The Simon Marais Mathematics Competition is an annual competition that aims to:
- Encourage creative mathematical problem-solving among undergraduate students
- Identify talented students across the Asia-Pacific region
- Forge links between academics in the region
- Promote healthy competition among students as well as between universities
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Who was Simon Marais?
Dr Simon Marais was a South African-born physicist who became a prominent contrarian asset manager in South Africa and later Australia. He maintained a life-long passionate interest in mathematics and mathematical problem solving after completing a Ph.D. in Theoretical Physics at Cambridge University in 1991. Dr Marais passed away on 26 February 2015, after battling metastatic cancer that had been discovered five months earlier. |
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The Board of Simon Marais Mathematics Competition Limited:
Prof. Anthony Henderson (University of Sydney)
Dr Suhas Nayak
Dr Jean Pretorius
Company Secretary:
Ms Elizabeth Lee
The Organising Committee for the 2019 Competition:
Chair: Prof. Ole Warnaar (University of Queensland)
Prof. Tim Brown (Director, Australian Mathematical Sciences Institute)
Adj. Prof. Mike Clapper (prev. Executive Director of AMT)
Ass. Prof. Lisa Orloff Clark (Victoria University of Wellington)
Dr Andrew Conway (Chairman and Founder, Silicon Genetics)
Dr Ivan Guo (Monash University)
Prof. Tony Guttmann (University of Melbourne)
All three Directors, ex officio
Chair of the Problem Committee, ex officio
The Problem Committee for the 2019 Competition:
Chair: Dr Norman Do (Monash University)
Prof. Michael Albert (University of Otago)
Dr Ross Atkins (Verizon Connect, New Zealand)
Dr Fedor Duzhin (Nanyang Technological University)
Prof. Nasir Ganikhodjaev (International Islamic University Malaysia)
Prof. Gafurjan Ibragimov (Universiti Putra Malaysia)
Dr Ka Ho Law (University of Hong Kong)
Dr Peter McNamara (University of Queensland)
Asst. Prof. Santosha Pattanayak (Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur)
Dr Christopher Tuffley (Massey University)
Dr Geetika Verma (University of South Australia)
The Competition also benefits from the counsel of an Advisory Group, consisting of academics in the region and further afield.
Prof. Anthony Henderson (University of Sydney)
Dr Suhas Nayak
Dr Jean Pretorius
Company Secretary:
Ms Elizabeth Lee
The Organising Committee for the 2019 Competition:
Chair: Prof. Ole Warnaar (University of Queensland)
Prof. Tim Brown (Director, Australian Mathematical Sciences Institute)
Adj. Prof. Mike Clapper (prev. Executive Director of AMT)
Ass. Prof. Lisa Orloff Clark (Victoria University of Wellington)
Dr Andrew Conway (Chairman and Founder, Silicon Genetics)
Dr Ivan Guo (Monash University)
Prof. Tony Guttmann (University of Melbourne)
All three Directors, ex officio
Chair of the Problem Committee, ex officio
The Problem Committee for the 2019 Competition:
Chair: Dr Norman Do (Monash University)
Prof. Michael Albert (University of Otago)
Dr Ross Atkins (Verizon Connect, New Zealand)
Dr Fedor Duzhin (Nanyang Technological University)
Prof. Nasir Ganikhodjaev (International Islamic University Malaysia)
Prof. Gafurjan Ibragimov (Universiti Putra Malaysia)
Dr Ka Ho Law (University of Hong Kong)
Dr Peter McNamara (University of Queensland)
Asst. Prof. Santosha Pattanayak (Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur)
Dr Christopher Tuffley (Massey University)
Dr Geetika Verma (University of South Australia)
The Competition also benefits from the counsel of an Advisory Group, consisting of academics in the region and further afield.