Peter Paule - Short curriculum vitae#
Education
- 1976: High School Diploma (Matura; with distinction)
- 1976-1983: Studies in mathematics, University of Vienna; Dr.phil. (Ph.D.)
- 1983 (with distinction); thesis in the field of combinatorics and q-series (title: "Zwei neue Transformationen als elementare Anwendungen der q-Vandermonde Formel", advisor: Prof. Johann Cigler) Visiting professorships: (fall 1998) at the University Marne-la-Vallee, Paris, France
- (spring 1999) at the University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
- (summer 2001) at the Pennsylvania State University, USA
- (fall 2002, as "ORCCA chair") at the University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
- (winter 2003) at the Pennsylvania State University, USA
Positions
- Since Oct 2009: Director of RISC
- Since Oct 2008: Director of the Doctoral Program Computational Mathematics at the JKU
- Since March 2005: Full professor (successor of Bruno Buchberger) at RISC
- 2003-2008: Director of the FWF Special Research Program SFB F013 Numerical and Symbolic Scientific Computing at the JKU
- 1996-2004: Associate professor at RISC
- 1996: Habilitation for mathematics at the Johannes Kepler University Linz
- 1990-1996: Assistant professor at RISC
- 1986-1988: PostDoc at RISC
- 1984-1986: Humboldt Fellowship at the University of Bayreuth working with Prof. Adalbert Kerber
- 1983: Ph.D. (Dr.phil.) with distinction at the University of Vienna. Thesis title: "Zwei neue Transformationen als elementare Anwendungen der q-Vandermonde Formel" advised by Prof. Johann Cigler
Research projects:
- "Computer Algebra Algorithms for q-Series and Combinatorial Identities"; FWF; 1989-93
- "Symbolic Computation and Combinatorial Sums", EU Programme "HCM; 1993-1995
- "Symbolic Summation and Combinatorial Identities"; FWF; 1998-2001 and 2001-2004
- "Symbolic Summation in Difference Fields"; FWF; 2003-2007
- "A Special Function Tool-Box for High-Order Finite Element Methods" FWF; 2004-2008
- "Proving and Solving in Special Function Domains"; FWF; 2004-2008
- "Symbolic Integration and Special Functions"; FWF; 2008-2010
- "Computer Algebra Tools for Special Functions in Numerical Analysis", FWF; 2008-2011
Research visits:
- Winter 2003: Visiting professor (1 month) at Pennsylvania State University
- Fall 2002: Visiting professor (1 month, as ORCCA chair) at the University of Waterloo, Canada
- Summer 2001: Visiting professor (1 month) at Pennsylvania State University, USA
- Spring 1999: Visiting professor (1 month) at the University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
- Fall 1998: Visiting professor (1 month) at Université Marne-la-Vallée, Paris
Various activities:
- Since 2008: Editorial Board Member of The Ramanujan Journal
- Since 2000: Managing editor, with G.E. Andrews and W.Y. Chen, of the Annals of Combinatorics
- Since 1996: Editorial Board Member of the Journal of Symbolic Computation
- Since 2006: Editor of two special RISC Book Series with Springer Heidelberg and Springer Vienna
- Since 1998: Associate Editor for the Digital Library of Mathematical Functions (DLMF)
- Organizer of FPSAC'09, Hagenberg, Austria, July 2009
- Program Chair of ISSAC'05, Beijing, July 2005
- Co-organizer of the Conference Special Functions in the Digital Age at IMA, Minneapolis, July 2002
- Organizer of a mini-symposium on Computer Algebra and Combinatorics at the 10th SIAM Conference on Discrete Mathematics, IMA, Minneapolis, June 2000
- Program Chair, with V. Strehl, of FPSAC'97, Vienna, July 1997
- Organizer, with V. Strehl, of the workshop Symbolic Computation in Combinatorics at MSI, Cornell University, September 1993
Program Committee member for:
- FPSAC'08 (Valparaiso, Chile, June 2008)
- MAP'07 (Lorentz Center, Leiden, The Netherlands, January 2007)
- MAP'06 (Castro-Urdiales, Spain, 2006)
- FPSAC'99 (Barcelona, Spain, 1999)
- ISSAC'99 (Vancouver, Canada, 1999)
- 42nd SLC (Maratea, Italy, 1998)
- ISSAC'97 (Hawaii, USA, 1997)
- Computer Algebra Workshop, GI Conference (Klagenfurt, Austria, 1996)
- FPSAC'96 (Minneapolis, USA, 1996)
- Reviewer for numerous scientific journals, conferences and research projects including Mathematical Reviews.
- Member of the mathematical societies ACM, AMS, ÖMG and SIAM.