Convex and Discrete Geometry
Peter M. Gruber




 

Curriculum Vitae

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).
2003 Foreign Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Golden Membership Needle, Germ. Math. Soc.
2006 Birthday address by the Russian Academy of Sciences 
2008 Grand Decoration of Honour in Silver for Services to the Republic of Austria
2009 Commemorative Medal, Fac. of Math. and Physics, Charles University Prague
Honorary Member, Austrian Mathematical Society
2010 Honorary Doctorate, University of Salzburg
2011 Prechtl Medal, Vienna University of Technology
2012 Simon Stampfer Medaille
2013 Fellow, Amer. Math. Soc.
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 GeometryGrundlehren 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