sharon Nielson, Biometrician
Dr Rod Nillsen, Associate Professor
Ms Helen Irene Nkansah, Adninistrative Assistant to the Head of the Department
of Mathematics and Computing, University of Southern Queensland
Professor Terence Michael Nolan, Head, School of Population Health, and
Department of Public Health, The University of Melbourne
Dr Michael Norrish, Senior Researcher, NICTA
Professor Raymond S Norton, Principal Research Fellow, Walter and Eliza Hall
Institute of Medical Research
Dr Stephen L Nutt, Senior Research Fellow, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of
Medical Research
Mr Greg O'Keefe, PhD Student
Dr Terence John O'Kane, Antarctic Climate and Ecosystems CRC, Quantitative
Marine Sciences Program UTAS
Associate Professor Richard L Ollerton, Fellow, Australian Mathematical Society,
Institute of Mathematics and its Applications, Australian College of Education
Dr Robert Orsi, Fellow
Professor Michael Robert Osborne, Visiting Fellow, Mathematical Sciences
Institute, ANU
Associate Professor Michael A Page, School of Mathematical Sciences, Monash
University
Miss Pui Ling Pang, Research Assistant, Executive editor - Journal of
Inequalities in Pure and Applied Mathematics
Associate Professor David M Panton, Pro-Vice Chancellor Division of Information
Technology Engineering and the Environment University of South Australia
Mr Christopher J Pardy, Biostatistician - NHMRC Clinical Trials Centre,
University of Sydney
Dr David L Parrott, Senior Lecturer, University of Adelaide
Dr Noel Henry Patson, Lecturer
Professsor Charles Pearce, Elder Chair of Mathematics, The University of
Adelaide
Mrs Ruth Penman, Associate Lecturer in Statistics, Macquarie University
Mr Brian Bernard Pelerman, Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Business, Bond
University
Dr Bill Pender, Subject Master Emeritus in Mathematics, Sydney Grammar School
Dr Richard George Phillipps, Research Fellow, Bond University
Dr Jerzy A Piotrowski, Lecturer, School of Computing and Mathematics, UWS
Dr Ashley Wayne Plank, Senior Lecturer in Statistics, Statistics Discipline
Coordinator, University of Southern Queensland
Miss Allison Plant, PhD Candidate, University of Tasmania
Professor Philip Keith Pollett, Professor of Mathematics, University of
Queensland
Ms Fay Lynette Pollock, Manager Students Administration, Faculty of Health
Sciences and Medicine, Bond University
Professor Cheryl E Praeger, Australian Professorial Fellow, University of
Western Australia
Associate Professor Alan J Pryde, Head, School of Mathematical Sciences, Monash
Univ.
Dr Guoqi Qian, Senior Lecturer of Statistics, University of Melbourne
Professor Gilles Reinout Quispel, Professor of Mathematics, La Trobe University
Mr Peter Radonyi, Simulator Engineer, Jacobs Engineering Australia
Associate Professor Marcus Randall, Associate Professor, School of Information
Technology, Bond University
Dr Asha Rao, Senior Lecturer, School of Mathematical and Geospatial, Sciences,
RMIT University
Assoc Prof Philip R Rayment, Deputy Head, School of Applied Sciences and
Engineering, Monash University
Ms Jackie Reid, Lecturer in Statistics, University of New England
Dr Alex Reisner, Retired Head Aust. Nat. Genomic Information Service
Dr John Ridd, Retired Maths Educator and Researcher
Dr Peter V Ridd, Reader, School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, James
Cook University
Professor Anthony John Roberts, Centre for Systems Biology, University of
Southern Queensland
Dr Ian T Roberts, Senior Lecturer, Mathematics, Charles Darwin University
Associate Professor Stephen Roberts, Head, Department of Mathematics, ANU
Dr Stephen John Roberts, Director, Witham Laboratories, Melbourne
Dr Andrew P Robinson, Senior Lecturer, Applied Statistics, University of
Melbourne
Professor Derek W Robinson, Emeritus Professor, Australian National University
Professor John Robinson, Professor of Mathematical Statistics, University of
Sydney
Mr Mark D Robinson, PhD Student, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical
Research
Dr Marty Ross, Research Fellow, University of Melbourne
Associate Professor Matthew Roughan, School of Mathematical Sciences, University
of Adelaide
Professor Hyam Rubinstein, Chair, National Committee for the Mathematical
Sciences
Associate Professor Philip Ryan, Director, Data Management and Analysis Centre,
University of Adelaide
Dr Joe Ryan, School of Information Technology and Mathematical Sciences,
University of Ballarat
Dr Leanne J Rylands, Head of School, Computing and Mathematics, UWS
Mr Rohan J Sadler, Research Associate, The University of Western Australia
Dr Agus Salim, Research Fellow, CMHR Australian National Univ
Professor Rowland Sammut, Professor, Discipline Coordinator - Mathematics, ADFA
Dr Simon Andrew Sando, Executive Manager, Quantitative Strategy, Commonwealth
Bank of Australia
Mr Sandeep Sarathy, PhD Student (Chemical Engineering)
Mr Keith R Satterley, Senior Programmer, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of
Medical Research
Mr Philip Schader, Honours Student (Mathematics/Physics) University of Western
Australia
Dr Tanya Schmah, Honorary Associate, Macquarie University
Dr Phillip W Schmidt, Senior Principal Research Scientist CSIRO and ASEG
Publications Chairman
Dr Katrina Scurrah, Genetic Biostatistician, University of Melbourne
Associate Professor John W Schutz, Assciate Professor and Reader, La Trobe
University
Miss Tamara Nadine Semionov, Postgraduate Teaching Fellow, Accounting, Bond
University
Dr Pep Serow, Lecturer, Maths Education, University of New England
Dr Chandra Shah, Senior Research Fellow, CEET, Monash University
Mr Craig D Shaw, Partner, The Dangar Research Group Pty Ltd
Mr David Lawrence Shaw, PhD Student
Dr Douglas E Shaw, Secretary, Statistical Society of Australia Inc.
Associate Professor John J Shepherd, Associate Professor of Applied Mathematics,
RMIT
Ms Else E Shepherd AM, Fellow, Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering
Professor, FFA Igor Shparlinski, Australian Professorial Fellow
Dr Harvinder S Sidhu, Senior Lecturer
Emeritus Professor Josef Philipp Silberstein, Department of Mathematics and
Computing, University of Western Australia
Dr Howard L Silcock, IT Consultant
Mr Jeremy D Silver, Honours student, University of Melbourne & Walter and Eliza
Hall Institute of Medical Research
Associate Professor Jamie Simpson, Department of Mathematics and Statisitics,
Curtin University
Associate Professor Judy M Simpson, Member of Executive of Biostatistics
Collaboration of Australia
Dr Ken Simpson, Senior Research Officer, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of
Medical Research
Associate Professor Brailey Sims, Mathematics Discipline Head, University of
Newcastle; FAustMS
Dr Scott Antony Sisson, Senior Lecturer, UNSW
Professor Ian Sloan, President, International Council for Industrial and Applied
Mathematics
Dr Brian J Smith, Research Fellow, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical
Research
Dr Charlotte Helen Frederica Smith, Curator
Mr Ian Donald Smith, Retired and concerned about the education of today's
generation
Professor Edgar R Smith, Professor of Applied Mathematics, La Trobe University
Miss Emma Catherine Smith, PhD(Mathematics - Candidate), Curtin University of
Technology
Dr Gordon K Smyth, Research Fellow, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical
Research
Associate Professor Ralph David Snyder, Department of Econometrics and Business
Statistics, Monash University
Dr Patty J Solomon, Associate Professor in Statistics
Professor Terence Paul Speed, Head, Bioinformatics Division, Walter & Eliza Hall
Institute of Medical Research
Dr Robert G Staudte, Associate Professor, La Trobe University
Ms Nell E Stetner-Houweling, Statistician, Queensland State Government
Dr Philip CL Stephenson, Research Scientist, Carl Zeiss Vision Australia
Dr Yvonne M Stokes, Senior Lecturer, School of Mathematical Sciences, The
University of Adelaide
Professor Ross Howard Street, Professor of Mathematics, Macquarie University
Mr Srinivasa Rao Subramanya, PhD student, Department of Mathematics, ANU
Mr Benn Ernest Sugden, Software Developer, Froggy Technical Consulting, Gold
Coast
Mrs Iris Sugden, Principal, IS Realty, Robina, Gold Coast
Dr Steve Sugden, Associate Professor, Bond University
Dr Sergey A Suslov, Senior Lecturer, Mathematics Discipline Coordinator,
University of Southern Queensland
Ms Melissa Evelyn Tacy, Graduate Student
Mr Thomas Taimre, PhD Student
Professor Peter Gerrard Taylor, Professor of Operations Research, University of
Melbourne
Associate Professor Donald E Taylor, Head, School of Mathematics and Statisics,
University of Sydney
Ms Jan Thomas, Honorary life member, Australian Mathematical Society
Miss Elizabeth Princy Thomas, Student
Associate Professor Lindsay Thomas, Honorary (Senior Fellow), Earth Sciences,
University of Melbourne
Ms Sandra Jane Thompson, Statistician, Roche Products
Associate Professor Peter Thomson, Associate Professor in Veterinary Biometry
Dr Patrick C Tobin, Lecturer in Mathematics, Swinburne University of Technology
Dr Sam Toloo, Research Fellow, The University of Queensland Social Research
Centre
Mr Edward N Tong, Statistician, Qld Health
Dr Warren Keith Toomey, Associate Dean, Faculty of Business, Technology and
Sustainable Development, Bond University
Dr Anna Tsykin, Senior Research Associate in Bioinformatics, Hanson Institute,
Adelaide
Ms Sarah Chee Tueno, Senior Consultant in IT Security
Dr Lyle R Turner, Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Mrs Alicia Josefina Vallero, Teaching Fellow, Bond University
Mr Don Vicendese, Managing Director, Locourt Australia
Dr Fernando Viera, Mathematics Lecturer, Charles Sturt University
Dr Bryan Bai-ling Wang, Lecturer
Dr Ian Murray Wanless, QEII research fellow, Monash University
Dr James Norman Ward, Honorary Senior Lecturer University of Sydney
Dr S Ole Warnaar, Senior Research Fellow, University of Melbourne
Dr David Iain Warton, Lecturer,UNSW
Ms Helene A Wells, Teaching Fellow, Criminology Department, Bond University
Professor Alan H Welsh, Head, Centre for Mathematics and its Applications, ANU
Dr Allan Leslie White, Senior Lecturer University of Western Sydney
Professor Bill Whiten, Julius Kruttschnitt Mineral Research Centre, University
of Queensland
Dr Aaron N Wiegand, Lecturer of Mathematical Modelling, University of the
Sunshine Coast
Dr Nigel Wilkin-Smith, Research Fellow, Mathematics, University of Queensland
Professor Susan R Wilson, Professor and Co-Director, Centre for Bioinformation
Science, Australian National University
Dr Alison Wolff, Senior Lecturer, University of Adelaide
Professor Rodney C Wolff, Professor of Statistics, Queensland University of
Technology
Mr Robert J Wood, Lecturer in Mathematics and Statistics
Associate Professor Robert J Wright, A/Prof in mathematics education, Southern
Cross University
Ms Di Wu, PhD Student, Walter & Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
Dr Zheng da Wu, Associate Professor of Computer Science, Bond University
Dr Geoffrey Yeo, Visiting reseaarch fellow, University of Western Australia
Dr David Yost, Deputy Head, School of ITMS, University of Ballarat
Ms Laurel Yu, Research Assistant
Dr Sanming Zhou, Senior Lecturer