Gavin Brown Prize

This is a newly established prize, and this year the award was for a publication in Pure Mathematics. In 2012 it will be for a publication in Applied Mathematics and in 2013 for one in Statistics. Thereafter the prize will rotate between these three areas in a 3-year cycle.

Each award will be for a single article, monograph or book consisting of original research, and published in the 6 calendar years preceding the year of the award.

See prize winners.

To be eligible for the award of the Gavin Brown Prize, a publication must have at least one author who meets the following conditions:

1. he/she must be a member of the Society, and must have been a member of the Society for the calendar year at the time of publication of the paper (back-dating of membership is not allowed);
2. he/she must be normally resident in Australia, and must have been normally resident in Australia at the time when the research was carried out.

In the case of publications with multiple authors, the prize will be shared by all authors. The existence of authors who do not meet the conditions above will not preclude this award, although the Selection Committee may take it into account in assessing the achievement of the author(s) who do meet those conditions.

The Selection Committee may deem a publication ineligible if an author has previously received an award from the Australian Mathematical Society for a body of research which included the publication in question.

A publication may be nominated for the award by any member of the Society who is not an author of that publication.

Nominators should provide a brief (1–2 pages) summary of what makes the nominated publication important and original, with appropriate references to prior or subsequent work in the field. These should be sent by email to the Chair of the selection committee, and all nominations should be received via email by 30th June 2011.

The Selection Committee may consult with appropriate external assessors.

For further information, please contact by email, the Chair of the 2011 Gavin Brown Prize Selection Committee:
Professor Mathai Varghese, School of Mathematical Sciences, University of Adelaide, Adelaide 5005 (mathai.varghese@adelaide.edu.au).

The Prize was announced at the 55th AustMS annual meeting held at University of Wollongong, NSW, Australia, 26–29 September, 2011.

The other members of the 2011 Gavin Brown Prize Selection Committee are:

• Incoming Chair: Professor Andrew Bassom
• Pre-incoming Chair: Professor Peter Hall

• One-year member: Dr Anthony Henderson
• One-year member: Professor John Hutchinson

Rules for the Gavin Brown Prize of the Australian Mathematical Society

1. The Gavin Brown Prize will be awarded annually for an outstanding and innovative piece of research in the mathematical sciences published by a Member or Members of the Society.
2. Each award will be for a single article, monograph, or book, consisting of original research, and published in the 6 calendar years preceding the year of the award.

3. The award will be for a publication in pure mathematics in 2011, for one in applied mathematics in 2012 and for one in statistics in 2013. Thereafter the prize will rotate between these three areas in a 3-year cycle.

4. To be eligible for the award of the Gavin Brown Prize, a publication must have at least one author who meets the following conditions:
   1. he/she must be a member of the Society, and must have been a member of the Society for the calendar year preceding the award (back-dating of membership is not allowed);
   2. he/she must be normally resident in Australia, and must have been normally resident in Australia at the time when the research was carried out.
5. In the case of publications with multiple authors, the prize will be shared by all authors. The existence of authors who do not meet the conditions in Rule 4 will not preclude this award, although the Selection Committee may take it into account in assessing the achievement of the author(s) who do meet those conditions.
6. The Selection Committee may deem a publication ineligible if an author has previously received an award from the Australian Mathematical Society for a body of research which included the publication in question.
7. Nominations for the Gavin Brown Prize will be called for in the first half of each year. A publication may be nominated for the award by any member of the Society who is not an author of that publication.
8. The award will be decided by a Selection Committee appointed by the Council.
9. The Selection Committee will consist of 5 persons:
   1. 3 persons each appointed for a period of 3 years, namely a Chair with expertise within the area of that year's award, an Incoming Chair who will become the Chair in the following year, and an Outgoing Chair who has been the Chair in the preceding year;
   2. 2 persons appointed for one year only, having expertise within the area of that year's award.
10. The Selection Committee may consult with appropriate external assessors.