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McKay, Brendan Damien (1951 - )

FAustMS, FAA
 
Mathematician and Computer scientist
Born: 26 October 1951  Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Brendan Damien McKay is Professor of Computer Science at the Australian National University in Canberra. His association with the University and Computer Science Department has been long and varied, beginning in 1980 when he was appointed Assistant Professor. During his illustrious career, McKay has authored at least 127 refereed publications, has been an Editor of many top class mathematical journals including The Electronic Journal of Combinatorics, Australasian Journal of Combinatorics and the SIAM Journal of Discrete Mathematics, and has been a long-term council member of the Combinatorial Mathematics Society of Australasia. Brendan McKay was elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (FAA) in 1997.
Career Highlights
URL: The home page for this entity is located at http://cs.anu.edu.au/~bdm/

Chronology
1974Bachelor of Science with Honours (BSc (Hons)) completed at the University of Melbourne
1975 - 1980Tutor in Mathematics (part-time then full time) at the University of Melbourne
1976Master of Science (MSc) completed at the University of Melbourne
1980Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) completed at the University of Melbourne
1980 - 1983Assistant Professor of Computer Science at Vanderbilt University, Nashville, USA
1983 - 1986Lecturer in Computer Science at the Australian National University (ANU) in Canberra
1986 - 1989Senior Lecturer in Computer Science at ANU
1987Director of the Combinatorial Mathematics Society of Australasia
1990Medal of the Australian Mathematical Society received
1990 - 1995Convenor of Graduate Programs in Computer Science and Technology at ANU
1990 - 1998Reader in Computer Science at ANU
1997 - Council member of the Combinatorial Mathematics Society of Australasia
1997 - Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (FAA)
1998 - Professor of Computer Science at ANU
2000Fellow of the Australian Mathematical Society (FAustMS)

 
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Originally published 1994-1999 by Australian Science Archives Project, 1999-2006 by the Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre
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