Interests
- Probability Theory
- Applied Discrete Mathematics
- Approximation Theory And Asymptotic Methods
- Mathematical Software
- Numerical Analysis
- Algebra And Number Theory
- Analysis Of Algorithms And Complexity
- Combinatorics And Discrete Mathematics (Excl. Physical Combinatorics)
- Numerical And Computational Mathematics
- Theoretical And Computational Chemistry
- Computation Theory And Mathematics
Research
Biography
Born in Melbourne. Received BSc (Hons), MSc and PhD from Melbourne University in 1975, 1976 and 1980, respectively. Assistant Professor at Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee from 1980 to 1983. Academic at ANU from 1983 until retiring as professor in 2016.
Activities & Awards
1990: Research Medal of the Australian Mathematical Society
1997: Fellowship of the Australian Academy of Science
2000: Fellowship of the Australian Mathematical Society
2010: Invited speaker at the International Congress of Mathematicians
2014: Combinatorial Mathematics Society of Australasia Medal for outstanding lifelong contribution
2019: Medal of the University of Gent, Belgium
2019: Medal of the Francqui Foundation, Belgium
1994–present: Editor-in-Chief of the Electronic Journal of Combinatorics