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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.
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?
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