The Hannan Medal in the Mathematical Sciences is awarded every two years by the
Australian Academy of Science
The Australian Academy of Science was founded in 1954 by a group of distinguished Australians, including Australian Fellows of the Royal Society of London. The first president was Sir Mark Oliphant. The academy is modelled after the Royal Soci ...
to recognize achievements by Australians in the fields of
pure mathematics
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,
applied and
computational mathematics
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, and
statistical science
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"A central purpose of ''Statistical Sci ...
.
This medal commemorates the work of the late
Edward J. Hannan,
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, for his achievements in
time series analysis
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.
Winners
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See also
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List of mathematics awards
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Notes
External links
Hannan Medal site of the Australian Academy of Science
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Mathematics awards
Australian science and technology awards
Awards established in 1994
Australian Academy of Science Awards
1994 establishments in Australia