Person
Batten, Lynn Margaret (1948 - 2022)
- Born
- 31 October 1948
United Kingdom - Died
- 28 July 2022
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - Occupation
- Mathematician and University Administrator
Summary
Lynn Batten was a mathematician known for her research into finite geometry, cryptography, and the classification of malware. She is remembered for her leadership in promoting mathematical sciences and cyber security, and for strongly defending academic standards. In her research, she made significant contributions to geometry, discrete mathematics and algebra, and their applications in cryptography, digital communications and optimisation. Her publications included over 135 papers and four books. Combinatorics of finite geometries (1986) is still considered a standard in the area. Batten's early career was as Associate Dean (Academic and Industrial research), University of Manitoba, Canada, and visiting professor at the University of Wollongong. In 2000 she became Professor of Mathematics at Deakin University. At the University she was a Member of the Academic Board and served on a number of the Board's committees. With colleagues she developed Deakin's Bachelor of Information Security degree in the School of Information Technology. In both Australia and Canada Batten made major contributions to further the status and participation of women in mathematics, to mathematics education, and to professional societies. She played a key role in the establishment the Australian Mathematical Sciences Institute (AMSI), serving on the Board until 2017. Batten also maintained a strong network of international collaborations and activities.
Details
Chronology
- 1977
- Education - PhD, University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
- 2000 - 2018?
- Career position - Member, Academic Board, Deakin University
- January 2000 - 2019?
- Career position - Professor of Mathematics, School of Information Technology, Deakin University
- 2002
- Career position - Chair, Australian Conference on Combinatorial Mathematics & Combinatorial Computing
- 2002
- Career position - Chair, Victorian Algebra Conference
- 2002 - 2017
- Career position - Member of the Board, Australian Mathematical Sciences Institute (AMSI)
- 2004
- Career position - Chair, Polynomial-based Cryptography Conference
- 2006
- Career position - Chair, Australasian Conference on Information Security and Privacy
- 2008
- Career position - Chair, Asiacrypt
- 2010
- Career position - Chair, Steering Committee, International Conference on Applications and Techniques for Information Security (ATIS)
- 2014 - 2015
- Career position - Chair, International Conferences on Applications and Techniques in Information Security
- 2015
- Career position - Chair, International Conference on Computational Intelligence, Cyber Security and Computational Models
- 2015 - 2017
- Career position - Chair, Thesis Examination Committee, Academic Board, Deakin University
- 2019 - 2020
- Career position - Chair, International Conferences on Applications and Techniques in Information Security
- 2020? - 2022
- Career position - Professor Emerita, Deakin University
Related entries
Published resources
Books
- Batten, Lynn, Combinatorics of finite geometries (Cambridge: New York: Cambridge University Press, 1997), 208 pp. Details
- Batten, Lynn, Public key cryptography: applications and attacks . (Hoboken, N.Y: Wiley, 2013), 224 pp. Details
Journal Articles
- Angelova, Maia; Pan, Lei; Yearwood, John; and Marchant, Tim, 'Lynn Margaret Batten 31 October 1948 to 28 July 2022', Gazette of the Australian Mathematical Society, 49 (4) (2022), 165-7. Details
Helen Cohn
Created: 7 October 2025