Conference on Convex and Discrete Geometry
on the occasion of the retirement of Peter M. Gruber
July 13-17, 2009
Curriculum Vitae of Peter M. Gruber
| Name: | Peter M. Gruber |
| Date of Birth: | August 28, 1941 |
| Place of Birth: | Klagenfurt, Austria |
| Nationality: | Austrian |
Education
| 1947 - 1951 | Elementary School, Klagenfurt |
| 1951 - 1959 | Secondary School, Klagenfurt |
| 1959 - 1966 | Student of Mathematics and Physics, University of Vienna and Kansas |
| 1966 | PhD., University of Vienna |
Professional Activities
| 1966 - 1971 | Assistant, University of Technology, Vienna |
| 1970 | Docent, University of Technology, Vienna |
| 1971 - 1976 | Chair for Analysis, University of Linz |
| Since 1976 | Chair for Analysis, University of Technology, Vienna |
| 1978 - 80 - 82 | President of the Austrian Mathematical Society |
| 1981 - 83 - 85 - 87 | Chairman, Mathematics Division, University of Technology, Vienna |
| 1996 - 1998 | Chairman of the Mathematics Comittee of the Austrian Academy of Sciences |
| 1991 - 1999 | Co-editor, Journal of Number Theory |
| Since 1991 | Advisory Board, Monatshefte für Mathematik |
| Since 1993 | Co-editor, Contributions to Algebra and Geometry and Rendiconti del Seminario Matematico |
| Since 2004 | Co-editor, Contributions to Discrete Mathematics |
Awards
| 1985 | Honorary Member of the Accademia Nazionale di Scienze, Lettre e Arti, Modena |
| 1988 | Corresponding Member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences |
| 1989 | Corresponding Member of the Accademia Peloritana dei Pericolanti, Messina |
| 1991 | Member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences |
| 1996 | Medal of the Union of Czech Mathematicians and Physicists |
| 1999 | Dedication of the book ``Sphere Packings'' by Chuanming Zong, Springer-Verlag, New York |
| 2000 | Honorary Doctorate, University of Turin |
| 2001 | Honorary Doctorate, University of Siegen |
| Austrian Cross of Honours for Science and Art, First Class | |
| Memorial Medal of the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University Prague | |
| Birthday address by the Russian Academy of Sciences | |
| 2002 | Corresponding Member of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities |
| Dedication of the Proceedings of the IV International Conference on
``Stochastic Geometry, Convex Bodies, Empirical Measures and Applications to Engineering Science'', Tropea 2001, eds. R. Schneider, M. Stoka, Suppl. Rend. Circ. Mat. Palermo (II) 70 (2002). |
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| 2003 | Foreign Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences |
| Golden Membership Needle, German Math. Soc. | |
| 2006 | Birthday address by the Russian Academy of Sciences |
Papers and books
More than 100 scientific papers and books, among which are
- Geometry of Numbers with C.G. Lekkerkerker, North-Holland, 1987
- Lattice Points with P. Erdös and J. Hammer, Longman Scientific, 1989
- Convex and Discrete Geometry, Grundlehren Math. Wiss. 336, Springer, Berlin 2007
Editor of
- Convexity and Its Applications with J.M. Wills, Birkhäuser, 1983
- Johann Radon, Collected Works 1, 2 with E. Hlawka, W. Nöbauer and L. Schmetterer, Birkhäuser 1987
- E. Hlawka, Selecta with W.M. Schmidt, Springer 1991
- Handbook of Convex Geometry A, B with J.M. Wills, North-Holland 1993