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...
Dusa McDuff, former Member
in the School of Mathematics
and a program organizer of the Institute’s Program for Women and Mathematics, will
receive the 2018 Sylvester Medal, which will be presented at the
Royal Society’s Anniversary Day in November...
Scott Aaronson, former
Member in the School of Mathematics, discusses the capabilities and
limits of quantum computers, common misconceptions, and fundamental
science with Craig Cannon of Y Combinator.
Early on in the study of quantum computers, computer scientists
posed a question whose answer, they knew, would reveal something
deep about the power of these futuristic machines. Twenty-five
years later, it’s been all but solved. In a paper posted...
Women and Mathematics, an outreach program of the Institute for
Advanced Study, recently celebrated its twenty-fifth anniversary
with a dinner honoring co-founders Karen Uhlenbeck and Chuu-Lian Terng.
Uhlenbeck and Terng, both former Members in the...
