June Huh, Visiting Professor in
the School of Mathematics, has received the 2019 New Horizons in
Mathematics Prize as part of the Breakthrough Prize series. Huh is
recognized for the development of combinatorial Hodge theory
leading to the...
"For more than a century, mathematicians have investigated the
equations required to describe—or embed—different kinds of shapes
in spaces with different numbers of dimensions. They ask questions
like, 'Do...
The Institute for Advanced Study will commemorate the life and
work of renowned mathematician Vladimir Voevodsky, former Professor in
the School of Mathematics, during a four-day memorial conference
that will take place September 11–14, 2018...
Masaki Kashiwara,
former Member in the School of Mathematics, has received the 2018
Chern Medal, which is awarded every four years to an individual
whose accomplishments warrant the highest level of recognition for
outstanding achievements in the...
Ritabrata Munshi,
former Member in the School of Mathematics, has been awarded the
2018 Ramanujan Prize for Young Mathematicians from Developing
Countries in recognition of his profound contributions to analytic
number theory, in particular to the...
Michael Giudici and Akshay Venkatesh became friends in their
second-year studies, when Giudici was 18. Venkatesh was 12. He is
believed to be the youngest person to enroll at the University of
Western Australia.
The International Mathematical Union (IMU) has awarded a 2018
Fields Medal to Akshay Venkatesh,
a world-leading mathematician recently appointed to the permanent
Faculty of the Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) School of
Mathematics. This highest...
Akshay Venkatesh, a
world-leading mathematician and recent appointee to the Faculty of
the Institute, has been awarded a 2018 Fields Medal for his
“profound contributions to an exceptionally broad range of subjects
in mathematics.” Quanta's Erica...
“He truly is a universal mathematician,” said mathematician
Jordan Ellenberg of Akshay
Venkatesh, 2018 Fields medalist and recent appointee to the
Faculty of the Institute's School of Mathematics. “His work has
gone in a lot of different directions...