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The B H Neumann Prize

The B H Neumann Prize

Who is the prize awarded to?

This B H Neumann Prize is awarded for the most outstanding talk presented by a student at the Annual Meeting of the Australian Mathematical Society.

Information

The prize is named for Professor Bernhard H. Neumann AC, FAA, FRS, FAustMS(1909–2002), who played a central role in the Society since its founding. As well as having a distinguished research record in group theory, Bernhard Neumann was a strong supporter of programs for talented students at all levels of their mathematical education.

With great sadness the Society recorded the passing of Professor Neumann on 21 October 2002, just a few weeks after presenting this award at the Newcastle meeting of the Society.

Rules and eligibility criteria

The criteria which the prize committee will use for the award of the B.H. Neumann Prize are:

  1. the motivation and setting of the general context,
  2. the methods used to present the material,
  3. the organisation and structure of the lecture,
  4. the originality of the substance of the lecture, and
  5. the rapport with the audience.

Advice for B H Neumann student prize talks.

Valuable advice for all speakers at AustMS conferences is provided below. The advice was written by Jacqui Ramagge who has been a regular judge for the award (and herself won the award in 1992).

Past winners

Year

Winner

Institution

Citation

2023

Matthias Fresacher

Western Sydney University

2023

Rhuaidi Burke

University of Queensland

2023

Tara Kemp

University of Queensland

2022

Mitchell Curran

University of Sydney

2022

Emanuela Gussetti

Bielefeld University (Germany)

2021

Joshua Ciappara

University of Sydney

2020

Vinesha Peiris

Swinburne

2019

Yudhistira Andersen Bunjamin

UNSW

2019

Trang Thi Thien Nguyen

University of South Australia

2018

Joel Gibson

University of Sydney

2018

Liam Hodgkinson

University of Queensland

2017

Michael Hallam

University of Adelaide

2017

Adrianne Jenner

University of Sydney

2016

Hao Guo

University of Adelaide

2015

Murray Neuzerling

La Trobe University

2015

Matthew Tam

University of Newcastle

2014

Joshua Howie

University of Melbourne

2013

Adrian Dudek

ANU

2012

Imam Tashdid ul Alam

ANU

2011

James Wan

University of Newcastle

2010

Anita Ponsaing

University of Melbourne

2009

Samuel Cohen

University of Adelaide

2008

Nicole Kleinstreuer

University of Canterbury

2007

Norman Do

University of Melbourne

2007

Neil Saunders

University of Sydney

2006

Benjamin Wilson

University of Sydney

2005

Geoffrey Pearce

University of Western Australia

2004

Jonathan A. Cohen

ANU

2003

Ben Burton

University of Melbourne

2003

William Hart

Macquarie University

2002

Sivajah Somasundaram

University of Waikato

2001

Mark Aarons

Monash University

2001

Stephan Tillman

University of Melbourne

2000

Andrew Scott

University of Queensland

1999

Csaba Schneider

ANU

1998

Ruth Corran

University of Sydney

1997

Marcel Jackson

University of Tasmania

1996

Ian Wanless

ANU

1995

May Nilsen

University of Newcastle

1994

Ljijana Brankovic

University of Newcastle

1993

Maureen Edwards

University of Wollongong

1992

Jacqui Ramagge

UNSW

1991

Michael Hartley

University of Western Australia

1991

S.O. Warnaar

ANU

1990

Xuan Thinh Dong

Macquarie University

1989

Ian S. Barnes

ANU

1987

Eamonn O’Brien

ANU

1986

Anis A. Inayat-Hussain

University of Western Australia

1986

Robert L McIntosh

ANU

1985

Derek N. Ward

UNSW