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Prof Daya Reddy elected as president of the International Science Council

14/9/2018

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Dear SAMS member,

The council of the South African Mathematical Society (SAMS) takes great pleasure in announcing that Prof Daya Reddy was recently elected as president of the newly formed International Science Council (ISC), of which the International Mathematical Union (IMU) is a member.


Prof Reddy holds the South African Research Chair in Computational Mechanics at the University of Cape Town, South Africa. Following undergraduate studies in civil engineering at the University of Cape Town and a Ph.D. degree at Cambridge University in the United Kingdom, he spent a year as a postdoctoral researcher at University College London. He then returned to the University of Cape Town, where he held a joint position in civil engineering and applied mathematics. He was appointed professor of applied mathematics in 1989. From 1999, he served a seven-year term as dean of the faculty of science of the University of Cape Town.
His research is in mathematical modelling, analysis and simulation in mechanics. He has made significant contributions to theories of complex material behaviour, and to the development of stable and convergent methods of computational approximation. He maintains an active engagement in biomechanics, including research into aspects of cardiovascular mechanics.
Prof Reddy served as President of the Academy of Science of South Africa, and is an elected Fellow of the African Academy of Sciences and The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS). He is currently co-chair of the research branch of the InterAcademy Partnership, which is a network of some 130 national science academies of science and health sciences. He has held numerous visiting positions, including those of Visiting Faculty Fellow at the Institute for Computational Sciences and Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin, and the Timoshenko Lecturer at Stanford University. He is a recipient of the Award for Research Distinction of the South African Mathematical Society, the Order of Mapungubwe from the President of South Africa, and of the Georg Forster Research Award from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation of Germany.
We wish Prof Reddy well with his current and future professional endeavours.

Kind regards,

Martin Weigt
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Prof Loyiso Nongxa has been elected as Vice-President of the International Mathematical Union (IMU)

14/9/2018

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Dear SAMS member,
The Council of the South African Mathematical Society (SAMS) takes great pleasure in informing you that Prof Loyiso Nongxa has been elected as Vice-President of the International Mathematical Union (IMU) during the General Assembly in Sao Paolo Brazil.
In what follows below is a brief biographical sketch of Prof Nongxa.
Prof Nongxa is the Chairperson of the National Research Foundation of South Africa (NRF) and the Founding Director of the Centre for Mathematical and Computational Sciences at the University of the Witwatersrand. He held a number of senior leadership positions, such as Vice-Chancellor and Principal, and Deputy Vice-Chancellor of Research at the University of the Witwatersrand. Furthermore, he also served as Professor of Mathematics and Dean of Natural Sciences at the University of the Western Cape. Besides fulfilling leadership roles, he was also a Visiting Fellow at a number of institutions, such as Harvard University and the University of Illinois, and as a Visiting Researcher at the Universities of Colorado, Hawaii, Connecticut and Baylor University in the United States, to name only a few.
Prof Nongxa was South Africa’s first African Rhodes Scholar to graduate from Oxford University with a doctoral degree in mathematics (1982), and completed undergraduate and Masters degrees at the University of Fort Hare (1978).
Prof Nongxa actively participates in transforming higher education in South Africa. He served as Chairperson of the Review Committee of the National System of Innovation, appointed by the Minister of Science and Technology, and was the Chairperson of the Research and Innovation Strategy Group of Universities South Africa (USAf, formerly HESA). 
We wish Prof Nongxa well with his current and future professional endeavours.
Kind regards,
Martin Weigt
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International Society of Difference Equations: Invitation for membership

4/9/2018

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An invitation to SAMS members to join the free International Society of Difference Equations (ISDE) and to participate fully in all its activities, including electing or being elected to the board of directors. Please find attached a formal invitation letter from the founder and vice president of ISDE, Professor Saber Elaydi, where further information can be found.
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October Workshop on Research Trends in Mathematical Modeling and Analysis in Life Sciences

4/9/2018

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The CoE Focus Area in Modeling and Analysis in Life Sciences together with the Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics and the SARChI Chair M3B2, University of Pretoria, are organising a workshop to be held at Amanzingwe Lodge and Conference Centre, Portion 199, Pelindaba Road, Hartbeespoort, 0240, South Africa.

Registration is now open at: https://goo.gl/forms/z4j5YmjupiiIsMPU2

More information can be found on the attached Workshop poster.

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