WILLIAM CHEN
BSc (London), PhD (London), ARCS, DIC, FAustMS
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Position: | Emeritus Professor | |
| Office: | E7A 413 | ||
| Phone: | [61-(0)2] 9850 8946 | ||
| Fax: | [61-(0)2] 9850 8114 | ||
| Email: | wchen@maths.mq.edu.au | ||
| Website: | www.maths.mq.edu.au/~wchen/ | ||
William Chen began his academic career at Imperial College London, where he did his undergraduate and postgraduate studies between 1975 and 1981. He was a member of the permanent faculty there between 1981 and 1990, and joined Macquarie University in 1991, where he eventually became Professor of Mathematics. He was Head of Department from 1993 to 1996, and again from 2003 to 2005, and was a Division representative on the Academic Senate in 2006. He retired at the end of 2006, and is now Emeritus Professor of Mathematics. William is an international leader in the area of irregularities of point distribution and discrepancy theory, and has contributed towards several important breakthroughs. When he is not working, William can often be found indulging in good food and fine wine. He is also the current President of the Nova Youth Orchestra Association.