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Ian H. Sloan is an Australian applied mathematician who was born in Melbourne in 1938. He was educated at Melbourne University (BSc 1958, BA (hons) 1960), Adelaide University (MSc, 1961). He was supervised by renowned mathematical physicist Sir Harrie Massey at University College, University of London and earned his PhD in 1964. Furthermore, he was a research scientist for CSR Co 1964-5, and since 1965 has been at the University of New South Wales, where he has been Scientia Professor since 1999. His early work was in theoretical nuclear physics but he moved to applied mathematics, especially numerical analysis. His work has centred on numerical integration in many dimensions, in recent years concentrating on Quasi-Monte Carlo Methods.

Honours

• In 1997, he was awarded the ANZIAM Medal of the Australian Mathematical Society.
• During 1998-2000, he was President of the Australian Mathematical Society.
• In 2002, he shared the George Szekeres Medal of the Australian Mathematical Society with Alf van der Poorten of Macquarie University.
• During 2003-2007, he was President of the International Council for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (ICIAM).
• In the June 2008 Queen's Birthday Honours List, he was proclaimed as an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO).

External links

• Ian Sloan homepage
• Citation for ANZIAM medal
• Bright Sparcs entry, Ian Hugh Sloan
• High-Energy Physics Literature Database[1]