A forthcoming special issue of the journal Applied Numerical Mathematics will be dedicated to Professor George C. Hsiao. This issue contains articles in addition to those published in Mathematical Methods in the Applied Sciences 33 (18), 2010, which is also dedicated to Professor Hsiao in his honor. These articles have been authored by some of the participants of the Advances in Boundary Integral Equations and Related Topics, a conference in Professor Hsiao's honor held at Delaware in the summer of 2009. The journal featured an editorial about him which is available online (www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/aip/01689274).

According to the editorial, "George brings unique perspective to his work, with his considerable strengths as an analyst combined with his computational expertise and his experience as an engineer. … George may well be the only mathematician who has written codes in languages ranging from Fortran through Maple to Java, whilst also writing the definitive 612-page treatise on boundary integral equations (this later with Prof. W. Wendland)''.

The editorial continued, "We are very proud of having shared many fruitful and enriching academic and personal moments with George, and fell very pleased of having had the chance of editing this special issue of Applied Numerical Mathematics in his honor. There is no doubt that important periods of our own careers have been strongly influenced by the generosity and wisdom from George, for which we are extremely grateful to him". George Hsiao has been a member of the Department since 1969 and currently holds the Carl J. Rees Chair Professor of Mathematics. At UD, he received the College of Arts and Sciences Outstanding Teacher Award in 1996 and its Outstanding Scholar Award in 2000. He also received the Francis Alison Professor Medal, the University's top faculty award, in 2000.