Person
Brent, Richard Peirce (1946 - )
FAA FBCS FIEEE FIMA FIEAust FAustMS FACM
- Born
- 20 April 1946
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - Occupation
- Computer scientist
Summary
Richard Peirce Brent has been Professor and Head of the Computer Sciences Laboratory at the Mathematical Sciences Institute and Research School of Information Science and Engineering, Australian National University since March 2005. Prior to this he was Professor of Computing Science and Fellow of St Hugh's College at the University of Oxford, England. Brent is one of Australia's leading mathematicians and computer scientists and is regularly engaged as key note speaker at international institutions and conferences. He is a Fellow of seven prestigious professional societies and an author of well in excess of 200 publications.
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Chronology
- 1968
- Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc) completed at Monash University in Clayton, Victoria
- 1968
- Career position - Teaching Fellow in the Computer Centre at Monash University (eight months)
- 1970
- Education - Master of Science (MSc) completed at Stanford University, USA
- 1971
- Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) completed at Stanford University
- 1971 - 1972
- Career position - Special Research Agreement Employee in the Mathematical Sciences Department of the IBM Research Centre in New York, USA
- 1972 - 1976
- Career position - Research Fellow, then Fellow, in the Computer Centre at the Australian National University in Canberra
- 1976 - 1978
- Career position - Senior Fellow of the Computer Centre/Computing Research Group at the Australian National University
- 1978 - 1985
- Career position - Foundation Professor of Computer Science at the Australian National University
- 1981
- Education - Doctor of Science (DSc) received from Monash University
- 1982 -
- Award - Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (FAA)
- 1984
- Award - Australian Mathematical Society Medal
- 1985 - 1998
- Career position - Professor of Computer Sciences and Head of the Computer Sciences, Australian National University
- 1991 -
- Award - Fellow of the Institution of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (FIEEE)
- 1993 -
- Award - Fellow of the Institution of Engineers, Australia (FIEAust)
- 1994 -
- Award - Fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery (FACM)
- 1995 -
- Award - Fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery (FACM)
- 1997 -
- Award - Fellow of the Australian Mathematical Society (FAust MS)
- 1998
- Education - Master of Arts (MA) completed at Oxford University, UK
- 1998 - 2005
- Career position - Fellow of St Hugh's College, UK
- 1998 - 2005
- Career position - Professor of Computing Science at Oxford University, UK
- 2003
- Award - Fellow of the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications (FIMA)
- 2005
- Award - Hannan Medal received from the Australian Academy of Science
- March 2005 -
- Career position - Federation Fellow, Professor and Head of the Computer Sciences Laboratory in the Mathematical Sciences Institute and Research School of Information Sciences and Engineering at the Australian National University
- 2010 -
- Career position - Distinguished Professor, Australian National University
- 2013
- Award - Moyal Medal, Department of Mathematics, Macquarie University
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Published resources
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q93042. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/223659213. Details
- 'Brent, R P (19460420-)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-554444. Details
Annette Alafaci
Created: 13 September 2005, Last modified: 15 June 2022