[cmath] CANADIAN MATHEMATICAL SOCIETY’S 2008 DAVID BORWEIN DISTINGUISHED CAREER AWARD

[Graham Wright]

For release:  October 15, 2008

CANADIAN MATHEMATICAL SOCIETY’S 2008 DAVID BORWEIN DISTINGUISHED 
CAREER AWARD


The Canadian Mathematical Society (CMS) is pleased to award the 2008 
CMS David Borwein Distinguished Career Award to Dr. Hermann Brunner 
(Memorial University of Newfoundland).  Dr. Brunner will receive the 
2008 David Borwein Distinguished Career Award at the CMS Winter 
Meeting in Ottawa (December 2008).

The David Borwein Distinguished Career Award recognizes the career of 
an individual who has made an exceptional, broad, and continued 
contribution to mathematics. The award is named for David Borwein, a 
former President of the CMS and an eminent Canadian mathematician.

Dr. Hermann Brunner has made notable contributions to Canadian 
mathematics, through his research, his teaching, and through the 
breadth of his service to the mathematical community. Particularly 
notable in this respect has been his tireless work to develop the 
Atlantic Association for Research in the Mathematical Sciences 
(AARMS), and through AARMS to expand and enhance the infrastructure 
that supports research and graduate training in Atlantic Canada.

Dr. Brunner received his Ph.D. from ETH Zürich in 1969. In 1986, 
following appointments at Dalhousie University, the University of 
Münster, and the University of Fribourg, he joined Memorial University 
of Newfoundland, rising to the rank of University Research Professor. 
He is the author of numerous scientific publications, and the author 
or editor of three research monographs. His research lies in area of 
the numerical analysis of integral equations, a topic to which he has 
also contributed by serving on leading editorial boards, and by 
organizing major conferences,

His service to the mathematical community includes a term as 
vice-president of the Canadian Mathematical Society, as group chair 
for the mathematical and statistical sciences at the Natural Sciences 
and Engineering Research Council (NSERC), and on several other NSERC 
committees, including a term as chair of the grant selection committee 
in applied mathematics. His contributions have been recognized by the 
Fields Institute for Research in Mathematical Sciences, which inducted 
him as a fellow in 2006.


Dr. Brunner was influential in the founding of AARMS, and served as 
its director from 1999 to 2005. AARMS has increased the cohesiveness 
of mathematical research in Atlantic Canada, providing both direct 
support and a network that facilitates collaboration in research and 
graduate education. During his tenure as Director, Dr. Brunner led a 
national effort to secure stable and increased funding for AARMS, in 
cooperation with major Canadian research institutes such as the Centre 
de recherches mathématiques in Montreal, the Fields Institute in 
Toronto, and the Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences in 
Western Canada. The legacy of these efforts has been the stimulation 
and expansion of mathematical research in Atlantic Canada, and the 
establishment of a strong and enhanced infrastructure in support of 
that research.


For more information, contact:

Dr. Graham P. Wright
Executive Director
Canadian Mathematical Society
director at cms.math.ca
(613) 562-5702

Dr. Anthony To-Ming Lau
President
Canadian Mathematical Society
president at cms.math.ca
(780) 492-0398