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
Academic Qualifications
- B.Sc. University of Adelaide 1967
- B.Sc. (Hons, Maths) University of Adelaide 1968
- Ph.D. (Applied Maths) University of Adelaide 1972
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 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, 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
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