The Friends of the Library present Professor Cheryl Praeger on how we can measure what makes a mathematician “good”.
Friends of the University Library
Tuesday 13 May 2008 at 7:30pm for 8pm
Library Meeting Room
Ground Floor, Reid Library Building
The University of Western Australia
Professor Cheryl Praeger
What makes a “good” mathematician?
Just about every part of modern society is underpinned by mathematical technology, and the only way to benefit from and manage the information/data explosion is by building smarter mathematics. But how smart are mathematicians? How can we measure what makes a mathematician “good”?
About the Speaker
Cheryl Praeger is Professor of Mathematics at UWA. She holds a Federation Fellowship of the Australian Research Council, and her research group has received several million dollars of research funding over the last few years. Cheryl graduated with a BSc with honours and a University Medal from the University of Queensland in 1970, DPhil from the University of Oxford in 1973 and a DSc from The University of Western Australia in 1989.
Professor Praeger was selected in 2004 as being in the top 1% of most highly cited research mathematicians worldwide, having published more than 250 research articles and 3 books. She is the first Australian-based mathematician to serve on the Executive committee of the International Mathematical Union, the peak international mathematics body.
Please note that the ground floor entrance to the Library, nearest to the carpark, will be open from 7.30pm - 7.45pm.
Members: Free Non-members: $5.00 donation.
