Biographical entry McKay, Brendan Damien (1951 - )
FAustMS, FAA
- Born
- 26 October 1951
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - Occupation
- Mathematician and Computer scientist
- Website
- http://cs.anu.edu.au/~bdm/
Summary
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.
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Events
- 1974
- Education - Bachelor of Science with Honours (BSc (Hons)) completed at the University of Melbourne
- 1975 - 1980
- Career position - Tutor in Mathematics (part-time then full time) at the University of Melbourne
- 1976
- Education - Master of Science (MSc) completed at the University of Melbourne
- 1980
- Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) completed at the University of Melbourne
- 1980 - 1983
- Career position - Assistant Professor of Computer Science at Vanderbilt University, Nashville, USA
- 1983 - 1986
- Career position - Lecturer in Computer Science at the Australian National University (ANU) in Canberra
- 1986 - 1989
- Career position - Senior Lecturer in Computer Science at ANU
- 1987
- Career position - Director of the Combinatorial Mathematics Society of Australasia
- 1990
- Award - Medal of the Australian Mathematical Society received
- 1990 - 1995
- Career position - Convenor of Graduate Programs in Computer Science and Technology at ANU
- 1990 - 1998
- Career position - Reader in Computer Science at ANU
- 1997 -
- Career position - Council member of the Combinatorial Mathematics Society of Australasia
- 1997 -
- Award - Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (FAA)
- 1998 -
- Career position - Professor of Computer Science at ANU
- 2000
- Award - Fellow of the Australian Mathematical Society (FAustMS)
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Published resources
Online Resources
- National Library of Australia, 'McKay Brendan Damien', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1476363. Details
Rosanne Walker
Created: 25 May 2001, Last modified: 1 August 2005




