Borwein, Jonathan Michael (1951 - 2016)

Summary

Jonathan Borwein was a mathematician who made substantial contributions to optimization theory and practice, number theory, theory of computation and functional analysis. He was a world leader in experimental mathematics using intensive computation for pure mathematical discovery. After a career of 35 years in Canada, Borwein moved to Australia in 2009 to become Laureate Professor of Mathematics in the School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, University of Newcastle, and Director of the University's Centre for Computer-Assisted Mathematical Research and Applications. He was noted for his participation in professional organisations and policy and advisory bodies. Borwein was co-author of two highly successful books, Dictionary of mathematics (1989) and A dictionary of real numbers (1990).

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Chronology

1971

Education - BA (hons), University of Western Ontario, Canada

1971 - 1974

Award - Rhodes Scholar, University of Oxford

1974

Education - PhD, University of Oxford

1974 - 1991

Career position - Professor of Mathematics, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

1980

Career position - Visiting professor, Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.

1993

Award - Chauvenet Prize, Mathematical Society of America

1993 - 2003

Career position - Shrum Professor of Science, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada

1994 - 2016

Award - Fellow, Royal Society of Canada

1999

Award - Doctorat Honoris Causa, Université de Limoges, France

2000 - 2002

Career position - President, Canadian Mathematical Society

2000 - 2003

Career position - Chair, Canadian National Science Library NCR-CISTI Advisory Board

2001 - 2008

Career position - Canada Research Chair in Information Technology, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada

2002 - 2008

Career position - Chair, Committee on Electronic Information and Communications, International Mathematical Union

2002 - 2016

Award - Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science

2003 - 2016

Award - Foreign Member, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences

2004 - 2007

Career position - Governor-at-Large, Mathematical Association of America

2004 - 2009

Career position - Canada Research Chair in Distributed and Collaborative Mathematics, Faculty of Computer Science, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

2009

Life event - Moved to Australia

2009 - 2016

Career position - Laureate Professor of Mathematics, School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, University of Newcastle

2009 - 2016

Career position - Founding Director, Centre for Computer-Assisted Mathematical Research and Applications, University of Newcastle

2009 - 2016

Career position - Adjunct Professor, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

2010 - 2016

Career position - Chair, Scientific Advisory Committee, Australian Mathematics Science Institute

2010 - 2016

Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Science

2013 - 2016

Career position - Adjunct Professor, Chiang Mai University, Thailand

2015 - 2016

Award - Fellow, American Mathematical Society

2015 - 2016

Award - Fellow, Royal Society of New South Wales

April 2016 - July 2016

Career position - Distinguished Scholar in Residence, Western University, Ontario, Canada

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Published resources

Edited Books

• Bailey, D. H.; Borwein, N.; Brent, R. P.; Osborn, J.-A.; Sima, B.; and Zhu, Q. eds, From analysis to visualization: a celebration of the life and legacy of Jonathan M. Borwein, Callaghan, Australia, September 2017 (Cham, Switzerland: Springer, 2020), 468 pp. Details

Journal Articles

• Borwein, Judith; Borwein, Naomi; and Sims, Brailey, 'Jonathan M. Borwein FAAAS, FBAS, FAustMS, FAA, FRSNSW 20 May 1951 to 2 August 2016', Gazette of the Australian Mathematical Society, 44 (4) (2017), 289-93. Details

Resources

• 'Borwein, Jonathan M (19510520-20160802)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-912553. Details