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NZ Branch of ANZIAM Inc. Rules

NZ Branch of ANZIAM Inc. — Rules

Executive Members

Chair: Dr Nicolette Rattenbury [email protected]

Secretary: Dr Brendan Harding [email protected]

Treasurer: Dr Rachelle Binny [email protected]

Committee:

Membership

New members are welcome. Membership is via the NZ Mathematical Society (Inc.), please select the ANZIAM option on the membership form.

The subscription rate for ordinary members is $16 per annum (as of 2026). Subscription is free for full-time students in their first year of membership and half the ordinary members’ rate thereafter.

Aims of the New Zealand Branch

To promote Applied and Industrial Mathematics in New Zealand.

ANZIAM-NZ Policy on Conferences

The New Zealand Branch of ANZIAM Inc. strives to improve representation of women at conferences and in its organisation. Therefore, in line with the NZMS Statement on Women in Mathematics (see https://nzmathsoc.org.nz/about-the-nzms/women-in-mathematics/), we will no longer fund or advertise conferences where the proportion of female keynote speakers is below 30%. While The New Zealand Branch of ANZIAM Inc. strongly encourages conference organisers to seek better gender diversity, we recognise that organisers of Mathematics-in-Industry initiatives have little or no control over gender diversity at their events; for this reason, The New Zealand Branch of ANZIAM Inc. will continue to make an exception when advertising MINZ and related workshops, while still striving to adhere to the gender balance policies where possible.

Student Travel Support

Travel support is occasionally available for student members of the New Zealand Branch of ANZIAM Inc. to attend conferences, meetings and workshops. Priority will be given to applicants with a longstanding membership of ANZIAM, an involvement in ANZIAM activities, students who have not yet had an award from ANZIAM-NZ and/or those attending ANZIAM-related events, such as the Annual ANZIAM Conference or MINZ.

The deadline for applications for support to attend the Annual ANZIAM Conference is typically two months before the beginning of the conference (i.e. early December). The deadline for applications for support to attend the Maths in Industry New Zealand Study Group is typically one month before the beginning of the event.

To apply for student travel support, please contact the secretary to check whether funding may be available and obtain a copy of the student travel application form. Completed applications should be returned to the Secretary via email, as single PDF document.

Support for Workshops and Meetings

The Branch provides small grants to assist with funding of workshops and meetings that further the aims of the Branch.

To apply, please contact the secretary for a copy of the application form and return your completed application to the Secretary via email, as single PDF document. Applications should indicate what actions the event organisers will take to foster equity and diversity at the event and within the ANZIAM community. Note that all supported events are expected to implement a Code of Conduct. The ANZIAM 2019 conference Code of Conduct is available as a reference, and a New Zealand-specific resource for conference or event organisers is available here.

Caregiver Support Grants

The New Zealand Branch of ANZIAM Inc. acknowledges that caregiver responsibilities can present a significant barrier for students and academics attending conferences. Such barriers can have implications for equity and diversity within the ANZIAM community. The Branch offers caregiver support grants for applicants whose participation in the ANZIAM community is limited by caregiving responsibilities. Applications are welcome from people of any gender and at any career stage. To apply, please download the carer grant-in-aid application form and email your completed application to the branch secretary, as a single PDF document.

Branch activities

ANZIAM Speaker

Every year, the branch sponsors the ANZIAM speaker at the NZ Mathematical Society Colloquium.

Recent speakers are:
  • Prof Henk Dijkstra, Utrecht University (2025)
  • No ANZIAM speaker during the Joint meeting between the NZMS, AustMS and AMS (2024)
  • Prof Frances Kuo, University of New South Wales (2023)
  • Dr Andrea Raith, University of Auckland (2022)
  • No ANZIAM speaker due to COVID (2020-2021)
  • Dr Bronwyn Hajek, University of South Australia (2019)
  • Prof Edgar Knobloch, UC Berkeley (2018)
  • Dr Ana Amador, University of Buenos Aires (2017)
  • Prof Roy Kerr (2016)
  • Dr Claire Postlethwaite, University of Auckland (2015)
  • Prof. Rachel Kuske, University of British Columbia (2013)
  • A/Prof Ilze Ziedins, University of Auckland (2012)
  • Prof Graeme Wake, Massey University, Albany (2011)
  • Prof John Butcher, University of Auckland (2010)
  • Prof Kerry Landman, University of Melbourne (2009)

John Butcher Poster Prize

The branch promotes a poster session at the NZ Mathematical Society Colloquium and sponsors the John Butcher Poster Prize for the best poster in Mathematics by a student or early-career researcher (up to five years past PhD). The poster prize has been in place since 2010 and was given its name in honour of John Butcher in 2026.

Winners of the John Butcher Poster Prize are:
  • TBA
Previous winners of the prize for best poster are:
  • Samuel Bolduc-St-Aubin, University of Auckland (2025)
  • Sira Busch, Universität Münster, Germany, and
    Juan Patino-Echeverria, University of Auckland (2024)
  • David Groothuizen-Dijkema, University of Auckland (2023)
  • No posters were awarded due to COVID (2020-2022)
  • Mr Nelson Wong, the University of Auckland (2019)
  • Ms Valerie Jeong, the University of Auckland (2018)
  • Mr Jesse Hart, the University of Auckland (2017)
  • Mr Saeed Farjami, the University of Auckland (2016)
  • Mr Andrus Giraldo, University of Auckland (2015)
  • Ms Andrea Babylon, Massey University (2014)
  • Ms Katie Sharp, the University of Auckland (2013)
  • Ms Catherine O’Byrne, the University of Auckland (2012)
  • Mr Laurence Palk, the University of Auckland (2011)
  • Dr Kate Patterson, the University of Auckland (2010)

The John Butcher Prize in Numerical Analysis

From 2005 until 2024, the New Zealand branch of ANZIAM has awarded the The John Butcher Prize in Numerical Analysis for best student talk at the biennial SciCADE conference (https://scicade.org). The John Butcher Prize in Numerical Analysis was established to recognise Professor John Butcher’s long and productive career in numerical analysis, and in particular in the numerical solution of ordinary differential equations. The prize has been replaced by the annual John Butcher Poster Prize (see above).

Winners of the Jon Butcher Prize in Numerical Analysis are:
  • Chushan Wang, National University of Singapore, Singapore (2024)
  • Dennis Trautwein, University of Regensburg, Germany (2022)
  • Giacomo Rosilho de Souza, EPFL Lausanne, Switzerland (2019)
  • Tim Jax, Hochschule Bonn-Rhein-Sieg, Germany (2017)
  • David Hipp, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany (2015)
  • Yuto Miyatake, University of Tokyo, Japan (2013)
  • Mohammad Shakourifar, University of Toronto, Canada (2011)
  • Ludwig Gauckler, University of Tübingen, Germany (2009)
  • Thomas Schmelzer, University of Oxford, UK, and
    Anders Hansen, University of Cambridge, UK (2007)
  • Tatiana Márquez Lago, University of New Mexico at Albuquerque, USA (2005)

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