Information Theory

Past and current scholars in the School of Mathematics and Natural Sciences have won four of the prestigious prizes granted by the International Mathematical Union (IMU), including the 2022 Fields, Abacus, and Chern Medals, and the Gauss Prize. 

Ahmed Almheiri, past Member (2017–22) in the School of Natural Sciences, has received a 2022 IUPAP Early Career Scientist Award in Particles and Fields “for substantial and impactful contributions to the understanding of black holes and quantum gravity, specifically related to the information paradox and its connection to quantum information theory and quantum error correction.”

Sergio Verdú, Eugene Higgins Professor of Electrical Engineering at Princeton University, will a deliver a public lecture, “Claude E. Shannon,” on Wednesday, November 16, which will take place at 5:30 p.m. in Wolfensohn Hall on the Institute campus...