Miller, Mirka (1949 - 2016)

Summary

Universities of Ballarat and Newcastle. Her research focused on graph theory and combinatorial algorithms, and databases and data security. She published over 200 papers including significant articles on aspects of graph theory and algorithms such as the Train Marshalling Problem. Miller was active in the international mathematics community, facilitating programs for the teaching of mathematics to students in Indonesia, Laos, the Czech Republic and other countries, and being a member of the editorial boards of the Australasian Journal of Combinatorics and a number of international journals. She founded four successful and continuing series of workshops: International Conference on Combinatorial Algorithms (IWOCA) 1988, International Conference on Optimal Network Topologies (IWONT) 2005, International Conference on Graph Labelling (IWPGL) 2003 and GraphMasters 2010. Miller served as Vice-President of the Institute of Combinatorics and its Applications.

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Chronology

1969

Life event - Migrated to Australia

1975 - 1976

Career position - Programmer, Sydney Morning Herald

1976

Education - BA, University of Sydney

1977 - 1978

Career position - Programmer, George Patterson and Son, Sydney

1978 - 1979

Career position - Programmer, New South Wales National Parks and Wildlife Service

1982 - 1985

Career position - Tutor, Department of Statistics, Computer Science and Mathematics, University of New England

1983

Education - MLitt, University of New England

1986

Education - MA, University of New England

1986 - 1991

Career position - Lecturer, Department of Statistics, Computer Science and Mathematics, University of New England

1990

Education - PhD, University of Sydney

1992 - 1998

Career position - Senior Lecturer, Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering, Newcastle University

1999 - 2004

Career position - Associate Professor, School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Newcastle

2002 - 2016

Career position - Conjoint Professor of Mathematics, University of West Bohemia, Pilsen, Czech Republic

2003 - 2004

Career position - Assistant Dean of Postgraduate Studies, University of Newcastle

2003 - 2008

Career position - Member, Editorial Board, Journal on Research and Practice in Information Technology

2004

Career position - Raybould Fellowship, Centre for Combinatorics, University of Queensland

2004 - 2008

Career position - Professor of Computer Science, School of Information Technology and Mathematical Sciences, University of Ballarat

2007

Career position - Leverhulme Trust Visiting Professor, Kings College, London

2008 - 2014

Career position - Professor, School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Newcastle

2009 -

Career position - Vice-President, Institute of Combinatorics and its Applications

2009 - 2012

Career position - Visiting Professor, Algorithms Research Group, Kings College, London

2014

Life event - Retired

2014 - 2016

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

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Published resources

Journal Articles

• Alspach, Brian, 'Mirka Miller: an introduction', Australasian Journal of Combinatorics, 69 (3) (2017), 292-305. Details
• Arumugam, S.; Ryan, Joe, Bača, Sugeng, Kiki Ariyanti, Slamin, S.; Rajan, Bharathi and Froncek, Dalibor, 'In memoriam: Emeritus Professor Mirka Miller 09-05-1949 : 02-01-2016', AKCE: International Journal on Graphs and Combinatorics, 13 (2) (2016), 210-1. Details
• Donovan, Diane; and Ryan, Joe, 'Mirka Miller (née Koutova) 9 May 1949 - 2 January 2016', Gazette of the Australian Mathematical Society, 43 (3) (2016), 178-80. Details

Resources

• 'Miller, Mirka (19490509-20160102)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1772677. Details