Walter Whiteley | |
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Nationality | Canadian |
Title | Professor |
Awards | Adrien Pouliot Award |
Academic background | |
Alma mater |
Queen's University Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
Doctoral advisor | Gian-Carlo Rota |
Academic work | |
Discipline | Mathematician |
Sub-discipline | Geometry |
Institutions |
Champlain College Saint-Lambert York University |
Walter John Whiteley is a professor in the department of mathematics and statistics at York University in Canada. [1] He specializes in geometry and mathematics education, and is known for his expertise in structural rigidity and rigidity matroids.
Whiteley graduated from Queen's University in 1966. [2] [3] He earned his Ph.D. in 1971 from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, with a dissertation titled Logic and Invariant Theory supervised by Gian-Carlo Rota. [4] He worked as an instructor at Champlain College Saint-Lambert, with a joint appointment in mathematics and humanities, from 1972 until he joined the York University faculty in 1992. [2] [3]
In 2009, Whiteley won the Adrien Pouliot Award of the Canadian Mathematical Society for his contributions to mathematics education. [3] In August 2014, the Fields Institute at the University of Toronto hosted a workshop on rigidity theory and spatial reasoning, "inspired by the distinguished career of Professor Walter Whiteley". [5]
Walter Whiteley | |
---|---|
Nationality | Canadian |
Title | Professor |
Awards | Adrien Pouliot Award |
Academic background | |
Alma mater |
Queen's University Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
Doctoral advisor | Gian-Carlo Rota |
Academic work | |
Discipline | Mathematician |
Sub-discipline | Geometry |
Institutions |
Champlain College Saint-Lambert York University |
Walter John Whiteley is a professor in the department of mathematics and statistics at York University in Canada. [1] He specializes in geometry and mathematics education, and is known for his expertise in structural rigidity and rigidity matroids.
Whiteley graduated from Queen's University in 1966. [2] [3] He earned his Ph.D. in 1971 from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, with a dissertation titled Logic and Invariant Theory supervised by Gian-Carlo Rota. [4] He worked as an instructor at Champlain College Saint-Lambert, with a joint appointment in mathematics and humanities, from 1972 until he joined the York University faculty in 1992. [2] [3]
In 2009, Whiteley won the Adrien Pouliot Award of the Canadian Mathematical Society for his contributions to mathematics education. [3] In August 2014, the Fields Institute at the University of Toronto hosted a workshop on rigidity theory and spatial reasoning, "inspired by the distinguished career of Professor Walter Whiteley". [5]