Career

Peter Taylor: Academic Background

Career Highlights

Appointed Emeritus Professor of University of Canberra from 1 January 2013 on retirement after almost 41 years on staff
2002-2008 Co-Chair with Ed Barbeau, University of Toronto, ICMI Study 16 Challenging Mathematics in and Beyond the Classroom
2003-2011 Foundation Chair, Education Advisory Committee, Australian Mathematical Sciences Institute
1996- Executive Member (President 2000-2004), World Federation of National Mathematics Competitions (an Affiliated Study Group of ICMI)
2010-2017 Executive Member, International Group for Mathematical Creativity and Giftedness (an Affiliated Study Group of ICMI)
2009-2014 Member, International Committee, International Olympiad in Informatics
2013 Chair, International Olympiad in Informatics, Brisbane.
1990-2012 Vice President, International Mathematics Tournament of Towns

Education

1952-1958 Edwardstown Primary School

1959-1963 Pulteney Grammar School

1964-1971 University of Adelaide

Academic Qualifications

Honorary degree

Doctor Honoris Causa, University of Ruse, Bulgaria, 04 August 2003 (a short description of the investiture can be found near the bottom of Biography: Chapter 08 Experiences)

Honours

Officer of the Order of Australia (AO), June 2015
Paul Erdös Award, World Federation of National Mathematics Competitions, July 1994.
BH Neumann Award, Australian Mathematics Trust, April 1993.
Fellow of The Institute for Combinatorics and its Applications, February 1995.
Fellow of Australian College of Educators (FACE), July 1999.
AMSI Distinguished Service Award, June 2012.
Honorary Life Membership, Canberra Mathematical Association, May 2013.
Medal of the Latvian Mathematical Society, August 2000.
Hanna Neumann Lecturer, Australian Association of Mathematics Teachers (AAMT) Biennial Conference, Sydney, 2005.

Employment History

1966-1971 Part-time tutor in Mathematics, University of Adelaide
1972 Assistant Lecturer in Mathematics, Canberra College of Advanced Education
1973-1980 Lecturer in Mathematics, Canberra College of Advanced Education
1981-1989 Senior Lecturer in Mathematics, Canberra College of Advanced Education
1990-1994 Senior Lecturer in Mathematics, University of Canberra
1994-1995 Associate Professor of Mathematics, University of Canberra
1994-2012 Executive Director, Australian Mathematics Trust
1996-2012 Professor of Mathematics and (at times) Adjunct Professor of Education, University of Canberra

Concurrent with above

1978 Visiting Lecturer, Faculty of Mathematics, Open University (UK)
1986 Visiting Senior Lecturer, Computer Science, Australian Defence Force Academy
1992-1995 Head, Mathematics, University of Canberra
1994-1995 Head, School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Canberra

Also

1979-1994 Chairman, Australian Mathematics Competition Problems Committee (member 1979-2014)
1977 and 1979-1987 Member Union Board, Canberra College of Advanced Education (later University of Canberra) (Chairman 1984)
1987-2004 Director UC Superannuation Fund Limited and its predecessor (Chairman after 1993, assets up to AUD 60M under management)
1988-2008 Co-ran a Friday night mathematical circle for talented Canberra students at the Australian National University.
1992-2014 Member, Board of Australian Mathematics Trust
1992 Co-Chair TSG on Competitions, ICME-7, Quebec, Canada
1996-2004 Member, Board of Directors, Australian Science Olympiads Inc
1996-1998 Treasurer, National Science Summer School, Inc
2000 Co-Chair with Titu Andreescu (USA), TSG 18 Competitions, ICME-9, Tokyo, Japan
2004 Co-Chair with Frederic Gourdeau (Quebec, Canada), DG 16 The role of mathematical competitions in mathematics education, ICME-10, Copenhagen, Denmark
2012 Co-Chair with Roza Leikin (Israel), TSG 3 Mathematical Creativity and Giftedness, ICME-12, Seoul, Korea, July 2012
2016 Co-Chair with Ali Rejali (Isfahan, Iran), DG Mathematics Houses, ICME-13, Hamburg, Germany
2020 Co-Chair with Boris Koichu (Israel), TSG 42, Mathematics Competitions and other Challenging Activities, ICME-14, Shanghai, China.
2024 Co-Chair with Toh Tin Lam (Singapore), TSG 2.3, Mathematics and Creativity, Mathematical Competitions, Mathematical Challenges, ICME-15, Sydney, Australia.

Professional Societies

Fellow, Australian College of Educators
Chartered Mathematician and Fellow of the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications (UK)
Fellow, The Institute of Combinatorics and its Applications
Member, Australian Mathematical Society
Member, Australian Association of Mathematics Teachers
Honorary Life Member, Canberra Mathematical Association

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