Name: Peter James Taylor FACE, CMath, FIMA, FTICA, BSc (Adel), PhD (Adel)

Position(s): Executive Director, Australian Mathematics Trust.

Postal Address: Australian Mathematics Trust, University of Canberra ACT 2601, AUSTRALIA.

Phone: +61 4 1225 8699

Email: Peter Taylor

Location: 170 Haydon Drive, University of Canberra

• 2002-2008 Co-Chair with Ed Barbeau, University of Toronto, ICMI Study 16 Challenging Mathematics in and Beyond the Classroom
• 2003- Chair, Education Advisory Committee, Australian Mathematical Sciences Institute
• Treasurer (Former President, World Federation of National Mathematics Competitions
• Vice President, International Mathematics Tournament of Towns

Full Name: Peter James Taylor, Born North Adelaide 1947, Married to Lois

1. Gregory, born 1977, m Natasha (n. Stoka) 2000
   • Nakita, Lani identical twins b prematurely 11 September 2002, Canberra, Lani d 08 October 2002
   • Kaylana b 03 October 2003, Canberra
   • Alyssa b 07 July 2005, Canberra
   Gregory and Natasha separated 2006.
2. Stephanie, born 1979, m Steve Galluccio 2006
• Jasmine Isabella b 14 March 2007, Adelaide
3. Benjamin, born 1981, eng Victoria Leavold

• B.Sc. University of Adelaide 1967
• B.Sc. (Hons, Maths) University of Adelaide 1968
• Ph.D. (Applied Maths) University of Adelaide 1972

Honorary degree

• Doctor Honoris Causa, University of Rousse, Bulgaria, 04 August 2003

• BH Neumann Award, Australian Mathematics Trust, April 1992.
• Paul Erdös Award, World Federation of National Mathematics Competitions, July 1994.
• Medal of the Latvian Mathematical Society, August 2000

• 1966-1971 Part-time tutor in Mathematics, University of Adelaide
• 1972 Assistant Lecturer in Mathematics, Canberra College of Advanced Education
• 1973-1980 Lecturer in Mathematics, Canberra College of Advanced Education
• 1981-1989 Senior Lecturer in Mathematics, Canberra College of Advanced Education
• 1990-1994 Senior Lecturer in Mathematics, University of Canberra
• 1994-1996 Associate Professor of Mathematics, University of Canberra
• 1994- Executive Director, Australian Mathematics Trust
• 1996- Professor of Mathematics and Education, University of Canberra

• 1978 Visiting Lecturer, Faculty of Mathematics, Open University (UK)
• 1986 Visiting Senior Lecturer, Computer Science, Australian Defence Force Academy
• 1992-1995 Head, Mathematics Program, University of Canberra
• 1994-1995 Head, School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Canberra

• 1979-1994 Chairman, Australian Mathematics Competition Problems Committee
• 1987-2004 Director UC Superannuation Fund Limited and its predecessor (Chairman after 1993, assets up to AUD60M under management)
• 1990- Vice-President, International Mathematics Tournament of Towns
• 1992- Member, Board of Australian Mathematics Trust
• 1996-2000 Senior Vice-President, World Federation of National Mathematics Competitions
• 1996-2004 Member, Board of Directors, Australian Science Olympiads Inc
• 1996-1998 Treasurer, National Science Summer School, Inc
• 2000-2004 President, World Federation of National Mathematics Competitions
• 2002- Co-Chair with Ed Barbeau, University of Toronto, ICMI Study 16 Challenging Mathematics in and Beyond the Classroom
• 2003- Chair, Education Advisory Committee, Australian Mathematical Sciences Institute
• 2004 Co-Chair with Frederic Gourdeau (Quebec), ICME 10 (Copenhagen) Discussion Group 16 The role of mathematical competitions in mathematics education
• 2004- Immediate Past President, World Federation of National Mathematics Competitions

• 1990 paper "Birth of the Tournament of Towns", with NN Konstantinov and JB Tabov, from "Mathematics Competitions", Vol 3, No 2.
• 1995 Self-Profile published in Maths Trust's in-house Journal The Globe after having been appointed as Executive Director of the Trust, revised slightly in 1999.
• 1998 Plenary Lecture at WFNMC3 at ZhongShan, China (July), on Wider Role of Competitions in Mathematics Education.
• 1998 Plenary Lecture at October Conference Technology in the Classroom organised by Australian Association of Mathematics Teachers.
• Article on visit to Königsberg Bridges in 2000, published in Mathematics Competitions, December 2000.
• Hanna Neumann Memorial Lecture, AAMT Biennial Conference, Sydney, 18 January, 2005. Title: Challenging mathematics and its role in the learning process

• Shallow Water Problems in Ship Hydrodynamics, with EO Tuck, 8th International Symposium in Naval Hydronamics, pp627-662, Pasadena USA, August 1970.
• "The Blockage Coefficient for Flow about an Arbitrary Body immersed in a Channel", Journal of Ship Research, 17, 2, pp97-105, June 1973.
• Book: Differential Equations I, with O Penrose, Open University Course MST 204 Unit 2, OUEE 1981.
• Book: Linear Programming, with TM Bromilow, Open University Course MST 204 Unit 10, OUEE 1981.
• "Measuring Risk Taking", with WJ Atkins, GC Leder, PJ O'Halloran and GH Pollard, Education Studies in Mathematics, 22, pp297-308, Netherlands 1991.
• Book: International Mathematics Tournament of Towns, Problems and Solutions Book 2, 1984 to 1989, AMT Publishing, Canberra, 1992.
• Book: Australian Mathematics Competition, Book 2, 1985-1991, with PJ O'Halloran and G Pollard, AMT Publishing, Canberra, 1992.
• Book: International Mathematics Tournament of Towns, Problems and Solutions Book 1, 1980 to 1984, AMT Publishing, Canberra, 1993.
• "Mathematics Achievement: A Question of Age?", with GC Leder, Research Briefs, 8, pp26-29, November 1993.
• "Where are Marjory, Raeleen and Betty Now?", with WJ Atkins, GC Leder and GH Pollard, Australian Mathematics Teacher, 50, 1, pp40-42, February 1994.
• "Mathematically Gifted Students: Challenging the Stereotype", with GC Leder and S Fullarton, Australian Senior Mathematics Journal, 8, 2, pp13-19, 1994.
• Book: International Mathematics Tournament of Towns, Problems and Solutions Book 3, 1989 to 1993, AMT Publishing, Canberra, 1995.
• "Gender and Mathematics Performance: A Question of Testing?", with GC Leder, Gender and Mathematics Education ed. B Grevholm and G. Hanna, Lund University Press, Hoor, Sweden, 1995, pp271-280.
• Book: Methods of Problem Solving, Book 1, with Jordan Tabov, AMT Publishing, Canberra, 1996.
• "Gender Differences in Mathematics: Trends in Performance", with GC Leder, GH Pollard and WJ Atkins, Psychological Reports, 78, 1996, pp3-17.
• Book: Australian Mathematical Olympiads 1979-1995, with Hans Lausch, AMT Publishing, Canberra, 1997.
• "Standards of Mathematics in Secondary Schools: An Insight via Competition Data", with GH Pollard and WJ Atkins, Mathematics Competitions, 10, 2, pp29-37, AMT Publishing, Canberra, December 1997.
• Book: International Mathematics Tournament of Towns, Problems and Solutions Book 4, 1993 to 1997, with A Storozhev, AMT Pulishing, Canberra, 1998.
• Book: Australian Mathematics Competition, Book 3, 1992-1998, with WJ Atkins and JEM Munro, AMT Publishing, Canberra, 1998.
• Matematinis ugdymas Australijoje (in Lithuanian), Alpha Plius Omega, 1, 5, pp95-97, Vilnius, 1998.
• Vieno uzdavinio sprendimas (in Lithuanian), Alpha Plius Omega, 1, 7, pp73-77, Vilnius, 1999.
• Mathematical Enrichment Beyond 2000: The Australian Experience and the Role of the WFNMC, Mathematics Competitions, 12, 1, pp8-19. AMT Publishing, Canberra, 1999
• Competitions and Other Methods for Motivating Talented Students in Mathematics, Studies in Mathematical Education, Journal of the Korea Society of Mathematical Education Series F, 4, pp237-250 (in English), pp251-262 (in Korean), Seoul, 1999.
• Le tour du monde des compétitions, La Recherche, Numéro exceptionnel: Jeux mathématiques, pp96-99, Paris, May 2000.
• Australia at the Mathematical Olympics, Australian Mathematical Society Gazette, 28, 2001, pp13-18.
• Book: Methods of Problem Solving, Book 2, with Jordan Tabov, AMT Publishing, Canberra, 2002.
• Book: Australian Mathematics Competition, Book 4, 1999-2005, with WJ Atkins, AMT Publishing, Canberra, 2006.

• Fellow, Australian College of Education
• Fellow, The Institute of Mathematics and its Applications (UK), together with this Chartered Mathematician
• Fellow, The Institute of Combinatorics and its Applications
• Member, Australian Mathematical Society
• Member, Mathematics Association of America
• Member, American Mathematical Society
• Member, Australian and New Zealand Industrial and Applied Mathematics (ANZIAM)
• Member, Australian Association of Mathematics Teachers
• Member, Canberra Mathematical Association
• Member, TeX Users Group (TUG).

• Birth of the Tournament of Towns, with NN Konstantinov and JB Tabov, First Congress of World Federation of National Mathematics Competitions, Waterloo, Canada, July 1990.
• The Growing Competition and Enrichment Scene in Australia, Biennial Conference of the New Zealand Association of Mathematics Teachers, Wellington, New Zealand, September 1991.
• Howard Lyons Speaker, Canadian Mathematics Competition Seminar, University of Waterloo, Canada, June 1993.
• Mathematics Assessment in Australia, International Symposium on Assessment in Mathematics and Science, Taipei, Taiwan, April 1998.
• Mathematics Enrichment Beyond 2000, The Australian Experience and the Role of the WFNMC, Third Congress of World Federation of National Mathematics Competitions, Zhong Shan, China, July 1998.
• Informatics: The Role of Mathematics, First International Virtual conference on Mathematics Education, Technology and the Classroom, Australian Association of Mathematics Teachers, October and November 1998.
• Competitions and other methods for motivating talented mathematics students, Conference "Creativity and education of mathematically talented students", Korea Society of Mathematical Education, Kangwon, Korea, October 1999.
• Mathematics Competitions and their Role in Mathematics Education, Mathe ist TOP, a Conference of Deutsche Mathematiker-Vereinigung in conjunction with the International Year of Mathematics, Gerhard Merkator Universität, Duisburg, September 2000.
• Competitions, direct and indirect influences on mathematics learning, Conference "Why Mathematics Matters" in conjunction with the International Year of Mathematics, Australian National University, Canberra, 24 November, 2000.
• Mathematics Competitions and Related Activities and their Role in Mathematics Education, Colloque international de la Commission inter-IREM Rallye, "Rallye Mathématiques, Jeux, Compétitions, Clubs, ...", Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, 15 June 2001.
• The Role of Mathematics Competitions and Related Activities in Mathematical Education, International Conference on Primary and Secondary Schools Science and Mathematics Education, Kuala Lumpur, 22 October 2001.
• Competitions and Related Activities: Their Role in the Learning Process, Second Internationl Conference "Creativity in Mathematics Education and the Education of Gifted Students", University of Latvia, Riga, Latvia, July 2002.
• Competitions and Education, Second Pan African Mathematical Union Special Conference on Competitions, Dakar, Senegal, 16 December 2002.
• Howard Lyons Speaker, Canadian Mathematics Competition Seminar, University of Waterloo, Canada, June 2003.
• ICMI Study 16: Challenging Mathematics in and Beyond the Classroom, Third Internationl Conference "Creativity in Mathematics Education and the Education of Gifted Students", University of Rousse, Rousse, Bulgaria, August 2003.
• The Australian Mathematical Sciences Institute and the Making of Mathematicians, Anniversary Lecture, with Garth Gaudry and Jan Thomas, at the Conference of the Mathematical Association of Victoria, Melbourne, 5 December 2003.
• The Role of Challenge in Mathematics Education, Iranian Conference on Computers in Schools, Isfahan, 02 September 2004.
• Challenging mathematics and its role in the learning process, Hanna Neumann Memorial Lecture, Australian Association of Mathematics Teachers Biennial Conference, Sydney, 18 January 2005. (lecture also given as Plenary at Iranian Mathematical Society Annual meeting, Ahwaz, 25 January 2005, at Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Oman 02 February 2005 as seminar and as Plenary at Colombian Mathematical Society Annual Meeting, Bogota, 09 August 2005).
• Howard Lyons Speaker, Canadian Mathematics Competition Seminar, University of Waterloo, Canada, June 2007.
• Mathematical Categorisation of Connecting Tasks, International Workshop of the Israel Science Foundation, Haifa, Israel, 20 February 2008.
• ICMI Study 16: Current Perspectives, The 5th International Conference on Creativity in Mathematics and the Education of Gifted Students, Haifa, Israel, 27 February, 2008. Also presented in slightly amended form at ICME-11, Monterrey, Mexico, 2008, on 08 July at meeting of WFNMC and on 11 July in plenary session of ICME-11.
• An Introduction to Probability, Chris Heyde Memorial Workshop, University of Canberra, 29 August, 2008.

• Problem Solving
• Mathematics Competitions and Olympiads
• Mathematics Enrichment Activities
• Numerical Analysis
• Mathematics Education

I played competitive squash for many years, including first grade in Adelaide and Canberra and represented the Australian Capital Territory in 1972. I have been a Vice President of both the South Australian and Australian Capital Territory Squash Rackets Associations.

I played in a first grade grand final in Adelaide in 1971, winning my rubber, and several in Canberra in the 1970s, being in the winning Canberra team on three occasions. In 1978 I lived in the UK and was accepted as an entrant in the British Open. I also played in the Australian Open and Amateur Championships during the 1970s.

I am a qualified starter with Athletics Australia and for a number of years started at meetings of the Australian Capital Territory Athletics Association. I retired from this in 2001 after moving to a rural property.

We live about 40 km from Canberra. On this property we breed Murray Grey beef cattle as the Sunny Corner stud. During 2005, due to extreme drought conditions we have sold off our breeding stock and are awaiting rain to allow the property to recover.

We have bred the following registered Murray Greys:

• Sunny Corner Blue X1 (sold as bull)
• Sunny Corner Bruno Y1 (sold as bull)
• Sunny Corner Doris Z1
• Sunny Corner Basil Z2
• Sunny Corner Ben Z3

which have been sold to commercial farms. Blue and Bruno have already been highly successful as bulls.

Elly dries down her calf Bruno shortly after giving birth.

Lois with cows Doris (left) and Elly (right) and Doris' bull calf Blue on 30 Dec 2002 while Blue was about to have his first vaccination.