{{Short description|National society of mathematics profession}} {{confuse| Australian Mathematics Trust}} {{primary sources|date=March 2026}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}} {{Infobox organization | name = Australian Mathematical Society | full_name = | native_name = <!-- organization's name in its local language --> | native_name_lang = <!-- required ISO 639-1 code of the above native language --> | logo = | logo_size = | logo_alt = | logo_caption = | image = | image_size = | image_alt = <!-- see WP:ALT --> | caption = | map = <!-- map image --> | map_size = <!-- defaults to 250px --> | map_alt = | map_caption = | map2 = <!-- 2nd map image, if required --> | map2_size = | map2_alt = | map2_caption = | abbreviation = | nickname = | pronunciation = | pronounce_ref = | pronounce_comment = | named_after = | predecessor = | merged_into = <!-- any other organization(s) which it was merged into --> | successor = | formation = {{start year and age|1956}} | founder = <!-- or |founders = --> | founding_location = | dissolved = <!-- or |defunct = --><!-- use {{end date and age|YYYY|MM|DD}} --> | merger = <!-- other organizations (if any) merged with, to constitute the new organization --> | type = <!-- e.g., Nonprofit, NGO, etc. --> | tax_id = <!-- or |vat_id = (for European organizations) --> | registration_id = <!-- for non-profits --> | status = <!-- legal status or description (company, charity, foundation, etc.) --> | purpose = <!-- or |focus = --><!-- humanitarian, activism, peacekeeping, etc. --> | professional_title = <!-- for professional associations --> | headquarters = | location = Australia | coordinates = <!-- {{coord|LAT|LON|display=inline,title}} --> | origins = | region_served = <!-- or |area_served = or |region = --> | products = <!-- or |product = --> | services = | methods = <!-- or |method = --> | fields = <!-- or |field = --> | num_members = <!-- number of members --> | num_members_year = <!-- year to which membership numbers/data apply --> | language = <!-- or |languages = --><!-- any official language or languages used --> | owner = <!-- or |owners = --> | secretary_general = <!-- or |gen_sec for General Secretary --> | leader_title = <!-- defaults to "Leader" --> | leader_name = | leader_title2 = | leader_name2 = | leader_title3 = | leader_name3 = | leader_title4 = | leader_name4 = | leader_title5 = | leader_name5 = | board_of_directors = | key_people = | main_organ = <!-- or |publication = --><!-- organization's principal body (assembly, committee, board, etc.) or publication --> | parent_organization = <!-- or |parent_organisation = --> | subsidiaries = | secessions = | affiliations = | ror_id = <!-- unique ID in the Research Organization Registry --> | budget = | budget_year = | revenue = | revenue_year = | disbursements = | expenses = | expenses_year = | endowment = | endowment_year = | funding = <!-- source of funding e.g. for "think tanks" --> | num_staff = | num_staff_year = | num_volunteers = | num_volunteers_year = | num_students = | num_students_year = | awards = | website = <!-- {{Official URL}} or {{URL|example.com}} --> | remarks = | former_name = <!-- or |former_name = --> | footnotes = | bodystyle = }} The '''Australian Mathematical Society''' ('''AustMS''') is an Australian society that represents and advocates for the profession of mathematics.
==History == The Australian Mathematical Society (AustMS) was founded in 1956.<ref name=who/>
==Description and governance== One of the society's listed purposes is to promote the cause of mathematics in the community by representing the interests of the profession to government. The society also publishes three mathematical journals.
{{as of|March 2026}} Aidan Sims is president of the society.<ref name=who>{{cite web | title=Who We Are | website=Australian Mathematical Society | date=17 February 2026 | url=https://austms.org.au/who-we-are/ | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260204172018/https://austms.org.au/who-we-are/ | archive-date=4 February 2026 | url-status=live | access-date=5 March 2026}}</ref>
=={{anchor|awards}}Society awards, grants, and lectures== {{as of|March 2026}}, the following awards and grants are given by the society: * The Australian Mathematical Society Medal, awarded to a society member "for distinguished research in the Mathematical Sciences"<ref>{{cite web | title=The Australian Mathematical Society Medal | website=Australian Mathematical Society | date=9 December 2025 | url=https://austms.org.au/award-and-grant/the-australian-mathematical-society-medal-2/ | access-date=7 March 2026}}</ref> * The George Szekeres Medal, "for outstanding and sustained contribution to the Mathematical Sciences"<ref>{{cite web | title=The George Szekeres Medal | website=Australian Mathematical Society | date=9 December 2025 | url=https://austms.org.au/award-and-grant/the-george-szekeres-medal/ | access-date=7 March 2026}}</ref> * The Gavin Brown Prize, "for an outstanding and innovative piece of research in the Mathematical Sciences published by a member or members of the Society", named after former vice-chancellor and principal of the University of Sydney, Gavin Brown<ref>{{cite web | title=The Gavin Brown Prize | website=Australian Mathematical Society | date=9 December 2025 | url=https://austms.org.au/award-and-grant/the-gavin-brown-prize/ | access-date=7 March 2026}}</ref> * The Mahony-Neumann-Room Prize (M-N-R Prize), "for outstanding contributions to the Society's research publications"<ref>{{cite web | title=The Mahony-Neumann-Room Prize | website=Australian Mathematical Society | date=10 December 2025 | url=https://austms.org.au/award-and-grant/the-mahony-neumann-room-prize/ | access-date=7 March 2026}}</ref> * The B. H. Neumann Prize, "for the most outstanding talk or talks presented by a student or students at the Annual Meeting" of the AustMS, named after Bernhard Neumann (1909–2002)<ref>{{cite web | title=The B H Neumann Prize | website=Australian Mathematical Society | date=18 February 2026 | url=https://austms.org.au/award-and-grant/the-b-h-neumann-prize/ | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260112015741/https://austms.org.au/award-and-grant/the-b-h-neumann-prize/ | archive-date=12 January 2026 | url-status=live | access-date=7 March 2026}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title= The Bernhard Neumann Prize| url=https://austms.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Bernhard-Neumann-Prize_2024.pdf | access-date=7 March 2026}}</ref> * The Rodney Baxter Prize for Mathematical Physics, named after physicist Rodney Baxter (1940–2025)<ref>{{cite web | title=The Rodney Baxter Prize for Mathematical Physics | website=Australian Mathematical Society | date=11 February 2026 | url=https://austms.org.au/award-and-grant/the-rodney-baxter-prize-for-mathematical-physics/ | access-date=7 March 2026}}</ref> * The AMSI AustMS WIMSIG Maryam Mirzakhani Award, named after Iranian mathematician Maryam Mirzakhani (1977–2017), supporting international female students of mathematics<ref>{{cite web | title=AMSI AustMS WIMSIG Maryam Mirzakhani Award | website=Australian Mathematical Society | date=3 March 2026 | url=https://austms.org.au/award-and-grant/amsi-austms-wimsig-maryam-mirzakhani-award/ | access-date=7 March 2026}}</ref> * AustMS WIMSIG Anne Penfold Street Awards, which "provide additional financial support to Australian mathematicians for their caring responsibilities, while they travel for conferences or research visits to collaborators, named after Anne Penfold Street<ref>{{cite web | title=Anne Penfold Street | website=Australian Mathematical Society | date=3 March 2026 | url=https://austms.org.au/award-and-grant/austms-wimsig-anne-penfold-street-awards/ | access-date=7 March 2026}}</ref> * Teaching Excellence Awards, for excellence in teaching maths at tertiary level<ref>{{cite web | title=Teaching Excellence Awards | website=Australian Mathematical Society | date=10 December 2025 | url=https://austms.org.au/award-and-grant/teaching-excellence-awards/ | access-date=7 March 2026}}</ref> * The Blue Hat Prize, "a prize given to the best talk by a non-student at the Annual Meeting of the AustMS, judged by the students"<ref>{{cite web | title=The Blue Hat Prize | website=Australian Mathematical Society | date=20 October 2025 | url=https://austms.org.au/award-and-grant/the-blue-hat-prize/ | access-date=7 March 2026}}</ref> * Alf van der Poorten Travelling Fellowship<ref>{{cite web | title=Alf van der Poorten Travelling Fellowship | website=Australian Mathematical Society | date=27 October 2025 | url=https://austms.org.au/award-and-grant/alf-van-der-poorten-travelling-fellowship/ | access-date=7 March 2026}}</ref> * Cheryl E Praeger Travel Awards, an initiative of the AustMS Women in Mathematics Special Interest Group (WIMSIG), named after Cheryl E. Praeger; two awards per year<ref>{{cite web | title=AustMS WIMSIG Cheryl E Praeger Travel Awards | website=Australian Mathematical Society | date=3 March 2026 | url=https://austms.org.au/award-and-grant/austms-wimsig-cheryl-e-praeger-travel-awards/ | access-date=6 March 2026}}</ref>
{{As of|March 2026}}, the society holds three lecture series: * Hanna Neumann Lecture, since 2010, named in honour of Hanna Neumann, the first woman professor of mathematics in Australia, to honour the achievements of women in mathematics<ref>{{cite web | title=Hanna Neumann Lecture | website=Australian Mathematical Society | date=20 February 2026 | url=https://austms.org.au/award-and-grant/hanna-neumann-lecture/ | access-date=7 March 2026}}</ref> * The Mahler Lecture Tour, named in honour of Kurt Mahler, awarded biennially since 1991<ref>{{cite web | title=Mahler Lecture Tour | website=Australian Mathematical Society | date=20 February 2026 | url=https://austms.org.au/award-and-grant/mahler-lecture-tour/ | access-date=7 March 2026}}</ref> * Dr Mandawuy Yunupingu Lecture, named in honour of Yolŋu musician Mandawuy Yunupingu Lecture, "with the aim of increasing the visible representation of under-represented groups in mathematics. The subject of the lecture may be mathematical research, issues surrounding equity and diversity in mathematics, or both" (since 2020)<ref>{{cite web | title=Dr Mandawuy Yunupingu Lecture | website=Australian Mathematical Society | date=20 February 2026 | url=https://austms.org.au/award-and-grant/dr-mandawuy-yunupingu-lecture/ | access-date=7 March 2026}}</ref>
==Journals== The society publishes three journals through Cambridge University Press:<ref>{{Cite web|title=Australian Mathematical Society (AustMS)|url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/societies/australian-mathematical-society-austms|access-date=2020-08-15|website=Cambridge Core|language=en}}</ref> * ''Journal of the Australian Mathematical Society'' * ''ANZIAM Journal'' (formerly ''Series B, Applied Mathematics'')<ref>{{Cite web|title=ANZIAM Journal|url=https://journal.austms.org.au/ojs/index.php/ANZIAMJ|access-date=2020-08-15|website=journal.austms.org.au}}</ref> * ''Bulletin of the Australian Mathematical Society''
It also publishes ''The Australian Mathematical Society Gazette'', for members.<ref>{{cite book | title= Gazette, Volume 52 Number 5 2025| url=https://austms.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/525Web_2.pdf | access-date=5 March 2026}}</ref>
==ANZIAM== '''ANZIAM''' ('''Australia and New Zealand Industrial and Applied Mathematics''') is a division of The Australian Mathematical Society. Members are interested in applied mathematical research, mathematical applications in industry and business, and mathematics education at tertiary level.<ref>[http://www.anziam.org.au/About+us About us], ANZIAM, www.anziam.org.au</ref>
ANZIAM awards three medals to members on the basis of research achievements, activities enhancing applied or industrial mathematics, and contributions to ANZIAM: the J.H. Michell Medal (for early-career awardees), the Ernie Tuck Medal (mid-career), and the ANZIAM Medal.<ref>{{Cite web|title=ANZIAM : Awards|url=https://www.anziam.org.au/Awards|access-date=2020-08-15|website=www.anziam.org.au}}</ref> In addition, each year the best student presentation is awarded the T.M. Cherry prize. As a tongue in cheek response, each year the student body also awards the best non-student talk a Cherry Ripe chocolate bar.<ref>{{Cite web|title=ANZIAM : Cherry Ripe Prize|url=https://www.anziam.org.au/Cherry+Ripe+Prize|access-date=2020-08-15|website=www.anziam.org.au}}</ref>
=== Special interest groups === ANZIAM has a number of special interest groups, based on specific research themes within applied mathematics: the Computational Mathematics Group, the Engineering Mathematics Group, Mathsport (concerned with the application of mathematics and computation to sport), the Mathematics in Industry Study Group, SIGMAOPT (concerning optimisation), and the Mathematical Biology Group. Each Special Interest Group runs an annual or biennial workshop or conference.<ref>{{Cite web|title=ANZIAM : Special Interest Groups|url=https://www.anziam.org.au/Special+Interest+Groups|access-date=2020-08-15|website=www.anziam.org.au}}</ref>
==See also== *List of mathematical societies
==References== {{reflist|30em}}
==Resources== * {{Official website|http://www.austms.org.au/}} {{authority control}} Category:1956 establishments in Australia Category:Learned societies of Australia Category:Mathematical societies