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Paul Glaister is a British mathematician, and current Chair of the Joint Mathematical Council (JMC) of the United Kingdom, a body which set up the Advisory Committee on Mathematics Education along with the Royal Society, and comprises 31 bodies representing mathematics education in the UK; an External Expert for Ofqual and for the Standards and Testing Agency within the Department for Education; a Council member of the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications; and works closely with the CfBT Education Trust in a number of areas in mathematics education. He is a Professor of Mathematics and Mathematics Education in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at the University of Reading. He has an Erdős number of 2, as shown in the List of people by Erdős number, and his contributions have been across the areas of computational fluid dynamics, numerical analysis, applied mathematics, mathematics education, and science education.