Person
Osborne, Michael Robert (1934 - )
FAA
- Born
- 26 December 1934
- Occupation
- Mathematician
Summary
Michael Osborne came to the Australian National University as Head of the Computer Centre in 1966 and retired about 2000 as Professor, Centre for Mathematics and its Applications, School of Mathematical Sciences. His research interests include numerical analysis, mathematical programming and scientific computing.
Details
Chronology
- 1957
- Education - Bachelor of Arts with Honours (BA (Hons)) completed at the University of Melbourne
- 1960 - 1962
- Career position - Assistant Lecturer then Lecturer at the University of Reading, UK
- 1961
- Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) completed at the University of London
- 1962 - 1963
- Career position - Lecturer in Mathematics at Imperial College, University of London
- 1963 - 1965
- Career position - Assistant Director of the Computer Unit at the University of Edinburgh
- 1966 - 1976
- Career position - Head of the Computer Centre at the Australian National University in Canberra
- 1976 - 1977
- Career position - Director of the Computer Centre at the Australian National University (ANU)
- 1978 - c. 1992
- Career position - Professorial Fellow in Statistics at the Research School of Social Sciences, ANU
- 1983
- Award - Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (FAA)
- c. 1992 - c. 2000
- Career position - Professor of the Statistics Research Section of the School of Mathematical Sciences, ANU
- c. 2000 -
- Career position - Emeritus Professor at the Australian National University
Related entries
Archival resources
Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science
Published resources
Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Exhibitions
- Smith, Ailie, Adolph Basser Library Manuscript Collection, eScholarship Research Centre, 2012, http://www.eoas.info/basser_browse.html. Details
Resources
- 'Osborne, M R (1934-)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-613599. Details
Rosanne Walker
Created: 25 May 2001, Last modified: 11 February 2016