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Professor Dr. John Charles Butcher ONZM

Calculating Motion

John Butcher is a New Zealand mathematician who specialises in numerical methods for the solution of ordinary differential equations. Butcher works on multistage methods for initial value problems, such as Runge-Kutta and general linear methods. The Butcher group and the Butcher tableau are named after him. Butcher was presented with many awards including the Jones Medal from the Royal Society of New Zealand in 2010, for his "exceptional lifetime work on numerical methods for the solution of differential equations and leadership in the development of New Zealand mathematical sciences". In 2011 he received the Van Wijngaarden Award. In the 2013 Queen's Birthday Honours, Butcher was appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to mathematics. Butcher published more than 200 articles which are mostly in Q1 journals and currently he is working on the completion of a book on B-series.

Professor Dr. Berinderjeet Kaur

National Institute of Education Singapore

Berinderjeet KAUR is a Professor of Mathematics Education at the National Institute of Education in Singapore. She holds a PhD in Mathematics Education from Monash University in Australia. She has been with the Institute for the last 30 years and best described as the doyenne of Mathematics Education in Singapore. In 2010, she became the first full professor of Mathematics Education in Singapore. She has been involved in numerous international studies of Mathematics Education and was the Mathematics Consultant to TIMSS 2011. She was also a core member of the MEG (Mathematics Expert Group) for PISA 2015. She is passionate about the development of mathematics teachers and in turn the learning of mathematics by children in schools. Her accolades at the national level include the Public Administration Medal in 2006 by the President of Singapore, the long public service with distinction medal in 2016 by the President of Singapore and in 2015, in celebration of 50 years of Singapore’s nation building, recognition as an outstanding educator by the Sikh Community in Singapore for contributions towards nation building.

Prof. Dr. Lilia binti Halim

Lilia Halim is a professor in Science Education at the Faculty of Education in the National University of Malaysia. Her research interest and work revolves around promoting scientific literacy through three main research thrusts; a. Investigating and developing science teachers pedagogical content knowledge (PCK), b. propagating pedagogical model for promoting innovative thinking in science and now known as STEM education and c. exploring the role of nonformal science learning in the Malaysian context.
Lilia was also involved in the roadmap planning for science and mathematics (2015-2020) for the Regional Science and Mathematics Centre (RECSAM) in Penang . In addition, she and the team from UKM was involved in the evaluation of the Malaysian education system that provided inputs to the Malaysian Education Blueprint 2013-2025. Lilia has also contributed to the resource pack on pedagogies for Girls in STEM as part of Malaysia/UNESCO –IBE Project, Strengthening STEM Curricula for Girls in Africa and Asia and the Pacific. In terms of publications, Lilia has written research articles in the science and mathematics journals and book chapters in publishers such as Kluwer, Springer, Routledge dan Sense Publishers.