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Mourad E.H. Ismail
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Personal Data
Born April 27, 1944, in Cairo, Egypt. Male. Married.
Canadian and Egyptian citizen, permanent resident in the United States.
Education
Ph.D. 1974 (Alberta), M.Sc. 1969 (Alberta), B.Sc. 1964 (Cairo).
Research Interests
Approximation theory, asymptotics, combinatorics, integral transforms and operational
calculus, orthogonal polynomials and special functions.
Editorial Boards
- Constructive Approximation,
published by Springer-Verlag, 1988-present
- Encyclopedia of Mathematics, Cambridge University Press, 1992-2001
- Journal of Approximation
Theory, published by Academic Press, 2000-present
- Fractional Calculus and Applied Analysis,
published by the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 1999-present
- The Indian Journal of Mathematics, 1997-present
- International Journal of
Mathematics and Mathematical
Sciences, published by Hindawi, 1993-present
- Journal
of Computational Analysis and Applications, published by Plenum,
1999-present
- Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and
General, published by the Institute of Physics, 2001-present
- Methods and
Applications of Analysis, published by International Press, 1992-1999
- The
Ramanujan Journal, published by Kluwer, 1996-present
- Collaborating Problem Editor, American Mathematical
Monthly, published by American Mathematical Society, 1992-1997
Agencies Refereed For
National Science Foundation (algebra and number theory, classical analysis, computers
and computational mathematics, and modern analysis), National Security Agency, Natural
Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, Soros program, and Kuwait Research
Foundation.
Honors and Awards
- Undergraduate Merit Scholarship, Cairo University 1960-1964.
- Dissertation Fellowship, University of Alberta, 1973-1974.
- Theodore and Venette Askounes-Ashford Distinguished Scholar Award, University of South
Florida, 1992-1993.
- Leverhulme research fellow, Imperial College, London, 1996.
- University visiting research professorship, City University of Hong Kong,
2000-2001.
Last updated: 26 July 2001.