Person Higham; Nicholas John (1961 - 2024); mathematician Higham Nicholas John mathematician 1961 - 2024 British Male Eccles, Salford, Greater Manchester, England 25/12/1961 19611225 20/01/2024 20240120

mathematician Theoretical physics Applied mathematics Computer systems Numerical linear algebra Algebra Mathematics Education: Eccles Grammar School; Eccles College; University of Manchester 1982-1985 (BSc, MSc, PhD) Career: Lecturer in mathematics, School of Mathematics, University of Manchester (1985) becoming Richardson Professor of Applied Mathematics (1998); Visiting Assistant Professor of Computer Science at Cornell University, Ithaca, New York (1988-1989); died of blood cancer. Memberships: Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (President 2017-2018) Awards/Medals: Alston Householder Award VI 1987 Leslie Fox Prize for Numerical Analysis 1988 Junior Whitehead Prize 1999 Royal Society Wolfson Merit Award 2003-2008 Fröhlich Prize of the London Mathematical Society 2008 SIAM Fellow 2009 Naylor Prize and Lectureship 2019 IMA Gold Medal 2020 ACM Fellow 2020 George Pólya Prize for Mathematical Exposition 2021 Hans Schneider Prize in Linear Algebra 2022 Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering 2022 Parents: Ken and Doris Higham. Spouse: (May 1998, Paris) Françoise Tisseur, numerical analyst and Professor of Numerical Analysis at the Department of Mathematics, University of Manchester. Children: Thomas and Freddie. His work was fundamental to the success of very large matrix computations and has strongly influenced the development of widely used software, including MATLAB and LAPACK. His research on functions of matrices led to widely used algorithms for computing the matrix exponential, the matrix logarithm, and other important matrix functions. Leading expert on matrix nearness problems, including the computation of the nearest correlation matrix in financial and other applications. Comittees: Royal Society Wolfson Fellowships Committee, Mmber (January 2024) Industry Fellowships Joint Panel, Member (January 2021 - December 2023) Sectional Committee 1: Mathematics, Chair (November 2020 - October 2022) Sectional Committee 1: Mathematics, Member (December 2009 - November 2012; November 2019 - October 2020) Fellow 17/05/2007 45 Fellows Directory: Professor Nicholas Higham FRS, on The Royal Society website [URL: https://royalsociety.org/people/nicholas-higham-11616/; last accessed: 04/12/2024] Higham, Desmond J and Tisseur, Françoise, 1 May 2024, Volume 57, Issue 04, Obituary: Nicholas J. Higham, on the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics website [URL: https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/obituary-nicholas-j-higham/; last accessed: 04/12/2024] International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition - ICA 2004 ISBN 2-9521932-2-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 https://royalsocietypublishing.org/action/doSearch?ContribAuthorRaw=Higham%2C+Nicholas+J RCN R78382 RCN R79972 RCN R78381 RCN R78383 RCN R78563 RCN R82635 https://pictures.royalsociety.org/results?mi_search_type=adv&mi_adv_search=yes&adv_person_id=AUTH4078 The past Fellows entries are under continuous revision. If you have queries or additional information to contribute, please contact Library@royalsociety.org. Content in external sources is not controlled by the Royal Society and historical sources may include content that is now unacceptable. Reviewed on 04/12/2024 as part of the Name Authority Project update. NA9458 18/05/2007 Clara 21/05/2025 RS_NET\katherinem Yes 2bea5bd6-545d-44b0-93cb-5bd75d823f06