Professor Nillsen gained his undergraduate degree at the University of Tasmania with studies in literature, mathematics and science. He studied at postgraduate level at the Flinders University of South Australia, under Igor Kluvánek. Academic positions have been held by Professor Nillsen at the Flinders University of South Australia, the Royal University of Malta, the Open University and the University of Swansea. Areas of Expertise: Harmonic analysis, dynamical systems, measure theory, education, higher education policy Fields of Study: Harmonic analysis, measure theory, dynamical systems, ergodic theory, applications of elementary mathematics to social policy, mathematical exposition, philosophy and policy in education Professional Activities and Affiliations: • Member of the Australian Mathematical Society • Member of the Mathematical Association of America • Member of the American Mathematical Society • Chair of the University of Wollongong/Illawarra Area Health Service Human Research Ethics Committee from July 2003 to June 2005 • Elected member, Council of the Australian Mathematical Society, 2001-2003 • Awarded the degree of Doctor of Science in 2000 by The University of Tasmania for research work in harmonic analysis • Invited conference speaker: "Conference in honour of Gary H. Meisters " May 1997, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA • Invited conference speaker: "Symposium on Academic Integrity", the University of Newcastle, NSW, November 2004 • Invited conference speaker: “Operator Algebras, Ergodic Theory and Harmonic Analysis” held at the University of New South Wales July, 1997 • Invited conference Speaker: "Conference in honour of Igor Kluvánek", Catholic University of Ruzomberok, Slovakia, September 2011 • Invited conference Speaker, Conference on "The University: place of meeting and confrontation between faith and reason’, University of Banksa Bystrica, Slovakia, 2011 Current Research Students: • Mimoon Ismael : Recurrence Times in Dynamical Systems
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An application of elementary functions to a resource allocation problem, Faculty of Informatics - Papers (2006)
This paper looks at a problem of resource allocation and analyses the changes and their...
An application of quadratic functions to Australian Government policy on funding schools, Faculty of Informatics - Papers (2006)
In the Sydney Morning Herald newspaper of 23rd March 2005 the economics writer Ross Gittins...
The Concept of Integrity in Teaching and Learning, Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice (2005)
In this paper it is argued that the concept of integrity in a person, or...
Don't do what Australia has done, Faculty of Informatics - Papers (2004)
The paper describes and analyses the environment in Australian universities since the changes initiated under...
Sharp results concerning the expression of functions as sums of finite differences (with S. Okada), Faculty of Informatics - Papers (2004)
A square integrable function on the real line can be written as a finite sum...