Wednesday, 29 November 2023 Đorđe Mitrović, UP FAMNIT Alumni, won the Gordon Preston Prize for the most outstanding student talk at the 7th Australian Algebra Conference

Đorđe Mitrović, graduate of the Master's programme in Mathematical Sciences at UP FAMNIT, won the Gordon Preston Prize for the most outstanding student talk at the 7th Australian Algebra Conference.

The Gordon Preston Prize is awarded annually for the most outstanding student talk at the Australian Algebra Conference. The winner of the prize receives $300 and a certificate. The prize is named in honour of renowned semigroup theorist Professor Gordon Preston (Monash University), who played an important role in the instigation of the annual conference known over the years as the Algebra Conference of Victoria, the Victorian Algebra Conference and the Australian Algebra Conference.

The Gordon Preston Prize was first awarded in 2006, with Professor Gordon Preston himself attending the conference and presenting the prize to the inaugural winner.

After graduating at UP FAMNIT, Đorđe continued his academic journey at the renowned University of Auckland, New Zealand. He is currently developing his PhD thesis under the mentorship of Dr. Gabriel Verret, and co-mentorship by Dr. Jeroen Schillewaert and Dr. Florian Lehner (latter also being a former post-doc student at the University of Primorska).

Đorđe visited our faculty in June as he participated at the 11th PhD Summer School in Discrete Mathematics in Koper, jointly organized by UP FAMNIT, UP IAM, SDAMS and IMFM.

We sincerely congratulate our Alumni and wish his a lot of upcoming success!

Source: https://sites.google.com/a/ltumathstats.com/austalg/gordon-preston-prize