Person
Brent, Richard Peirce (1946 - )
FAA FBCS FIEEE FIMA FIEAust FAustMS FACM
- Born
- 20 April 1946
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - Occupation
- Computer scientist
Summary
Richard Peirce Brent has been Professor and Head of the Computer Sciences Laboratory at the Mathematical Sciences Institute and Research School of Information Science and Engineering, Australian National University since March 2005. Prior to this he was Professor of Computing Science and Fellow of St Hugh's College at the University of Oxford, England. Brent is one of Australia's leading mathematicians and computer scientists and is regularly engaged as key note speaker at international institutions and conferences. He is a Fellow of seven prestigious professional societies and an author of well in excess of 200 publications.
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Chronology
- 1968
- Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), Monash University, Clayton, Victoria
- 1968
- Career position - Teaching Fellow in the Computer Centre, Monash University (eight months)
- 1970
- Education - Master of Science (MSc), Stanford University, USA
- 1971
- Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Stanford University
- 1971 - 1972
- Career position - Special Research Agreement Employee in the Mathematical Sciences Department of the IBM Research Centre in New York, USA
- 1972 - 1976
- Career position - Research Fellow, then Fellow, in the Computer Centre, Australian National University in Canberra
- 1976 - 1978
- Career position - Senior Fellow of the Computer Centre/Computing Research Group, Australian National University
- 1978 - 1985
- Career position - Foundation Professor of Computer Science, Australian National University
- 1981
- Education - Doctor of Science (DSc), Monash University
- 1982 -
- Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Science (FAA)
- 1984
- Award - Australian Mathematical Society Medal
- 1985 - 1998
- Career position - Professor of Computer Sciences and Head of the Computer Sciences, Australian National University
- 1991 -
- Award - Fellow, Institution of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (FIEEE)
- 1993 -
- Award - Fellow, Institution of Engineers, Australia (FIEAust)
- 1994 -
- Award - Fellow, Association for Computing Machinery (FACM)
- 1995 -
- Award - Fellow, Association for Computing Machinery (FACM)
- 1997 -
- Award - Fellow, Australian Mathematical Society (FAust MS)
- 1998
- Education - Master of Arts (MA), Oxford University, UK
- 1998 - 2005
- Career position - Fellow of St Hugh's College, UK
- 1998 - 2005
- Career position - Professor of Computing Science at Oxford University, UK
- 2003
- Award - Fellow, Institute of Mathematics and its Applications (FIMA)
- 2005
- Award - Hannan Medal, Australian Academy of Science
- March 2005 -
- Career position - Federation Fellow, Professor and Head of the Computer Sciences Laboratory in the Mathematical Sciences Institute and Research School of Information Sciences and Engineering, Australian National University
- 2010 -
- Career position - Distinguished Professor, Australian National University
- 2013
- Award - Moyal Medal, Department of Mathematics, Macquarie University
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Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q93042. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/223659213. Details
- 'Brent, R P (19460420-)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-554444. Details
Annette Alafaci
Created: 13 September 2005, Last modified: 15 June 2022