Person

Anderssen, Robert S. (1939 - )

OAM

Born
13 January 1939
Occupation
Applied mathematician

Summary

Robert Anderssen is one of Australia's leading applied mathematicians. His research focuses on mathematical modelling to solve problems in a wide variety of fields, including image recovery and reconstruction, rheology, cereal science, spectroscopy, bioinformatics, fluid mechanics, and brewing. After several years as Senior Fellow in computational mathematics and modelling at the Australian National University, Anderssen joined CSIRO in 1979, retiring in 2007 as Chief Research Scientist. He has been active in professional organisations, holding office as President of the Australian Mathematical Society and Chair of the Society's Applied Mathematics Division.

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Chronology

1960
Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of Queensland
1965
Education - Master of Science (MSc), University of Queensland
1967
Career event - Appointed Lecturer, Monash University
1967
Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of Adelaide
1982 - 1983
Career position - Chair, Division of Applied Mathematics, Australian Mathematical Society
1984 - 1986
Career position - President, Australian Mathematical Society
1985 - 1991
Career position - Chair, National Committee for Mathematics, Australian Academy of Science
2004
Award - George Szekeres Medal, Australian Mathematical Society
2005
Award - Moyal Medal, Macquarie University
2007
Career event - Retired as Chief Research Scientist, CSIRO Mathematics, Informatics and Statistics
2008
Award - DSc Honoris causa, La Trobe University
2009
Career position - Director, International Congress for Mathematical Modelling and Computer Simulation
2010
Award - ANZIAM Medal, ANZIAM (Australian and New Zealand Industrial and Applied Mathematics)
2010
Award - Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) for services to the mathematical and information sciences
2011
Award - Biennial Medal, Modelling and Simulation Society of Australia and New Zealand

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Journal Articles

  • Anderssen, Bob, 'An interview with Bob Anderssen conducted by Phil Broadbridge', Gazette of the Australian Mathematical Society, 46 (1) (2019), 15-32. http://www.austms.org.au/Publ/Gazette/2019/Mar19/46(1)Web.pdf. Details
  • Mills, Terry, 'Doctor of Science (honoris causa) awarded to Dr Robert S. Anderssen', Gazette of the Australian Mathematical Society, 35 (2) (2008), 158-9. Details

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See also

Helen Cohn

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