Colin Walker Cryer was Director of the institute since 1983. In 2000, he retired from official duties and was a professor emeritus until his death in October 2024.

His main interest was in Numerical Analysis. Much about his life and work is described in the speech of Prof. Frank Natterer, held in honor of his retirement.

Monographs

Colin Walker Cryer, A Math primer for engineers. IOS Press, Amsterdam 2014.

Colin Walker Cryer, Numerical functional analysis. Clarendon, Oxford, 1982.

Lecture notes

Colin Walker Cryer retired from teaching in 2000, but his lecture notes still exist and are still useful.

List of Completed PhDs

Ulrich Koch

Martin Smoch

Dieter Krug

Stephan Heuer

Rolf Bronstering

Axel Klawonn

Jörn Stypa