Born: 9 May 1949, Czechia
Died: 2 January 2016
Country most active: Australia
Also known as: Mirka Koutova
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Universities of Ballarat and Newcastle. Her research focused on graph theory and combinatorial algorithms, and databases and data security. She published over 200 papers including significant articles on aspects of graph theory and algorithms such as the Train Marshalling Problem. Miller was active in the international mathematics community, facilitating programs for the teaching of mathematics to students in Indonesia, Laos, the Czech Republic and other countries, and being a member of the editorial boards of the Australasian Journal of Combinatorics and a number of international journals. She founded four successful and continuing series of workshops: International Conference on Combinatorial Algorithms (IWOCA) 1988, International Conference on Optimal Network Topologies (IWONT) 2005, International Conference on Graph Labelling (IWPGL) 2003 and GraphMasters 2010. Miller served as Vice-President of the Institute of Combinatorics and its Applications.
Chronology
1969: Life event – Migrated to Australia
1975 – 1976: Career position – Programmer, Sydney Morning Herald
1976: Education – Bachelor of Arts (BA), University of Sydney
1977 – 1978: Career position – Programmer, George Patterson and Son, Sydney
1978 – 1979: Career position – Programmer, New South Wales National Parks and Wildlife Service
1982 – 1985: Career position – Tutor, Department of Statistics, Computer Science and Mathematics, University of New England
1983: Education – MLitt, University of New England
1986: Education – Master of Arts (MA), University of New England
1986 – 1991: Career position – Lecturer, Department of Statistics, Computer Science and Mathematics, University of New England
1990: Education – Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of Sydney
1992 – 1998: Career position – Senior Lecturer, Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering, Newcastle University
1999 – 2004: Career position – Associate Professor, School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Newcastle
2002 – 2016: Career position – Conjoint Professor of Mathematics, University of West Bohemia, Pilsen, Czech Republic
2003 – 2004: Career position – Assistant Dean of Postgraduate Studies, University of Newcastle
2003 – 2008: Career position – Member, Editorial Board, Journal on Research and Practice in Information Technology
2004: Career position – Raybould Fellowship, Centre for Combinatorics, University of Queensland
2004 – 2008: Career position – Professor of Computer Science, School of Information Technology and Mathematical Sciences, University of Ballarat
2007: Career position – Leverhulme Trust Visiting Professor, Kings College, London
2008 – 2014: Career position – Professor, School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Newcastle
2009 -: Career position – Vice-President, Institute of Combinatorics and its Applications
2009 – 2012: Career position – Visiting Professor, Algorithms Research Group, Kings College, London
2014: Life event – Retired
2014 – 2016: Career position – Emeritus Professor, School of Mathematics and Physical Sciences, University of Newcastle