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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2018-03-13 human Helen Cohn updated 2025-11-05 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P006001b.htm person Pearson Kenneth Robert FAA FASSA AACR2 21 August 1943 12 May 2015 Place of Birth Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia Place of Death Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Mathematician Kenneth Pearson is a mathematician who is considered to be one of the few Australian academics who have had a significant on works economics. Between 1970 and 1989 Pearson was at La Trobe University where his research was on ring theory, especially skew polynomials and polynomial matrix identities involving computer-aided solutions to large systems of sparse equations. This led to him developing GEMPACK, economics modelling software that is used by over 600 major financial and banking organisations across the world. GEMPACK facilitates sophisticated economic analysis using thousands of variables and non-linear equations without the requirement for specialist computational expertise and allows easy transfer of models and results. 1963 1963 Education - BA (hons), University of Adelaide 1964 1965 Career position - Tutor in Mathematics, University of Adelaide 1966 1966 Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of Adelaide 1966 1967 Career position - Lecturer in Mathematics, University of Adelaide 1967 1967 Award - Fulbright-Hays Travel Grant 1967 1969 Career position - Associate Professor of Mathematics, Pennsylvania State University, U.S.A. 1970 1989 Career position - Senior Lecturer in Mathematics, La Trobe University 1979 1984 Career position - Deputy Editor, Bulletin of the Australian Mathematical Society 1982 1984 Career position - Chairman, Department of Pure Mathematics, La Trobe University 1985 1987 Career position - Visiting Senior Research Fellow in Economics, University of Melbourne 1990 1998 Career position - Reader and Associate Professor of Mathematics, La Trobe University 1991 1998 Career position - Visiting Reader and Associate Director, Centre for Policy Studies, Monash University 1992 2007 Career position - Director, GEMPACK Software, Centre of Policy Studies, Monash University 1994 Career position - Associate Editor, Computational Economics 1996 Career position - GTAP Research Fellow, Centre for Global Trade Analysis, Purdue University, U.S.A. 1999 2014 Career position - Professorial Fellow, Centre of Policy Studies, Monash University 2000 2004 Career position - Deputy Director, Centre of Policy Studies, Monash University 2006 2015 Award - Fellow, Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia (FASSA) 2007 2007 Award - Inducted into Global Trade Analysis Program (GTAP) Hall of Fame 2007 2014 Career position - Principal Researcher, Centre of Policy Studies, Monash University 2014 2014 Life event - Retired La Trobe University (1964 - )

Reader and Associate Professor of Mathematics 1990 - 1998

 Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia (1971 - )

Fellow 2006 - 2015

 Monash University (1958 - )

Deputy Director, Centre of Policy Studies 2000 - 2004; Professorial Fellow 1999 - 2014

 Pearson, Kenneth Robert (19430821-20150512)

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 'Pearson, Kenneth Robert', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Pearson, Kenneth Robert Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Resource: Academy Fellows Academy of Social Sciences in Australia Academy Fellows 2025 Book: Abstract algebra: squaring the circle, doubling the cube, trisecting an angle, and solving quintic equations Morris, Sidney, A., Jones, Arthur and Pearson, Kenneth R. Abstract algebra: squaring the circle, doubling the cube, trisecting an angle, and solving quintic equations 2nd New York Springer Nature 2022 Newspaper Article: Mathematician's 30-year winning tangent: Ken Pearson, software innovator 21-8-1943 - 12-5-2015 Dixon, Peter, Rimmer, Maureen and Hirst, John Mathematician's 30-year winning tangent: Ken Pearson, software innovator 21-8-1943 - 12-5-2015 2015 The Age Journal Article: Kenneth Robert Pearson 1943 - 2015 Dixon, Peter and Rimmer, Maureen Kenneth Robert Pearson 1943 - 2015 2015 Gazette of the Australian Mathematical Society 42 4 228-31