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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2025-10-07 human Helen Cohn updated 2025-10-07 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P007871b.htm person Batten Lynn Margaret AACR2 31 October 1948 28 July 2022 Place of Birth United Kingdom Place of Death Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Mathematician University Administrator 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. 1977 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 2002 Career position - Chair, Australian Conference on Combinatorial Mathematics & Combinatorial Computing 2002 2002 Career position - Chair, Victorian Algebra Conference 2002 2017 Career position - Member of the Board, Australian Mathematical Sciences Institute (AMSI) 2004 2004 Career position - Chair, Polynomial-based Cryptography Conference 2006 2006 Career position - Chair, Australasian Conference on Information Security and Privacy 2008 2008 Career position - Chair, Asiacrypt 2010 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 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 Australian Mathematical Sciences Institute (2002 - )

Member of the Board 2000 - 2017

 Deakin University (1974 - )

Professor of Mathematics 2000 - ?2019; Member , Academic Board 2000 - ?2018

 'Batten, Lynn Margaret', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Batten, Lynn Margaret Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book: Public key cryptography: applications and attacks . Batten, Lynn Public key cryptography: applications and attacks . Hoboken, N.Y Wiley 2013 Book: Combinatorics of finite geometries Batten, Lynn Combinatorics of finite geometries 2nd Cambridge: New York Cambridge University Press 1997 Journal Article: Lynn Margaret Batten 31 October 1948 to 28 July 2022 Angelova, Maia; Pan, Lei; Yearwood, John; and Marchant, Tim Lynn Margaret Batten 31 October 1948 to 28 July 2022 2022 Gazette of the Australian Mathematical Society 49 4 165-7