Walter Whiteley | |
|---|---|
| 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]