NZ Mathematical Society Research Award

This annual award was instituted in 1990 to foster mathematical research in New Zealand and to recognise excellence in research carried out by New Zealand mathematicians.

NZ Mathematical Society Research Awards for 1996 have been made to:

Mavina Vamanamurthy (University of Auckland)
"for his prolific and far-reaching work in analysis and topology, especially for his contributions to the theory of quasiconformal mappings and special functions; contributions that are characterized by both analytic ingenuity and geometric insight"

and to

Geoff Whittle (Victoria University of Wellington)
"for his work on matroids and other combinatorial structures, in which he has contributed fruitful ideas and found beautiful new results; placing him in the forefront of recent workers on difficult problems of matroid representation".

The awards for 1996 were announced at the 1996 Mathematics Colloquium in Palmerston North in early July. Other recipients to date have been John Butcher and Rob Goldblatt (1991), Rod Downey and Vernon Squire (1992), Marston Conder (1993), Gaven Martin (1994), and Vladimir Pestov and Neil Watson (1995).

Call for nominations: 1996/97 round

Applications and nominations are invited for the NZMS Research Award for 1997. This award will be based on mathematical research published in books or recognised journals within the last five calendar years: 1992-96. Candidates must have been residents of New Zealand for the last three years.

Nominations and applications should include the following:

  • Name and affiliation of candidate
  • Statement of general area of research
  • Names of two persons willing to act as referees
  • A list of books and/or research articles published within the last five calendar years: 1992-96
  • Two copies of each of the five most significant publications selected from the list above
  • A clear statement of how much of any joint work is due to the candidate.

    A judging panel shall be appointed by the NZMS Council. The judges may call for reports from the nominated referees and/or obtain whatever additional referee reports they feel necessary. The judges may recommend one or more persons for the award, or that no award be made. No person shall receive the award more than once. The award consists of a certificate including an appropriate citation of the awardee's work, and will be presented (if at all possible) around the time of the AGM of the Society in 1997.

    All nominations (which should include also the written consent of the candidate) and applications should be sent by 30 September 1996 to the NZMS President, Douglas Bridges, at the following address:

    Prof. Douglas Bridges
    Department of Mathematics
    The University of Waikato
    Private Bag 3105
    Hamilton
    NEW ZEALAND

    Please consider nominating any of your colleagues whose recent research contributions you feel deserve recognition!

    Last changed 10 July 1996