Grant Keady's Admin. Jobs, etc.

Admin. Jobs at UWA, etc.

School of Mathematics and Statistics

Current, and continuing commitments

• (Continuation, current term began Feb 2003)
  member, School of Maths and Stats' Computing Committee. (Ave. My guess is that the committee itself takes very little time: essentially none in 2006-08. However, there is a certain amount of self-imposed admin in that I like to follow what the computing staff are doing, etc.. My guess is that the average is around 5mins per week PLUS 10mins per week overlapping with and included in next item.) The Computing Committee minutes used to be at
  https://oldsite.maths.uwa.edu.au/computing/committee/
  
• (Continuation from earlier years, since 1995)
  Convener Working Party on Computer Algebra (CA) in Teaching
  (Ave. 5mins p. week.) Well the Working Party sort of died
  General guidance person for all sorts of CA questions from staff, postgrads mostly from Maths but also from elsewhere in Engineering.
  (Ave. 1/2 hours p. week., counting demos of latest releases of software to relevant staff.)
  Expert assistant to School computing committee, etc. on CAS-in-teaching, when they need same. (E.g. at various stages I have organized Mathematica, Matlab Symbolic Toolbox and Maple licencing, for the School, though much of this is now through UCS.)
  (Ave. 2 hour per week, though this merges into teaching related time.) Undergrad. My mathematical software (esp. CAS) assistance roles for M2en/MATH2200 courses, and a few 3rd and 4th year courses (e.g. 3M1, 3M2, ENVE3605, 4A5, 4A4) and the smaller optional-for-students efforts for M1nn, are suggested at links from my home page.
  
• ANZIAM WA branch, for which I'm committee member, and web page coordinator.)
  (There is quite a long background to this and similar activity. In 1998, at Nev Fowkes' request, and following a Departmental Retreat in which the formation of "Research Groups" was suggested (as a mechanism for reducing tension from Sectional arguments), I helped Nev attempt to set up a Continuum Mechanics and Industrial Modelling Research Group. (All of the roles originally proposed for UWA's CMIM Group are now undertaken by the broader, all of Perth, ANZIAM organization.)

2009

• Teaching/Admin
  • Timetabling and venues rep for SMAS.
    OnLine Class Registration, etc.
• Some Long Service Leave in 2nd Semester (for getting research papers submitted)

2008

• Teaching/Admin
  • Timetabling and venues rep for SMAS.
    OnLine Class Registration, etc.

2007

• Teaching/Admin
• (1st semester) Applied Maths seminar convener.
• Teaching/Admin
  • Timetabling and venues rep for SMAS.
    OnLine Class Registration, etc.

2006

• (1st semester) Applied Maths seminar convener.
• Teaching/Admin
  • Timetabling and venues rep for SMAS.
    OnLine Class Registration, etc.
• (on Study Leave in 2nd Semester)

2005

• (1st semester) Applied Maths seminar convener.
  
• Teaching
  • 3rd year year student advising
    (Applied Section only, BSc/BEng double-degree specialist advice)
  • Computer Aided Assessment efforts.
    Details listed under 2004 entry.
  • Occasionally, the "Applied Section" rep to 3rd/4th year working party.
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2004

• (2nd semester) 3rd year/2nd year student advising
  (Applied Section only, BSc/BEng double-degree specialist advice)
• Computer Aided Assessment efforts.
  Some details here: CAA in general, replacement to olde HyperCard MCQ 1st year quizzes.

2003

• on Computing Committee and Consultative Committee
• (1st Semester) Aug 2002-Jul 2003. During Nathan Scott's absence on leave, I was the Faculty (Eng ...) CATLyst. From Jul 2003, Ruza Ostrognac took over the CATLyst job.

2002

• (2nd Semester) Aug 2002-Jul 2003. During Nathan Scott's absence on leave, I was the Faculty (Eng ...) CATLyst.
• (on Study Leave in 1st Semester)

2001

• (on Study Leave in 2nd Semester)
• (1st Semester, up to mid Jul only) Head of "Applied Section"

2000

• (1st Semester, up to end Feb only) Course advisor to 2nd/3rd year students
• (1st Semester) Library rep for "Applied" section
  (Returning to this task after more than 5, less than 10, years since I last did it.)

1999

• (From 18 Dec 1998 to end Jan 1999) Convener of Ad hoc Committee on 1999 First Year Graphing Calculator Policy.
  (This reported to the Dept's Teaching and Learning Committee, end Jan 1999.)
• (1st Semester.) Lecturer in charge of M133/M166 admin matters.
  Web support for M100,M133,M166
• (From 2nd Semester) Course advisor to 2nd/3rd year students
• Web support for M100,M133,M166 and EBS106.

1998

• (Ave. 1/4 hours per week.) Hons advising.
  (Ave. 0 hours per week.) Setting up mentoring arrangements for appropriate students with Depts in Engineering. Preparedness to mentor.
• (Continuation from earlier years)
  Convener Working Party on Computer Algebra (CA) in Teaching
  Rick McFeat authorised me to attempt negotiations on possible software preferences by Mech/Civil/etc. for M2en. harmonising with Matlab usage but with Symbolic Toolbox needed in Maths. (The Symbolic Toolbox is in the Student Edition of Matlab.)

1997

• (Continuation from 1996) Convener Working Party on Computer Algebra (CA) in Teaching
  

1996

• (Continuation from 1995) Responsible, until July 96, for Web pages for Department's text book lists.
• (Continuation from 1995) Convener Working Party on Computer Algebra (CA) in Teaching

1995

• Encouraged Head of Department to set up a
  Working Party on Computer Algebra (CA) in Teaching
  (HoD made me convener. Other members were Pakes - HoD -, Fitzpatrick and McFeat).
• Colloquium Convener.
• 2nd year tutorial allocation (also 94 and 2nd semester 93). Des Hill in 96. Experimenting with computer tools for assistance in this task...

UWA, Outside my Department

UWAASA 2009: Committee Member
uwaasa
uwaasa admin
Union, NTEU/UWAASA 1995-96: Committee Member.
I set up the initial set of Web pages for the Union.

Admin. Jobs associated with Maths, but outside UWA

Australian Mathematical Society

Member, and active as organiser of CA events

• 2005, Sept. AustMS Annual Meeting in Perth
• 2002- ANZIAM-WA branch, for which I look after the Web pages.
• 1995, July: speaker (but not organiser this time) at Australian Mathematica Meeting add-on to Aust. Math. Soc. Annual Meeting;
• 1995, Feb: Organiser, CA-in-WA teaching materials display at ANZIAM Meeting, Busselton;
• 1992, July: Organiser, CA-in-WA add-on to Aust. Math. Soc. Annual Meeting;
• 1991, Feb: Organiser, Workshop on Symbolic Computing in Applied Maths, add-on to Australian Applied Maths Meeting, Canterbury University, New Zealand.

Other Maths Service

• Miscellaneous refereeing.
• Reviewing for `Math. Reviews' of American Mathematical Society (but quit in late 97 owing to pressure of other work).
• Reviewing of CA software. (See under "unrefereed and semi-popular" here, and here for Maple-specific items.)
• Organising exchanges of CAS-in-teaching items (and URLs). Here are recent examples.
  
• "Maple in teaching" meeting, Curtin University, Jan 1998.
• "Maple Teaching Materials - Exchange and Mart" within various conferences.
  • "2nd IMA Conference on Teaching of Mathematics to Engineers", Loughborough, England, Apr 97.
  • ATCM97: see links given below.
• ATCM2000 and ATCM1997 (Asian Technology Conferences in Mathematics.)
  During years when my overseas research leaves allow it, I was/am an Australian Representative on the ATCM's International Programs Committees. I also had some informal parts to play, and refereeing work, associated with the Electronic Proceedings. For all years, click ATCM main link.
  ATCM97 Conference, June 97, Malaysia.
  ATCM2000 Conference, December 2000, Thailand.

Miscellaneous

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