Richard Peirce Brent is an Australian mathematician and computer scientist. He is an emeritus professor at the Australian National University. From March 2005 to March 2010 he was a Federation Fellow at the Australian National University. Wikipedia
Place of birth: Australia
Notable students: Colin Percival and Andreas Griewank
Award: Hannan Medal (2005)
Affiliation: Australian National University
Research interests: Analysis of Algorithms, Combinatorics, Number Theory, and more