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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2001-05-25 human Rosanne Walker updated 2026-01-15 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P004017b.htm person McKay Brendan Damien FAustMS FAA AACR2 26 October 1951 Place of Birth Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Mathematician Computer scientist Brendan Damien McKay is Professor of Computer Science at the Australian National University in Canberra. His association with the University and Computer Science Department has been long and varied, beginning in 1980 when he was appointed Assistant Professor. During his illustrious career, McKay has authored at least 127 refereed publications, has been an Editor of many top class mathematical journals including The Electronic Journal of Combinatorics, Australasian Journal of Combinatorics and the SIAM Journal of Discrete Mathematics, and has been a long-term council member of the Combinatorial Mathematics Society of Australasia. Brendan McKay was elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (FAA) in 1997. 1974 1974 Education - Bachelor of Science with Honours (BSc(Hons)), University of Melbourne 1975 1980 Career position - Tutor in Mathematics (part-time then full time), University of Melbourne 1976 1976 Education - Master of Science (MSc), University of Melbourne 1980 1980 Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of Melbourne 1980 1983 Career position - Assistant Professor of Computer Science at Vanderbilt University, Nashville, USA 1983 1986 Career position - Lecturer in Computer Science, Australian National University (ANU) in Canberra 1986 1989 Career position - Senior Lecturer in Computer Science at ANU 1987 1987 Career position - Director of the Combinatorial Mathematics Society of Australasia 1990 1990 Award - Medal of the Australian Mathematical Society 1990 1995 Career position - Convenor of Graduate Programs in Computer Science and Technology at ANU 1990 1998 Career position - Reader in Computer Science at ANU 1997 Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Science (FAA) 1997 Career position - Council member of the Combinatorial Mathematics Society of Australasia 1998 Career position - Professor of Computer Science at ANU 2000 2000 Award - Fellow, Australian Mathematical Society (FAustMS) 2004 2004 Career position - President, Combinatorial Mathematics Society of Australasia 2014 2014 Award - Combinatorial Mathematics Society of Australasia Medal Australian Academy of Science (1954 - )

Elected Fellow 1997

 Australian National University (1946 - )

Professor of Computer Science 1998 -

 Australian Mathematical Society (1956 - )

Fellow 2000 -

 Australian Mathematical Society Medal (1981 - )

Awarded the Medal 1990

 McKay, Brendan Damien (19511026-)

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 'McKay, Brendan Damien', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology McKay, Brendan Damien Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Resource: The Australian Mathematical Society Medal Australian Mathematical Society The Australian Mathematical Society Medal 2024