# Mathematics

### Ronen Eldan Receives 2022 Blavatnik Award for Young Scientists in Israel

Ronen Eldan, current von Neumann Fellow in the School of Mathematics, has received a 2022 Blavatnik Award for his profound contributions to statistics, machine learning, and theoretical computer science.

### Camillo De Lellis Awarded 2022 Maryam Mirzakhani Prize

Camillo De Lellis, IBM von Neumann Professor in the School of Mathematics, has received the 2022 Maryam Mirzakhani Prize in Mathematics from the National Academy of Sciences (NAS).

### Mathematicians Clear Hurdle in Quest to Decode Primes

"In a paper posted in SeptemberPaul Nelson of the Institute for Advanced Study has solved the subconvexity problem, a kind of lighter-weight version of Riemann’s question. The proof is a significant achievement on its own and teases the possibility that even greater discoveries related to prime numbers may be in store."

The Institute for Advanced Study distributed $21,742.50 in stipends for mathematics and$10,000 for theoretical physics during the academic year 1935–36. Three hundred dollars, sufficient to secure entry to the United States, was awarded to the Polish mathematician Stanislaw Ulam (1909–84), who had written to John von Neumann about a problem in measure theory in 1934.

### The Mathematician Who Delights in Building Bridges

"Ana Caraiani was given a challenging problem from her adviser, the mathematician Andrew Wiles. He’d recently garnered fame for his 1994 proof of Fermat’s Last Theorem, but Caraiani had less luck with her assigned problem. Still, although she ended up making no significant headway, she remained undaunted."

### 2021 Shaw Prize in Mathematics Awarded to Former IAS Scholars

The 2021 Shaw Prize in Mathematics has been awarded to Jean-Michel Bismut (1984, 1994) and Jeff Cheeger (1972, 1977–78, 1995), former Members in the School of Mathematics. The pair shares the award for their “remarkable insights that have...

### Off the Path — Garden State: The Institute of ‘Useless Knowledge’

"The Institute for Advanced Study doesn’t have any students or classes. There’s no regular daily agenda full of meetings and conferences. The scholars here don’t even have to research any specific topic. They could spend their whole day walking the grounds or sitting by the lake."

### Camillo De Lellis, Elia Bruè Win Italian National Academy Prizes

Camillo De Lellis, IBM von Neumann Professor in the School of Mathematics, has been awarded the Antonio Feltrinelli Prize for Mathematics, Mechanics and Applications. Additionally, Elia Bruè, current Member in the School, has been awarded the academy's Gioacchino Iapichino Prize.