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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2005-09-13 human Annette Alafaci updated 2026-02-05 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P004603b.htm person Brent Richard Peirce FAA FBCS FIMA FIEEE FAustMS FACM AACR2 20 April 1946 Place of Birth Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Computer scientist Richard Peirce Brent has been Professor and Head of the Computer Sciences Laboratory at the Mathematical Sciences Institute and Research School of Information Science and Engineering, Australian National University since March 2005. Prior to this he was Professor of Computing Science and Fellow of St Hugh's College at the University of Oxford, England. Brent is one of Australia's leading mathematicians and computer scientists and is regularly engaged as key note speaker at international institutions and conferences. He is a Fellow of seven major professional societies and an author of well in excess of 200 publications. 1968 1968 Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), Monash University, Clayton, Victoria 1968 1968 Career position - Teaching Fellow in the Computer Centre, Monash University (eight months) 1970 1970 Education - Master of Science (MSc), Stanford University, USA 1971 1971 Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Stanford University 1971 1972 Career position - Special Research Agreement Employee in the Mathematical Sciences Department of the IBM Research Centre in New York, USA 1972 1976 Career position - Research Fellow, then Fellow, in the Computer Centre, Australian National University in Canberra 1976 1978 Career position - Senior Fellow of the Computer Centre/Computing Research Group, Australian National University 1978 1985 Career position - Foundation Professor of Computer Science, Australian National University 1981 1981 Education - Doctor of Science (DSc), Monash University 1982 Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Science (FAA) 1984 1984 Award - Australian Mathematical Society Medal 1985 1998 Career position - Professor of Computer Sciences and Head of the Computer Sciences, Australian National University 1991 Award - Fellow, Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (FIEEE) - for contributions to the development and analysis of parallel algorithms 1993 Career event - Fellow, Institution of Engineers, Australia (FIEAust) 1995 Award - Fellow, Association for Computing Machinery (FACM) 1997 Award - Fellow, Australian Mathematical Society (FAust MS) 1998 1998 Education - Master of Arts (MA), Oxford University, UK 1998 2005 Career position - Fellow of St Hugh's College, UK 1998 2005 Career position - Professor of Computing Science at Oxford University, UK 2003 2003 Award - Fellow, Institute of Mathematics and its Applications (FIMA) 2005 2005 Award - Hannan Medal, Australian Academy of Science March 2005 Career position - Federation Fellow, Professor and Head of the Computer Sciences Laboratory in the Mathematical Sciences Institute and Research School of Information Sciences and Engineering, Australian National University 2010 Career position - Distinguished Professor, Australian National University 2013 2013 Award - Moyal Medal, Department of Mathematics, Macquarie University Hannan Medal, Australian Academy of Science (1994 - )

Awarded the Medal 2005

 Moyal Medal, Macquarie University (2000 - )

Awarded the Medal 2013

 Australian Mathematical Society (1956 - )

Fellow 1997 -

 Institution of Engineers, Australia (1919 - )

Fellow 1993

 Australian National University (1946 - )

Foundation Professor of Computer Science 1978 - 1985; Professor and Head of the Computer Sciences Laboratory 2005 - 2010

 Australian Academy of Science (1954 - )

Elected Fellow 1982

 Australian Mathematical Society Medal (1981 - )

Awarded the Medal 1984

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 'Brent, Richard Peirce', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Brent, Richard Peirce Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Resource: Hannan Medal and Lecture Australian Academy of Science Hannan Medal and Lecture Australian Academy of Science 2022 Resource: The Australian Mathematical Society Medal Australian Mathematical Society The Australian Mathematical Society Medal 2024